2004 Ford Focus

DRIVING MY 2004 FORD FOCUS, WHEN I TURN ON THE LEFT BLINKER AND IT STARTS BLINKING VERY FAST SO I ASSUME IT NEEDS A NEW BULB OR FUSE. I GO TO REPLACE THE BULB ONLY TO FIND THAT THE HOUSING UNIT HOLDING THE BULB FOR THE BLINKER IS MELTED. NOW I HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE THING AND THIS COST ME $120.00 DOLLARS. FAST FORWARD SIX MONTHS, NOT ONLY IS THE LEFT BLINKER OUT BUT NOW THE RIGHT BLINKER AS WELL, AND GUESS WHAT SAME PROBLEM NOT JUST A BULB BUT BOTH HOUSING UNITS HAVE MELTED AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. LOOKED TO SEE IF THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE, SINCE ONE, IT IS THE MATERIAL OF THE CAR THE HEAT GENERATED BY THE MANUFACTURES BULB AND IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN EVEN WHEN REPLACED WITH NORMAL DRIVING. PLUS NO BLINKERS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. NO RECALL! LOOKS LIKE FORD THINKS MELTING CAR PARTS ON THEIR VEHICLES IS NORMAL. *LN

WE HAVE A 2004 FORD FOCUS 2.3L. KEY WONT TURN IN THE IGNITION. THE STEERING WHEEL IS LOCKED. WE HAD TO CALL A LOCK SMITH OUT TO REPLACE THE IGNITION CYLINDER ASSEMBLY. THE LOCK SMITH SAID THAT HE REPLACES TWO TO THREE EVERY WEEK ON THE FORD FOCUS MODEL. LUCKY FOR US WE WERE AT HOME WHEN THE IGNITION FAILED. I READ OTHER STORIES WHERE OTHERS WERE NOT SO FORTUNATE. IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT FORD STILL TO THIS DAY DOSE NOT HAVE A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. EVEN A COURTESY ALERT WOULD BE BETTER THEN SITTING IN THE DARK AND HAVING TO DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH TO DISCOVER WHAT THE FIX IS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30-40 MPH THE VEHICLE LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER AND STALLED. THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN DRIVE AND MOVING FORWARD. HE ENGAGED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED IN THE MEDIAN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WHICH INDICATED AN IMPROPER KEY ISSUE. THE LOCAL MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THEY ARE AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THE FAILURE OR ANY OTHER COURSE OF ACTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 90,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION BUT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. FOUR PEOPLE SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES (BURN RASHES, ETC). THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 79,000.

NOTICED HYDRAULIC BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER WHICH IS MOUNTED BEHIND THE CLUTCH PEDAL UNDER DASH. CLUTCH SYSTEM SHARES BRAKE FLUID WITH BRAKE SYSTEM. FLUID DRIPS ON CLUTCH PEDAL AND FLOOR CREATING A VERY SLICK SURFACE AND DROP IN FLUID LEVEL IN BRAKE RESERVOIR. THIS CREATES A SEVERE SAFETY ISSUE IN MY OPINION. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD FOCUS MANUAL TRANSMISSION CARS. THE ONLY REMEDY WAS TO REPLACE THE CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER. ALSO NEEDED TO REPLACE THE CLUTCH PEDAL RUBBER FOOT PAD WHICH HAD DISINTEGRATED FROM EXPOSURE TO THE BRAKE FLUID. *TR

PARKED CAR AS ALWAYS. CAME OUT TO START CAR TO LEAVE AND KEY WILL NOT TURN IN IGNITION. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER SAID THEY TOW FORD FOCUS MODELS WITH BAD IGNITIONS QUITE OFTEN. A WOMAN IN A FOCUS WAGON PULLED UP IN THE LOT WHERE I WAS STRANDED BEFORE THE TOW TRUCK ARRIVED. I ASKED HER TO NOT PARK THERE SINCE A TOW TRUCK WAS COMING; I ALSO TOLD HER WHY. SHE SAID SHE HAD SEVERAL TIMES WHERE HER KEY WOULD GET STUCK IN HER FOCUS. MINE HAD DONE THAT A FEW TIMES OVER THE PAST 3 MONTHS, IT APPEARS BASED ON THE INTERNET SEARCHES, AND JUST MY CONVERSATIONS IN ONE DAY THAT THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE. MINE IS A 2004 MODEL FOCUS. SO IT GOES BEYOND THE THINKING THAT IT IS ONLY 2000 TO 2003 MODELS. THIS PAST WEEKEND I COULD HAVE BEEN STRANDED IN THE HENRY M. JACKSON WILDERNESS AREA IN WA. STATE, POSSIBLY WITH NO CELL PHONE SERVICE AVAILABLE EITHER. LUCKILY THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED WHEN I WAS IN CIVILIZATION. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE THIS PAST WEEKEND, IN BLACK BEAR & GRIZZLY BEAR COUNTRY. *TR

MY KEY IGNITION HAS LOCKED UP ON MY 2004 FORD FOCUS LEAVING ME STRANDED AND COSTING ME TIME FROM WORK NOT TO MENTION THE COST ITS GOING TO BE TO FIX IT. I HAVE READ MANY MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS PROBLEM AND AS OF YET THERE IS NO RECALL. BUT I STRONGLY SUGGEST FORD CONSIDERING A RECALL BECAUSE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE.... WHO FEELS SAFE STRANDED ON INTERSTATE, BAD AREA OF TOWN, AT NIGHT OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE! *TR