2013 Ford Focus Electric Electrical system Problems
- Complaints
- 27about this part
- Share
- 39%of 69 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 5,020miles
- Trend
- StableComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are within 25% of the 3 years before.
NHTSA recorded 27 complaints about the electrical system of the 2013 Ford Focus Electric, 39% of the 69 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 5,020 miles. 2 recall campaigns on record are filed under a similar system.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“So I was driving home last night in the rain and the speedometer was jumping around a little and the traction control flashed a couple times and I thought 'oh it's just cause the rain' well today the same thing was happening while I was driving. Then I got a warning light saying 'low brake fluid' and the brakes locked up while I was doing 30mph. It went away and drove fine but it will pop up every 4 miles or so saying low brake fluid”
NHTSA complaint #11193717, filed 2019-04, 91,500 miles“While braking for a stop sign, there was a thud, the stop safely now light came on, and the car stopped immediately. It would not re-start. I pushed it to the side and called for a tow. It is now at the Ford dealer. This is the third incident of this kind and the second time I have taken it to the dealer and reported the incident to NHTSA.”
NHTSA complaint #10549569, filed 2013-10, 1,284 miles“Driving our electric Ford focus to work when left-most display screen flashes, stop safely now! Message at the same moment that all drive power is completely cut off. Coasted to a stop, turned the car off, waited a minute or so, and turned car back on. Fortunately this occurred at 5:30 am on a two lane road, shortly after leaving my home, and before entering the interstate.”
NHTSA complaint #10551229, filed 2013-11, 5,700 miles“Driving the vehicle home when warning lights began to flash on the dash saying to check owners manual and to pull over. The gas pedal became unresponsive and I coasted up to a red light at a left turn signal and stopped, put on my hazard lights. Eventually turned vehicle off then on again and was able to drive it home. Second incident was on 9/29/13, and had 2863 miles on it. While driving to dinner the same warning lights appeared on dash, and we lost power. …”
NHTSA complaint #10546858, filed 2013-10, 2,351 miles“While driving the vehicle, a loud chime sounded, with a red triangle saying, stop safely now as well as a yellow see manual indication. This was very dangerous because it was sudden and while driving. The car lost all power and I had to attempt to pull of the street so I wouldn't cause an accident. I shifted to park and turned the car off and back on and it resolved the issue. However, 2 days later the same problem occurred but this time I was unable to restart the vehicle and needed to tow the car to the dealership.”
NHTSA complaint #10750116, filed 2015-08, 60,650 milesRelated recalls
- 18V592000Sep 10, 2018Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 120V Convenience charge cords that were supplied with and sold for use with 2013-2015 Ford C-Max Energi and…Covers: Ford Focus Electric 2012–2015, Fusion Hybrid 2013–2015, C-MAX 2013–2015
- 13V475000Oct 17, 2013Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2012-2013 Focus Electric vehicles and 2013 C-Max vehicles equipped with the Intelligent Access Push…Covers: Ford Focus Electric 2012–2013, C-MAX Energi 2013, C-MAX 2013
Related service bulletins
- 10174403Apr 24, 2020Some 2012-2016 Focus Electric vehicles built on 15-Sep-2011 and through 9-Dec-2015 may exhibit a Stop Safely Now message displayed in the instrument panel cluster (IPC) message…
- 10167225Oct 4, 2019Some 2012-2016 Focus Electric vehicles may abort the battery energy control module (BECM) on demand self-test but pass the network test. This is the result of a module software…
- 10144217Jul 20, 2018Some 2013-2018 Fusion Energi, 2012-2018 Focus Electric and 2013-2017 C-MAX Energi vehicles equipped with a TCU built on or before 11-Oct-2017 may exhibit a discharged battery…
- 10144195Jul 20, 2018Some 2012-2018 Focus Electric, 2013-2017 C-Max Energi, and 2013-2018 Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) may exhibit the high voltage (HV) battery failing to…
- 10136582Feb 20, 2018Some 2012-2014 Focus vehicles equipped with a 2.0L gasoline direct injection (GDI) engine may exhibit concerns of engine runs rough, crank no-start, loss of power, loss of engine…
- 10095781Feb 9, 2017Some 2012-2017 focus electric/2013-2017 cmax energi/fusion energi/2015-2017 mkc/mkz/2016-2017 mkx and 2017 continental vehicles operating with a 3g tcu on or before 16-jan-2017…
- 10204984Mar 22, 2016Delivery Hold - Customer Satisfaction Program 16 B02 Certain 2012-2016 Model Years Focus Electric vehicles High voltage Lower battery connector corrosion.
- 10074364Mar 22, 2016Summary to be provided on a future date.
- 10204994Mar 1, 2016Online automotive service information system for March 2016
- 10204986Feb 5, 201649 CFR Part 579.5 Monthly Communications - January 2016
Electrical system: other model years
Other parts of the 2013 Ford Focus Electric
37 complaintsEngine
16 complaintsFuel system
15 complaintsSteering
9 complaintsVehicle speed control
5 complaintsBrakes
4 complaintsElectronic stability control
3 complaintsOther or unknown
3 complaintsExterior lighting
1 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2013 Ford Focus Electric
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 29, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
To check a specific vehicle for open recalls, use its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Methodology