Ford Focus Complaints

22,326 consumer complaints on file.

#10295511December 13, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I OWN A 2003 FORD FOCUS AND THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN IN THE IGNITION THIS HAPPENED TO ME 3 TIMES ALREADY WHY IS THIS NOT A RECALL???? IT SEEMS TO BE A BIG PROBLEM.... *TR
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#10295433December 12, 2009
STRUCTURE:BODY, STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
WATER LEAKS ONTO THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR IN THE FRONT.. APPARENTLY FROM A DEFECTIVE SEAL ON THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDSHIELD. *TR
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#10295440December 12, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
I HAVE A 2004 FORD FOCUS. THE IGNITION LOCKS WHENEVER THE CAR IS TURNED OFF. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO START THE CAR AGAIN WITHOUT HITTING ON THE KEY ITSELF. THIS HAS RESULTED IN THE KEY BREAKING OFF IN THE LOCK. THE IGNITION LOCK APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL, AND POSES A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY RISK.. I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS, BUT IT HAS BECOME MUCH WORSE RECENTLY. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT OR DAMAGE TO THE CAR PRIOR TO THIS ISSUE. THE LOCAL FORD DEALERS TOLD ME IT WOULD COST BETWEEN $400-500 TO FIX, AND IT SEEMS THAT MANY TIMES, THE NEW PARTS ARE ALSO DEFECTIVE AND THE PROBLEM RETURNS. AS THIS APPEARS TO BE A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM AMONG FOCUS OWNERS, PLEASE CONSIDER ISSUING A SAFETY RECALL FOR THIS MAKE AND MODEL. *TR
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#10295233December 10, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
2006 FORD FOCUS CONTINUOUSLY GETS THE KEY STUCK IN THE IGNITION IT SEEMS IT IS DUE TO THE GEAR SHIFT NOT LOCKING IN PLACE. I HAVE HAD TO LEAVE THE KEY IN THE IGNITION ON A FEW OF THOSE OCCASIONS AND PLACE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON. *TR
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#10295268December 10, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
I HAVE A 2006 FORD FOCUS. THE KEY HAS BEEN CONSTANTLY GETTING LOCKED INTO THE IGNITION. YOU CANNOT TAKE IT OUT AND EVENTUALLY MY KEY BROKE. THIS HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE. I RESEARCHED AND FOUND OUT THAT A LOT OF OTHER FORD FOCUS CUSTOMERS WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING! *TR
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#10295293December 10, 2009
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES, STEERING
NO EVENTS PULLED INTO PARKING LOT LEFT CAR FOR FEW MINUTES CAME BACK AND THE IGNITION WAS LOCKED SOLID. FROM WHAT I AM TOLD THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE FORD FOCUS MINE IS A 2004. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD MAYBE NOT TO ME THIS TIME BECAUSE I WAS IN A PARKING LOT AND WAITED FOR OVER AN HOUR FOR A TOW TRUCK HOWEVER IF I WAS BROKEN DOWN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR A FLAT TIRE AND THIS HAPPENED WHAT THEN OR IS THIS NOT CONSIDERED A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE NO ONE HAS BEEN KILLED THIS SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THAT SHOULD OF BEEN RECALLED YEARS AGO. PROTECT THE CONSUMER. *TR
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#10295058December 9, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
2004 FORD FOCUS IGNITION PROBLEM. COULD NOT PUT MY KEY IN THE IGNITION AND WAS STRANDED. *TR
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0
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#10294962December 8, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2002 FORD FOCUS BATTERY CABLES WAS BURNING I WAS SMELLING A BURNING SCENT WHEN I STATED THE VEHICLE AN WELL WHEN I DROVE THE CAR. I HAD TO TAKE IT TO THE SHOP WHO INFORMED ME THAT THE BATTERY HARNESS IN THIS CAR FRAYED AND IT HAD TO BE REPLACED AS WELL AS THE ALTERNATOR. FORD SAID THIS WAS NOT A RECALL PART. *TR
