15 problems related to equipment have been reported for the 2006 Ford Focus. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2006 Ford Focus based on all problems reported for the 2006 Focus.
Driving on hiway and vehicle shifted gears. Would no shift normally afterwards. Tried several times. Left myself and granddaughter in hiway in danger. Had local mechanic inspect the vehicle. Was told defective shifting linkage. Has occurred multiple times.
Shifting linkage, was driving and went to shift into next gear and nothing. Clutch engaged, shifter goes in slot but doesn't stay it won't lock into gear, further examination found rubber clip and plastic clip from linkage broken and had fallen to topside of transmission.
Tamara recall. My outside drivers side door handle broke because the mechanism is plastic. No one can fix it correctly and it keeps breaking so now I can't get my car inspection done.
My key wont work anymore. Car wont start. I was at the gas station. When I went to turn on the car it just wouldln't start up the car. On the dashboard the car and lock light came on and kept flashing. I tried different ways and nothing worked. I had to tow my car home.
Right rear passenger door will not lock presenting a safety hazard for young children and elderly passengers. False sense of security knowing that your passengers are safely secured and not at risk for accidentally opening door and thrust out of the vehicle. Door was acidentally open while in motion.
The rear door locks will not operate. The door will latch, but the rear doors will not lock. This is a safety hazard as children in the back seat can open an unlocked door while the car is in motion.
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!.
When opening the driver door, the mechanism that opens the door from the outside broke. I am able to open it from the inside.
Rear passenger door will not lock and front driver side door handle broke will not open on the outside,, went to open to get in and it just pulled up but didnt open.
I own a 2006 Ford Focus zx5. In March 2014, I notice the passenger back door would not lock. I did some research but found out there was no recall on my 2006. I did see 2005, 2008 but not mines. I did spend over 300. 00 dollars to have it repaired and now two weeks later my front door passenger side stop working. This is a problem with the vehicle. I am the only driver and I have no children playing with my locks. I wish someone could assist me with this issue.
Gas pedal sticks.
The rear passenger door does not lock on our 2006 Ford Focus zx4. It opens and closes correctly. It just won't lock, even with child lock on. All other doors operate correctly. This door operated correctly before. We heard Ford had a problem with this on previous Focus models. Cut off was the year 2005 for this problem. We feel unsafe from this problem because we transport our senior moms to shopping trips.
My key keeps getting stuck in the ignition. My husband got it out the first time but this time even our car service man could not get it our. We were told to contact a locksmith, so we had one come out, he told us before he came it is a know problem on the Focus from year 2000 till current. It cost me $170. 00 for him to take it out. He told me to call and see if they ever had a recall on it. When I called the Ford dealer, the service tech told me she never heard of any keys getting caught, she told me to bring it in. I really think if this is an ongoing problem something needs to be done. I am retired and cant afford to take it in every time the key is stuck. I am sure it will happen again. I asked someone at work who knows a lot about cars if this ever happened to him he said no but I hear Ford Focus is a bad one for that, he doesn't even know I drive one. He told me to contact you and file a report.
Key is stuck in ignition due to broken plastic ring on gear shift it broke in several pieces and will not go up since the whole plastic sleeve is broken too shift will not go in park all the way so key is stuck I have to leave key in ignition.
Cabin filter - filter is excluded in this model of vehicle. Electric windows never worked correctly . Airbag- was never inspected by dealer.