2005 Ford Focus

WE BOUGHT THIS CAR BRAND-NEW IN DEC. 2004. WE HAD NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE KEY GETTING STUCK IN THE IGNITION UNTIL TODAY, WHEN WE ARRIVED AT OUR HOUSE AFTER CHURCH. WE NOW HAVE THE KEY STUCK IN THE IGNITION WITH NO WAY TO GET IT OUT - HOPEFULLY OUR CAR IS STILL SITTING IN OUR DRIVEWAY IN THE MORNING.... I CALLED OUR DEALERSHIP AND NO ONE HAD ANY HELPFUL INFORMATION OR IDEAS, THEY JUST TOLD ME I NEEDED TO WAIT UNTIL THE MORNING AND TALK TO PEOPLE IN THEIR PARTS DEPT. *TR

WHERE DO I BEGIN? I'VE HAD ALMOST ALL OF THE ISSUES/COMPLAINTS ALREADY FILED HERE FROM THE DOME/AIRBAG LIGHTS GOING OFF FOR NO REASON, THE KEY GETTING STUCK OR THE CAR STALLING IN NOT STARTING, DISRESPECT/UNPROFESSIONAL FROM FORD REPAIR STAFF OR CALLING FORD CORPORATE, AND THE MOST FAMOUS FOCUS MOMENT OF ALL, WHEN THE CAR SHAKES AT SPEEDS OF 50 OR ABOVE ON HIGHWAYS. O FORD!, HOW YOU'VE SCREWED US ALL!!!!!!! *TR

1)THERE WASN'T MUCH LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE. IT JUST HAPPENED. NOT ONE, BUT BOTH OF THE CASINGS FOR OUR REAR/BRAKE SIGNAL LIGHTS MELTED. THAT MEANT THAT THE LAMP ASSEMBLY, OR HOLE, THAT THE LIGHT BULB SOCKET GOES INTO, MELTED IN BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT REAR LIGHTS EVEN THOUGH WE NEVER CHANGED THE BULBS BEFORE IN OUR CAR. THE CASING, OR LAMP ASSEMBLY, BECAME WARPED AFTER MELTING SO THAT WE COULDN'T EVEN TWIST THE LIGHT BULB SOCKET TO CHANGE THE BULB. 2) THIS MADE IT SO THAT BOTH REAR/BREAK LIGHTS DO NOT WORK. 3) WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THIS IS INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING. IT SHOULD HAVE TAKEN US NO MORE THAN $4 TO BUY AND CHANGE A LIGHT BULB. INSTEAD IT TOOK THE $181.89 TO REPLACE THE LEFT CASING (LAMP ASY), BULB AND SOCKET ASY. DEALER SAID PROBLEM MIGHT BE DUE TO DRIVING IN STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC AND THAT HE HAS SEEN THIS PROBLEM BEFORE IN OUR CAR. WE NEED TO GET THE RIGHT/REAR LIGHT FIXED ALSO, SAME PROBLEM. I CONTACTED THE CUSTOMER RELATIONS DIVISION FOR THE CAR COMPANY. THEY CONTEND THEY ARE SIDING WITH THE DEALERSHIP THAT THIS IS A STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC PROBLEM. THEY REFUSE TO FIX IT AND SAY IT'S NOT COVERED BY MY WARRANTY. MY CONCERN IS THAT THERE ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE DRIVING IN CITIES WHOSE PLASTIC PARTS ARE INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE HEAT OF THE LIGHTBULBS. THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM AS I DON'T KNOW IF THIS COULD CAUSE A FIRE IF PLASTIC PARTS, LIKE THE CASING, CAN'T WITHSTAND HEAT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CONTACT PULLED OFF THE ROAD. A NEARBY MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED CORROSION AROUND THE BATTERY CABLES. HE JUMPED THE VEHICLE AND DROVE TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE FOLLOWING DAY, A LOCAL MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THE ALTERNATOR WAS OVERCHARGING THE BATTERY IN THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE MECHANIC CALLED TO ORDER THE PART, HE WAS INFORMED THAT THIS WAS THE FOURTH COMPLAINT REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR COMPONENT IN THE LAST FOUR WEEKS. THE DRIVER HAS NOT NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ON JULY 17, 2008 BY A LOCAL MECHANIC. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,814 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 20,862. UPDATED 09/16/08. *LJ UPDATED 09/17/08. *JB

NOTHING IN PARTICULAR HAPPENED I JUST PARKED MY CAR YESTERDAY AND MY KEY HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO COME OUT OF THE IGNITION SINCE. I WORK AT A CAR DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM(NOT A FORD DEALER) AND I CALLED FORD AND THEY SAID IT WOULD COST $100 TO LOOK AT IT AND THEY EVEN SAID IT IS VERY COMMON IN FOCUS'...YET IT IS NOT A RECALL AND COVERED MY WARRANTY ENDED A MONTH AGO ALSO..*TR

I AM A CPS TECHNICIAN AND THE TETHER STRAP IS TOO LONG AND DOESN'T ALLOW THE STRAP TO TIGHTEN ALL THE WAY. THIS WAS USED FOR A FORD FOCUS PASSENGER CAR WITH THE TETHER ANCHORS ON THE BACK DASH. WE HAD THE ADJUSTER AS TIGHT AS IT WOULD GO AND THE BUCKLE ON THE TETHER WOULD NOT ALLOW IT TO TIGHTEN IN ANYMORE. ABOUT A 2-3 INCH PLAY IN IT. THIS WAS THE EVENFLO MODEL 380183712 DOM 2/18/2008 (RELATED VEHICLE INFORMATION: MODEL YEAR=2005, MAKE=FORD, MODEL=FOCUS). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FOCUS. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT IMMEDIATELY START, BUT ONCE IT DID, IT STALLED FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THEY STATED THAT THE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE CHANGED. THE ROTORS WERE REPAIRED. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED PERIODICALLY. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 153,000.

MY 2005 FORD FOCUS IGNITION KEEPS LOCKING UP ON ME, UNABLE TO TAKE KEYS FROM THE VEHICLE-LEAVING ME STRANDED OR CAR OPEN TO THEFT. I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT OVER A YEAR AGO, SINCE FORD WONT TOUCH VEHICLE-SAYS EVERYTHING WAS BECAUSE OF ACCIDENT WHICH WAS ONLY MINOR DAMAGE. SINCE THE ACCIDENT I HAVEN'T HAD A PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE UNTIL NOW. AT TIME OF ACCIDENT , THE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY, NOW EVERYTIME I HONK ON HORN THE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON FOR A DAY OR SO. *TR