2013 FORD FOCUS — Complaint #2043811
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NHTSA Complaint about POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY filed November 27, 2024
NHTSA complaint #2043811 (ODI reference 11627744) concerns a 2013 FORD FOCUS and was filed on November 27, 2024. The owner reports the failure occurred on June 27, 2021. The vehicle had 70,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Michigan based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as power train:clutch assembly, 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:clutch assembly 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 2013 FORD FOCUS shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2013 Ford Focus. The contact stated while driving approximately 45 MPH on several occasions, the vehicle lost automotive power. No warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the clutch assembly needed to be replaced. The independent mechanic suggested that the vehicle be taken to a dealer. The vehicle was taken to a dealer and the vehicle was repaired; however, the failure reoccurred. The contact attempted to contact the manufacturer but had not received a response. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 70,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2043811 |
| ODI Number | 11627744 |
| Date Filed | November 27, 2024 |
| Failure Date | June 27, 2021 |
| VIN | 1FADP3N26DL |
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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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