NHTSA Complaint #10062058 — 2000 FORD FOCUS

RETURNED TO CAR AFTER 1 HOUR OF NOT DRIVING, THE KEY WOULD ONLY GO ABOUT 3/4 OF THE WAY INTO THE IGNITION. I TRIED ALL THREE KEYS THAT THE DEALER HAD GIVEN ME, AND NONE OF THEM WOULD GO INTO THE IGNITION. CALLED AAA, PAID $175 TO HAVE A LOCKSMITH REPLACE THE SPRINGS IN MY IGNITION WHERE THE KEY GOES, SAID THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN AGAIN, AND IN THAT CASE, THE ENTIRE IGNITION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. AAA COVERED $50 OF THE COST. IS THERE A RECALL FOR THIS? THIS IS NOT THE FIRST COMPLAINT OF THE SAME TYPE ON THIS SITE! WHAT IS FORD DOING TO HELP THIS? I REFUSE TO CONTINUE TO PAY $125 EVERY TIME MY KEY WON'T GO INTO THE IGNITION. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE HOME WHEN THIS HAPPENED, BUT WHAT IF I WASN'T?*AK