2000 Ford Focus complaints

THE DOOR DID NOT OPEN/CLOSE IN COLD WEATHER. *JB

THE ROTORS CONTINUED TO FAIL ON THE VEHICLE. *JB

DUE TO THE RECALL REGARDING THE STEERING LINKAGES, CONSUMER STATED THE BALL JOINTS SEPARATED, RECALL # 02 V 289 000.*JB

THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FOR THE DOORS FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR NOT TO OPEN.*JB *TS

THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL DISCONNECTED FROM THE VEHICLE AND COLLAPSED OUTWARD, DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE.*JB

CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE KEY IN THE IGNITION TO START THE VEHICLE. CAUSE WAS UNKNOWN. *JB

THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, HOWEVER THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*JB

THE VEHICLE STALLED, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO A FAULTY ENGINE LIGHT.*JB

CONSUMER LOSS CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, HIT A POLE, AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY.*JB

PASSENGER SIDE BALL JOINT IS BROKEN AT 48,000 MILES. APPEARS THERE IS A SAFETY RECALL, BUT FORD DEALERSHIP WILL NOT REPLACE PART WITHOUT CHARGING ME. *JB

THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING.*JB

THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED, THE DEALER CHARGED THE CONSUMER $350.00 TO REPLACE.*JB

THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED.*JB

AFTER THE RECALL FOR THE BATTERY CABLE 02 V 288 000, WAS PERFORMED, A WEEK LATER THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE.*JB

CAR WILL STALL WHEN ATTEMPTING MODERATE SPEED RIGHT TURN. HIGHWAY ENTRANCE IF GAS TANK IS LESS THAN HALF FULL.*JB

KEY HAD TROUBLE GOING INTO THE IGNITION SWITCH, WHEN IT FINALLY DID GO IN, IT WILL NOT TURN. CAR WILL NOT START. CAR NEEDED TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY NOR WAS THERE A RECALL ON IT.*JB

CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE VALVE CYLINDER HEAD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*JB

THE ENGINE STALLED, WITHOUT WARNING.*JB

FAULTY FRONT BRAKING SYSTEM. EXCESSIVE WEAR AND TEAR LEADS TO PREMATURE BRAKE AND ROTOR REPLACEMENT TO INSURE SAFE, NORMAL CAR OPERATION.*JB

BURNT EXHAUST VALVE ON CYLINDER HEAD. *JB

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE #02S42 TO REPLACE THE BATTERY WIRE. THE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND SHE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE.*JB

TWICE IN THE PAST 3 MONTHS, MY VEHICLE STALLED AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WAITING THERE OVERNIGHT, THE CAR STARTED AND THEY COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM WITH IT. *JB

THE RIGHT FRONT AXLE WHEEL BEARINGS FAILED, CONSUMER HAD THEM REPLACED. RECEIVED RECENT RECALL 01 I 01 7000 ON THE REAR WHEEL BEARINGS AND CONSUMER BELIEVED THE FRONT BEARINGS WERE DEFECTIVE AS WELL.*JB

THE ENGINE REVVED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER OR STALL. *JB

WHEN THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE, AND AFTER THE VEHICLE STOPPED SEVERAL TIMES, A HOT METAL SMELL APPEARED. *JB THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WASN'T DRIVABLE, DUE TO A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD, AND DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS STUCK CALIPERS. THE BRAKE PADS AND THE CALIPERS WERE REPLACED, AND THE ROTORS WERE RESURFACED. (THE HUBCAP HAD BEEN SLIGHTLY MELTED AWAY FROM THE CALIPER) SCC

THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE.*JB

I OWN A 2000 FORD FOCUS. I HAD MY IGNITION CYLINDER REPLACED IN JUNE 2002. THEN ON MARCH 2, 2003 IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I HAVE SPENT NEARLY $600 ON THIS PART IN THE LAST 9 MONTHS AND I AM STILL PAYING FOR MY CAR. AN IGNITION SHOULD USUALLY OUT LAST THE LIFE OF THE CAR. I AM VERY DISSATISFIED WITH THE SERVICE I AM RECEIVING FROM FORD AND I KNOW THIS WILL BE A RE-OCCURRING PROBLEM. THEY ALSO HAD TO SHAVE MY KEY A LITTLE TO MAKE IT WORK BUT IT DOES NOT FEEL THE WAY IT USED TO AND IT REALLY BOTHERS ME BECAUSE I KNOW IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. *JB

THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED WITHOUT WARNING, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL. THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED 3 TIMES. *JB

FORD IGNITION CYLINDER DEFECT. KEY WILL NOT INSERT ALL THE WAY, IT TAKES NUMEROUS TRIES, ONCE INSERTED WILL NOT ROTATE TO START POSITION. *JB

THE FRONT SWAY BARS WERE LOOSE. *JB

I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS W/ MY 2000 FORD FOCUS. THE MOST SEVERE IS THE BRAKES SQUEALING AND WEARING OUT PREMATURELY. THEY HAD TO BE REPLACED IN THE FIRST YEAR AND A HALF OF OWNERSHIP AND NEVER STOPPED MAKING NOISE. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION THE REAR WHEEL BEARINGS LEAKED FLUID ALL OVER THE BRAKE PADS WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A DEADLY ACCIDENT. I HAVE BEEN GIVEN A COPY OF A LETTER FROM FORD MOTOR CO. FROM A FORD DEALERSHIP SAYING THE BRAKE NOISE IS NORMAL AND CAN NOT BE FIXED AND IS NOT INDICATIVE OF A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES. PLEASE DO SOMETHING TO FIX THESE CARS, THEY ARE NOT SAFE! *JB

