2000 Ford Focus complaints

RECALL 03V482000 CONCERNING STALLING. CONSUMER HAD THE FUEL DELIVERY PUMP REPLACED IN MARCH 2003 AND NOVEMBER 2003. VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY HAVING SAME PROBLEMS AS MENTIONED IN THE RECALL. DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER ON THIS MATTER. CONSUMER RECEIVED A CALL BACK FROM MR. LANCE TANG, A SUPERVISOR FOR THE CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE, WHO TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT SHE WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO GET THE NEW PART UNDER THE RECALL. *AK

THIS IS A SALVAGED VEHICLE. CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM FORD. HOWEVER, DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO HONOR THE RECALL, CLAIMING IT WAS NOT A SFETY RECALL. *AK

I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE IGNITION NOT WANTING TO TURN WITH THE 2 KEYS I HAVE. 1 IS ORIGINAL, THE OTHER WAS MADE BY THE DEALER I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM. IT APPEARS TO BE AN ISSUE WITH THE IGNITION KEY CYLINDER. SEARCHING FOR INFORMATION I HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS REFERENCES TO THIS PROBLEM, AND THERE ARE OVER 150 CURRENT COMPLAINTS THAT WHEN SEARCHED FOR THIS PART ARE RETURNED ON THIS SITE.* CB

ATTEMPTED TO INSERT KEY IN THE IGNITION AND WOULDN'T GO IN ALL THE WAY. EVEN WIGGLING THE KEY DOESN'T WORK. SAW ON THE NEWSGROUPS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. HOW COME FORD HASN'T ACKNOWLEDGE THIS PROBLEM? THIS IS THE MOST TROUBLESOME CAR I'VE EVER OWNED!!! I USED TO BE A ROYAL FORD CUSTOMER. * CB

MY CAR HAS A CONSTANT BAD VIBRATION THAT INTENSIFIES ON RIGHT TURNS, GOING UP GRADES, AND OVER BUMPS. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO JIM CLICK FORD IN TUCSON, AZ FOR A TOTAL OF THREE TIMES. EACH TIME THEY COME UP WITH A DIFFERENT EXCUSE AND IT NEVER FIXES THE PROBLEM. I HAVE BEEN TOLD AT FIRST IT WAS, MY TIRES, I REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES WITH TOP OF THE LINE MICHELINS, THEN I WAS TOLD THAT MY FUEL PUMP WAS GOING OUT AND THAT IS THE CAUSE OF THE VIBRATION, NOW IT IS THE COILS. NOT ONE OF THESE HAS FIXED THE PROBLEM, I AM STILL WAITING ON THE PUMP TO GET IN STOCK AT JIM CLICK, AND THEY DID REPLACE THE COILS AT A CHARGE OF $370.88. IN ADDITION TO THE VIBRATION IT SPORADICALLY TRIES TO STALL AND HESITATES WHEN TURNING. I ALSO HAVE MY TAILLIGHTS, AND BACK UP LIGHTS CONSTANTLY BURNING OUT, I HAVE REPLACED THEM 3 TIMES AND THE LAST TIME I HAD JIM CLICK REPLACE THEM. (THE BACK UP LIGHT, PASSENGER SIDE IS OUT AGAIN) I WAS ALSO TOLD THE FIRST TIME I TOOK IN MY CAR TO JIM CLICK FORD (BEFORE THE FUEL PUMP RECALL), I NEEDED TO REPLACE A FAILING FUEL PUMP AND THAT WOULD COST $680.00 TO REPLACE. (PARTS AND LABOR) I COULD NOT AFFORD IT AND TOOK IT OUT OF THEIR SHOP, I THEN BROUGHT IT IN AFTER THE RECALL AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE FUEL PUMP WAS NOT THE PROBLEM THAT IT WAS THE COIL AND THEY COULD NOT REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP SINCE IT WAS NOT FAILING. I THEN FOUGHT IT OUT WITH THEM AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP WHEN IT CAME IN STOCK LATE JANUARY 2004. THEY DID REPLACE THE COILS AND THE ENGINE C

