Federal complaint record · Ford Focus · model year 2016

2016 Ford Focus

Owners submitted 1,175 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 96th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2014 to 2018 compact sedan cohort. The largest reported component group is powertrain. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Powertrain · 43% · group n = 674Engine · 18% · group n = 281Fuel system · 15% · group n = 229Other · 7% · group n = 108Electrical · 5% · group n = 81
1,175
Complaint records on file
61,017
Median mileage at the reported problem · 774 complaints reported mileage
43%
Of classified component reports name powertrain · group n = 674
96th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 40 model years

Powertrain · 4 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Powertrain43%

Powertrain reports

Ford Focus · model year 2016

Reports in this group674
Share of classified reports43%
Component groups on file6
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Adjacent model years · same badge, different data

The complaint signal has a shape

Compare model years
2015
0.5complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
1,009 matched incidents
This car
2016
0.7complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
1,175 matched incidents
2017
0.6complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
885 matched incidents

The line compares submitted complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years, not failures per 1,000 cars. Vehicle-years use compiled US sales, a 0.25 prior-calendar-year plus 0.75 current-calendar-year model-year allocation, and the shipped survival curve. Rates appear only where estimated vehicles in operation are at least 5,000.

From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Transmission behavior · 468 reports

Reports describe harsh shifting, slipping, or shuddering

Cluster 1 of 32016 Ford Focus
Stalling or shutdown · 268 reports

Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving

Cluster 2 of 32016 Ford Focus
Warning indicators · 81 reports

Reports describe warning lights before service

Cluster 3 of 32016 Ford Focus

Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.

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