2000 FORD FOCUS Electrical Systemignitionswitch Problems

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD FOCUS. THE PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE IS THAT ONCE CONSUMER STICKS THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION THE KEY WOULD GET STUCK AND WOULD NOT TURN. AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS IT WOULD EVENTUALLY START BEFORE, BUT NOW IT WILL NOT START AT ALL. *AK

DT: CONTACT STATES THE KEY WILL NOT TURN TO START THE IGNITION. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED, AND THE SERVICE DEALER HAD TO DRILL THE IGNITION CYLINDER LOCK, INSTALL A NEW KEY CYLINDER, AND REMAKE KEYS TO FIT INTO THIS NEW KEY CYLINDER.*AK

THIS WILL BE THE SECOND TIME I'VE HAD TO REPLACE THE INGNITION SWITCH AFTER A FAILURE. IT LOCKS UP/BREAKS AND THE KEY WILL NOT TURN. THE REPAIR AGAIN IS COSTING ME $300 FOR SOMETHING I FEEL SHOULD BE RECALLED. IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY WHEN I WAS AT 40K MILES. I'M OUT OF WARRANTY NOW AT 60K MILES 2 YEARS LATER. I HAVE FOUND SO MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET IN VARIOUS PLACES TO KNOW THIS PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD. SEVERAL EMPLOYEES AT MY DEALERSHIP AND TOW TRUCK DRIVERS ARE EVEN AWARE OF IT AND ADMIT THAT IT'S A BIG PROBLEM. THIS TIME MY DEALERSHIP IS USING A DIFFERENT PART THAT *SHOULD* NOT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I AM PATIENTLY WAITING FOR A RECALL TO HAPPEN AND TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THESE REPAIRS. IF IT'S A MATTER OF FORD NOT FEELING THAT IT IS A "SAFETY" ISSUE,...

IGNITION LOCK UP NECESSITATING TOW AND COSTLY REPAIR.

DT:CONTACT STATES WHEN SHE PUTS THE KEY IN THE IGNITION IT WILL NOT MOVE.. SHE HAS REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO THE DEALERSHIP. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENED SINCE 2000, AND IT HAS GOTTEN WORSE. . IT JUST LOCKS UP AND CONTACT CAN'T TURN THE IGNITION. IT SOMETIMES TAKES UP TO 5 MINUTES TO GET THE IGNITION TO TURN OVER. *AK

OVER A PERIOD OF TIME MY KEY WAS STICKING IN THE IGNITION MORE FREQUENTLY. IT THEN GOT TO THE POINT THAT I COULDNT GET THE KEY ALL THE WAY IN UNLESS I MESSED AROUND WITH THE STEERING WHEEL FOR A WHILE. ONCE I GOT THE KEY IN THERE WAS NO GUARANTEE THAT IT WOULD TURN SO I COULD START THE CAR. I EVENTUALLY ENDED UP LEAVING MY KEY IN THE IGNITION AND COVERING UP THE STEERING WHEEL BEFORE I GOT OUT OF MY CAR. I HAVE TWO KIDS, I CAN NOT AFFORD TO GET STUCK ANYWHERE.I TOOK MY CAR TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE MECHANIC PROCEEDED TO TELL ME THAT THIS WAS THE 9TH FORD FOCUS THAT HE HAD REPAIRED THAT MONTH FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. "A CONSUMER HAD JUST PICKED ONE UP THIS MORNING AS A MATTER OF FACT", HE SAID.SO I HAD THE PROBLEM CORRECTED, HE HAD...

