2001 FORD FOCUS Electrical Systemignition Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AND THE KEY BROKE OFF IN THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT THE IGNITION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 186,000. *TR

ATTEMPTED TO START MY CAR. INSERTED KEY INTO THE IGNITION AND A WARNING CHIME BEGAN. STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED AND I CANNOT MOVE IT. IGNITION WILL NOT TURN. CANNOT DRIVE AT THIS TIME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEYS BECAME STUCK IN THE IGNITION CYLINDER AND COULD NOT BE USED TO START THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP OR TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY A LOCKSMITH WHO REPLACED THE IGNITION CYLINDER AND ISSUED A NEW KEY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PROBLEM COULD HAVE BEEN RELATED TO A DEFECTIVE SIDE BAR IN THE IGNITION CYLINDER LOCK. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 140,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000. ...UPDATED 08-10-12 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE COST OF THE REPAIR WAS 177.00. UPDATED 08/13/2012 *JS

I PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION TO START THE CAR AND THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN AND MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. I SPOKE A FRIEND ABOUT IT AND SHE STATED SHE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM SHE HAS A FORD FOCUS PLEASE TELL ME WHAT TO DO IF IT WAS AN EMERGENCY I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO LEAVE OR PULL OFF IN THE EVENT OF SOMETHING HAPPENING. *KB

I HAVE HAD MY FOCUS NOW FOR ONLY ABOUT 3 YEARS, & HAVE HAD MORE PROBLEMS THAN I HAVE HAD WITH ANY OTHER VEHICLE I HAVE EVER OWNED BEFORE, COMBINED. FORD FOCUSES FROM THE YEARS 2000-2003 HAVE AN APPARENT IGNITION PROBLEM, AND I AM ONE OF THE UNFORTUNATE OWNERS TO BE LEFT STRANDED BY THIS ISSUE. I AM COMPLETELY ASTONISHED THAT PRACTICALLY EVERY SINGLE FOCUS OWNER HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM & YET THE IGNITION HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED! I HAVE HAD 2 OTHER RECALLS ON MY VEHICLE, BOTH VERY STUPID TRIVIAL ITEMS WHICH HAS NEVER AFFECTED ME IN THE SLIGHTEST. I AM VERY CLOSE TO JUST SCRAPPING THIS VEHICLE, & I AM POSITIVE I WILL NEVER BE PURCHASING ANOTHER FORD EVER AGAIN. IT DISGUSTS ME THAT SOMETHING THAT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS MADE TO BREAK... SOMETHING THAT LEFT ME STRANDED & WITHOUT A CAR FOR OVER 2 WEEKS NOW... IS...

THE IGNITION WILL NOT TURN WITHOUT LARGE AMOUNTS OF SPRAY LUBRICANT AND PUMMELING THE KEY WHILE IN THE IGNITION TO CAUSE THE TUMBLERS IN THE CYLINDER TO FALL INTO PLACE. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE, BECAUSE IT HAPPENS WITHOUT WARNING, AND RIGHT NOW, DURING THESE EPIC BLIZZARDS WE ARE EXPERIENCING, IT HAS CAUSED ME TO BE IN DANGER. THIS PROBLEM IS COMMON AMONG OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE. MANY PEOPLE HAVE DEVELOPED WAYS TO TEMPORARILY FIX IT SINCE THEY DON'T HAVE MONEY AVAILABLE FIX THIS UNEXPECTED SAFETY ISSUE, WHICH IS NOT PART OF PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE OF AN AUTOMOBILE.... WHILE OTHERS HAVE OPTED TO JUST GET THE CAR TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP, WHICH REPLACES THE IGNITION ASSEMBLY WITH THE SAME FAULTY PARTS, AND THEN CHARGES UP TO $500. THIS IGNITION NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BY FORD, AND IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE WITH A RELIABLE IGNITION ASSEMBLY. THIS...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD FOCUS. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE IGNITION ON BUT IT WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE 100,000.

HAVING PROBLEMS WHEN I PUT MY KEY IN THE IGNITION (2001 FORD FOCUS). MY STEERING WHEEL GETS LOCKED OR SOMETHING. I WOULD GET THIS PROBLEM EVERY SO OFTEN NO I'VE HAD IT SINCE FRIDAY. IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING!!! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE IGNITION LOCKED 4 TO 5 TIMES WHICH MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN THE KEY OR START THE VEHICLE. THE PROBLEM BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE OVER TIME. HE WAS PREVIOUSLY ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY AFTER A FEW ATTEMPTS. AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE CONTACT HAD NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP OR SPOKEN WITH THE MANUFACTURER TO-DATE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 58,000.

