Ford Focus Complaints (2000)

3,686 consumer complaints on file.

#10122623May 20, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD BLEW ON THE 2000 FORD FOCUS DUE TO A LEAKING VALVE COVER GASKET.*MR *NM
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#10121645May 19, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
2000 FORD FOCUS IGNITION SWITCH IS JAMMED. KEY WILL GO IN BUT WILL NOT TURN. FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ON OTHER INTERNET SITES. COST TO REPAIR 200 TO 400 DOLLARS ACCORDING TO THESE REPORTS. FOUND A WEB ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN 2002 ON HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM - HTTP://WWW.MOTORAGE.COM/MOTORAGE/DATA/ARTICLESTANDARD/MOTORAGE/472002/38913/ARTICLE.PDF MY CAR IS STILL IN THE DRIVEWAY WHERE THE PROBLEM OCCURED. EMAILED FORD AS I HAVE BEEN A LONG TIME FORD BUYER AND HAVE NEVER HAD PROBLEM WITH AN IGNITION SWITCH - NO RESPONSE AS OF THIS DATE.
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#10121249May 18, 2005
STEERING:COLUMN
WITHOUT WARNING THE IGNITION LOCKED UP AND WOULD NOT TURN. TOW TRUCK FEE $75 ,FORD REPAIR BILL $406.41. I PURCHASED THIS CAR USED IN 2001. I HAVE TALKED TO THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND THIS PART HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED. HOWEVER FORD WILL NOT COVER THE PARTS FAILURE BECAUSE IT OCCURED WITH A DIFFERENT OWNER.
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#10121311May 18, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
1: ONE INCIDENT OF INSERTING KEY INTO IGNITION 2: TOTAL LOCK UP OF IGNITION,NO INJURY LOSS OF MONEY TO FIX THE PROBLEM 3: REPLACE IGNITION, IGNITION DRILLED AND NEW ONE INSTSALLED, HAVE OLD PART.
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#10118848May 18, 2005
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
THE CONSUMER STATED 3 OF THE DOORS ON THE CAR WON'T OPEN FROM THE INSIDE OR THE OUTSIDE.*AK THE VEHICLE HAS DEVELOPED OR CONTAINED A DEFECT IN THE ELECTRIC DOOR LOCKING SYSTEM WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW THE OWNER TO UNLOCK 3 OF THE DOORS . THIS SITUATION REPRESENTS DANGER TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE AUTOMOBILE'S OCCUPANTS. *BF
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#10121132May 17, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE. CAR UNABLE TO START. HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER TO HAVE IGNITION SWITCH REPLACED.
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#10121209May 17, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
IGNITION SWITCH HAS SEIZED THREE TIMES EACH TIME REPLACED BY DEALERSHIPS. NEVER WARRANTIED. PLEASE NOT THE QUANTITY OF THESE FAILURES. DUE TO THE PATS SYSTEM, MOST MECHANICS WILL NOT TOUCH IT.
