2009 Ford Focus Body Problems
- 7
- 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 7 stored complaint records:
- 1 indicate a crash
- 0 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 30–60k mi | 3 |
| 60–100k mi | 2 |
| 100–150k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Body
Drivers side door incapacitated. Part inside door brakes and door becomes locked in place. Have to climb out window or over the passenger seat. In an emergency this would be difficult. I have had it repaired once and it has broken again part ishard to find and costly to replace ( for what it is). Part is plastic. Luke probably fonction better if replacement was metal.
ODI 11110977
Body
The rear passenger door latches have stopped working. My wife was driving home with my son in rear seat and the door came open around a turn. They are lubricated regularly and they will move properly but internally they will not latch, therefore they will not stay closed. I have a strap holding the doors closed. At first it happened once in a while. Now they don't work at all.
ODI 10816709
Body
The rear door locks will become inoperative at any time. The real safety hazard is that the locks will not even manually operate. This will in effect trap any rear passenger in the car. In the event of an accident or fire this could prove to have catastrophic results. According to ford the whole door lock actuator mechanism must be replaced.
ODI 10788734
Body · Vehicle Speed Control
I was pulling into a parking space in a school lot and was attempting to pull into a parking spot with my foot on the brake. I was going less than 5 mph. For no reason with my foot still on the brake the cars engine unexplained raced causing the vehicle to go forward striking the back of a pickup. The vehicle bounced off that vehicle and i hit another parked vehicle sending it into another vehicle. All this time i…
Crash reported
ODI 10598758
Body
Inner door handle part on drivers side broke, with that being the only door with a key lock and no remote on this vehicle not allowing entry into vehicle (was extreme cold and left stranded outside being a serious hazard). Very small metal part that was engaged from plastic outer housing was cast metal and broke easily, this is documented has happening often on many online forums. This metal piece is under heavy…
ODI 10562461
Body · Wheels
This car was purchased in 2010 for our daughter for college. After 6 months had to replace the tires. The mechanic replacing them warned us that on this car we would need to rotate them every so many miles because of the way they ware out. Then at about a year started having trouble with the doors not wanting to open got to be the drivers door not opening at all. So had the ford dealership fix it was almost $600.…
ODI 10629154
Body
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 ford focus. The contact stated that the driver, passenger and rear passenger doors could not be opened. The dealer diagnosed that all three new doors would need replacing. The manufacturer was contacted, but denied any assistance with repairs to the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 38,000 and the current mileage was 50,892.
ODI 10438873