Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHEELS | |||
| 04/13/2012 | |||
| Second time the rear passenger wheel bearing has gone bad in 1 year. tire flew off the second time. nobody was injured, but couldve turned into a very bad accident. | |||
| 01/01/2010 | 29500 | 1 | |
| The chrome caps come off of the lug nuts. not only is this a safety hazard from the point of being flying debris, but now you can't change the tires with the included tools because the capless nut remnant isn't any standard size. i had 1 lug nut replaced under warranty, but this past winter, i lost 4 caps, and several others are loose. i am tired of doing pre-trip inspections on my car to push the loose caps back on, and to see how many more flew off on my last trip. *tr | |||
| 03/14/2009 | 41000 | 1 | |
| 2005 ford focus st - decorative lug nut end caps fail and fly off the wheel. all eight (8) of my wheel lug nuts have failed and the decorative end caps have come off. *tr | |||
| WHEELS - CAP/COVER/HUB | |||
| 07/27/2008 | 1 | 04/01/2005 | |
| 2005 ford focus zx4 flat tire was caused by the wheel cover hitting the valve stem. consumer states that the wheel cover is bending the valve stem . *nj all 4 of the wheel covers were rotating on the wheels . the dealer used epoxy glue to fasten the wheel covers to the wheels. three of the covers stuck, but the fourth continued to rotate. *jb | |||
| 08/12/2006 | 11541 | 1 | 08/08/2005 |
| 2005 ford focus, has lost to 7 spoke wheel covers in 3 months. *nm | |||
| 11/11/2005 | 2 | 07/16/2005 | |
| Dt: the contact stated the wheel covers popped while driving, one of the covers came off the car. the contact was unable to get the cover because of traffic. he contacted ford, and they would review the problem only if the wheel cover was available for inspection. the vehicle was taken to the dealership, and they could not diagnose a problem. the vehicle pulled to the left, and the dealership was unable to diagnose a problem. *ak | |||
| WHEELS - LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS | |||
| 08/15/2009 | 60000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford focus. while driving 55 mph he noticed that the rear of the vehicle was vibrating and swaying from left to right. after examining the vehicle the contact noticed that 3 of the rear driver side tire lug nuts broke off of the vehicle. the vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealer and the contact has experienced the failure previously. the current and failure mileages were 60000. | |||
| WHEELS - RIM | |||
| 11/01/2007 | 1 | 02/25/2005 | |
| 2005 ford focus with fuel filter failure. consumer states that the fuel line was coming off of the filter. consumer was informed of a recall for the fuel filter. the consumer was charged for reconnecting the hose, but not the filter. *kb the consumer stated there was a problem with the wheel rims rusting. *jb | |||