2000 Ford Focus complaints

WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY ENEGINE CUT OFF AND MY CAR PULLED TO THE RIGHT , WHICH CAUSED CAR TO SPIN OUT OF CONTROL AND SMACK INTO WALL OF MEDIUM.*AK

RAN OVER CURB AIRBAG DEPLOYED BURNING DRIVERS ARM, BREAKING WINDSHIELD, CRACKING DASH TO THE POINT OF NEEDING TO BE REPLACED WHICH WAS NOTED BY REPAIR SHOP TO BE UNUSUAL.*AK

RECALL 01V288000 REPAIR PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. DEALER: SHEEHY FORD, MARLOW HGTS, MD; 301-423 0041. *AK

EVERY 12000 MILES CONSUMER HAD THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS REPLACED. BRAKES WERE MAKING NOISE, AND THERE WAS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES ALREADY DUE TO TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AND MAKING NOISE WHEN DRIVING. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER CANNOT FIND CAUSE OF PROBLEM.*AK

AXLE ASSEMBLY FAILURE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 65MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING INJURIES TO DRIVER AND PASSENGER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS ALL LIGHTS ON THE DASH STARTED BLINKING. VEHICLE WAS SHAKING AND ENGINE DIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH VEHICLE WAS WOBBLING IN REAR. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER, AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE REAR WHEEL BEARING/ SPIDER AND DRUM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFROMATION.*AK

KEY WOULD NOT GO INTO IGNITION. WHEN I FINALLY GOT IT IN, IT WOULD NOT TURN. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER. DEALER TRIED TO TELL ME IT WAS BECAUSE THE LOCKS HAD NOT BEEN LUBRICATED ON A REGULAR BASIS (CAR WITH 30K MILES).*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH VEHICLE SUDDENLY DIED. CONSUMER FEELS LUCKY THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT REAR ENDED. *AK THE DASHBOARD LIT UP AND THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65-70 MILES PER HOUR AND WAS UNABLE TO STEER TO THE SHOULDER. AFTER APPROX. 20 MIN THE ENGINE STARTED. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH VEHICLE. *JG

VEHICLE STALLED OUT, AND CONSUMER LEFT IT WHERE IT WAS. THEN, HE WENT BACK 3 HOURS LATER ONLY TO FIND THAT VEHICLE HAD BURNED UP. HE WAS TOLD BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT THERE WAS A VEHICLE FIRE. *AK

WHEN EVER THERE IS MOISTURE IN THE AIR (RAIN, SNOW, ETC) THE REAR WHEELS (BRAKES) SEIZE UP ON THE VEHICLE. BOTH SIDES ARE AFFECTED. THE WHEELS "DRAG" UNTIL THE "SEAL IS BROKEN" AND THE WHEELS CAN SPIN FREELY AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES. ANY SLIGHT BIT OF MOISTURE AND THE VEHICLE TO STAY PARKED FOR AT LEAST ONE DAY CAUSES THE SEIZURE OF THE WHEELS. ONCE THE WHEELS ARE FREED, THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ANY OTHER NOTICEABLE EFFECT IN DRIVING. WHEELS HAVE SOMETIMES DRAGGED UP TO 20 FEET BEFORE FREEING, OTHER TIMES THEY "BREAK FREE" IN A COUPLE OF FEET.*AK

THE CAR HAS STALLED DURING REGULAR DRIVING 2 TIMES NOW. FIRST TIME WAS ABOUT 1 MONTH AGO. THAT TIME, IT STARTED ABOUT 30 MINUTES LATER. TODAY, IT STALLED AGAIN DURING REGULAR DRIVING. THE CAR WILL NOT START AGAIN THIS TIME.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THE IGNITION LOCK/SWITCH MECHANISM FAILED, CAUSING IGNITION KEY TO GET STUCK AND THE STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK. *YD

