2013 Ford Focus: seat belt won't latch or retract

Filed Mar 14, 2020 · Engine, Seat belts · 130,000 miles · FL

The driver seat belt gets stuck alot and is very hard to disconnect, the car won't go in reverse and it is part of a clutch recall ford won't honor it it's been replaced twice already,

Filed Jul 12, 2017 · Seat belts · AL

My driver seat belt does not retract at all when I get out. I feel like it is a safety hazard because if it doesn't retract when I unbuckle it won't restrain in a car accident. It should be a recall. Because someone could get whiplash. The dealership I took it to says it's not covered under my basic ford extended warranty. It should be free of charge to replace.

Filed May 15, 2017 · Seat belts · 82,000 miles · MI

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford focus. While operating the vehicle, the driver side seat belt buckle would not lock. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the buckle receiver was faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 82,000.

Filed Jan 9, 2017 · Seat belts · MI

Seat belt began to be difficult to latch and unlatch and after a period of about 8months to 1 year it fails to latch at all leaving the driver unable to properly secure the belt to the latch.

Filed Dec 9, 2016 · 97,000 miles · FL

The door no longer latched, they refused to fix if for 3 weeks. Then finally fixed it, when I went my seat belt also stopped latching and they refused to fix it, both driver and passenger seat belt stopped latching. They will not fix until in becomes and actual recall. I see many complaints about this.

Filed May 31, 2016 · Seat belts · 73,000 miles · WA

The drivers side seat belt receiver broke. It will not accept the seat belt buckle. Ford is charging me $250.00 to fix this. I don't feel I should have to pay anything to have a seatbelt fixed.

Filed Feb 10, 2015 · Seat belts · MD

The seatbelt latch on the driver side malfunctioned after months of working perfectly. Initially, it latched only intermittently. Later it would not release when the release button was pressed. Finally, it stopped latching completely. I was only able to restrain myself using the passenger side latch. It is currently being repaired by my local ford dealer. I could not find a recall on this safety feature yet reviewing posts online, I can see that others have had similar issues. Thank you.

Filed Nov 20, 2014 · Seat belts · 39,450 miles · NE

I had to remove my seat belt while driving to readjust it to fit better and it would not relatch. I pulled over and tried again and after many tries, the belt would not latch. I got out of the car, adjusted the seat and then it would relatch. It continues to sometimes latch, sometimes not. Other times when my seat belt is latched, the seat belt warning light will come on. Other times when the belt will not latch, the light will not come on.

Filed Nov 10, 2014 · Transmission · 9,000 miles · TN

However it does take 1000 miles for it to learn how you drive, well we have had the car for almost 2 yrs now and it is still learning, there are thousands of complaints about this vehicle, from the beginning of purchasing this car we have had nothing but trouble with it, we have had passenger side seat belt buckle issues causing air bag problems, ignition switch problems, we have noticed that since we bought the car the transmission has had shifting issues along with shuddering and hesitation problems, we received a letter from ford stating that there was a tsb to bring the car in to have the computer re-programmed to address the issue, we took it into the dealership and were told if we still have the problem to contact them and let them know, we were driving the car one day and was stopped at an intersection fixing to cross 2 lanes of traffic it was clear we went to pull out the car hesitated couldn't find the right gear to go into and suddenly surged into traffic, I then contacted the dealership immediately and the service advisor started asking if I have ever driven a manual transmission before, mind you this is supposedly an automatic "manual" as they call it and is controlled by computer and that it will act as a manual transmission, the advisor from was very condescending stating if I knew how to drive a manual transmission that I would understand, and that I can bring the car in for service that he could "care less" whether or not I brought it back in or not that he got paid every time I brought it in, I have spoken to the dealer principal about this and stated about it being very poor customer service, I then proceeded to contact ford motor company the following monday, no help was provided here, this car is not safe......major issues with the transmission.

Filed Oct 16, 2014 · Seat belts, Transmission · 49,121 miles · AL

Been having the transmission shudder for the past few mouths and last week I went to put my seatbelt on and it wouldn't lock .driver side seatbelt broke on the female end.

Filed Jul 7, 2014 · Seat belts · 20,000 miles · WV

Clutch fixed 3 separate times. Needs repaired again. Seatbelt will not latch for the second time. Want to switch cars, not a ford. Was told at herrington-yoak ford that they would find me a toyota rav4, honda crv or honda civic. Never received a call, had to call them and was denied.

Filed Dec 10, 2013 · Seat belts · TX

I generally do not have back seat passengers, I picked up my two nephews and I made them put their seat belts on. Upon arriving at our destination the boys were having trouble releasing the belts after several minutes of struggling with the belts we finally got the boys released but now the seat belt mechanism is stuck down in the harness and am unable to lock any seat belts into place.