2008 Ford Focus Latches & Locks Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD FOCUS. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK OR IN DRIVE, THE FRONT DRIVER, REAR DRIVER, AND REAR PASSENGER DOORS WOULD NOT LOCK. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16F698000 (LATCHES, LOCKS, LINKAGES). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD FOCUS. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR, THE DOOR FAILED TO LATCH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE LATCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 10/05/16*LJ UPDATED 12/06/2017*JS

PARKED THE CAR AT A LOCAL STORE, WENT BACK OUT AND THE PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK OR OPEN, PASSENGER HAD TO CLIMB THROUGH DRIVERS SIDE TO ENTER AND EXIT. *TR

DRIVER DOOR LATCH REINFORCEMENT. 2001-PRESENT ? MANY FAILURES THIN POT-METAL PIECE THAT OPERATES DOOR LATCH FAILS POSSIBLY HINDERING EMERGENCY WORKERS FROM ACCESSING OCCUPANT. *TR

AFTER ARRIVING AT DESTINATION, WENT TO OPEN DOOR, IT WOULD NOT OPEN, UNLOCK WOULD NOT WORK. DOOR IS LOCKED AND UNABLE TO UNLOCK AND EXIT OUT. NEEDED TO CRAWL OVER TO DRIVERS DOOR TO EXIT VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE DOOR HANDLES FRACTURED AND THE REAR DOORS COULD NOT BE OPENED FROM THE EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE THE DEALER STATED THAT THE DOOR LATCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT DID NOT REPLACE ANY OF THE DOOR LATCHES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ONLY DOOR ON THE VEHICLE THAT WOULD OPEN WAS THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. THE DOOR WOULD OPEN FROM THE INTERIOR, BUT NOT THE EXTERIOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THE FAILURE WAS EITHER DUE TO THE WIRING OR THE DOOR LATCHES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNKNOWN.

LOCKS FREEZE UP. THIS IS A 2008 FORD FOCUS 4 DOOR. 6 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASED BRAND NEW THE BACK DOORS WOULD NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. REPAIRED AT DEALER. APPROXIMATELY 6 MONTHS LATER STARTED FREEZING UP AGAIN AND BEFORE I COULD GET IT IN TO GET REPAIRED THE FRONT DOORS DID THIS AS WELL. I HAD GOTTEN OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND LOCKED THE DOORS THEN NONE OF THE DOORS WOULD OPEN UP, HAD TO CLIMB THROUGH TRUNK. ALL FOUR DOORS REPAIRED. 6 MONTHS LATER DOORS LOCKED UP AGAIN. SOMETIMES THEY WOULD WORK AND SOMETIMES THEY WOULD NOT. EVENTUALLY THE BACK DOORS WOULD NOT OPEN AT ALL. THIS HAPPENED WHEN I HAD A CHILD IN AN INFANT SEAT IN THE BACK SEAT AND HAD TO ROLL DOWN THE WINDOWS TO GET CHILD OUT OF THE BACK SEAT. THIS WAS FIXED. THIS HAS HAPPENED ONE MORE TIME THREE OF THE DOORS. THEY WHERE REPAIRED AND AT THIS TIME I NOW HAVE A BACK DOOR THAT WILL NO LONGER OPEN. I HAVE VOICED MY CONCERNS TO FORD BUT ALL THEY DO IS CONSTANTLY REPAIR THE SAME WAY AND EVEN TRIED TO TELL ME THAT IT WAS DUE TO DUST BUILDING UP IN THE CAR DOORS, I HAVE LIVED IN THE COUNTRY AND HAD MULTIPLE VEHICLES AND HAVE NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN BECAUSE OF DUST. ALSO I HAVE RESEARCHED ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON THIS IS HAPPENING TO WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT IT IS NOT JUST MY VEHICLE. THE DOORS FREEZE UP RANDOMLY WITH NO WARNING AND IF SOMEONE WHERE TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT AND NOT BE ABLE TO OPEN DOORS THIS COULD BE A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE HAD TO CLIMB IN AND OUT OF WINDOWS TO GET IN AND OUT OF MY VEHICLE AND PUT CHILDREN IN THE CAR THROUGH WINDOW. *TR

DOORS ON FORD FOCUS MALFUNCTION. ONLY DRIVER SIDE DOOR HAS KEY ENTRY BUT DOES NOT WORK WILL NOT OPEN DOOR. PASSENGER SIDE DOOR OPENS WITH REMOTE UNLOCK ENTRY BUT AT TIMES MALFUNCTIONS AND WON'T OPEN. DRIVER SIDE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN AT ALL ANYMORE. HAVE TO ENTER ON PASSENGER SIDE DOOR AND CRAWL OVER CONSOLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE. I BELIEVE IT'S THE FORD DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR THAT IS MALFUNCTIONED. *TR

