Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||||
| 19093 | 10019802 | External liftgate release switch non-functional on manual door lock equipped vehicles. *tt | 04/28/2006 | ||
| 19009 | 01/01/2006 | 10019073 | Dtc p0316, p0300, p0301, p0302, p0303 and/or p0304 - service tip. *tt | 02/10/2006 | |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING | |||||
| 19871 | 07/01/2007 | 10023297 | 2006-2007 focus- wiring - 14401 harness chafe condition. *nj | 11/08/2007 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 06/25/2010 | 77402 | ||
| My 2006 focus zx5 started intermittantly unlocking the hatchback when i stepped on the brake pedal. i was driving on the freeway when i pulled over to take a phone call. i left the car in drive with my foot on the brake pedal. after about 5 minutes i completed my call and merged back into traffic. when i reached my destination i parked my car and got out. i returned to my car, started the engine and could not get the gear shift out of park. i had someone watch my brake lights while i stepped on the brake pedal. the lights did not work and i found the fuse for the brake lights was bad. i took a fuse from another circuit and got home. i had been driving for 20 miles with no brake lights. i took the car to a ford dealer and they found a broken wire and 6 other wires with cracking insulation. they said they fixed the problem and the car worked ok. in january of 2013 i noticed after closing my hatchback and getting in the car my the door open indicator stayed on. i checked all doors and the hatchback and all were closed. after finding out on-line that there have been complaints about the focus wiring since the 2000 models, i took off the carbody end of the rubber conduit to the hatchback. i found a broken wire (fixed my door open indicator problem when i repaired it) and 6 wires with black electical tape on them. i found that the electrical tape is wearing through just like the wire insulation did. i contacted the dealer and complained about the half ass repair they did. the service manager stated that was the repair authorized by the extended warranty. i asked what repair was authorized by the original warrenty and he said the same repair. ford has known that this harness is a problem since 2000 and i was told they are still using the wiring in their 2013's. why haven't these cars been recalled! | |||
| 08/29/2012 | 84574 | 1 | |
| Drivers side rear door electric door lock will not lock. the same thing happened on the passengers side about two years ago. *tr | |||
| 08/29/2012 | 84574 | ||
| Drivers side rear door electric door lock will not lock. the same thing happened on the passengers side about two years ago. | |||
| 03/22/2011 | 49254 | ||
| The trunk light would not come on when trunk was opened (replacing the bulb didn't help). later, the 'door open' dash light came on and stayed on. the electric trunk open button sometimes would not open trunk. a bit of troubleshooting with a vom at the trunk light pointed to an electrical problem (a voltage drop when a new bulb was placed in the trunk light socket). turns out that the wiring bundle (containing six individual multistrand wire lines) had five of the wires lines fatigued apart , breaking the five circuits. the wire lines were sometimes making intermittent contact when the trunk was opened and closed, not necessarily with the matching wire line. i could hear noise as the wires were moved past each other (not sure if this was just physical scratching or, worse, electrical sparking). since i sometimes carry a gasoline container in the trunk (lawnmower gas container returning from gas station), i feel that the design of this wiring to the trunk is faulty and could lead to a fire under the right (and not uncommon) circumstances. after several conversations with the ford motor co., a repair was made (i partially paid for the repair) where the wiring was replaced. i am not sure if the repair will be any safer than the original design; hence this complaint with the hope that a safer design (e.g., one without such a tight radius of bend) could developed and retrofitted into this car. | |||
| 10/10/2010 | 24900 | ||
| Key sticks in ignition | |||
| 11/15/2009 | 10000 | 1 | |
| 2006 ford focus zx4 yellow airbag light on dash went on and remained on. diagnosed as high resistance in wiring system,makes safety-airbag- system inoperative. dangerous. repaired by ford dealer under 5 year warranty by replacement of clockspring{wiring plastictape} in steering wheel hub. to determine severity of problem check ford replacement parts records. *tr | |||
| 09/16/2009 | 1 | ||
| About half to 3/4 of the time my ignition will not start on my ford focus. this presents a major problem when i am away from the home and my car will not start due to ignition switch problems. at times i have to turn the key 20-50 times for the car to come on. i am 76 years old and this is a major issue for me. i don't want to even drive my car for fear that i will not be able to re-start it. *tr | |||
| 08/29/2008 | 78000 | 1 | |
