Federal complaint record · Ford Focus · model year 2018

2018 Ford Focus

Owners submitted 822 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 93th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2016 to 2020 compact sedan cohort. The largest reported component group is engine. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Engine · 32% · group n = 351Powertrain · 29% · group n = 318Fuel system · 18% · group n = 194Other · 7% · group n = 77Electrical · 4% · group n = 47
822
Complaint records on file
56,000
Median mileage at the reported problem · 419 complaints reported mileage
32%
Of classified component reports name engine · group n = 351
93th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 37 model years

Engine · 3 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Engine32%

Engine reports

Ford Focus · model year 2018

Reports in this group351
Share of classified reports32%
Component groups on file6
Open the failure files

From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Transmission behavior · 212 reports

Reports describe harsh shifting, slipping, or shuddering

Cluster 1 of 32018 Ford Focus
Stalling or shutdown · 181 reports

Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving

Cluster 2 of 32018 Ford Focus
Warning indicators · 102 reports

Reports describe warning lights before service

Cluster 3 of 32018 Ford Focus

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

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