2006 Ford Focus Electrical System

REAR HATCH WIRING HARNESS HAS FRAYED WIRES AND CAN CAUSE A FIRE THERE IS RUBBING AGAINST WIRING HARNESS FROM THE RUBBER BOOT COVERING IT. THESE WIRES ARE LIVE AND CAUSE A FIRE AND ARE ALWAYS ON DUE TO CONNECTION TO ALL REAR ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS. I FOUND THIS OUT WHEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY MY REAR HATCH WOULD NOT OPEN UNLESS UNLOCKED WITH THE KEY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE IGNITION KEY WAS TURNED, IT WOULD REMAIN STUCK IN THE ON OR OFF POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS INFORMED THAT THE KEY MIGHT NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT AT THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 123,000.

THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LOCK DOES NOT LOCK. THIS IS THE SIDE THE BABY CARSEAT IS LOCATED. ALL THE OTHER DOORS DO LOCK/UNLOCK. IT HAPPENED SUDDENLY WITHOUT ANY REASON. I HAVE NOTICED MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES OF THIS ISSUE ON INTERNET FORUMS FOR FORD AND FORD DOES NOT HAVE A RECALL OR A MANDATORY FIX BUT THEY NEED TO AS THIS IS A REAL SAFETY AND SECURITY ISSUE! *TR

I HAVE HAD ONLY TWO PROBLEMS WITH MY 2006 FORD FOCUS. FIRST WE HAVE HAD TO CHANGE THE IGNITION SWITCH TWICE DUE TO THE KEY BEING STICK IN LOCK WOULD RESTART BUT WOULD NOT COME OUT. SECOND THE INNER DOOR ON THE DEFROST STICKS WHEN ON FULL DEFROST OR FULL AIR CONDITIONING AND THE CABLES BRAKE KEEPING THE DRIVER FROM USING THE AIR CONDITIONER OR DEFROST AT THIS POINT IT IS STUCK ON AIR. *TR

HAVE HAD COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE 3 TIMES WITH MY CAR FIRST TIME WAS AT 12,500 MILES, 2ND. 61 MILES LATER AND LAST WEEK WITH 20,500 MILES. EACH TIME DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT MY ALTERNATOR HAD GONE BAD. WAYNE AKERS FORD, LAKE WORTH, FL PUT IN THE FIRST TWO REPLACEMENT ALTERNATORS AND CAR IS NOW AT AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR A SECOND OPINION. *TR

THE TRUNK LIGHT WOULD NOT COME ON WHEN TRUNK WAS OPENED (REPLACING THE BULB DIDN'T HELP). LATER, THE 'DOOR OPEN' DASH LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. THE ELECTRIC TRUNK OPEN BUTTON SOMETIMES WOULD NOT OPEN TRUNK. A BIT OF TROUBLESHOOTING WITH A VOM AT THE TRUNK LIGHT POINTED TO AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM (A VOLTAGE DROP WHEN A NEW BULB WAS PLACED IN THE TRUNK LIGHT SOCKET). TURNS OUT THAT THE WIRING BUNDLE (CONTAINING SIX INDIVIDUAL MULTISTRAND WIRE LINES) HAD FIVE OF THE WIRES LINES FATIGUED APART , BREAKING THE FIVE CIRCUITS. THE WIRE LINES WERE SOMETIMES MAKING INTERMITTENT CONTACT WHEN THE TRUNK WAS OPENED AND CLOSED, NOT NECESSARILY WITH THE MATCHING WIRE LINE. I COULD HEAR NOISE AS THE WIRES WERE MOVED PAST EACH OTHER (NOT SURE IF THIS WAS JUST PHYSICAL SCRATCHING OR, WORSE, ELECTRICAL SPARKING). SINCE I SOMETIMES CARRY A GASOLINE CONTAINER IN THE TRUNK (LAWNMOWER GAS CONTAINER RETURNING FROM GAS STATION), I FEEL THAT THE DESIGN OF THIS WIRING TO THE TRUNK IS FAULTY AND COULD LEAD TO A FIRE UNDER THE RIGHT (AND NOT UNCOMMON) CIRCUMSTANCES. AFTER SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THE FORD MOTOR CO., A REPAIR WAS MADE (I PARTIALLY PAID FOR THE REPAIR) WHERE THE WIRING WAS REPLACED. I AM NOT SURE IF THE REPAIR WILL BE ANY SAFER THAN THE ORIGINAL DESIGN; HENCE THIS COMPLAINT WITH THE HOPE THAT A SAFER DESIGN (E.G., ONE WITHOUT SUCH A TIGHT RADIUS OF BEND) COULD DEVELOPED AND RETROFITTED INTO THIS CAR. *TR

