Used 2012 Ford Focus Consumer Reviews
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FINALLY Euro Focus is here!
lifeisahighway, 09/21/2011
2012 Ford Focus SE 4dr Hatchback (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
6 of 8 people found this review helpful
I just took delivery of my 2012 Ford Focus SE Hatch on Sept. 17th. So far, the car has been reliable, but time will tell. I have read many reviews complaining about the dual clutch auto, and I haven't experienced anything negative with it. I do notice that the transmission is reluctant to accelerate from a stop, but I think that's because the engine needs to rev higher. That is when the car opens up more. My previous car was a 2000 Toyota corolla, so ANYTHING is an upgrade from that! Most features that people take for granted, I LOVE having now. The very first day, I did notice some rough shifts, but I think that was just the car breaking in. The car has been smooth shifting since then.
This car was built for me!
dumpbuster, 07/13/2012
2012 Ford Focus SEL 4dr Hatchback (2.0L 4cyl 6AM)
9 of 13 people found this review helpful
I spent 40 years in the auto business beginning as a salesman, used car manager, import factory rep to factory exec and then ended up a CPDJ dealer. I've driven them all and when it was time to retire and buy what I really wanted, I bought the Focus SE with the 203A, sport package and auto/manual. I look for reasons to drive it so what I save in gas (32 around town/38 on the highway) I burn up having fun. Yeah, the MySync or whatever it's called is tedious for an old non-geek but I'm used to it. The performance is kickin' and the handling awesome. You can keep your Japanese 'cachet' cars. I'll drive the wheels off this jewel and love every minute of it!
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A happy camper
jfoehner, 10/12/2011
2012 Ford Focus SEL 4dr Hatchback (2.0L 4cyl 6AM)
9 of 13 people found this review helpful
Wow, my SEL has a great ride, very quite, quality interior materials, sound system very good and already getting 33 mpg mixed town and highway driving. It's turned a number of heads where ever I go. People really like the exterior lines and didn't realize it was a Ford product.
I'm losing my job and livelihood over this thing!
John the car guy, 09/20/2015
2012 Ford Focus SEL 4dr Hatchback (2.0L 4cyl 6AM)
9 of 13 people found this review helpful
WARNING: 6 Paragraphs Long! Patient/caring readers only The number one thing you have to watch out for is that ridiculous auto/manual/automatic transmission. In all due honesty I absolutely love everything else about this car. I love the seats, I love the handling, I love the entertainment system, I love the engine, and I love the color and style. But that transmission is such a negative that it takes away all the positives. I can't enjoy the rest of the car when the transmission never shifts correctly. It's most annoying habits to me were the loss of acceleration in 3rd gear and up. 1st and 2nd gear pulled just fine. Whenever it shifted into 3rd, there would always be a nasty chattering sound and acceleration would drop. Next, the transmission would not let me accelerate to passing speeds on the highway, especially on an incline. I put the foot down, the transmission downshifts, the car starts to accelerate, and just as soon as the engine picks up in RPM, it up shifts, killing the acceleration. I found that to pass effectively in this car I had no choice but to give it full throttle. Not what I call an economical pass. Now, this is ALL bad news about the tranny... now let me explain the title of my review. My car is sitting at my workplace, collecting dust and God knows what, because the transmission can't figure out what gear it was last in and therefore IT WILL NOT START. This is a major issue that I have read HUNDREDS of reviews on from loyal Focus owners. It's just 2000 miles out of its powertrain warranty, so Ford is giving me the middle finger and has the audacity to tell me that it's a 'normal issue' (a normal problem... who would have thought) and that I'm already looking at roughly $2000 to get it fixed. Problem is... I'm a low level bachelor who doesn't exactly have the largest savings account built up in my young existence. I know it may have been stupid to finance a car without a respectable financial foundation, but I've always known the Focuses to be very good cars. I got a decent deal with my non-existent credit, and I could afford it, and then some. Paying for preventive maintenance is not a problem for me. Paying for extensive repairs when I've done my part in keeping the car stays in tip-top condition IS a problem. So right now, I've got a dead car sitting at my job 24 miles away, my bank account is getting thinner, and let's just say my family and friends are too 'busy' to help out a brother in a time of great need. I am in good with my boss, but he called and told me that he can't keep flexing for me and will have to let me go and hire someone else. If I lose my job, then I lose the car. And if I lose the car... well... fat chance getting another job to buy another car with because with no car and can't transport myself to and from a job and this is just a spiral of doom developing before me. All of this... because Ford basically released an overly-complex, software-dependent, unproven and flawed transmission design to the public that can and WILL fail. After reading so much dirt on the transmission, I drove to work everyday feeling fearful that it would let me down... and it happened. I can't hate the car as much as I can hate Ford for such an asinine support. Expensive repairs... failed repairs... DEATHS. I have come across so much material from other Focus owners that has made me decide to NOT have it fixed. Hopefully I can find some way out of the loan and get myself in something with a good old fashioned manual transmission before I lose my job and/or my life over this mess.
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Don't EVER buy a Ford vehicle
noo2, 04/07/2015
2012 Ford Focus SE 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
7 of 10 people found this review helpful
This is by far the worst ford I've owned. I'm not a new customer to Ford and I will NEVER buy another Ford again. The focus sounds like its about to break down constantly. I would rather drive a used beat up 1996 POS than this BRAND NEW focus. I've brought it in for multiple issues, not just the transmission, and I'm so tired of dealing with them and the same response. Ford may be saving money by not fixing any of their mistakes, but they sure as hell are losing a lot of customers and future clients for it. Word of mouth spreads faster and more efficiently than any deal they can create to help fix this.