Ford Focus Visibility/Wiper Problems
- 111
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 14
- Years with records
- 2001–2017
- Stored years
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 111 stored complaint records:
- 0 indicate a crash
- 1 indicate injury
- 2 indicate fire
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- windshield wipers · 39 records
- windshield wiper · 14 records
- failure mileage · 14 records
- passenger side · 13 records
- wiper blades · 12 records
- diagnosed repaired · 7 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 30–60k mi | 33 |
| 1–30k mi | 30 |
| 60–100k mi | 19 |
| 100–150k mi | 16 |
| 150–400k mi | 3 |
Complaint evidence
Latest stored owner-submitted records. Open a year for the full list.
Visibility/Wiper
Wipers just stopped working with no indications of any issues. Changed fuse and no change. I used wipers on monday while driving and tuesday morning went to spray washer fluid to clean and sprayer worked and no motion in wipers. My car was in my driveway at [redacted]
ODI 11301867
Visibility/Wiper
Driving in rain on country two lane highway at 35 to 45 mph, turned on slow windshield whippers and only driver side came on for a few swipes then the passenger side whiper came on for two passes. For the next 10-minutes while driving in the rain, only the driver side whiper worked. All of a sudden the passenger side whiper came on (out of sink) and crashed into the driver side whiper causing the passenger side to…
ODI 11288481
Visibility/Wiper
Wipers suddenly stopped working while it was raining causing a serious safety risk. Couldn't continue to drive so was pulled over on side of the highway until rain stopped. Later wipers came on by themselves while switch was turned to off position and would not turn off until fuse was pulled. Have replaced motors and switch and they haven't been repaired. No longer working at all with no response to the switch at…
ODI 11291262
Visibility/Wiper
Windshield wipers will go erratic for about 10-15 minutes while driving in the rain. When the wipers finally turn off they wont come back. Currently the wipers will not work at all after this last incident.
ODI 11301207
Visibility/Wiper
While driving, the wipers will go off non-stop. I pulled over, turned off the car and it was still on. I had to pull the fuse off to get to my destination. At this time, it's still happening. All at random times while driving.
ODI 11269181
Visibility/Wiper
While driving my vehicle the wiper delay stops working or starts up after a delay into another setting. From delay to full wipers. Set the wiper arm into another command and it works fine again.
ODI 11268713
Visibility/Wiper
Inoperative passenger side windshield wiper. Same as nhtsa campaign id number : 12v149000
ODI 11252468
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control · Visibility/Wiper
I have a 2012 ford focus titanium hatchback. I took my car into bob tomes ford for a shuttering problem and was told to wait and see to continue to drive the car. Months later i had the tcm replace and now my clutch is out. These were all issues at the time i originally brought my car into ford. After the tcm was replace i tried to pick up my car from bob tomes ford service center and the service team could not…
ODI 11232460