2000 FORD FOCUS Electrical Systemignitionswitch Problems

WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE KEY WOULD NOT TURN THE IGNITION SWITCH. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP, AND MECHANIC HAD TO REPLACE THE IGNITION SWITCH CYLINDER. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. *AK

I HAVE SEVERAL DEFECTS IN MY 2000 FORD FOCUS 4 DOOR. FIRST ONE IS MY LEFT PASSINGER DOOR DOES NOT LATCH CLOSED, 2ND IS MY CYLINDER LOCK IN THE IGNITION FAILED AND I HAD TO HAVE IT REPLACED , 3RD WHEN IT RAINS THE FRONT PASSINGER FLOOR FILLS TO TOP WITH WATER, 4TH THE CD PLAYER TURNS OFF AND BLINKS BUY ITSELF, 5TH MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON AFTER REPETEDLY TAKING IT TO MACHINIC TO SEE WHY AND HAVING IT RESET EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO REASON IT SHOULD BE ON AND LAST THE ONLY WAY I HAVE HEAT OR AC IS ON LEVEL 4 -1, 2 AND 3 DO NOT WORK . *AK

AFTER HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME OF TURNING THE IGNITION SWITCH ON CONSUMER COULD NOT SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO PARK. EVERY ATTEMPT WOULD CAUSE A GRINDING NOSE. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHO REPLACED THE ENTIRE IGNITION CYLINDER. *AK

IGNITION PROBLEM. TRIED TO START CAR WITH KEY BUT WILL NOT START. AT FIRST, THE KEY WOULD NOT GO IN BUT FINALLY GOT KEY IN BUT CAR DIDN'T START. MY KEY WAS DAMAGED ALITTLE FROM THE IGNITION. SINCE MECHANICS ARE ON STRIKE IN ST. LOUIS, MAYBE HARD TO GET FIXED. CALLED SUNTRUP FORD AND THEY SAID NOT COVERED AND NOT RECALLED SO I WOULD HAVE TO PAY THE COST TO FIX.*AK

CONSUMER WENT OUT TO START THE VEHICLE AND THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN THE IGNITION AND LOCKED IN PLACE. NO MATTER HOW MUCH CONSUMER TRIED THE KEY WOULD NOT MOVE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE CYLINDER AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *AK

IGNITION LOCKS ON FOCUS ARE FAULTY. I HAVE HAD MINE REPLACED EVERY 25 MONTHS SINCE I HAVE OWNED MY VEHICLE. FORD REFUSES TO COVER THE IGNITION LOCK EVEN THOUGH THE SERVICE MANAGERS ALL KNOW ABOUT THIS BEING FAULTY. FORD CLAIMS IGNORANCE, THAT THEY ARE UNAWARE OF THIS BEING A COMMON PROBLEM, I HAVE PERFORMED THE MOST RUDIMENTARY RESEARCH THAT SHOWS OTHERWISE AND IF I REALLY SPEND TIME, I ONLY IMAGINE WHAT I WILL FIND. <HTTP://WWW.TALKABOUTAUTOS.COM/GROUP/ALT.AUTOS.FORD.FOCUS/MESSAGES/29566.HTML> <HTTP://WWW.FOCALJET.COM/UBBTHREADS/SHOWFLAT.PHP?CAT=&NUMBER=635761&PAGE=0&VIEW=COLLAPSED&SB=5&O=&FPART=1> <HTTP://WWW.TALKABOUTAUTOS.COM/GROUP/ALT.AUTOS.FORD.FOCUS/MESSAGES/27215.HTML> THANKS!*AK

UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE KEY STICKS IN THE IGNITION FOLLOWED BY THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKING UP. IF THE CONSUMER MANAGED TO REMOVE THE KEY, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS STILL LOCKED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO REPLACED THE IGNITION ASSEMBLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED, AND THE KEY BROKE IN THE IGNITION. THE IGNITION ASSEMBLY HAS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. *AK *NM

THE CONSUMER HAD IGNITION SWITCH REPLACED AND IT WENT OUT AGAIN. DEALER REPLACED THE IGNITION A SECOND TIME WITHOUT INFORMING THE CONSUMER THAT THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS DEFECTIVE AGAIN.*AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE TO START THE VEHICLE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK

IT WAS HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO TURN THE KEY IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

