# 2005 Ford Focus dead batteries

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-ford-focus-dead-batteries/135295>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** focus, ford\
**Created:** [February 24, 2019, 6:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-ford-focus-dead-batteries/135295 "2019-02-24T18:27:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Norman07](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e36b37/32.png) [@Norman07](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Norman07)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 6:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-ford-focus-dead-batteries/135295/1 "2019-02-24T18:27:09Z")

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Dead batteries! The fob and car. Replaced both! Car refuses to start. Lights, car cranks but will not turn over. Is this a safe mode lock out? Or can this be a memory loss.

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**Author:** ![lion9car](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@lion9car](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lion9car)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-ford-focus-dead-batteries/135295/2 "2019-02-25T14:40:02Z")

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You need to explain what “refuses to start” means exactly.

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**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-ford-focus-dead-batteries/135295/3 "2019-02-25T14:47:23Z")

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> [@Norman07](#):
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> car cranks but will not turn over.

Cranking and turning over are the same thing.

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**Author:** ![edb1961](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/edb1961/32/122_2.png) [@edb1961](https://community.cartalk.com/u/edb1961)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-ford-focus-dead-batteries/135295/4 "2019-02-25T14:48:02Z")

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If the car sit with a dead battery for too long the keys will have to be reprogrammed. This was my experience and solution with a 2003 Taurus back in 2014. No further issues after the reprogramming.

> [@2003 Ford Taurus Ford Securilock Problem](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2003-ford-taurus-ford-securilock-problem/82926):
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> 2003 Ford Taurus, 3.0 OHV V6, 29350 miles. Oil and coolant levels normal. The Taurus is at my Dad’s house in Philadelphia, it has been sitting for four or five months while I was trying to get a clear title for it (long story). I’m in South Jersey. It was running when it was parked. Sunday night I went up to put the plates on it and bring it home. The battery was completely dead and there were cracks in the battery case where I pulled the positive cable off to clean it. It was too late to g…

Ed B.