NHTSA Complaint #10368608 — 2002 FORD FOCUS

ON NOV 12, 2010 MY CAR WOULD NOT START. I HAD TO HAVE MY VEHICLE TOWED ON NOV 13,2010. PER THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER THE REASON WHY MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT START WAS BECAUSE OF A DEFECTIVE IGNITION PART. LATER THAT NIGHT ON NOV 13, 2010 MY VEHICLE ONCE AGAIN BEGAN TO WORK. I CALLED THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT TO INQUIRE IF THE WAS ANY RECALLS PERTAINING TO THIS PART. THEY TOLD ME NO. AGAIN ON NOV 17, 2010 THE PROBLEM BEGAN AGAIN. I DID NOT DRIVE THE CAR FOR SEVERAL DAYS UNTIL NOV 20, 2010. TODAY DEC 1, 2010 I WAS LEFT STRANDED DUE TO MY CAR NOT STARTING AGAIN. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN FOR ME BECAUSE I HAVE SPOKEN WITH SEVERAL MECHANICS AS WELL AS TOW TRUCK DRIVERS WHO ALL HAVE INFORMED ME THAT RECENTLY MANY FORD FOCUS VEHICLES THEY HAVE EITHER WORKED ON OR TOWED HAVE ALL HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AS MINE. AS OF NOW I WILL HAVE TO PAY ALL COSTS OUT OF POCKET FOR THESE REPAIRS FOR A WELL KNOWN DEFECTIVE PART THAT THE FORD COMPANY REFUSES TO PUT A RECALL ON THE VEHICLES THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THIS PROBLEM. THIS COMPANY NEEDS TO OWN UP TO THIS PROBLEM THAT IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN!!! *TR