2007 Ford Focus

I WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLISION IN MY 2007 FORD FOCUS ST. I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT AND WAS REAR ENDED BY A TRACTOR TRAILER TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 - 25 MPH. UPON IMPACT THE UPPER HALF OF MY DRIVERS SEAT GAVE WAY CAUSING MY UPPER BODY TO FALL ONTO THE LOWER PART OF THE REAR SEAT. IT APPEARED THE RECLINER MECHANISM GAVE OUT DURING THE IMPACT. THIS WAS SOMETHING I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR. I WAS NOW IN A POSITION WHERE MY HEAD WAS FULLY EXPOSED TO THE ON COMING TRUCK. THERE ARE MULTIPLE FRONT SAFETY FEATURES AND ONLY THE SEAT BACK FOR REAR SAFETY FEATURES. IF SOMEONE WAS SITTING IN THE BACK SEAT BEHIND MY DRIVERS SEAT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED. I SENT FORD MOTOR COMPANY INFORMATION REGARDING MY CONCERN WITH THE RECLINING MECHANISM IN DECEMBER OF 2009, ON APRIL 16, 2010 OR THERE ABOUT FORD ISSUED A RECALL FOR THE EXACT CONCERNS I HAD WITH MY VEHICLE. HOWEVER, MY VEHICLE WAS NOT LISTED IN THE RECALL. THIS CONCERNS ME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THE TIRE TREAD WAS WEARING PREMATURELY AND HE WAS ON HIS THIRD SET OF TIRES WITHIN ONE YEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE AN ALIGNMENT WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO RECUR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FOCUS. HE STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE POWER STEERING BECAME EXTREMELY STIFF AND DIFFICULT TO STEER. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE ALSO BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AND INDEPENDENTLY DECELERATE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE VEHICLE FROM THE ROADWAY AND DISCOVERED THE BELT TENSIONER HAD FRACTURED. THE BELT WAS REPLACED TWO YEARS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE DEALER ADVISED THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 81,000.

ABOUT 4 DAYS BEFORE THE INCIDENT, I NOTICED MY BATTERY LIGHT FLICKERING, I WASN'T TOO WORRIED ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT STAY ON, I THOUGHT IT WAS PROBABLY THE BATTERY AND I WOULD REPLACE IT THE FOLLOWING WEEK, WELL IT DID NOT LAST A WEEK! THE REASON I WOULD CLASSIFY THIS AS A SAFETY PROBLEM IS: BECAUSE OF THE ALTERNATOR FAILING AND NOT CHARGING THE BATTERY, MY 2007 FORD FOCUS JUST STALLED ON A FREEWAY GOING THROUGH CLEVELAND OHIO. NOT ONLY DID I LOSE ENGINE POWER, EVERY THING ELECTRICAL SHUT DOWN TURN SIGNALS, BRAKE LIGHTS, HORN, ETC. TRYING TO NAVIGATE ACROSS 3 OR 4 LANES OF TRAFFIC IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION, AND DEPENDING ON LOCATION OF THIS TYPE OF FAILURE OR IF IT HAPPENED AT NIGHT OR EARLY MORNING HOURS A DIFFERENT KIND OF DANGEROUS SITUATION COULD OCCUR! I HAD TO BE TOWED TO FORD DEALERSHIP ON A SATURDAY, BUT THEIR SERVICE DEPT WAS CLOSED UNTIL TODAY MONDAY, THEY CALLED TO INFORM ME OF COST OF REPAIR (OVER $400) WHEN I PICK UP CAR I WILL MAKE SURE I GET THE OLD ALTERNATOR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED SHE TRIED TO REMOVE THE KEY AND IT WOULD NOT COME OUT OF THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO REMOVED THE BATTERY CABLES IN ORDER TO REMOVE THE KEY. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN. THE FORD DEALER STATED THAT THEY COULD REPAIR THE VEHICLE AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 37,000. UPDATED 10/27/10. *LJ

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FOCUS. AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTING TO TAKE THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION, THE KEY BECAME STUCK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE ENTIRE IGNITION WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWO MORE TIMES AND THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AGAIN AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 43,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 55,000.

2007 FORD FOCUS. CONSUMER WAS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT. *BF THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH A BLACK BOX AND THE LAWYER HAS BEEN ATTEMPTING TO GET THE MANUFACTURER OF THE BLACK BOX TO DOWNLOAD THE RCM , BUT HAS BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. ON JULY 2009, THE LAWYER FOR THE DECEASED WAS INFORMED BY ONE OF THE ATTORNEYS FOR FORD MOTOR COMPANY, THAT THEY WERE IN CONTACT WITH THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE DOWNLOAD OF THE RCM INFORMATION AND WERE ADVISED THAT THERE WAS NO WAY TO DOWNLOAD THAT PARTICULAR MODEL IN THE UNITED STATES AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO FORWARD THE UNIT TO GERMANY TO DOWNLOAD THE INFORMATION. THE LAWYERS OFFICE STILL HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION AND BELIEVED THE BLACK BOX MANUFACTURED BY BOSCH IS A FRAUD AND THAT THE BLACK BOX DOES NOT MAINTAIN ANY INFORMATION. LAWYER WROTE IN ON BEHALF OF THE ESTATE OF THE DECEASED. *JB