Ford Focus Complaints

22,326 consumer complaints on file.

#10165292August 12, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
MY FORD FOCUS IGNITION SWITCH WONT TURN. I STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESSERT ABOUT 400 MILES FROM HOME TO FILL THE GAS. I HAD TO PAY $140 THE TOW TRUCK TO GET TO THE NEAREST VILLAGE, AND $400 FOR A NEW IGNITION SWITCH AND NIGHT AT A CHEAP HOTEL ($60) I HAVE READ A LOT ABOUT THESE KIND OF CRAPPY CARS HAVING THE EXACTLY SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE CALL IT A RECALL :(. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10165203August 10, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
FROZEN IGNITION LOCK. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10165021August 9, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
IGNITION SWITCH THAT MANUFACTURER KNOWS IS BAD. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10165076August 9, 2006
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PLACING THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE, THE VEHICLE LURCHED BACKWARDS AND STRUCK A CONCRETE PILLAR IN A PARKING LOT. THE CONTACT WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT, BUT NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE POLICE WAS NOT CONTACTED. ADDITIONALLY, THE ENGINE REVVED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10165095August 9, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
IGNITION CYLINDER COMPLETELY LOCKED UP WITHOUT ANY INDICATION THAT A PROBLEM WAS IMMINENT. VEHICLE COULD NOT BE STARTED. HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER FOR REPAIR. AFTER RESEARCHING, HAVE FOUND THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM IN THE 2000 FOCUS. COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE IF CAR IS NEEDED IN AN EMERGENCY, OR LEAVES YOU STRANDED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10164880August 8, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
WHEN TRYING TO PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION THE IGNITION LOCKS UP AND WILL NOT ALLOW THE KEY TO ENTER OR WHILE KEY IS IN THE IGNITION THE KEY WILL NOT TURN. BUT AFTER A WHILE, TRYING TO MAKE IT WORK THE IGNITION GIVES IN. I HAVE REPORTED THIS TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THIS. NOW I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT ANYWHERE BECAUSE THE KEY MAY NOT WORK. BOTH KEYS ARE DOING THE SAME THING. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10164924August 8, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
2000 FORD FOCUS ZTS AND THE IGNITION CYLINDER HAS LOCKED UP 4 DIFFERENT TIMES IN THE LAST 3 WEEKS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10164834August 7, 2006
TIRES
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE, DESTROYING THE FRONT CONTROL PANEL OF THE VEHICLE. THE TIRE INDICATED THE RECOMMENDED PSI AS 34 AND IT HAS BEEN KEPT TO THAT STANDARD. THE TIRE WAS APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR OLD WHEN THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED. THERE WAS NO ABNORMAL BULGING AND THE VEHICLE HAD NO VIBRATION. THERE WAS ALSO NO MORE THAN 15000 MILES ON THE TIRE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10164860August 7, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES, SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING, STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY, SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY