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0
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#10294725December 7, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
KEY IN IGNITION WILL NOT TURN, CAN NOT START CAR! WILL HAVE TO GET IT TOWED TO FORD DEALER FOR $300+ REPAIR. DAUGHTER COULD HAVE BEEN STUCK ANYWHERE. *TR
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#10294787December 7, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
FORD FOCUS IGNITION KEYLOCK WILL NOT TURN. WHEN INSERTING THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION THE KEY WILL NOT TURN AT ALL. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO THIS 2000 FORD FOCUS SE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS IT MAY STRAND A DRIVER IN AN UNDESIRABLE LOCATION OR CONDITIONS. *TR
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#10294829December 7, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I WAS GOING DO THE INTERSTATE IN MY FORD FOCUS ZX3 WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN I LOSE ALL POWER, IM IN THE MIDDLE LANE SURROUNDED BY 18 WHEELERS AND OTHER CARS, AND THEY HAVE TO SWERVE TO AVOID MY CAR BECAUSE THE ALTERNATOR WENT OUT! THIS CAR IS TERRIBLE! *TR
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#10294657December 6, 2009
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHILE DRIVING WESTBOUND ON I-90 THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE ON MY 07 FORD FOCUS CAME OFF WITH ITS STRUTS STILL ATTACHED TO THE TIRE; RESULTING IN THE CAR SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL AND FLIPPING OVER A FEW TIMES BEFORE LANDING DRIVER SIDE DOWN IN THE CURB. THE CAR WAS TOTALED TO SAY THE LEAST. *TR
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Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10294452December 3, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
2003 FORD FOCUS IGNITION WILL NOT UNLOCK WITH THE KEY. I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH THIS. THE FIRST TIME WAS APPROX ON THE DATE LISTED BELOW. AFTER ABOUT 30 MINS OF JIMMYING THE KEY IN THE IGNITION IT FINALLY UNLOCKED. IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL MORE TIMES SINCE THEN AND WITH ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME MESSING WITH IT I WAS ABLE TO GET IT UNLOCKED. TODAY, THOUGH, IT LOCKED UP AGAIN AND NO MATTER WHAT I DO IT WILL NOT UNLOCK. WHY IS THERE NO RECALL MANDATED ON THIS ISSUE SINCE IT SEEMS TO BE A SEVERE PROBLEM WITH THE 2000-2003 FORD FOCUS. WHAT IF I WERE IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION AND I COULD NOT GET MY CAR STARTED? I HAVE HEARD PROBLEMS FROM FELLOW FOCUS OWNERS THAT EVEN AFTER REPLACING THE IGNITION THE SAME PROBLEM CONTINUED AND ALL THEY GET IS A "SORRY" FROM FORD. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!!! *TR
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0
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#10294235December 2, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
ON MY 2003 FORD FOCUS THE IGNITION IS GONE IT WON'T WORK. I WAS TOLD BY YANKEE FORD THAT THIS IS A REGULAR PROBLEM WITH THIS TYPE OF CAR. IT'S SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE LOCKING CHAMBER IT COST 400.+ DOLLARS TO FIX. IT I THINK THIS IS A SAFETY RECALL BECAUSE SOMETHING BAD COULD HAPPEN BE IT ON THE ROAD OR IN A PARKING LOT LATE ONE NIGHT ..........SAY IF SOMEONE IS GETTING OUT OF WORK AND THERE SITTING TRYING TO START THEIR CAR AND IT WON'T AND THEN THEY GET MUGGED ROBBED OF RAPED...ALL BECAUSE OF FORDS FAULTY IGNITION LOCK CHAMBER..... *TR
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#10294249December 2, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO EXIT THE VEHICLE AND THE KEY WOULD NOT RELEASE FROM THE IGNITION. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THAT THE GEARS WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER AND THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 75867.
