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Ford Motor Company (NASDAQ: F) has been hit with a federal class action lawsuit that claims its 2005-2011 Ford Focus vehicles have a suspension defect that causes their tires to wear out unevenly and prematurely, leading the cars to drift dangerously on slick roads. The Ford Focus class action claims Ford knew about the suspension defect as early as 2005, but refuses to honor the vehicles’ warranties.
Ford Focus Suspension Defect Class Action Lawsuit
By Sarah Pierce
Ford Motor Company (NASDAQ: F) has been hit with a federal class action lawsuit that claims its 2005-2011 Ford Focus vehicles have a suspension defect that causes their tires to wear out unevenly and prematurely, leading the cars to drift dangerously on slick roads. The Ford Focus class action claims Ford knew about the suspension defect as early as 2005, but refuses to honor the vehicles’ warranties.According to the Ford Focus class action lawsuit, Ford Focus cars from the 2005-2011 model years contain one or more design and/or manufacturing defects that affect the vehicle’s alignment and causes “catastrophic tire failure.”
The Ford Focus suspension defect not only creates an “extremely rough ride” and “exceptionally loud noise” while driving, but also presents a safety hazard and “unreasonably dangerous” driving conditions because it causes drivers to lose control on wet or snow-covered roads, the class action lawsuit states.
Ford is accused of knowing about the Ford Focus suspension defect since at least 2005, but of continually failing to repair and/or replace the defective components or the damaged tires under warranty, despite the fact that the defect manifests itself during the warranty period.
The Ford Focus suspension defect class action lawsuit is brought on behalf of anyone who purchased or leased a 2005 through 2011 Ford Focus in California and who currently resides in the United States. It is seeking damages and disgorgment of profits for Class Members, in addition to a court order requiring Ford to repair the defective suspensions in the Ford Focus vehicles.
A copy of the Ford Focus Suspension Defect Class Action Lawsuit can be read here.
The case is Margie Daniel, et al. v. Ford Motor Company, Case No. 11-cv-02890, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, Sacramento Division.
UPDATE 2: On Sept. 23, 2016, a California federal judge certified a proposed Class of Ford Focus owners whose vehicles allegedly suffered from a rear suspension defect that caused tires to wear down prematurely.
Updated June 29th, 2013
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32 thoughts onFord Focus Suspension Defect Class Action Lawsuit
mine hit just enough slush to spin out plus going around a curve this am she spun around on me my tires are rotated and balanced and my tire man said i had beading on one of them
My 05 ford focus has the same issue and mine had a blowout i noticed the lft rear shovks and arm were hanging and cracked
We should start a lawsuit against Ford I have been having this same problems since 2006.
It is the plate that connect wheel to body it cracks!
This article explains alot! My wife bought a used 2006 focus back in 2008 & it had 29,000 miles on it. We still have the car today & it currently has 205,000 miles on it. It has been a decent car with the exception of its handling & eating tires like CRAZY! I quit buying new sets of tires for it after the first year of having it, I buy 2 new tires for the front & get 2 good used ones for the back. I can put a brand new set of 4 tires on this car & the front tires (which should have more wear) will last 30-40 thousand miles while the rear 2 eat to the inside & last about 800-1000 miles! I have had the car 4 wheel aligned many times but it doesn’t change anything. The tire problem isn’t even the real issue though. The real issue is the way the rear end sways around curves & over bumps. We try to avoid driving this thing on anything less than dry pavement. I remember one time driving down a straight flat country road while it was raining & I hit a series of bumps/pot holes & the damn car swayed enough to cause it to spin out, luckily I didn’t hit anything! I can’t even count how many times the car has slid/fish tailed due to the rearend swaying. Really ready to get something else! I hate the way this car handles! I can’t believe a big name like ford would refuse to fix an issue of this magnitude & allow something like this to continue to happen, very disappointed! FORD SUCKS!
Its the plate that connects to frame it cracks, mine is cracked!
After repeatedly experiencing a lot of the same things with my 2010 focus nd my hunny saying i had sumhow ruined the suspension arguemnt nd money poured into vehicle i was in my very 1st accident; my vehicle was totaled all because my car basically just lost traction nd spun nd totaled i was able to barely avoid oncoming vehicle is there something i can do all of my automobile issues for life of car in my hands r documented az well as ford was made aware of any occurence
Trailing arm bushings are bad that will make your car feel like it is taking off sideways and swaying