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trust me don't buy one. I'm a professional driver
mark lacroix, 08/02/2015
2013 Ford Focus Titanium 4dr Hatchback (2.0L 4cyl 6AM)
12 of 15 people found this review helpful
Let me first start off by saying I'm a professional truck driver for over 20 years I've owned my own trucks and I know how to get the most out of vehicles . This car has severe transmission problems. I naught a Ford focus 2013 to reduce fuel and to have a little fun in it. I put 122000 miles on it . Yes that wasn't a typo. 122,000 miles. Comuting to sanbernadino to hinckley daily 94 miles one way. First I experienced at around 80 thousand miles the computer module completely went out left me stranded in the middle of the dessert for hours. Towed it back. They fixed. 2nd time at 122 thousand going up the mountain towards big bear dam near killed me and 5 people behind me transmission said it was overheating and went to crawl mode and completely disengaged while cars behind me were spinning put to try to avoid me there was no turn out to get the car too. Finally got it back to dealer and same problem but this time that computer module actually prematurely wore out the clutch witch they wanted 1800 to fix the computer module was still under warranty but they would not fix clutch. I tied to trade it in they would only give me 2500 credit to the car. Yes you Hurd me write 2,500. they know that car is a pile [non-permissible content removed]!!! I had a 2003 ford ficus with 267,000 miles on it and it ran like a top same motor same clutch. Someone T boned it sadly. So I thought I would get same mileage out of new one. Another thing is suspension it wore out to quick and gave tires flat spots witch led to a bummpy ride. Please take it from me get rid of this car as fast as you can. There menu more problems with this car but I don't feel like writing a book about it.
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Don't buy this car.
Samuel, 03/10/2017
2013 Ford Focus SE 4dr Hatchback (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
The car is one issue after another. I have it in the shop every other month. I pay more in repairs than the payments. I'm getting ride of it next week for a different car. I will never buy ford again.
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Should have stayed with Honda
tamie45, 08/25/2014
2013 Ford Focus SE 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
I bought a pre-owned 2013 Focus SE on June 18th 2014. I was initially impressed by the styling and that it was loaded with tech. Unfortunately, all the tech in the world could not make up for the DCT and how awful it was to drive. Even the tech left a lot to be desired. While I initially liked it, I found the controls for the infotainment system to be very hard to use while driving. The saving grace was that it had voice commands to bypass the very convoluted menu setup. It took less than two months to see the writing on the wall about this car and I traded it in for a Honda Civic. I ended up losing money because I traded it in so soon but it was the best decision ever!!
Don't buy this car!!!
Cass, 03/19/2017
2013 Ford Focus SE 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
Don't buy this car!! I bought a 2013 ford focus 2 years ago without doing any research on it and it was the biggest mistake I could have made. Within a few days of buying it I noticed a loud grinding noice everytime I accelerated. After calling the dealership I was reassured that it was "normal" because it was a automatic and manuel transmission. Well after a few weeks the grinding only got worse so I took it back in. I was told the clutch was probably going bad but they could reset the computer and it should fix the problem. I was told to try it 1,000 miles and the problem should go away. Well, it didnt. The grinding got worse and the car began to shutter. Took it back in and had the clutch completely replaced and within a few months it did it again. Within the 2 yrs that I owned that car I had the clutch replaced 3 times, 1 new water pump and 2 new fuel pumps(which werent covered under warrenty) this car is nothing but problems after problems!! I just traded the piece of junk in for a 2016 Hyundia and am so much happier! I no longer have to worry about my car breaking down on me every single day!
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Dont buy 2012 or newer focus or fiesta from Ford
Alex, 08/31/2016
updated 03/01/2017
2013 Ford Focus SE 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
I drive 2013 focus SE and I had been driving it for a about 40,000 miles on it even though the transmission was making noise crank and shudder I figured I will just keep driving it and disregarding the noise as long as it drives but now it is at 59,xxx miles and when i got underneath to do an oil change i noticed transmission leaking. Called dealer and they cannot cover any repairs since the car has branded title. Now i'm stuck with this car that needs lot of time and money to get a repair. Worst of all is that this is a common issue for years 2012-2015 and even after repair people been saying they keep failing after short periods of time. Will never buy another ford and would like to warn anyone from buying these mechanically poorly designed vehicles.
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