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2000 Ford Focus equipment problems

112 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the equipment on the 2000 Ford Focus3% of all complaints for this model year.

112
Equipment complaints
3%
share of all complaints
45,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
4 / 4
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • The key would no longer turn in the ignition, leaving me and my baby niece stranded far away from home. We parked the vehicle and when we returned, we found ourselves stranded, because the ignition lock could no longer be operated. Apparently this is a known problem with ford focus locks! *tr

    filed Dec 14, 2016

  • The key has gotten stuck in the ignition three time now. The first time we could not get the car started in a rough neighborhood, and had to leave it over night. The second time I had to remove the battery cable in order to shut the car off. This last time I also had to remove the battery cable to…

    filed Aug 11, 2010

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.