Car Will Not Start problems of the 2004 Ford Focus

When putting the key in the ignition the key will not turn and start the car. It will not start after pulling the key out of the ignition. I am pregnant expecting a baby. This is a safety hazard for me and my baby. If I go into labor and need to leave to the hospital I cannot risk the car will not start because the key won't turn the ignition on.

The contact owns a 2004 Ford Focus. The contact stated that after inserting the key in the ignition the vehicle failed to start. The contact tried approximately six times. The vehicle was later towed to the dealer for diagnosis. After diagnosis they advised him that the ignition failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and they offered no assistance. The failure and current mileage was approximately 118,000. The VIN was unavailable.

The contact owns a 2004 Ford Focus. The contact stated that the vehicle would not start with the steering wheel locked. The vehicle was towed to the dealer for diagnosis where the dealer advised that the ignition cylinder needed replacing. The manufacturer was contacted and the vehicle was not repaired. The failure and the current mileage was 94,000.

I own a 2004 Ford Focus that the ignition went out on, I would put the key in and the key would not turn, locked steering wheel. For a while, I would wiggle the key and it would finally turn over, until 2 weeks ago( 5-2009) when I had to have it towed after I got in my car and it would not start. The Ford dealership looked at it the next morning and told me it would be $450. 00 to fix and that this problem has happened to alot of Focus owners, I don't understand why Ford would not want to correct this problem, starting your car is the most important thing needed to drive so without being able to count on your ignition your car is useless and without Ford recognizing this problem and fixing it, I believe alot of Ford owners may not be in the future. You need to be able to start a car!.

My ignition has locked multiple times leaving my 3 year old daughter and myself stranded where I had to call someone to come and help start my car as the key wouldn't turn in the ignition. Tonight the car would not start at all and I had to abandon it.

2004 Ford Focus with ignition problems. Consumer states that the key got stuck in the ignition. Consumer also stated that the vehicle would not start. Consumer was informed that the ignition switch needed to be replaced.

The contact owns a 2004 Ford Focus. The vehicle failed to start because the steering wheel locked up. The vehicle was towed to the Ford dealer and is currently being repaired. The cause of the failure was the ignition switch. The contact discovered several complaints on this same defect, but no recalls were available. He considered this to be a manufacturer defect. The current and failure mileages were 48,000.

Ignition cylinder locked up occasionally. After wiggling the key, it would always crank eventually. Cylinder would not turn and therefore car would not start. Cylinder is a "dealer only" part. Ford will not let others sell this part because then no one would buy their defective part.

Type of automobile is a 2004 Ford Focus. On several occasionsx ignition locks up and cannot start car. I have researched the internet and found this is a common problem in the Ford Focus dating back to the 2000 model and yet Ford has done nothing to correct the problem. This could be a dangerous problem for a mother with children if she were to travel at night and when returning to the car could not start her engine. It is not covered by insurance for repair or under warranty if expired and it is a manufacturing defect on the part of Ford and the consumer should not be responsible for repairs that after researching has been evident since the release of the Ford Focus. It is time that Ford did something about this instead of leaving it up to the consumer to repair.