THE VEHICLE HIT SOME TREES, AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED.*JB

I SENT THIS LETTER TO FORD IN MAY OF 2000 I PURCHASED A FORD FOCUS, THINKING IT WOULD BE A SAFE, LOW MAINTENANCE CAR, CONSIDERING IT HAD BEEN IN EUROPE SINCE 1997. I WOULD THINK THIS WOULD BE PLENTY OF TIME TO WORK OUT ANY BUGS YOU MAY HAVE. OR, SHOULD I CALL THEM RECALLS. I THINK A CAR THAT HAS 16 RECALLS, MOST OF THEM WHICH I WOULD CONSIDER SAFETY ISSUES, SHOULD BE RECALLED ENTIRELY. I HAVE HAD OTHER ISSUES WITH THIS CAR AS WELL. MY KEY WOULD NOT TURN, SEAT BELTS LOCKING FOR NO REASON, DOOR HANDLES NOT OPENING THE DOOR (THIS IS ALL HAPPENING AGAIN). AND ONE THAT HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED, BRAKES. I AM NOW ON MY THIRD SET OF FRONT ROTORS SINCE I HAVE PURCHASED THE CAR. THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED EVERY TIME. THE DRIVER SIDE ROTOR AND PAD WILL WEAR COMPLETELY DOWN YET THE PASSENGER SIDE WILL BE JUST FINE. I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER FOCUS OWNERS AND THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING. I STILL HAVE MY LAST SET OF ROTORS JUST TO PROVE IT. I GOT SMART THIS TIME AND BOUGHT REPLACEMENTS THAT WERE NOT MADE BY YOU. STOP TECH CROSS DRILLED ROTORS AND EBC GREENSTUFF KEVLAR PADS. I ALSO REPLACED THE DRIVER SIDE CALIPER WITH A NON-FORD REPLACEMENT. I WANT OUT OF THIS CAR BECAUSE I FEEL IT IS UNSAFE. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO WARN OTHER FOCUS OWNERS THAT THIS CAR IS UNSAFE. YOU ALSO HAD BETTER NOT SEND ME TO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN. WHAT DOES THE DEALERSHIP HAVE TO DO WITH THE PRODUCTION OF AN UNSAFE CAR? NOTHING, EXCEPT THAT THEY SELL IT. I AM NOT PUTTING UP WITH FORD PUSHING ME AROUND OR GIVING ME THE RUN AR

CONSUMER WAS INFORMED NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE REGARDING THE PINCH BOLT, RECALL 02 V 289 000.*JB

THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR BRAKES.*JB

THE STEERING WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE COLUMN.*JB

PROBLEMS WITH BRAKE EQUIPMENT. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER AT LEAST 4 TIMES FOR A CRUNCHING SOUND WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPS.. THE BRAKES SQUEALED WHEN THEY WERE APPLIED, THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THEY WERE FIXED, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM RESURFACED. *JB

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE THERE WAS A SWAY/SHIFT IN THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE AS SHE WAS CROSSING A BRIDGE, WHICH CAUSED A LOSS OF CONTROL. *NLM SCC

THE VEHICLE MADE NOISE IN THE REAR PASSENGERS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE DRIVING. THERE WAS A RECALL RELATED TO THIS PROBLEM RECALL # 02V-289000. *NLM

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR WHEEL BARRIERS. A RECALL WAS ISSUED BUT THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *NLM

REPLACED IGNITION LOCK AND CYLINDER TWICE ON A 2000 FORD FOCUS. HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED. THE STEERING WHEEL OCCASIONALLY LOCKS. HAVE AROUND 46338 MILES ON THE AUTOMOBILE. THE BILL WAS $215.52. PURCHASED THE AUTOMOBILE FROM TEAM FORD IN TARBORO, NORTH CAROLINA. *NLM

NAR 04/07/2003 MR. THE CONSUMER STATED WITH 20,000 MILES ON THE TIRES THEY WERE ALREADY BALD. THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER ONLY THE REAR TIRES WERE BALD BECAUSE THEY HAD NOT BEEN ROTATED. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER MECHANIC AND HAD THE TIRES ROTATED AND HAD NEW TIRES PUT ON THE FRONT, HOWEVER 10,000 MILES LATER THE REAR TIRES WERE BALD, THEY WERE REPLACED AGAIN AND LESS THAN A YEAR LATER THEY WERE BALD AGAIN. THE CONSUMER LEARNED THAT THE PROBLEM WITH TIRES WAS DUE TO A RECALL WITH THE WHEEL BEARINGS WHICH WAS SUPPOSE TO HAVE BEEN REPLACED A LONG TIME AGO. *JB

THE FRONT ROTORS WERE WORN, WHICH CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.*JB

THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING.*JB

THE IGNITION SWITCH LOCKED UP.*JB

THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WERE WORN, WHICH CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.*JB

CONSUMER WAS INFORMED NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE REGARDING THE RECALL FOR WHEEL BEARING RECALL # 01I017000, THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT SENT ANY PARTS.*JB

CONSUMER WAS INFORMED NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE REGARDING THE BATTERY CABLES RECALL # 02V288000. *JB

CONSUMER WAS INFORMED NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE REGARDING THE STEERING LINKAGES RECALL # 02V288 000.*JB

THE VEHICLE STALLED, AND THEN RESTARTED.*JB