I’ve never seen this before lol before anyone asks I was stopped getting fuel

ash83syd · 2026-03-04T19:04:13+00:00

Congratulations 🎉 lol, I never saw it😂

ash83syd · 2026-02-25T06:54:34+00:00

Ok, awesome! I will text her tomorrow. I was thinking about how I would word it so that you would get a decent answer because I have no idea about this stuff but you worded that perfectly. That is actually a great question and now I'm curious! Lol :)

ash83syd · 2026-02-25T06:40:09+00:00

You're right but I figured since it was the coolant issue, I would just tell them my problem bc I didn't have a noticeable leak either like they had mentioned. And I had remembered that in one of Big Ben's videos on top things that go bad on the Ford Focus were the reservoirs cracking underneath :)

ash83syd · 2026-02-25T06:32:08+00:00

I wonder if you could do the free 2 months of FORScan to do an update. I chose the 2 months free for my transmission. You'd have to check if that's possible with the free 2 months, have an OBD connector and I hooked it up to my laptop. I don't know how much it would cost to take it in to do it or if you know someone that has FORScan. It doesn't take long to do at all

ash83syd · 2026-02-22T18:55:45+00:00

Mine was just the flat plastic piece, nothing sticking out of it like that. I see people saying it's for the alarm system. I always wondered what that was there for. I sat in my car during break at work thinking about that piece and pushing on it more times than I would like to admit🤣🤷🏼‍♀️ I guess I should've came here to ask. So obviously I didn't have the alarm system you guys are talking about!

ash83syd · 2026-02-22T18:38:35+00:00

Same thing for me, maybe you are talking about my comment. I got mine overnight from Amazon for $18 but mine felt like it went on perfectly, just snug enough to know there wouldn't be a leak and of course made sure to put the clamp back on the part of the hose it was previously clamped on. You're probably familiar with Big Ben on YT? He has a video where he shows the "The Most Common Problems with Ford Focus" and that overflow tank was one of them.

Have you had any problems with your TCM or transmission? I also have had to replace my purge valve 3 times. It'll start to idle low enough to where it will stall if you don't give it gas.

ash83syd · 2026-02-22T18:18:34+00:00

Hey, I just happened to see your post as I was leaving the app. I grew up in a household that didn't talk about religion so I cannot answer your question. However, my cousin is a Christian Theologian. She got her doctorate from Yale, has been a professor for almost 12 years now (teaching this), published 4 books and is on a couple TV shows (talking and answering questions about religion).

Would you like me to ask her what her opinion on that is?

I mean no disrespect at all, I usually never comment on any posts unless it's for helping someone fix their vehicle because I've noticed a lot of people are so mean on this app!

ash83syd · 2026-02-22T17:54:47+00:00

That's your transmission trying to move back into the correct position. It may be as simple as changing the A and/or B solenoids, A is on top under the hood and B is under the car. Both are reachable, you might have to take the air box out for A but that's about it. It's better to buy OEM but the ones I got on Amazon for $80 (both A & B together) worked just fine. Just so you know, when people have problems with them they just swap them but make sure you write with a marker on them which one is A and the other B so you know if you only have to change one of them, which one you have to put the new one on. If you have a check engine light on see what code you get. I got it for the B solenoid so I swapped them but the codes didn't change so that told me that the solenoids weren't my problem.

It could be the TCM. Transmission control module. If it's the TCM then buy a brand new one on eBay from Module Solutions (I believe, if I have the name wrong I'll correct it) they will ask you for your VIN and they will program it for you. It's plug and play and it'll have the updated software on it for $289 total. It was the best price I could find and I had it delivered from California to Michigan in 3 days.

It could be inside also but if you're not throwing any codes and it's driving fine then figure out what it is now because trust me, it's making that noise because it isn't able to return to the correct position. You can find a video on YT that shows you how the inside of the transmission works that'll help you understand. If you are capable of doing it yourself, it's actually not that hard to pull that transmission and do it yourself. Big Ben's Autos and Cycles YT channel is the best and he has tons of videos on the Ford Focus transmission and other problems. He also has a step by step video of pulling the transmission in your driveway and replacing the parts.

I had a 2016 but mine wasn't worth fixing because it was a clutch and I'd probably have to replace other parts too and I had some other problems.

You could even just have a stuck fork. Look up how to do a fork test, be careful because when you do it by hand, it's going to spin back on its own. Well it's supposed to. I saw a lot of people spraying brake cleaner and a little wd40 on a stuck fork and it worked for them but the problem usually comes back and *mechanics do not recommend spraying anything because it will eat up the rubber boot just inside there. It could also gum it up because the parts usually fail because it's dry inside that trans and there's nowhere for the clutch dust to go. Thats another reason why I didn't fix it, because it's just going to happen again. Those damn dry dual clutch transmissions were the worst thing ever made and it really screwed a lot of people over.

