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The battery really should be fully charged with a Smart battery charger (Maypole for example) for at least 12 hours but more likely 24 hours. A common problem with cars of that age that have a factory fitted Bluetooth module fitted (usually for the phone) is the module goes intermittently faulty. It then does not shut down when the ignition is turned off. This causes the Canbus system to remain active, and in turn it causes all modules to stay awake instead of shutting down 20 minuets after the ignition has been turned off. Battery charger: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Maypole-7423A-Battery-Charger-Electronic/dp/B009A83P1E?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

You're just unlucky. Normally the engine blows up first and then you don't need the brakes 🤣

It was last seen in Halfords shopping for a new battery 🤣

Did you back up before you started messing, its usually the first option offered

Well, about 3 days is the answer to that one. S/s has gone awol again, interior lights back to sometimes they work, sometimes not.😀 Meanwhile I see the similar thread on the Toyota Yaris forum is now up to 97 pages, over 2,400 posts and more than 267,000 views, so we're not alone.

Mine is also an E9 Blue (2009 fiesta). Cant find the E9 code online and dont know where to find the ETIS system? I think it might be ink blue or ocean blue though. Sorry i cant help more than that.

You asked for the best software and Forscan is the best software other than Fords own.

Hey all, just joined. Owned a S-max 2.0 tdci for about a year, had a focus for a couple years before that. Nice to meet you all

It's OK, no need to panic !! You get a free food hamper and a basket of fruit, in the boot of every Chinese EV imported 🤣

New EFB battery fitted and so far, so good. No noted recurrence so far which seems positive - many thanks!

No... we'll all be digging for victory soon enough!

Interestingly this issue was covered in Countryfile today. It seems one of the problems is that farmers are having to rent out land for solar farms to keep their businesses afloat, presumably in the face of cheap foreign food imports. Am I alone in thinking it's utter madness to be making ourselves critically reliant on imported food? Has no-one learned the lessons from two world wars?

Got you, brilliant, thank you. I will disconnect it tomorrow and hopefully that will be the last link in this chain of events. I have spent, literally, hours chasing down this parasitic voltage drain! I think the dashcam control module resister had gone faulty and then started draining straight to earth, so, that massive decrease overnight of battery power has now ceased. But I am still left with this 1 - 2v drop which, could be the battery not properly recharged; it is likely a combination of that combined potentially with this Bluetooth issue also. I will update in a few days. Thank you for taking the trouble to reply, very much appreciated.

No separate fuse for the Bluetooth module as it is powered via the radio unit.

Not sues about your exact model, but on Fiesta and Focus of that era, the Bluetooth module is located up behind the glovebox. It has a separate plug that can be disconnected. There are 4 or 5 versions of the module but they all look similar to the one below:

It turns one way for front washers, and the other way for rears. For the MOT, only the fronts need to work.

If you are going to trade it in, just be very careful that whatever you buy does not have a wet belt engine. Many cars are fitted with them, and many makes share engines (the Peugeot/Citroen 1.2 Puretech engine is commonly used in a range of makes & models). Do your research!

Thanks very much. I shall have a look.

😂 Gas. Thanks for your help

Never needed to try myself, but a previous poster with a roof problem reported that the Body Control Module had to be replaced on their car to fix the fault. Therefore I would think the roof sensors must be in the BCM list somewhere.

BRILLIANT SOLVED THE PROBLEM NONE RETURN VALVE IN THE RUBBER GAITER BETWEEN BOOT LID AND BODY RIGHT HAND SIDE ONE TOOK OFF AND DRILLED OUT .REFITTED IT NOW PERFECT THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP

You are not wrong. As an extra task during the cambelt change it would have taken less than 30 minutes to check and report on the clearances. I've done it a few times I wouldn't recommend it's done now for obvious reasons of cost and low likelihood of an issue (unless if course your engine is displaying classic indications of excessive valve clearances).

Good morning to all members. I am a newbie. I have signed up to this site, because I feel a strong need to highlight the very real danger of the wet timing belt installed by Ford in the Focus. Two days ago, that issue could well have caused a fatal accident, whilst I was driving at 70 mph on the A64 to Whitby. Fortunately, I had just turned into the truck stop at the Highwayman Cafe, when the foot brake seized up. Had that happened minutes before, I shudder to think what the outcome might have been. The car was then too dangerous to even contemplate driving. I was towed home by the AA. It was then that I learned, from the driver, about the very real danger of wet timing belts. Later that day I learned from a local garage that Ford had been replacing such damaged engines free of charge. My car is now with Perry's Ford dealership in Worksop, where it was purchased. It will remain there until it is deemed safe to drive on the road again. If Ford does not replace the engine, free of charge, with one that uses a chain rather than a wet belt. I will not be taking the car back. My very real concern, since my hair-raising experience, is that there are Focus drivers on the roads who are unaware of the potential danger of the wet belt powering their vehicles. Kind regards to all members, David.

