2013 Ford Focus Electric Fuel system Problems

“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.”

“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.”

“Was driving at 25 MPH in a residential zone, with 48 miles on the battery when an alert dinged and the message on the screen said pull over to safety now. I immediately pulled out of traffic into a parking space as the power steering stopped working, then steering then completely locked, couldn't turn the wheel. The car would no longer go forward / had lost power. And the power breaks didn't seem to be functioning. Thankfully I had already come to a complete stop. The next morning we had it towed to an authorized Ford service center that said there was a recall for this issue. …”

“On at least 8 separate occasions, while driving my car all of sudden and out of the blue it displays a stop safely now warning on the dashboard and then completely loses all power to the drivetrain as soon as it slows to down to approx. 5mph. Fortunately, I've not been killed yet as a result of this. The car has been to the Ford dealer 2 times since the first occurrence in april to fix the problem and is currently there again after it most recently happened on sept 24, 2013. It's now been at the dealer for nearly two weeks and they are still trying to figure it out.”

“While driving I lost the ability to accelerate the vehicle as I approached an incline in the road and a stop safely now and see manual warning light appeared on the dash. I activated the hazard lights and pulled over into the bike lane. I shut off the car, opened the door and was able to restart the car after several failed attempts. Approximately 5 minutes later, I successfully restarted the car and drove back home, only the car lost the ability to accelerate again as I came through a major intersection. This time the warning signs were not activated until I had coasted to a stop. …”