Ford Focus Complaints (2001)

1,761 consumer complaints on file.

#10095556October 11, 2004
AIR BAGS
I WAS DRIVING MY 2001 FORD FOCUS WHEN MY AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. I WASN'T IN AN ACCIDENT NOR HAD MY CAR BEEN BUMPED HARD. I TOOK IT IN AND THEY SAID MY DRIVERS SEAT BELT PRETENSIONER NEEDS TO BE REPLACE AND THAT FORD ONLY REPLACES THEM FOR FREE UP TO 50000 MILES. I JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR PRE-OWNED 4 MONTHS AGO AND THEY SAY MY WARRANTY IS NO GOOD. THIS PART IS GOING TO COST ABOUT $200 PLUS LABOR. IF I DON'T GET THIS FIX MY AIR BAG COULD GO OFF JUST FROM ME PUTTING MY SEAT BELT ON. *NM
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093878October 10, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
BRAKE PAD AND ROTOR FAILURE. *NM
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10095521October 8, 2004
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER HEARD A HIGH SCREECHING NOISE FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE, FOLLOWED BY THE REAR WOBBLING. THE DRIVER PROCEEDED TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP BECAUSE IT WAS UNDRIVEABLE. THE REAR WHEEL BEARING BROKE PREMATURELY. THIS OCCURRED DUE TO THE DEFECT DESCRIBED IN THE REAR WHEEL BEARING RECALL 01I01700 BUT THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED. *JB
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10095349October 7, 2004
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ENGINE MOUNT BOLTS SNAPPED IN HALF. AS A RESULT, THE ENGINE FELL ONTO THE AXLE, WHICH DAMAGED PART OF THE AXLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10095460October 7, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
WHILE PLACING THE KEY INSIDE THE IGNITION SWITCH VEHICLE FAILED TO START. WHEN THE KEY WAS REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE IGNITION. CONSUMER CONTACTED A LOCK SMITH, AND ALSO WILL CONTACT THE DEALER IN THE MORNING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093660October 5, 2004
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
KEY WILL GO IN IGNITION, BUT WILL NOT TURN. STEERING WHEEL IS LOCKED, GEAR SHIFT IS LOCKED. *AK
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093665October 5, 2004
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
WE HAVE HAD THREE ELECTRICAL WINDOWS TO FALL INSIDE THE DOOR PANELS. EACH TIME WAS DUE TO THE REGULATOR. FIRST TIME WAS UNDER WARRANTY APRIL, 2004. THE SECOND AND THIRD TIME, HAS NOW HAPPENED SEPT AND OCTOBER, 2004. WE HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR BOTH OF THESE WINDOWS. THERE IS ODVIOUSLY A DEFECT IN THE ORIGINAL REGULATORS. WHAT ARE YOUR CHANCES OF THREE POWER WINDOWS FALLING INSIDE YOUR DOOR PANEL BECAUSE THE REGULATOR WENT OUT ON THEM. TWO OF THE WINDOWS HAS ONLY BEEN USED UP TO 10 TIMES TOTAL SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE SINCE MAY, 2001.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093292September 29, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
I BOUGHT A USED 2001 FORD FOCUS IN FEBUARY OF 2004. THE IGNITION JAMMED AND WAS REPLACED IN MARCH 2004. I WENT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND PAID 300 DOLLARS TO GET A NEW ONE. ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2004 MY IGNITION GOT JAMMED AGAIN. I AM SAPPOSED TO HAVE A 12 MONTH WARRENTY OR 12,000 WHATEVER COMES FIRST, SO ITS IN THE SHOP NOW BEING REPAIRED. I HAVE READ ALOT ON THIS AND IT SEEMS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093271September 28, 2004
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
INGITION SWITCH STUCK AND WILL NOT TURN AT ALL TO TURN ON THE CAR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10094248September 24, 2004
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO LOCK OR UNLOCK BOTH REAR DOORS FROM THE INSIDE NOR OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAD TO HOLD THE DOOR WITH TWO LOOSE CORDS. DEALERSHIPS INDICATED TO THE CONSUMER THE LATCH MECHANISM BROKE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10094296September 24, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT AN ONGOING HESITATION PROBLEM. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10092942September 21, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING OR WOULD NOT START. DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM PERTAINED TO THE IDLE CONTROL VALVE, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10092586September 17, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, WHEELS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
