general problems of the 2009 Ford Focus

The fuel pump keep disabling! when trying to crank the car it will continue to turn over after the key has been pulled back out of the start position.

When I try to start my car, sometimes it won't turn over when turning the key. I have to try a few times if not multiple times in order for it to start and it just keeps getting worse over time.

My ignition is not working. I turn the key over and over and over and the car won't start. The lights come on, the battery is charged, the air works, but the vehicle won't start. I used to be able to get it started but I now have blisters on my hand from trying to start this car.

Putting key in ignition doesn't always start the car. . . I've had to tow my car home after trying for 30 minutes. Only to have it start when my husband tried. Its been an issue ever since he bought it. Currently hasn't been driven in 2 days because of this.

Ignition not working properly. Key has to be turned several times to start car when parked.

Insert key, turn to start, will not start, have to push in key hard for the ignition to start car.

The ignition ,at times dose not start car. Battery stays charged.

The doors become locked and you cannot open them from the inside or outside. All unlocking devices to unlock the doors will not unlock them. Took to a mechanic and he got locked inside the car and could not get out. This is an extremely hazardous situation.

Rear door locks appear to be jammed or permanently locked. Will not unlock with power locks or manually. This happened randomly out of nowhere. My drivers side door handle also broke so I am only able to use one door on my vehicle right now. The rear doors will not open from inside or outside hence why I said they appear to be jammed for no reason. This is a huge safety concern if I were to be in an accident and get locked inside my car.

Rear doors are jammed or stuck on lock, for no reason. Power locks will not unlock them and doing so manually does not work either. These doors cannot be opened from the inside nor the outside. My child locks are not on. I also keep my car dust free and lubricated. This could be a huge safety concern if I were to get into an accident and were to be locked in my car. My car should be able to be unlocked and locked whenever I please and whenever is needed. The fact that I cannot even unlock them manually is dangerous.

My car was stationary. The doors lock and do not unlock. After hours of searching the manual and google I figured out how to bypass the automatic lock and turned that off so my doors would not lock while I drove. That worked for a while but, then the doors just stopped opening from the outside. I have been told by several mechanics this is an issue with this year Focus.

All 4 door latches and locks do not work correctly. Very dangerous!!! I can't get out or get in through any doors at times. It's different every day. They won't open with fob or manually. I see there are thousands of people with the same problem. Recall and get this fixed before someone gets killed because they can't get out!!!!!!.

Okay the vehicle is 2009 but only has 58,000 miles. Sometimes I have difficulty inserting the key into the ignition and trying to start car. I sometimes have to try and jiggle the steering wheel. Yesterday I turned the vehicle off , took the keys out of the ignition, opened the door to exit the car and the alarm or warning wouldn't shut off. I got back in the car, shut the door, it still wouldn't shut off, so I put the key back in the ignition to turn it on then off again, and that worked but I still have occasional issues with starting the car.

The car had been running perfect then after a motor mount was replaced the car started then went dead immediately. The car will turn over but it isn't firing right now it gave no warning. The computer read a throttle actuator trouble code and that's all. The car will keep turning over after I release the key it has not done this before now we had some trouble with the ignition locking up and we have to turn it really hard to start get the key in the starting position. The ignition system is one of the problems and the throttle body will update when I find out more.

Driving on freeway at steady 70mph, engine dropped to idle speed. No prior indication of trouble. Vehicle was slowing down. Wrench light was on. Accelerator pedal had no effect. I put in the clutch pedal, and coasted until I reached an area area where I could pull off to the side. This was in a tight construction area. Fortunately, I was in the right lane and not near other vehicles at the time of the incident. Otherwise the outcome might have been very different. When I was stopped, the engine continued to run, but accelerator had no effect. With no alternative, I shut off the engine. I then started the engine. Operation appeared normal with no wrench light on. I got off the freeway and checked connected my code reader. No diagnostic codes. During some subsequent driving, there have been no further events or indication of problems. I am getting a Ford oem throttle body to replace my existing. This is apparently a known Ford problem that has avoided a recall despite the potential dangers associated with this type of failure.

The contact owns a 2009 Ford Focus. The contact stated that while driving 25 mph, the turn signal was activated and failed to respond. In addition, the brake light became inoperative. The vehicle was taken to the dealer but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 98,101.

I have a 2009 Ford Focus. When turning on the vehicle one morning a wrench light was on and pressing on the gas there was no acceleration. When taking it to mechanic I was told it was the p2111 and the throttle cap was stuck open. This is a known Ford problem and the escape had them recalled already. The car only has 26,000 miles on it and was a 3 year warranty unfortunately not covered.

Going 75 mph when car lost power. Pulled over and restarted seems to work fine until it happens again. Luckily it has only happened when I'm going to work early in the morning when there is less traffic.

Exactly as described in other entries on this site, and similar to the problems described in the the nytimes today about gm cars (although mine is a Ford- probably the same faulty component is in both gm and Ford). Numerous times and at various speeds, including on the highway, the car will inexplicably "stall out"- the engine completely shuts off and no longer accelerates. First time was with my wife driving with our babies on the highway. She was terrified, and did a heroic job of getting over to the shoulder. She turned the key off and then was able to restart the car. A few weeks later it happened to me on a country road- without any warning, the car completely shut off while going about 40 mph. I took it to a mechanic. They drove it over a hundred miles and couldn't find anything wrong with it. In another week or so, it did it twice in one day, both city driving in heavy traffic. I'd put on the hazard lights, come to a stop and restart the car. Took it back to the mechanic. They drove it another 75 miles with the same lack of diagnosis. The next time it happened I was on an empty stretch of open road going about 40, and I was able to just shift into neutral while coasting and turn the key off and back on to restart the car while never actually stopping it. Realizing that this was actually better than stopping traffic and potentially causing an accident, this is how I have restarted the car and resumed acceleration in the several times it has done it since. But I am a very skilled driver- shifting into neutral and restarting the engine while coasting in traffic is definitely not a solution for the average person having this problem, and I am not advising anyone to do it. I've put a ton of miles on this car quickly, so other people with 2009 Focuses may not have had this problem. But more will likely begin to experience it as their cars get older. Please recall.

Gas peddle wants to stick.

As reported by several others, my 2009 Ford Focus will unpredictably go into "limp” or failsafe mode, with power surges or hesitations and the wrench & check engine light. After then engine is re-started the car will run normally for various periods of time, sometimes miles, days or weeks. This first happened several times in November 2012, I brought the car into a Ford dealer, but because the wrench or engine lights were not on, they were unable to read any codes or otherwise diagnose. In may 2013, I again experienced several instances of the limp / failsafe mode with one or both of the wrench and check engine lights on. On may 11, 2013 car was delivered to a different Ford dealer with the wrench light on. This dealer “cleaned” the throttle body even though as I now understand the throttle body is a sealed unit. Just over 4 weeks after the maintenance I again experienced the limp mode and wrench lights. At this time I started to keep track of each instance. For approximately 1 month the car experienced frequent power surges/hesitation and instances of limp mode. The car then went 1 month without any repeat of that experience. After several more instances of the problem in early September 2013, the issue disappeared for over 6 months, until April 2014. I now have a log documenting approx 25 – 30 instances of limp mode over a period of about 8 weeks. This happens when the car is both warm or cold, in any weather conditions, sometimes when the car is running for only 1 minute or after a long drive. Unfortunately I have had to shift into neutral and re-start at highway speeds. Again as others have commented, this is a dangerous situation and should be corrected by a recall. I have an appointment in the next few days at which time they will likely replace the throttle body for approx $600, after sticking about $300 to the 1st 2 service calls. . . . Thank you.

I was driving my Ford Focus on the highway, running approx. 55 mph. All at once a wrench light came on in my car, and my car decelerated to approx. 10 mph. I pulled it off of the road shut the car off and restarted it, and the car ran fine the rest of the way home. Since then it has happened multiple times, without warning. I took the car to my Ford dealer shortly after the first occurance, and was told that since the wrench light wasnt on they couldnt tell me what the problem was. Yesterday, the car did it again, but this time the engine light came on and stayed on. I took it to advance to have the code read, and was told it coded out a (tac) throttle actuator control failure. I have several friends that also drive Focus' and they all tell me that theirs is doing the same thing. I was wondering if you could get Ford to recall this problem. I have also researched on the internet and found that they are also having this issue with the mustang, f-150, and f-250 to name a few. Thanks for your help.

The contact owns a 2009 Ford Focus. The contact stated that both rear passenger side doors would not open when the unlock button was depressed. The contact stated that she had to depress the unlock button several times before the doors would unlock. The vehicle was repaired but the failure recurred. No further details were available on the repairs. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 39,700.

The contact owns a 2009 Ford Focus. The contact stated the dashboard, radio, power window, and the button control lights would illuminate extremely bright and suddenly they became dim independently. The contact stated when the lights were bright they were blinding and could possibly cause a crash to occur. The defect was not diagnosed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 35,000. The current mileage was 64,000.

Wrench light came on when starting. . . And went off. . Gradually came on and stayed on until I turned off engine and restarted. . . Bob ridings Ford here in decatur said they could not check it unless the wrench light stayed on. . . Which never happened. . . Gradually the light would come on when car was being driven. . . And stalled down at a place I could not get off road to restart. . . Luckily not in heavy traffic which could have caused an accident. Next the wrench light went off and the engine light came on. . . Before I could get it to the garage to be checked, all the lights went off. . . Sid palmer from palmer tire and auto checked it and got one code which he tried to get Ford to help him with. . Before he could hear back (if ever he would have) I took it to bob ridings in taylorville (I had bad experience with one in decatur)and they called sid to get his diagnosis. . And discussed the fact that both had replaced throttle control on other Focus cars which Ford motor did not recommend doing! this cost me $569. 10 which I believe would have been under warranty if it had been repaired in 2011; and this should have been a recall as it is a dangerous condition when driving in traffic. , I think Ford owes me. . . And probably others. . . And is a problem warranting a recall! I guessed at mileage and time but know this problem occurred the year after I bought the car and it only had 9000 miles on it when I purchased it. . . Making it have around 15,000 when problem began.