MY 2002 FORD FOCUS SE WAGON HAS HAD INNUMERABLE PROBLEMS. FIRSTLY..MELTING BATTERY CABLES DUE TO POOR AND FAULTY WIRING THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED AN EXPLOSION OF THE BATTERY HAD I NOT HAD TO PAY TO GET IT FIXED ALONG WITH PURCHASE OF TWO NEW BATTERIES THANKS TO THE MELTING BATTERY CABLES CAUSING A SHORT IN THE SYSTEM. IT SUBSEQUENTLY KILLED THE ALTERNATOR WHICH HAD TO BE REPLACED. IT ALSO SUBSEQUENTLY KILLED THE THERMOSTAT AND THE SOLENOID SWITCH WHICH CAUSED OVERHEATING AND DYING PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR WHILE DRIVING. MOST RECENTLY THE PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL BEARING WENT OUT AND WAS CAUSING DRIVING PROBLEMS UNABLE TO CONTROL CAR. NOW MORE RECENTLY, IT HAD TO HAVE A FAULTY TIE ROD PLACED WHICH NEARLY CAUSED ME TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. AND AS OF LAST FRIDAY, ITS BACK IN THE SHOP AGAIN THIS TIME FOR ENGINE STALLING AT 65 MILES PER HOUR WHICH NEARLY CAUSED YET ANOTHER ACCIDENT BECAUSE I WAS PASSING ANOTHER CAR AND MINE SUDDENLY BEGAN VIBRATING SO BAD AND THEN LOST POWER AND I HAD TO STRUGGLE MY WAY TO THE MEDIAN. THIS CAR IS DANGEROUS AND FORD REFUSES TO DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. I HAVE PAID OUT NEARLY 2000.00 ON ALL THESE PROBLEMS WHICH WERE SIMILAR TO ISSUES ALREADY RECALLED AND YES I AM MAD. I HAVE CALLED FORD AND COMPLAINED BUT TO NO AVAIL. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10164871August 7, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
THE IGNITION SWITCH ON MY 2000 FORD FOCUS IS PERIODICALLY LOCKING UP. I'VE HAD IT HAPPEN WHERE YOU PUT THE KEY IN AND IT WON'T TURN. TONIGHT, THE KEY WOULDN'T EVEN GO IN ALL THE WAY, IT WOULD ONLY TAKE ABOUT 1/3 OF THE KEY AND NO MORE. IT EVENTUALLY TOOK THE KEY AFTER ABOUT A HALF HOUR OF TRYING. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON COMPLAINT, BUT ONE THAT FORD SO FAR HAS REFUSED TO ISSUE A RECALL ON. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10164640August 6, 2006
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
WHILE LEAVING A PARKING LOT, CROSSED A SPEED BUMP, AT 5 MPH, HEARD A LOUD CLUNK AND THE CAR WOULD NOT EASILY MOVE. CAR WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR FACILITY ON A FLATBED. GARAGE DETERMINED THAT THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND BOUND UP ON THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING WAS REPLACED, AS WELL AS THE LEFT FRONT SWAY LINK, WHICH WAS ALSO DAMAGED BY THE BROKEN SPRING. THE BROKEN SPRING IS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10164605August 5, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
IGNITION SWITCH ON 2000 FORD FOCUS LOCKED UP, ALMOST $600 TO REPLACE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10164482August 4, 2006
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
WE OWN A 2001 FORD FOCUS. FOR SEVERAL YEARS WE HAVE BEEN CHASING A FUEL SYSTEM OR ELECTRONIC SYSTEM BUG IN-WHICH THIS CAR FOR SOME REASON STALLS. OUR FORD DEALER HAS BEEN CHECKING THE SPARK, FUEL INJECTOR AND OTHER SYSTEMS LOOKING FOR THE STALLING ISSUE. IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD STALL ONLY WHEN YOU TEEN DRIVERS WERE BEHIND THE WHEEL, ONLY HAPPENS IN THE SUMMER AND ALWAYS ON CROWDED HIGHWAYS IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. TUESDAY WE GOGGLED FORD FOCUS FUEL PUMP AND FOUND THAT FORD WON A LAWSUIT NOT TO RECALL 2000-2002 FOCUS FOR STALLING ISSUES RELATED TO THE FUEL SYSTEM. WE ARE SHOCKED THAT FORD WOULD PUT THAT MANY DRIVERS AT RISK. THE FOCUS BEING A CHEAP SMALL CAR IS DRIVEN BY MOSTLY YOUNG INEXPERIENCED DRIVERS. MY KIDS HAVE HAD THIS CAR STALL SEVERAL TIMES ON THE BUSY INTERSTATE AROUND MILWAUKEE AND GREEN BAY. OUR LOCAL DEALER REPLACED THE BAD PARTS N/C BUT THE POINT IS THAT LIVES WERE PUT AT RISK. IF A FOCUS IS RUN OVER BY A SEMI BECAUSE OF STALLING OUT IN TRAFFIC, WHO WOULD KNOW THE REAL ISSUE OR BE ABLE TO RECREATE THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LEAD TO THE ACCIDENT. THE LITTLE CAR AND DRIVER WOULD BE CRUSHED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10164490August 4, 2006
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
