NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Ford Focus Recalls
The 2006 Ford Focus has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Ford Focus. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 205
- Crashes reported
- 23
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Ford Focus, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2006 Ford Focus
2006 Ford Focus complaints by year
NHTSA has received 205 owner complaints about the 2006 Ford Focus, the newest on October 2, 2026. Of these, 23 describe a crash (11%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 19 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2006 Ford Focus, the component group named most often is the electrical system (23%), followed by the air bags (20%) and the vehicle speed control (12%).
None of the 2006 Ford Focus's 2 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Where 2006 Ford Focus owners gave the mileage (172 complaints), the median was 59,828 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System47
- Air Bags40
- Vehicle Speed Control25
- Structure15
- Latches/Locks/Linkages14
- Power Train14
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 14 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 13 | |
| 2008 | 21 | |
| 2009 | 17 | |
| 2010 | 26 | |
| 2011 | 18 | |
| 2012 | 14 | |
| 2013 | 15 | |
| 2014 | 18 | |
| 2015 | 15 | |
| 2016 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2006 Ford Focus peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 26. 32% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Ford Focus drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Ford Focus year in the same window: 18th highest of the 19 ranked years.
That makes 2006 one of the three best-measured Ford Focus years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 3/5
The 205 complaints about the 2006 Ford Focus are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Focus by model year
Other 2006 Ford models
Newest record on this page: October 2, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted