Ford Focus Recalls
The Focus has been recalled 39 times. The 2000 model year has been involved in the most campaigns.
Recalls are free repairs, initiated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration or Ford itself, for a widespread safety problem. They might be a pain, but a recalled problem is better than an ignored one.
Latest Focus Recall News
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Ford announced they’ll soon be recalling more Focus cars to prevent clutch fractures that can lead to fires.
They say
the cars can experience clutch slips that cause elevated temperatures that damage the clutch plates.
This may cause the transmission housings and clutch covers to leak transmission fluid.Ford knew about the clutch plate fractures and the threat of fires as evidenced by a previous recall. But it wasn’t until European models with the same B6 transmission started to go up in smoke that Ford decided to expand its previous recall … I guess we could call it, effort?…
keep reading article "Clutch Recall Expanded to Prevent Fires in Ford Focus"2012–13 Ford Focus owners made enough noise about their unreliable doors to spark an investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) back in January.
The owners were tired of their doors flying open while driving, the "door ajar" light never turning off, and whatnot. The investigation found that the problem ran much deeper and it eventually led to a recall of 2.3 million vehicles spread out across 6 Ford and Lincoln models, including the Focus.
Now that the investigation is closing, we'd like to raise a glass of eggnog – the spiked variety – to the owners who filed their complaints online and got the problem fixed.
More details about the recall→
keep reading article "Focus Door Latch Investigation Closed Following Recall"Ford has once again expanded a door handle recall, this time affecting 2.3 million vehicles.
It's likely NHTSA asked Ford to expand the recall because all affected vehicles weren't included in the August recall. That recall was for only certain areas of the country which Ford said had higher ambient temperatures. Vehicles outside those specific areas weren't included in the recall, but Ford said they could be included in a "customer satisfaction program.
So much for the "solar loading" defense.
keep reading article "Goodbye Regional, Hello Nationwide Recall of Ford Door Handles"Ford is having a problem keeping its vehicle's doors closed, prompting another massive recall.
If they keep it up, they might have trouble keeping their doors open too. Ford says about 830,000 vehicles in North America need fixes to stop the doors from popping open while driving. This isn't the automaker's first time dealing with this problem. In 2015 they recalled nearly 550,000 vehicles for a similar issue.
Unlike the previous recall, however, this one will only take place in what Ford is calling areas of "higher ambient temperature."…
keep reading article "A Recall to Keep Doors Closed While Driving"**Fo
d's pawl spring issues have had their doors blown wide open. Yes, I went there.
Ford says a recall of 830,000 vehicles in North America is needed to fix doors that may open while driving, but only if those vehicles are in certain areas.
This comes after the feds opened an investigation into 400,000 Focus cars experiencing similar problems to a door latch recall from last year.…
keep reading article "Regional Recall For Another 830,000 Vehicles with Busted Pawl Springs"