FordFocus2004
  1. Ford Focus
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  3. 2004
  4. Seats

2004 Ford Focus Seats Problems

4
Owner complaint records in our dataset

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Among these 4 stored complaint records:

  • 0 indicate a crash
  • 0 indicate injury
  • 3 indicate fire

What owners report

  • heated seat · 4 records

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
60–100k mi3

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • January 31, 2017 · 93,878 miles

    Seats

    Passenger heated seat caught on fire when heated seat was engaged. The vehicle was in motion on a city street when the seat started to smoke and fire started. There was a ford customer satisfaction recall that i was never informed of: tsb 04b16. The fire caused damage to the leather seat and heating mechanism. Fortunately only a purse was injured and the driver was able to stop the fire from spreading. The attached…

    Fire reported

    ODI 10954254

  • November 3, 2014 · 70,000 miles

    Seats

    While i am driving the car and it is moving, the driver side seat is suddenly disengaging, moving back and so leaving my driving position compromised, as my foot moves away from the gas pedal and my arms are suddenly outstretched reaching for the drivers wheel so that there is a sudden lost of control of the car. This has happened numerous times at this point. *tr

    ODI 10671113

  • February 28, 2014

    Electrical System · Seats

    3/1/14: driver's side heated seat burned through upholstery and caught fabric on fire, while my daughter was driving vehicle. After searching the internet, i found that this has happened to other focus owners. There was a service bulletin (04b16); why no recall? *tr

    Fire reported

    ODI 10566563

  • August 9, 2008 · 86,140 miles

    Seats

    Heated seat pad in back of driver's seat overheated and burned hole through seat while driving. Car had to be stopped on side of road and bottled water poured on smoldering seat. Fuse for heated seats had to be pulled, fuse did not blow on its own. Ford travelling engineers inspected seat and ford has refused to repair seat as car is 16000 miles over warranty. Advice from ford was to claim through owners…

    Fire reported

    ODI 10239382