I PARKED MY CAR ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET AND TURNED IT OFF. WHEN I CAME BACK TO IT ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER I PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION BUT IT WOULD NOT TURN. THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN FORWARD OR BACKWARD AT ALL. I TRIED MOVING THE STEERING WHEEL BACK AND FORTH TO TRY AND GET THE KEY TO MOVE BUT THEN MY STEERING WHEEL COMPLETELY LOCKED UP AS WELL. I WAS THEN UNABLE TO MOVE ANYTHING ON MY CAR AND IT WAS STUCK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN A METERED PARKING SPACE. I HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK WHICH COST $69. I HAD IT TAKEN TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE IGNITION LOCK WHICH COST ME $530.73. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME MY IGNITION HAS BEEN LOCKED UP. *TR

I TRIED TO START MY CAR AND THE KEY WOULDN'T TURN IN THE IGNITION, THEREFORE I WAS UNABLE TO START MY CAR. IT HAS ONLY OCCURRED THIS ONE TIME, I AM HAVING THE IGNITION REPLACED. *TR

KEY WON'T TURN IN THE IGNITION. HAS GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY WORSE OVER A WEEK AND NOW WON'T TURN AT ALL. *TR

2001 FORD FOCUS. KEY WON'T TURN IN IGNITION, WON'T BUDGE. I TRIED MOVING THE STEERING WHEEL, TRIED USING THE OTHER KEY, TRIED PRESSING THE KEY IN HARDER- NOTHING. IGNITION HAS GIVEN ME PROBLEMS BEFORE: IT WOULD TAKE TWO OR THREE TRIES BEFORE IT WOULD TURN, BUT IT'S NEVER REFUSED TO MOVE LIKE THIS. ALSO, THERE WERE TIMES WHEN IT DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE THE KEY BACK; I WOULD HAVE TO JIGGLE AND TURN IT, BUT IT ALWAYS CAME OUT AFTER A FEW SECONDS OF STRUGGLING. *TR

I INSERTED THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION OF MY 2001 FORD FOCUS ZX3 AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND THE IGNITION WOULD NOT TURN. *TR

NO EVENTS TO INDICATE FAILURE. WENT TO VEHICLE AFTER WORKING TO AFTER DARK. PUT KEY INTO IGNITION AND KEY WOULD NOT TURN. SIMPLY WOULD NOT TURN! SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WERE MADE OVER A 20 MINUTE PERIOD. I, FORTUNATELY, WAS LEAVING MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT. HOWEVER, IT WAS STILL COLD OUTSIDE, DARK AND NOT A SAFE ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATION. I FEEL FORTUNATE THAT I WAS NOT STRANDED. *TR

KEY WON'T TURN IN IGNITION OF 2001 FORD FOCUS. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN FOR A WHILE AND NOW SIMPLY WON'T AT ALL. MY BABY AND I WERE STRANDED OUT SHOPPING. CALLED A LOCKSMITH AND HAD THE IGNITION LOCK REPLACED. *TR

IGNITION SWITCH WONT TURN. *TR

ON 10/7/2009 MY 2001 FORD FOCUS SE WAGON ILC (IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER) WOULD NOT BREAK TO START CAR. I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING AND STILL WILL NOT BUDGE. I JUST FOUND OUT ON MANY WEB FORUMS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BY THE FORD MANUFACTURING DEALERSHIPS. NOW MY CAR IS STUCK UP AT THE BILLINGS AIRPORT AT WOK AND I DON'T HAVE THE TIME OR MONEY TO GET THIS FIXED. I FEEL AND ALL FORD FOCUS OWNERS FROM YEAR 2000 TO 2003. NEED THIS REPAIRED FAST. IT IS TOTALLY '!@#$%!! *TR

MY KEY GETS STUCK IN IGNITION AND WON'T TURN ON THE CAR. ALREADY GOT STUCK AND HAD TO KEEP MESSING WITH IT FOR AN HOUR UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO JIGGLE IT AND UNLOCK THE STEERING WHEEL TO START THE CAR. THERE IS DEFINITELY A PROBLEM WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH. I DON'T WANT TO END UP STRANDED SOMEWHERE AND NOT BE ABLE TO GET MY CAR STARTED DUE TO THIS DEFECT. *TR

IGNITION LOCK WON'T TURN, KEY GOES IN BUT DOES NOT TURN THE IGNITION, COUPLE OF DAYS OF JIGGLING THE KEY TO GET IT TO TURN AND NOW IT WON'T TURN AT ALL. *TR