Thanks as mines 2006 I should be having this issue then..

From what Alex has just said you are clearly bang on the nail.

We definitely should not be taking hundreds of acres of productive agricultural land out of use for solar farms.

It is a good summary of how to check the clearances. Once all top end components (ducts, coils, cables, fuel rail, cover etc) are removed, they are very straightforward to check, as shown in the video. Problem is, if you find any that are out of limits, it's not possible to correct them without removing the cambelt and camshafts - requiring much more work. Therefore, if you want to check them (and correct any if necessary with new bucket shims), it's best done as an additional task to the cambelt (wet belt replacement).

Not necessarily an affluence thing either. We've stayed in some rather swish apartment blocks on holidays where the permanent residents would have to rely on public chargers or have a block of chargers installed in the car parking area for communal use of residents/guests. A lot of this net zero stuff has not been properly thought through. I see that the other day, for instance, a committee of MPs called for Building Regulations to be amended to make solar roof panels compulsory on new builds. Sort of thing that should have happened years ago, likewise charger provision at the planning/build stage.

Todays breakage wasn't electrical. Shower door fell in half as I opened it. 😮 The top plastic bifold hinge had snapped in two. That left an interesting predicament as I couldn't let go of the loose half without risking the bottom hinge as well. Managed to precariously balance it and grab some picture wire from the tool box to wrap around the two halves of the hinge. Not sure how long that'll hold though! Surprisingly, I found what appears to be the correct hinge on eBay for £10 delivered, and it's just screwed in, so hopefully an easy fix when it arrives. 🤔

Thought it might be. In that case, all Mk4 Focus 1.0 use the revised engine with a chain for the cams, but still a wet belt for the oil pump. So far, they have proven to be more reliable. Though obviously they haven't been around as long so not a direct comparison. Correct servicing is still strongly recommended.

The Ecoboost was redesigned about 2018/2019 with the flow across the head reversed, cylinder deactivation and a cam chani instead of the wet belt as well as a host of other minor differences - it is effectively a new engine. The difference is obvious, the old ones have the turbo at the front, revised ones have the turbo at the rear. All mHEVs are the new design as the longer motor generator would foul the turbo on the old ones. Of the few recent Fiestas I have seen I have never seen a non-mHEV with the new engine but apparently from posts on this forum there are some around. The oil pump is still a wet belt but I don't think there have been many problems reported with it as it is lot less stressed that a wet cam belt. The wet belts were originally intended to last the life of the car but as we now know this does not happen in the real world.

I am at the start of my 1.0l Ecoboom experience. Just lost power to my breaks this week. Very scary and I am confident if the timing had been slightly different, I wouldn't be here writing this or even worse someone else could have been hurt. I am absolutely amazed at how well known this issue is talking to those who deal with cars and engines but talking to Ford or the local dealerships its like they are the only ones who don't seem to know about it. I am confused as to why a manufacturing defect as obviously dangerous as this is not being made more public. It will cost a life without doubt and safety has to be more important than the financials. The local garage said they get 1 a week! Surely this needs to be on the DVSA site at least and more media attention focused on it. Ford should be contacting customers. We bought this car from new and there is no way they can claim they didnt know about the safety issues. They have no issues contacting me with marketing or anything else.

Owner of a 1.0l Ecoboom engine here 2017 full service history didn't do anything that would cause any damage to engine 60k miles on clock. Just had my brakes fail. Pretty scary. Everyone in the industry seems to know about this except Ford. The breakdown company's, the garages most people if you mention it will either have been affected or know someone who has. There are over 66 thousand of these ecobooms on the road. If you ring Ford they will say we have typed it into their computer and it says no. This should be recalled and on the DVSA Website.

Cheers for the replies. I've had the belt done recently and specifically asked for the value clearance check as part of it. Queried the invoice when I collected it since I couldn't see it mentioned and was told something along with lines of 'it wouldn't have been done since it's many hours of work so obviously wouldn't have been included in the quote or carried out', with the person knowing full well the car was there for the timing belt. Wasn't sure what was required at the time so left it, but a bit annoyed. Confirms my suspicions it was a load of BS. I could believe the time they specified if it was a stand-alone job. Was a main Ford dealer.