Dt: the door pops open even if its in a locked position, the light does not come on unless the door is open completely. Found a recall contacted the dealer they said this vehicle was notunder the recall due to VIN. This happened around in july 2, 2005. The door latches corroded.
2003 Ford Focus locks complaints
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Rear door opens hard to the point that breakage of door handle seems imminent. At times door will only open from interior. A small outward dent has appeared in the door handle area as a result of pulling on door handle so hard. Problem has not been corrected to date as no injuries have occurred.
In july of 2004 opened rear passenger door and it would not close. One month later right side passenger door would not close after being opened. Both doors had to be tied together with a rope to keep them shut. As of july 14, 2005 both the rear passenger doors will not open. Both driver and passenger door in front stick and occasionally will not close. This was reported to ford customer service in march of 2005 by phone. I was told there was no recall on 2003 ford focus but there was a recall on 2000-2002. I was told that I would have to take it to the dealer and pay to have it fixed myself. The cost is $250.00 per door. The car was only a year old when this problem started. It was also out of warranty. I cannot afford to have each latch repaced. I also will not carry any passengers in the vehichle for fear the doors will fly open.
Dt: a 4 door vehicle, and the doors will not latch properly. It has a binge cord to hold the back doors closed. The front doors sometimes latch, and at other times they do not. Took vehicle to the dealer, and they will only fix the latches if consumer pays for it.
I have a 2003 ford focus where the rear passenger door latch has failed. Just found out today that there is a recall for this problem ford recall # 05s27) , but it is only for 2000 - 2002 models & mine is a 2003. My car is in for repair at my ford dealer now , they were unable to fix the problem & hv to order new parts for my car .I hv been told I must pay for repairs. Why are the 2003 models not included in the recall.
Buy the car in livingston montana 09-28-2002 the VIN [xxx] the car had only like 20 miles we drove it off the lot. We went on vacation that summer we had a blow out on the rear driver side. We called the ford company in livingston ,montana we were in id so they said that they could not do any thing for us. We had to drive to the next town about 14 miles back . We got back we took it to ford company. The car was pulling to the left and shaking really bad and the trunk will not lock (it will not lock if we push the button ) we do not use the trunk still ,the clutch pops out them told us to double clutch and it ( still pops out went you back up sometimes). We took the car back to they ,them on 09-24-2003 they had the car for two weeks almost I have a listed of thing want was wrong an still wrong with the car ,we told them we want an new car but they still would not give us one or would not work with us , them said I'm sorry but we could not do that. I know you folks had a lot of trouble with the car but I can not do anything. I was mad an still we bought about four sets of tires for that car . The car was only has 48003 miles, we had many outs ,we had a back blow again in nov- 2004 . My wife will not drive it much because she is scared of it. It pulls you all over the road in the bad weather we lived in whitehall , montana very small town if we want to go shopping you have to drive 20 mins plus away, she waits on the weekends to take my car. She only drives the car to take our child to school which is a mile there and back. Please help us a get different car. That my wife will not be scared of. *nm updated 07/24/2012
After a month of owning the vehicle I was getting water in my trunk. Brought it to dealer and they replaced the license plate lighting devise and repaired the rust. A month later same problem. Brought it back and they did the same thing. Now it is happening again but warranty is up.
I have a 2003 ford focus. The cylinder and key design is no good. Lots of focus owners have this problem. They (ford) say its because the keys were to heavy or something but I only have my car and hosue key on my ring. Now in order to start the car I need to play with the key for 1 to 15 minutes just to get the car started. It would cost me around $275 to get this problem fixed. This should be recalled by ford. I've only had the car for 15 months. (13 at time of failure).
The vehicle's driverside and passenger side door handles malfunctioned. As a result the consumer is unable to get into the vehicle. The cause has yet to be determined.
Trunk latch failed to work, unable to close trunk once open and unable to open trunk once closed. Car was in for service for the 2nd time for this problem, ordering new trunk latch mechanism from ford motor company to replace. Service department stated part was defective.
While driving the vehicle stalled. The consumer restarted the vehicle but soon after the vehicle stalled again. After doing this for the fourth time the vehicle was towed to the dealership. It was determined that the PCM failed. The left brake light bulb burned out. The power door locks were inoperative. *nlm *cb
After ford bought back my 2002 lemon and exchanged it for a 2003, the trunk latch broke on the car. The trunk opened on its own while driving. It is currently in for repair.
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