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#10294253December 2, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE AND OBSERVED THAT THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN INSIDE OF THE IGNITION AND SUDDENLY, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. A LOCAL MECHANIC STATED THAT THE IGNITION LOCK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 55,000. UPDATED 1/11/09 *CN THE IGNITION LOCK HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE KEY OR THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT MOVE. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE CAN FEEL THE IGNITION STARTING TO GIVE HER TROUBLE AGAIN. UPDATED 01/14/10.*JB
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#10294099December 1, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
PARKED MY 2002 FORD FOCUS ON THE STREET, WHEN I CAME BACK THE KEY WOULDN'T TURN IN THE IGNITION AND THE WHEELS WERE COMPLETELY LOCKED UP. CALLED THE FORD DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME TO YANK ON THE WHEEL AS HARD AS I COULD WHILE TURNING THE KEY, THIS WORKED AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES, BUT AFTER I TURNED IT OFF, IT HAPPENED AGAIN, YANKING THE WHEEL FOR 10 MINS IT WORKED. NOW I HAVE TO LEAVE THE KEYS IN THE IGNITION SO IT WONT LOCK UP ON ME. I AM LITERALLY SCARED TO TURN ON MY CAR BECAUSE WHEN I TURN A CORNER IT FEELS LIKE I HAVE TO TURN THE WHEEL WAY AROUND. I AM A YOUNG WOMAN WHO WORKS LATE, AND I RELY ON MY CAR TO GET ME HOME SAFELY..I AM VERY UPSET BECAUSE I CANT AFFORD TO GET IT FIXED. NEVER BUY A FORD AGAIN! *TR
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0
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#10294189December 1, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
2000 FORD FOCUS IGNITION IS STUCK IN THE LOCKED POSITION WONT TURN ON. STOPPED AT A REST STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT IN MIDDLE OF NOW WHERE AND THE TEMPERATURE WAS IN LOW 30'S. CAME BACK TO CAR IGNITION WOULD NOT TURN LOCKED UP. NO PHONE SERVICE IN THE AREA AND NO PAY PHONES, HAD TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT PERSON TO STOP, SINCE WAS NOT A HOLIDAY I HAD TO WAIT TILL MORNING WHICH WAS 41/2 HOUR WAY WHEN A LOCAL COMMUTER STOPPED AND WAS WILLING TO GIVE ME A RIDE TO NEAREST GAS STATION 25 MILES AWAY. THEN I HAD TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED TO A LOCAL THE GAS STATION WHERE IT WAS FIX THE NEXT DAY AFTER THE PART ARRIVED. AFTER LOOKING ONLINE AND FINDING OUT THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM AND THAT IT IS VERY LIKELY TO HAPPEN AGAIN SINCE IT DEFECT HAS NEVER BEEN FIXED IN THE IGNITION MAKES ME VERY WORRIED THAT IT MAY HAPPEN AGAIN. *TR
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0
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0
#10293967November 30, 2009
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES, STEERING
I HAVE A 2003 FORD FOCUS ZX5 AND THE REAR HATCH LATCH DOES NOT ALWAYS ENGAGE SO HAVE TO SLAM IT DOWN A FEW TIMES TO GET IT TO LATCH. I NOTICED THE RECALL, BUT I LIVE IN NEBRASKA AND THE RECALL DOES NOT APPLY THERE. I BELIEVE THIS NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED. ALSO THE DOOR LATCHES ARE GETTING HARDER AND HARDER TO OPEN, IS THERE ANY RECALL ON THEM. ALSO I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING COLUMN ADJUSTMENT LEVER IT WILL NOT STAY, IT RELEASES AS YOU ARE DRIVING CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO BOUNCE UP AND DOWN. NOT SAFE. *TR
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#10293977November 30, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
2004 FORD FOCUS-- IGNITION KEY WON`T TURN LEAVING THE DRIVER STRANDED. *TR
Crash:
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