2012 Ford Focus in deep snow

Plowing the road with a 2012 Ford Focus and trying not to get stuck! Continental ContiProContact tires, size P215/50R17...also that blinking orange/yellow light is the Advancetrac (traction and stability control)

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Autos & Vehicles

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• 2012
• ford
• focus
• titanium
• snow
• driving
• sheet
• ice
• winter

[dieselboy77]

Can you buy snow tires at ford dealer ? Audi dealer sells them

[mercmilan06]

@dieselboy77 I don't see why not, most dealers will order whatever you want for tires as far as I know

[sblomsterberg]

You must be the luckiest person ever because I have a 2012 Focus Titanium and today we had the second snowfall of the season. About six inches of snow. I was unable to leave my work's parking lot without getting stuck three times. Everyone else around me was fine. My colleague had to push my car three times to get me unstuck. I drove back to the parking garage, had her take me home, and now I have to go to tomorrow to get snow tires put on my car. It completely sucks in the snow.

[mercmilan06]

@sblomsterberg Do you have the Titanium Handling Package?

[sblomsterberg]

@mercmilan06 Yes I do. I did a lot of research on this over the last 24 hours and basically I am beyond pissed off at Ford. They sold me a Titanium w/ the Titanium Handling Package AND a Winter Package. They NEVER told me the tires were "Low Profile Summer Only Tires". W T F. SO UPSET! I live in Chicago - why would they do that? I now have to drop 1186 dollars today on 4 18 inch Blizzak snow tires -___-. If I don't my car is basically a big paperweight. UGH.

[mercmilan06]

@sblomsterberg It says right on the website and many professional reviews that the Handling Package comes with performance summer tires. Ford can sell you whatever they want, it's kind of your job to understand what you're buying...you can't just assume a car will work in the snow because it isn't a sports car. They probably offer that combination for people who plan on getting a separate set of tires to run for winter and want more handling performance during the summer.

[mercmilan06]

@jclightning98 yeap, still waiting for the USB flash drive from Ford to install MFT 2.0

[jclightning98]

what ever happend to your sync stereo problems??? still happening???

[mercmilan06]

@KoolCordell just traction control

[KoolCordell]

@mercmilan06 can you completely defeat the stability control?