2014 FORD FOCUS — Complaint #1758262
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:FUEL CELL filed July 19, 2021
NHTSA complaint #1758262 (ODI reference 11425445) concerns a 2014 FORD FOCUS and was filed on July 19, 2021. The owner reports the failure occurred on December 1, 2020. The vehicle had 95,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Maryland based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:propulsion system:fuel cell, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same FORD FOCUS cohort independently describe similar electrical system:propulsion system:fuel cell failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2014 FORD FOCUS shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2014 Ford Focus. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled soon after refueling. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The contact had taken the vehicle to a dealer where they diagnosed her vehicle with a deformed fuel tank. Upon investigation, the contact linked the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 19V515000 (Fuel System, Gasoline) however, the Vin was not included. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and confirmed that the Vin was not included in the recall. The representative informed her that a supervisor would reach out to her for further assistance however, the contact had yet to hear from the manufacturer. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 95,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1758262 |
| ODI Number | 11425445 |
| Date Filed | July 19, 2021 |
| Failure Date | December 1, 2020 |
| VIN | 1FADP3F21EL |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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