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2014 FORD FOCUS — Complaint #1921248

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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:COIL filed August 22, 2023

NHTSA complaint #1921248 (ODI reference 11540050) concerns a 2014 FORD FOCUS and was filed on August 22, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on July 23, 2023. The vehicle had 63,000 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:ignition:coil, 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:ignition:coil 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.

Vehicle
2014 FORD FOCUS
Component
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:COIL
State
Maryland
Mileage
63,000 mi

Complaint Description

The contact owns a 2014 Ford Focus. The contact stated while driving 25 MPH, the vehicle hesitated while depressing the accelerator pedal. The vehicle was towed to a dealer. The vehicle was diagnosed, and the mechanic confirmed a failure with the clutch and ignition coils. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and directed the contact to the NHTSA Hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 63,000.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 1921248
ODI Number 11540050
Date Filed August 22, 2023
Failure Date July 23, 2023
VIN 1FADP3F23EL

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.