14V514000
STEERING
The incorrectly manufactured steering gears may cause impaired steering, including the loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash.
2014 FORD FOCUS
12 safety recall campaigns, 1 carrying NHTSA's "park it" advisory, 3 defect investigations, 3,620 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Do not drive
1 campaign covering the 2014 FORD FOCUS carries NHTSA’s “park it” advisory — the federal government telling owners to stop driving the vehicle until the remedy has been performed. Whether it was performed on any particular car is not something NHTSA publishes in a form anyone can query; a franchised dealer can run the VIN and print the record in a minute, and the repair is free.
The record
Recall campaigns12
Park it1stop driving until repaired
Investigations3
Owner complaints3,620
Complaints citing a crash140
Complaints citing a fire17
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 6 of 12
26V369000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:EVAPORATIVE EMISSIONS:CANISTER
An engine that stalls while driving increases the risk of a crash.
26V011000
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:ENGINE BLOCK HEATER
An electrical short circuit can increase the risk of a fire.
20V331000
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
A door that is not securely latched could open while the vehicle is in motion, increasing the risk of injury to a vehicle occupant.
19V515000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE
The excessive vacuum may result in an engine stall while driving, without warning and without the ability to restart the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
18V735000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE
The excessive vaccuum may result in an engine stall while driving, without warning and without the ability to restart the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 1,487POWER TRAIN
- 440ENGINE
- 297FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 277UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 237ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 213STEERING
- 162VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 53STRUCTURE:BODY
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2014 FORD FOCUSs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.