Ford Focus Complaints

22,326 consumer complaints on file.

#899488November 27, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID RESERVOIR IS LOCATED UNDERNEATH FRAME OF VEHICLE AND WASHER FLUID LEVEL CAN NOT BE DETERMINED. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. *AK *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899533November 27, 2001
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING A TURN TO EITHER LEFT SIDE OR RIGHT SIDE STEERING WILL MAKE A LOUD NOISE. THIS COULD MAKE CONSUMER LOSE CONTROL. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899534November 27, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR SOME STEERING PROBLEMS THAT HAD EXPERIENCED AT THE TIME OF DRIVING AND KEEPING CONTROL OF VEHICLE. DEALER HAD DETERMINED THAT PROBLEM WAS WITH FRONT BEARINGS, THEN FIXED THEM. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899536November 27, 2001
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE RADIO DID NOT WORK AS IT SHOULD BE, CAUSING PROBLEM AT TIME WHEN TURNING IT ON. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899538November 27, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
WHILE DRIVING COULD HEAR NOISE ON THE MOVEMENT OF VEHICLE HAD SEEN RECALLS ON AXLE OF VEHICLE. DECIDED TO TAKE VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY FOUND OUT THAT PROBLEM WAS REFFERRED TO REAR AXLE OF VEHICLE. BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN RECALL BECAUSETHEY COULD NOT FIXED PROBLEM WITHOUT CHARGING CONSUMER. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899412November 26, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
AFTER TAKING VEHICLE INTO DEALER TO GET RECALL OOF001000 REPAIRS DONE ON POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER FOR CONTROL PROBLEMS. VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE WHEN SLOWING DOWN. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899414November 26, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE SHIFTS IMPROPERLY. CONSUMER HAS BEEN IN VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION ONCE WHEN COMING OFF A RAMP AND DOWN SHIFTING, GEARS WOULD NOT ENGAGE PROPERLY. VEHICLE WON'T GO INTO GEAR. CONSUMER STATED IT DIDN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, BUT IT WAS DANGEROUS WHEN IT DID. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754826November 23, 2001
TIRES
LEFT REAR, AND RIGHT FRONT AND REAR HAVE LOST BOTH AIR AND SIDEWALL CHUNKS IN SPECTACULAR FASHION. TIRES ARE BRAND NEW AND DEPLOYED IN NORMAL DRIVING USE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: 260 TIRESIZE: 195/60R15)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754744November 20, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH, SUSPENSION:FRONT, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TIRES WEARING OUT FAST, ACCELERATED SPEED, AND ENGINE KILL, UNEVEN SUSPENSION, INDICATOR GAUGES AND LIGHTS HAYWIRE. I WAS TOLD BY FORD THAT I HAD WRECKED THE CAR AND HAD TO PAY $883.00 FOR REPAIRS + $350.00 FOR NEW TIRES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899260November 19, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER CAR ON FRONT/RIGHT FENDER WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 25 TO 30 MPH. THIS IMPACT CAUSED BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY, AND DRIVER'S CLOTHING CAUGHT ON FIRE, RESULTING IN FIRST DEGREE BURNS. NO DETERMINATION HAS BEEN MADE AS TO CAUSE OF AIR BAGS DEPLOYING IN A NON-FRONTAL CRASH SITUATION. *AK *TT
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#754579November 15, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
VEHICLE ROLLS BACKWARD WHEN ON STEEP INCLINE WHILE IN DRIVE POSITION. FOR EXAMPLE, AT A RED LIGHT ON STEEP INCLINE AND IN DRIVE IF YOU TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF BRAKE THE VEHICLE ROLLS BACKWARDS. WINDSHIELD REPLACED TWICE DUE TO HORIZONTAL CRACK STARTING AT TRIM (SAME PLACE) (LOWER DRIVER SIDE).*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#898937November 8, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
KEY WILL NOT TURN IN IGNITION, DEALER DETERMINED IGNITION SWITCH NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754196November 7, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
3 OCCURRENCES: VEHICLE RECEIVES NO FUEL AND STALLS TO ALMOST A STOP WHEN ENTERING INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS FROM ENTRANCE RAMPS. OCCURS WHEN FUEL IS BETWEEN EMPTY AND 1/4 FULL. TANK HAS AT LEAST 3-4 GALLONS IN IT. MUST PULL OFF TO SHOULDER AND LET CAR SIT UNTIL IT WILL REACCELERATE. VERY DANGEROUS IN THAT IF CAR ENTERS LANE OF TRAFFIC CANNOT ACCELARATE VEHILCE AT ALL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#898819November 6, 2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
CONSUMER COULD SEE HEADLIGHTS FLUCTUATING AS IF HAD A BAD ALTERNATOR. CONSUMER HAD CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER COULD NOT FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER INDICATED A LOT OF ELECTRICAL FIRES STARTED THIS WAY, AND FELT VERY UNSAFE IN THIS VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754065November 4, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
COMPLAINT : IGNITION LOCK WOULD NOT RELEASE KEY AND TURN FAR ENOUGH TO CUT THE ENGINE OFF ( KEY WOULD OTHERWISE MOVE FREELY). HISTORY : KEY WOULD NOT COME OUT ON RANDOM OCCASIONS WITHOUT A SECOND TRY . THE KEY WOULD ALWAYS COME OUT ON THE SECOND TRY AND COULD NEVER REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM IMMEDIATELY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#898675November 2, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH CONSUMER REAR ENDED ANOTHER DRIVER, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, INJURING CONSUMER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#753980November 1, 2001
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
TESTED MY BRAND NEW FOCUS REAR SEAT RELEASE IN THE TRUNK AND HAD TROUBLE RELEASING THE 60 OF THE 60/40 SEAT. WHEN IT DID RELEASE, I HAD TROUBLE SECURING THE SEAT INTO THE LATCH. THE LATCH DIDN'T SEEM LINED UP. WENT TO THE DEALER, WAITED ON A NEW LATCH. THE LATCH DIDN'T FIX IT SO THEY'RE GOING TO TRY A NEW CABLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#898589October 31, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH VEHICLE PULLED TO RIGHT UNEXPECTEDLY. WHEN CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT DIRECTION IN WHICH VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING SHE CRASHED INTO A JERSEY WALL , NO INJURIES. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED BY DEALERSHIP TO DETERMINE A CAUSE FOR THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#753918October 31, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THE CAR VEERED TO THE LEFT ON ITS OWN AND BEGAN TO ACCELERATE WITH FOOT OF GAS AND WHEN THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED THE CAR BEGAN TO SLIDE AND ROLL OVER A TOTAL OF THREE TIMES BRFORE COMING TO A STOP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#898474October 30, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
WAS TRAVELING UPHILL AT 30MPH AND WAS DEPRESSING ACCELERATOR PEDAL, WHICH WENT TO THE FLOOR. VEHICLE STARTED TO DRIFT BACKWARDS. PARKED VEHICLE AND HAD IT TOWED NEXT DAY. MECHANIC INDICATED ACCELERATOR CABLE HAD BROKEN. IT WENT TO THE MOTOR, HAD SEPARATED COMPLETELY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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