general problems of the 2006 Ford Focus

Rainfall on/off/moderate. Tires ~5/32" tread; michelin; age? while navigating interchange from I-64w to I-81n (staunton, va) car lost traction. Several attempts to steer to inside curve shoulder resulted in violent fishtailing & total loss of control. Vehicle slid about 100 yds. In grassy ditch, flipping "1+?" times, leaving driver hanging upside down. Left temple head injury. Sternum injury under shoulder belt. Driver walked away dizzy but oriented. "reckless driving" citation issued. Car totalled. Grocery trip ended badly but driver glad to be "alive". Owner purchased auto used in 2013 seeking esc as standard equipment. Ford denied provision of same. Accident entirely preventable/unnecessary due to manufacturer neglect of key safety equipment as standard issue (electronic stabilization control. ).

The contact owns a 2006 Ford Focus. While driving at a low speed and approaching a stop sign, the brake pedal was depressed, but the vehicle accelerated independently. As a result, the contact almost crashed into the rear of another vehicle. The failure recurred two times. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or diagnosed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 100,000.

Engine suddenly started revving up and when brakes applied couldn't stop vehicle completely and lunged forward. Was able to keep control by applying brakes and getting to a parking area, when placed in park the engine went up to 50000 rpms.

Vehicle had been taken in to Ford dealership on sept. 17, 2012 because brakes had been intermittently been locking/sticking up while driving and getting hot (could tell due to burning smell). Basically the brakes would engage and lock up causing the vehicle to run with brakes in closed (braking) position and would not release. The problem was intermittent and did not happen everytime the vehicle was driven due to short distances the vehicle is normally driven. Sometimes by simply turning the car off and then restarting would the brakes release, but not always. Took vehiccle to spikes Ford in mission texas and after about a week they finally diagnosed it it as being a problem with the "hcu and ecu module". Vehicle was returned to me on 9/24/2012. Car was driven for about a week and brakes still did not seem normal, so we assumed it was since they had just been worked on. On October 1,2012 vehicle was being driven on expressway when suddenly the brakes locked up overheated and vehicle was forced to the right of expressway and off the road. Brakes were so hot that a burnt smell was noticed inside of vehicle. Car was turned off, let cool down and then driven home @ 3-4 miles at low speed, but brakes were not locked anymore. Vehicle was returned to dealership (spikes Ford- mission , texas) and is still there at this time. They are not sure yet what problem is, but obvoiusly it was not the parts installed and they can't figure what the problem is luckily when vehicle pulled to side of expressway, it was already on far right lane and did not impact any other vehicles or barriers. If this would have happened a mile up the road it could have been a big problem due to no shoulder and cement barriers due to construction possibly causing a big accident.

On 6/19/10 my car would not brake to a full stop while exiting the freeway (speed had gone up to 80 on own without brakes applied) the light turned green and I let my foot off the brake. The car accelerated on its own without applying the gas. The car would not come to a stop and I subsequently crashed at approximately 10-15 mph to prevent a major accident in the intersection of a busy street in the middle of the day. (due to my background and knowledge I was able to prevent a far worse accident) after the car came to a rest against a palm tree I put the car in park and the rpms revved to 5-6. Several days prior to this when I put the car in park it would rev to 3-4 rpms and then settle down after applying the brake while in park. This had never happened prior. The dealership had just performed a 90000 check of the vehicle (though it was at 85000 due to a check engine light of an unrelated part issue) 2 months prior to this incident. The dealership stated the throttle body cable has come apart. They state that the maintenance of this would not have prevented it and state that since the car is no longer in warranty they wont pay. This is a huge safety issue that could have cost my life or someone else's. Could this had been caught by the dealership or is the part defective? Ford should be liable for this as a car accelerating on its own is beyond dangerous. The vehicle is 4 years old, extremely well taken care of, and I am the original owner. No accidents for this vehicle. Police were on scene but no report was taken. No other signs were ever displayed besides the car revving in park 3 days prior.