KEYS ARE STUCK IN THE IGNITION. *TR

KEY STICKS IN IGNITION. *TR

THE KEY CANNOT BE REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION. THE CAR DOES STILL START AND DRIVE FINE, BUT NO MATTER WHAT I DO, THE KEY WILL NOT COME OUT. IT MIGHT JUST BE FOR A FEW HOURS BUT MORE SO IT HAPPENS FOR AT LEAST 24 HOURS. IT SEEMS TO ALSO HAPPEN AFTER THE CAR HAS BEEN USED ON A WARM DAY, SO IT WILL FIRST GET STUCK THAT EVENING WHEN THE CAR IS PUT INTO USE AGAIN. IT IS COSTING $285 TO GET IT FIXED BECAUSE IT NEEDS A NEW IGNITION. *TR

KEY STUCK IN IGNITION. WAS TOLD BY DEALER MOST COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD FOCUS. LOCK ASSEMBLY REPLACED ON 04/0210 AND KEY STUCK IN IGNITION (NEW PART) 04/23/10. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF, SHE COULD NOT REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 64,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

2006 FORD FOCUS KEY GETS STUCK IN IGNITION....THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES......HAVE HAD TO SIT AND JIGGLE KEY BACK AND FORTH IN ORDER TO GET IT OUT OF IGNITION. *TR

2006 FORD FOCUS CONTINUOUSLY GETS THE KEY STUCK IN THE IGNITION IT SEEMS IT IS DUE TO THE GEAR SHIFT NOT LOCKING IN PLACE. I HAVE HAD TO LEAVE THE KEY IN THE IGNITION ON A FEW OF THOSE OCCASIONS AND PLACE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 FORD FOCUS. THE KEY HAS BEEN CONSTANTLY GETTING LOCKED INTO THE IGNITION. YOU CANNOT TAKE IT OUT AND EVENTUALLY MY KEY BROKE. THIS HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE. I RESEARCHED AND FOUND OUT THAT A LOT OF OTHER FORD FOCUS CUSTOMERS WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE CAN NOT REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED. UPON CONTACT A TECHNICIAN STATED THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO PAY $300.00 TO REPLACE THE IGNITION SWITCH. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED BECAUSE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 32000.

ABOUT HALF TO 3/4 OF THE TIME MY IGNITION WILL NOT START ON MY FORD FOCUS. THIS PRESENTS A MAJOR PROBLEM WHEN I AM AWAY FROM THE HOME AND MY CAR WILL NOT START DUE TO IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEMS. AT TIMES I HAVE TO TURN THE KEY 20-50 TIMES FOR THE CAR TO COME ON. I AM 76 YEARS OLD AND THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE FOR ME. I DON'T WANT TO EVEN DRIVE MY CAR FOR FEAR THAT I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RE-START IT. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 FORD FOCUS AND MY KEY IS STUCK IN THE IGNITION. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY WERE NO HELP. THE IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE FORD FOCUS BUT THEY WON'T ISSUE A RECALL ON IT. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE- MY CAR IS AT RISK OF BEING STOLEN AND I DON'T HAVE THE 400.00 THEY ASK TO REPAIR THIS. *TR

THE FUSE FOR THE RUNNING LAMPS KEPT BLOWING. A FEW DAYS LATER I SMELT A BURNING SMELL, PULLED OVER, TURNED OFF THE CAR, REMOVED KEY, BUT CAR WAS STILL RUNNING. A FEW DAYS LATER, BATTERY LIGHT KEPT FLASHING, TURNS OUT, THE ALTERNATOR WAS FRIED. TOOK IT TO FORD, WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE MY POWERTRAIN WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER ELECTRICAL WORK. TOOK IT TO AN ELECTRICIAN, WAS TOLD A FEW WIRES TOUCHED METAL AND FUSED TOGETHER AND BURNT ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE FIREWALL. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WIRES, THERE IS METAL SITTING UNDER THEM....THERE ARE NO CLIPS TO HELP HOLD THE WIRES AWAY FROM THE METAL. THERE IS SOME FORM OF PROTECTION ON THE WIRES, I DESCRIBE IT AS A FOAM...BUT ITS WORN THROUGH. WHEN I ASKED HIM HOW THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED, HE REPLIED WITH "GOING OVER BUMPS, RAILROAD TRACKS, OR HITTING A POTHOLE. HE ALSO TOLD ME IT WAS A FIRE HAZARD. AS A CONSEQUENCE TO THIS, MY CAR IS NOW JUST SITTING, AND I WILL NOT DRIVE IT WITH IT BEING LABELED A FIRE HAZARD. NOTHING WAS DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. *TR

