2010 Ford Focus

IN ORDER TO START MY DAUGHTER'S USED 2010 FOCUS THE KEY NEEDS TO BE TURNED TO THE IDIOT LIGHTS AND WAIT UNTIL THE NEEDLES MOVE ON THE TEMP AND FUEL GUAGES AND THE CHIME COMES ON THEN CRANK IT AND IT USUALLY STARTS FIRST TRY BUT IT CAN TAKE 3 TRIES AT THIS PROCEDURE. IT CAN BE SCARY. THE 2010 MANUAL ON PAGE 175 SAYS TURN IT 3/4 (IDIOT LIGHTS) AND WAIT THEN CRANK BUT THE 2008 MANUAL SAID THAT TOO ON PAGE 150 BUT IT WASN'T EVER NECESSARY. 3 FORD DEALERS SAY THEY NEVER HEARD OF THE PROBLEM BEFORE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL FOUR DOOR LOCKS BECAME INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE MECHANISM FOR THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR WAS REPLACED, BUT NOW THE THREE OTHER DOORS FAILED TO WORK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE MECHANISM INSIDE THE DOORS NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

WHEN I TURN THE KEY TO START THE VEHICLE IT OFTEN WON'T START - IF I TURN THE STEERING WHEEL OR SOMETIMES SHIFT IT INTO A DIFFERENT GEAR (IT'S A STANDARD), IT MAY START. THERE IS NO DISTINCT PATTERN OF WHEN IT WILL AND WHEN IT WON'T START. IT HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE LATELY AND I'M WORRIED I WILL GET STRANDED. MY WIFE WILL NOT DRIVE THE CAR NOW AS SHE IS CONCERNED ABOUT GETTING STRANDED. HELP. *TR

THE DOORS, RANDOMLY, DO NOT UNLOCK. EVERY DOOR HAS HAD THIS ISSUE...RANDOMLY. THE WEATHER IS NOT THE ISSUE, THIS HAS HAPPENED IN ALL TYPES OF WEATHER. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS , VIA GOOGLE, AND I AM NOT THE FIRST TO REPORT THIS. WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A RECALL FIX? THE PASSENGER SIDE BACK DOOR HAS NOT UNLOCKED FOR THREE WEEKS. TODAY THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK, CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO CLIMB OVER TO EXIT THROUGH THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR...NOT SAFE. I CALLED THE DEALER, NO SURPRISE, THEY HAD HEARD OF THIS ISSUE. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ, I EXPECT TO BE CHARGED, BETWEEN $400 & $1200 TO FIX A MANUFACTURES DEFECT...SO VERY WRONG! NOR WILL I BE PAYING FOR IT! AGAIN, WHAT GOOD DOES IT DO TO REPORT THIS THOUSANDS OF TIMES, WHEN THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR AT LEAST 15 YEARS, AT A COST TO THE CONSUMERS? *JS

THE DASHBOARD DISPLAY INCORRECTLY STATES THAT THE DRIVERS DOOR IS OPEN WHEN IT ISN'T. THIS CAUSES THE DASHBOARD DISPLAY TO "LOCK" AND I CAN NO LONGER SEE THE ODOMETER OR THE MILEAGE. FURTHERMORE THE INTERIOR LIGHTS CONTINUOUSLY STAY ON EVEN WHEN TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD (THIS RESULTS IN A SAFETY ISSUE AS THE INTERIOR LIGHTS MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO SEE THE ROAD AT NIGHT). ALSO, THE INCORRECT OPEN DOOR CONDITION DOES NOT ALLOW ME TO LOCK ANY OF THE DOORS (ANOTHER SAFETY DEFECT), AS SOON AS I LOCK THE DOOR THEY ALL AUTOMATICALLY UNLOCK! OBVIOUSLY FORD HAS OVERSTATED THE INCORRECT OPEN DOOR CONDITION WHICH THEREBY CAUSES UNDUE SAFETY ISSUES THAT CAN NOT BE CORRECTED BY THE DRIVER/OPERATOR. I UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF HAVING A DASHBOARD DISPLAY MONITOR FOR A OPEN DOOR CONDITION, HOWEVER THIS SHOULD NOT FURTHER CAUSE SAFETY ISSUES THAT PREVENT THE IMMEDIATE OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE. *JS

MY HUSBAND, MY DAUGHTER AND I WENT SHOPPING. WE DID OUR ERRANDS AND MY DAUGHTER GOT INTO THE BACK SEAT. I PROCEEDED TO OPEN THE BACK DOOR ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE, AND THE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. WE LEFT THE STORE AND DROVE HOME. I PARKED THE CAR AND MY DAUGHTER WAS NOT ABLE TO OPEN HER DOOR. BOTH OF THE BACK DOORS WOULD NOT OPEN FROM EITHER THE INSIDE OR FROM THE OUTSIDE. SHE HAD TO CLIMB OVER THE SEAT TO GET OUT OF THE CAR. MY DAUGHTER IS 44 AND IS A LARGE WOMAN. CLIMBING OVER THE SEAT IN ORDER TO GET OUT OF THE CAR IS NOT ACCEPTABLE, BUT WE COULD THINK OF NO OTHER WAY FOR HER TO GET OUT. I LIVE ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND CANNOT AFFORD TO JUST GO GET THE DOORS FIXED. PER THE DEALERSHIP, THEY THINK IT'S THE ACTUATOR'S IN THE DOOR...BUT THEY'RE NOT SURE. EVEN IF IT IS, THE DIAGNOSTICS AND REPAIR ARE CLOSE TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS. I DON'T HAVE THIS KIND OF MONEY. PER MY ONLINE RESEARCH, I HAVE FOUND OTHERS THAT ALSO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS A "SAFETY ISSUE". PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD TO BE LOCKED IN OR OUT OF THEIR CAR. BEING LOCKED IN CAN BE MUCH WORSE BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS IT CAN CAUSE. I THINK THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT CLOSELY AND FORD NEEDS TO MAKE THE PROBLEM RIGHT. THIS IS A SERIOUS "SAFETY ISSUE." *TR

ON MAY 24, 2014- BOTH REAR DOORS WOULD NOT OPEN; JUNE 3, 2014 - DRIVERS SIDE FRONT DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN; DRIVERS SIDE BACK DOOR LOCKED AND THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR UNLOCKED ON ITS OWN; JUNE 10, 2014- DRIVERS SIDE BACK DOOR & PASSENGER SIDE BACK DOOR BOTH UNLOCKED ON THEIR OWN; JUNE 23, 2014 - PASSENGER SIDE BACK DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. *TR