2010 Ford Focus

ENGINE STALLS WHILE DRIVING AND WILL NOT RESTART. I SUSPECT THAT IT IS RELATED TO SIMILAR ISSUES DRIVERS ARE HAVING WITH THE EVAP CANISTER PURGE VALVE IN OTHER MODEL YEARS: "THE CANISTER PURGE VALVE MAY MALFUNCTION AND CREATE EXCESSIVE VACUUM IN THE FUEL VAPOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, WHICH CAN RESULT IN THE ENGINE STALLING WITHOUT RESTARTING. DEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE AND REPLACE THE CANISTER PURGE VALVE AS NEEDED. IF THE VALVE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, DEALERS WILL ALSO INSPECT AND REPLACE THE CARBON CANISTER, FUEL TANK AND FUEL DELIVERY MODULE AS DETERMINED TO BE NEEDED. ALL REPAIRS WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE TO RESOLVE THE CONCERN."

MY YELLOW WENCH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON,I WAS STOPPED AT A 4 WAY CITY INTERSECTION AND WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL THE CAR WOULD NOT PICK UP ANY SPEED. I WAS STUCK WITH TRAFFIC BEHIND ME. I HAD TO GO THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AT IDLE SPEED PULL OFF THE ROAD, TURN THE CAR OFF AND WAIT A FEW SECONDS THEN RESTART IT. I WAS THEN ABLE TO DRIVE IT AND THE YELLOW CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS NO LONGER ON.THE YELLOW LIGHT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON BEFORE AND I HAD GOODYEAR AND AUTO ZONE CHECK IT ON THEIR COMPUTER AND IT CAME UP WITH CODE P2135 THROTTLE SENSOR. THE GUY AT AUTO ZONE TOLD ME TO ENTER THAT CODE ON UTUBE AND SEE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE DID TO FIX THE ISSUE. THERE ARE MANY STORIES ON YOUTUBE ETC REGARDING THIS ISSUE. IT SEEMS TO BE A WIDELY KNOW ISSUE AND ON ANOTHER FORD CAR THEY HAD A RECALL FOR IT. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE FORD DEALER AND THEY KEPT IT FOR A FEW DAYS,THEY TOLD ME SINCE THEY COULD NOT GET THE YELLOW LIGHT TO COME ON THEY CAN NOT TELL WHAT THE ISSUE IS AND THEREFORE NOT FIX IT? IT IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE IT IN THIS CONDITION.

MIL COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY WITH A P0451 (3-4 DRIVING CYCLES AFTER A COLD START ) DTC, NO OBVIOUS REPAIR CONDITIONS PRESENT. ROUGH IDLE, POWER LOSS, HESITATION, DECREASE IN MILEAGE. ISSUES GO AWAY ON THEIR OWN AFTER PCM RESET, COME BACK SHORTLY AFTER MIL SETS AGAIN. MIL GOES OFF RANDOMLY, AND PROBLEMS GO AWAY SHORTLY AFTER. HAVE RUN MULTIPLE DIAGNOSTICS AND NO REPAIR ISSUES FOUND. WAS TOLD THE PCM ITSELF MIGHT NEED TO BE REPLACED OR REPROGRAMMED.

WHENEVER I START MY CAR, THE RPM'S ARE BETWEEN 2-3 AND IT TAKES A COUPLE MINUTES TO REACH THE NORMAL IDLING RPM RATE. THE ENGINE ALSO MAKES CLICKING NOISES AND IS LOUDER THAN USUAL AND JUST DOES NOT SOUND RIGHT. AND PREVIOUSLY, MY CAR HAS RANDOMLY STALLED AND JUST TURNED OFF WHILE THE BATTERY STAYED RUNNING WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN OR JUST IDLING AT A STOP LIGHT. MOSTLY, MY CARS ENGINE JUST TURNS OFF WHILE RUNNING IT IN THE DRIVEWAY IN THE MORNING WHILE THE BATTERY STAYS ON. IT HAS NOT STALLED IN AWHILE BUT THERE IS STILL SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE ENGINE AND THE RPMS. ALSO SOMETIMES, A WRENCH LIGHT APPEARS ON THE DASHBOARD WHEN I AM EXPERIENCING THE PROBLEM.

