NHTSA Owner Complaint Log
This page lists owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA for the 2006 Ford Focus. Complaints are unverified consumer reports submitted to NHTSA and do not by themselves prove a defect or defect rate.
Data synced from NHTSA on May 4, 2026
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE SITTING INSIDE THE VEHICLE, A TOXIC VAPOR WAS RELEASED. THE CONTACT ASSUMED THIS WAS PART OF MATERIALS BEING USED WHEN THE DASHBOARD AND SIDE PANELS WERE MANUFACTURED. AS A RESULT OF THE VAPOR, THE CONTACT HAS A HEADACHE, SORE THROAT AND ALLERGIES; ALTHOUGH THE CONTACT WAS PLACED ON ANTIBIOTICS FROM THE FAMILY DOCTOR THE SORE THROAT STILL PERSISTED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. UPDATED 3/22/2006 - *NM
WHILE DRIVING AND RESTING LEFT FOOT NEAR DRIVER'S SEAT, PANTS LEG CAUGHT ON END OF SEAT ADJUSTMENT (BACK/FORWARD) ADJUSTMENT HANDLE, CAUSING DELAYED ABILITY TO UTILIZE CLUTCH. *JB
CABIN FILTER - FILTER IS EXCLUDED IN THIS MODEL OF VEHICLE. ELECTRIC WINDOWS NEVER WORKED CORRECTLY . AIRBAG- WAS NEVER INSPECTED BY DEALER
I HAVE RECENTLY BEEN DOING A REVIEW OF SEVERAL INCIDENTS INVOLVING THE FORD FOCUS ONE OF WHICH WAS RELATING TO MY FATHER, WHERE ON INSTANCES THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY ON THE VEHICLES DURING THE INCIDENCE OF A CRASH. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE NOTED ON SEVERAL ACCIDENTS INVOLVING THE VEHICLE, WHERE IN DETERMINATION OF THE IMPACT SHOULD OF ACTIVATED THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE VEHICLES AIRBAGS BUT RATHER THE SYSTEM HAS NOT REACTED IN ANY FORM AS OF THUS FAR THERE HAS BEEN ON NOTED DEATH THAT I KNOW OF BEING MY FATHER, THEIR COULD BE OTHERS BUT UNSURE...I HAVE 5 NOTATIONS OF THIS HAPPENING THE VEHICLES WERE DIFFRENT PEOPLES, BOUGHT AT DIFFRENT TIMES, AND FROM DIFFRENT DEALERSHIPS. *AK