general problems of the 2005 Ford Focus

Nine problems related to air bag have been reported for the 2005 Ford Focus. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2005 Ford Focus based on all problems reported for the 2005 Focus.

1 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 10/28/2023

In a rear end accident the airbags never deployed. The seat belt also didn't catch me and my chest hit the steering wheel. I pressed hard on the breaks but it didn't feel like it was slowing down. I now have a fractured sternum and cannot drive or work. I have filed insurance claims and been to the hospital. No one was in the car with me. There were no warning lights/signs before.

2 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 06/30/2018

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3 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 12/18/2016

We were driving down highway and rear ended by another car on rain slicked high way. Lost control of car and car flipped up in the air and came down upside down and no air bags came out whatsoever.

4 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 10/20/2014

The passenger air bag off light illuminates when an adult sits in passenger seat and secures seat belt.

5 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 09/25/2014

Daughter was hit on front driver side by somebody running a red light and pushing her car into a metal pole and embankment that bent the passenger front wheel and caused fluid to gush from underneath the car plus, not to mention that she is 6 months pregnant and airbags didn't deploy.

6 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 07/20/2012

My daughter has a 2005 Ford Focus and she was driving a little over 10mph and hit a small pothole and her air bags deployed destroying the windshield and dash, when the airbags deployed her brakes locked up also. Found out yesterday that she might have to have surgery on her neck and has to be in a neck brace for ast least 2 weeks and has a concussion and has to miss work. Her car is at the Ford dealership in town and they said they were going to retrieve the data and verify how fast she was going and they called me this morning and they are saying that the data is unretrievable and that the car has a bent subframe, broken rear end, damage to the transfer case and numerous other issues and that the damage is around $5500 so they said it would probably be considered totaled but had to talk to her insurance first. They are trying to say that she was going faster than she says and that she hit something hard and fast, and she wasn't. Going under 20mph should not have caused that much damage. She bought the car used ust a few months ago and she has brought it back to the dealership multiple times for multiple reasons and the car always had a vibrating sound from underneath it and after she hit the pothole it just got louder. They never inspected that car before they sold it to her either.

7 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 10/22/2009

My parents were involved in a motor vehicle accident on 10/22/09, they were traveling 57 miles per hour, hit a lady that pulled out in front of them, their airbags never went off, a direct front end hit on their car (2005 Ford Focus) and also the seatbelts broke.

8 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 10/02/2006

I was hit on my passenger side (t-boned) by another car. None of my airbags deployed (side or frontal). I was hit hard enough that the impact itself knocked me out. The frame of my car was bent and it was totalled.

9 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 08/24/2006

2005 Ford Focus airbag system inoperative at around 23,000 miles and 1. 5 years of service. Dealership advised wiring harness severed by rodent. Not covered by Ford warranty remains uncorrected.



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