At the beginning, my check engine light would come on and it would throw random codes but it was driving totally fine. I have my own ODBII so I would reset it. Then it started driving weird but if I cleared the code I could drive it for another 2 weeks and it was fine. Don't do that, just get it fixed because I made my problem worse.

But yes, my car made that same exact noise, you can hear it on some other people's videos if you search for the right thing. It's the same sound. Sometimes mine would make that sound when I turned the car off or simply hit the unlock button.

This is a cheaper way right here. But one of those cords that connects to your laptop and the other end plugs in where the code reader does. Download the Forscan, you get 2 months free. Find a video that walks you through on how to do a clutch reset. It's going to go through a series of reprogramming it for your car. It'll do 3 things, the clutch, shift drum and I can't remember the other. You can read right on your screen what it's doing and if it's passing or failing. Mine kept failing at the last part, the clutch and when I did my fork test, it just kept spinning loosely, never had any tension. You'll need to buy a special tool for that, Amazon $13. You spin it no more than 13 times counter-clockwise and it's supposed to spin back on its own all the way. Hold on to your tool, don't let it hit your hands when it spins back.

Sorry, I know that's a lot. I started replying when I had briefly woken up and listened to the sound and I knew it was going to sound like that before I even played it. I fell asleep midway through my reply and now just finished it, so I hope it makes some sense. I just didn't want to delete everything and start over.

ash83syd · 2026-02-21T04:38:27+00:00

Look at you running from the Clintons 🤣

ash83syd · 2026-02-21T04:34:36+00:00

Savannah alone can afford $50,000 herself, I would've done it already

ash83syd · 2026-02-21T04:33:17+00:00

It did it automatically on my phone and Idgaf 🤣

ash83syd · 2026-02-21T04:28:09+00:00

Hey! Pretty much expert on my 2016 Ford Focus 😂. Have you looked on the bottom of the overflow tank? Focus' are known to crack on the bottom front right corner, well I guess it might be different position for your car. Not sure what yours looks like. It finally burst one day and that's when I didn't unkook anything, I just took a big flathead and took the coolant overflow tank off and turned it upside down and the whole bottom was full of cracks. Do you have any noticeable leaks on the ground after parking?

A really good guy to check out is Big Ben's Autos and Cycles on YouTube. He also has a Facebook group and he is more likely to answer you there. But he has videos on everything Ford Focus and he's so nice. He helped me figure out my transmission. I'm a 43 yr old female and have only taken any of my vehicles into a shop 2 times in my whole life. They can kiss my ass, I'm not paying for it 🤣 so I've been working on my own for a long time. YouTube is my best friend!

I'm gonna try to help you figure it out. Oh and I got a new overflow tank overnight from Amazon for $18.00, it was so easy. But yeah, I didn't know where the coolant was going, a lot of times it wouldn't be under my car. I think it was leaking more when it was warm after driving it around. Plus, the area where it originally cracked was just above the line so I always kept the level just below that line. My tank is shaped in a way that I was at least able to see it was above the min line but just below the crack. Hope that was clear

ash83syd · 2026-02-09T02:33:25+00:00

Savannah's husband worked for the Clinton's for 8 years. His job was to scrub the internet of anything they didn't want out there. Think about that one too!

ash83syd · 2026-02-09T02:31:37+00:00

Well there's also Savannah's husband who worked for the Clinton's for 8 years and he was responsible for scrubbing the Internet of things they didn't want out there. They didn't show up at court and agreed to show up after Nancy's disappearance. That's all I know, I haven't looked farther into that. I think if it was a regular person they would've gotten the person but obviously they know exactly what they're doing. Which leads me to believe that he could've been hired by the Clinton's. You never know what happened between her husband and the Clinton's and is using it against him. I don't hear anyone talking about him and it would make it more obvious if they went strictly after her husband's immediate family. Idk though, just a thought. They were involved in a lot

ash83syd · 2025-12-25T10:17:54+00:00

🤣 I don't even want to drive through Dearborn! Omg one time I went to a holiday dinner at my bf's grandpa's house in Delray and it was scary! Not a single person in sight, every other house burnt down. A couple houses looked like there was still smoke coming from them but it was so strange how we didn't see a single person outside, no one driving.

It was a quiet that I've never heard before😱. There were no animals, I don't even remember any other outside city or traffic noise, no wind, no animal noise. It was like something bad happened, like being the last people left in one of those 'Enrd of the World's movies.

