2008 Ford Focus

COUNTING THIS SET OF TIRES THIS IS THIRD SET, ORIGINAL, SET BOUGHT FROM DEALERSHIP WERE I PURCHASED CAR AND THEN GOODYEAR TIRES. EACH SET LASTED AROUND 20,000 MILES. ALWAYS BACK PASSENGER SIDE WEARS COMPLETELY SLICK. THEY HAD TO REPLACE FRONT TIE ROD ON ONE SIDE AT AROUND 50,000 USING MY EXTENDED WARRANTY BECAUSE THEY WOULN'T LISTEN TO ME. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THERE WERE NO RECALLS. I HAD MINE ROTATED AND BALANCED ALSO WHEN I WAS SUPPOSE TO. I NOW HAVE 77,000 ORIGINAL MILES ON MY VEHICLE AND WARRANTY WILL SOON BE OUT. BOUGHT MY CAR NEW IN 2008. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD FOCUS EQUIPPED WITH THE ORIGINAL PIRELLI TIRES, LINE SIZE 205/50/R16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL FOUR TIRES WERE WEARING PREMATURELY AND WOULD ONLY LAST FOR 25,000 OF THE 50,000 MILE LIFESPAN OF THE TIRES. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED WITH KUMHO TIRES AND THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR INSPECTION. THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000.

GOT STUCK IN THE SNOW AND ICE FEB.2011. LOW GEAR IS OUT ON MY TRANSMISSION AT 67,000 MILES ON MY 2008 FORD FOCUS. I THINK IT'S A COINCIDENCE THE TRANSMISSION HAS NEVER FELT LIKE IT SHIFTED RIGHT. I'VE BEEN A "MOTOR HEAD" FOREVER UNTIL THE COMPUTERIZED MOTORS CAME OUT, I KNOW MY CARS, MOTORS AND TRANIES, THIS IS NOT RIGHT AND I AM CALLING FORD TOMORROW, FEB. 14,2011, AND HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THEM. I FEEL THEY NEED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS ESPECIALLY SINCE I SEE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD TRANY PROBLEMS ALSO. *TR

DOORS ON FORD FOCUS MALFUNCTION. ONLY DRIVER SIDE DOOR HAS KEY ENTRY BUT DOES NOT WORK WILL NOT OPEN DOOR. PASSENGER SIDE DOOR OPENS WITH REMOTE UNLOCK ENTRY BUT AT TIMES MALFUNCTIONS AND WON'T OPEN. DRIVER SIDE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN AT ALL ANYMORE. HAVE TO ENTER ON PASSENGER SIDE DOOR AND CRAWL OVER CONSOLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE. I BELIEVE IT'S THE FORD DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR THAT IS MALFUNCTIONED. *TR

POTENTIAL FOR ACCIDENT. MY 2008 FORD FOCUS STARTED HAVING POWER STEERING ISSUES AROUND 55000 MILES. IT WOULD BECOME INTERMITTENT IN POWER ASSIST TO THE POINT IT WOULD CAUSE THE STEERING TO FEEL IT WAS JUMPING FROM SIDE TO SIDE. TOOK INTO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATED THAT TEFLON (USED TO HELP REDUCE FRICTION ON THE GEARS, ALONG WITH FLUID) FLAKES WERE IN THE SYSTEM AND AND THAT SOME PART OF THE GEAR SYSTEM WAS COMING APART INSIDE. GOING TO REPLACE THE RACK AND PINON SYSTEM AND ATTEMPT TO FLUSH OUT POWER STEERING PUMP, DUE TO THE WORM GEAR IN THE RACK AND PINON BEING CONTAMINATED. SERVICE ADVISOR ALSO STATED THAT IF CONTINUED TO DRIVE IN THIS STATE STEERING COULD POTENTIALLY LOCK UP RENDERING THE VEHICLE UNCONTROLLABLE.