DT: THE OWNER HAD TO REPLACE THE IGNITION SWITCH THAT LOCKED UP TWICE IN LESS THAN ONE YEAR. THE KEY AND CYLINDER HAD TO BE DRILLED OUT, AND ALL PARTS REPLACED. THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF TIMES THAT THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN, BUT EVIDENTLY IT WOULD. THEN, ONE DAY THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN AT ALL, AND THE COLUMN HAD LOCKED UP. VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO THE GARAGE. EVERYTHING HAS BEEN REPLACED. *AK

I AM A COLLEGE STUDENT AND I HAVE A 2000 FORD FOCUS. THE STEERING WHEEL IS LOCKING AND I CAN'T START THE CAR. MY MOTHER, FATHER, BOYFRIEND AND I HAVE TRIED OVER AND OVER TURNING THE KEY AND THE STEERING WHEEL BUT IT DOES NOT WORK. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED AND MY CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THE FORD FOCUS AND SOMTHING NEEDS TO BE DONE, THE CAR NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE, AND THE DEALERSHIPS ARE NOT MUCH OF ANY HELP. PLEASEEEEEEEEEEE HELP

IGNITION FAILURE, CAN NOT REMOVE OR TURN KEY

DT: CONSUMER STATED IGNITION LOCK BROKE/FROZE. KEY WOULD NOT GO IN IGNITION, SOMETIMES IT WOULD GO HALF WAY IN, AND SOMETIMES ALL THE WAY IN. BUT EVEN WHEN IT WENT ALL THE WAY IN IGNITION WOULD NOT TURN. VEHICLE WAS SITTING IN DRIVEWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THERE WERE PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH IGNITION. BUT CONSUMER WAS EVENTUALLY BE ABLE TO GET IGNITION TO WORK. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS. HAD NO PROBLEM IN THE LAST YEAR UNTIL NOW. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED REGULARLY.*AK

DT: TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT KICK INTO GEAR. THE KEY IGNITION IS ALWAYS GETTING STUCK. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES AND WAS TOLD IT WAS ONLY HER IMAGINATION. FINALLY, THE TRANSMISSION DIED AND THE WARRANTY HAD RAN OUT. THE DOORS BOTH FRONT AND BACK COME OPEN WHILE DRIVING. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE REAR DOORS BUT IS ALSO HAVING PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT DOORS AS WELL. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER 3 TIMES FOR THE IGNITION KEY ALONE. CAR IS CURRENTLY IN SHOP. *TT

WAS GETTING READY TO DRIVE HOME. PUT MY KEY IN THE IGNITION, AND THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN. TRIED FOR TWO HOURS TO TURN THE KEY, BUT NO LUCK. I HAD TO WAIT AN ADDITIONAL 2 HOURS TO GET A RIDE HOME, WITH MY CAR STILL IN THE PARKING LOT. CALLED FORD DEALERSHIP. TOLD THEM MY PROBLEM,AND THEY KNEW WITHOUT ME TELLING THEM, THE MAKE AND MODEL OF MY CAR. THEY THEN REFERRED ME TO A LOCK SMITH, WHO HAD TO COME OUT AND REPLACE IT.

2000 FORD FOCUS IGNITION SWITCH IS JAMMED. KEY WILL GO IN BUT WILL NOT TURN. FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ON OTHER INTERNET SITES. COST TO REPAIR 200 TO 400 DOLLARS ACCORDING TO THESE REPORTS. FOUND A WEB ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN 2002 ON HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM - HTTP://WWW.MOTORAGE.COM/MOTORAGE/DATA/ARTICLESTANDARD/MOTORAGE/472002/38913/ARTICLE.PDF MY CAR IS STILL IN THE DRIVEWAY WHERE THE PROBLEM OCCURED. EMAILED FORD AS I HAVE BEEN A LONG TIME FORD BUYER AND HAVE NEVER HAD PROBLEM WITH AN IGNITION SWITCH - NO RESPONSE AS OF THIS DATE.

IGNITION SWITCH HAS SEIZED THREE TIMES EACH TIME REPLACED BY DEALERSHIPS. NEVER WARRANTIED. PLEASE NOT THE QUANTITY OF THESE FAILURES. DUE TO THE PATS SYSTEM, MOST MECHANICS WILL NOT TOUCH IT.

