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2013 Ford FOCUS Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1390728
Internal NHTSA #	11004143
Manufacurer	Ford Motor Company
Brand	FORD
Model	FOCUS
Model Year	2013
File date	21/06/17
Component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	The body control module failed. After only 4 years and 53k miles on the road the bcm simply stopped working. The car was not showing any of the signs of a failing bcm (electrical glitches, engine issues, etc.). As far as i knew, until the component failed the car was in perfect condition. The car was parked outside my office when the part failed. When i made my 20 minute commute to work around 7:30am it operated fine. When i returned to the vehicle around 5pm the key fob would not work, the instrumentation panel would not light up and the engine would not turn over. I tried jumping the battery multiple times with no improvement. The car was completely dead. We had to manually override the brakes just to get the car loaded onto a tow truck. Mechanics spent more than 4 hours looking over the vehicle to determine the source of the issue. After multiple tests they determined that the tcm was working fine (ford issued a csp for tcms on this build) and that the bcm failed. They told me that typically a bcm will fail if there is an accident, water damage or a short, but they also confirmed that this vehicle showed no signs the failure was caused by these problems. They also told me that the part can fail with age, however, this is a newer model year with relatively low mileage. While i was fortunate that my car failed when the car was parked, i worry that other drivers may not be so lucky. It sounds like this part could fail while the vehicle is in motion, and if it does, can cause engine problems and result in sudden dangerous driving conditions. This is even more concerning knowing that there are other vehicles out there with this version of bcm and that they can fail prematurely too.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	53500
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	MINNEAPOLIS, MN
VIN pattern	1FADP3F26DLXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
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Date of purchase	29/06/24
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	0
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2013 Ford FOCUS Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2013 Ford FOCUS Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

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