GAS MILEAGE IS POOR ON THIS SIZE VEH--MOTOR KICKS INTO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHER SPEEDS. DEALER KEEPS TELLING ME THERE IS NO PROBLEM/CANNOT DUPLICATE, 4 INCIDENTS, THIS IS VERY FREIGHTING. ESPECIALLY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC & CANNOT GET OFF THE ROAD FAST. BRAKES WEAR BETWEEN 16000 AND 18000 MILES WITH NORMAL DRIVING. THE MOTOR BELT HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 22000 MILES. THIS NEVER HAPPENED SO SOON WITH ANY VEHICLE I HAVE EVER OWNED. REPAIRS AND SERVICES ARE VERY EXPENSIVE, MANY SAFETY RECALLS AND PRODUCT WARNINGS THAT TAKE TIME TO REPAIR. THE DEALER HAS A PROBLEM MAKING SURE THE PARTS ARE AVAILABLE WHEN I MAKE AN APPOINTMENT. THE WHEEL BEARINGS HAVE BEEN REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES AND SOUND LIKE THEY MAY BE GOING BAD AGAIN! I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN THIS VEHICLE. WHAT IF SOMETHING FAILS WHILE MYSELF OR MY FAMILY ARE IN THIS VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE HAS DEPRECIATED AT SUCH A DRASTIC RATE, THAT I WOULD BE WISE TO TRADE IT FOR ANOTHER VEHICLE. I FEEL IT IS IN DIRECT RELATION TO ALL THE SAFETY ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE. *PH **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS**763169

I WORK FOR A GOODYEAR CO. AND EVERYTIME THERE IS A PROBLEM I HAVE ONE OF OUR TECHS. CHECK IT OUT FOR ME. FIRST IT WAS THE BRAKES I WAS TAKING MY CHILDREN TO THE MOVIES,AS I WAS TURNING INTO THE PARKING SPACE I HEARD A GRINDING NOISE.THE NEXT DAY AT WORK I HAVE AUTO TECH. INSPECT MY BRAKES I HAD LESS THAN 10% LEFT ALL AROUND AND THE FRONT ROTORS WERE CRACKED! MY CHILDREN AND I COULD HAVE DIED! I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER TO MARINA FORD THEY REPLACED FRONT ROTORS,PADS AND REAR SHOES. THREE WEEKS LATER PADS WERE DOWN TO 10% I DID NOT BOTHER GOING BACK TO THE DEALER. OUR TECH. AT MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT REPLACED MY BRAKES WITH GOOD QUALITY PADS AND SHOES. I HAD TH ISIDE PANEL REPLACED,THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR REPLACED AND THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL BEARING REPLACED! NOW MY LEFT FRONT TIE-ROD IS BENT,MY CAR SHUTS OFF WHEN THE GAS IS AT THE 3/4 MARK AND WHEN MAKING RIGHT TURNS,THE EMISSION LIGHTS UP AND THE CAR STOPS! THIS IS A PROBLEM CAR THE FORD FOCUS. I FOUND A WEB SITE AND THER IS OVER A THOUSAND CONSUMERS WHO ARE NOT PLEASED WITH THEIR FOCUS TOO!

I COMPLAINED ABOUT THE BRAKES AT 3000 MILES - TOLD NO PROBLEMS THE BRAKES JUST DO THAT - AT 11993 MILES BRAKES INSPECTED 50 - 60 % LEFT - AT 15561 BRAKES INSPECTED 65 - 75 % LEFT - NOW SOME HOW ONLY 4000 MILES LATER ONLY 10% OF BRAKES LEFT AND NEED TO BE REPLACED WITH A TOTAL OF 19,992 MILES - ALSO TOOK CAR IN SEVERAL TIMES FOR DYING WHILE DRIVING AND TOLD NO PROBLEM - THEN THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE CLUTCH CYLINDER AND THEY SAID THAT WAS PROBABLY THE PROBLEM SO THEY REPLACED THAT - STILL HAD THE PROBLEM - THEY HINTED THAT IT WAS ME BECAUSE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM - THEN FINALLY WHEN MY RADIO WOULD GO ON AND OFF IN THEIR PRESNCE THEY INSPECTED FURTHER AND DISCOVERED MY ENTIRE DASHBOARD WIREING WAS MELTED AND IT IS A WONDER MY CAR DIDN'T CATCH ON FIRE. THEY RE-WIRED THE ENTIRE CAR AND REPLACED MY RADIO AND HAD MY CAR FOR OVER A WEEK - WITHIN A MONTH THE RADIO WASN'T WORKING AGAIN AND THEY REPLACED IT FOR THE SECOND TIME - THEN 3 MONTHS LATER MY ELECTRIC DOOR LOCKS STOPPED WORKING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED - AND BY THE WAY MY RADIO HAS GONE OUT 2 TIMES SINCE THE LAST REPLACEMENT AND THEY SAID IT WAS PROBABLY JUST LOOSE OR SOMETHING AND NOT TOO CONCERNED AND NOW THE BRAKES ALL THIS AT 19,000 MILES.*AK

