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Electrical systemPart report

2016 Ford Focus Electrical system Problems

Complaints
82about this part
Share
7%of 1,183 total for the year
Median mileage
51,800miles
Trend
StableComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are within 25% of the 3 years before.

NHTSA recorded 82 complaints about the electrical system of the 2016 Ford Focus, 7% of the 1,183 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 51,800 miles. 1 of these say a crash was involved and 1 a fire, according to the filers. 2 recall campaigns on record are filed under a similar system.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“Ive had several occasions where I have my keys in my purse never opened the hatch in the back went inside a store came back out to my hatchback door open this is very concerning to me I do have my sons baseball equipment and my speakers in which one got stolen I need to know if anything is going to be done soon so I know what my next steps are going to be.”

NHTSA complaint #11193330, filed 2019-04, 52,000 miles

“The vehicle shuts down, while coming to a stop. The message in the window reads, put the car in park in restart the vehicle. This has happened on four occasions. Most recently three weeks after servicing for the same problem. On this most recent occasion, sunday, march 31st., I stopped to put the car in reverse to park and begin to move the vehicle shut down. I was in front of my home parking.”

NHTSA complaint #11193629, filed 2019-04, 18,131 miles

“My vehicle started all of the sudden to make some noises after the engine is off and the headlights are turning on on their own.we were told the battery is low , which we replaced but the vehicle still does the same.vehicle was parked when we first noticed.”

NHTSA complaint #11395116, filed 2021-02, 40,000 miles

“The update was done on the PCM due to vehicle not starting and fuel gage saying empty when I knew it had more than half tank. Now it is doing the same thing only worse. It worries me that this has cause my ignition to go bad as well due to this recall.”

NHTSA complaint #11253113, filed 2019-09, 53,000 miles

“Sometime while accelerating the car will randomly go from 2k RPM to over 6k RPM but you cant here the engine and it loses power and starts to jerk violently. Once you release gas and the RPM's go back down to 2k then you can try to accelerate again. I thought this issue was just because it was cold the 1st time it happened but now it is happening more frequently. I've only had this car for little under a year and it has less then 20k miles on it.”

NHTSA complaint #11075156, filed 2018-02, 17,000 miles

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Electrical system: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2018496%
2017364%
2016827%
2015646%
20142459%
201327613%
20123529%
20112522%
20104315%
20094520%
20085723%
20078522%
20064723%
200511326%
200418347%
200352253%
200227730%
200149628%
20001,34336%
1999218%

Other parts of the 2016 Ford Focus

Transmission and drivetrain
674 complaintsEngine
234 complaintsFuel system
230 complaintsOther or unknown
105 complaintsEngine cooling
50 complaintsSteering
45 complaintsVehicle speed control
36 complaintsAir bags
15 complaintsWheels
15 complaintsBody and structure
14 complaintsBrakes
13 complaintsElectronic stability control
12 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2016 Ford Focus

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 27, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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