2000 FORD FOCUS Complaints

THE KEY GETS STUCK IN THE IGNITION AND WILL NOT TURN AND CAN NOT BE REMOVED. CAR MUST BE TOWED AND IGNITION REPLACED. THIS IS NOT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR, 110000MILES I HAVE HAD TO MAKE THIS REPAIR 6 TIMES AT $200 EACH TIME. TYPICALLY, THIS SORT OF PROBLEM SHOULD HAVE COME UP ONLY ONCE IF AT ALL WITH MY MILEAGE. IF FORD IS GOING TO GET MY TAX DOLLARS, THEY SHOULD NOT BUILD A LOW QUALITY CAR. THIS CAR IS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS I WILL NEVER BUY AN AMERICAN CAR AGAIN. *TR

LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING SNAPPED, VEHICLE WEIGHT OF SHARP, BROKEN REMAINDER OF SPRING AGAINST FRONT TIRE WHILE VEHICLE PARKED. *TR

I WAS STRANDED UNABLE TO PUT THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION OF MY 2000 FORD FOCUS. I S/W A FORD SERVICE REP WHO STATED IGNITION CYLINDERS WEAR OUT. MY CAR ONLY HAS 86K MILES AND IS MAINTAINED AND GARAGE KEPT. THIS IS A HAZARD TO BE UNABLE TO START YOUR CAR! *TR

ON 3-2-06 I WAS UNABLE TO START MY VEHICLE BECAUSE THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN..I HAD TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHERE THE STEERING COLUMN HAD TO BE REMOVED, THE IGNITION SWITCH HAD TO BE REMOVED, NEW IGNITION SWITCH HAD TO GO TO LOCKSMITH TO BE KEY CODED, THEN A NEW INSTALLATION SWITCH WAS INSTALLED. THE COST WAS ABOUT $300 PLUS TOWING PLUS INCONVENIENCE...TOO MANY OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS..FORD SHOULD RECALL PROBLEM/REIMBURSE PEOPLE WHO PD. *TR

1-2. IGNITION ON MY FORD FOCUS HAS LOCKED UP; APPARENTLY THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM THAT ALMOST EVERY FOCUS OWNER HAS. THE KEY CANNOT BE TURNED, SO THE CAR WILL NOT START, LEAVING ME STRANDED WHEREVER MY CAR HAPPENS TO BE. SINCE I DRIVE BACK AND FORTH TO SCHOOL SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR (A 4 HOUR DRIVE) THIS LEAVES THE POTENTIAL TO BE STRANDED IN BACKCOUNTRY INDIANA AT ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT, WITH NO WAY TO START MY CAR AND NO ONE I KNOW NEARBY TO PICK ME UP. 3. I WILL BE REPLACING THE IGNITION CYLINDER TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. HOWEVER, SINCE ALL FORD FOCUS 2000-2003 IGNITION CYLINDERS ARE DEFECTIVE AND HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM, IT IS VERY LIKELY TO HAPPEN AGAIN, AND INSTEAD OF BEING STRANDED AT A FRIEND'S APARTMENT, I MIGHT BE STRANDED MUCH FARTHER FROM HOME. *TR

YESTERDAY, FEB. 11, 2009, I CAME HOME FROM SCHOOL, PARKED, AND TURNED OFF MY CAR(2000 FORD FOCUS) ONLY TO FIND THAT MY KEY WOULD NOT COME OUT OF THE IGNITION. SO IN TURN I JUST LEFT THE KEY THERE OBVIOUSLY AND WENT IN MY HOUSE. FOLLOWING DAY BEFORE SCHOOL I TRY ONCE MORE TO REMOVE THE KEY, NO LUCK, I DRIVE TO SCHOOL, PARK, TURN OFF CAR AND AGAIN TRIED REMOVING THE KEY AND ONCE AGAIN NO LUCK. LATER ON I CAR PULLED WITH MY FRIEND IN HIS CAR TO WORK, AFTER WORK HE DROPPED ME OFF AT MY CAR TO GO HOME. I GET IN MY CAR ONLY TO FIND THAT NOW IT WONT EVEN START. I CALLED MY FRIEND WITH MY CELL PHONE THAT I WAS BLESSED TO HAVE AND HE CAME BACK SO I WAS SPARED FROM BEING STRANDED. WE HOOKED UP THE CABLES TO JUMP THE CAR AND NO LUCK WHAT SO EVER, ALL WE MERELY GOT WAS A NICE CLICKING SOUND. THE BATTERY WAS DEAD, ALL BECAUSE THE KEY COULD NOT BE REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION THANKS TO FORD'S SELFISHNESS AND NOT ISSUING A RECALL. ALL IN ALL MY CAR REMAINS IN THAT PARKING LOT AND I AM LEFT WITHOUT A CAR. THANK YOU FORD. *TR

FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH. THE SAME MAJOR PROBLEM EVERYONE ELSE IS HAVING WITH THE FORD FOCUSES. IGNITION CYLINDER LOCKED UP ON ME WITHOUT WARNING. STOPPED TO GET GAS AND WHEN I WENT TO PUT KEY BACK INTO IGNITION IT WOULDN'T EVEN GO IN AT FIRST. I THOUGH I WAS IN THE WRONG CAR. FINALLY FORCED KEY IN IGNITION. IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME BUT I FORTUNATELY WAS ABLE TO FINALLY JIGGLE IT FREE AND GET ENGINE STARTED. FIRST WARNING SIGN WAS IN 2006 WHEN IT TEMPORARILY GAVE ME A PROBLEM, BUT NOW IT WAS BEING A CONSTANT PROBLEM. I HAD DONE MY RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AS WELL AND CALLED AROUND TO DIFFERENT LOCKSMITHS. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE VEH TO A LOCKSMITH AND HAVE A NEW IGNITION CYLINDER REPLACED. THEY DID NOT HAVE TO REPROGRAM THE KEYS AS I SEE FORD IS CHARGING ALL OF THESE PEOPLE BESIDES THEIR RIDICULOUS LABOR ON THEIR DEFECTIVE PARTS, IN WHICH THEY ARE STILL REPLACING DEFECTIVE PARTS. IT COST ME UNDER $100 TO HAVE REPAIRED WITH REASSURANCE THE IGNITION WOULD OUTLAST ANY KEYS THAT I HAVE TO THE VEH. FORD IS PATHETIC FOR NOT ADMITTING THIS DEFECT AND HAVING A RECALL. YES IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE!!!!!! WHEN YOU NEVER KNOW THAT UNSUSPECTING YOUR KEYS LOCK UP AND WON'T TURN THE IGNITION. *TR

THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED. DEALER SAYS THE TUMBLER LOCK FELL APART SO A NEW LOCK AND KEYS ARE NECESSARY. MID 400 DOLLAR COST. *TR

2000 FORD FOCUS ENGINE FIRE ON THE WAY TO WORK AT 4 AM. BY TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GOT THERE IT WAS FULLY IN FLAMES. BURNT EVEY THING BUT THE TRUNK BEFORE IT WAS PUT OUT. *TR

THIS MORNING I TRIED TO START MY CAR TO GO TO WORK AND FOR THE SECOND TIME IN FOUR YEARS THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN IN THE IGNITION. I HAVE READ THERE ARE OTHERS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE FOCUS AND YET THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL AND THE PART THAT WAS REPLACED LAST TIME CONTINUES TO HAVE TO THE SAME ISSUE. *TR