2003 Ford Focus seats problems

18 complaints about seats have been filed for the 2003 Ford Focus, which is 1% of all its NHTSA complaints.

Complaints: 18 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 89,000 miles 15 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 2 and 5
Injuries and deaths: 7 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When seats problems show up

Based on 15 complaints that include mileage. 33% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	2
20k to 40k miles	0
40k to 60k miles	3
60k to 80k miles	0
80k to 100k miles	3
100k to 120k miles	3
120k to 140k miles	0
140k to 160k miles	4
160k to 180k miles	0
180k to 200k miles	0
200k+ miles	0

What the data shows

Of the 15 seats complaints that report mileage, the median is about 89,000 miles, and 33% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 5 fires, 7 injuries.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 ford focus. The contact stated that the vehicle was left unattended for approximately fifteen minutes with the engine running and the defroster activated. When the contact arrived back to the vehicle and opened the front drivers door, smoke began pouring from the drivers seat. The contact stated that she did not realize the heated seat was activated as well. The contact burned two of her fingers as a result of attempting to extinguish the fire.

Reported at 54,677 miles, January 2011 FireInjury

Tl*the contact owns a 2003 ford focus. The contact stated that the driver seat welds have failed and the back of the driver seat came apart. The vehicle has never been in a crash. The engine size and powertrain were unknown. The current and failure mileages were 101,000.

Reported at 101,000 miles, May 2007

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