Ford Focus Seats Problems
- 93
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 18
- Years with records
- 2000–2017
- 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 93 stored complaint records:
- 14 indicate a crash
- 20 indicate injury
- 6 indicate fire
- 1 indicate a death
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- seat back · 15 records
- front seat · 14 records
- passenger side · 13 records
- side seat · 13 records
- passenger seat · 8 records
- drivers seat · 7 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 20 |
| 60–100k mi | 13 |
| 30–60k mi | 13 |
| 100–150k mi | 11 |
| 150–400k mi | 7 |
Complaint evidence
Latest stored owner-submitted records. Open a year for the full list.
Fuel/Propulsion System · Power Train · Seats
Sever shuddering when shifting, especially from 1st to 2nd gear; pre-shifting at low rpm's and slipping gears; stalling and near-stalling when attempting to accelerate or when on an incline; back seats come unlocked and fly forward when you brake hard- contrarily the front seats fly back when accelerating . Ford demands payment for estimate/diagnostic even though they are well aware of the problems with this line of…
ODI 11256155
Electrical System · Fuel/Propulsion System · Seats
One day while filling car up.. I noticed a few drops of gas on the ground afterwards. Today i wanted to add $8 to my gas tank. The moment i started pumping the gas started coming out. I tried a few times to continue but i kept coming out.
ODI 11208766
Power Train · Seat Belts · Seats
Car had problems with driver seat not clothing in right and sometimes moves back while driving. Seatbelts do not want to click right and have to push in multiple times before you can fasten belts. While trying to accelerate the transmission stalls and jerks forward and vehicle sometimes shakes while driving. Does not want to pick up sorry either.
ODI 11297236
Seats
The upper half when i adjust it sometimes doesn't click in all the way and as i'm driving one side will give out and click into one behind the one i set it as and it's only one side.
ODI 11156748
Seats
While driving the pull loop on the back of my left shoe became entangled with the driverside seat adjuster lever. When i attempted to move my foot forward towards the pedals i was unable as my shoe was stuck. This has now happened three times and has interfered with the safe operations of my vehicle. I was driving on the freeway each time this has happened on an extended road trip. I go to stretch my knee out, bring…
ODI 11143071
Air Bags · Seat Belts · Seats
Takata recall the passenger seat is not registering that there's someone sitting there who 5'5" and weighs almost 135 pounds and is wearing his seatbelt. So the airbag light on the bottom right of the center console comes on and says "passenger airbag off" and the yellow airbag light stays lit up on the drivers dashboard until the car is shut off, all with someone who's big enough for the airbag sensor to know he's…
ODI 11113710
Seats
Driver's seat track to seat attachment point becomes loose after 6k miles, causing seat to move during lateral loads. Dealer replaced seat track and issue replicated in 6k miles. Dealer fix was to use worm clamps to repair. They state that they went to an internet forum for a fix. After complaints, dealer replaced with another new seat track. State manufacturer has no tsb or design change yet
ODI 11088896
Seats
Drivers seat will slide side to side during turns. Only slides about .5" but slides none the less. Slides left to ride. After multiple trips to the dealer finally getting a new seat frame installed. They were very hesitant, but then found out its on back-order. But this could lead to injury during an accident. As it may have you off center of the airbag if deployed. After doing some research found, out this problem…
ODI 11067248