NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Ford Focus Recalls
The 2002 Ford Focus has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 1, 2005.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Ford Focus. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 8
- Owner complaints
- 939
- Crashes reported
- 82
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
20 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Ford Focus, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
8 recalls on the 2002 Ford Focus
Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch
- Campaign
- 05V030000
- Reported
- February 1, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 589,932
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2005 Focus
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2005 Focus, 42 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E049000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001 Focus, 23 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E056000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2007 Focus, 24 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 08E050000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2008 Focus, 12 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003 Focus, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2004 Focus, 46 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 12E007000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2005 Focus
2002 Ford Focus complaints by year
NHTSA has received 939 owner complaints about the 2002 Ford Focus, the newest on December 26, 2024. Of these, 82 describe a crash (9%) and 20 a fire; owners reported 78 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2002 Ford Focus, the component group named most often is the electrical system (29%), followed by the suspension (12%) and the engine and engine cooling (11%).
None of the 2002 Ford Focus's 8 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Where 2002 Ford Focus owners gave the mileage (604 complaints), the median was 53,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System277
- Suspension109
- Engine And Engine Cooling103
- Air Bags72
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic64
- Tires62
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 102 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 131 | |
| 2004 | 155 | |
| 2005 | 101 | |
| 2006 | 89 | |
| 2007 | 52 | |
| 2008 | 73 | |
| 2009 | 59 | |
| 2010 | 45 | |
| 2011 | 42 | |
| 2012 | 26 | |
| 2013 | 15 | |
| 2014 | 17 | |
| 2015 | 13 | |
| 2016 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2002 Ford Focus peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 155. 52% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Ford Focus drew 1.8× the complaints of the median Ford Focus year in the same window: 6th highest of the 19 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
The 939 complaints about the 2002 Ford Focus are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Focus by model year
Other 2002 Ford models
Newest record on this page: December 26, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted