general problems of the 2005 Ford Focus

Tl the contact's daughter owns a 2005 Ford Focus. While driving at an unknown speed, the rear passenger door opened on its own. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The driver was able to park on the side of the road and closed the rear passenger door. The contact was also informed by his daughter that both rear doors failed to open. The contact associated the failures with NHTSA campaign number: 05v030000 (latches/locks/linkages). The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was informed of the failures. The failure mileage was 100,000.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Focus. While the vehicle was parked, the contact noticed that the rear passenger side door failed to lock. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer stated that the VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 05v030000 (latches/locks/linkages). The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 50,000.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Focus. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked, that the driver side rear door fails to latch. No warning lights were illuminated. The contact called ,suburban Ford of waterford located at 5900 highland rd, waterford twp, mi 48327, phone number: (248) 674-4781, where to vehicle was not diagnosed due to the diagnostic fee. The manufacturer was contacted and confirmed that the vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 05v030000 (latches/locks/linkages). The failure mileage was unknown.

The rear door cannot lock either electronically or manually.

Rear passenger electric door lock frozen. Door will not lock manually or electronically. This is not an isolated malfunction and is a safety hazard for children and the disabled. Ford needs to be notified of this safety hazard so they can inform owners of this issue.

The passenger back door lock does not lock. The electric key beeps when the doors are locked and continues to beep telling me it's locked but I go to it and it opens anyway. I don't know how long it has been this way since I had been trusting the electric key to tell me it was locked. The first time I noticed it was when on 3/7/12 I had to use the manual key and I went around to check each door. I then saw that I couldn't lock it manually. Later of course I checked it with the electrical key and found out it wasn't locking though it would beep to tell me it was.

There is this plastic sleeve on the bottom of my shifter that slips down. When that piece is down I cannot retrieve my key from the ignition after I turn the car off. The lock on the front driver side stopped working with the keyfob. It worked manually until today, now I have to enter and leave my car through the passenger side door. The panel is impossible to take off when the door is closed. So replacing the problematic device is impossible. I called for a locksmith. After 2 hours of trying to open this door, he gave up.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Focus. The contact stated that the door latch became defective and the door opened while the contact was driving. The dealer repaired the failure via NHTSA campaign id number: 05v030000 (latches/locks/linkages:doors:latch) but the failure recurred. The manufacturer did not assist the contact the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 44,012 and the current mileage was 63,266.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Focus. The contact stated the drivers side rear door will not lock manually or with the keyless entry. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer and was made aware of NHTSA recall campaign id number: 05v030000 (latches/locks/linkages: door: latch) and was told the vehicle was not included. The failure mileage was unknown and the current mileage is 44,950. Updated 08/19/11.

2005 Ford Focus sw. The trunk latch if opened by remote then can't close back. If remote control of latch is not operated and using only the key to open the trunk, then it's okay. I had to disconnect the electrical connector to the latch so that I can use the key only to operate the trunk gate.

Door latches work very badly on pasenger and drivers doors. Finally the drivers door latch broke.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Focus. The contact stated that all four door handles were defective. The contact mentioned that all four door handles were replaced. However, the problem recurred. The contact was made aware of recall notification of NHTSA campaign number 05v030000 (latches, locks, linkage). However, the VIN was not included on the recall. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 95,000.

Driver's side passenger door will not lock with remote or manually with rocker switch.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Focus. The contact stated that the rear door was difficult to open. Also, the passenger side rear door would not remain closed unless the child safety function was activated. The dealer advised the contact that the vehicle had not been included in recall associated with NHTSA campaign id number 05v030000 (latches/locks/linkages:doors:latch). The manufacturer confirmed that the vehicle had not been included in the recall. No repairs were performed. The failure mileage was 75,000 and the current mileage was 98,000.

Our key is stuck in the ignition of our car. We can"t get it out. I'm afraid that we may have our car stolen because we have to leave the key permanently in the ignition.