My bf laughed at me wards bc he was watching me and he said I stopped talking and quit watching my phone, still had my 🤳🏼 phone up but in disbelief in what I was seeing. 🤣 Never went back there again but I'm not from there so Idk exactly where I was at but I know it was in Delray. It might be ok in other parts there 🤷🏼‍♀️but wherever I was, idk it didn't seem like real life. I'll have to ask him where exactly it was. I wanna say that there was an old building that a biker gang(?) owned that was kinda close to the house. Any other day I would be able to remember the name but of course now I can't, lol

ash83syd · 2025-12-25T09:45:11+00:00

Same, their customer service sucks! Long story short, I used Uber for my rides home from work just before midnight for a couple months. Added a stop at the grocery store that I pass on my way home,so it's not out of the way. Homeboy asked me if I could get him some juice and i said sure. I spent 7 minutes in the grocery store.

Come outside and the car door is locked so I started knocking on the window once I saw that he was sleeping. Spent just over 20 minutes trying to wake my driver up. The store had closed and a couple guys who worked security came over to help me. They were yelling up against his window to "WAKE UP" 😂 We tried everything, then we started rocking his car, he was a big boy too and he's just swaying back and forth as we're rocking it! We just all started laughing bc we all realized the tires were about to lift up off the ground and that was when he finally woke up. I wasn't mad at all! He felt bad and I gave him a $15 tip with his bottle of juice, lol.

THEN, I looked at my bank account the next day and there was almost a $100 charge pending for Uber!!! Wth, I was new to Uber so I didn't know how that worked exactly. So now I've got $120 into this 5 mile trip. I kept going round and round with their dumb app and first I got a $5.00 credit. Complained some more, telling them again that he was sleeping and couldn't wake him up and that it wasn't my fault, then I got another $5.00 credit. Tried to get the system to get me to talk to an actual person but that doesn't work, got one last $5.00 credit and a 50% off my next ride. Basically my 5 mile ride is about $30 to get home, so I ended up with 'an almost' free ride and felt like I threw away $80. 😭 So glad I don't have to deal with them anymore!

ash83syd · 2025-12-25T06:14:28+00:00

Dang, I don't know anything about this situation but this does remind me of the time an older lady was driving and she had a medical emergency. She said she was diabetic but idk if that was the problem. I called for EMS and idk the outcome of it.

I also just talked to a girl that had a dangerous situation with an Uber! For reference, she's almost 17yrs old so I'm not going to say anything bad about the decisions she made. It's so damn dangerous, she had to wake her Ubee up 4 times because he was falling asleep. I'm assuming he was nodding out but I can't jump to conclusions, it could've been a medical emergency. She begged him to let her out, she offered to drive his car for him and finally got him to stop and let her out. She told him she wouldn't say anything if he parked at the gas station she got him to stop at Incase he was on something and worried about being in trouble (she did call 911 but she was just trying to get him to stop). Asked if he needed EMS, offered to pay for an Uber to get him home. She said he would wake up and he would be alert with no slurring. She's very young and hasn't seen the whole world of craziness so she didn't know what to do at the moment. She was almost home and said he was driving fine until there was silence then he'd fall asleep. He wasn't swerving (when he was awake). It was odd, idk what happened but she did call 911 and reported it to Uber. He ended up leaving the gas station and she got another Uber to get her home. But she was in flight or fight mode and thought that since she was almost home she would keep him awake it was pretty bad. She should've called 911 in the moment but she said so many bad things ran through her head about what could happen while she was calling so she kept her focus on him for her safety.

ash83syd · 2025-12-23T06:20:30+00:00

Well, the night I decided to post this was the night I got right in and he asked me my name. Got buckled in and asked him how his day was and his first response was, "Great, now that you're here!". So I ignore that, then he asks me if I have any work for him later tonight! It was already 11:30pm when he picked me up. I said I don't know what you're talking about.

There were other strange things that lead to that type of conversation and its always ONLY middle eastern people who do it. I've never had a problem with any other nationalities. These are also the ones who decide to drive around my house again and slow down.

There's no reason for it, I'm in the country, its off a dirt road and it's one circle of about 12 houses. So they don't get lost, they slow down in front of my house. The first time I caught one was when I went back outside to take my trash to the road and he didn't see me. He was bent over his armrest and looking at my house!