| The fuse for the running lamps kept blowing. a few days later i smelt a burning smell, pulled over, turned off the car, removed key, but car was still running. a few days later, battery light kept flashing, turns out, the alternator was fried. took it to ford, was told there was nothing they could do because my powertrain warranty does not cover electrical work. took it to an electrician, was told a few wires touched metal and fused together and burnt all the way back to the firewall. when you look at the wires, there is metal sitting under them....there are no clips to help hold the wires away from the metal. there is some form of protection on the wires, i describe it as a foam...but its worn through. when i asked him how this could have happened, he replied with going over bumps, railroad tracks, or hitting a pothole. he also told me it was a fire hazard. as a consequence to this, my car is now just sitting, and i will not drive it with it being labeled a fire hazard. nothing was done to correct the failure. *tr | |||
| 03/08/2009 | 18000 | 1 | |
| My key became locked in the ignition and could not be removed while on vacation. i could turn the car on and drive it but could not remove it, therefore had to end vacation early to take care to local dealership. the car was 75 days out of warranty and i had no choice but to fix this- costing me over $300.00. they (ford) said it was the safety switch in the shifter. vehicle had a little over 18,000 miles. the car was purchased used from an estate of a lady who had only driven 8,000 miles. *tr | |||
| 05/17/2009 | 65724 | 1 | |
| The key has become stuck in the ignition and will not come out because the car does not think it is park even though it is parked. the dealer insist that there was a soda spilled on the ignition and this resulted in the chip in the ignition shorting out. this key has been stuck since may and has only come out of the ignition once since then! the dealership says that they have to order this part and change out the ignition to fix it. so far, this problem has not been resolved and we cannot lock all of the doors because of this. *tr | |||
| 04/10/2009 | 62000 | 1 | |
| My 2006 ford focus hatchback developed frayed wires in the hatchback harness that caused a short so that the dashboard lights do not come on as they should when the exterior lights are turned on unless the rear window defroster is also turned on. despite being covered by ford's 'extra care' extended service plan that is supposed to cover wiring harnesses, ford is refusing to pay for the repair. *tr | |||
| 12/22/2008 | 45000 | 1 | |
| The key gets stuck in the ignition and won't come out. i have to remove one of the battery cable from the battery, remove the key from the ignition, then replace the battery cable back. this has happen more than once. *tr | |||
| 10/12/2008 | 36500 | 1 | |
| About 2 months ago, my key got stuck in the ignition. i could start and drive the car, but not get the key. i drove to a ford dealer and the person had no trouble getting my key out. this was at 34,000 miles. now, at 36,500 miles, the same thing happened. i am taking to a ford dealer and they better repair under the 3/36,000 warranty. *tr | |||
| 09/15/2008 | 34400 | 1 | |
| 2006 ford focus zx4 model ses. ignition key stuck in ignition. car will start but key will not come out. car can be put into gear with switch in off position. safety problem car has 35,000 miles. dealer did warranty repair today - we are picking the car up tonight so i don't know the quality of the repair yet. *tr | |||
| 06/06/2008 | 73000 | 1 | |
| 2006 ford focus zx3 se rear hatch door wiring ---broken wires and wire insulation. first started with plate lights blowing out. now all parking lights,taillights and dash lights are out---blowing fuses!!! out of curiosity i pulled down the rubber boot of the wire harness of the rear hatch door and found broken wires and insulation. went to ford website to see if there was a recall on this, found no recalls at all for my car!!!!! upon further research found that there is a recall for this very problem from 8 years ago nov - dec of 2000!!!!!!!!! *tr | |||
| 04/24/2006 | 1860 | 8 | 03/16/2006 |
| On four separate occasions my car, without forewarning, cut off while in motion and at various rates of speed. the car is now being serviced for this problem for the third time in the two months that i have had it. the car also has a problem with not starting, for no apparent reason. *jb | |||
| 05/04/2006 | 3000 | 1 | 12/03/2005 |
| I purchased a 2006 ford focus on 12/3/05, it had 4 miles on it when i drove out of the dealership. on thursday may 3, 2006, it caught fire in my carport. the mileage is between 2,000-3,000 miles, i believe. i arrived home from a meeting at a local bank, having driven approximately 2 miles. i parked the car in the carport, turned off the engine and entered the house. i did not notice any strange noises or odors. my husband arrived home about 15-20 minutes later. he began tooting the horn on his vehicle to get my attention. when i opened the door, he yelled get your keys. i could see flames under my car and smoke seeping out the sides of the hood. i threw him the keys and ran for the fire extinguisher. he entered my focus got the engine started and backed the vehicle out of the carport and away from the house. as he backed up the vehicle, flaming parts began falling out from under the car onto the concrete floor. he got the car backed up about 10 feet and the engine quit and would not restart. he exited the car and tried to open the hood. the hood was very hot to the touch but he got it opened. the flames were about a foot high at the back of the engine area on the left side. we were able to put out the flames with the extinguisher. we then extinguished the flames on the pieces that were lying on the carport floor. both continued to smoke for some time but the fire did not re-ignite. when the smoke cleared and we felt it safe to approach the vehicle, we could see the charred remains and melted parts. in retrospect i remember on two occasions seeing the battery icon lighted on the dash while a sat outside my office waiting for the bank to open with the car idling and the radio on. both times i revved the engine and the light went out. *nm | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION | |||
