2014 Ford Focus Electric Fuel system Problems
- Complaints
- 11about this part
- Share
- 20%of 55 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 9,500miles
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 11 complaints about the fuel system of the 2014 Ford Focus Electric, 20% of the 55 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 9,500 miles.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“Car was in the garage with fully charged. I tried to start car and I got message safe mode shutdown on the right screen and stop safely now on the left screen. Car lights start blinking and after a while whole car shutdown and disabled. Car is not responding remote key. Back door is locked and can't open. I tried to put back to charged and nothing changed at all. I called Ford road side assistance and taking car to service tomorrow.”
NHTSA complaint #10604902, filed 2014-06, 2,850 miles“I got a loan on the car last year of 2017 and the car had issues accelerating. I do not recall the date but my husband and was on the hill and I and it stated transmission default. I took the car to Ford and they replaced the clutch. For about 2mths it was fine. Then it wouldn't accelerate probably. The car then starts turning off in traffic and I almost was in a car accident. I then replaced the battery. Then I finally decided to take it to Ford and that's when they told me I needed my entire fuel system replaced. …”
NHTSA complaint #11099831, filed 2018-06, 61,000 miles“On tuesday, september 22, 2015, while my son was driving on the freeway at 65 MPH in the carpool lane, the car suddenly stalled on him and loss all power to the car. A message popped up on the dash in an orange triangle stated stop safely now . Since he was in the carpool lane, he did not have enough time to get the car off to the side. He was stranded in a busy carpool lane and almost got rear end from behind when the car suddenly cut off all power and came to a stop. This has put my son in a great danger situation!!! …”
NHTSA complaint #10776444, filed 2015-09, 22,600 miles“Stop safely now . While driving, power to the car completely stopped multiple times. Stop safely now message shows on instrument panel. This has happened at least 7 times. The first while driving 65 MPH on the freeway in february. Luckily I was able to get out of way of traffic before it came to complete stop. I took it to Ford on 2/24/16 and they stated there was a recall to fix this (I never received notice of recall). They made the repairs and said it was safe to drive. On 4/18/16, the car again completely stopped as I entered an intersection and stop safely now message appeared again. …”
NHTSA complaint #10861105, filed 2016-04, 25,000 miles“Stop safely now warning light came on at ~18k miles, 17 months into ownership, while driving on express way at ~35 MPH. Car powered off after coming to a complete stop at next stoplight, was stranded before intersection. Car did power up again and was driveable after opening and closing driver door, waiting several minutes, and turned power off and on.”
NHTSA complaint #10763941, filed 2015-09, 18,000 milesRelated service bulletins
- 10204987Feb 5, 201649 CFR Part 579.5 Monthly Communications - March 2016 Air bag warning light illuminated with diagnostic trouble code (DTC) B141B and/or B141C
- 10204986Feb 5, 201649 CFR Part 579.5 Monthly Communications - January 2016
Fuel system: other model years
Other parts of the 2014 Ford Focus Electric
29 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
21 complaintsEngine
16 complaintsSteering
6 complaintsVehicle speed control
5 complaintsBrakes
2 complaintsElectronic stability control
2 complaintsOther or unknown
2 complaintsWheels
2 complaintsExterior lighting
1 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
1 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2014 Ford Focus Electric
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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