APPROXIMATELY 10 TIMES NOW, I HAVE TRIED TO START MY 2000 FORD FOCUS, AND THE KEY EITHER WILL NOT INSERT COMPLETELY OR IT WILL NOT TURN IN THE SWITCH.*AK

I OWN A 2000 FORD FOCUS COUPE WITH 119000 MILES. ALTHOUGH THIS IS HIGH MILEAGE, MY NORMAL DRIVE IS 30-60 MILES. ON 7-27-04 I ATTEMPTED TO START THE CAR AND WAS UNABLE TO GET THE KEY TO TURN IN THE IGNITION. THE TOW DRIVER FROM AAA WAS ALSO INITIALLY UNSUCCESSFUL, BUT AFTER CONSULTING WITH A LOCKSMITH HE SAID THAT THE LOCK TUMBLERS WERE STUCK; HE GOT IT TO TURN BY HITTING THE BUTT OF THE KEY. THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY NOT SOMETHING TO CONTINUE DOING, SO I TOOK THE CAR THE NEXT MORNING TO FORD OF UPLAND, WHERE THE SERVICE WRITER TOLD ME THEY HAD SEEN MANY FOCUSES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I ASKED IF THERE HAD BEEN A SERVICE MEMO FROM FORD AND HE SAID NO. NOT WANTING TO RISK THE CAR HAVING A DISABLED IGNITION WHILE AN HOUR FROM HOME, I HAD THE DEALER INSTALL A NEW IGNITION FOR...

I HAVE 46,000 MILES ON MY FOCUS AND THE IGNITION SWITCH WILL LET ME INSERT THE KEY BUT WILL NOT LET TURN THE IGNITION ON, I HAVE PERSONALLY READ HUNDREDS OF FORUMS POSTS WITH THIS PROBLEM OCCURING..... I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY $300+ TO HAVE THIS REPAIRED. THE EXTREMLY BAD PART IS THAT MY WIFE WAS TRYING TO START THE CAR UP AT THE TIME.... SHE HAD NOTICED SOMEONE FOLLOWING HER TO THE CAR AND WHEN SHE GOT IN THE CAR AND LOCKED THE DOOR BEHIND HER, HE STARTED TRYING TO BREAK IN, AND LONE AND BEHOLD SHE TRIED TO START THE CAR BUT THE IGNTION WOULD NOT TURN. THANKFULLY I WAS ONLY A FEW BLOCKS AWAY AND SHE CALLED ME IN A PANIC, WHEN I ARRIVED TO WHERE SHE WAS I SEEN THE MAN TRYING TO GET IN THE CAR, HE SEEN ME COMING UP TO THE ONLY...

THE IGNITION WAS LOCKED IN PLACE AND IT WOULD NOT MOVE AT ALL. ALSO, STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED. DEALERSHIPS REPLACED TWICE THE IGNITION SWITCH AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *AK

FORD FOCUS IGNITION WILL NOT ACCEPT KEY. KNOWN MANUFACTURER ISSUE. MANUFACTURER WILL NOT COVER EXPENSE OF REPAIR.*AK

THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS DEFECTIVE. THE CONSUMER INSERTED THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND THE IGNITION KEY FAILED TO TURN. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

AT 6 MONTHS, THE IGNITION SWITCH (AND ALL DOOR LOCKS, TAILGATE LOCK) WAS REPLACED DUE TO THE INABILITY TO REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION. 10/29/03 - IGNTION SWITCH REPLACED DUE TO BROKEN TUMBLER ASSY - COST ALMOST $300 07/16/04 - UNABLE TO TURN KEY IN IGNITION - AGAIN - SAME AS PROBLEM ON 10/29/03. *JB

AT FIRST COULD NOT GET KEY INTO IGNITION, THEN AFTER WIGGLING IT IN, IGNITION WILL NOT TURN WITH KEY IN IT. THIS IS ON A 2000 FORD FOCUS. HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED. I UNDERSTAND NOW THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH FOCUS NOW BY HEARING FROM THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER AND OTHERS WITH FOCUS'. THIS SHOULD DEFINITELY BE A RECALL ISSUE AS SO MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN. *JB

1. REALLY HARD TO TURN KEY AND SOMETIMES HARD TO PUT KEY INSIDE THE IGNITION. 2. FAILURE OF THE IGNITION SWITCH LETS YOU SIT WHEREVER YOU ARE 3. REPLACE OF IGNITION SWITCH. *JB

