Federal complaint record · Ford Focus · model year 2005

2005 Ford Focus

Owners submitted 440 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 62th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2003 to 2007 compact sedan cohort. The largest reported component group is electrical. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Electrical · 20% · group n = 117Latches · 9% · group n = 52Airbags · 9% · group n = 51Powertrain · 8% · group n = 49Speed control · 8% · group n = 45
440
Complaint records on file
60,000
Median mileage at the reported problem · 344 complaints reported mileage
20%
Of classified component reports name electrical · group n = 117
62th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 30 model years

Electrical · 2 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

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Component group 01 · Electrical20%

Electrical reports

Ford Focus · model year 2005

Reports in this group117
Share of classified reports20%
Component groups on file6
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The line compares submitted complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years, not failures per 1,000 cars. Vehicle-years use compiled US sales, a 0.25 prior-calendar-year plus 0.75 current-calendar-year model-year allocation, and the shipped survival curve. Rates appear only where estimated vehicles in operation are at least 5,000.

From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Brake performance · 56 reports

Reports describe braking performance concerns

Cluster 1 of 32005 Ford Focus
Transmission behavior · 40 reports

Reports describe harsh shifting, slipping, or shuddering

Cluster 2 of 32005 Ford Focus
Airbag concerns · 36 reports

Reports describe airbag warning or deployment concerns

Cluster 3 of 32005 Ford Focus

Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.

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