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marty1985, 10/13/2014
2014 Ford Focus Electric 4dr Hatchback (electric DD)
2 of 4 people found this review helpful
Purchased the car for under 30k and was a great value. Cost for my 36 mile commute is now 0.50 instead of 3.50 (or the cost of a gallon at the time). It has had a few recalls but when those fixes were applied, no issues and nothing really to maintain. No oil changes or fluids/belts/chains/etc. I love the fact that I never go to gas stations, just plug in nightly like my cellphone and ready to go in a couple of hours (with the 220v wall charger). We have a second car for trips, but I think renting a car for the few long trips of the year would be fine if we didn't have a second vehicle. Overall, I am sold on electric and am likely to stick with all electric for my commute/around town car!
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Bill, 06/14/2017
updated 06/27/2023
2014 Ford Focus Titanium 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 6AM)
2 of 4 people found this review helpful
Update: June 3023 another year on the Focus...265,000 miles. Still runs great and as I retired this year it is no longer doing daily driver duty to work, it is relegated to running errands and vacation. Still looks good runs well, paint still shiny...motor flawless. Only issue really is that dang Ford Focus Transmission...she still shudders a bit at start off. But it still owes me a chance to see 300K miles before i get rid of it. Been a good car and dependable. So, its now December 2022, the car is now 8.5 years old, and has 246 thousand Miles and its still running strong. Regular/required maintenance. Still runs like a top. Don't know what else to say : Happy with the car. Like the ride, Enjoy owning the car, it's still super reliable. I love it still, and I DO every maintenance as required. My goal with this car is to keep it until 300,000. Still going strong. Drive the beltway everyday and get 40 mpg, why would I get rid of it...Stay Tuned
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Perfect 2nd City Car
Jack Hamley, 07/09/2017
2014 Ford Focus Titanium 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 6AM)
2 of 4 people found this review helpful
This is a very economical and reliable 2nd car for the city, high quality build and interior in the Titanium trim level
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Great car, far exceeded my expectations
rex81, 09/23/2014
updated 09/23/2016
2014 Ford Focus SE 4dr Hatchback (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
2 of 4 people found this review helpful
Have 68,000 miles now. I've owned a number of new cars from Toyota, Hyundai, Nissan, and Scion for the past decade, and this is by far my favorite car. It is also the highest quality. Even after all these miles, there is barely a single squeak or rattle going over bumps. Far more solid than any Toyota I've owned. I feel like I stole this car from Ford, it was such a good value. I get 35 mpg combined which is above EPA. Mine is a manual SE w/ sport package. Highly recommend this combo if you're concerned about reliability of SYNC and the auto transmission. No issues whatsoever. Not even a single recall. I didn't mind the auto, but heard about technical issues, so I just avoided. The 5 speed manual is a good transmission. Nice light clutch feel and smooth, authoritative shifter. The sport package upgrades to gray painted wheels, 4 wheel disc brakes (a huge upgrade in my opinion), leather steering wheel and shifter knob, and nice firm seats. I like the seats, but might be too firm for some. The car feels lightweight but incredibly solid and well built. Quiet and smooth on the freeway. Quieter than cars costing many times as much. I didn't fully appreciate this at first, but it's a huge benefit. It's too bad so many people are having trouble with their auto transmissions. The manual version is a great car. Resale value is terrible, but I plan on keeping this forever so I don't care!
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Very pleasantly surprised!
rex81, 12/19/2014
updated 06/19/2017
2014 Ford Focus SE 4dr Hatchback (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
4 of 10 people found this review helpful
I've owned import cars for years and was planning on buying a Mazda3 but just couldn't pass up the price on the Focus. After incentives it was $6,000 below a comparable 3. I'm glad I did. I've had it for 3.5 years and 90,000 miles and I love it! It's comfortable, quiet, efficient, stylish, and well built. It feels light but solid at the same time. Great suspension allows for a perfect ride/handling balance. I enjoy getting into it every day. I opted for the manual transmission SE with sport package. Glad I did because I rented a Titanium with auto trans and hated it. Like two different cars. It's true: The auto has issues. And the MyFord Touch was annoying. If you look at Consumer Reports poor reliability ratings, it's all from the auto trans and MyFord Touch. Simple is better here. I've never had a single issue with it. It feels just as solid as the day I drove it off the lot!
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Oil leaks onto the clutch.
Tim, 09/06/2016
updated 03/20/2020
2014 Ford Focus SE 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
I'm on my third clutch pack in 50k miles do to oil leaking past a shaft seal. At 77k miles now with clutch slipping again. Oil leak from timing chain cover repaired four times now. Im going to hold off on having the clutch replaced until 99k miles just before the warranty expires. Car will be going up for sale once the warranty is up. I have accepted a settlement with ford and have sold the vehicle.