I HAVE A 2008 FORD FOCUS SE/SES AND I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR PASSENGER DOORS NOT UNLOCKING AND NOT OPENING FROM TIME TO TIME. THE ONLY WAY I AM ABLE TO OPEN THEM IS WITH A SET OF PLIERS. I HAVE GONE TO FORD WITH THIS ISSUE AND THEY CLAIM IT IS BECAUSE "I DRIVE ON A DIRT ROAD"; BUT I HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH ANY OTHER VEHICLE FROM DRIVING ON A DIRT ROAD. LUCKILY I HAVEN'T HAD ANY INSTANCES WHERE I NEED MY PASSENGERS TO BE OUT OF THE BACK SEAT IMMEDIATELY. I ALSO HAVE A CHILD THAT IS 3 AND I AM CONCERNED FOR HER SAFETY IF WE CANNOT GET THE BACKDOORS OPEN IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. FORD WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT AND TOLD ME THAT I SHOULD CLEAN OUT THE LOCKS OF THE DOORS. *TR

CAR DOOR LOCKS ON 2008 FORD FOCUS SE WILL NOT UNLOCK WITH ELECTRONIC POWER BUTTON, KEY FOB REMOTE, DOOR KEY, PULLING UP ON PLUNGER OR ATTEMPTING TO OPEN DOOR WITH HANDLE OR ANY COMBINATION OF THE ABOVE. DOORS LOCK AUTOMATICALLY AT 5 MPH SO IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO AVOID LOCKING AND THEN PASSENGERS MUST CRAWL OUT OF ANOTHER DOOR. SO FAR NO ONE HAS BEEN TRAPPED, BUT I HAVE HANDICAPPED FRIENDS AND A PREGNANT DAUGHTER, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY CANNOT GET OUT. IT SEEMS TO BE TEMPERATURE RELATED AND MECHANICAL - THE FIRST TIME IT WAS FIXED UNDER WARRANTY, BUT NOW I AM HAVING TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS EVEN THOUGH RECURRING AND DEALER REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE ANY PROBLEM WITH THE LOCKS THAT INTERMITTENTLY LOCK AND THEN UNLOCK WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DROPS AT NIGHT - IT IS AS IF I NEED TO CAMP OUT AT THE DEALER UNTIL IT HAPPENS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOOR LATCHES WERE STICKING WHICH MADE UNABLE TO BE OPENED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE DOOR LATCHES BUT THAT DID NOT REMEDY THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD CONTINUOUSLY TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE LATCHES REPLACED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE LATCHES AND THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT TO LUBRICATE THE LATCHES BUT THAT HAS NOT REMEDIED THE ISSUE. THE MANUFACTURER ALSO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE GRAVEL ROAD CAN ALSO CAUSE THE DOOR LATCHES TO FAIL. THE CONTACT STATED IF A CHILD IS LEFT INSIDE THE VEHICLE IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO GET IN THE VEHICLE AND THE ONLY OPTION IS TO BREAK THE WINDOW. THE CONTACT STATED THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND THE MANUFACTURER NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. UPDATED 10/21/10. *LJ UPDATED 10/25/10

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THE DOORS LATCHES BEGAN STICKING MAKING UNABLE TO BE OPENED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER WHO REPLACED THE DOOR LATCH BUT THAT DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT HAD CONTINUOUSLY TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE LATCH REPLACED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE LATCH AND WAS INFORMED TO LUBRICATE THE LATCHES, BUT THAT HAS NOT REMEDIED THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER ALSO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT SINCE THE ROAD WAS MADE OF GRAVEL IT COULD ALSO HAVE CAUSED THE LATCHES TO FAIL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IF A CHILD WAS LEFT INSIDE THE VEHICLE IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO GET TO GET INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND THE ONLY OPTION WAS TO BREAK THE WINDOW. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS A SAFETY CONCERN. UPDATED 10/25/10

I BEEN LOCKED IN MY CAR 2X. I HAVE A FORD FOCUS 2008. WHERE THE DOOR LATCHES DUST BUILDS UP TO WERE I CANT GET OUT. I WENT TO DEALERSHIP THEY NEVER SEEN THIS IN 18 YRS. I HAVE TO SPRAY COMPUTER CLEANER/BRAKE CLEANER WHICH I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO. *TR