2007 Ford Focus

THE AIRBAG LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER OF MY 2007 FORD FOCUS CAME ON FOR THE FIRST TIME AUGUST 31, 2011. THE CAR HAS 37,023 MILES AND HAS HAD ALL THE DEALER MAINTENANCE PERFORMED SINCE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED. I WAS TOLD BY THE LONGMONT FORD DEALER THAT THE ON BOARD DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTER INDICATED A LOSS OF COMMUNICATION AND THAT THE AIRBAG SAFETY SYSTEM WAS NOT ENGAGED WHEN THE LIGHT WAS ON. I RETURNED TO THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY TO HAVE A COMPLETE DIAGNOSTIC TO DETERMINE WHAT HAD CAUSED THE LIGHT TO ACTIVATE. I WAS TOLD THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER HAD FAILED AND THAT THE ENTIRE CLUSTER MUST BE REPLACED. THIS ELECTRONIC FAILURE REPRESENTS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE IF NOT REPLACED AT A COST OF ~$800.00. I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT OTHER DRIVERS OF THIS CAR MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THAT THE SAFETY SYSTEM IS COMPLETELY INACTIVE WHEN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILS IN THIS WAY. FORD DOES NOT OFFER TO REPLACE THIS AS PART OF THE SAFETY WARRANTY PROGRAM. I THINK THIS IS WRONG AND REPRESENTS A SAFETY HAZARD FOR DRIVERS WHO MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THE FAILURE OR WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO MAKE SUCH A REPAIR AND CHOOSE TO DRIVE THE CARE WITHOUT THE SAFETY FEATURE OPERABLE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, ENGINE WOULD REV UP AND NOT SHIFT GEARS, ONCE IT DID SHIFT CAR LURCHED FORWARD. TOOK TO LOCAL MECHANIC WHO SAID TRANSMISSION WAS BURNING OUT. TOWED TO LOCAL FORD DEALER WHO CONFIRMED. FORD STATED THERE WERE NO COMPLAINTS ABOUT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. VEHICLE OUT OF WARRANTY AND TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED FOR ALMOST $3000. FORD PAYED $500. CAR ONLY HAD 27,027 MILES AT TIME OF FAILURE. THE SUDDEN LURCH COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AND/OR THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. INTERNET SEARCH REVEALS MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME CONDITIONS OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND SUDDEN LURCHING ON THE FOCUS. THE RE-MANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION CARRIES A HIGHER MILEAGE WARRANTY THAN THE ORIGINAL ONE WHICH MAKES ONE WONDER IF FORD IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND CORRECTING IT ON THE SLY AS FAILURES OCCUR AND TRANSMISSIONS ARE REPLACED. *TT

THE IGNITION KEY WOULD NOT TURN. THE REPAIR COST $305 AND FORD WILL NOT COVER THE EXPENSE UNDER THE EXTRACARE EXTENDED WARRANTY. MY RESEARCH INDICATES THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2000. I HAD A 2003 FORD FOCUS AND I EXPERIENCED THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. I ASSUMED WHEN I PURCHASED MY 2007 AND 2010 FORD FOCUS THAT THIS PROBLEM HAD BEEN ADDRESSED BY FORD. I LOOKED UP THE 2003 FORD FOCUS ON YOUR DATABASE AND FOUND 247 COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS PROBLEM.. THE 2007 FORD FOCUS HAS ONLY 10 COMPLAINTS BUT IT APPEARS THAT THE MILEAGE HAS TO BE OVER 30,000 MILES.

2007 FORD FOCUS PZEV MODEL. ONLY WHEN ENGINE IS COLD, WHEN TRANSMISSION IS PUT IN REVERSE, IT WILL SUDDENLY SURGE AND MOVE MUCH FASTER THAN THE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE ON THE ACCELERATOR WOULD CAUSE. IT BEGAN HAPPENING WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR BUT ONLY SPORADICALLY, IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN A LOT MORE NOW THAT THE CAR IS OLDER. IN THE PAST I TOLD THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT IT ON TWO OCCASIONS AND THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG SO I AM JUST VERY CAREFUL WHEN I AM BACKING THE CAR UP. *TR

MY 88 YEAR OLD MOTHER WAS PULLING INTO HER GARAGE WHEN GRABBING THE SHIFING LEVER TO PUT IT IN PARK IT CAME UP OUT OF THE COLUMN ALONG WITH THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION CAUSING THE CAR TO GO FORWARD AND HIT THE BOXES. THE KEY WAS LOCKED IN PLACE AND THE CAR WOULDN'T SHUT OFF. PISS POOR DESIGN OF SCREW HOLDING THE SHIFTER ON AND THE CONNECTION FOR THE POWER. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THE TREAD ON THE REAR TIRES WAS WEARING FASTER THAN THE FRONT. THE CONTACT STATED THE WEAR WAS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TIRES BUT THEY REPLACED THE REAR TIRES FOR THE THIRD TIME. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE TO THE REAR ALIGNMENT OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THE CONTACT HAD TO TRY AND MANAGE THE PREMATURE WEAR OF THE TIRES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 57,000.