My power door locks started acting up and then stoped working within min. Of each other.then the passenager rear door would not unlock manualy so I took it to dealership.the ford dealership informed me that they would have to break door and redrill door hingers to correct door because it can not be unlocked!!!!
2000 Ford Focus locks complaints
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Ignition lock cylinder won't turn,front tires locked, car had to be towed in. Dealership had to put the car on a jack to get it into the shop, removed steering column trim, had to drill out broken ignition lock cylinder assembly, had to set up new lock cylinder so the same keys would work. So not only am I stuck without a vehicle till after christmas, I had to pay a towing charge, plus the cost to have the car fixed. Back car door latch on passenger side continually stuck and does not allow anyone to exit the vehicle from that side. Rattling noise under the carriage is unexplainable - what is next?
Tl* - the contact stated that she received a recall 05v030000 for rear door latch. The contact took the car to the dealer ,they fixed the rear doors, but not the fifth door which did not open. The contact said that the recall covered all five doors.*ak updated 1/19/2007 -
The trunk latch has been trouble from the day I got the car (not closing, it would take 2 to 3 times to get it to close). Now it will not open.
In 2004 vehicle's ignition key lock fails to work properly. Vehicle is towed to ford authorized repair and they correct the problem. In 2006 vehicle's ignition key lock fails again. Vehicle is taken to ford authorized repair and corrected again. Both times I was left stranded since the vehicle's ignition key would not turn to start the vehicle and could not be removed from the ignition. Vehicle's dash lights suddenly failed while driving at night. Lights come on and off. Several times during nightime driving the lights fail. Vehicle's door power door locks and trunk locks fail and cannot be opened with keyless entry. A fuse continues to fail possibly due to a short in the wiring system.
Dt*: the contact stated all four power locks failed at the same time. The contact's husband changed #63 20 amp fuse located at the back of the fuse panel. After changing the fuse, all of the doors except the driver's side could lock. In order to drive the vehicle to the dealership, the vehicle will have to be driven with the driver's door open. The dealership was not notified, but the contact planned to notify them soon.
Dt*: the contact stated all four power doors failed to lock from the inside and/or outside intermittently. Also, the rear passenger and driver's side windows would not roll down. The driver and passenger's side front windows rolled up/down intermittently. Sometimes the horn failed to sound. The manufacturer determined the problem was because of excessive dirt and dust around the contact's residence. The drivers door would not open. Updted 09/22/06.
Door lock failure. First was unable to lock passenger side door. Back doors unable to unlock and driver side door only locked with key. Was determined short in passenger door blew door lock fuse. Passenger door lock was disabled so fuse would not blow. Remote lock worked all lock at that point but power button still did not work, however the rocker button on drivers door worked. After about a week the drivers side door no longer worked. Unable to lock the drivers side door by remote, power switch or rocker button. None of the other locks will unlock except for the trunk with the key. My concern is that one may either become looked in the car or that it may become stolen, possibly being used for a crime or causing an accident.
Vin: [xxx] number of items: 2 item id: [xxx] recall date: title: pinch bolt torque and zetec engine battery cable routing item id: [xxx] recall date: title: rear door latch corrosion. *nm updated 07/12/2012 *js information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6)
Rear trunk latch failure results in not being able to open trunk and work on brake lights. No inside seat release on 4 door sedans. Dealer attempted extortion by estimating cost of replacing one tail light bulb at 400.00 in order to pass state inspection.
Problems with car stalling, overheating, and the oil dip stick dislodging, car doors do not open properly from the inside or outside, possessing airbag was ejected.
I have a 2000 ford focus se. The vehicle has power locks. Over the course of a week, every time I would hit the button to unlock/lock the door it would react very lazy until finally the button stopped working. Once the power locks stopped working, I was unable to manually unlock the driver door and not only that but I was unable to open the door because it was frozen in the lock position. I had to climb out the passenger side. Even if I pulled the handle on the inside of the car on the driver's door, it wouldn't open. The fuse had blown and it wasn't until I replaced the fuse that the drivers door would open again. When the power locks are working the driver's door will open when I pull the handle, but the fuse blew again two days ago and the same thing happened, the door is stuck in the lock position and I have to crawl out the passenger side. This is potentially a dangerous condition because if I had to get out of the car quickly I couldn't because it won't let me out of the car. My mechanic said that somehow the driver door is the master mechanism and that is why it happens only to the driver door. He thinks this is a design flaw and if possible I would like it addressed.
