When Your battery is dead and You need to put Your Focus in neutral, slot in Your key and set the car to ACC. Then, focus on the brake and be sure to depress it completely. When doing so, also shift the selector to neutral. This should put Your Focus in neutral, and will be very easy to do so if the battery has died. If that doesnt work, there is another method You can try. Locate the manual shift compartment in the vehicle, and make sure to consult Your ownership manual if Youre having difficulties finding it. Then, pry open this compartment and press into the hole that comes exposed after doing so. This should force Your car to be set to neutral.
For all that still don’t know how to put in neutral the car with dead battery here is the answer:: there’s a little slot in the right front corner of the shifter box
Jeffry C.
April 10, 2020
To put your ford focus in neutral when the battery is dead, insert your key and turn it to on or acc and depress the brake completely and move the shift selector to neutral.
For those of you who are saying to put the key in the ignitionFor those of you who are saying to put the key in the ignition and turn it to accessory and put the brick all the way down to the floor, that answer is false. That’s what you do normally when you have a good battery that’s not dead but withThat’s what you do normally when you have a good battery that’s not dead but with a dead battery that won’t do anything. You will have to either get a good battery or a battery charger
Kurt K.
April 10, 2020
Put the parking brake on, put on the ignition switch and press the brake pedal. Now you can shift to neutral
Terry507
January 3, 2021
I have the same problem. A dead battery means you can't move the gear lever out of Park to be able to tow it.
I’m talking about the 2001 Ford focus there is a slot beside the shifter where you can stick the key in so you can move the shifter
Kevin
June 28, 2020
Cant push Fordfocus dead battery in nuetal 2001
Anon
January 1, 2023
Chock your wheels or use the ebrake.. Get underneath the car and unclip the shift linkage. Pop the shift linkage off and manually set the transmission in neutral..... I had to do this and i was searching for solutions just like you guys... The vehicle was a 2009 ford focus se model with im guessing the 1.8 engine configuration
Fed up with and transmissions.
November 18, 2022
The solution is to burnyour focus s**t and run it off cliff and sew Ford motor company and file for insurance and buy a Toyota Lexus. American made goods about as good as Taiwan. Other words f**k US and its' poorly made goods.
i have a push button start
August 21, 2022
Yep what about keyless titanium models?
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