THE DRIVER RECEIVED A RECALL #0037391 NOTICE FOR THE FUEL PUMP. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE CONSUMER WOULD PAY FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE CONSUMER FELT SHE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST. *NM

THE IGNITION DID NOT TURN OFF WHEN THE KEY WAS REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION. *JB THE CONSUMER SUGGESTED THAT WIHOUT ANY WARNING, SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO INSERT THE IGNITION SWITCH. AT LEAST FOUR DEALERSHIPS SAID THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL. THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED STALLING AND ACCELERATION PROBLEMS. *SC

REAR WHEEL BEARINGS WORE OUT WITHIN 22,000 MILES. THE BEARINGS HAD BEEN REPLACED UNDER RECALL 01I017000 , BUT FAILED AGAIN. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THE FUEL GAUGE STARTED AT HALF A TANK AND THEN WENT TO THE FULL MARK. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP. *JB

ZX3; AFTER SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE, THE DRIVER NOTICED THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. WHEN THE DRIVER TRIED TO START THE VEHICLE THE KEY COULD NOT BE INSERTED INTO THE IGNITION, THE STEERING WHEEL STAYED LOCKED. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE IGNITION CYLINDER AND BATTERY WERE REPLACED. *PH *SC *JB

IGNITION SWITCH LOCK UP OF MY 2000 FORD FOCUS SW. *CB

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL #03V482000 CONCERNING A FUEL DELIVERY PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY REFUSED TO HONOR THE RECALL. THE DEALER STATED A DIAGNOSTIC WAS NEEDED TO SEE IF THE VEHICLE QUALIFIED FOR THE RECALL. *JB

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH. IT WAS REPLACED ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

THE OWNER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM FORD, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE WAS A SALVAGED VEHICLE AND THEREFORE, THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT HONOR THE RECALL. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

DEFECTIVE FRONT SUSPENSION AND STEERING. *PH WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD SNAP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO DETERMINED THAT THE PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT SUSPENSION BROKE. *MR *NM

VEHICLE ENGINE STALLS AND HESITATES WHEN I GO AROUND A RIGHT HAND BEND. THIS HAPPENS VERY REGULARLY AS I GET ONTO LARGE OR INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS.

LOUD NOISE COMING FROM REAR WHEELS, DEALER SERVICE CENTER DIAGNOSED AS BAD REAR BEARINGS. NOT COVERED BY WARANTEE OR RECALL, SIMILAR TO: INVESTIGATION: PE02-016 MODEL YEAR: 2000 SUBJECT: REAR WHEEL BEARING FAILURE -REAR WHEEL BEARINGS MAY FAIL, CAUSING REAR WHEEL TO LOOSEN AND SEPARATE FROM VEHICLE.

POWER LOSS, STALLING, BACK FIRING

THESE ITEMS HAVE NOT BEEN REPAIRED. (BODY) THE METAL DRESSING AT THE BASE OF THE WINDOW ON THE DRIVER SIDE IS WARPED. (PAINT) THE ROOF HAS SEVERAL 2 - 3 INCH CRACKS AND THE HOOD HAS APPROX. 100 1/2 CRACKS ALL IN VARIOUS PLACES.

MY RADIO HAS FAILED FOR THE SECOND TIME AND IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. IT WAS ALREADY REPLACED ONCE AS IT WENT ON OR STAYED OFF DESPITE WHAT I DID. THE FUEL GAUGE SENDING UNIT ALSO MALFUNCTIONS FROM TIME TO TIME. BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DRIVE IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP AT THE TIME IT MALFUNCTIONS THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION. THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE THE DAY I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE. COUNT ME IN AS ANOTHER PERSON WHO WILL NEVER AGAIN RISKY BUYING AN AMERICAN CAR AND CERTAINLY NOT A FORD.

