The contact owns a 2018 Ford Focus. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle hesitated, shook abnormally, and shuddered. The RPM-??s increased and the miles per gallon increased to 99.9 miles per gallon. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the contact was informed that the purge valve, vapor canister, fuel tank, and fuel pump needed to be replaced. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and referred the contact to the NHTSA. No further assistance was provided. The contact stated the failure was related to NHTSA Campaign Number: 18V735000 (Fuel System, Gasoline). The approximate failure mileage was 29,106.

- Barstow, CA, USA

Vehicle stalles, stutter on startup.evap faults. Problem with the canister purge valve. Seems the car has some recalls issues.

- Stroudsburg , PA, USA

Our 2018 Ford escort has the same problems described in: Nhsta campaiign #18V7350000 recal id 298184 but this VIN is not on recall. We pulled out into traffic and the car just died luckily it was not on a highway. We need to keep the tank as close to full as possible and fill the gas tank at the coolest part of the day and it takes a while to get the car started. One time after filling the tank we had to wait 15 mins and the car ran fine then it just died, nearly getting rear ended by a tractor trailer. That was on 4-20-21 and otyher times before.

- Northumberland, PA, USA

The contact owns a 2018 Ford Focus. The contact stated while the vehicle was stationary, the vehicle would not start after refueling. The contact stated the check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to a local dealer or an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The contact believed that the failure was related to the purge valve. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was informed of the failure and informed the contact that the VIN was not under recall. The failure mileage was approximately 40,000.

- Alexandria, VA, USA

The vehicle is hard to start after I work a 10 shift. After it is started, it runs rough and tries to die. The only way to get it to stop running rough is to get it to highway speed for about 10 minutes. I have to rev the engine up with my foot on the brake just to get going. It has tripped the check engine light. I took it to auto zone to have them check the code. It says that it has something to do with the cannister purge valve. I have included the report from auto zone. I also did a search on the internet for 2018 Ford Focus recalls and it came back with the canister purge valve. Apparently my engine hasn't made it into the recall yet because nothing came up when I searched my VIN. I am afraid that I am going to try to cross a road and the engine dies right in front of oncoming traffic.

- Fountain, FL, USA

The contact owns a 2018 Ford Focus. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact stated that upon restarting the vehicle, the vehicle would shake abnormally. The contact stated that several unknown warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed with the solenoid needing to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact related the failure to an unknown recall. The manufacturer was informed of the failure. The contact was informed that the VIN was not under recall. The failure mileage was approximately 50,000.

- Stroudsburg, PA, USA

Car keeps idling up at a stop or when I slow down skips and acts like its gone cut off when it does idle down

- Statesboro, GA, USA

My boyfriend got this car April 13 of 2020 and about a month and a half after we got it it statts acting up... not shofting out of lower gears. Shuddering. When you stop at a stop light for too long and go to take off it almost stalls. We almost got hit because of it! it sounds lile gears are grinding or like we are dragging something under the car. We have taken it in twoce to get checked and the forst guy that srove it around the lot sais something was wrong woth it nut aftwr they had it on the shop for about an hour ans a half they bring it back to us the second time and say nothing os wrong woth it.... it is getting worse and worse. Is statted out just not wamting to shift from second gear now it doesnt even wanna shift out of first most the time. 45000 miles. There should be no issues woth this car.

- Hartford, AR, USA

My car shakes, jerks, does not want to accerlate or shift gears

- Ashland, VA, USA

My car has been having a issue staying on, it constantly has to get jumped after I pumped gas, while I was in the middle of driving the car cut completely off. I'm having a problem also reversing and acceleration, my car is not going past 10 miles. I only have 85000 miles

- Dallas, GA, USA

I got the vehicle on 4/30/2019, one month later, the vehicle began with issues. After you come to a full stop and then you let you foot off the brake and press the accelerator to go forward, the car shakes / vibrates. I have already taken my vehicle 3 times to the dealership about the same issue, the issue does get fix but after a month, the same issue begins again. The dealership told me that this problem will happen every month, I was never told about it before I bought/finance the vehicle. Also my vehicle is not getting the proper full mileage it should be getting

- Tucson, AZ, USA

After you come to a full stop and then you let you foot off the brake and press the accelerator to go forward, the car shakes/trembles. It happens very often. Didn't pay too much mind to it at first, but it keeps happening.

- Huntersville, NC, USA

Everytime I go to get gas and try to restart my car, check battery light pops up and my car won't fully start, and ever since this has been happening my check engine light is always on, today I had to call someone get a jump at the gas station.

- Lewis Center, OH, USA

Check engine light is on. Service dept identified problem codes P1450, P0456 which are under recall but the VIN for my car is not under recall. Recall notice warns, engine could stall at anytime! called Ford customer relations center, nothing done because VIN is not under recall. Cannot drive car because it is unsafe. On fixed income, cannot pay for repair out of pocket. Please help. Thank you.

- Windsor Mill, MD, USA

The engine stalls after adding fuel at a gas station, then hesitates to start. Also, the transmission (automatic) slips gears, especially when vehicle has been driven for long period of time. Transmission also makes clicking noises when driving off.

- Fairhope, AL, USA

There are more than a few faulty purge valve and similar type valves on the Ford Focus possibly causing excessive vacuum in fuel vapor management system. The excessive vacuum may result in an engine stall while driving, . without warning and without the ability to restart the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash. And yet my year model and motor size did not make that list. But yet I have this problem on my 2018 Ford Focus SE only @ 40,0000 miles. This could have been a huge safety issue w/ my young college student driving all hours of night on back roads due to her schedule. She had no warning no check engine light nothing. She was very lucky this did not stall on the highway. She could have been rear-end or who no what else. I believe this should me Ford manufacturing issue and that it should be added to safety recall list

- Greenville, TX, USA

When driving my car the engine stalls trying to get it up to speed and when you attempt to step into it my car stalls to where it feels like your foot is at the floor my dealership claims it's just the style of the car it's supposed to do that

- Avon, IL, USA

The contact owns a 2018 Ford Focus. The contact stated that after refueling, the engine would not immediately start. The failure was only present when refueling more than a half tank of fuel. Also, while driving at various speeds, the vehicle would suddenly shutoff and the message transmission not in park would be displayed. The cause of the failures were not determined. The local dealer palmetto Ford located at 1625 savannah hwy, charleston SC 29407 and the manufacturer were notified of the failures but no assistance was offered. The contact was informed that the vehicle was not included in the NHTSA campaign number 18V735000 (fuel system). The contact stated that the vehicle had experienced the same failure listed in the recall. The failure mileage was 60,000.

- Hollywood, SC, USA

The contact owns a 2018 Ford Focus. The contact stated that on several occasions while driving after refueling, the vehicle stalled with the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and was diagnosed that the evap purge valve needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer and was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to NHTSA. The failure mileage was approximately 63,000.

- Sallisaw, OK, USA

The contact owns a 2018 Ford Focus. The contact stated that while his wife was driving, the vehicle failed to properly accelerate. The contact stated that the accelerator pedal was depressed however, the vehicle sputtered, hesitated, jerked, and responded very slowly. There was no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to be diagnosed nor repaired. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer were notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 9,000.

- Maysville, KY, USA