Dt*: the contact stated the trunk lid would not open. The vehicle was seen by an authorized dealership. The service department made several attempts to open the trunk lid, later however they were successful after removing the quarter panels and rear taillight assemblies. The dealer discovered there were no emergency release latches inside the trunk. The dealer installed trunk release latches and the trunk began to function properly. The manufacturer was alerted, but could not determine if the vehicle was manufactured with or without those trunk lid latches. Updated 03/09/06.
Ignition cylinder froze on 2000 ford focus se requiring car to be towed to dealer to have lock cylinder replaced as the key could not be inserted into the lock. This was covered by warranty at the time. In december 2005, ignition would periodically freeze with key inserted requiring several attempts to turn the key to start the car. Car was taken to dealer on january 17, 2006 and cylinder has to be replaced again at a cost of $453 since the car is now out of warranty. I've noted numerous complaints on the internet about other ford focus owners with the same problem. I called ford customer service and they would not do anything other than note the complaint. This is a safety issue if the lock fails when the car is needed in an emergency situation. Since this is a recurring problem, why has ford not been required to fix the problem?
Received ford recall # 05s27 early in 2005. Called local ford dealer to schedule an inspection/repair. Parts were back-ordered ( stated by service writer). Began experiencing difficulty with rear doors latching and locking during period of waiting for parts. In late july, while operating power door locks, an electrical fuse blew. It was determined by an independent repair person that due to excessive corrosion to latch/lock mechanism (all one unit), this was causing an excessive ampere draw, thus causing the fuse to blow. Aug. 3, 2005 had vehicle serviced at prince frederick ford in prince frederick, md. Called approx. 2 hrs later to state vehicle was complete and the door latches were found to pass inspection. When vehicle was taken to shop, power door locks worked. When returned, the fuse was blown. When I inquired about the power door locks in regards to the excessive corrosion, the service manager told me the two items were not related. Two separate units entirely. This is not correct. The door latch and lock is the same unit. I did not feel as if the recall was performed correctly as they provided me with inaccurate information and were not willing to investigate further. I physically showed the service manager my concerns on the car and pointed out the excessive amount of corrosion the door. He stated there was nothing more the dealer was willing to do. On monday 11/28/05, I filed a complaint with ford customer care dept. They filed the complaint but were unwilling to re-evaluate my vehicle for possible errors in diagnosis or provide a second opinion from a different ford service center.
Dt: the contact had a problem with the rear door latch. She had it repaired at her own expense. She later received a recall 05v030000. When she contacted ford, they informed her the recall was not for her vehicle. She called a second time and informed them of the recall letter, and they stated the paper work had to be in by april 1, 2005. The recall letter was post marked march 21, 2005 and said nothing about a time frame.
Rear hatch on wagon did not engage, had to reshut it on a number of occasions. Last december(04) it jammed and I was unable to open it at all. I took it to the dealership who ordered a new latch component and replaced it in january 05. I recently went on line and discovered that this was a problem with this vehicle in other states but so far not alaska. The latch lft/gt was replaced and the fastner. I do not have the parts, but I do have the invoice.
Dt: the contact owns a 2000 ford focus. Automatic door locks locked and no one could get out of the vehicle. The door latches were part of a recall and were fixed on august 25, 2005. 30 days after recall repairs were done on the door latches the door locks tore . All four doors were affected by the automatic door lock failure .consumer contacted the service department sales department and the sales manager . The local dealership told the consumer that the problem could be fixed for $1, 200. No crashes. No police reports.
Dt: the contact owns a 2000 ford focus. The contact received the federal safety agency recall 05v03000 regarding rear door latches. When he took the vehicle to the service dealer they would not honor the recall. When the consumer contacted the manufacturer , they told him that this specific vehicle did not fall under this recall campaign. The consumer had to replace both rear door latches on the vehicle at his own expense.
