2000 Ford Focus complaints

CONSUMER NOTICED, WHEN APLYING THE BRAKE WILL SQUEALING AND MOANING. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

AUTO HAS STALLED DURING OPERATION OF VEHICLE. DT

WHEN CONSUMER STARTS THEIR VEHICLE. THE IGNITION SWITCH AND STEERING WHEEL WILL LOCK UP, AND KEYS WILL GET STUCK IN THE IGNITION. HAD VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH. TS

WHILE DRIVING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS, CONSUMER STATES' THERE WAS A SQUEAKING NOISE, ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, TIRE WOBBLING. TOOK TO FORD AND THEY STATED THE REAR WHEEL BEARING NEEDED REPLACING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

VEHICLES STALLS WHILE MOVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER AND THE PROBLEM IS REOCURRING. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS

THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES, ONLY GOING AT HIGHER RATES OF SPEED, 50-70 MPH. I CAN PULL OVER AND IT STARTS RIGHT BACK UP. THIS USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN THE GAS TANK IS AT 1/4 OR LESS, IT'S NOT OUT OF GAS, I CAN GO ANOTHER 50 MILES WITHOUT FILLING UP AT SPEEDS OF UNDER 50 MPH. ONCE I FILL THE GAS TANK BACK UP, IT DOESN'T STALL AGAIN UNTIL THE GAS TANK GOES BELOW 1/4. IS THERE A RECALL COMING UP ON THIS ISSUE? DT

THE CAR INTERMITTENTLY WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO CHANGE GEARS ONCE YOU LEAVE A GEAR AND GO INTO NEUTRAL (MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS). TWICE I HAD THE CAR STOPPED TRAFFIC, CAUSING MANY DISRUPTIONS AND A DANGEROUS SITUATION. EVEN IF YOU TURN THE CAR OFF, YOU CAN NOT CHANGE GEARS. NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I TRIED, I COULD NOT ENGAGE ANY GEAR (1-5 OR REVERSE). IF I WAIT ABOUT A HALF HOUR, THEN IT WILL ENGAGE AGAIN. I HAD THE PROBLEM CHECKED OUT BY FORD TWICE. THEY REPLACED THE CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER, BUT THAT HAS NOT FIXED IT. THEY SAY THEY CAN'T REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. I DID A SEARCH ON VARIOUS FORD FOCUS WEBSITES AND DISCOVERED THAT MANY OTHER FOCUS OWNERS ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR CARS AS WELL. DT

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, DRIVER HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT GEARS. HAD VEHICLE TOWED. MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAD GONE OUT. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 20MPH THE RIGHT FRONT SUSPENSION COLLAPSE. CAUSING TO PULL OUT OF THE ROAD. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

THESE PROBLEMS HAVE ALL HAPPENED AT DIFFERENT TIMES AND SEEM TO BE COMPLETELY UNRELATED. THE ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED WITH THE BRAKES AT APPROXIMATELY 13K MILES. THE ENGINE JUST WENT INTO IDLE WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THIS HAPPENED THREE SEPARATE TIMES, BUT WHEN I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER. THEY DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT AND COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE MALFUNCTION. MY REAR WHEELS STARTED MAKING A VERY LOW NOISE AROUND 8/15/02. AFTER AN ACCIDENT AT THE END OF AUGUST. THE NOISE WAS MUCH WORSE AND THE REAR BEARINGS WERE REPLACED BY THE SHOP THAT FIXED MY CAR AFTER THE ACCIDENT. SOUTH FLORIDA IS A "HIGH-SALT/CORROSION" AREA BECAUSE OF OUR PROXIMITY TO THE SEA. THIS WAS NEVER INTRODUCED BEFORE. WHEN THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER IS PUSHED IN, IT DOES NOT MERELY POP OUT WHEN IT IS HOT. IT EJECTS AND IS THROWN ON THE FLOOR. HAVING IT LAND ON MY LEG TWICE AND MY CARPET SCORCHED BY IT TWICE, IT COULD HAVE CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE. DT

