2006 Ford Focus: doors won't lock, open or latch

Filed Mar 21, 2019 · PA

Tamara recall. My outside drivers side door handle broke because the mechanism is plastic. No one can fix it correctly and it keeps breaking so now I can't get my car inspection done.

Filed Mar 2, 2019 · Body · 95,000 miles · NJ

Passenger back door latch broke. Car door taped

Filed Oct 11, 2018 · Locks · NY

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford focus. The contact stated that the rear passenger and driver side door latches failed. Shortly after, the front driver side door was unable to be opened from outside the vehicle. The dealer was not contacted. An independent repair facility replaced the rear latches and stated that the driver's door latch also needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was not available.

Filed Sep 22, 2017 · Body · OH

Every focus owner I have talked with has had the same issue with the door handles breaking. This is the 3rd time since 2013 that this has happened to me, and if I don't fix it myself, dealerships want to charge $250 to fix a problem that needs to be recalled, and covered on ford's expense. The second time it happened, february 2017, it broke not only on the outside, but also the inside handle of the passenger side. So neither the outside, nor inside latch will open on, and that's a death sentence if (knock on wood) I get into a bad accident. September 19th 2017, the external handle is broken and I am currently now unable to open neither door (it's a 2 door). I literally have to crawl through the hatch until that decides to break on me. I can leave my window down just enough to stick my arm in to unlatch it, but u love in rain ass ohio, and don't feel like having flood issues ontop of this mess. Why hasn't this been recalled? I swear I will never own another ford in my life after having to deal with this. It's absolutely ridiculous and sadly will take someone dying to get this acknowledged by ford. Very disappointed, and I'm risking my life everytime I get behind the wheel.

Filed May 21, 2016 · Body · 5 miles · IL

Right rear passenger door will not lock presenting a safety hazard for young children and elderly passengers. False sense of security knowing that your passengers are safely secured and not at risk for accidentally opening door and thrust out of the vehicle. Door was acidentally open while in motion.

Filed May 21, 2015 · 120,000 miles · WA

The rear door locks will not operate. The door will latch, but the rear doors will not lock. This is a safety hazard as children in the back seat can open an unlocked door while the car is in motion.

Filed Mar 1, 2015 · Electrical · 114,300 miles · CA

The rear passenger side door lock does not lock. This is the side the baby carseat is located. All the other doors do lock/unlock. It happened suddenly without any reason. I have noticed multiple occurrences of this issue on internet forums for ford and ford does not have a recall or a mandatory fix but they need to as this is a real safety and security issue!

Filed Sep 16, 2014 · Electrical, Locks · ME

Rear drivers side door will not lock. Not with the key remote or manually. Children in the back seat can open door any time.

Filed Jul 20, 2014 · Body, Locks · OK

Rear passenger door will not lock and front driver side door handle broke will not open on the outside,, went to open to get in and it just pulled up but didn't open.

Filed Jul 4, 2014 · Body, Electrical · 92,000 miles · MN

The truck latch on my 2006 ford focus zxw would not actuate electrically when the button on the fob or on the dash was pressed due to broken wire in a wiring harness running from the interior to the rear hatch door. It would also blow fuse #63 on the back of the interior fuse panel which made replacement difficult (the fuse is really on the back of the fuse box, the manual recommends that only the dealer service or replace this fuse making this issue difficult or impossible to partially resolve immediately). Until this fuse could be replaced, my interior door locks could not be actuated electrically (power locks or fob) which was a safety concern as any children in the back seat could not be easily reached in the event of an emergency. One would need to manually unlock any and all doors from the inside of the vehicle. The culprit was wiring harness that had wires with damage to the insulation and two broken wires. I would be happy to send any and all pictures of the defects. The damage occurs when the harness bends as the rear hatch is shut due to poor design that did not incorporate a stain relief to either end of the harness where maximum bending stresses would occur. The wires may have also shorted affecting the brake light operation, marker lamp operation, and numerous other functions as there are an estimated ten wires that run in parallel in this harness and all wire except two had multiple insulation defects that potentially resulting in shorts. This is a definite safety issue and all harnesses that have the potential for this type of failure should be replaced or repaired immediately.

Filed Apr 7, 2014 · Locks · 92,420 miles · MI

I own a 2006 ford focus zx5. In march 2014, I notice the passenger back door would not lock. I did some research but found out there was no recall on my 2006. I did see 2005, 2008 but not mines. I did spend over 300.00 dollars to have it repaired and now two weeks later my front door passenger side stop working. This is a problem with the vehicle. I am the only driver and I have no children playing with my locks. I wish someone could assist me with this issue.

Filed Feb 11, 2014 · Transmission · 45,862 miles · KY

I purchased this car and recently my car has been bogging down and losing power. I was told it was a oxygen sensor . Now my shift is off , cannot tell what gear it's in . And my drivers door handle has broken not once but twice .