Ford Focus Complaints (2000)

3,686 consumer complaints on file.

#10081727July 12, 2004
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
SEAT BELT RETRACTOR ON PASSENGER SIDE DID NOT RETRACT ONCE IT WAS PULLED OUT, AND WAS NOT TO BE USED. VEHICLE WAS TAKENN TO THE DEALER, WHO SPRAYED A LUBRICANT, AND THE RETRACTOR WAS NOW WORKSING. HOWEVER, THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT IT WILL FAIL AGAIN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10081742July 12, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
CONSUMER PLACED KEY INSIDE OF THE IGNITION SWITCH AND KEY WOULD NOT INSERT PROPERLY INSIDE THE SWITCH, AND VEHICLE FAILED TO START. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC STATED THAT THIS WARRANTY EXPIRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080796July 11, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
IGNITION LOCK FAILURE. YET ANOTHER PERSON WITH A BAD IGNION, TUMBLERS FELL INSIDE LOCK COULD'NT GET THE KEY BACK INTO IGNION. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10081493July 7, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS
CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE 1/4 TANK. FUEL PUMP WAS DEFECTIVE AND VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT NOTICE. A RECALL WAS ISSUED BY MANUFACTURER. HOWEVER, CONSUMER WAS TURNED AWAY BY THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT SHE WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR TOWING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE SAFE FOR DRIVING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080559July 7, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
2000 FORD FOCUS SE, WHILEDRIVING 35 MPH AROUND A TURN WHEN THE FRONT RIGHT COIL SPRING BROKE. I ENED UP IN A FIELD JUST MISSING A GRAUD RAIL. I HAVE NOT FIXED THE CAR YET DO TO MONEY. I FIND IT ODD THAT FORD IS RECALLING 2000 FOCUS FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT MY CAR LIKE MANY OTHERS IS NOT BEING RECALLED DUE TO THE FACT IT WAS NOT ASSEMBLED IN A CERTAIN PLANT. COIL SPRINGS ARE NOT MADE AT ASSEMBLY PLANTS AND FORD SHOULD KNOW THAT IF MORE THEN ONE CAR NOT MADE IN THAT PLANT IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM THAT MAYBE THEIR SPRINGS GOT SENT TO OTHER PLANTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080398July 6, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
2000 FORD FOCUS, SECOND INCIDENT INVOLVING THE FAULTY IGNITION TUMBLER, STRANDED ON VACATION. HAVE REPLACED THE IGNITION/LINKAGE ONCE ALREADY, NOW CAR DISABLED BY SAME SITUATION. SITTING IN CAR TRYING TO GET IGNITION TO TURN OVER WHILE 80 MILE AN HOUR WINDS ROCKING THE CAR SIDE TO SIDE. HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO SIT THERE AND FRET. CAR WORKS FINE IF YOU CAN START IT. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10081368July 6, 2004
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
WHILE DRIVING DRIVER'S DOOR OPENED AND CLOSED ON ITS OWN. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP ON JUNE 30 , 2004, DEALER REPAIRED AND REPLACED HINGES AND ELECTRICAL MOTOR AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE OF $700.00, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10081381July 6, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
WHEN TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF CONSUMER SMELLED SMOKE COMING FROM INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER TOWED THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS MELTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080465July 6, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
OVER TIME, MY IGNITION LOCK HAS BEEN FREEZING UP AND NOT ALLOWING MY TO START THE CAR. NOW IT WILL NOT WORK AT ALL AND AM FORCED TO REPLACE IGNITION CYLINDER MY SELF. THERE SEEM TO BE MANY REPORTS OF THE SAME PROBLEM WITH OTHER OWNERS AS WELL. FORD NEEDS TO RECALL THIS CAR COMPLETELY UNTIL THEY WORK OUT ALL BUGS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080480July 6, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
