2014 FORD FOCUS — Complaint #1988901
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NHTSA Complaint about POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:INTERNAL:CLUTCHES/BANDS filed May 3, 2024
NHTSA complaint #1988901 (ODI reference 11586865) concerns a 2014 FORD FOCUS and was filed on May 3, 2024. The owner reports the failure occurred on March 2, 2024. The vehicle had 11,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Missouri based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as power train:automatic transmission:internal:clutches/bands, 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 power train:automatic transmission:internal:clutches/bands 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 while driving at an undisclosed speed, the accelerator pedal was depressed; however, the accelerator pedal failed to function as intended. Additionally, the vehicle shuddered. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed with a failed transmission clutch, and it was determined that the clutch needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact was informed that the transmission clutch had been replaced in the vehicle twice previously. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and a case was filed. The contact was advised to report the failure to the NHTSA Hotline. The failure mileage was approximately 110,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1988901 |
| ODI Number | 11586865 |
| Date Filed | May 3, 2024 |
| Failure Date | March 2, 2024 |
| VIN | 1FADP3F20EL |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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