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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
1FADP3L99HL••••••2017 Ford FOCUS
That is about average for the 2017 Ford FOCUS — 8 complaints per build across 111 builds.
5on this build
870on the model
111builds in total
Most reportedFuel/propulsion System 1Exterior Lighting 1Fuel System 1Gasoline 1
What owners of this build wrote
EngineDec 2025
Ford refuses to respond to emails nor return calls...... Cracked cylinder head caused from a known issue Ford failed to recall. The 2.0L Ecoboost uses an aluminum cylinder head with relatively thin casting areas between the combustion chamber and coolant passages. Coolant…
Fuel SystemJan 2024
The contact owns a 2017 Ford Focus. The contact stated while driving approximately 45 MPH, the vehicle stalled and the contacted coasted the vehicle to a stop light. No warning light was illuminated. After several attempts, the contact was able to restart the vehicle, and…
Exterior LightingMar 2022
The dealership sold me a car with not hazards lights in it the car is suppose to ha then but it doesn’t there is no button for the hazard lights
Unknown Or OtherApr 2021
Where the rear tail-light assembly mate with the car body there is a rubber seal/gasket in between the screw of the assembly and the hole on the car body, to prevent water leaking into the car. The rubber seal goes bad quickly, and water leak into the trunk while parked and…
Fuel/propulsion SystemOct 2018
The contact owns a 2017 ford focus. The contact received a recall notice for NHTSA campaign number: 18V735000 (fuel system). The local dealer and manufacturer were not notified. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN 1FADP3L99HL324279 · decoded Aug 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.