I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE JUST LAST MONTH THE CABLE AND MOTOR IN THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WINDOW BURNED UP AND NOW WILL COST OVER $600. TO FIX I CAN NOT GET THE FRONT RACK & PINION FIXED BECAUSE IT WILL COST $1800.00. THE TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT NOW IT SLIPS OUT OF GEAR SOMETIMES NOT AT ALL. I JUST GOT THE BRAKES REPAIRED FOR THE THIRD TIME IN MAY AND THEY ARE AGAIN SQUEAKING. I HAVE ALL OF MY RECEIPTS FOR WORK DONE TO THIS CAR. I AM NOW HAVING TO PUT POWER STEERING FLUID IN ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK. THE AUTOMATIC LOCKS ON THE DOORS LOCK AND UNLOCK ALL THE TIME, AND THE ELECTRIC INSTRUMENTS TURN OFF BY THEMSELVES. (RADIO) THE DRIVING LIGHTS GO OUT AT TIMES AND WILL NOT COME BACK ON. PLEASE HELP ME, I AM A SINGLE MOTHER AND HAVE COMPLAINED TO COURTESY FORD THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME DIAGNOSTIC $90.00 FOR EACH ITEM I AM COMPLAINING ABOUT AND THEN THE AMOUNT IT WILL TAKE TO FIX ALL OF THE THINGS WRONG. THIS VEHICLE I JUST RECENTLY FOUND OUT HAS HAD SIX DIFFERENT OWNERS BEFORE ME AND ONE WAS RENTAL CAR COMPANY. I DO NOT KNOW WHO THE REST OF THEM WERE. COURTESY FORD HAD SAID THERE WAS ONLY ONE OWNER. THEY WILL NOT LISTEN TO ME AND NOW THE FOCUS' HAVE A FRONT SUSPENSION RECALL THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE PROBLEM THE WHOLE TIME WITH THE BRAKES AND THE TIRE REPLACEMENTS AND THE POWER STEERING PROBLEMS.!!! PLEASE HELP ME. DT

POWER LOCKS LOCK WHEN YOU PRESS THE UP WINDOW KEYS AND SOMETIMES JUST ON THIER OWN WHEN THE CAR IS IN IDLE. THIS IS NOT COUNTING THE AUTOMATIC LOCKING WHEN YOU PUT IT IN GEAR TO DRIVE AFTER START UP. DT

ON 2 OCCASIONS IN LAST WEEK VEHICLE COMPLETELY STOPPED WITHOUT ANY WARNING WHILE DRIVING IN HEAVY RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. ALL ELECTRIC SYSTEMS FAILED. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS PRIOR TO ENGINE SHUTTING DOWN. FIRST FAILURE, BATTERY REPLACED; CHARGING SYSTEM CHECKED BUT SEEMED OK. FIVE DAYS LATER SAME THING HAPPENED ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY REPLACED. AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR ON HIGHWAY NOW, FOR FEAR IT WILL SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING AT HIGH SPEED. I WAS VERY LUCKY NOT TO HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT. DT

VEHICLE STALLED ON HIGHWAY AMIDST HEAVY TRAFFIC. DEALERSHIP SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG AND CHARGED $80 FOR CHECKING. DT

WHILE DRIVING AT 20MPH VEHICLE ENGINE CUT OF AND VEHICLE STALLED OUT WITHOUT ANY WARNING. RESULTING IN VEHICLE CRASHING INTO THE BACK OF OTHER VEHCILE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS

THE ENGINE ON MY FORD FOCUS HAS STALLED WHILE DRIVING 4 SEPERATE TIMES SINCE PURCHASING IT 2 YEARS AGO, IT HAPPENS WHEN I LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND PUSH IN THE CLUTCH WHILE TURNING. I HAVEN'T HAD AN ACCIDENT YET ONLY BY PURE LUCK ON MY PART. THE OTHER PROBLEM IS MY IGNITION WENT BAD WHEN THE KEYING MECHANISM IN THE IGNITION LOCKED UP NOT ALLOWING MY KEY TO ENTER, AFTER TALKING TO THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER HE SAID THAT HE GETS CALL ALL THE TIME ABOUT FOCUS IGNITIONS GOING BAD. IT COST ME ALMOST $500 FOR THE TOW AND REPAIR WORK. DT

CV JOINT CRACKED, LOUD THUD NOISE, CAR FISH-TAILED, CAR HIT GUARD RAIL, SPUN HIT RAIL AGAIN. DT

CONSUMER WAS ADVISED THAT BOTH FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WERE GROOVED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE TECH WAS UNABLE TO EXPLAIN OR IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF THE DEFECT. *JG

DURING WHEEL ALIGNMENT MECHANIC NOTICED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN. BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE REPLACED. TS

HEARD A THUMP ON THE REAR WHEELS, THE CAR SPUN AROUND OUT OF CONTROL AND HIT THE GUARD RAIL ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY--THE AIRBAG DEFLATED AND I RECEIVED 2ND DEGREE BURNS ON MY LEFT ARM AND AFTER HEALING LEFT A SCAR

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN THEY HIT A CURVE AT 5MPH THE AIR BAG INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYS. DEALER NOTIFIED TS