MY FORD FOCUS IGNITION JUST STOPPED WORKING! NO PROBLEMS BEFORE, THE KEY WOULD ONLY GO IN HALF WAY, THEN I GOT IT TO GO IN WITH A SLIGHT TAP OF A HAMMER! THEN THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN OVER! THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM!! GOT IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY SAID THIS PROBLEM IS VERY COMMON! A COMMON PROBLEM THAT COST ME $426.27! *TR

IGNITION LOCK BROKE AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START. THIS LEFT ME STRANDED IN A PRETTY ROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD. AFTER GETTING A LIFT HOME, I SEE THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2001 FORD FOCUS, LEAVING PEOPLE STRANDED IN SOME PRETTY DANGEROUS PLACES. *TR

2001 FORD FOCUS IGNITION LOCK UP. *TR

THE FORD FOCUS 2001 KEY WILL NOT TURN IN THE IGNITION, I HAVE SPENT MANY HOURS, AND A LARGE SUM OF MONEY TRYING TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM TO NO AVAIL. I HAVE GOTTEN STRANDED AT NIGHT ALONE, MANY HOURS FROM HOME ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. IT IS FRIGHTENING TO DRIVE MY CAR ANY LONG DISTANCE FOR FEAR OF BEING STRANDED. *TR

KEY WILL NOT TURN IN IGNITION. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO HERTRICH IN MILFORD DE AND IGNITION REPLACED AND KEY PROGRAMMED TO NEW IGNITION. THE FIRST TIME HAPPENED AT APPROX 30,000 MILES AND THE SECOND TIME AT 87,000 MILES. SERVICE TECH SAID CYLINDERS WERE JAMMED AND IT TOOK BEATING IT WITH A HAMMER TO RELEASE THEM TO UNLOCK THE STEERING WHEEL. MY DAUGHTER HAD DRIVEN TO WALMART TO HAVE HER OIL CHANGED. THEY CALLED HER BACK TO TELL HER THEY COULD NOT START HER CAR TO DRIVE IT INTO THE SERVICE BAY. CALLED FORD TO REPORT THEIR PROBLEM AS MY DAUGHTERS FRIEND ALSO HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH HER FORD FOCUS. *TR

I OWN A FORD FOCUS AND THE IGNITION WOULD NOT TURN ON. IT JUST LOCKED UP FOR NO REASON. HAD TO HAVE IGNITION REPLACED AT 85,000. MILES. *TR

THE IGNITION SWITCH SO CALLED 'SAFETY' LOCK ON MY 2001 FORD FOCUS WAGON REFUSED TO RELEASE, AFTER REPEATED TRIES, SO I COULDN'T START MY CAR, THE WHEEL WOULDN'T TURN, AND I WAS LEFT STRANDED AWAY FROM HOME. THESE CARS SHOULD BE RECALLED AND FORD MADE TO REPAIR THE DEFECTIVE MERCHANDISE THAT THEY PUMPED OUT INTO THE MARKET. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND APPARENTLY A COMMON COMPLAINT WITH FOCUS OWNERS. *TR

JUST PAID 401.00 AT THE DEALERSHIP TO CREATE A NEW TUMBER ON A KEY IGNITION. *TR

KEY KEEPS GETTING STUCK IN IGNITION, HAVING TO LEAVE KEY IN CAR. HAPPENS MULTIPLE TIMES DURING THE DAY AND DURING THE WEEK. WILL HAVE THE IGNITION REPLACED. *TR

OUT OF NOWHERE THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN IN MY IGNITION. I HAVE HAD MY CAR FOR 3 YEARS AND NEVER HAD A PROBLEM, I STOPPED TO BUY XMAS GIFTS AT THE MALL, AND WHEN I RETURNED, I COULD NOT TURN THE KEY IN MY IGNITION. AND NOW EVERY DAY I SPEND 20 MINUTES OR MORE JUST TRYING TO START MY CAR. I HAVE BEEN LATE FOR WORK ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS SINCE THIS HAPPENED. AND THE WORST THING IS NEVER KNOWING WHEN IT WILL BE REALLY BAD, OR IF I WILL END UP STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE! BEING THAT THIS COULD END UP IN BEING STRANDED, I BELIEVE THAT THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL ON THE 2001 FORD FOCUS. *TR

