Ford Focus Electrical Problems
4,336 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 19 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2000. Best year: 2018.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD FOCUS. THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING 80 MPH AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. BOTH THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGER WERE KILLED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A ME...
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE STRUCK AND KILLED A HORSE. THE FRONT AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE INSURANCE COMPANY IS INVESTIGATING THE CRASH. THE VEHICLE WILL BE TOWED TO A BODY ...
MY HIGH BEAM IS ALWAYS ON. MY LOW BEAM AND FOG LIGHT DO NOT WORK. THE LOW BEAM AND FOG LIGHT ARE INDEPENDENT SWITCH. *JB
I HAVE RECENTLY BEEN DOING A REVIEW OF SEVERAL INCIDENTS INVOLVING THE FORD FOCUS ONE OF WHICH WAS RELATING TO MY FATHER, WHERE ON INSTANCES THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY ON THE VEHICLES DURING THE INCIDENCE OF A CRASH. THIS IS SOMETHING TH...
IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER FAILURE. I COULD NOT GET THE KEY TO GO IN THE IGNITION. AFTER 1/2 HOUR OF PUSHING, PULLING, ROCKING, TILTING, IN OUT, BACK FORTH, I GOT THE KEY IN. UPON ADVICE OF MY MECHANIC AT WOODY SANDER FORD IN CINCINNATI, ...
THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. THE DUAL AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, HOWEVER DUE TO IMPACT WITH THE AIR BAGS THE DRIVER DIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NLM CONSUMER STATE THAT THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE WHICH WAS H...
FORD FOCUS SPED UP FOR NO REASON AND THEN VEERED TO LEFT CROSSING LEFT LANE AND WENT INTO DITCH WHICH HAD A CULVERT AND THE CAR THEN BOUNCED INTO A CORNFIELD. AIRBAGS DEPLOYED FOR BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER. DRIVER HAD BROKEN RIBS AND...
The vehicle was serviced at Bartow Ford in Bartow, Florida, where approximately $1,100 was paid for the installation of a Body Control Module (BCM). Less than two weeks after this repair, the vehicle was returned to the same dealership d...
The contact owns a 2015 Ford Focus. The contact stated that upon entering an intersection with a green light, the contact crashed into another oncoming vehicle at approximately 30 MPH. The air bags did not deploy upon impact. No medical ...
Unable to control vehicle in light rain conditions. Steering took me straight off the highway into a steel wire fence. Totalled the car with massive front end damage. Seat belt did not lock. Knocked window out with head during impact. Th...
I was in a vehicle crash in my 2015 Ford focus none of my airbags deployed. My seatbelt did not lock and my driver seat they came sideways.
The contact owns a 2007 Ford Focus. The contact stated that while stopped at a traffic light, a vehicle crashed into the front of the contact’s vehicle. Additionally, two other vehicles crashed into the side and rear of the contact's v...