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2012 Ford Focus lighting problems

26 complaints about lighting have been filed for the 2012 Ford Focus, which is <1% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
26 1% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
84,000 miles 19 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 and 3
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When lighting problems show up

Lighting complaints by mileage, 2012 Ford Focus Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 84,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 5 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 5 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 84,000 miles
Based on 19 complaints that include mileage. 26% 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 miles2
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles5
100k to 120k miles5
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 19 lighting complaints that report mileage, the median is about 84,000 miles, and 26% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 3 fires, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

I turned onto a two lane street (one lane in each direction). The oncoming traffic was stopped due a red light. An SUV pulled out of a parking lot between two of the cars waiting for the light to turn green and tried to cut across my lane also, but hit my car instead. I drive a ford focus, a small car. I was hit on my driver's side front fender and door. The front driver's side fender and mirror were torn completely off of the car.

Reported at 33,000 miles, August 2014 CrashInjury

Off and on for the past 2 months go out to start the car put it in reverse attempt to back up and the steering wheel becomes stuck it will not turn at all you have to give it 1 min and then try again and then it resumes normal, last summer was driving down the main highway the right headlight went out the next morning start the car and appears in screen default on the l lighting open the hood to see all electrical wires to the headlights were burnt where the bulb connects to the wire areas had to have all wiring…

Reported at 110,000 miles, March 2019 Fire

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