THERE WAS NO PRIOR PROBLEMS WITH THE KEY AND THE IGNITION , THEN ON 5/4/05 THE KEY WENT INTO THE IGNITION AND WOULD NOT TURN OR START THE CAR , I TRIED MY SECOND KEY AND THAT ALSO WOULD NOT TURN . I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO LOCAL DEALER , TOTAL COST FOR REPAIR AND TOW WAS A WOOPING $350.00 .THE DEALER DID NOT SEEM SURPRISED THAT MY FORD FOCUS HAD THIS DEFECT , THE TOW DRIVER SAID IT IS COMMON TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM WITH FOCUS AND I SPOKE TO A FEW LOCAL LOCKSMITHS AND THEY ALSO SAY IT IS COMMON FOR FOCUS . I SEE ON THE INTERNET THAT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ALSO ENDURED THIS HIGH EXPENSE FOR THE SAME REPAIR . IT DOES NOT SEEM FAIR THAT THERE IS A DEFECT AND FORD DOES NOT HAVE A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE , PLESE HELP...

REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITH TWICE KEY GETS STUCK AND SOME CASES STEERING LOCKS.

WHEN KEY IS PUT IN IGNITION THE KEY WILL NOT TURN TO ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO START. ALSO ONCE THE KEY IS IN IT WILL NOT COME OUT.*AK

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS THE IGNITION SWITCH WOULD NOT TURN, TO ALLOW THE CONSUMER TO START THE VEHICLE. JB

DEFECTIVE IGNITION SWITCH CYLINDER, FAILED CYLINDERS RESULTED FROM A SUB STANDARD MANUFACTURED CYLINDER WHICH RAPIDLY DETERIORATES WITH USE AND EVENTUALLY FRACTURES AND JAMS. FORD IS WELL AWARE THAT THESE FRAGILE CYLINDERS ARE MADE OF SUB STANDARD MATERIALS AND ARE BREAKING AND JAMMING AT AN ALARMING RATE. *AK

HAVE A 2000 FORD, FOCUS SE. OCCASIONALLY THE CARS IGNITION WILL LOCK UP. SOMETIMES THE IGNITION WILL TURN AND GAUGES, RADIO WILL WORK, BUT CAR WILL NOT START. IT WILL NOT MAKE ANY SOUNDS, JUST DOES NOT START. HAVING DIFFICULTY EVEN TURNING IGNITION SWITCH. BEEN IN SHOP SEVERAL TIMES, BUT DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS UNTIL 04-19-05 WHEN THE IGNITION TUMBLER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NEVER HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE ON A 4-5 YEAR OLD CAR. NOT COVERED UNDER ANY WARRANTY. THIS FAILURE VERY OFTEN HAS LEFT ME AND MY 3 YEAR OLD SITTING IN THE CAR IN EXTREME TEMPERATURES UNABLE TO START VEHICLE. CURRENTLY, I AM STUCK WITH A $250 BILL, THAT THE FORD MECHANIC STATED PROBABLY HAD NOTHING E TO DO WITH THE VEHICLE NOT STARTING!!!*AK

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND STOPPED TO GET A DRINK. WHEN SHE GOT BACK INTO THE CAR, THE KEY WOULD NOT GO INTO THE IGNITION. AFTER I LOOKED AT IT, THE KEY WENT IN A BIT FURTHER, BUT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO TURN THE IGNITION. THE KEY STILL WILL NOT GO IN ALL THE WAY OR TURN.*AK

CONSUMER WOULD BE UNABLE TO TURN THE KEY INSIDE THE IGNITION SWITCH. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER ADDS IGNITION IS STUCK WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START VEHICLE. BOTH REAR DOORS WILL NOT OPEN DUE TO VEHICLE NOT STARTING. CLOCK SPRING AND STEERING LOCK ASSEMBLY WERE REPLACED. *TT

WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT UNLOCK WITH THE IGNITION KEY. VEHICLE WAS TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED. CONSUMER HAD THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK REPAIRED. *AK

