2016 Ford Focus Electric Electrical system Problems
- Complaints
- 4about this part
- Share
- 80%of 5 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 20,500miles
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 4 complaints about the electrical system of the 2016 Ford Focus Electric, 80% of the 5 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 20,500 miles. 1 a fire, according to the filers.
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.
“It rained, and car stopped. No motive power. A red warning, stop safely now message on dash. Towed to dealership. There was a technical service bulletin 20-2004 to put on a splash shield to keep the 318volt (high!) connector from being hit by water, but the dealership just put on a big 350 amp fuse and put the car back in service. The fuse blew due to water intrusion. Treated a side effect, not the main problem. They refused to do what was in TSB 20-2004 & fsa 16b02. The attached picture shows how close the tire is to the high voltage battery connector! …”
NHTSA complaint #11319990, filed 2020-04, 31,000 miles“When on freeway car suddenly displays an alert saying Stop safely now And will shut off , while driving makes it impossible to properly control the car . It has done this on multiple occasions, On the freeway , on residential streets and also when starting from park and proceeding to drive car has suddenly stopped and unable to restart right away”
NHTSA complaint #11599912, filed 2024-07“The Body Control Module controlling the lights, hatch, and door lock/unlock malfunctioned. Its a serious safety issue when the lights go out unexpectedly while driving.”
NHTSA complaint #11502673, filed 2023-01Related service bulletins
- 10235323Apr 12, 2023Certain 2014-2020 Model Year Multiple Vehicle Lines 3G Telematics Control Unit to 4G Upgrade Kit REASON FOR THIS SUPPLEMENT Program Terms & Urgency / Expiration Date: Program…
- 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…
- 10144214Jul 20, 2018Some 2016 C-MAX and Focus Electric vehicles built on or after 11-May-2016 may exhibit a false activation of the alarm system. Reprogram the body control module (BCM) to the…
- 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…
- 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…
- 10095978Nov 2, 2016Some 2016 c-max and focus electric vehicles may exhibit a false activation of the alarm system. A work around until the software is updated(4th qtr. 2016), procedure is…
- 10109054Sep 2, 2016Some 2016-2017 Ford and Lincoln vehicles equipped with SYNC 3 may have DTCs U3000:04, B108E:12 and/or U1A00:87 present in the APIM. If these DTCs are present and no other…
- 10092572Aug 26, 2016Some 2016 c-max and focus electric vehicles may exhibit a false activation of the alarm system. A work around until the software is updated(4th qtr. 2016), procedure is…
Electrical system: other model years
Other parts of the 2016 Ford Focus Electric
2 complaintsExterior lighting
1 complaintsOther or unknown
1 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
1 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2016 Ford Focus Electric
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 28, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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