Dt: had sererall issues with the vehicle its metal causes premature failure. The coil springs had to replaced .they broke and the rear door latches were in the process of disingrating . They put in weather stripping. The rear wheel bearings malfunctioned. Contacted ford, they did two after warrenty repairs to the vehicle. Ford said it needed a new axle. This started on july 15, 2005. There was a real high pitch whining noise before determining the problem with the axle. *ak
The ignition cylinder seized for no apparant reason. I was over an hours drive from home. Had to call a tow truck there was no way to start the car, the key would just not turn. After a costly repair, almost $500cdn I researched this problem on the internet. It turns out I'm not alone. Http://www.autowhiz.com/messageboards/message.php?id=1784 this is just one site with many complaints on this problem. Even the service advisor at the ford dealer said she thinks there could eventually be a recall on this because they have to fix so many of them.
Dt: consumer states that the power locks do not work on 2000 ford focus. This applies to all the 4 doors and the trunk. They get jammed, and consumer cannot get in and out of the car. The key will not open them. Therefore the trunk will not open. If lock them manually they also get jammed. The dealership has seen a lot of this. It is an actuator inside the door, and it will cost $610.00 just to test to see which door it is in. She has just been happening since last week on 7-11-05. She did replace a fuse ,and the fuse blew within one day. The dealer told her if she put another fuse in, it would also blow right away. She has not talked to the manufacturer.she received a recall letter around march-05; recall tch and was having the lock on the driver's side back door fixed today.
Dt: the turn signal do not cancel after a turn. The spring broke three times. The trunk does not latch properly. Dealership has taken care of both issues, but the problem recurred. In cold weather the idle speed was too high. When put into reverse it backed out like a rocket. This caused an accident on april 9, 2000. The consumer was backing out with the back door open. It happened so fast he did not have a chance to put on the brakes. The car door hit the garage post. There was no police report. Consumer stated he had mental injuries and lost his job. Vehicle was still idling high in cold weather.
The key would not turn in my 2000 ford focus, despite all efforts. My husband was stranded for hours. A locksmith had to be called to come fix it, costing us money.
2000 ford focus station wagon. The rear tail gate latch kept popping open-would not close.
I went to insurt my key into the started and my car would not turnover after the wrong key was partly insurted, I thought that that pats system tripped, but after researching the issue further, I realised that numerious people ahve been having this issue with ford focuses, that their is a know problem with this part of the car, I am going to have to pay 300 dollars or more to fix a known issue from ford.
Dt: caller received recall 05527 but dealer doesn't have the parts. Caller has not been able to reach manufacturer. Caller has 5 vehicles under the recall. The vins are [xxx], [xxx], [xxx], [xxx]. These are company vehicles ,all are ford focus cars.*ak information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
Three of the windows from my vehicle fell. The windows fell in three seperate incidents. First the rear passenger widow fell and almost broke and could have caused the glass to break in my two-year-old son's face. Approximately two months later the front driver side window fell, hitting me in my left middle finger. Lastly about two weeks ago the rear passenger side window fell with no incident. I only have one working window and I am affraid that if I have a passenger, the window might break and cause severe damage. At this moment I have not repaired the windows, but I was looking for a recall from ford. I have also noticed several other vehicles with the same problems. Vehicle: 200 ford focus.
Oh my gosh I need your help once again. I had e-mailed you months ago in regards to my ford focus. The back door latches are defective. Someone at your office had called me about this issue. That someone said there will be a recall coming out shortly in regards to the ford focus back door flying open. Well I couldn't wait to get my recall. It came in the mail. I went to the dealership yesterday to get the latches replaced. My door flew open with a passenger in the back but safely seatbelted in. Thank god... Well it also happened where the door flew open on left turns. So I would consider this defective and dangerous. Well the dealership said in fords policy all that needs to be done is the latches lubed and a install a lower rocker seal. Oh my gosh.... I don't need the darn thing lubed I need it replaced. I don't know where to go for help. I got in a nasty argument with the manager of sales at ford #651222-0511. The car is not safe. I don't let anyone else drive it. The car has had 12 recalls on it. I just want new latches installed. Isn't that why the recall was put into place? I also called ford customer service line. They said the dealership did what they were suppose to do. Lube the latches....... I could have done that myself. I feel no safer with some lube on the latch..... Oh my goodness what is a consumer suppose to do. No one wants to take responsibility for there defective products... Please help me if you can. Have a wonderful day and thanks for listening..... :-)
The consumer stated 3 of the doors on the car won't open from the inside or the outside.*ak the vehicle has developed or contained a defect in the electric door locking system which does not allow the owner to unlock 3 of the doors . This situation represents danger to the health and safety of the automobile's occupants.
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