AIR BAGS DEPLOYED UPON LOW IMPACT AND SHATTERED WINDSHIELD

LOUD RUMBLING SOUNDS COMMING FROM UNDERNEATH RUBBING NOISE WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE REAR BRAKES, HAD THE DRUMS CUT AND CLEANED AND THE BRAKES STILL ARE RUBBING AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE BRAKES WILL FAIL SOON IF THEY DON'T FIX THEM I TOOK MY CAR BACK THREE TIMES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM,AND THE INSIST THEY FIXED IT AND THE SAME THING IS STILL WRONG I HOPE SOMEBODY CAN HELP I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO TO GET THE PROPER HELP. I NEED MY CAR.

IGNITION - WITHOUT ANY ADVANCE WARNING I TRIED TO PUT KEY IN IGNITION AND IT WOULDN'T GO IN. I AFTER AWHILE I GOT KEY IN, BUT IGNITION CYLINDER WOULD NOT TURN. HAD TO TAKE TO FORD FOR REPAIR WHICH COST $430.

MY ENGINE LIGHT KEPT COMING ON EVEN AFTER 5 FAILED ATTEMPTS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. MY CAR COMPANY DOES NOT WANT TO PAY EVEN THOUGH THE PROBLEM HAPPENED BEFORE THE WARRANTY RAN OUT.

CAR STALLS, HESITATES, GETTING WORSE VERY DANGEROUS!! FUEL SYSTEM SEEMS BAD

I STARTED TO REPLACE TIRES AS EARLY AS 5,000 MILES JUST ABOUT 7 TIMES BY NOW. REPLACED IGNITION 5/03 FOR $667.00 THE KEY WOULD GO IN AND WOULDN'T TURN. SPRING COIL DRIVER'S SIDE BROKE WHILE IN TRAFFIC REPLACED 4/03 FOR $158.50. NOW THE TRANSMISSION IS COMPLETLY GONE THE CAR WOULD NOT BACK UP. PLEASE HELP ME, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO. THE CUSTOMER SERVICE AT PAUL CLARK IS SO POOR THAT I WOULD NOT GO THERE ANYMORE.

FUEL SYSTEM: VEHICLE WAS FILLED WITH FUEL AT A GAS STATION. DRIVER WENT TO LEAVE, CAR DID NOT START. ATTENDANT INFORMED DRIVER THAT FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM VEHICLE. ALMOST A FULL TANK OF FUEL DUMPED ONTO PAVEMENT. FIRE DEPARTMENT SHOWED UP AND TOWED VEHICLE AWAY. APPARENT PROBLEM: FUEL HOSE LINKAGE HAD COME LOOSE AND HAD FALLEN OFF FROM INSIDE THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE. OTHER: THROTTLE CABLE BREAKAGE IN HEAVY TRAFIC AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED. DRIVER MEANWHILE MERGING WITH TRAFFIC. BREAKAGE RESULTING IN QUICK DECELERATION. SERIOUS ACCIDENT NARROWLY AVOIDED. CAR WAS UNFORTUNATELY OUT OF WARRANTY PERIOD, BUT FORD PAID FOR THE REPAIR. TOWING CHARGE WAS NOT REIMBURSED.

BRAKES REPLACED BUT CONTINUE TO SQUEAL FRONT SUSPENSION COLLAPSED CAUSING CRASH.

