NHTSA Complaint #10152041 — 2003 FORD FOCUS

MY 2003 FORD FOCUS WITH 38,700 MILES ON IT RECENTLY NEEDED TO HAVE THE IGNITION CYLINDER REPLACED AS IT WAS CORRODED. I DO NOT DRIVE ME CAR "HARD" AND FOLLOW THE MAINTENANCE GUIDE EXACTLY. I LOOKED ONLINE TO SEE IF OTHER FOCUS OWNERS HAVE SIMILAR PROBLEMS AND FOUND DOZENS OF UNOFFICIAL COMPLAINTS BY OTHER OWNERS THAT THEIR IGNITIONS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WHEN THEIR CARS HAD VERY LOW MILEAGE AS WELL. ON TOP OF THIS, MY SISTER, WHO OWNS THE SAME YEAR AND MODEL FOCUS AS I DO, ALSO HAD TO HAVE HER IGNITION REPLACED LAST YEAR. I THINK FORD AND OTHER FOCUS OWNERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND TAKE STEPS TO CORRECT IT. IT CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS TO NOT BE ABLE TO START ONE'S CAR, AS HAPPENED TO ME. I WAS ONLY LUCKY THAT I WAS NOT STRANDED IN AN UNSAFE AREA AT THE TIME. *NM