2007 Ford Focus: seat belt won't latch or retract

Filed Mar 22, 2014 · Seat belts · 80,000 miles · DC

The driver's seat belt occasionally fails to fasten properly. It seems to click into place, and there's no warning light or chime, but then sometimes it comes loose again afterward while I'm driving. Sometimes I can tell that something seemed maybe off -- I'll give it a tug, and maybe half of those times I had a suspicion, it pops free. It's happened probably about 10 times in the time I've owned the car (since 2010), most recently today (3/22/14), so it's normally fine. And it always goes in fine again afterward. I don't know if the other buckles are also affected, but I'm normally the only person in the car.

Filed May 15, 2012 · Seat belts · MT · crash · 1 injury

The ford focus collided with an elk. The driver seatbelt did not lock and this caused the driver to collide with the steering wheel, windshield, and elk.

Filed Jul 13, 2011 · Seat belts · 41,000 miles · NJ · crash · 1 injury

In a head-on collision the driver's seat belt disengaged throwing driver through passenger side windshield. The armrest between the seats which is positioned right over the seat belt latch and is on a goose-neck mount collapsed and released the seat belt. This resulted in serious injuries.

Filed Nov 5, 2010 · Airbags, Seat belts · 18,000 miles · MO · crash · 1 injury

Tl*the contact owns a 2007 ford focus. The contact stated that while driving 42 MPH, the vehicle rear ended another vehicle. The air bags did not deploy and the driver side seat belt did not lock which caused the contact to hit the windshield and suffered injuries. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer had not been notified. The failure mileage was approximately 18,000.

Filed Feb 4, 2010 · Seat belts · 58,000 miles · MD

In june of 2009 I took my 2007 ford focus in for regular oil changing maintenance as well as to find out while the seat belt light came on when my seat belt was latched. The service attendant checked the seat and stated there was nothing wrong with the seat belt. Well a few weeks after that the light continues to flash only now the seat belt isn't latching properly. I again spoke with a representative who now informs me that my warranty expired and it will cost me $379 to correct this problem because not only do ford has to fix the latch but it also has to be rewired. I stated to a representative why didn't you do the work when I brought my car in still under warranty and reported this problem and now you want me to pay for an issue that I didn't create. So now I'm driving around with a seat that doesn't work because I can't afford to fix a safety issue that should have been fixed without question.

Filed Feb 12, 2009 · Airbags · 40,825 miles · GA

Recently, my 2007 ford focus ses wagon began exhibiting a problem with the passenger airbag system. With my wife in the passenger seat and normal operating conditions, the passenger airbag off light on the dash will illuminate indicating that the airbag will not deploy if we were to get into an accident. This occurs at random times. I have twice had this vehicle in to the local ford dealer who was unable to duplicate the problem. This problem did not occur during the first two years we owned the vehicle. It has been happening regularly over the past several months. If the indicator does illuminate and the traffic conditions are such that we can do this safely, my wife can unbuckle the seat belt and let it retract. She can then re-buckle her seat belt and the indicator will turn off. Our trips have been short enough that we have not seen the light turn back on so I do not know if this resolves the issue for that particular trip or if it would turn back on if the trip were longer. Something in the passenger seat belt controls seems to be bad. Whether that is the passenger weight sensor, the seat belt sensor, or the control module cannot be determined as we have not been able to get to the dealer when this occurs since most often it is the evening when my wife is with me. By that time, the dealer is closed.

Filed Aug 30, 2007 · Steering · 7,300 miles · MD · crash · 2 injuries

I was driving a 2007 ford focus that I had rented on a major highway under good weather conditions, mid-morning, good light, no curves, no distractions, light traffic. The car began to veer to the right. I turned the steering wheel to correct it and it didn't respond. When I turned it a little further, the car abruptly turned on a sharp angle to the left. The steerng was completely out of control. I swerved again to the right, then left. I was unable to maneuver it and was about to hit the median when I was hit on the driver's side door (I crossed the far left lane in front of another driver). The impact caused the side of the car to indent more than 1 foot. I was wearing my seatbelt. I was forced forward so hard that the seatbelt broke my collar bone. I also have several broken ribs and a hand injury. The air bags did not deploy. The steering went completely out of control. The car is currently under examination by engineers who have told me that I'm lucky to be alive, given the damage to the car, which is a total loss; I had to be extricated from it.