IGNITION CYLINDER LOCKED UP. THE KEYS WON'T TURN IN THE IGNITION CYLINDER. HAD TO CALL THE LOCKSMITH AS PER LOCKSMITH ,ITS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH FORD FOCUS 2000/2001 MODELS. IGNITION CYLINDER REPLACED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. CHECK THIS FOR SIMILAR ISSUES: HTTP://WWW.AUTOMOTIVETALK.NET/SHOWMESSAGES.PHP?ID=1275

WHEN KEY IS INSERTED IN THE IGNITION THE KEY WON'T TURN. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES, AND DEALER FIXED IT, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

KEY WON'T FULL SLIDE INTO THE IGNITION LOCK CYNLIDER. AS A RESULT CAN'T START THE CAR. IT APEARS, ONE OR MORE TUMBLERS HAVE FALLEN OUT OF PLACE. AUTO HAS APPROXIMATELY 62,000 MILES. WHEN I HAD A LOCK SMITH LOOK AT THE LOCK, I WAS INFORMED THAT IS WAS A FAIR COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2000-2002 FORD FOCUS MODEL. *AK

CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO REMOVE KEY FROM IGNITION WITHOUT EXCESSIVE FORCE BEING USED, REGARDLESS OF LENGTH OF TIME VEHICLE IS DRIVEN . DEALERSHIP REMOVED THE IGNITION CHAMBER, INSPECTED IT, BUT FOUND NO PROBLEM. ALSO, THEY HAVE LUBRICATED IT. THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

IGNITION CYLINDER SEIZED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, CAR HAS 78,000 MILES AND I FEEL THAT THIS IS A POOR DESIGN. COST OF REPAIRS WAS $185.00 AND I HAD TO REPLACE THE IGNITION KEY AS WELL. I HAVE OLD PART FOR INSPECTION IF NEEDED.

VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO START WHEN THE CONSUMER PUT THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION SWITCH. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED BECAUSE THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS IF THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY , AND VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO START.*AK

I WENT SHOPPING AT WAL-MART AND WHEN I CAME OUT, MY IGNITION WAS LOCKED UP. I WAS UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING AND CALLED THE FORD DEALERSHIP TO TOW IT IN AND FIX IT. I WAS CHARGED FOR ALL PARTS, LABOR, AND TOW BILL. WHEN I REASEARCHED THIS ONLINE, I FOUND SEVERAL OTHERS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND BASED ON THEIR EXPERIENCES THIS HAPPENS OVER AND OVER. FORD WOULD ACCEPT NO RESPONSIBILITY AND WOULD NOT LOOK INTO A RECALL. MY CAR IS A 2000 FORD FOCUS. INCIDINTE DATE IS A GUESS.

IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE 3 TIMES AT MILEAGES 41097, 60405, 75504. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED EACH TIME. IGNITION SWITCH WAS DRILLED OUT AND REPLACED EACH TIME. IGNITION SWITCH BOUND UP AND WOULD NOT TURN WITH KEY INSERTED. *AK

IGNITION LOCK HAS FAILED FOR THE SECOND TIME, THIS TIME AT APPROXIMATELY 65000 MILES. I AM WITHOUT A CAR, AND MY WIFE IS 36 WEEKS PREGNANT.*AK

IGNITION KEY SWITCH WILL SOMETIMES FAIL TO TURN AFTER THE KEY IS INSERTED. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE FOCUS. THE SERVICE MANAGER INFORMED ME THAT THE PROBLEM WILL GET PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AND THAT THAT HE HAS HAD MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO HAVE THEIR VEHICLE TOWED BECAUSE OF THIS. HE ALSO SAID THAT FORD IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE BUT IS NOT REPAIRING THEM AND THAT IT IS A $250 REPAIR. HE STATED IT COULD HAPPEN WHEN THE CAR IS RUNNING AND THE KEY WILL NOT COME OUT, OR COULD CAUSE THE IGNITION NOT TO WORK AT ALL. I'VE OWNED MANY CARS. I'VE NEVER HAD THE IGITION KEY CYLINDER "WEAR OUT". *AK

THE FAILURE ACCURRED IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, THE KEY WOULD NOT GO INTO THE IGNITION SWITCH THUS NOT ALLOWING US TO START THE CAR IT HAD TO BE TOWED HOME. *AK