I OWN A 2000 FORD FOCUS THAT HAS RECENTLY DEVELOPED A PROBLEM WITH THE IGNITION. WHEN THE KEY IS INSERTED IN THE IGNITION, THE IGNITION SWITCH WILL NOT TURN TO START THE CAR OR TO THE AUXILLARY POWER POSITION. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT STRANDED ME OR MY WIFE, BUT IT HAS BEEN A CONCERN. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN IRREGULAR AS TO WHEN IT OCCURS AND USUALLY CORRECTS ITSELF WITH PATIENCE AND SEVERAL ATTEMPETS. I AM SUBMITTING THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE OUR NEIGHBOR HAS THE SAME CAR AND WAS STRANDED. SHE HAD TO HAVE HER CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND $600 DOLLARS OF WORK DONE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE MECHANICA AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP TOLD HER THAT HE HAS SEEN A LOT OF THESE PROBLEMS AND THAT HE EXPECTS FORD TO ISSUE A RECALL.*AK

CONSUMER WENT OUT TO START THE VEHICLE AND KEY WOULD NOT TURN. THE IGNITION WAS LOCKED IN PLACE, IT WOULD NOT MOVE AT ALL, AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH.*AK

CONSUMER PLACED KEY INSIDE OF THE IGNITION SWITCH AND KEY WOULD NOT INSERT PROPERLY INSIDE THE SWITCH, AND VEHICLE FAILED TO START. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC STATED THAT THIS WARRANTY EXPIRED. *AK

IGNITION LOCK FAILURE. YET ANOTHER PERSON WITH A BAD IGNION, TUMBLERS FELL INSIDE LOCK COULD'NT GET THE KEY BACK INTO IGNION. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED.*AK

2000 FORD FOCUS, SECOND INCIDENT INVOLVING THE FAULTY IGNITION TUMBLER, STRANDED ON VACATION. HAVE REPLACED THE IGNITION/LINKAGE ONCE ALREADY, NOW CAR DISABLED BY SAME SITUATION. SITTING IN CAR TRYING TO GET IGNITION TO TURN OVER WHILE 80 MILE AN HOUR WINDS ROCKING THE CAR SIDE TO SIDE. HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO SIT THERE AND FRET. CAR WORKS FINE IF YOU CAN START IT. *NM

INITIALLY, THE KEY WOULD NOT GO INTO THE IGNITION SWITCH ALL THE WAY. WHEN THE KEY FINALLY DID GO IN, THE SWITCH WOULD NOT TURN. IN THE PROCESS THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. TOW TRUCK WAS CALLED, AND VEHICLE TOWED TO NEAREST DEALERSHIP, OLYMPIC FORD IN MARYSVILLE, WA. TOW TRUCK DRIVER STATED THAT THEY HAD 4 FORD FOCUS' WITH THE IDENTICAL IGNITION ISSUES TO TOW THAT WEEK ALONE. REPORTED THAT THIS WAS A RAMPANT FAILURE IN RECENT WEEKS. AS RESULT, HUSBAND WAS LEFT STRANDED OVER 35 MILES FROM HOME.*AK

WHEN THE CONSUMER PLACED THE KEY IN IGNITION SWITCH, THE SWITCH DID NOT TURN. THE VEHICLE IS NOW ON ITS 2ND IGNITION SWITCH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB

ONCE THE KEY WAS IN THE IGNITION THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED TO TURN. THREE TIMES IN TWO YEARS IGNITION CYLINDER HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

VEHICLE WILL NOT START WHEN THE IGNITION SWITCH IS TURNED. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER DUE TO MALFUNCTION OF THE IGNITION SWITCH. *AK

WE HAVE HAD THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHERE THE IGNITION SWITCH LOCKS UP AND WILL EITHER FAIL TO ACCEPT THE KEY OR FAIL TO ROTATE TO START THE CAR. THE FIRST TWO OCCASIONS WERE DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD THE THIRD WAS OUTSIDE OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD. THIS IGNITION FAILURE SEEMS TO HAPPEN EVERY 12-18 MONTHS. ALTHOUGH THIS MAY NOT BE A SAFETY PROBLEM, IT CLEARLY IS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT.*AK

