Model overview · 19 published model years
Ford Focus complaints by model year
Compare published NHTSA complaint evidence across Ford Focus model years. Each signal is benchmarked within that year's same-segment, same-era cohort, so it is not a mechanical failure rate or complete reliability score.
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Published model-year records
22,005
Matched complaint incidents
2012
Highest signal in this published set
9.9
Signal for that model year
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2018Focus2016 to 2020 compact sedan9.3interval 9.1 to 9.6822matched incidents2017Focus2015 to 2019 compact sedan9.1interval 8.8 to 9.4885matched incidents2016Focus2014 to 2018 compact sedan9.6interval 9.6 to 9.61,175matched incidents2015Focus2013 to 2017 compact sedan8.4interval 8.4 to 8.61,009matched incidents2014Focus2012 to 2016 compact sedan9.6interval 9.6 to 9.62,589matched incidents2013Focus2011 to 2015 compact sedan9.4interval 9.4 to 9.42,105matched incidents2012Focus2010 to 2014 compact sedan9.9interval 9.9 to 9.93,756matched incidents2011Focus2009 to 2013 compact sedan0.4interval 0.4 to 0.7113matched incidents2010Focus2008 to 2012 compact sedan3.9interval 3.6 to 4.7287matched incidents2009Focus2007 to 2011 compact sedan3.5interval 2.9 to 4.4229matched incidents2008Focus2006 to 2010 compact sedan3.7interval 3.1 to 4.4250matched incidents2007Focus2005 to 2009 compact sedan6.2interval 6.2 to 6.8391matched incidents2006Focus2004 to 2008 compact sedan3.2interval 1.8 to 3.8204matched incidents2005Focus2003 to 2007 compact sedan6.2interval 5.8 to 6.8440matched incidents2004Focus2002 to 2006 compact sedan5.5interval 5.2 to 5.8387matched incidents2003Focus2001 to 2005 compact sedan9.2interval 8.8 to 9.5977matched incidents2002Focus2000 to 2004 compact sedan8.5interval 8.5 to 8.8939matched incidents2001Focus1999 to 2003 compact sedan9.5interval 9.5 to 9.51,761matched incidents2000Focus1998 to 2002 compact sedan9.8interval 9.8 to 9.83,686matched incidents
How to read this: a higher complaint signal means that model year has a louder complaint record relative to its peer cohort. It does not establish overall reliability, ownership cost, or a recommendation to avoid that year.
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