2005 Ford Focus has back door that no longer locks (power locks). Dealer states door lock actuator needs replacing ($400. 00). Went on internet to see actual cost of part and how involved to fix. Amazed to find the number of cases where lock actuators have gone out on Ford Focus. Some people have gotten locked in their cars and had to climb out windows or out their trunk. Our concern is that someone could crawl into the back of our 16 year old daughter's vehicle and attack her - because hers is stuck in the unlocked position. Or what if the other doors get stuck in locked position and she was involved in an accident and couldn't get out of her car.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Focus. The contact stated that all four of the doors would not open from the vehicle interior. The vehicle was not inspected by a dealer nor repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and they advised him that he was not included in NHTSA campaign id number: 05v030000 (latches/locks/linkages:doors:latch). The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 70,000. Updated 09/07/2011.

The left rear door on my 2005 Ford Focus does not lock. Even when I lock the car with the remote and the alarm is armed, the right rear door will open. This is an obvious safety hazard. I have searched on the web and have found that this is a common problem with the '05 Focus.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Focus. The contact stated that the rear passenger doors would not unlock due to excessive corrosion on the door. The vehicle was not inspected by a dealer or an independent mechanic. The manufacturer was contacted and they advised her that she was not included in any recalls for the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 95,000.

Hatch is difficult to close and opens unexpectedly. On two occasions, last one being 11-22-08, the hatch opened completely while the car was being driven. It was brought back to the dealer at least three times, but they do not find a problem. Also, on one occasion, the hatch was returned to us from the dealer with a dent resulting from the force needed to close hatch. Dealer paid to fix dent, but dents returned.

I purchased a 2005 Ford Focus, my drivers side door handle has broken and the rear drivers side door cannot be opened or it will not close passenger side door handle is loose also as with other complaints nothing is being done to fix this issue a recall reported on this issues does not pertain to my VIN# . Don't know why considering it is the same issue, I have one key lock on outside of car on drivers side but cannot lock car now that drivers side door handle has broke so I can not lock my car. Dealership is willing to look at it but will probably cost major monies to fix. Why isn't this consider a safety issue if you cannot get into your car. Or if the rear drivers side door swings open shouldn't have all of the 2005 Ford Focus been recalled. How many complaints need to be filed before it gets recalled?.

My 2005 Ford Focus has broken and shorted wires on the wiring harness for the back hatch in my station wagon. When I turn on the ignition or the headlights the back hatch opens inadvertently. The wires are shorted to the hatch release solenoid. The hatch can open on the freeway. My local Ford dealer refused to fix the problem. This is a recurring problem with the Ford Focus. Needs safety recall.

I have a 2005 Ford Focus with over 84k miles on the vehicle. I have been experiencing trouble opening the doors. They used to stick but now they just don't close. The front passenger door sticks and is hard to open & both rear doors do not close. I took the vehicle to russ milne Ford in macomb mich. They want over $700 to repair the doors. I found it appalling that they would charge that much money for something that I view as a design flaw that they should repair for free considering the saftey hazard this could cause. I called the Ford customer service number and opened ticket #0615822478 and they told me that there is nothing they could do for me because of the mileage. I realize this is not a luxury sedan so the fact that there is loud wind noise, shakes and rattles and even the front arm rest flinging itself off its base and breaking doesn't really bother me or the mp3 player not reading the discs or the trunk button requiring several pushes before it opens the trunk doesn't give me great concern, but I certainly expect the doors to close. If I were complaining about the cheap wheels that I've had to replace twice already or the tires or the engine, I could see being told it was due to the mileage but these are doors that I should expect to close. I read through the owner's manual and even though it broke out maintenance schedules for tires, oil, etc, no where did it say that one could expect the doors to stop closing after "x" miles. At how many miles should I have expected the doors to stop closing? 25, 30, 50 thousand? I found a recall notice for 2004-5 for the exact thing that was happening to my doors. Recall number: 05v030000 so when I called the dealership, they said it did not apply to my vehicle. They said that recall was only for vehilces bulit up to January of 2005 and that my vehicle was built in July of 2005. Imagine that, I have the same issuei would appreciate your attention to my case. Thanks.