I HAVE HAD MY FORD FOCUS FOR TWO YEARS. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER FORD AGAIN. THE TIME I HAVE HAD MY FORD I'VE RECEIVED ABOUT 3 OR 4 RECALL NOTICES FOR MY CAR. JUST RECENTLY I HAD ANOTHER PROBLEM. THE IGNITION ON MY CAR COMPLETELY LOCKED, YOU COULDN'T EVEN TURN THE KEY. AFTER TALKING TO THE PERSON THAT TOWED MY CAR AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAVE SEEN THIS ON SO MANY OF THE FOCUS CARS I DID A SEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND OUT IT IS A MAJOR PROBLEM. IT COST ME ABOUT $450 JUST TO HAVE THEM FIX THE IGNITION. THIS IS A MAJOR CONCERN AND I FEEL THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073996July 6, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
WHILE DRIVING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE GAS TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A CRACK. *AK *NM THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE GAS TANK COLLAPSED (IMPLODED), BREAKING THE TANK AT THE O-RING AREA. THE TANK AND O-RING ASSEMBLY WERE REPLACED. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10079249July 4, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT
FRONT END CREAKING, CRUNCHING, GRINDING AND/OR RATTLING NOISE FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION WHILE DRIVING AT SLOW SPEEDS AND/OR WHILE TURNING. *AL
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10079261July 4, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
INITIALLY, THE KEY WOULD NOT GO INTO THE IGNITION SWITCH ALL THE WAY. WHEN THE KEY FINALLY DID GO IN, THE SWITCH WOULD NOT TURN. IN THE PROCESS THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. TOW TRUCK WAS CALLED, AND VEHICLE TOWED TO NEAREST DEALERSHIP, OLYMPIC FORD IN MARYSVILLE, WA. TOW TRUCK DRIVER STATED THAT THEY HAD 4 FORD FOCUS' WITH THE IDENTICAL IGNITION ISSUES TO TOW THAT WEEK ALONE. REPORTED THAT THIS WAS A RAMPANT FAILURE IN RECENT WEEKS. AS RESULT, HUSBAND WAS LEFT STRANDED OVER 35 MILES FROM HOME.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10079246July 3, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
I HAVE A 2000 FORD FOCUS. IT HAS A RECURRING PROBLEM WHERE THE IGNITION CYLINDER LOCKS UP AND THE CAR CANNOT NOT BE STARTED, REQUIRING TOWING TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALER. THE IGNITION CYLINDER HAS HAD TO BE REPLACED JUNE 2001, FEB 2003, MARCH 2004, AND NOW FOR THE FORTH TIME IN JUNE 2004. THIS IS A SERIOUS AND COSTLY PROBLEM. IF ONE WERE TO STALL IN TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY, AND THEN COULD NOT START, THE CAR WILL BE LOCKED IN PARK AND WOULD BE DANGEROUS. UPON PICKING UP THE CAR THIS TIME, AFTER PUTTING IN THE KEY, THE KEY GOT STUCK AND I PULLED OUT THE WHOLE CYLINDER AND KEY TOGETHER. I WAS TOLD I AM NOT USING MY KEY PROPERLY! FORD KNOW THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH FOCUS IGNITIONS AND WILL NOT ADDRESS OR RECOGNIZE IT. IN ADDITION, THE DEALER IS TIRED OF DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080294July 1, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
WHEN THE CONSUMER PLACED THE KEY IN IGNITION SWITCH, THE SWITCH DID NOT TURN. THE VEHICLE IS NOW ON ITS 2ND IGNITION SWITCH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10079051June 30, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
IGNITION CYLINDER LOCKS, KEY GETS STUCK AND WILL NOT TURN OR COME OUT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10079066June 30, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
I AM A VICTIM OF FORD FAILING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR IGNITION LOCKING PROBLEM. MY IGNITION LOCKED UP ON ME. THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED AND KNOWN PROBLEM. THE DESIGN IS FLAWED. THE CONSUMER IS BEING TAKEN FOR A RIDE. EVEN THE REPLACEMENT PART HAS THE FAILED DESIGN. PLEASE DO SOMETHING!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080237June 30, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
ONCE THE KEY WAS IN THE IGNITION THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED TO TURN. THREE TIMES IN TWO YEARS IGNITION CYLINDER HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10081839June 29, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
REFUND DUE FOR THE FUEL PUMP THAT WAS INSTALLED IN 2000 FORD FOCUS PURSUANT TO RECALL PROGRAM 03N01.*MR (LAWYER ON BEHALF OF CONSUMER ANNON SHOMLO) *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080112June 29, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
VEHICLE WILL NOT START WHEN THE IGNITION SWITCH IS TURNED. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER DUE TO MALFUNCTION OF THE IGNITION SWITCH. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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