I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE IN FEBRUARY OF 2002. JUST 2 WEEKS AFTER PURCHASING, CAR SHUT DOWN AND LOCKED UP. HAD TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL RECALLS TO BE FIXED. THERE WAS NO COST FOR THAT WORK. THEN IN ABOUT APRIL OF 2002 THE BUTTON THAT TURNS THE AIR ON AND OFF MESSED UP AND THE AIR WOULD NOT WORK. WE WENT TO FORD AND SINCE I HAD NO WARRANTY, I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS, THEY QUOTED ME AT $170.00 TO REPAIR THIS SO I ORDER THE PART FOR 12.00 AND FIXED IT MYSELF. THEN 11-4-02 I WENT TO GET INTO MY CAR AND START IT, AND ONCE AGAIN IT WOULD NOT START. WE HAD IT TOWED AGAIN, CAUSING US TO PAY FOR A RENTAL AND TOWING FEES. THE CAR WAS IN THE SHOP FOR 2 DAYS AND THEY SAID THAT THE GROUND WIRES WERE SHORTING OUT????AND THEY SAID IT NEEDED SEVERAL OTHER THINGS ALSO, BUT THEY ARE YET TO GET FIXED DUE TO FINANCIAL REASONS. I CANNOT STAND THIS CAR!!!

THERE WAS NO POWER IN THE LOCKS OR THE TRUNK RELEASE.AFTER ALOT OF DIAGNOSSES THEY REPLACED THE RIGHT REAR DOOR ACTUATOR.

KEY CYLINDER FAILURE. TOW TRUCK DRIVER SAYS HE TOWS ONE FOCUS A WEEK WITH SIMILIAR PROBLEM. PROBLEM MAY BE CAUSED BY HEAVY KEYRING, WHICH MINE IS. DID HAVE MAJOR ENGINE FAILURE THAT FORD FIXED UNDER WARRANTY. RADIO/CLOCK IS BURNING OUT DIGITAL DISPLAY.

FUEL PUMP FAILURE AT 53,000 MILES.

CAR STALLS WHEN BELOW HALF A TANK OF GAS. MAKING SHARP RIGHT TURNS CAUSES ENGINE TO STALL. CAR ALSO LURCHES LIKE IT ISN'T GETTING FUEL PROPERLY WHEN GOING UPHILL. FUEL PUMP SYSTEM HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE.

I TRIED TO PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION. IT WOULD NOT GO IN. I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO MARSHALL FORD IN MAYFIELD HEIGHTS, OHIO FROM CLEVELAND HEIGHTS AT A COST OF $60.00. MARSHALL FORD SAID THE PLACE THE KEY SHOULD GO IN WAS CRACKED. THEY DRILLED OUT THE IGNITION AND INSTALLED A NEW CYLINDER. CLEANED UP CHIPS. AT A COST OF $267.00? I FEEL THIS WAS A DEFINITE DEFECT IN THIS CAR AND AM ASKING FOR YOUR HELP IN HAVING FORD COVER THIS COST.

I BOUGHT THE CAR IN JUNE OF 2000 SINCE THIS TIME THE CAR HAS HAD A NUMBER OF RECALLS ON THE CAR. I FEEL THAT THE PEOPLE THAT BOUGHT THE 2000 MODEL OF THIS CAR SHOULD NOT BE LIABLE TO PAY THE AMOUNT THE CONTACT WAS SIGNED. DUE TO THE FACT THAT AT THE TIME THE CAR WAS BOUGHT, THE PEOPLE THAT BOUGHT THE CAR DIDN'T KNOW THAT MOST OF THE CAR'S LIFE WOULD BE IN THE SHOP BEING FIXED. ALSO FORD KNEW THAT THE FOCUS WAS PRONE TO THIS HAPPENING.

THE BRAKE SYSTEM IS HORRIBLE. THEY MAKE NOISES ALL THE TIME. I HAVE REPLACED THE CYLINDERS AND THE SHOES AND IT STILL DOES NOT SOUND RIGHT. THE SUSPENSION IS BAD AND NEEDS REPLACING, BUT I CAN NOT AFFORD IT. I AM A TEACHER. CRUISE CONTROL HAS GONE BAD, BECAUSE OF A FAULTY WIRE.