WHEN INSERTING THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION THE KEY WILL ONLY ENTER HALF-WAY AND THE KEY CANNOT BE TURNED OR THE KEY CAN BE FULLY INSERTED, BUT CANNOT BE TURNED. *AK

WITHOUT ANY WARNING, MY THE KEY WILL NOT GO IN THE IGNITION. CONSEQUENTLY, I CANNOT START MY CAR. BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN ENTIRELY TOO MANY POSTS ABOUT THIS, I CONTACTED FORD AT THE 800 NUMBER. ALL I GOT WAS APOLOGIES AND IF I GET IT REPAIRED TO KEEP THE RECEIPT FOR REIMBURSEMENT IN THE EVENT THERE IS A RECALL. I WONDER WHY THERE HASN'T BEEN ONE ALREADY WHEN IT IS LISTED AS ONE OF THE TOP TWO PROBLEMS WITH THE FORD FOCUS.*AK

CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO START VEHICLE BUT KEY WOULD NOT TURN. IGNITION WAS LOCKED IN PLACE, IT WOULD NOT MOVE, AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED. DEALERSHIP REPLACED LESS THAN THREE MONTHS AGO THE SWITCH, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

IT WAS HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO GET THE IGNITION KEY RELEASED FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH . DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK LOCK/IGNITION CORE FAILED TO RESPONT TO KEY AND THE CONSUMER WAS STRANDED AT NIGHT. THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN IN THE IGNITION EVENTUALLY THE KEY WOULD NOT EVEN GO IN THE IGNITION. THE CONSUMER COULD NOT START THE VEHICLE NOR TURN ON THE POWER TO ROLL UP THE POWER WINDOWS. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT ONLINE RESOURCES HAVE SHOWN THIS TO BE COMMON TO FORD FOCUS. *TC

NO SIGN OF ANYTHING WRONG AT ALL - THEN THE KEY WILL GO INTO THE IGNITION - BUT THE KEY WILL NOT TURN AND THE STEERING WHEEL IS LOCKED UP. *AK

WHILE PLACING KEY INSIDE THE IGNITION SWITCH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NEITHER START NOR MOVE. THE DRIVER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE CYLINDER SWITCH INSIDE OF THE IGNITION. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *LA

MY WIFE WENT TO THE THE STORE AND WHEN LEAVING STARTED TO PUT THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE KEY ONLY WENT HALF WAY IN, SHE COULD NOT GET IT TO GO ANY FURTHER. AS A RESULT WE HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALER FOR REPAIRS.THE DEALER INFORMED US THAT THE SWITCH WILL HAVE TO BE DRILLED OUT AND REPLACED AND REKEYED TO OUR KEYS. I WILL ASK FOR THE PARTS BACK. THE ESTIMATE IS $400.00. I HAVE SINCE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON COMPLAINT.*AK

IN JULY, 2002, I HAD WARRANTY WORK ON MY 2000 FORD FOCUS TO REPLACE THE IGNITION SWITCH. AT THE TIME, KEY WOULD NOT GO INTO THE LOCK, OR WOULD NOT TURN AT ALL. DEALER MADE WARRANTY REPAIR. FEWER THAN 2 YEARS LATER, THE IGNITION SWITCH IS GOING OUT AGAIN. THIS TIME, THE KEY CAN BE REMOVED IN ANY POSITION. I THINK THAT THIS IS BOTH A SAFETY AND A SECURITY PROBLEM. FORD WILL NOT HONOR THE ORIGINAL WARRANTY WORK PAST 12 MOS./12,000 MILES. THE CAR CAME WITH A 36/36,000 WARRANTY. DOES THIS MEAN THE PARTS THEY PUT FOR REPAIRS ARE 1/3 THE QUALITY OF THE ORIGINAL?*AK

CONSUMER STATED INTERMITTENTLY IGNITION KEY LOCKED UP IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, AND WOULD NOT TURN LEFT OR RIGHT WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE OR TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK

WHEN PLACING THE KEY INSIDE THE IGNITION SWITCH CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO TURN THE KEY. THIS CAUSES THE STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK, AND CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO START THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE IGNITION CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND DEALER REPLACED IT. HOWEVER, PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO INSERT THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION SWITCH TO START THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *NM

WHILE HAVING THE KEY INSIDE THE IGNITION SWITCH IT WOULD NOT TURN. CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

