2000 Ford Focus complaints

THE ENGINE FALL OUT (ENGINE BOLTS BROKE). PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. PH

PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE FALLING OUT OF THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED SO THERE WAS NOTHING THEY CAN DO BUT HOW EVER THEY WILL INVESTIGATE WHY THAT HAPPENS. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD NO MORE WARRANTY SO IF CONSUMER WANTED TO KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED HE NEEDED TO PAY TO HAVE THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSIS. TS

WHILE DRIVING AND WITH NO WARNING VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

MY ORIGINAL COMPLAINT WAS FOR # 760238. THERE WAS A FIRE IN THAT CAR. IT IS LISTED IN YOUR DEFECT INVESTIGATIONS AS NO FIRE, BUT--THERE WAS. IT IS TERRIBLE THAT A BIG CORPORATION LIKE FORD CAN NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR ACTIONS ON THIS MATTER.

VEHICLE IS HAVING THE SAME DEFECT WITH THE WIRE HARNESS AS STATED IN RECALL NUMBER 000 V 411 000, BUT THEIR VIN NUMBER IS NOT INCLUDED. TS BRAKE LIGHTS INOPERATIVE AT TIMES ALSO ABS LIGHT COMES AND DASH AND DOME LIGHT GO OFF INTERMITTENTLY. TRUNK RELEASE INOPERATIVE. LATCH ASSEMBLY REPLACED. *TT

I WENT TO WARM UP MY FORD FOCUS ZX3 AS USUAL ON TUESDAY MORNING, BUT WHEN I TURNED ON THE HEATER/DEFOROSTER NOTHING HAPPENED. I THEN GOT IT SERVICED AND WAS TOLD THAT THE HEATER/DEFROSTER SWITCH HAD MELTED. MY CONCERN IS THAT THERE COULD OF BEEN/ STILL CAN BE A FIRE IF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS FAULTY ENOUGH TO MELT THE SWITCH.

WHEN THE CAR HAD 15000 MILES ON IT AND STILL UNDER WARRANTY THE THIRD GEAR WAS MAKING A GRINDING SOUND. I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPAIRED IT. 30,000 MILES LATER( MOSTLY HIGHWAY MILES) THIRD GEAR STARTED MAKING THE SAME SOUND AGAIN.THE DEALER SAID IT WOULD COST ME 900 DOLLARS TO FIX IT SINCE IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY ANYMORE. I CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT THE TRANSMISSION, AND ONLY THIRD GEAR IN A MANUAL FIVE SPEED IS ONLY GOOD FOR 30,000 MILES, MOST OF WHICH IS ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THIRD GEAR IS NOT USED MUCH.I BELIEVE THAT IS A DEFECT WITH THE CAR ITSELF.

CONSUMER HIT A GUARD RAIL. THE AIR BAG DEFLATED AND HAD GIVEN THE CONSUMER 2ND DEGREE BURNS AS WELL AS OTHER INJURIES. PH

IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER WILL NOT TURN. FORD HAS REFUSED TO PAY AS MY 36,000 MILE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. I AM GOING TO CONTACT EVERYONE I CAN THINK OF TO TRY TO GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF. I WOULD APPRECIATE BEING CONTACTED IF ANY CLASS ACTION LAW SUITS ARE FILED AGAINST FORD FOR VIOLATION OF LEMON LAWS.

WHILE DRIVING ON A RURAL ROOD AT APPROX. 6:00 AM THE VEHICLE STOPPED RUNNING AND LEFT ME STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THIS OCCURRED DURING A RAIN/SLEET STORM AND PUT ME IN EXTREAM DANGER. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO FAIRFIELD FORD, FAIRFIELD, OH AND REPAIRED. I WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY A BROKEN WIRE IN THE CONTROL MODULE FOR THE FUEL PUMP. ALTHOUGH THIS VEHICLE IS 3 YEARS OLD IT ONLY HAS ABOUT 7,000 MILES ON IT.

TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR SUSPENSION DEFECT. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. PH

THE BATTERY CABLE CORODED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN AT HIGHWAY SPEED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITION INFORMATION. TS

FUMES IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT WHENEVER HEAT OR AIR CONDITIONING ON. DEALER CLAIMS SMELLS NOTHING AND ALSO ROTORS ON BRAKE DRUMS ARE MINIMUM REQUIRED BY LAW WITHOUT HAVING TO BE REPLACED EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN MACHINED OR SCARRED. DEALERSHIP SAYS THEY ARE AWARE OF PROBLEM BUT FORD HAS DONE NOTHING ABOUT IT AND ROTORS AREN'T UNDER WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE DEFECTIVE

