NHTSA Complaint #11309504 — 2012 FORD FOCUS

PURCHASED THE CAR USED IN 2014 WITH APPROXIMATELY 26,000 MILES FROM SCHULTZ FORD ROUTE 304, BARDONIA, NY FOR ABOUT $18,000. IN 2017 IT WAS NOTICED THAT DURING RAINING WATER WAS ENTERING THE CAR INTERIOR ABOVE THE LEFT WINDOW ONTO THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND ONTO THE FRONT LEFT FLOOR MAT WHERE IT WOULD POOL. SUBSEQUENTLY THE INTERIOR WETNESS WAS HEAVIER AS THE RAIN WAS HEAVIER WHETHER CAR IS PARKED OR IN MOTION. THE WATER NEEDED TO BE SOAKED UP WITH TOWELS AND SPONGES AS NECESSARY. THEN AN APPOINTMENT WAS MADE WITH SCHULTZ DEALERSHIP AND REPAIR TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE APPOINTMENT WAS MADE WITH 'THE WATER MAN' ON A MONDAY THAT HE WAS SCHEDULED TO BE AT SCHULTZ'S FORD DEALERSHIP (ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH). THE LEAK WAS FIXED BY THE WATER MAN FOR $265 WHO USED TOOLS TO RE-EMERGING OUT MOSTLY TREE AND PLANT DEBRIS THAT FELL ON THE CAR AND SOMEHOW ENTERED THE DRAINING CHANNELS THAT ALLOW THE ENTERING RAIN WATER TO DRAIN THROUGH THE ROOF AND DOORS TO THE GROUND. I ASKED THE SUPERVISOR OF THE SCHULTZ SERVICE CENTER WHY THE CAR HAD A LEAKING PROBLEM AND WHY ISN'T THERE RECALL FOR THE PROBLEM, AND WHAT CAN I DO TO ELIMINATE OR ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM. HIS SNIDE RESPONSE WAS 'PARK YOU CAR IN A GARAGE WHEN NOT DRIVING!' AFTER THE LEAK WAS TENDED TO BY SCHULTZ DEALERSHIP THE LEAKS WERE GREATLY MINIMIZED , BUT THEY SLOWLY RETURNED OVER MONTHS AND MONTHS UNTIL NOW THEY ARE AS BAD AS THEY WHEN WE FIRST HAD THE 'WATER MAN' REMEDIATE THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY. THIS VEHICLE SAFETY COMPLAINT IS BEING MADE TO ALERT THE AGENCY TO THIS PROBLEM IN THE 2012 FORD FOCUS CAR, AND TO ASK YOU TO SEE IF THERE IS A SYSTEMATIC SAFETY PROBLEM IN WATER LEAKAGE FOR THIS FORD MODEL THAT SHOULD RESULT IN A RECALL FOR THIS MODEL. THERE IS A GREAT DANGER THAT THIS CONTINUAL LEAKAGE PROBLEM COULD CAUSE MICROBE AND MOLD PROBLEMS DUE TO MOISTURE ACCUMULATION.