MY KEY BECAME LOCKED IN THE IGNITION AND COULD NOT BE REMOVED WHILE ON VACATION. I COULD TURN THE CAR ON AND DRIVE IT BUT COULD NOT REMOVE IT, THEREFORE HAD TO END VACATION EARLY TO TAKE CARE TO LOCAL DEALERSHIP. THE CAR WAS 75 DAYS OUT OF WARRANTY AND I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO FIX THIS- COSTING ME OVER $300.00. THEY (FORD) SAID IT WAS THE SAFETY SWITCH IN THE SHIFTER. VEHICLE HAD A LITTLE OVER 18,000 MILES. THE CAR WAS PURCHASED USED FROM AN ESTATE OF A LADY WHO HAD ONLY DRIVEN 8,000 MILES. *TR

MY 2006 FORD FOCUS HATCHBACK DEVELOPED FRAYED WIRES IN THE HATCHBACK HARNESS THAT CAUSED A SHORT SO THAT THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS DO NOT COME ON AS THEY SHOULD WHEN THE EXTERIOR LIGHTS ARE TURNED ON UNLESS THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER IS ALSO TURNED ON. DESPITE BEING COVERED BY FORD'S 'EXTRA CARE' EXTENDED SERVICE PLAN THAT IS SUPPOSED TO COVER WIRING HARNESSES, FORD IS REFUSING TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. *TR

THE KEY GETS STUCK IN THE IGNITION AND WON'T COME OUT. I HAVE TO REMOVE ONE OF THE BATTERY CABLE FROM THE BATTERY, REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION, THEN REPLACE THE BATTERY CABLE BACK. THIS HAS HAPPEN MORE THAN ONCE. *TR

ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO, MY KEY GOT STUCK IN THE IGNITION. I COULD START AND DRIVE THE CAR, BUT NOT GET THE KEY. I DROVE TO A FORD DEALER AND THE PERSON HAD NO TROUBLE GETTING MY KEY OUT. THIS WAS AT 34,000 MILES. NOW, AT 36,500 MILES, THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I AM TAKING TO A FORD DEALER AND THEY BETTER REPAIR UNDER THE 3/36,000 WARRANTY. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 FORD FOCUS AND THE KEY KEEPS GETTING STUCK INSIDE OF THE IGNITION WITHOUT ANY WARNING. IT WILL STAY STUCK FOR A FEW WEEKS AND THEN ONE DAY IT WILL JUST COME OUT. *TR

2006 FORD FOCUS ZX4 MODEL SES. IGNITION KEY STUCK IN IGNITION. CAR WILL START BUT KEY WILL NOT COME OUT. CAR CAN BE PUT INTO GEAR WITH SWITCH IN OFF POSITION. SAFETY PROBLEM CAR HAS 35,000 MILES. DEALER DID WARRANTY REPAIR TODAY - WE ARE PICKING THE CAR UP TONIGHT SO I DON'T KNOW THE QUALITY OF THE REPAIR YET. *TR

2006 FORD FOCUS ZX3 SE REAR HATCH DOOR WIRING ---BROKEN WIRES AND WIRE INSULATION. FIRST STARTED WITH PLATE LIGHTS BLOWING OUT. NOW ALL PARKING LIGHTS,TAILLIGHTS AND DASH LIGHTS ARE OUT---BLOWING FUSES!!! OUT OF CURIOSITY I PULLED DOWN THE RUBBER BOOT OF THE WIRE HARNESS OF THE REAR HATCH DOOR AND FOUND BROKEN WIRES AND INSULATION. WENT TO FORD WEBSITE TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS, FOUND NO RECALLS AT ALL FOR MY CAR!!!!! UPON FURTHER RESEARCH FOUND THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS VERY PROBLEM FROM 8 YEARS AGO NOV - DEC OF 2000!!!!!!!!! *TR