THE MAIN CONCERN IS THE ENGINE OVERHEATING. THE DASHBOARD INDICATOR DOES NOT SHOW WHEN THE ENGINE OVERHEATS. CURRENTLY WE ARE TAKING IT BACK INTO THE SHOP BECAUSE OF THE SMOKE THAT COME THROUGH THE HOOD. WE FEEL THE CAR COULD CATCH FIRE AT ANY MOMENT AND THAT IS IS UNDEPENDABLE. IT HAS BEEN TOWED TWICE. WE DO NOT FEEL WE CAN SELL IT BECAUSE OF ALL THE ON GOING DEFECTS AND YET WE STILL OWE $9,000 PLUS TO THE BANK ON IT. WE FEEL TRAPPED IN AN UNSAFE, UNDEPENDABLE VEHICLE. THE PROBLEMS CONTINUE. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. DT

THE ROTOR ARE WARP EVERY 3,000 TO 4000 MILES AND ALSO THE VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS

CAR STALLED AND WOULD NOT START-STARTED SHAKING AND THEN STALLED. DT

CONSUMER STATES WHEN THE VEHICLE IS WASHED DURING THE WINTER, THE DOORS WILL NOT CLOSE COMPLETELY. *JG *TS

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LOW SPEED TIRE BLOW OUT. *YH

THE CONSUMER COULD NOT START THE VEHICLE DUE TO IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE. THE DEALER INSTALLED NEW KEY LOCK ASSEMBLY AND REPAIRED THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THE IGNITION PROBLEM REOCCURS. *YH *SCC

CONSUMER STATES THAT EMISSION CONTROL LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED. CONSUMER ALSO ADVISED THAT IF PLACED IN NEUTRAL GEAR, VEHICLE WILL STALL OR SURGE FORWARD. MR

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING THE VEHICLE SHOT DOWN.. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS

ON SUNDAY, 21 JULY 2002, THE IGNITION SWITCH ON MY FOCUS WENT OUT. AT FIRST, THE KEY WOULD NOT GO INTO THE LOCK, THEN IT WOULD NOT TURN. THIS RAISED THREE MAJOR CONCERNS: ONE IN THE MID 90'S, FORD US RECALLED OVER 8 MILLION CARS AND TRUCKS THAT HAD FAULTY IGNITION SWITCHES. SOME OF THOSE DEFECTIVE SWITCHES RESULTED IN VEHICLE FIRES. TWO ALTHOUGH I WASN'T MOVING WHEN THE DEFECT HAPPENED, WHAT IF I HAD BEEN DRIVING AND THE DEFECTIVE SWITCH HAD LOCKED THE STEERING WHEEL OR LEFT ME STRANDED SOMEPLACE LESS SAFE THAN MY OWN DRIVEWAY? THREE MY FOCUS HAS BEEN RECALLED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE 27 MONTHS I'VE OWNED IT, AND THIS INCIDENT ADDS TO MY CONCERNS OVER THE VEHICLE'S SAFETY/RELIABILITY. DT

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE SOME WIRES MELTED ON THE BATTERY CAUSING THE CAR TO START. MR

CONSUMER STATES OF HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES AND THE ROTORS DEALER WAS CONTACTED. MR

CONSUMER STATES OF HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE IGNITION SWICH. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. MR

NO SUMMARY.

CAR STALLED ALONG SIDE A ROAD SEEMED LIKE "VAPOR LOCK" WOULD NOT START, HAD THE CAR TOWED TO DEALER, HE CHECKED IT OUT AND REPORTED FOUND NOTHING WRONG, CAR STARTED, COMPUTED CHECKED OUT OK. IT TOOK DEALER TWO DAYS TO CHECK OUT CAR DID NOT GET A WRITE UP FROM THE DEALER CONCERNING THIS CHECK OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CAR HAS BEEN THROUGH 4 SETS OF REAR TIRES PLUS ONE SET OF SNOW TIRE IN LESS THAN 55,000 MILES ALL REAR TIRES SHOW THE SAME PATTERN CUPPED AND BALD WITHIN 5-8 THOUSAND MILES DEALER HAS PROVIDED 3 SETS OF TIRES WE HAVE PROVIDED 2 REAR END ALLIGNMENT HAS BEEN DONE TWICE. THIS CAR WAS ALSO PART OF REAR AXEL RECALL TIRES SLIDE SIDEWAYS. DT

BRAKES SQUEAL WHEN APPLIED, THERE IS INTERMITTANT EXTENDED BRAKING DISTANCE. DEALER REPLACED FRONT AND REAR ROTORS, DRUMS AND PADS. DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. TS

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WHEN THE VEHICLE TAP ANOTHER CAR FROM BEHIND AT LESS THAN 5MPH. CAUSING INJURES.

