Ford Focus Complaints

22,326 consumer complaints on file.

#10103704January 7, 2005
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
THE WHEEL/HUBS/ BEARINGS, AND ALL THE WAY AROUND THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE REPLACED. CONTACTED THE DEALER. BUT, PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE WHEEL BEARINGS, HOWEVER IT WAS FOR THE 2000 MODEL NOT THE 2001. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10110917January 6, 2005
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE VEHICLE HAD A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. *NM *TC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10106926January 6, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH HAD TO BE REPLACED TWICE WITHIN 19,000 MILES. THIS CAUSED THE IGNITION SWITCH TO LOCK UP AND UNABLE TO TURN THE ENGINE ON. BOTH TIMES THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10105876January 6, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
BOUGHT A 2003 USED FORD FOCUS IN JULY 04 AND ON TUESDAY, JAN. 4 WENT TO START VEHICLE AND KEY WOULD NOT GO INTO IGNITION. NOTHING WORKED WHEELS WERE LOCKED. HAD TO BE TOWED AND TECH HAD TROUBLE DUE TO WHEELS LOCKED. FOUND MANY MORE COMPLAINTS ON INTERNET ABOUT THIS TROUBLE IN FOCUSES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10105892January 6, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
BOUGHT A 2003 FORD FOCUS IIN JULY 04 AND ON 1/4/05 (28,406 MILES) WENT TO START VEHICLE AND KEY WENT INTO IGNITION HARD AND WOULD NOT TURN AT ALL. IGNITION HAD LOCKED UP. NOTHING WOULD WORK AND WHEELS WERE LOCKED. HAD TO BE TOWED AND TECHNICIAN HAD TROUBLE DUE TO WHEELS LOCKING. FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS ON INTERNET OF THIS PROBLEM IN THE FOCUS. CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY AND IT WAS FIXED BUT IF SAME FAULTY IGNITION CYLINDER IS INSTALLED THE PROBLEM WILL HAPPEN AGAIN AND AGAIN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10109165January 5, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE GOING 65 MPH, A VEHICLE PULLED OFF THE RAMP IN FRONT OF THE CONSUMER. THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THEY FAILED TO WORK. THE CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. *SC ALL OF THE LIGHTS ON THE VEHICLES DIGITAL METERS WHERE BLINKING. THE VEHICLE FLIPPED THREE TIMES AND LANDED ON THE ROOF. PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT THE VEHICLE HAD ELECTRICAL AND BRAKE PROBLEMS. ALL THE DIGITAL FIGURES ON THE DASH WOULD BLINK ON AND OFF. *TC *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10105815January 5, 2005
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
BROKEN FRONT AND REAR COIL SPRING. EEDED TO REPLACE WITH NEW FRONT AND REAR COIL SPRINGS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10105830January 5, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
CAR SPUTTERED ON A SUNDAY MORNING (11/2004). ON MONDAY NIGHT THE CAR DIED. COULD TURN IGNITION, BUT NO FUEL GOT TO ENGINE. CALLED FORD SERICE CENTER, THEY WERE CLOSED. HAD PROBLEM FIXED (NEW FUEL PUMP) AT ANOTHER SERVICE STATION ($594). FOUND LETTER DATED 1/2004 STATING FORD WAS AWARE OF FAULTY FUEL PUMP, AND WAS OFFERING REPLACEMENT COVERAGE FOR 10 YEARS. HAVE TRIED TO GET FORD TO REIMBURSE ME, BUT THEY DENY THE CLAIM, STATING IT WAS NOT AN EMERGENCY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10099723January 5, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE PARKING LOT. CONSUMER HAS NO IDEA AS TO WHY THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10106779January 4, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, TIRES
WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT BRAKES AND TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND REPLACED THEM. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10105720January 4, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
FRONT BRAKES WEAR DOWN TO NOTHING WITHIN 15,000 MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10105733January 4, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