I TURNED ON THE ENGINE IN THE MORNING AND THE CAR SEEM TO START FINE, BUT WHEN I PUT THE GEAR SELECTOR IN REVERSE AND PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL SUDDENLY THE CHECK ENGINE CAME ON AND THE CAR STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY, I INSTANTLY TURNED OFF THE CAR AFTER A FEW SECONDS I TRIED TURNING THE CAR BACK ON, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT AWAY, AND IT SEEM TO WORK FINE AFTER THAT, BUT THIS NOW HAPPENS ON A DAILY BASES AT RANDOM TIMES OF THE DAY, I CHECKED THE CAR WITH AN OBD2 SCAN TOOL AND IT HAD CODES P2111 AND P2135 THIS KEEPS HAPPENING EVEN AFTER REPLACING THE GAS PEDAL AND THE THROTTLE BODY

AT HIGHWAY SPEED OR ANY SPEED THE LITTLE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON THE DASH AND THEN THE GAS PEDAL HAS NO EFFECT. YOU HAVE TO COAST TO A STOP ALONG THE ROAD, TURN IT OFF AND RESTART IT. THEN ITS FINE. IF YOU DON'T TURN IT OFF AND RESTART IT WILL STAY IN LIMP MODE DRIVING MAXIMUM 5 MPH. THIS CAR HAS 92K MILES. WRENCH LIGHT DOES NOT STAY ON. TD

WE OWN A 2010 FORD FOCUS. WHILE MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HOME FROM HER COLLEGE TOWN AT 75MPH, THE CARE SUDDENLY LOST POWER. LUCKILY THEY WERE ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AT THAT POINT MULTIPLE DASHBOARD LIGHTS CAME ON. THEY STARTED THE CAR AGAIN AND IT IMMEDIATLY DIED. WE HAD IT TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. BY THE TIME THE REPAIR SHOP HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE CAR, IT STARTED UP WITHOUT INCIDENT AND THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. AFTER INCONCLUSIVE DIAGNOSTICS BY THE REPAIR SHOP AND MY RESEARCH ON THIS WEBSITE, WE HAD TO ASSUME IT WAS SIMILAR TO TOO MANY OTHER IDENTICAL COMPLAINTS. MY DAUGHTER DRIVES THIS CAR TO AND FROM COLLEGE, EACH ONE WAY TRIP BEING ABOUT 180 MILES. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE COULD "HOPE" WOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. IT SOUNDED LIKE THERE HAVE BEEN TOO MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS TO NOT HAVE IT REPAIRED. WE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE THROTTLE BODY AT OUR OWN EXPENSE TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $800. WE WILL NEVER SPEND ANOTHER DIME ON A FORD PRODUCT. WE BOUGHT THIS CAR BRAND NEW SO OUR DAUGHTER WOULD HAVE A SAFE CAR. I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED IN THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY. I FAIL TO UNDERSTAND HOW A PROBLEM LIKE THIS, WHICH SOUNDS MUCH TO COMMON, CAN BE IGNORED. FORD SHOULD BE FORCED TO ISSUE A RECALL, AS WELL AS REIMBURSE ALL THE CAR OWNERS THAT HAVE PAID OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKETS TO HAVE THIS FIXED. WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT OUR DAUGHTER WAS ABLE TO SAFELY GET TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY, BUT IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL THIS FACTORY DEFECT CAUSES A ONE OR MORE FATALITIES. WE HAVE LOST ALL CONFIDENCE IN THE FORD MOTO COMPANY FOR NOT STEPPING UP MUCH, MUCH EARLIER TO CORRECT THIS.

WHEN THE CAR COMES TO A STOP AND IS IDLING THE ENGINE STARTS TO SHAKE, THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON AND WHEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE, THE CAR HAS NO POWER. IF I TURN OFF THE CAR AND TURN IT BACK ON, THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED UNTIL I COME TO ANOTHER STOP. THE DEALERSHIP CANNOT FIGURE OUT WHAT IS HAPPENING AND THEY SAY THE DIAGNOSTIC TOOL REPORTS NO CODES. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH ENGINE SHUT OFF AND AFTER STOPPING AND ATTEMPTING TO RESTART THE ENGINE WOULD ONLY SPUTTER. AFTER A FEW MINUTES IT DID RESTART AND AS WE WERE 120 MILES FROM HOME THIS EVENT REOCCURRED A DOZEN OR MORE TIMES WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATING AFTER 7 INSTANCES OF STALLING. THE REPAIR SHOP WE TOOK IT TO FOUND THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS DEFECTIVE AND MADE THE REPAIR. AS SOME DEAL WAS APPARENTLY MADE BETWEEN THE MANUFACTURER OF THE VEHICLE AND THE GOVERNMENT AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSURING MY SAFETY IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE COMPANY PROFITS AT MY EXPENSE I AM NONE THE LESS MAKING A REPORT. *TR