HERE'S A SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECT THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED. SINCE I BOUGHT MY 2000 FOCUS ZTS (WITH LESS THAN 45,000 MILES ON IT) IT HAS HAD ALL THE RECALL SERVICES DONE (SIX, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY) AND TWO WINDSHIELDS REPLACED TOO (DUE TO EDGE CRACKS DEVELOPING). THIS WEEK A SERIOUS NEW PROBLEM SURFACED: A WIRE SHEARED OFF WITHIN A CONNECTOR THAT GOES TO THE IGNITION COIL, PART OF THE MAIN ENGINE HARNESS. I WAS TRAVELING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ENGINE SIMPLY DIED. IF THIS HAPPENED IN TRAFFIC OR ON THE HIGHWAY, A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WOULD HAVE RESULTED. LUCKILY, I WAS ON A QUIET STREET. THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAT FORD SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE AND CORRECT AT NO CHARGE TO THE OWNER. TO MAKE THE MATTER WORSE, THE DEALER TELLS ME THAT THE CONNECTOR THAT FAILED IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM FORD AS A REPLACEMENT PART -- THE WHOLE MAIN ENGINE HARNESS HAS TO BE REPLACED, WITH MORE THAN EIGHT HOURS OF LABOR REQUIRED, PLUS THE COST OF THE HARNESS. IT WILL END UP COSTING CLOSE TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS. IF THE CONNECTOR WERE AVAILABLE IT WOULD COST UNDER THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO REPAIR.

ON WINDING TURNS AND HILLS CAR WOULD ACT AS IF IT WAS OUT OF GAS, ESPECIALLY IF TANK FELL BELOW HALF. CAR STALL ON ONE OCCASSIONS BUT ON OTHERS I TOOK FOOT OFF GAS AND MANAGED TO RECOVER POWER. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL FILTER AND PUMP (WITH THE EXPLANATION THAT IT WAS FAILING UNDER HEAVY LOAD). WHILE THE PROBLEM HAS NOT REPEATED ITSELF, THE CAR FEELS MORE SLUGGISH THAN IT USED TO. I ALSO TRY TO KEEP THE TANK ABOVE HALF FULL, AS SEVERAL SITES HAVE RECOMMENDED.

MY WIFE WHO IS 7 MONTHS PREGNANT WHO ALSO HAD MY 5 YEAR OLD SON WITH HER, WAS PROCEEDING ON THE I-210 WHEN OUR 2000 FORD FOCUS SUDDENLY STALLED GOING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THERE WERE MANY CARS BEHIND HER AND KEEPING HER WITS ABOUT HER PULLED THE CAR INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE, NARROWLY MISSING BEING REAR ENDED. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE CAR RE-STARTED AND SHE WAS ABLE TO GET TO A PHONE AND CALL ME FOR ASSITANCE. ONCE I GOT THE CAR MOVING, I WAS NOTICING A STALLING AS WELL.

CONSUMER NOTICED VEHICLE REAR DOORS HAVE BEEN RUSTING FROM THE INSIDE OF VEHICLE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

CONSUMER STATES THE IGNITION SWITCH IT IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY, KEY GO ONLY HALF WAY AND IT TAKES LONGER TIME TO PUT IT INSIDE THE SWITCH. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED AND WONT FIX. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

INCOMPLETE INFO *SCC

MY PAINT IS PEELING ON THE HOOD OF MY 2000 FORD FOCUS.

I HAD TO TAKE MY 2000 FORD FOCUS TO A MECHANIC BECAUSE OF A SUDDEN LOUD SCRAPING NOISE AND AN INABILITY TO PROPERLY STEER. I WAS TOLD THAT 3 OF THE 4 BOLTS THAT HOLD THE AXLE SUPPORT BRACE WERE MISSING AND THE AXLE WAS IN DANGER OF COLLAPSE. MECHANIC ADDED 3 BOLTS - PROBLEM WAS FIXED.

THROTTLE IS STICKY. WARRANTY IS COVERING THE PROBLEM. TS

THE VEHICLE WAS PARK WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING THE STEERING COLUMN LOCK UP AND WILL NOT UN LOCK THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS

SEVERE HESITATION PROBLEMS ON SEVERAL OCCATIONS AS I WAS ACCELERATING. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES. THEY WERE UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO REPRODUCE THE SAME PROBLEM. JANUARY 2003 THE CAR WOULD NOT START. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. I HAD TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP $440. MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE WAS 48,000. I WAS HAVING THE HESTIATION DIFFICULTIES DURING THE WARRENTY PERIOD.