THIS CAME OUT OF NOWHERE. ONE DAY THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN OVER. IT WAS AS IF THE STEERING COLUMN WAS LOCKED. WE GOOGLED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND THAT IT IS VERY COMMON IN FORD FOCUS'S BUILT BETWEEN 2000-2003. THE QUICK FIX WAS TO CARRY A HAMMER AROUND AND GIVE IT A HIT WHEN THE KEY GETS STUCK. THIS HAS WORKED PRETTY WELL UNTIL THIS MORNING. IT TOOK ME 15 MINUTES TO START THE CAR. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 FORD FOCUS AND AS I WAS LEAVING WORK ONE DAY, I WENT TO START MY CAR AND THE KEY WOULDN'T FIT IN THE IGNITION. AFTER I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO PUT MY KEY IN IT WOULD NOT TURN. I HAD TO CALL FORD AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THIS IS COMMON WITH FORD FOCUS' AND TOLD ME TO HAMMER IN MY KEY BECAUSE A BARREL WAS DEFECTIVE IN THE IGNITION. I HAMMERED IN MY KEY AND WAS ABLE TO START MY CAR; HOWEVER, THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM.

2001 FORD FOCUS IGINITION KEY DOES NOT TURN TO START VEHICLE. *TR

THE PROBLEM I'M HAVE WITH MY 2001 IS MY KEY WILL NOT TURNING MY IGNITION. AFTER REVIEW THE COMPLAINTS I SEE SEVERAL PEOPLE IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. CAN YOU REVIEW THE COMPLAINTS WITH THE IGNITIONS. *TR

THIS IS THE 2ND TIME MY IGNITION IN MY 2001 FORD FOCUS HAS HAD TO BE REPLACED. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH FORD FOCUSES. I HAVE BEEN STRANDED WITH OUT RESOURCES AND THIS HAPPENS AT RANDOM WITH NO WARNING. THE COST OF TOWING, PARTS, AND LABOR COST AROUND 500.00. I FIND THIS VERY FRUSTRATING THAT FORD WILL NOT RECALL THE IGNITION SWITCH, FULL WELL KNOWING THIS IS A PROBLEM. I FIND THIS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE, NOT KNOWING IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE. IT IS A FINANCIAL BURDEN AS WELL AS AN INCONVENIENCE, THAT AFTER BEING FIXED ONCE SHOULD NOT OCCUR AGAIN WITH IN 2 YEARS, MY CAR ONLY HAS 66,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

I WAS TRYING TO LEAVE WORK TO GO HOME. I PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN. I WAS TOLD TO TAKE IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP, WHERE THEY TOLD ME I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE IGNITION, A COST OF $500. *TR

IGNITION SWITCH WONT TURNED ON. *TR

MY IGNITION LOCKED UP. I HAD TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED HOME. I SEARCHED THE INTERNET TO FIND REPAIR METHODS AND FOUND TONS OF COMPLAINTS FROM FELLOW FOCUS OWNERS. THIS PROBLEM IS EXTREMELY COMMON AND CANNOT BE FIXED, IT HAS TO BE REPLACED ADDING UP TO A TOTAL OF $500.00. MY CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, BUT I HAVE FOUND THAT FORD IS AWARE OF THE SITUATION AND IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT. MY WIFE ALSO OWNS A FOCUS AND I'M JUST WAITING FOR THAT PHONE CALL. HOPEFULLY SHE'S NOT STRANDED IN A BAD NEIGHBORHOOD. PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. SEARCH FOCALJET.COM AND FOCUSFANATICS.COM FOR COMPLAINTS. THERES ALSO AN ONLINE PETITION FOR FORD THAT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY OVER 2,000 FOCUS OWNERS TO DATE. THANK YOU. *TR

MY DAUGHTER TRIED TO START THE CAR TO GO TO SCHOOL AND COULDN'T GET THE KEY TO TURN IN THE IGNITION. FORTUNATELY, SHE WAS AT HOME WHEN IT HAPPENED, UNLIKE THE MANY OTHERS THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AT A REPAIR COST OF OVER $300, AND THE NUMBER OF BAD IGNITIONS THAT ARE IN THE FORD FOCUS CARS, IT SHOULD BE FORD'S RESPONSIBILITY TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE IGNITIONS. WE HAVE HAD MANY CARS THAT WERE OLDER THAN OUR FOCUS AND HAVE NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN BEFORE. *TR

THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER ON MY 2001 FORD FOCUS ZX3 LOCKED UP, LEFT ME STRANDED. UNABLE TO START THE CAR. IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE MECHANIC STATED TO ME THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD FOCUS 2000 -2003 MODELS. FORD REFUSES TO ADMIT TO A PROBLEM. I HAVE THE OLD PART IF NEEDED. REPAIR COST $333. *TR

