13 problems related to wheel have been reported for the 2016 Ford Focus. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2016 Ford Focus based on all problems reported for the 2016 Focus.
The lug nuts are swollen and cannot be unscrewed. Also my electrical system inside my car goes off sometimes for unknown reasons. I'm talking about my stereo.
While attempting to change front brake pads, I couldn't get any of my sockets, of which I have multiple sets of both sae and metric, none would fit the lug nuts. After talking with a Ford dealership parts department, I was informed that the lug nuts swell and beating a socket onto the lug nuts was the only way to get them off the vehicle. This is unacceptable, and it was lucky that I wasn't trying to change a tire in the middle of the night. I immediately bought after-market lug nuts to replace them on the vehicle at a cost well over $100. This is unacceptable.
The issue is the lug nuts have a swelling effect and the problem is they are hard to if not impossible to remove and the cost to replace them all is expensive.
Three of the five lug nut studs on my front passenger side wheel broke off.
This is a lug nut-related complaint regarding the swelling and distorting of your tire factory installed lug nuts. I was not able to be remove lugnuts with the cars provided lug wrench. I was left stranded in a parking lot with a flat tire and had to drive the car with the flat tire to a local firestone dealer, to have them remove and replace the damaged tire because I couldn't remove the tire after several attempts. An hour later I had several people try and help, it was a nightmare with my 90 year old mother. I should contact a lawyer, this is very unsafe if stranded on the highway. Ford needs to recall and replace all lug nuts. Asap!.
Lug nuts have expanded and have to be replaced. This is a known safety issue and a recall needs to take place.
Found out my vehicle had 2 piece lug nuts which are damaged when removed and have to be replaced with one piece lug nuts which are $8. 00 per piece. At 5 nuts per wheel on 4 wheels that comes to $160. 00. Car was in for service(damaged tire). 02/12/.
Car was hesitant to go and skipping and makes awful noise on the passenger side front when on highway road noise. Dealer replaced clutch and seals and did a transmission service. Nothing was done about the awful road noise.
The lug nuts on this vehicle are improperly designed, and this issue is well know by the Ford dealer, (felix sabates Ford, charlotte, nc) and tire shops such as goodyear. The aluminum over-cap on them becomes "swelled" and deformed to the point that a lug wrench will not fit on them, after only a few uses. This can be more than just a nuisance, as it can leave someone stranded in the event of a flat tire. Ford refused to rectify the issue with replacement lugs nuts when I called their customer service. The dealership has also been told by Ford that they have no intention of compensating the dozens of customers that this is happening to. I had to pay for after-market replacements. There is no way lug nuts should be defective after only 3 years (5 tire rotations), and the dealer did most of them. I paid $62 + 8% tax for replacements (while I was at goodyear). See photos of deformed lug nuts and receipt for replacements.
My vehicle makes a grinding sound like tge floor is going to fall out , my gas tell me im 50 miles untill empty and I run out also when I turn my car makes a like a screch sound and also shakes at the same time. My car is getting do hot its melting thr plastic and tire covers to where its rubbing on my tires. My vehicle does not want to catch spped seems like it wants to die.
Tires are wearing out on the inside a lot faster. Am on 3rd set the first two sets did this and the dealer said the alignment was fine. I. Feel this is a safety hazard as a cursory inspection of the tires looks ok but if you get on the ground to check the inside part the wear will be alarming. I went online to check message boards for this model and numerous other people had the same issue.
Left rear driver side tire exploded the entire sidewall of the radial tire continental contiprocontact 195/65 r1591h m s radial.
Tire separated on both sides walls at the time the tire made a boom noise. Move to the side of the road. In motion on job in jacksonville.