DRIVER FELT A VIBRATION AND HEARD A LOUD POP THEN THE VEHICLE SWEREVED TO THE RIGHT AND HIT A BRIDGE. AFTER THE ACCIDENT THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND SHOWED THAT THE LOWER CONTROL ARM HAD BROKEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

WHILE DRIVING AT 40MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL DISCONNECTED FROM THE VEHICLE. THIS CAUSED A DISTRACTION TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER NOTIFIED. PH

CAR CONTINUES TO SHAKE NOT ABLE TO DRIVE ON HIGHWAY

CONSUMER WAS HIT AT 35MPH IN THE FRONT CENTER OF THE VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THIS CAUSE CONSUMER TO SUBSTAIN MINOR INJURIES. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PH

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD THEN CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NLM

CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICE FIVE TIMES IN THE PAST TWO YEARS FOR POOR BRAKE WARE UNDER TEN THOUSAND MILES DEALER REPLACE BRAKES PROBLEM RETURNS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

CONSUMER NOTICED AFTER VEHICLE WARMS UP VEHICLE STARTS BUCKING DURING ACCELERATION. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

CONSUMER NOTICE ONCE PLACING VEHICLE KEY IN THE IGNITION SWITCH CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO START ENGINE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

CONSUMER NOTICED WHILE TRAVELING WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL BRAKE INDICATION LIGHT WOULD NOT LIGHT UP. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND REPAIR. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

2000 FORD FOCUS, RIGHT REAR WHEEL BEARING FAILURE

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING 40MPH THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE VIBRATED VIOLENTLY WHILE BRAKING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*JB

PROBLEM EQUAL TO: INVESTIGATION: EA02-022, PE02-040 MODEL YEAR: 2000-02 SUBJECT: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM -ENGINE STALLS ON MY FORD FOCUS 2000.

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*JB

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN, CAUSING LOST OF POWERSTEERING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFOMATION. TS

CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. THERE IS OCCASIONAL GRINDING NOISES WHEN BRAKING SUDDENLY, THE BRAKE PEDALS SQUEAK, THE TRANSMISSION JUMPS OUT OF GEAR, THERE ARE PROBLEMS WHEN ACCELERATING, THE VEHICLE STALLS WHEN DRIVING ABOVE 55 MPH, THE CRUISE CONTROL IS INOPERATIVE, AND VARIOUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. *JG *JB

WHEN DRIVING CONSUMER STATED WHEN GAS PEDAL IS PRESSED THERE IS NO REACTION AND VEHICLE LOOSES POWER. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS UNSAFE, CHANCE OF BEING REAR ENDED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

CONSUMER WAS EXITING A PARKING GARAGE AND PLACED VEHICLE IN REVERSE. WITHOUT WARNING, CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND REAR TAIL SPUN AROUND 2 TIMES THEN HIT A PARKED VEHICLE. CONSUMER DID APPLY BRAKES WITH NO SUCCESS. PH INSURANCE COMPANY INFORMED DEALERSHIP THAT THERE WERE TWO RECALLS THAT DEALT WITH A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE AND SPEED CONTROL WHICH WAS NOT PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. OTHER PROBLEMS INCLUDED WEEZING NOISE WHILE TURNING. POWER STEERING RACKED FAILED AND REPLACED. LACK OF POWER STEERING IN STEERING WHEEL. REAR BRAKE PAD REPLACEMENT. REAR WHEEL BEARING NOISE. DEFECTIVE WHEEL BEARINGS REPLACED. TIRE PUNCTURED AND REPLACED. HESITATION ON ACCELERATION. FUEL PUMP AND GASKET REPLACED. TIRES ROTTED OUT. KEY STUCK IN IGNITION. REPLACED MALFUNCTIONED SHIFTER ASSEMBLY. TRUNK LID WOULDN'T LATCH. LATCH REPLACED. *TT

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE KEY WILL NOT COME OUT OF THE IGNITION.DEALER NOTIFIED AND REPAIRED, 14,000 MILES LATER PROBLEM REOCCURRED. PH

CONSUMER STATES AFTER PUTTING KEY IN IGNITION SWITCH CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO TURN SWITCH TO START THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER CONTACTED A LOCK SMITH. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND NOTICE IGNITION COLE NEED TO BE REPLACE. VEHICLE IS ON IT'S THIRD REPAIR. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER PH INFORMATION.

THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN THE IGNITION WAS LOCKED IN PLACE IT WOULD NOT MOVE AT ALL AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED. I CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM, IN FACT, THEY TOLD ME WHAT KIND OF CAR I HAD BEFORE I TOLD THEM, AND THEY SAID THEY NO LONGER COME OUT ON THAT DEFECT. THEY SAID THERE ARE A LOT OF PROBLEM WITH THESE MODELS AND THEY HAD MANY CALLS ON THE FORD FOCUS . I AM JUST OUT OF WARRANTY PERIOD WHICH IS 36000. I DON'T FEEL THIS IS MY FAULT. I FEEL IT IS A DEFECT WITH THE PRODUCT. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL OTHER PROBLEMS FOR WHICH FORD REFUSES TO OWN UP TO, AND I FEEL THE PUBLIC IS BEING SHAMMED WITH THEIR CLAIMS THAT THIS IS THE #1 CAR THEY SELL. THE STEERING WHEEL IS LOCKED AND I AM STUCK WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO MOVE MY CAR. HOW COULD I EXPECT THIS TO HAPPEN, I FEEL THIS IS A FORD PROBLEM, I DON'T FEEL THAT I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY (NOTE: THIS HAPPENED JAN 6, 2003, BUT YOUR SITE ONLY GOES TO 2002, THEREFORE, I HAD TO USE DEC 31, OTHERWISE I COULD NOT CONTINUE).

