NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Ford Focus Recalls
The 2012 Ford Focus has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 9, 2026.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 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
- 3,770
- Crashes reported
- 107
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
15 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 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 2012 Ford Focus
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: evaporative emissions: canister
- Campaign
- 26V369000
- Reported
- June 9, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 257,868
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2018 Focus
Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch
- Campaign
- 20V331000
- Reported
- June 8, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,147,323
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2015 Focus, 8 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: storage
- Campaign
- 19V515000
- Reported
- July 5, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 57,488
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014, 2017 Focus
Fuel system, gasoline: storage
- Campaign
- 18V735000
- Reported
- October 22, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,282,596
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2018 Focus
Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch
- Campaign
- 16V643000
- Reported
- September 6, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,046,297
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2015 Focus, 5 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 13V335000
- Reported
- August 1, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 6,308
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 108, lamps and reflective devices
- Same campaign
- also 2013 Focus
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer: switch/wiring
- Campaign
- 12V149000
- Reported
- April 5, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 140,310
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2012 Ford Focus
Equipment
- Campaign
- 12E035000
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2013 Focus
2012 Ford Focus complaints by year
NHTSA has received 3,770 owner complaints about the 2012 Ford Focus, the newest on October 17, 2026. Of these, 107 describe a crash (3%) and 15 a fire; owners reported 88 injuries and 5 deaths.
In complaints about the 2012 Ford Focus, the component group named most often is the power train (38%), followed by the steering (25%) and the engine (13%).
None of the 2012 Ford Focus's 8 recalls concerns the power train.
Where 2012 Ford Focus owners gave the mileage (3,105 complaints), the median was 67,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train1,447
- Steering927
- Engine475
- Unknown Or Other358
- Electrical System352
- Structure332
Complaints received, by year
| 2011 | 28 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 120 | |
| 2013 | 157 | |
| 2014 | 338 | |
| 2015 | 438 | |
| 2016 | 749 | |
| 2017 | 339 | |
| 2018 | 281 | |
| 2019 | 576 | |
| 2020 | 224 | |
| 2021 | 129 | |
| 2022 | 140 | |
| 2023 | 109 | |
| 2024 | 60 | |
| 2025 | 50 | |
| 2026 | 32 |
Complaints about the 2012 Ford Focus peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 749. 29% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Ford Focus drew 5.5× the complaints of the median Ford Focus year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 19 ranked years.
That makes 2012 one of the Ford Focus years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 3,770 complaints about the 2012 Ford Focus are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Focus by model year
Other 2012 Ford models
Newest record on this page: October 17, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted