general problems of the 2009 Ford Focus

My car started to rough idle, when I go to press the gas pedal there is no rev or acceleration or anything. It came up with a code for the throttle body and had it replaced and it worked fine for a while and then it happened again, so I replaced the throttle body again and it started happening right away again. This has happened at 80 mph and almost caused an accident! I just want this to be understood, and I am not the only other person having this issue!!.

The throttle control light has begun going off ( twice now) but once turned off and turned back on it does not come on. When it comes on it looses power and there are issues with acceleration. It has only done it after a long drive and going (moving) at a normal pace of about 45 to 55 miles and hour. It has not gone off at a time that allows it to be diagnosed by a professional and they have not been able to get it to register when hooked to the computer,. The light is no longer on and does not not illuminate in around town driving.

The ignition is going out. . Really have to jam key into the colum to get it to start.

Ignition module. . . Ignition switch. Car won't start with key, unless pushed in hard, and even then it takes several times for it to start.

Side door latch opens while driving and or door will not latch when closed after opening while parked.

All four door handles are broken. . . Cannot get into the car unless I leave a window down. . . On rainy days I have to leave back seats down and get in through the trunk of vehicle. . . From 2015-2016. . . Car was stationary. . . I would try to open door the handle would break you can the piece that breaks fall on the inside of door.

The motor mount which sit on top of the engine that constantly make the entire car to shake extremely. Motor mount was replace and within 6 months the same results.

While driving down the interstate at 70 miles per hour, the car dropped out of cruise control and coasted to 5 miles per hour. Pressing the gas pedal had no result. We were lucky to avoid collision with nearby cars and coasted off the interstate into a park and ride lot. Car had to be towed to dealer repair. We were told by Ford dealer that the throttle body had died and had to be replaced. This Ford certified preowned car is still covered by powertrain warranty but this does not include throttle body. Numerous actions with Ford regarding faulty throttle bodies is widely reported and we believe this issue should be addressed in a formal recall for 2009 Ford Focus. Repair is $875 which we believe Ford should be covering.

Vehicle was stationary. . . In the past year. . . All door handles have become broken. . . I can not get into vehicle from outside of the vehicle. . . I have to leave driver side window down to open door from inside on rainy days I have to leave backseat down to enter through the trunk of vehicle to get into vehicle. . . The back doors do not open from inside or outside. . . I am currently 28 weeks pregnant this is the only vehicle I have and is becoming very difficult to enter my vehicle. . . Not to mention how unsafe it is and will be once my child is born.

This is getting absolutely rediculous! I am on my sixth set of tires!! they wear uneven after less than 20k miles making a more than annoying wobble. I have gotten numerous alignments and new sway arm links. Dealership said I needed new bearings another alignment and another set of tires! at this point I have spent over $6000 on repairs to this vehicle all related to the same issue!!! theres obviously something wrong that Ford needs to fix! I have seen tons of complaints on here involving the same issue, so this is obviously not related to my driving. A recall needs to be made and this needs to be addressed! I did not buy this car brand new off the lot for 26k to have to keep dumping money into it! the fact that Ford will not own up to this being a horrible assembly/planning/product is appalling and I will never buy a Ford product again!!.

Wear and tear on wheels. Purchased the car brand new, 2 years after buying the car with only 21000 miles the original tires need to be replaced. Replaced tires and did a wheel alignment. 3 years later and only 23000 more miles and new tires again. Lug nuts were stripped and the tires were worn. The original tires were suppose to last 45,000 miles. The second set the same. Now the set I just purchased are goodyear with a 60000 mile tread. I also purchased a warranty. My car only has about 45000 miles on it and my original tires should have just recently been replaced not on my 3rd set.

On hot days, the Ford Focus intermittently will not start after shutting off the engine. It takes 30-45 minutes before the car stops again. The engine does not turn over, it acts as though the starter motor is going out. Ford is unable to reproduce this while in the shop, so they are unable to fix it. Investigating, I see that there are a lot of people experiencing the same issue on the internet for 2000-2012 Focuses. This problem did not start until the car was 4-5 years old. There are many videos on youtube showing this symptom, I have posted several. I fear that if I am at an intersection and the engine stops that I will be unable to restart the car. Or, in the case of an emergency, the car will not start.

My car lost power as I was driving down the street. I was pressing the accelerator, but the car was not receiving any power. I was told my throttle body was defective. I have seen where other Ford models manufactured during this time have had the same problem, and a warranty extension has been granted. Why not on this vehicle as well?.

Ford Focus 2009 April 25, 2014 I had appointment for a routine oil change and tune up. Was told there was oil in my spark plug wells and I needed a valve cover gasket replaced. Total bill $376. 65 then 5 days later on April 30th, when I started my car it would not run correctly and was chugging and sputtering really bad. The throttle control/ transmission light came on and also the check engine light. I checked the miles I had driven and it was exactly 25 miles since the oil/tuneup/gasket change. I called the Ford service department and told them what was going on and they said to drive it over. It would hardly run so I had to have it towed. Then they called to tell me the throttle body was bad at an estimated $800 to fix it. They had to order the part and it would be a few days. May 5, 2014, dealership called to inform me the housing for the throttle body is also bad and it will be an additional $54 to replace that with the throttle body.

Sunroof shattered: merging onto the freeway hit a few pot holes and my sunroof just shattered. Nothing hit it is just made a crashing sound.

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.

Car randomly goes into "limp mode" while driving, usually at highway speeds. Wrench light goes on indicating a throttle body issue. This has occurred about 10 times now over the past few months. After turning car off, then on again, there is no longer a light and car runs fine. Twice I've taken the car in after such an occurrence and neither the dealership or local mechanic could find any indication of a error light.

There have been numerous incidents where I can not get my doors open because the doors will not unlock. I have had to crawl out of another doors a number of times. I am worried that if there is an accident I may not be able to get out.

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.

I purchased this vehicle in December 2008. Since then there is only 28000 miles on it. Counting the original set of tires I am on my fourth set of tires. They wear uneven or entirely to quick. The rear tires seem to wear much more than the fronts probably at least 7 alignments over the last 3 to 4 years. There is a problem here and Ford needs to own up to it.

This car was purchased in 2010 for our daughter for college. After 6 months had to replace the tires. The mechanic replacing them warned us that on this car we would need to rotate them every so many miles because of the the way they ware out. Then at about a year started having trouble with the doors not wanting to open got to be the drivers door not opening at all. So had the Ford dealership fix it was almost $600. Long story short we have had to replace tires 3 times now , and we have them rotated every 3000 miles. As for the doors the back doors will not open at all, have not fixed them . We have fixed the drivers door again and also the passenger door twice also. We purchased the car for the gas mileage. And yes all cars have their problems but not like this . She now has trouble the the suspension, the ignition switch is going out and when the car was painted , the trunk was not primed so the paint is all peeling off. This is the most costly car we have ever bought. We will never by another Ford again.

Had and accident after 6 months of paying on the car, which was sept. 2009. . Inside of tired bald, took to Ford to have oil changed, and supposed look over, but was never told about the inside warn tires. Back doors will not open from inside or out, front driver side door will not open from the outside, have had to buy tires every six months, because car wears them out, constant repairs that never seem to fix the car handling issues. . Had far too many repairs for the last 8 years of having the car. .