I WENT AND GOT NEW TIRES AND ALIGNMENT IN SEP.2009 AND WITHIN 10000 MILES ON 03-06-10 MY TIRES WERE CHOPPED ON THE INSIDE THE DEALER WERE I HAD GOT MY CAR FROM HAD TOLD ME THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY THE ALIGNMENT SO I WENT BACK WERE I GOT THE TIRES DONE THEY HAD TOLD ME IT WAS MY STRUTS THEY WENT AHEAD AN PUT NEW TIRES ON AND I WENT TO FORD GARAGE IN CRESTON NOT WERE I GOT THE CAR THEY HAD CHECK MY STRUTS THEY SAID THEY WERE OK I HAD THEM REDONE THE ALIGNMENT TWO DAYS AFTER THE NEW TIRES WERE PUT ON AND SO I PAID FOR TWO ALIGNMENT AND AFTER 5000 MILES MY TIRES WERE CHOPPED ON THE INSIDE THE DEALER IN CRESTON GOT A HOLD OF FORD MOTORS TO SEE WHAT THE DEAL WAS AND INSPECT EVERYTHING AND HAD TO SET MY ALIGNMENT AT DIFFERENT SETTING AND THEN MY CAR STARTED MAKING SQUEAKING NOISES THEY ENDING UP CHANGING MY BACK STRUTS AND THEN MY TIRES GOT WORSE AND MY CAR IS STILL MAKING THE NOISES AND I TOLD THEM THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE TO REPLACE MY TIRES AND THEY WONT AND NOW THEY WONT EVENING LOOK AT MY CAR AND DIDN'T"T EVENING FIX THE CAR AND HAD IT ALL DAY FOR AT LEAST SIX HOURS AND TOLD ME TO TAKE IT WERE I GOT THE CAR FORM WHICH I LIVE 100 MILES AND FROM THEIR. THROUGH OUT THIS HOLE TIME THEY HAD TOLD ME THAT IT"S AS BE A PROBLEM ON MOST 2008 AND 2009 MODELS THE CHOPPED THEY ARE TELLING ME IT"S THE BRAND THAT I WENT WITH. *TR

I HAVE A 2008 FORD FOCUS SE/SES AND I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR PASSENGER DOORS NOT UNLOCKING AND NOT OPENING FROM TIME TO TIME. THE ONLY WAY I AM ABLE TO OPEN THEM IS WITH A SET OF PLIERS. I HAVE GONE TO FORD WITH THIS ISSUE AND THEY CLAIM IT IS BECAUSE "I DRIVE ON A DIRT ROAD"; BUT I HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH ANY OTHER VEHICLE FROM DRIVING ON A DIRT ROAD. LUCKILY I HAVEN'T HAD ANY INSTANCES WHERE I NEED MY PASSENGERS TO BE OUT OF THE BACK SEAT IMMEDIATELY. I ALSO HAVE A CHILD THAT IS 3 AND I AM CONCERNED FOR HER SAFETY IF WE CANNOT GET THE BACKDOORS OPEN IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. FORD WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT AND TOLD ME THAT I SHOULD CLEAN OUT THE LOCKS OF THE DOORS. *TR

I HAVE A 2008 FORD FOCUS THAT THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. THE ISSUE IS THE BACK PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM INSIDE OR OUT CAUSING A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME MONEY JUST TO LOOK AT IT.. I DON'T THINK A DOOR OPENING SHOULD BE VIEWED IN THIS WAY. THERE HAS BEEN NO ACCIDENT. IT JUST STOPPED OPENING. I LOVED MY FOCUS UNTIL THE INITIAL WARRANTY EXPIRED. PLEASE HELP ME. *TR

CAR DOOR LOCKS ON 2008 FORD FOCUS SE WILL NOT UNLOCK WITH ELECTRONIC POWER BUTTON, KEY FOB REMOTE, DOOR KEY, PULLING UP ON PLUNGER OR ATTEMPTING TO OPEN DOOR WITH HANDLE OR ANY COMBINATION OF THE ABOVE. DOORS LOCK AUTOMATICALLY AT 5 MPH SO IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO AVOID LOCKING AND THEN PASSENGERS MUST CRAWL OUT OF ANOTHER DOOR. SO FAR NO ONE HAS BEEN TRAPPED, BUT I HAVE HANDICAPPED FRIENDS AND A PREGNANT DAUGHTER, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY CANNOT GET OUT. IT SEEMS TO BE TEMPERATURE RELATED AND MECHANICAL - THE FIRST TIME IT WAS FIXED UNDER WARRANTY, BUT NOW I AM HAVING TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS EVEN THOUGH RECURRING AND DEALER REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE ANY PROBLEM WITH THE LOCKS THAT INTERMITTENTLY LOCK AND THEN UNLOCK WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DROPS AT NIGHT - IT IS AS IF I NEED TO CAMP OUT AT THE DEALER UNTIL IT HAPPENS. *TR