WHILE DRIVING AND UPON STEPPING ON THE BRAKES FRONT WHEELS MOVED BACK THREE TO FOUR INCHES. THE BUSHINGS WERE TOO SMALL. UPON TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL LEFT ONE COULD SEE THE FRONT WHEELS MOVING BACK. CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER FIFTEEN TIMES. DEALER PUT REPLACEMENT PARTS FIVE TIMES. TIRES HAD TO BE CHANGED BETWEEN TEN TO THIRTEEN THOUSAND MILES, AND TIRES WERE UNDER WARRANTY FOR 30000 MILES. ALSO, IGNITION SWITCH HAD BEEN CHANGED TWICE, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10081593September 17, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE KEY IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK *TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091093September 16, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
I HAVE A 2001 FORD FOCUS LX SEDAN. THE IGNITION LOCK MYSTERIOUSLY LOCKS UP ABOUT ONCE A YEAR AND THE CAR HAS TO BE TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE FIXED. THIS WILL BE THE FOURTH TIME THE IGNITION HAS LOCKED UP. CAN YOU SAY "LEMON LAW"? I HAVE READ LITERALLY HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF POSTS ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. MY FORD ROADSIDE WOULD NOT COVER THE TOW AND I HAD TO USE MY INSURANCE ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO TOW IT THIS TIME. ANYHOW, THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER SHOWS UP AT MY HOUSE AND STATES THAT "HE HAS TOWED AT LEAST 50 OF THESE CARS," AND EVERY ONE OF THEM WAS FOR THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. HE STATED THAT HE NEVER TOWED ONE FOR ANY OTHER PROBLEMS. WHY IS THIS NOT A RECALL YET??? THE DESIGN IS PISS POOR AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT IT! PLEASE HELP US. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091034September 15, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
I HAVE HAD MY CAR IN 5 TIMES TO FIX THE IGNITION. THE FIRST TWO TIMES I BELIEVE THE A CYLINDER IN THE IGNITION WAS REPLACED, THE THIRD TIME THE SAME PART WAS REPLACED AND I WAS GIVEN A NEW KEY. THE FOUR TIME THE CAR STARTED AT THE DEALERSHIP AND I WAS TOLD I JUST DIDN'T TRY TO START MY CAR PROPERLY AND DID I KNOW HOW TO START A STICK SHIFT (I HAVE HAD A STICK FOR THE LAST 14 YEARS). THE FIFTH TIME THEY REPLACED THE WHOLE IGNITION SYSTEM. NOTHING HAPPENED TO CAUSE ANY OF THESE PROBLEMS I WOULD JUST GO OUT TO START MY CAR AND THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN ALL THE WAY AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND WOULD HAVE TO BE TOWED. ALL OF THESE HAVE HAPPENED IN LESS THAN ONE YEAR. ALSO PERIODICALLY THOUGHT OUT THIS WHOLE TIME THE IGNITION WOULD STICK AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START, AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS HOWEVER IT WOULD WORK. THE INCIDENT DATE I AM USING IS THIS FIFTH TIME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091090September 15, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
2001 FORD FOCUS - STEERING WHEEL LOCKED & KEY WON'T TURN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10092773September 14, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
RIGHT PASSENGER COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN AND WENT THROUGH THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. *MR *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10092019September 14, 2004
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR LATCH FAILED,CAUSING THE DOOR TO OPEN WITH OUT WARNING. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091906September 13, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
IGNITION SWITCH LOCKED.AS A RESULT, KEY WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE SWITCH IN ORDER TO START THE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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