Ford Focus Complaints

22,326 consumer complaints on file.

#742241March 11, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
PLEASE CHECK UNDER THE HOOD AT THE ACCELERATOR CABLE AND THE WAY IT FASTENS TO THE CARBURATOR. WHILE REOVING YOUR FOOT OFF PEDAL TOO FAST, IT WILL CAUSE ACCELERATOR CABLE TO COME OFF, ACCELERATING YOUR CAR AT HIGH SPEED AND MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU TO STOP. THIS HAPPENED TO US YESTERDAY AND MANY PEOPLE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. AFTER INSPECTING THE PART MYSELF, I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE THAT (A) IT WAS PLASTIC AND (B) THERE IS NOTHING HOLDING THAT CABLE DOEN OTHER THAN A C-HOOK. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS!!!!!!!!! PLEASE HAVE THIS PART INSPECTED IMMEDIATELY, HAVE IT RECALLED AND GET THIS CAR SAFE. I WILL NO LONGER PUT ME OR MY FAMILY IN THAT CAR UNTIL THE ACCELERATOR CABLE "DEATH TRAP" IS FIXED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HELP! *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882613March 9, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
POWER DOOR LOCKS STOPPED WORKING. CONSUMER HAD TO USE KEY TO GET IN AND OUT OF VEHICLE, THEN, AFTER A WEEK OF USING KEY, THE DOOR LOCKS LOCKED UP, AND COULD NO LONGER USE KEYS. CONSUMER HAD TO CLIMP IN AND OUT OF VEHICLE THROUGH WINDOW.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882650March 9, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ONGOING PROBLEM WITH ABS WHEN ENGAGE IT CAUSES REAR WHEELS TO LOCK UP INTERMITTENTLY & MOMENTARILY. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882487March 8, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
CONSUMER HAD TURNED OFF ENGINE AND PLACED TRANSMISSION PAWL IN FIRST GEAR, THEN WENT INSIDE OF HOUSE, AND SOMEBODY CALLED HIM BECAUSE VEHICLE HAD TAKEN OFF AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE LOOKING INT DEFECT.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882509March 8, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR DOES NOT TAKE UP ANY SLACK IN BELT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742046March 7, 2001
SUSPENSION:MULTIPLE AXLE
REAR WHEEL BEARING DISINTEGRATED, CAUSING CAR TO JERK SIDE TO SIDE WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO OTHER FOCUS OWNERS TOO!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742074March 7, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
THROTTLE CABLE APPEARS TO BE TOO LONG - CABLE HAS KINKED AND CAUSES CAR TO HESITATE ACCELERATION. WHEN THE CAR DOES ACCELERATE IT IS SUDDEN AND COULD BE DANGEROUS UNDER CERTAIN DRIVING CONDITIONS (HEAVY TRAFFIC, ICE ON ROADWAY). IT APPEARS MY CAR IS NOT THE ONLY CAR IN FOR THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM - THE PART HAD TO BE SPECIAL ORDERED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742029March 6, 2001
TIRES
T304579 CGW 74MMC E13 027430, WHERE LETTERING "RSA" APPEARS, 8 INCHES TO LEFT AS LOOKING AT TIRE, AND 4 INCHES TO RIGHT BEFORE BEGINNING OF THE WORD "GOODYEAR" WHERE AREA OF WORDING GOODYEAR IS IMPRINTED, DOWN TO ALMOST AREA WHERE TIRE STRIKES THE GROUND, A BUBBLE HAS APPEARED OUTWARDS, APPROXIMATE SIZE IS 2 1/2 INCHES, OUTSIDE IS AREA OF 1/4 TOP OF GOLF BALL SIZE PROTRUSION. AREA IS VISIBLE WITH NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO RIM NOR TIRE. DEFINITE DEFECT IN THIS TIRE! IF PROTRUSION CONTINUES, IT WILL GROW OUTWARDS FROM THE TIRE, AND SOON WILL BE IN AN AREA UNDERNEATH WHERE TIRE STRIKES THE GROUND! *AK (DOT NUMBER: ??????? TIRESIZE: P195 60R15)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#560036March 2, 2001
SUSPENSION:MULTIPLE AXLE
THE CONSUMERS RIGHT WHEEL DRUM ASSEMBLY BEGAN TO MAKE GRINDING AND CLUNKING NOISES AND THE VEHICLE IS BEGINNING TO VIBRATE, FORD RECALLED THE LEFT REAR WHEEL BUT NOT THE RIGHT. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881937March 2, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING
SEATBELTS IN REAR OF VEHICLE ARE NOT LATCHING BECAUSE THEY DO NOT REACH FAR ENOUGH ACROSS TO RECEIVERS, WERE DESIGNED IMPROPERLY.*AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881997March 2, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE WAS ENTERING A PARKING SPACE IN A PARKING GARAGE WHEN IT, WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, JUMPED OUT OF GEAR AND RAN INTO A WALL. BOTH AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND THERE WAS FRONTAL DAMAGE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741729March 1, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
