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2012 Ford Focus electrical system problems

355 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2012 Ford Focus, which is 7% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
355 7% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
65,000 miles 291 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
10 and 4
Injuries and deaths
4 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2012 Ford Focus Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 65,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 47 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 33 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 52 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 49 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 50 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 30 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 13 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 9 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 6 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 2 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 65,000 miles
Based on 291 complaints that include mileage. 45% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
View the numbers
MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles47
20k to 40k miles33
40k to 60k miles52
60k to 80k miles49
80k to 100k miles50
100k to 120k miles30
120k to 140k miles13
140k to 160k miles9
160k to 180k miles6
180k to 200k miles2
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 291 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 65,000 miles, and 45% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 10 crashes, 4 fires, 4 injuries.

What owners wrote

I was having issues with the electrical problem the horn went out for a period of time also the radio is not workingas well as the airbags did not deploy when I was recently in a vehicle accident I am lucky to be alive.I was making a left hand turn onto a road and was hit from the side the impact was enough to make my engine dismount but my airbags did not deploy.

March 2016 CrashInjury

As I was driving approximately 60-65MPH on the garden state parkway my windshield wipers came on without me telling them to. They cycled through fast, normal, intermittent, off for 60-90 seconds per cycle. After the second cycle I decided to exit the highway and find a place to park and shut the car off. I then hear a thud as I come to a light, 30 seconds later I see smoke. I pull into the parking lot and see lots of smoke and some flames coming from under my hood. I turn off the car and the wipers keep going.

Reported at 88,500 miles, August 2017 Fire

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