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2013 Ford Focus Electric Engine Problems

Complaints
16about this part
Share
23%of 69 total for the year
Median mileage
5,700miles
Trend
StableComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are within 25% of the 3 years before.

NHTSA recorded 16 complaints about the engine of the 2013 Ford Focus Electric, 23% of the 69 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 5,700 miles.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“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

“The engine shut down with a 'stop safely now' warning. Since it was the first time it happened, it was not clear what happened, so I came to stop in middle of the road. This has happened a total of 5 times now..with two events within a mile of each other yesterday 10/26. Yesterday the first event was at 40 MPH again in the middle of the road (luckily not very busy at the time) and I was able to pull over to side of the road. The other two times, it happened while backing out of the driveway onto the road.”

NHTSA complaint #10549680, filed 2013-10, 1,275 miles

“I was driving and the car started beeping, and flashed up an warning 'safely stop now'. I immediately pulled the car over to the shoulder, and hit the off button. The engine shut off, but the error did not go away, I could navigate around the computer a bit, and it showed a 'warning' but would not let me see what the warning was. When I opened the car door, none of the accessory power shut off like it should. I got out of the car (removing the key) and locked the car. Still all of the accessory power stayed on. …”

NHTSA complaint #10548302, filed 2013-10, 4,665 miles

“While making a left turn and accelerating out of the turn the engine, power train and breaking system stopped working. The vehicle stopped dead in the street. The dash displayed stop safely now and a yellow warning light symbol of a wrench appeared. I took several attempts to restart using various methods the vehicle finally reset and started.”

NHTSA complaint #10759756, filed 2015-08, 19,500 miles

Related service bulletins

Engine: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2017343%
2016240%
2015325%
20141629%
20131623%
201226%

Other parts of the 2013 Ford Focus Electric

Transmission and drivetrain
37 complaintsElectrical system
27 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 27, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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