I purchased the Ford Focus in June of 2014. I am now 80 years old and thought this would be my last car. Shortly after purchase it became obvious that the transmission was not working properly. I experienced stuttering on acceleration which causes an unsafe condition when driving through an intersection. At times, the transmission will slip. Very frightening when this happens in the middle of an intersection. The transmission also causes the car to lurch forward on deceleration. Neither does it hold properly on a hill, and it can also make a grinding sound in the lower gears on take off. These conditions present a safety threat because it affects my ability to control the car on acceleration and deceleration. Ford has known about this problem since 2010 and has taken no action to rectify the situation. It appears it would be incumbent on the selling dealership to disclose this defect on purchase. I was finally informed of the problem at the first service when I complained. This is pure and simple non disclosure which is illegal in sales of any kind. I have had my car to the dealership at least 5 times complaining of the problem of this problem and each time they run some software which usually makes the situation worse or creates and additional problem. Not only is this a safey issue, but it has also created a loss of value for resale and untold hours of sitting in a showroom while the dealership is trying to fix what cannot be fixed. I have tried to work with Ford customer service with no success.

- San Pedro, CA, USA

I keep getting a series of warning indicators; up hill assist is not available, service advance trak, no power steering, no traction control, no ABS, and the no air bag lights come on. This comes on while driving at normal, low speed on regular roads, when turning and also at higher speeds when driving on expressways. This is dangerous especially because my power steering does not work! there needs to be a recall!

- Rochester, NY, USA

There is a terrible noise inside the car with the windows down, it sounds like there is a military helicopter in the car with you. From dealer to Ford, they say it is "normal" it is a safety issue with the loud noise and vibration inside the car at highway speeds. Also the radio does not tune all the fm radio stations" why" I am told this is normal as well and mine isn't the only car that has these problems.

- La Porte, IN, USA

I took my car in to Ford for service on December 23, 2015. It received all good marks including no safety issues. On December 26, 2015 I parked my car and went shopping. When I returned, my left mirror was out of the programmed position. Once I started the car, the blind spot system default and cross traffic system default warnings illuminated. I took the car to Ford for service. There was an electronic system located within the mirror that went bad for no reason. This made the detection systems malfunction. The entire mirror unit must be replaced and it is not covered under warranty. It would cost over $500 us to replace.

- Sewell, NJ, USA

The rear right door latch completely stopped working. There was no accident but the door now freely flies open. Very unsafe. There was a large recall on many Ford Fusion for exactly this reason but not yet this model.

- Bryan, TX, USA

While driving the car started beeping. Took a minute to figure out the climate control which was set at 72 was automatically going down to 60 (it beeps as is changes settings). Tried to turn in back up and it went down, turned it off and it came back on. Did this all the way home. In my driveway, with car turned off, it continued beeping. This has happened 6 times between April 27th and August 30th. Some times it goes up to 85 degrees and sometimes down to 60 and there is no stopping it while driving. Ford has updated computer twice and replaced it once. Waiting for call back from Ford to schedule another appointment. I feel this is a safety issue as there is no controlling it and it's going to extreme low and high temperatures, as well as the continuous beeping. Extremely distracting. I have yesterday's incident on video. Not to mention, since they can't figure out what is causing this I don't know if there is a possibility of fire; it must be electrical of some sort?

- Des Moines, WA, USA

Trouble with transmission clutch assembly. Was told Ford put in manual clutch in automatic cars. Hesitation upon acceleration, rolls backward when in drive on incline, does not shift right, "chugs". purchased 2014 car in early 2015, used. Feel car sales business should have known and not sold car in this condition, or have had it fixed first. Per Ford service station, parts are on backlog for 3-4 months. Even though they tell me is it not a dangerous condition, I feel it is dangerous on highway when trying to pass and not getting enough acceleration.

- St Louis, MO, USA

After fill up slow in parking lot hear what sounds like a bad wheel bearing from R rear. Checked out other complaints found Ford will replace some more expensive model fuel tanks not mine.was told to live with it. There is a service bulletin from Ford same year as mine. I have a base model so I don't qualify. It's true it's a brand new car! $23,000 it cost me.

- Clayton, CA, USA

Very shortly after first adjusting the steering wheel's tilt and telescope (which may be unrelated), during a short drive, many controls attached to the steering wheel stopped functioning. This included turn signals, cruise control, cell phone controls on the steering wheel, radio volume on steering wheel, and information display controls on the steering wheel. Of these, the turn signals are probably most critical to safe operation. Note that the horn, and the windshield wiper/washer, continued functioning properly. The next morning, a sales representative from the dealership found the vehicle in the same condition, but seemingly was able to restore service by "jiggling" the turn signal lever, indicating to me that it was resting very slightly forward of the normal at-rest position, and recommended service department investigate further. Dealer service department found a circuit board faulty. Part has been ordered for installation. In an abundance of caution, concerned that air bag deployment might be impaired were an accident to occur, the dealer provided substitute transportation pending repair.

- Sarasota, FL, USA