Suspension
Shocks or struts, ball joints, tie rods, wheel bearings, alignment, steering linkage (includes rack and pinion), power steering (pumps and hoses, leaks), wheel balance, springs or torsion bars, bushings, electronic or air suspension.
What Owners Say
"2006 Ford Focus doesn't hold alignment; must realign every year and still wears tires much faster than any other car I've owned. Overall, very good car, however"
Tim P., PA (2006 Ford Focus SES 2.0-L 4 Cyl)"The wheels and tires assembly are too small - the tires are too low for rough roads and too wide for the power steering and front end capacity"
Anonymous, ON (2006 Ford Focus SES 2.0-L 4 Cyl)"would not hold"
Keith T., ON (2006 Ford Focus SES 2.0-L 4 Cyl)"The rear wheels must be aligned but have no camber adjustment from the factory. The car ate tires voraciously because of this, and about 20k miles ago a shop told me I should have aftermarket control arms installed on the rear. I had them do it and, so far, the tires are lasting longer. I will look for this in any new front-wheel drive vehicle I purchase that has rear-wheel alignment."
Laurence A., UT (2006 Ford Focus SE 2.0-L 4 Cyl)"Front ball joints need to be replaced"
Ashvin C., PA (2006 Ford Focus SE)"Failure"
Keith T., ON (2006 Ford Focus SES 2.0-L 4 Cyl)"One repair shop said the back bushings are worn"
John-Addriene P., MI (2006 Ford Focus SES 2.0-L 4 Cyl)"Anti-sway bar ends needed replacement."
Tim P., NC (2006 Ford Focus SES 2.0-L 4 Cyl)"An old o ring wore out and needed to be replaced, mechanic charged me $150. its an old car and this is to be expected"
Anonymous, RI (2006 Ford Focus ST 2.0-L 4 Cyl)"Strut collapsed contributing to steering linkage problem"
Hugh W., TX (2006 Ford Focus SES 2.0-L 4 Cyl)"Bad vibrations causing motor mounts to need replaced"
Anonymous, IN (2006 Ford Focus SES 2.0-L 4 Cyl)"had to replace both struts in the front of the car"
Peter S., AB (2006 Ford Focus SES)"Rear shocks improper at assembly and had to be replaced almost immediately after purchase...with type from older model...functioning properly now"
Anonymous, IL (2006 Ford Focus SES 2.0-L 4 Cyl)"Front / Rear shocks needed replaced completely"
Anonymous, OH (2006 Ford Focus SES 2.0-L 4 Cyl)"wore out with age"
Anonymous, NY (2006 Ford Focus SE 2.0-L 4 Cyl)"Started getting noises from rear area and water leaking into floor in back of station wagon"
John-Addriene P., MI (2006 Ford Focus SES 2.0-L 4 Cyl)"Also failed and were replaced"
Anonymous, IN (2006 Ford Focus SES 2.0-L 4 Cyl)"Problem was with the rear suspension wearing out. It needs complete replacement. This seems to be a weak point with this vehicle. Cost will be $1,000.00. My wife loves the car and it will be repaired. Ford and other manufacturers should be manufacturing a small station wagon but no one seems interested.. Ford quit making them because they weren't selling in sufficient numbers yet when we wanted to buy one we had trouble finding any on the new car lots."
A B., RI (2006 Ford Focus SE 2.3-L 4 Cyl)"The steering has become very difficult-it takes a lot of effort to turn the steering wheel in order to make a turn. This started happening about 3 months ago.I have just dealt with it because I was anticipating trading in this car earlier this year, but I can't do it now because of the Coronavirus quarantine & because I'm on furlough from my job."
Anonymous, IL (2006 Ford Focus SES 2.0-L 4 Cyl)"Steering linkage failed and car could no longer be controlled"
Hugh W., TX (2006 Ford Focus SES 2.0-L 4 Cyl)"tie rods, sway bars, need frequent repair/replacement"
Anonymous, MI (2006 Ford Focus SES 2.3-L 4 Cyl)"One a year they need changing. Always breaking despite normal drive"
Anonymous, ON (2006 Ford Focus SE 2.0-L 4 Cyl)"This vehicle eats tires. I think the main problem is the rear wheel alignment; move the alignment specs closer to the edge of the manufacturer's recommendations and the tires last longer"
Anonymous, UT (2006 Ford Focus SE 2.0-L 4 Cyl)"Experienced fast wearout with Pirelli low profile tires on the ZX4/SES model..still has this problem...on 3rd set of tires(in 107000 miles)"
Anonymous, IL (2006 Ford Focus SES 2.0-L 4 Cyl)"Original problem was passenger-side CV joint replacement. Driver-side wheel main bearing went out after that, probably because CV repair tech loosened driver-side wheel but didn't tighten down wheel nut, but we weren't sure that was the cause"
Anonymous, OR (2006 Ford Focus SE 2.0-L 4 Cyl)"Driver's side rear wheel bearing wore through. Would've been dangerous if I hadn't caught it quickly"
Ashvin C., PA (2006 Ford Focus SE)
"Alignment needs doing fairly often on this vehicle. Annoyingly, the rear wheels have to be aligned and, if one sets the alignment to the center of the manufacturer's specifications, the tires on the rear wear quickly"
Anonymous, UT (2006 Ford Focus SE 2.0-L 4 Cyl)