THE IGNITION SWITCH FROZE UP. MECHANIC COULD NOT REMOVE THE CYLINDER TO REPLACE. HE HAD TO REPLACE THE STEERING COLUMN. IT WAS 17 DEGREES OUTSIDE AT THE TIME AND HAD TO WAIT 2 HOURS FOR HELP. LUCKILY I HAD A CELL PHONE. KNOCK ON WOOD, I HAVE BEEN VERY SATISFIED THE THE VEHICLE OTHER THAN THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU.

TAKES OFF REAL HARD LIKE IT WANTS TO DIE BUT WON'T, THEN STOPS. WHEN CAR IS RAN FOR A WHILE IT STARTS DOING. WE ARE NOT THE ONLY FOCUS WITH THIS PROBLEM. THERE ARE OTHERS ALONG WITH THEIR REVERSE GOING OUT OR FIRST GEAR. EVERY ONE WHO TAKES IT IN DOESN'T GET IT FIXED

I DRIVE A 200O FORD FOCUS LX. I HAVE HAD IT STALL OUT SEVERAL TIMES ON ME UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE ME LEAVING IT OUT OF GEAR OR SOMETHING, BUT THEN I READ A ARTICLE IN THE NEWSPAPER STATING THAT FORD FOCUS'S HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS. I BROUGHT MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND HAD THEM LOOK AT IT AND THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. HAS ANYONE ELSE HAD THIS PORBLEM? I DONT REMEBER WHERE I WAS THE ARTICLE BUT I WISH THAT I DID... I HAVE FOUND SEVERAL RELATED ARTICLES ABOUT FORD CARS WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS, BUT MINE WAS NOT LISTED. I AM TRYING MY BEST TO GET IT FIXED BUT WHEN I TAKE IT IN, THERES NO PROBLEM SO THEY CANT FIX IT! I WILL GO AND DO ANYTHING IN MY POWERS, GOTO LOCAL PAPERS, NEWS STATIONS, ECT... IF I HAVE TO! PLEASE HELP... DO YOU HAVE SIMILAR PROBLEMS? LETS TALK...

IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, MY POWER LOCKS STOPED WORKING SO I BROUGHT MY CAR TO THE FORD SHOP WHERE THEY REPLACED THE LATCH ASSEMBLY, HANDLE, CABLE, AND FUSE IN THE BACK DRIVER SIDE DOOR. $350 ALL TOGETHER. THE LOCKS WORKED FINE FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS WHEN THEY SUDDENLY WENT OUT AGAIN. AT THAT TIME I COULDN'T OPEN THE BACK DOOR AT ALL. NOT EVEN MANUALLY. I LIVED WITH IT FOR A WHILE BUT THEN THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR DID THE SAME THING SO WITH ONLY TWO DOORS OPENING, I BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE FORD SHOP. THEY FIXED THE BACK DOOR AGAIN FOR FREE SINCE THE PREVIOUS WORK WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THE FRONT DOOR HOWEVER NEEDED THE SAME AS THE BACK AND THE TRUNK BUTTON ALSO NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE QUOTE WAS FOR $475. I COULDN'T AFFORD THAT AT THE TIME AND DECIDED TO WAIT A LITTLE LONGER. IN THE MEANTIME, THE WINDOW ON THE SAME BACK DOOR SUDDENLY FELL INTO THE DOOR AND HAD TO BE HELD UP WITH SOME FOLDED PAPER UNTIL I COULD BRING IT IN. THE QUOTE FOR THE FRONT DOOR AS WELL AS THE WINDOW WAS OVER $700.00! THEY SAID THE REGULATOR BROKE SO THE WINDOW WOULDN'T STAY UP. APPARENTLY THAT IS IN SOME OTHER PART OF THE DOOR BECAUSE THEY SAID IT WAS NOTHING THEY DID EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD TAKEN THAT DOOR APART 2 PREVIOUS TIMES. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I GOT THE FRONT DOOR FIXED AND THE WINDOW IS STILL BEING HELD UP WITH PAPER! I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH MY FOCUS AND AM ANXIOUS TO TRADE IT IN. I AM WORRIED HOWEVER, THAT SOMETHING ELSE WILL HAPPEN BEFORE I GET THE CHANCE! THE DEALERSHIP EVEN OFFER