THIS PROBLEM STARTED HAPPENING AROUND 12,000 MILES, AND WHILE THIS FORM ASKS FOR A FAILURE DATE, IT DOES IT SO MUCH IT IS HARD TO SAY, I PUT AN APPROXIMATE DATE OF THE WORST OCCURRENCE BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. I REALIZE THERE IS ALREADY AN INVESTIGATION ABOUT THIS, I JUST WANTED TO ADD ANOTHER TESTIMONY. WHEN THE FUEL TANK IS LESS THAN HALF FULL, AND THE CAR TAKES RIGHT-TURNS, ESPECIALLY LONG, SWEEPING TURNS, SUCH AS HIGHWAY ENTRANCE/EXIT RAMPS, THE CAR WILL JERK AND LURCH VIOLENTLY, REFUSING TO ACCELERATE, AND WILL STALL IF PROVOKED ENOUGH. IF I BACK OFF THE GAS, IT RECOVERS, BUT TWICE IT HAS COMPLETELY STALLED OUT, REFUSING TO TURN BACK ON FOR A FEW HOURS, ONE OF THESE TIMES WAS IN HEAVY HIGHWAY TRAFFIC, I COASTED AT ABOUT 25MPH SINCE IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, THEN IT EVENTUALLY DIED. THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT, MY DEALER FILLED THE TANK WITH GAS (WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW FOR THE PROBLEM TO OCCUR, KIND OF STUPID OF THEM), AND THEN DROVE IT AROUND, BUT WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO SHOW THEM HOW TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I MUST NOW KEEP MY GAS TANK MORE THAN HALF FULL, BECAUSE OF THE DANGERS IN GETTING ON AND OFF THE HIGHWAY. IT EVEN DOES IT AROUND TOWN NOW, AT TIMES. THE DEALER SAYS IT IS A RESULT OF A FUEL FILTER GETTING CLOGGED AND THEY WOULD JUST CLEAN IT OUT, BUT OTHER FOCUS OWNERS I ASSOCIATE WITH (WWW.FOCALJET.COM) HAVE REPORTED THAT THIS IS ONLY A TEMPORARY FIX. OTHERWISE, I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS CAR, AND I APPLAUD FORD FOR THE RECALLS, THEY MAY MAKE OUR CAR LOOK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF WITH OUT ANY NOTICE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK *MJ

ENGINE STALLS AT ANY SPEED. CONSUMER FEELS IT'S UNSAFE BECAUSE IT CAN HAPPEN ON FREEWAY WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER HAS REPLACED OXYGEN SENSOR, BUT PROBLEM REOCCURRED. *AK JG

WITHOUT WARNING FRONT TIRES ARE WEARING OUT. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. MECHANIC STATED FRONT SUSPENSION UNIT IS CAUSING UNBALANCED WEAR ON FRONT TIRES.*AK *TT

WHILE DRIVING, WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE WILL STALL, THEN SHUT OFF. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. HOWEVER, HAS NOT FOUND THE REMEDY TO SERVICE VEHICLE.*AK *JG

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS HAD TO BE REPLACED TWICE WITHIN 26,000 MILES OF WEAR. PROBLEM WOULD CAUSES VEHICLE TO VIBRATE SEVERELY WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT WITHOUT WARNING.*AK

VEHICLE STALLED TWICE AT 45 MPH. DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY ANOTHER MOTORIST FLAGGED HIM DOWN TO INFORM THAT THERE WAS FIRE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. HE PULLED OVER , LIFTED HOOD UP, AND VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE.*AK

SOMETIMES KEY WILL NOT FIT IN IGNITION. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY STATED THAT IGNITION IS OFF TRACK. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

ENGINE LIGHT WILL ILLUMINATE. THEN, VEHICLE OVERHEATS AND SHUTSDOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMAITON.*AK

REAR FOLDING SEAT COULD NOT BE PLACED BACK UP BECAUSE LAP BELT LOCKED UP AND WOULD NOT UNFASTEN. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE CENTER REAR SEAT BELT WAS STUCK. *YH

PE 02 044/ENGINE STALLING: ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS VEHICLE CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING AT MULTIPLE SPEED. VEHICLE BEEN TO DEALER ON FOUR OCCASIONS, AND DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMNATION.*AK