THERE IS SERIOUS PROBLEMS W/ THE FRONT END OF THIS VEHICLE. IT WAS PURCHASED APPROX. 17 MONTHS AGO. SINCE THEN, I HAVE HAD 3 MAJOR BRAKE JOBS. TWICE, THE PADS WERE REPLACED AND ONCE BOTH THE PADS AND THE ROTORS HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE ALSO RESONATES AT HIGH SPEEDS. EVERYTHING SHAKES INCLUDING THE STERRING WHEEL AND THE STATES. IT APPEARS MY TWO FRONT TIRES ARE OUT OF ROUND. FORD ORIGINALLY SAID IT WAS DEFECT IN THE TIRE, WHICH I REPLACED, HOWEVER THE NEW TIRE IS OUT OF ROUND AS WELL. AN INDEPENDENT GARAGE SAYS THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT STRUTS. FORD HAS NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM ME REGUARDING BOTH THE BRAKES AND THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM. ALSO THE VEHICLE IS VERY LOUD AND IT APPEARS TO BE AIR COMING IN WHEN. FORD INITIALLY RESEALED THE WINDSHIELD, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM HAS PERSISTED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10105769January 4, 2005
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED AT LOW SPEED,2001 FORD FOCUS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10105656January 3, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
WHEN FUEL TANK REGISTERS 1/4 OF A TANK OR LESS, CAR LOSES ACCELERATION WHEN GOING UP A HILL THAT CURVES TO THE RIGHT. CAR STALLS BUT WILL START AGAIN AFTER A FEW MINUTES. LATER THAT SAME DAY THE CAR STALLED AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED. MECHANIC REGISTERED NO PROBLEM AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH CAR AFTER DRIVING IT AND CHECKING ON COMPUTER. CAR DROVE FINE FOR TWO MONTHS THEN STARTED HESITATING WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE. CAR STALLED AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, EVEN WITH A FULL TANK OF GAS, CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHO CHECKED FUEL PRESSURE, SAID WAS FINE AND CAR DROVE WITH NO PROBLEMS. THEY COULD NOT PIN POINT PROBLEM AND COMPUTER REGISTERED NO PROBLEMS. WHY HASN'T THIS PROBLEM BEEN FIXED WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10105668January 3, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
2000 FORD FOCUS -- IGNITION KEY ASSEMBLY, HE IGNITION CORE FELL OUT OF MY DAUGHTERS FOCUS FOR THE SECOND TIME. THIS ASSEMBLY IS BEING WARRENTY REPLACED THIS SECOND TIME SINCE IT WAS DONE AT LOCAL DEALERSHIP, HOWEVER THE DEALERSHIP SAYS OTHER ADJACENT COMPONENTS WERE DAMAGED (COSTING ~ $650). HAD THE IGNITION ASSEMBLY BEEN FIXED CORRECTLY THE FIRST TIME, THERE IS NO WAY THE ADJACENT COMPONENTS COULD HAVE FAILED. THE DEALERSHIP LITHIA FORD OF TRI-CITIES (509-735-2511) , HAS REFUSED TO HONOR WARRENTY REPAIR OF THE ADJACENT COMPONENTS, WHICH IS RATHER DISTURBING. I AM WRITING THIS COMPLAINT SO HOPEFULLY FORD WILL SOMEDAY BE PUSHED INTO RECALLING THIS DEFECT IN ADDITION TO THE 11 OTHER DEFECTS ON THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10106691January 3, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A ROUTINE INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ROTORS AND MASTER CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND REPLACED THEM THREE TIMES DUE TO WORN OUT PARTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10106695January 3, 2005
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO UNLOCK ALL FOUR DOORS TO GAINED ENTRY INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER WILL CONTACT THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY FOR AN APPOINTMENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104955January 2, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
IGNITION KEY/STEERING WHEEL JAMMED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104956January 2, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
REAR TAILLIGHTS FAILED WIRING HARNESS (REAR) HAS BECOME WORN. ALL WIRES EXPOSED AND ARE IN CONTACT WITH ONE ANOTHER. I HAVE PHOTOS. PLEASE CONTACT ME TO HAVE THEM FORWARDED. I KNOW OF THIS PROBLEM OCCURING ON AT LEAST 8 OTHER ZX3'S. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10105602January 2, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
MASSIVE HEAD ON COLLISION OF A 2004 FORD FOCUS FAILED TO DEPLOY THE AIRBAGS. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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