I HAVE BEEN HEARING FUNNY CLUNKING NOISES FROM THE MOTOR AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND MORE RECENTLY THE ENGINE CUTS OUT WHEN DRIVING, ALMOST LIKE IT SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR. PEOPLE HAVE LOOKED AT IT BUT THEY SAYS ITS FINE, ITS DONE IT 4 TIMES ALREADY AND ITS KIND OF GETTING OLD.

ENGINE STALLS UNDER VARIOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. FORD ACKNOWLEDGED THEY HAVE REDESIGNED THE CYLINDER HEAD TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICAL WAS THREE YEARS OLD AS OF SEPTEMBER 30,2002. STALLING STARTED IN OCTOBER OF 2002. REPAIR IS NOT COVERED BY WARRENTEE, EXTENDED WARRENTEE DISALOWED BY THIRD PARTY INSURER WHO CLAIMED IT WAS A FORD PROBLEM. COST OF REPAIR TO FIX THE PROBLEM +$2,000. ALTERNATE PROCEDURE INVOLVES CHEMICAL CLEANING, RECOMMENDED BY DEALER WITHOUT GUARENTEE OR WARRENTEE.

MY COMPLAINT IS ALL THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE HAD WITH THE FOCUS. WE HAVE HAD NUMEROUS RECALLS AND WORK DONE FROM THE DRIVERS SEAT COLLAPSING, WIRING HARNESS REPLACED, BEARINGS IN FRONT, AND REAR, BRAKE ASSEMBLY, SWAY BAR, AND HAVE HAD TO REPLACE 3 SETS OF TIRES, AND LINE UP 3 TIMES BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT MAKE GOOD AND THE CAR EATS TIRES. NOW WE HAVE 52,000 MILES ON THE CAR, AND A PIN HAS COME LOOSE AND GONE THROUGH THE TRANSMISSION, AND CASE. ALTOUGH THE DEALER HAS BEEN VERY GOOD, WE BOUGHT A NEW CAR SO WE WOULD NOT HAVE THIS HASSLE, AND THAT IS ALL WE HAVE HAD.

CAR HAS HAD THE BRAKES SERVICED A TOTAL OF FIVE TIMES AND THE CAR IS STALLING DURING ACCELERATION. THIS CAR HAS BEEN IN SHOPS FOR SEVERAL RECALLS AS WELL AS TWICE FOR IGNITION LOCK FAILURE. ONE OF OUR CHILDREN WAS TRAPPED IN REAR SEAT BY DEFECTIVE SEAT BELT & HAD TO BE CUT OUT WITH A KNIFE. CAR STALLS AFTER IT WARMS UP. DEALER SAYS IT'S FUEL PUMP BUT IF THAT WERE SO, WOULDN'T IT STALL WAARM OR COLD. I SPOKE TO AN EMPLOYEE AT ANOTHER DEALER WHO SAID FORD WAS FINDING PROBLEMS WITH SENSOR CONNECTED WITH COOLING SYSTEM. WHO DO I BELIEVE? THEY WANT TO CHARGE US $700 TO REPLACE FUEL PUMP THAT PROBABLY WORKS FINE.

HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT TROUBLE WITH MY FOCUS THE BRAKES WORE DOWN WHILE I WAS ON VACATION AND I WAS STUCK DRIVING FOR A BIT ON METAL TO METAL....WHICH RUINED MY ROTOR.....THEN THE BATTERY AFTER ALMOST 3YRS. HAS CAUSED MY CAR TO NOT WANT TO START TWICE......EACH TIME I HAVE HAD TO CLEAN OFF THE BUILT UP ACID ON THE BATTERY SO THAT A CLEAN CONNECTION CAN BE MADE.....THE PAINT KEEPS ON CHIPPING, MY ANTEENA HAS BECOME FRAYED, JUST RECENTLY MY CAR'S STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP ON ME AND THE KEY WOULDN'T TURN IN THE IGNITION......IT IS IN THE SHOP AS I WRITE THIS.....AND FROM WHAT I HAVE HEARD I AM NOT THE FIRST PERSON TO HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE CYLINDER.......THE CAR SEEMS TO BE SLUGISH WHEN ON THE INERSTATE.......THE FOCUS IS A DANGEROUS CAR AND FORD CO. NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT..... JEREMY

AIR HAS NOT WORKED PROPERLY FROM PURCHASING THE CAR NEW. I PURCHASED THE CAR IN WA STATE AND HAVE MOVED TO OHIO. I AM NOW TOLD THAT EVEN THOUGH THE PROBLEMS STARTED PRIOR TO THE WARRANTY EXPIRING, SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM ANOTHER DEALER, I WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR ANY FUTURE PROLEMS MYSELF. FUEL, FORD KNOW THIS IS A PROBLEM, AND REFUSES TO TELL ME IF THE NEW FUEL PUMP I HAD THEM PUT IN IS AN OLD PUMP OR A NEW ONE WITHOUT THE PROBLEMS. OTHER, EXHAUST LEAK, I WAS TOLD I HAD AN EXHAUST LEAK, BUT THE ENGINE STILL SOUNDS VERY KNOCKY. I AM 4TH GENERATION FORD, MY SISTER WAS ALSO AND NOW BUYS ANYTHING BUT FORD, THIS WILL ALSO BE MY LAST FORD, BUT ANY CASH BACK WOULD BE GREAT AFTER BUYING THE MOST EXPENSIVE PIECE OF JUNK I HAVE EVER HAD.

CURRENT MALFUNCTION IS HESITATION AND ENGINE STALL AND BRAKE FAILURE. MY CAR IS ALMOST 2 YEARS OLD AND WITHIN THAT TIME PERIOD I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE FOLLOWING MALFUNCTIONS: WINDSHIELD WIPER, AIR CONDITION, ELECTRIC WINDOW, BRAKES, STRUTS, RUSTED ROTOR, IGNITION SWITCH, ELECTRICAL SHORTS(FLASHING DASH), ENGINE HESITATION/STALL, BLOWN FUSES WHERE CAR WOULD NOT START.

THE IGNITION SWITCH BROKE. THE KEY WOULD ONLY GO IN HALF WAY. THIS HAPPENED ALL OF A SUDDEN, NO WARNING. WE DROVE THE CAR TO MY WIFES APARTMENT AT SCHOOL TO CHANGE FOR OUR DAUGHTERS PRE-GRADUATION DINNER AND WHEN WE WENT BACK OUT TO LEAVE THE KEY WOULD NOT GO INTO THE IGNITION. THIS WAS ON A FRIDAY NIGHT AND GRADUATION WAS THE NEXT DAY AT 10:30. WE CONTACTED THE LOCAL MARQUETTE, FORD DEALER CROWN MOTORS AND THEY HAD TO TOW THE CAR IN. THE CAR WAS LOCKED IN PARK AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED. WE WERE NOT THERE WHEN THEY TOWED IT AWAY BUT MY WIFE WAS STUCK IN MARQUETTE UNTIL THE FOLLOWING THURSDAY WAITING TO GET THE IGNITION REPLACED. THE DEALER SAID THEY HAD TO DRILL OUT THE OLD SWITCH TO REMOVE IT. THE NEW SWITCH WAS CODED TO OUR OLD KEY SO THAT WAS GOOD AND THE CROWN FORD DEALER WAS VERY NICE AND ACCOMODATING TO MY WIFE. WE WERE TOLD WHEN WE BOUGHT THE CAR FROM BESSEMER AUTO THAT THIS WAS A "PROGRAM CAR" BUT FOUND OUT THROUGH THE INTERNET THAT IT WAS A RENTAL CAR. I DON\\'T THINK A RENTAL CAR IS THE SAME AS A PROGRAM CAR. I AM 67 YEARS OLD AND HAVE OWNED MANY CARS OVER THE YEARS AND I HAVE NEVER HAD AN IGNITION SWITCH BREAK TO THE POINT THE KEY WOULD NOT GO IN. AT 37000 MILES NOT GOOD DEPENDABILITY. MY JEEP HAS 143,000 AND THE IGNITION WORKS FINE AND I STOP AND START A LOT. I AM ALMOST AFRAID TO KNOW ANY MORE ABOUT THE FOCUS PROBLEMS. MY WIFE REALLY LOVES THIS CAR BUT IS NOW VERY UNSURE OF ITS DEPENDABILITY. SHE DRIVES HOME FROM SCHOOL AT NIGHT SOMETIMES AND STOP