1/25/04 PARKED AT METER IN STAMFORD CT, KEY WOULDN'T COME OUT OF IGNITION. GOT IT OUT, THEN WOULDN'T GO BACK IN. 20 MINUTES OF SWEATING/SWEARING, GOT KEY BACK IN. HAD TO LEAVE IT IN THE IGNITION (DANGEROUS) UNTIL 2/12/04. CAR TO DILLON FORD, WHO REPLACED KEY CYLINDER FOR $210. MILEAGE 76,489. I SAVED BROKEN IGNITION SWITCH, IF YOU WANT IT. REPLACEMENT WAS A FORD MOTORCRAFTCO. IGNITION SWITCH SW-5997 XS4Z-11582-AA. JANUARY 2005 BROKE AGAIN! BROADWAY AUTO REPLACED KEY IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER AGAIN FOR $250.00. MILEAGE 96,000. THEY GAVE ME A COPY OF "IGNITION SWITCH LOCK CYLINDER: ALL TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS, INTERIOR- IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER HARD TO TURN. POSTED 09/16/02. ARTICLE NO. 02-18-2 2000 FORD FOCUS L4-121 2.0L SOHC VIN P SFI COPYRIGHT 2004 ALLDATA 8.30 "USE LOCK CYLINDER REPAIR KIT (XS4Z-11582-AA)" THIS IS THE SAME CYLINDER THAT BROKE IN MY FIRST REPLACEMENT. I SAVED BROKEN CYLINDER. BOTH CYLINDERS HAVE THE CODE...

THE IGNITION TUMBLER FAILED. FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ASCERTAIN, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT FORD HAS KNOWN ABOUT AND HAS CHOSEN NOT TO ISSUE A RECALL. THE FACT THAT VEHICLE HAS BEEN RECALLED ALMOST 12 TIMES SHOULD INDICATE THAT THERE IS MASSIVE ENGINEERING AND DESIGN PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR.*AK

I HAVE A 2000 FORD FOCUS ZTS. THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER FAILED. AFTER DRIVING THE CAR IN THE MORNING AND PARKING IT IN A PARKING SPOT I CAME OUT AND WAS UNABLE TO INSERT MY KEY IN THE IGNITION. I WAS UNABLE TO INSERT THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS FROZEN IN PLACE. AFTER TRYING REPEATEDLY TO GET THE KEY IN OR JIGGLE THE STEERING WHEEL I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED. I NEEDED A NEW STEERING COLUMN, IGNITION, LOCK CY, AND REKEY LOCK CYLINDER. THERE HAS BEEN A VEHICLE: ALL TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUED ON THIS PROBLEM BUT NO RECALL. FORD IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WHICH IS A PLASTIC SWITCH IN THE IGNITION THAT BREAKS AND THEN CAUSES THE PROBLEMS. I HOPE THERE IS NO CAR FIRE OR DEATHS AS A RESULT OF FORD NOT FIXING THIS PROBLEM. *JB

TURNING THE KEY BECAME PROGRESSIVELY HARDER, AND FINALLY THE CYLINDER LOCKED COMPLETELY. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL, IT COST ME $450.

I COULD NOT INSERT MY KEY MORE THAN HALF WAY INTO THE IGNITION TO START MY 2000 FORD FOCUS ZX3. I HAD IT TOWED THROUGH FORD TO A DEALERSHIP AND EXPECTED THE IGNITION PROBLEM TO BE FULLY COVERED UNDER WARRANTY (I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH ITS FAILURE).THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY AND IT WOULD COST $585 TO REPLACE THE IGNITION AND RE-KEY THE CAR. THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH MY MODEL/YEAR.*AK

INTERMITTENLY CONSUMER WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO STICK THE KEY INSIDE THE IGNITION. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