I OWN 2 SEPARATE FORD FOCUSES - BOTH 2001 MODELS. ONE IS A ZTS AND THE OTHER AN SX. ABOUT A YEAR AGO, THE SX IGNITION LOCKED UP AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START. WE HAD TO HAVE THE IGNITION CYLINDER REPLACED. NOW, BARELY A YEAR LATER, THE ZTS MODEL IS HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. SEARCHING ONLINE FOR A CHEAPER SOLUTION (THE DEALER CHARGES UPWARDS OF $300 TO FIX THE ISSUE), I FOUND THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND WIDELY KNOWN BUT NOT ACKNOWLEDGED. I'VE BEEN STRANDED TWICE ALONE WITH THIS CAR AND NOW THE IGNITION WON'T TURN AT ALL NO MATTER HOW MUCH I TRY TO JIGGLE THE KEY. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND COULD LEAD TO VERY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. THE PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED BY FORD AND REPAIRED. *TR

THE IGNITION ON MY 2001 FORD FOCUS WILL NOT RELEASE THE STEERING WHEEL OR START THE CAR. THE KEY WILL GO IN BUT NOT TURN. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME ON THE SAME CAR. A LOCAL DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE IGNITION 22 MONTHS AGO. THIS IS FRUSTRATING AND HAS LEFT ME STRANDED IN BOTH INSTANCES. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ANYONE BUT ME? THE CAR IS A 2001 FORD FOCUS LX. *TR

KEY WILL NOT GO ALL THE WAY INTO IGNITION CYLINDER ON 2001 FORD FOCUS, SO THE CAR CANNOT BE STARTED. IT APPEARS THAT MANY FOR FORD FOCUS OWNERS, BUT FORD WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT A RECALL IS NEEDED. *TR

THERE WERE NO EVENTS LEADING TO THE FAILURE. I WALKED OUT TO MY CAR AFTER WORK, LATE AND NIGHT, IN A DARK, EMPTY PARKING LOT, AND TRY AND START MY CAR. MY IGNITION WILL NOT TURN AND THE STEERING WHEEL WILL NOT TURN. I TRIED FOR 30 MIN TO GET IT WORKING BEFORE I GAVE UP. IT JUST HAPPENED, NO WARNING OF AN ISSUE. I DO NOT SEE THIS TO JUST BE WEAR. *TR

KEY WILL NOT TURN IN THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE BEHAVES AS IF THE STEERING WHEEL IS LOCKED AND WILL NOT ALLOW THE KEY TO TURN. *TR

WELL DOCUMENTED PROBLEMS WITH 2001 FORD FOCUS ZX3 IGNITION LOCKUP. THOUSANDS OF CASES, YET NO RECALL FROM FORD. KEY WON'T TURN IN IGNITION. HAPPENS REPEATEDLY. COULD ENDANGER SAFETY. *TR

MY 2001 FORD FOCUS IGNITION WAS LOCKED UP AND KEY WOULD NOT TURN WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START MY CAR. I WAS STRANDED IN AN UNSAFE PART OF CITY WHILE WAITING FOR AAA TO SHOW UP AND PROVIDE ASSISTANCE. *TR

IGNITION SWITCH LOCKED UP LEAVING US STRANDED. CALLED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE, THEY CLAIM THEY COULD DO NOTHING AND TOLD ME TO CALL A DEALER AND HAVE IT FIXED. THIS CALL WAS MADE AT AROUND 9PM SO THERE WERE NO DEALERSHIPS OPEN. MY FIANCE HIT THE KEY WHILE IN THE IGNITION SEVERAL TIMES AND WAS FINALLY ABLE TO GET THE KEY TO TURN AND UNLOCK THE IGNITION. I AM UNABLE TO REMOVE MY KEY FROM THE IGNITION FOR FEAR IT MIGHT DO THIS AGAIN WHEN I AM ALONE. *TR

2001 FORD FOCUS ZX3 IGNITION DOES NOT TURN. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DEALER TOLD HER IT WOULD COST AROUND $350 TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND THEN THE PROBLEM MIGHT RETURN. SHE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF NHTSA HAS ANY SUGGESTIONS. *KB

KEY WILL NOT TURN THE IGNITION-2001 FORD FOCUS ZX3 I'M HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL MONDAYJUNE 2, 2008 TO FIND SOMEONE TO FIX THE PROBLEM/REPAIR 2 DAY WAIT WITHOUT A CAR. *TR