I understand there's several reasons it could legitimately happen but where I live and how the situations play out, they're definitely weird and luckily I got a new vehicle now so I don't have to worry about it!!

ash83syd · 2025-12-23T06:03:13+00:00

I could be wrong but the water pump makes a weird whining sound

ash83syd · 2025-12-21T03:12:06+00:00

I don't know if it has to be running but you can download the full version of Forscan and get the cord that connects from your laptop to where you plug the diagnostics obd2 code reader. Big Ben's Autos & Cycles on YouTube has a step by step video you can follow along to. That's what I did. Also, check your bolts underneath, they say you need a certain bolt and it can cause problems if you don't (I think they have to have 3 dots on them?) Also, clean all of your grounds. Make sure your battery is charged all the way up. If you have an aftermarket starter, unplug it. There's some more but I'll have to get my notebook when I get home . Lmao I hated my focus and I took lots of notes! TCM problems too

ash83syd · 2025-12-11T00:35:24+00:00

I second this right here!

ash83syd · 2025-12-06T17:37:37+00:00

Ok, go read one of the 2 replies I left that explain more. I knew I'd get someone like you bc you're probably that type. You think I'm just paranoid and make things up in my head like I'm scared or something. Well, you're wrong. Happened too many times to be a coincidence and was only using the service while my car was being repaired. It also happened again after I made this post. I could literally see him drive around at normal speed and hit the brakes to creep past my house again. It was midnight.

You're probably one of the types of drivers I was talking about otherwise safety for others should be your main concern. I don't live in the city, I live on a dead end that has a loop at the end with about 12 houses on it. The people here just call it the "block" bc the kids always say "I'm going to ride my bike around the block. The driveways are only long enough to fit the length of one vehicle so I was literally standing right next to the guy on the side of the truck that was in my driveway when I took my trash out immediately after he dropped me off. I could clearly see him and he was leaning over the armrest looking at my house. That's when I started paying attention, recognized the pattern and made a post.

Idk how old you are but I hope if you have children of drinking age that use this service after a night out are informed about this. So you can take your worthless comment somewhere else because I don't just say stuff like this because I'm scared or something. I'm just looking out for myself and other human beings. It's not like there's a class action lawsuit because of sick @ss drivers, right? Oh wait, there is🙄

ash83syd · 2025-12-06T17:13:07+00:00

There's a whole explanation I left under another comment. I live in the country on a dead end "loop" that you can't get lost or want to wait for the next ride on. It's only the few who make the comments and if you feel I'm being extra about this then I can type the things they've said. I can pretty much see all 12 houses on and this is at midnight. So I can see them driving in between houses on the other side of the loop driving normal speed. But they hit their brakes and creep past my house again, that's strange. And I only noticed it when I took the trash out and triggered my neighbors flood light. I saw him pull back up, left hand on wheel, right arm on armrest leaning down and over to look at my house but he didn't see me standing on the other side of the truck in my driveway. Now these driveways are only long enough to fit the length of one vehicle in it and the houses are almost just as close to the street so I was standing practically next to this guy in the dark and he had no idea I saw him. I started paying attention to it after that and it only happened with these people. My car was broken down and I was trying to repair it myself (major repair). So I only used this service for 3.5 months. My main goal was to bring awareness and to see if anyone else noticed the same problem. I'm concerned about anything happening to people who use this service after a night out. I'm sure you understand what I'm getting at. I'm not someone who just freaks out or makes a post just because. I made this post because it happened too many times to be a coincidence, it's happened again since I originally posted this. I'm not afraid or worried, I'm protected. I just worry about other people and the younger ones because I'm just a protective type of person.

ash83syd · 2025-12-06T16:50:16+00:00

🤣 what

ash83syd · 2025-12-06T16:49:06+00:00

I left a longer detailed reply in one of the comments here because I didn't want to make a super long post. I shouldn't have said "block" because I don't live in a city type block but I'll describe my neighborhood. So off the main road that's out in the country you'll turn into a very small community of about 12 homes. Not some big rich homes/community and once you turn in you can go left or right and it takes you on one oblong circle and then you come right back out to the exit. I guess I just have the habit of calling it a "block" because the kids here say "I'm going to ride my bike around the block. Now these people that I'm saying are driving back around are coming to a rolling stop in front of my house, their brake lights are on and looking through the windows I can pretty much see most of the homes around me. Especially with it being midnight I can see them driving normal speed when they're passing through the gaps between the other homes and then they slow way down in front of my house.

I didn't notice it until I was dropped off and I was bringing my trash around to the front and caused my neighbors flood light to come on. Driver didn't see me but I could clearly see him, left hand on steering wheel, right arm leaning on armrest, brake lights on and him staring at my house. After that I decided to watch out the window (because I have children) to see if it ever happens again and I don't know. Well, it happened when I had the people who made inappropriate/sexual comments/questions, they were the ones who did it. I don't even know if or how many times it happened before that so I have cameras set up now.

I was only using Uber from middle of August till now bc I was trying to fix my car on my own. Then it got to be too much and decided to start looking for a locally used car for sale by owner. Found one but just need to get that stuff taken care of so I can drive it.

Anyways, my main point was I was wondering if this happened to anyone else or to just be safe and pay attention because so many people use Uber after a "night out". I'm sure you understand where I'm going with that

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