MY 2000 FORD FOCUS HAS HAD PROBLEMS STARTING 2 MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED IT. IT'S BEEN IN 6 TIMES FOR EXCESSIVE BRAKE NOISE AND OR SQUEALING. THE DOOR HINGES WERE SQUEEKING AND HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO MISALIGNMENT..IT TOOK 5 TIMES TO DETERMINE THIS. WEATHER STRIP MOLDING HAS BEEN REPLACED DUE TO FALLING APART AROUND THE HEADLIGHTS. THE CD PLAYER/STEREO WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW FACTORY MODEL WHEN CD PLAYER WOULD NOT WORK PROPERLY. THE "NEW" MODEL WAS REPLACED YET AGAIN DUE TO CODING SEEN AND NO NUMBERS IN THE WINDOW DIGITAL AREA. THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED AFTER STALLING MORE THAN 50 MILES FROM HOME...STILL DOES NOT RUN UP TO PERFORMANCE. FUEL AREA REWORKED AGAIN. WOULD NOT START DUE TO BATTERY CABLE. FORD NEEDS TO DISCONTINUE THIS MODEL UNTIL THEY CAN FIX THE PROBLEMS IT HAS WITH IT. THEY ALSO NEED TO GET ALL FOCUS MODELS OFF THE ROAD, THEY ARE SAFETY HAZZARDS.

I LEASED A 2000 FORD FOCUS FEBRUARY 16, 2002 THINKING THAT THIS WAS A GOOD INVESTMENT. I WAS WRONG. I HAVE HAD 3 RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE AND YES FORD FIXED THEM FOR FREE. NOW MY KEY IS STUCK IN MY IGNITION AND WILL NOT COME OUT NOR TURN TO START THE CAR. I DO NOT HAVE $500 TO FIX THE VEHICLE AS I AM A SINGLE PARENT BARELY MAKING ENDS MEET. I WAS TOLD THAT MY WARRANTY EXPIRED, THEREFORE I WOULD HAVE TO PAY THE EXPENSE. I DO NOT HAVE A CAR AND BECAUSE OF THIS, I WAS FORCED TO LEAVE MY JOB. I ALSO HAVE TO FIND A RIDE FOR MY 4 YEAR OLD SON TO GET BACK AND FORTH TO SCHOOL EVERYDAY. BAD INVESTMENT, I THINK SO.

I LOST CONTROL OF MY CAR; THE BACK TIRES WERE UNCONTROLLABLE, I WAS UNABLE TO KEEP MY VEHICLE UNDER CONTROL BECAUSE OF THIS GREAT SHAKING/SWAYING FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR. AFTER THE ACCIDENT I NOTICED THAT THE LEFT REAR WHEEL WAS LOOSE AND ASKEW. BECAUSE I WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL MY VEHICLE, MY CAR ROLLED TWICE DOWN AN EMBANKMENT. THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED, AND I RECEIVED A QUITE SUBSTANTIAL BURN ON MY LEFT WRIST.