I STOPPED IN AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT AND GOT A BITE TO EAT. WHEN I RETURNED TO MY CAR I PROCEEDED TO PUT THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION BUT IT JAMMED. I FLIPPED THE KEY AND TRIED AGAIN AND NO LUCK. I THEN GAVE THE KEY A GOOD PUSH AND GOT THE KEY IN BUT IT WOULD NOT TURN OVER. I CALLED A LOCAL LOCKSMITH AND TOLD ME IT WAS A COMMON FAILURE ON FORD FOCUS. I THEN TOOK THE CAR TO A LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND GOT CHARGED $450 TO REPLACE THE WHOLE IGNITION CYLINDER. I LOOKED UP OTHER FORD FOCUS COMPLAINTS AND NOTICE THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM NATIONWIDE.*AK

I BOUGHT THE A 2000 FORD FOCUS CAR IN JULY 2004. IT IS TODAY (FEB 2005) THE IGNITION HAS LOCKED UP ON ME. THE KEY WILL GO IN BUT THE KEY WILL NO TURN. THE KEY DING SIGNAL WORKS AND EVERY THING. I HAVE READ MANY CONSUMER COMPLAINTS FROM AUTOTALK.COM ABOUT THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM AND IT IS THE IGNTION CYLINDER IS THE PROBLEM AND THE PROBLEM KEEPS REACURRING EVERY YEAR. *AK

IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE. *AK

SINCE 2002 I HAVE EXPERIENCED MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE IGNITION, KEY WILL NOT TURN WHEN INSERTED IN IGNITION SWITCH. I HAVE REPLACED THAT PART TWICE, $500 DOLLARS EACH TIME. IT'S BEEN ONLY ONE YEAR SINCE THE LAST TIME THAT I GOT IT FIXED AND AGAIN I'M HAVING PROBLEMS EVERYTIME THAT I TRY TO START THE IGNITION. *JB

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE THE IGNITION LOCKED. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO START, AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. *AK

ON OCCASION FOR SEVERAL MONTHS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE KEY WAS DIFFICULT TO INSERT INTO THE IGNITION SWITCH. THEN ONE NIGHT THE KEY SIMPLY WOULD NOT TURN IN THE IGNITION AND WAS DIFFICULT TO REMOVE. I WAS UNABLE TO START THE CAR AND HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THEY REPLACED THE ENTIRE IGNITION SWITCH. THEY INDICATED THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM THEY HAVE SEEN FREQUENTLY IN THESE CARS. I ALSO HAVE A FRIEND WITH THE SAME YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE AND SHE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH. OWNER WAS UNABLE TO PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND TURN THE VEHICLE ON. OWNER HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND HAD THE REPAIRS DONE. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE FEELS THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL AND HE SHOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR THE COST OF THE REPAIR. *TC

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: IGNITION SWITCH. MY COMPLAINT IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS 10100616. A FAILED IGNITION SWITCH THAT WOULD NOT TURN. CORRECTED BY DRILLING OUT CYLINDER, AND REPLACING. CERTIFIED LOCK SMITH PRICE WAS $298.00. THE LOCAL FORD DEALER QUOTED PRICE WAS $400.00 LOCK SMITH SAID THEY HAVE 1 - 2 OF THESE WITH THE FOCUS EVERY WEEK.*JB

2000 FORD FOCUS IGNITION SWITCH IS STUCK. CANNOT START CAR. THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM FOR HUNDREDS OF CONSUMERS: SEE(HTTP://WWW.AUTOWHIZ.COM/MESSAGEBOARDS/MESSAGE.PHP?ID=1784&PAGE=12), DUE IN MY OPINION TO POOR MANUFACTURING. IT IS A POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE. APPARENTLY FORD DENIES THE PROBLEM, BUT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON BULLETIN BOARDS TO DOCUMENT THIS SITUATION. PLEASE HELP US FIX THIS SITUATION. I BELIEVE IT SHOULD/COULD COME UNDER A RECALL NOTICE AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER. THANK YOU, BOB LAMBERT *JB

STEERING WHEEL IGNITION LOCKS AND WILL NOT ALLOW THE KEY TO TURN AND START THE CAR. *AK