BOTH REAR PASSENGER WINDOWS SYSTEMS HAVE FAILED, WITH NO WARNING, WITHIN A MONTH OF EACH OTHER. THE WINDOW WILL NOT OPEN OR CLOSE, AND UNLESS IT IS SECURED IN THE FRAME, IT WILL SLIDE DOWN INTO THE DOOR AND STAY THERE. THE WINDOW REGULATOR THAT FAILS IS A FORD (PLASTIC) PART, THAT COSTS OVER $130 AND NEEDS A SPECIAL TOOL TO REPLACE. EVERY PLACE IN TOWN THAT I CALLED ABOUT THIS SAYS THEY REPAIR MORE FORD FOCUSES THAN ANY OTHER CAR, AS THIS PART IS CLEARLY DEFECTIVE. I SEE MANY FOCUSES WITH WINDOWS TAPED UP, ETC. I'M CONSIDERING JUST GLUING THE SECOND WINDOW INTO PLACE IN THE FRAME, AS OVER $200 (PARTS AND LABOR) TO REPLACE A DEFECTIVE PART IS MONEY I DO NOT HAVE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10164508August 4, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I WAS RETURNING TO FLORIDA FROM NEW ORLEANS IN MID FEBRUARY, 2006 WHEN MY CAR STALLED. IT WAS EXTREMELY HOT OUTSIDE AND THE ENGINE SEEMED EXTREMELY HOT, BUT THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE SHOWED NO PROBLEM. I WAITED A HALF HOUR AND THE CAR RESTARTED ONLY TO STALL AGAIN AFTER 20 MINUTES OR SO OF DRIVING. THIS HAPPENED THE WHOLE WAY DOWN TO FLORIDA. I SPENT 5 NIGHTS IN MOTELS AND HAD A FORD DEALER IN NORTH FLORIDA SUPPOSEDLY FIX THE PROBLEM FOR $200.00 ONLY TO HAVE IT STALL AGAIN ABOUT AN HOUR OR TWO FROM THE DEALERSHIP. I WAITED UNTIL NIGHTFALL WHEN IT WOULD BE COOLER AND MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO TAMPA BEFORE IT STALLED AGAIN. I CANNOT DRIVE MY CAR LONG DISTANCES (100 MILES OR SO) IN THE FLORIDA SUMMER HEAT. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10164512August 4, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
TOWARD THE END OF JULY, 2006, I STARTED HAVING DIFFICULTY BEING ABLE TO TURN MY KEY IN THE IGNITION. I WOULD HAVE TO JIGGLE IT A LITTLE FOR IT TO TURN. ON AUGUST 1ST MY KEY WOULD NOT TURN AT ALL AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE MY CAR SINCE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10164513August 4, 2006
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
WHILE HAVING THE CAR SERVICED AT A 'BIG-BOX' SERVICE DEPARTMENT ON JULY 16,2006 ,IT WAS LOWERED TO THE FLOOR,WITH A LOUD BANG...THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING HAD SNAPPED , WITH A PART WEDGING THE "NEW" FRONT TIRE AGAINST THE INNER PANEL..THE OTHER PART OF THE SPRING DAMAGED THE STRUT ASSEMBLY..THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME TO CONTACT A TOWING COMPANY --BECAUSE THE CAR COULD NOT BE DRIVEN.. WHEN MY TOW TRUCK DRIVER SAW THE CAR AND DRAGGED IT OFF THE LIFT ..HE REPLIED TO ME THAT I WAS LUCKY IT DID NOT HAPPEN AT 65 MPH OR I WOULD HAVE BEEN HISTORY.. NOW, EVEN WITH ALL--ALL NEW PARTS I DON'T KNOW IF I WILL EVER FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT..*NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10164514August 4, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
KEY WILL NOT TURN IN THE SWITCH , REPLACED SWITCH ONE TIME, THE NEXT TIME I HAD TO HAVE THE KEYS REPROGRAMMED ONE TIME AND NOW MY POS IS SITTING ACROSS TOWN WILL NOT CRANK BECAUSE THE KEY WILL NOT TURN. IF I SIT IN THE CAR AND BANG AROUND ON THE KEY WHILE IN THE IGNITION FOR 3 OR 4 HOURS I MIGHT ACCIDENTALLY GET THE CAR TO CRANK. NOW ONCE THE VEHICLE ( I DON'T KNOW WHY I CALL IT A VEHICLE ITS MORE LIKE NIGHTMARE ) DOES GET STARTED UP AND AS LONG AS I LEAVE THE KEY IN THE IGNITION SWITCH IT WILL RE-START. THIS HAS BEEN AN ON GOING PROBLEM FOR 4 YEARS. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10164307August 3, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
WENT OUT TO START CAR PARKED IN GARAGE AND IGNITION CYLINDER WOULD NOT TURN WHEN THE KEY WAS INSERTED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALER WHERE HE REPLACED THE IGNITION CYLINDER. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED ON THIS VEHICLE AND THE FIRST TIME IT WAS REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE BUT THEY HAVE TOLD ME THEY ONLY REPLACE THESE TYPES OF PARTS ONCE UNDER RECALLS? *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10164158August 2, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
THE VEHICLE HAS A CHRONIC FAILURE IN THE REAR BRAKES, THEY HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES SINCE OCTOBER 2005. THE VEHICLE IS A 2005 FORD FOCUS WAGON. THE REAR BRAKES DO NOT ENGAGE, THE CAR SKIDS, AND THEY SQUEAL. I HAVE HAD THE CAR IN THE SHOP OVER A HALF A DOZEN TIMES. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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