THIS CAR HAS MORE RECALLS THAN I EVER SEEN. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND GAVE ME SECOND DEGREE BURNS. THE BRAKES ARE SHOT AND I HAVE TO PAY FOR REPAIRS EVEN THOUGH I ONLY HAVE 29,940 MILES. THE KEYLESS ENTRY DOES NOT WORK EVEN THOUGH ITS BEEN FIXED 2 TIMES THE IGNITION LOCKED UP AND THEY CHANGE IT THE AIR CONDITIONER LEAKS BUT THEY SAY ITS FINE. MR

I SENT A FORM IN YESTERDAY BUT DID NOT HAVE THE VIN NUMBER. THIS CAR IS IN THE SHOP RIGHT NOW. MR

CONSUMER STATES THAT IGNITION HAS LOCKED UP THREE TIMES, EACH TIME VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED, BECAUSE IGNITION DOES NOT RECOGNIZE KEY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

WHILE TRAVELING ON A SIDE STREET WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING THE VEHICLE FRONT SUSPENSION COLLAPED AND THE RIGHT WHEEL BROKE . THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. MR

MY SON HAD A WHEEL STUCK ON THE CURB OF OUR DRIVEWAY. HE OPENED THE DOOR AND, WITH HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE, LOOKED OUT TO SEE THE POSITION OF THE WHEEL. THE BRAKES FAILED AND THE CAR ROLLED DOWN THE DRIVEWAY HILL, HOPPED THE CURB, CROSSED THE STREET, WENT OVER AN EMBANKMENT AND LANDED WITH THE REAR END OF THE CAR AGAINST A TREE. THE CAR WAS TOTALED. WHEN FORD WAS CONTACTED THEY SAID THEY HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT BRAKES ON THE FOCUS. OUR MECHANIC SPOKE TO AN ASSOCIATE WITH FORD WHO WILL DENY SPEAKING TO HIM. THE FORD ASSOCIATE SAID THEY ARE AWARE OF A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES FAILING, THEY JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT SO THEY CAN'T ISSUE A RECALL. IT SEEMS THIS BALL BELONGS IN YOUR COURT! OUR CAR WAS TOTALED, OUR SON SUFFERED ONLY MINOR INJURIES; THE NEXT PERSON MAY NOT BE SO LUCKY. MR

VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT ANY WARNING, WHICH CAUSED CONSUMER TO LOSE ALL POWER. MR *TT *JB

VEHICLE HIT A BUMP OR POTHOLE IN THE ROAD AND THE FRONT END WOULD MAKE A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE AS IF SOMETHING HAD COME LOOSE OR HAD FALLEN OFF. MR *TT *JB

WAS TRAVELING 15 MPH AND HAD HIT A PATCH OF BLACK ICE. THE VEHICLE SKID AND HIT A TELEPHONE POLE. UPON HITTING THE TELEPHONE POLE, THE FRONT AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE PASSENGER HAD EMERGENCY ROOM TREATMENT. MR SCC *NLM

STALLS OUT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. MR

THE VEHICLE CAR WILL NOT GO INTO PARK. THE KEY WAS NOT COMING OUT WHEN IN PARK. THE DEALER SAID BECAUSE OF A SPILL ON THE SHIFTER IT CAUSE IT TO FAIL. WHILE I WAS AT THE DEALER ANOTHER CUSTOMER HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. MR

AFTER READING IN MY 10/13/02 DETROIT NEWS/FREE PRESS ABOUT PROBLEMS REGUARDING MY 2000 FORD FOCUS , I DECIDED TO LODGE THIS COMPLAINT. THE ARTICLE LISTED ONE PROBLEM BEING A SUDDEN STALLING OF THE VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH MY CAR JUST STALLED OUT. I COULD NOT RESTART IT. I HAD IT TOWED TO A SERVICE STATION ABOUT 1 BLOCK FROM WHERE IT STALLED. I WAS TOLD IT NEEDED A NEW FUEL PUMP. I PAID $625 FOR THE REPAIR. AFTER READING THE ARTICLE I AM NOW WONDERING IF THIS WAS A PROBLEM CAUSED BY FAULTY FORD PARTS. MR

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN DRIVING THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON. HAD VEHICLE SERVICED. THEY CLEANED THE WHEEL SENOR TWICE, AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURS. CONSUMER AFRAID THAT ABS WILL NOT WORK WHEN NEEDED. MR

CONSUMER STATES THAT RIGHT BACK WINDOW GLASS CAME OFF THE TRACK AND GLASS SLIDES DOWN. HAD MOTOR REPLACED 3 TIMES PROBLEM REOCCURED. MR