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pJ Peacher, 03/26/2017
updated 04/01/2021
2014 Ford Focus S 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
I love the body style of my 2014 Focus. This is definitely a woman's car. It handles like a dream driving, that is why I was shocked when at 3400 miles the clutch in the automatic transmission went bad. I later found out when the dealer had to replace the part that went bad, that this was a common problem with this particular vehicle. As much as I love this car, had I been told this, I would never have purchased it. Since this is the same transmission and the part replaced is just like the one that went bad, does that mean 3400 miles from now I'm going to have it go bad again. Why has Ford not done a recall on this model, and put a different transmission in this vehicle. I have always been a Ford dire hard person when it came to my vehicles, but now I am beginning to wonder if I should look at other models. Truthfully, I would reconsider buying this model, it's not worth the money for the type of problems it is causin Since my last review, I have had no other problems with my cars transmission. Apparently, I must be one of the lucky ones when it came to transmission problems, because I have received several pieces of mail from different lawyers wanting me to file in a class action law suit, but in order to do this, the car would have needed to have had more than three returns to the dealership for transmission problems. I'm happy to say that I am still loving my little car, but like in my first review, had I known that Ford was aware of this problem and did no disclose it to the public, I would have chosen a different model. I'm just glad my car has had only one transmission problem so far. My warranty will only cover these problems, if it happens again, until the year 2019, March. Sept 27. 2018 This is a new update, all things are the same as far as what I said in my previous review. What has changed is that since a year and a half ago when I had to have the clutch in the transmisssion replaced, once again on Sept 21st, the same problem occured again. I still don't have 5,000 miles on the car and the so called 5yr 60,000 mile warranty is up March of 2019. I asked the service manager if this same problem occurs again 18 months from now, will Ford be responsible for fixing it since this is a recalled problem. The answer was no, I would have to pay since the drive train warranty was up. I don't think so, Ford and I will be going at it. If the dealership had been honest about the problems with the transmission Ford was having, even though I loved the car, I would have reconsidered buying this model. My advice to anyone who wants a Focus, choose another model. It isn't certain that the new ones won't have the same problems as what has already been with the Focus NEW REVIEW; Since my last review, I have had my car back in the shop twice for the Ford Recall of the transmission. Even though I love my car, I am fighting with the dealership over who will pay for the next time I have this problem. I was told next time they would charge me since the five year warranty was over. My car had a five year warranty unlike those sold today. As much as I love my car, I would no longer advise buying this model vehicle. I waited nine years to buy a car, and I guess you could say I got the whole lemon tree. I don't have many miles on my car, but as soon as we pay my husbands Escape off, I am getting rid of it, as much as I love the car, I just don't want anymore transmission worries. NEW REVIEW (SEPT. 28) Yes I still have my car. Since my last review I have had to replace the clutch assembly again. Ford has had so many law suits filed against them for this problem that they have agreed to extend the recall until Feb , the catch is it will be covered 7 years from the date in which you purchased the vehicle, or 100,000 miles whichever occurs first. I only have a little over 7000 miles on mine, so according to what Ford has extended, I am covered until 2021. However, there will be charges filed against them if I still have the car and something goes wrong with the clutch assembly past the date Ford has extended. Ford knew the engine was the wrong one for this car model, but did not disclose it, nor call a massive recall, therefore since it's a recall issued by Ford it doesn't matter how many times the problem occurs, they HAVE to fix it. Other than this one major flaw with this car model, I still love my car.
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Absolutely worst purchase ever
Rick, 04/06/2017
2014 Ford Focus SE 4dr Hatchback (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Piece of junk Poor transmissions Air conditioning problems. Very Very disappointed
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Terrible car.
Steph84$292$3, 04/10/2017
2014 Ford Focus SE 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
No one should buy this car. Bought my car brand new and have had problems since I left the dealership. The car shakes and I've taken it to the dealership and they have replaced the clutch and did some reprogramming, but there has been no change. I'm paying for a car the has major issues. Ford knows about the problem and won't fix it. Worst purchase ever.
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I think I can, I think I can
Jessie H, 05/05/2017
2014 Ford Focus SE 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Transmission Issues! Purchased a 2014 Ford and within the first year had to bring into dealership 4 times due to transmission skipping, stuttering, and giving me the impression more time of not that it wasn't going to make it up the hills of San Francisco. I made such a fuss about it, the dealership swapped for a 2015 and it still gave me the exact troubles....wasn't upset at all to turn that in once more to dealership and opt out of a Ford all together...
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