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2007 Ford Focus electrical system problems

87 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2007 Ford Focus, which is 17% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
87 17% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
56,000 miles 79 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 2
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2007 Ford Focus Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 56,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 4 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 17 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 22 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 16 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 6 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 8 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 56,000 miles
Based on 79 complaints that include mileage. 54% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles4
20k to 40k miles17
40k to 60k miles22
60k to 80k miles16
80k to 100k miles6
100k to 120k miles8
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 79 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 56,000 miles, and 54% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 2 fires, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

While driving around down town los angeles the 2007 ford focus the right front tire went flat then the engine stalled. When I attempted to restart smoke was coming from under the hood. When we got out of the car flames were coming from the windshield wipers area. 911 was called and the fire department came and put out the fire. The insurance company is going to appraise the damage on wednesday 3-3-2010. But I am pretty sure that is a total loss.

Reported at 75,000 miles, February 2010 Fire

I own a 2007 ford focus with 45k miles on it. Around 42k miles I begin to experience problems with my car when I need to accelerate quickly such as merging onto an interstate highway. The car would begin to accelerate but once it reached 3rd gear the car would jerk and start revving very loud but be stuck and would not accelerate. Initially it was occasional and would not be very bad to overcome, simply release the gas pedal for a while then it'd fix itself.

Reported at 42,000 miles, September 2010

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