CONSUMER STATED THAT DURING INSPECTION, MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT WHEEL BEARINGS WERE DEFECTIVE. CONSUMER CONTACTED MANUFACTURER ABOUT RELATED RECALL 00V303000. MFR ADVISED CONSUMER'S V.I.N. DOES NOT FALL WITHIN MANUFACTURING DATE RANGE OF 3/5/99-5/5/00. CONSUMER ADVISED THAT CERTIFICATION LABEL STATES VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED IN 09/99. TS

NHTSA#11813-00-V-303-000 REAR WHEEL HUB RETAINING NUTS CAN LOOSEN AND ALLOW THE LEFT REAR WHEEL AND BRAKE DRUM ASSEMBLY TO SEPARATE FROM THE VEHICLE: CONSUMER STATES HAS THE SAME PROBLEM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

THE CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED THE FOLLOWING: THE REPLACEMENT OF THE LEFT DASH BOARD CLUSTER (TEMPERATURE GAUGE INOP FROM THE TIME OF PURCHASE), REATTACHMENT OF RUBBER SEAL AROUND DRIVER DOOR WINDOW, REATTACHMENT OF FUEL PUMP, REATTACHMENT OF HEADLINER IN REAR OF VEHICLE, UNCRIMPING OF FUEL LINE, LUBRICATION DRIVER DOOR HANDLE(STICKING), LUBRICATION OF CATCH ON REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR(HAD COME OPEN WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION), REPLACEMENT THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH IN STEERING COLUMN-HAD TO BE TURNED OFF MANUALLY, PERSISTENT NOISES/VIBRATIONS IN THE FRONT END OF VEHICLE STARTING AT 36K MILES AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TIRES HAD TREAD THAT WAS TOO NARROW/WERE HIGH PERFORMANCE WHICH WASN'T NEEDED/WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THE VIBRATION WAS CAUSED BY IMPROPER TIRE CARE AND TIRE CUPPING, THE LEFT REAR SHOCK NEEDED REPLACEMENT, AND THE RADIO GOES OUT-SOMETIMES GOES OUT WHEN THE HEAT IS TURNED UP HIGH. SCC

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 15MPH WITHOUT WARNING THE PASSENGER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HAVE A ACCIDENT. TS

THE IGNITION SWITCH ON MY CAR IS NOT WORKING. IF IT HAS TO BE REPLACED, IT WILL BE THE THIRD TIME SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR. WHICH WAS IN FEBUARY OF 2002. IF A LOCKSMITH SHOP CAN REPAIR THE PROBLEM, WHY IS IT THAT A FORD DEALERSHIP CAN'T?

I BOUGHT MY FORD FOCUS 2000, BRAND NEW IN JULY OF 2000. SINCE THEN, I'VE HAD THE WHEEL BEARINGS REPLACED TWICE, THE REAR DOOR STOPPED LATCHING AND I HAD TO DRIVE IT TO THE DEALER WITH MY SON HOLDING THE DOOR SHUT, MY ALTERNATOR HAD TO BE REPLACED AND STILL THE LIGHTS GET DIM WHEN I TURN ON THE HEATER, THE PLASTIC AND RUBBER DOOR MOLDING STARTED COMING LOOSE AND FALLING OFF RIGHT AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR, THE BRAKES HAVE NEVER STOPPED SQUEALING, AND NOW MY KEY IS STUCK IN THE IGNITION AND IT WON'T COME OUT. EVERY TIME I TAKE MY CAR TO A DEALER, THEY ALWAYS SAY THE SAME THING "OH, THAT IS COMMON WITH THE FORD FOCUS". AFTER READING ALL OF THE CONSUMER COMPLAINTS, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY THESE PROBLEMS ARE COMMON WITH THE FORD FOCUS. I'VE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR AND EXPECT TO EXPERIENCE MANY MORE BECAUSE SO FAR THE TRACK RECORD FOR THE FORD FOCUS IS EXTREMELY POOR. AFTER READING THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS, I HOPE FORD IS FORCED INTO RECALLING THE IGNITION CYNLINDER OR SWITCH WHICHEVER IS TO BLAME FOR THE KEY TO BECOMING STUCK IN THE IGNITION AND THE WHEEL NOT LOCKING WHILE THE CAR IS IN PARK. TS