MY WIVE ANN WAS SITTING IN A PARKING LOT WITH THE MOTOR RUNNING AND HEATER/DEF.ON WHEN SHE HEARD A CRACKING NOISE THEN SHE SEEN THE WINDSHIELD CRACK IN STRIEGHT LINE A GOOD 7 INCHES.I REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO THE DEALER THAT SAME DAY ON WHICH THEY MADE AN APPOINTMT.FOR THE 26TH(4 DAYS LATER)I KEPT THE APPT.ON WHICH A MECHANIC (I BELIEVE A BOB)SAID WE DONT DEAL IN GLASS BUT FORD TOLD ME HOW TO LOOK FOR DEFECTS,OR STONE,AND HE WENT TO MY CAR DUG A PEN IN TO THE CRACK AND SAID SEE RIGHT THERE IS A STONE CHIP.SO THE REFUSE TO HONOR THE WARRENTY.WHEN TALKED TO REAL EXSPERTS,THEY SAID THAT COULDNT DETERMINED A DEFECT NOW THAT IT WAS TAMPERD WITH.NOW,THERE WAS NO FLYING DEBRIS,NO FLYING STONES IN THE PARKING LOT.ALSO THIS GUY SAID A STONE NO BIGGER THAN A PIN HEAD MADE SUCH A CRACK...IF THIS WAS TO BE EVEN CLOSELY TRUE,THEN IN MY OPPINION IT SHOULD STILL BE DEFECTIVE,BECAUSE,THAT WINDSHIELD WOULD NOT HOLD UP TO THE SLIGHTEST,FREEZING RAIN,OR THE SMALLEST HAIL,OR A DIRT ROAD,A SANDER,AND THE LIST COULD GO ON.BUT I BELIEVE IT BROKE BECAUSE WE HAD GOOD TEMPERTURES THAT MORNING,COMPINED WITH THE HEATER CAUSED IT TO CRACK.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881728February 28, 2001
SUSPENSION:MULTIPLE AXLE
REAR WHEEL BEARING DISINTEGRATED WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING REAR TO FEEL LIKE IT WAS ON TWO FLATS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#559946February 27, 2001
STRUCTURE
THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD SEVERAL RECALLS (5) SINCE THE DATE OF PURCHASE, THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS IS A POORLY PRODUCED VEHICLE. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881623February 27, 2001
EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:ACCESSORY SCISSOR/SCREW/BOTTLE JACK/LIFT
JACK BENT TRYING TO CHANGE A FLAT TIRE. THIS WAS FIRST TIME USING IT. DEALER TOOK JACK AND WOULD REPAIR IT, BUT IT WAS NEVER RETURNED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881635February 27, 2001
SEATS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH, WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
00 V 418 000/SEAT HINGE: 00 V 411 000/WIRE HARNESS: 00 V 303 000/REAR WHEEL HUB NUTS: 00 V 218 000/FMVSS 201: WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN THE DEALER SHOP FOR IS ROUTINE CHECK UP CONSUMER WAS INFORMED OF FOUR RECALLS, AND ,WAS UNWILLING TO GIVE A APPOINTMENT FOR REPAIRS, CONSUMER CALLED ON TWO OTHER OCCASIONS, AND STILL DEALER, HERTIGE FORD, BURINGTON, VT; PHONE# 802/865-8150 REFUSED TO HELP IN THESE RECALL REPAIRS. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THESE MATTER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#559818February 26, 2001
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL DRUM ASSEMBLY HAS INSUFFICIENT CLAMP LOAD WHICH CAUSES LOUD GRINDING, CLUNKING NOISE FROM THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL AND VIBRATION, FORD HAS RECALLED THE LEFT WHEEL BUT NOT THE RIGHT. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#559916February 23, 2001
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
THERE WERE NO PARTS AVAILABLE FOR RECALLS OOV-218 AND 00V-411. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881241February 23, 2001
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
HOOD FLEW OFF WHILE TRAVELING 45MPH AND IT CRACKED WINDSHIELD. CONSUMER DIDN'T SEE, AND RAN INTO A LAMP POST. AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY IN FRONT. DAMAGES WERE TO PASSENGERS SIDE DOOR, IT WOULD PARTIALLY OPEN. ALTERNATOR/ ENGINE BLOCK, AND RADIATOR WERE ALL DAMAGED. CONSUEMR WILL CONTACT DEALER BEFORE INSURANCE COMPANY REPAIRED IT. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881305February 23, 2001
SUSPENSION
WHILE DRIVING AND UPON ACCELERATING VEHICLE VIBRATES/HEISTATES, AND NEARLY COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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