| 03/27/2010 | 64000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford focus. the contact stated that after turning the vehicle off, she could not remove the key from the ignition. the vehicle was taken to the dealership but no repairs were performed. the current and failure mileages were approximately 64,000. the vin was unavailable. | |||
| 01/23/2010 | 60000 | 1 | |
| 2006 ford focus key gets stuck in ignition....this has happened numerous times......have had to sit and jiggle key back and forth in order to get it out of ignition. *tr | |||
| 10/28/2009 | 1 | ||
| 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 | |||
| 12/10/2008 | 106000 | 1 | |
| 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 | |||
| 09/16/2009 | 1 | ||
| About half to 3/4 of the time my ignition will not start on my ford focus. this presents a major problem when i am away from the home and my car will not start due to ignition switch problems. at times i have to turn the key 20-50 times for the car to come on. i am 76 years old and this is a major issue for me. i don't want to even drive my car for fear that i will not be able to re-start it. *tr | |||
| 03/07/2009 | 75000 | 1 | |
| I have a 2006 ford focus and my key is stuck in the ignition. i have contacted the dealership and ford customer service and they were no help. the is a common problem with the ford focus but they won't issue a recall on it. this is a safety issue- my car is at risk of being stolen and i don't have the 400.00 they ask to repair this. *tr | |||
| 07/14/2008 | 48665 | 1 | |
| My key got stuck in the ignition of my 2006 ford focus station wagon and would not come out. when i took it to the repair shop i found out that the ignition switch and brake/shift interlock had both failed. the service manager said he has seen this problem often in ford focus cars. i had both parts replaced, but i feel that this is not part of normal wear and tear of my vehicle, which is not quite three years old yet. the parts are working fine now that they have been replaced though. *tr | |||
| 02/14/2008 | 43000 | 1 | 04/15/2007 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2006 ford focus. the contact stated that he was unable to remove the key from the ignition. in addition, the gear shift indicator would engage without depressing the brake. as of february 14, 2008, the dealer had not inspected the vehicle. the current and failure mileages were 430,000. | |||
| 09/02/2006 | 50133 | 1 | 06/16/2005 |
| On friday the ignition on my car did not immediately turn. i didn't think anything of it at the time. saturday afternoon it refused to turn at all. the key would not turn in the ignition lock cylinder. it fit and was removable but just wouldn't turn. the car would not therefore, start. i was left stranded in a public place pregnant with my 3 year old child for so long drug dealers started showing up. i had to pay for a tow truck when it finally arrived. this is in a 2003 ford focus ztw wagon. it is 3 years old with 50,000 miles on it. i spent all day tuesday on the phone speaking with various levels of mechanics and management. they all agreed that ford is not taking any responsibility for this defect. one operator did not even record my phone call. ford is recalling different model vehicles for ignition cylinder problems. they have not set up any public reimbursement or repair for this specific year and model vehicle. i had to pay a private locksmith to come to my house and build a new cylinder around my key because i could not afford to have the car towed again and pay the exorbant dealer price. i was without my vehicle for saturday, sunday, monday and the tuesday surrounding labor day weekend. the private locksmith repaired it wednesday in a timely manner. i have not been offered towing reimbursement, a rental vehicle, a repair reimbursement or an apology. the old part (what was left after drilling it out per ford instructions) was not saved. *nm | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION - SWITCH | |||
| 09/26/2009 | 32000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford focus. the contact stated that he can not remove the key from the ignition. the dealer was contacted. upon contact a technician stated that he would have to pay $300.00 to replace the ignition switch. no repairs were made. the manufacturer was contacted, but no assistance was provided because the warranty expired. the failure and current mileages were 32000. | |||
| 04/05/2008 | 5 | 02/01/2007 | |
| I have a 2006 ford focus and the key keeps getting stuck inside of the ignition without any warning. it will stay stuck for a few weeks and then one day it will just come out. *tr | |||