Ford Focus sticking out rubber door trim is the new Mondeo cracked rear bumper

[DavidB]

 

I've seen this enough on the road to know it must be a common thing on these, what is going on here?

[timolloyd]

A bit like gaffed up QashQai number plate lamps. Once you see it, you see it everywhere!

[Low ontime]

It’s Ford being cheap, the rubber seal on the door is just stuck on.

forcus c max and fiesta

if holes where made and plastic push in plugs  where there like many other cars it wouldn’t be seen 

[Brigsy]

See fuck loads of these with the rubber hanging out the door.  This is a sign they are ready to be the deliveroo car before they end up on the scrap pile.

Seem this quality repair in London this week. I guess previous QashQai owner

[sierraman]

I’ve got a Focus but I’m working hard, hopefully I’ll have enough for a German car soon and not have any of these problems. 😂

[grogee]

There is/was a recall, but the "fix" just involved cleaning the bottom of the door and sticking a new seal down with 3M tape. 

As @Low ontime says, the proper solution is holes plus plastic clips to stop it falling off, but Ford cost-reduced that to double sided sticky tape or school grade pritt stick. 

[smellypoo]

It's a very minor design flaw - I'm a bit biased as a serial Focus buyer!

While they're not perfect they're often incredible value even with taking their flaws into account, some of which are way more serious in my mind than a bit of rubber falling off the bottom of the door. 

 

[BorniteIdentity]

8 minutes ago, smellypoo said:

It's a very minor design flaw -

But a flaw nonetheless.

It affects so, so many cars and it really is shit.  We've managed to attach rubber seals to doors for, what, 60 years? Longer?? 

It's rubbish.

[goosey]

Dude at work had an issue with his 14 plate Focus hatch where the gaskets around the rear lights both had disintegrated and we’re letting water into the boot -not sure if this is a common issue? 
easy fix just using silicone sealant instead of the gaskets

the cars been absolutely faultless otherwise in 7 years of ownership 

[R Lutz]

21 minutes ago, goosey said:

Dude at work had an issue with his 14 plate Focus hatch where the gaskets around the rear lights both had disintegrated and we’re letting water into the boot -not sure if this is a common issue? 
easy fix just using silicone sealant instead of the gaskets

the cars been absolutely faultless otherwise in 7 years of ownership 

I need to do this to mine. 

[catsinthewelder]

Transit Customs are even worse, the passenger door seal runs underneath the fuel flap.  Diesel spills make the trim expand and fall off its clips.  I was binning them at 3 months old.  At least the Focus door trims usually survive 3 years.

The number plate surround on my mk2 came loose too and took a fair bit of paint off the bootlid.  Mostly caused by a cheap bike rack.

[Bren]

When I was part of the SD1 club somebody mentioned that when the late Terry Wogan had his radio programme he did something similar for dented Rover SD1 bumpers- series one obviously because series two were plastic.

[New POD]

On 14/06/2025 at 07:59, DavidB said:

 

I've seen this enough on the road to know it must be a common thing on these, what is going on here?

My mother paid a Ford Dealer to attach the passenger side rubber and sort out 2 dodgy tyre pressure sensors. The bill? Over £300. Mind you they did come 10 miles to pick it up and drop it back which was good* of them. 

A month later the other side came loose, and the 2 other pressure sensors went dodgy. 66 plate 85k estate.

 

[sierraman]

That’s why you don’t see any Ford Focuses on the road. Those that didn’t have the wet belt explode were scrapped due to the trim falling off. 

[Dobloseven]

16 minutes ago, sierraman said:

That’s why you don’t see any Ford Focuses on the road. Those that didn’t have the wet belt explode were scrapped due to the trim falling off. 

I'm sure I saw one a couple of weeks ago.Though it might have been a Toyota.Come to think about it,yes it must have been a Toyota,because they last forever........!

 

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[mk2_craig]

9 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

rubbish

Sounds like the same design continued to the 2018-on “mk4” models too. Same inevitable results, same official fix. 

Still, it no doubt saved Ford 37p per car, which was a decent benefit to the overall margin back when they were selling more than 150 of them every year.