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2009 Ford Focus electrical system problems

47 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2009 Ford Focus, which is 15% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
47 15% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
85,000 miles 38 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2009 Ford Focus Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 85,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 5 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 6 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 5 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 9 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 5 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 3 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 85,000 miles
Based on 38 complaints that include mileage. 32% 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 miles1
20k to 40k miles5
40k to 60k miles6
60k to 80k miles5
80k to 100k miles9
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles5
140k to 160k miles3
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 38 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 85,000 miles, and 32% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the electrical system complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

I was driving my ford focus on the highway, running approx. 55 MPH. All at once a wrench light came on in my car, and my car decelerated to approx. 10 MPH. I pulled it off of the road shut the car off and restarted it, and the car ran fine the rest of the way home. Since then it has happened multiple times, without warning. I took the car to my ford dealer shortly after the first occurrence, and was told that since the wrench light wasn't on they couldn't tell me what the problem was.

Reported at 39,253 miles, September 2011

Okay the vehicle is 2009 but only has 58,000 miles. Sometimes I have difficulty inserting the key into the ignition and trying to start car. I sometimes have to try and jiggle the steering wheel. Yesterday I turned the vehicle off , took the keys out of the ignition, opened the door to exit the car and the alarm or warning wouldn't shut off.

Reported at 58,000 miles, April 2016

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