IGNITION SWITCH WON'T ALLOW KEY IN ALL THE WAY. *AK

THE IGNITION SWITCH LOCKS UP AND YOU CAN'T GET THE KEY IN. THIS HAPPENED IN 2001 AND NOW THIS MONTH. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED IT WAS COVERED UNDER WARRATY. I HAVE TALKED TO MANY PEOPLE AS WELL AS THE DEALERSIP AND THEY SAY THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. IF THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IT SHOULD BE A RECALL. I WANTED SOMEONE TO LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM AS I HAVE ALSO FOUND MANY PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET. WHEN THEY FIXED IT THE FIRST TIME IT MUST HAVE BEEN WITH THE SAME MANUFACTURE PART BECAUSE IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I HAVE NEVER HAD A CAR HAVE THIS PROBLEM AND TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM TWICE IS JUST STRANGE.*AK

CAR WAS DRIVING FINE, WENT SHOPPING AND WHEN I CAME OUT OF THE STORE, THE KEY WOULD NOT GO COMPLETELY INTO THE IGNITION. MY HUSBAND JIGGLED THE KEY AROUND HARD AND FINALLY GOT IT IN, BUT KEY WOULD NOT TURN AT ALL. I JUST FOUND OUT THIAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. *AK

ONCE THE KEY IS IN THE IGNITION SWITCH IT FAILS TO TURN. THIS WOULD BE THE THIRD TIME IN TWO YEARS THAT THE IGNITION CYLINDER HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK *SC *JB

WHILE PLACING THE KEY INSIDE OF THE STEERING WHEEL VEHICLE DID NOT START. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

FORD FOCUS ZX3 2000 - LIKE HUNDREDS OF OTHER FOCUS OWNERS, I HAVE HAD TO HAVE MY FOCUS TOWED BECAUSE THE KEY WILL NOT FIT ALL THE WAY INTO THE IGNITION - COST TO ME IS $225 +$75 TOWING ON A FLAT BED. THERE WERE NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO THIS - THE CAR JUST WILL NOT START. FORD REFUSES TO COVER OR LOWER ANY COSTS, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM HAPPENING TO NUMEROUS FOCUS OWNERS. I HAD A VOLKSWAGEN GOLF FOR 11 YEARS BEFORE I SOLD IT TO BUY A FOCUS. I WON'T MAKE THAT MISTAKE AGAIN. ALSO, THE FUEL PUMP PSUEDO RECALL IS ANOTHER GREAT RIP OFF. I RECEIVED A NOTICE ABOUT POSSIBLE FAULTY FUEL PUMP IN THE 2000 FOCUS. WHEN I INQUIRED ABOUT HAVING THIS PROBLEM FIXED (MY CAR IS SPUTTERING) THEY TOLD ME IT WOULD COST ME $75 TO CHECK IT OUT...

IGNITION SWITCH FAILED, HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND REPLACED FOR $300. I'VE SEEN THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND I WANT TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT NUMBER WITH THE HOPE THAT FORD WILL RECALL AND REIMBURSE ME.

I OWN A 2000 FORD FOCUS ZX3. TODAY WHEN I WENT TO START MY CAR TO DRIVE HOME MY KEY WOULD NOT GO ALL THE WAY INTO THE IGNITION. I PLAYED WITH IT AND GOT IT TO GO IN BUT THEN THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN AND I COULD NOT START MY CAR. I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THIS PROBLEM AND IT SEEMS IT IS A COMMON ONE AMONG FOCUS OWNERS. FORD NEEDS TO RECALL THE IGNITION SWITCH CYLINDER FOR THESE CARS CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF PROBLEMS THEY HAVE CAUSED.*AK

IGNITION CYLINDAR FROZE, RENDERING THE KEY UNABLE TO BE TURNED. TOWED TO HAVE FIXED AND CYLINDAR WAS REPLACED WITH NEW FORD PART. THIS IS THE 2ND CYLINDAR SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR...THE 1ST TIME THE KEY WAS STUCK AND WOULDN'T COME OUT OF THE CYLINDAR. TWO DAYS AFTER GETTING THE CAR FIXED, IT HAPPENED A AGAIN WHERE THE CYLINDAR FROZE. THE TUMBLERS ARE OF AN INFERIOR AND DEFECTIVE DESIGN AND IT IS UNLIKELY THERE IS A PERMANENT REMEDY WITHOUT A DESIGN IMPROVEMENT.*AK