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2008 Ford Focus vehicle speed control problems

14 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the vehicle speed control on the 2008 Ford Focus6% of all complaints for this model year.

14
Vehicle Speed Control complaints
6%
share of all complaints
70,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
1 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • The gas pedal goes with gas and decelerates on its own. Brake booster does not function correctly. The motor shakes and looses horsepower.

    filed Jan 25, 2021

  • My ford focus only has 61,000 miles and transmission is jumping having trouble shifting and going in reverse smells like something burning. Ford needs to do a recall numerous people are having the same issues I will be calling ford this is ridiculous I have two different types of cancer and in the…

    filed Jan 7, 2019

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Vehicle Speed Control problems in other Focus years

YearReportsShare
2018 Focus253%
2017 Focus374%
2016 Focus363%
2015 Focus424%
2014 Focus1646%
2013 Focus1115%
2012 Focus1664%
2011 Focus98%
2010 Focus5017%
2009 Focus3314%
2007 Focus277%
2006 Focus2512%
Focus vehicle speed control problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.