NHTSA Complaint #10485307 — 2009 FORD FOCUS

FORD MANUFACTURE THE FOCUS WITH A 2 DEGREE NEGATIVE CAMBER. THIS MAKES YOUR REAR TIRES GO DEFECTIVE AS FAST AS 10,000 MILES ESPECIALLY IF YOU DON'T ROTATE YOUR TIRES VERY OFTEN. YOU CAN GET AN ALIGNMENT EVERY MONTH AND IT WILL NOT FIX THE DEFECT. I HAVE 24,000 MILES ON MY FOCUS AND I HAVE MY THIRD SET OF TIRES ON IT. I'VE DID THE RESEARCH. AN ALIGNMENT SHOP HERE IN WARRENSBURG MO FOUND THE PROBLEM AND FIXES AROUND 4-5 FORD FOCUS A MONTH. THEY PUT IN A KIT THAT BRINGS THE CAMBER WITHIN A FRACTION OF A INCH WHICH WILL GIVE YOU ABOUT 3 TIMES THE LIFE SPAN OF THE TIRES. THE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO ZERO THE CAMBER. IF YOU DON'T GET THIS DONE, YOU WILL BE BUYING TIRES LIKE I DID EVERY YEAR. I DID MAKE A COMPLAINT TO MY DEALER AND THE FORD COMPANY ITSELF WITH NO HELP SO I SENT MY COMPLAINT TO THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY SAFETY DEPARTMENT WHICH INVESTIGATES SAFETY ISSUES AND FORCES AUTO COMPANIES TO FIX DEFECTS WITH A RECALL. NEED FOLKS LIKE YOU TO DO THE SAME. THE LAST SET OF REAR TIRES I TOOK OFF SCARED ME. IT WAS SO CLOSE OF COMING APART. MY COMPLAINT IS THE SAME AS THIS GUYS COMPLAINT I POSTED ABOVE. I HAD TO CHANGE MY FIRST SET OF TIRES ON MY BRAND NEW 2009 FORD FOCUS AT 22,000 MILES DUE TO SEVERE CUPPING, MY SECOND SET AT 38,000 MILES, AND MY THIRD SET AT 60,000 MILES. I TOOK IT TO FORD DEALER THE FIRST TIME AND WAS TOLD IT A KNOWN DEFECT ISSUE OF THE REAR CAMBER BUT NO RECALL. TO FIX IT YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR AM APPROXIMATELY $400 KIT AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. IF YOU CONTINUE TO DRIVE IT AND NOT CHANGE THE TIRES YOU GET SEVERE BOUNCING ON THE FRONT END AND MAKES STEERING DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS. THIS IS A COMPANY CAR SO WE CHANGE THE TIRES OFTEN AS A RESULT OF THIS DEFECT FOR SAFETY REASONS. *TR