VEHICLE WILL OVERHEAT AND WILL NOT GET ENOUGH POWER WHILE DRIVING. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

THIS CAR HAS HAD 4 RECALLS SO FAR. IN ADDITION TO THE RECALLS I HAVE HAD IT IN FOR OTHER PROBLEMS LIKE THE GAS LIGHT FAILED TO TO WORK, THE IGNTION PART AFTER TURNING CAR OFF WOULD ACT LIKE THE KEY WAS STILL IN. THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT I HAVE IS THE BRAKES AT 9000 MILES I HAD IT IN TO CHECK THE BRAKES AND THEN 8000 MILES LATER MY ROTERS WENT BAD. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN THIS CAR AT ALL.*AK

ENGINE STALLED THREE TIMES SO FAR DURING DOWNSHIFT, THE FIRST TIME WAS TWO YEARS AGO AND LAST TIME WAS LAST WEEK. IT ALL HAPPENED WHEN I'M SLOWING DOWN AND APPROCHING EXIT ON THE HIGHWAY, I DISENGAGED CLUTCH TRY TO DOWNSHIFT AND THE ENGINE STALLED, HAD TO TURN THE KEY TO START AND ENGINE AGAIN.*AK

VEHICLE STALLS FROM STOP TO GO POINT. CAUSE OF FAILURE IS UNKNOWN.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE STALLED. THEN, SHUTOFF IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED MECHANIC STATED ENGINE STALLING WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH VEHICLE HIT GRAVEL ON SIDE OF ROAD AND SLID INTO GUARDRAIL. DEALER DETERMINED LOWER CONTROL ARM WAS BROKEN.*AK

VEHICLE HAS STALLED A FEW TIMES WHILE DRIVING DOWN HILL OR IN TURNS AT SLOW SPEED. VEHICLE IS AT DEALERSHIP AT THIS TIME.*AK

VEHICLE HAD A TENDENCY TO STALL WITH NO WARNING. OWNER HAD VEHICLE INSPECTED BY A FORD MECHANIC. THE RESPONSE WAS THAT FAILURE WAS DUE TO AN AIR POCKET OCCURRING IN FUEL LINE. THIS WAS A PROBABLE CAUSE, WITH FORD ISSUING A (TSB) FOR STALLING. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.*AK

PE 02 040/ENGINE STALLING, AFTER DRIVING VEHICLE FOR A WHILE, IT STARTED TO HESITATE, AND LACKED IN ACCELERATION WHEN APPLIED. VEHICLE BEEN TO THE DEALER ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFROMATION.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT WARNING PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR WILL SLIDE OPEN . DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

IGNITION FREEZES AFTER INSERTING KEY; AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS IT TURNS OVER. *AK

VEHICLE WAS GOING 45MPH ON A BRIDGE AND STALLED AS VEHICLE WAS SHIFTING TO 4TH GEAR. STEERING LOCKED AND BRAKES FAILED WHILE MOTOR SHUTDOWN. AIR CONDITIONER AND RADIO CONTINUED TO WORK. VEHICLE RESTARTED, BUT THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON, AND VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN. CRANKSHAFT WAS REPLACED BY FORD DEALER. *AK *YH

UPON ACCELERATING FROM A STOP BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITH NO IMPACT, AND CAUSE STILL UNKNOWN.*AK

VEHICLE STALLED TWICE WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO STOP, DEALER HAS CLEANED AIRBOX. NUMEROUS TIMES AND VEHICLE WILL STILL HESITATE, ALMOST STALLING.*AK

VEHICLE HAS BEEN HESITATING WHEN COMING TO A STOP, ALMOST STALLING. ON 8 JUNE 2002 VEHICLE STALLED WHILE COMING TO A STOP. DEALER CANNOT FIND A CAUSE.*AK

VEHICLE WILL SHUTDOWN WITHOUT NOTICE, IT LOSES ALL POWER. TOOK TO DEALER, THEY REPLACED FUEL FILTER, AND THAT DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHUTDOWN THE SAME AS BEFORE, THE DEALER REPLACED THE FULL PUMP. *YH

ENGINE STALLED-TOOK TO LOCAL DEALER-THEY REPLACED FUEL PUMP. *AK

DRIVING ALONG THE FREEWAY AND THE ENGINE STALLED. WAS ABLE TO REFIRE THE MOTOR AND CONTINUE CAR CONTI NUED TO RUN ROUGH.*AK