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#10120596May 10, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
I HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH MY FORD FOCUS. THE INGINITON FROZE UP ON ME AND I COULDN'T GET THE KEY OUT. IT COST $500 TO GET IT FIXED,
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#10118882May 6, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
THE IGNITION LOCK SEIZED. CONSUMER PUT THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION BUT IT WOULD NOT TURN OVER. THE FLOOR SHIFTS WAS STILL IN PARK. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED HOME BECAUSE OF THIS DEFECT. *AK *BF *NM
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#10120016May 5, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
THERE WAS NO PRIOR PROBLEMS WITH THE KEY AND THE IGNITION , THEN ON 5/4/05 THE KEY WENT INTO THE IGNITION AND WOULD NOT TURN OR START THE CAR , I TRIED MY SECOND KEY AND THAT ALSO WOULD NOT TURN . I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO LOCAL DEALER , TOTAL COST FOR REPAIR AND TOW WAS A WOOPING $350.00 .THE DEALER DID NOT SEEM SURPRISED THAT MY FORD FOCUS HAD THIS DEFECT , THE TOW DRIVER SAID IT IS COMMON TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM WITH FOCUS AND I SPOKE TO A FEW LOCAL LOCKSMITHS AND THEY ALSO SAY IT IS COMMON FOR FOCUS . I SEE ON THE INTERNET THAT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ALSO ENDURED THIS HIGH EXPENSE FOR THE SAME REPAIR . IT DOES NOT SEEM FAIR THAT THERE IS A DEFECT AND FORD DOES NOT HAVE A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE , PLESE HELP ALL US OWNERS AND PUSH FOR A RECALL .. THANK YOU
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#10119763May 4, 2005
STEERING:COLUMN, STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
BOUGHT VEHICLE WITH A BAD FUEL PUMP. DEALER REPLACED IT IN JULY 2003. STEERING COLUMN WOULD NOT WORK, AND DEALER REPLACED IT ON MARCH 19 2205. MIDDLE OF APRIL 2005 STEERING COLUMN FAILED AGAIN. WILL NOT REPLACE IT BECAUSE IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. ALSO , THE HATCHBACK DOOR LATCHES ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY *AK
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#10119772May 4, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
CONSUMER STATED: DEFFECTIVE GAS TANK AND PUMP. DEALER SAID BETWEEN GAS TANK AND GAS PUMP THE SCREW WAS WARPED AND DID NOT MAKE A SEAL. PART WAS PLASTIC AND MANUFACTURED THAT WAY. IT HAS BEEN LEAKING SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE . *AK
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#10119859May 4, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
FORD FOCUS 2000 IGNITION PROBLEMS. FIRST, THE KEY WOULD NOT INSERT FULLY INTO THE IGNITION AND WOULD GET STUCK PREVENTING IT TO TURN. WHEN THE MECHANIC SHOOK THE KEY AROUND A BIT IT WOULD LOOSEN UP AND WOULD THEN INSERT FULLY ALLOWING THE CAR TO BE STARTED. THAT WAS ONLY A TEMPORARY SOLUTION. THE SECOND PROBLEM WAS WHEN THE KEY WOULD INSERT FULLY BUT WOULD NOT TURN THE IGNITION. AFTER HEARING THAT TWO OF MY FRIENDS WHO OWN FORD FOCUS' FROM THE SAME YEAR HAD THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM, I BEGAN TO RESEARCH. I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT, OR NORMAL "WEAR AND TEAR." THIS SEEMS TO BE A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITHIN VEHICLES OF THIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL. I FEEL THAT IT IS UNFAIR THAT THE CONSUMER MUST PAY FOR A PROBLEM THAT EXISTED WHEN THE CAR WAS ON THE SHOWROOM FLOOR. HAVING AN IGNITION REPLACED IS NOT CHEAP CONSIDERING THE LABOR AND PART CHARGES COMBINED.
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#10119544May 3, 2005
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
FRONT DOOR LATCH FAILED. (COULD NOT CLOSE DOOR) PAID $80 FOR DEALER TO UNSTICK AND LUBRICATE.
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#10119580May 3, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
CONTACT STATES: RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL, DAMAGING RIGHT FRONT TIRE. *AK
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#10119591May 3, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITH TWICE KEY GETS STUCK AND SOME CASES STEERING LOCKS.
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#10118849May 2, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
WHEN KEY IS PUT IN IGNITION THE KEY WILL NOT TURN TO ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO START. ALSO ONCE THE KEY IS IN IT WILL NOT COME OUT.*AK
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#10119370May 2, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM
CONTACT STATES; CONTACT WAS ON FREEWAY AND HEARD A POPPING OR CRACKING NOISE IN THE FRONT END. TRIED TO PUT INTO GEAR, MADE SAME NOISE. HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH DEALER AND THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE FRONT SPRING, CORRISION PROBLEM. DRIVING 65 OR 70, WHEN INCIDENT HAPPENED.
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#10118775May 1, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
I HAVE HAD THE INSIDE FRONT WHEEL BEARING REPLACED AT 50000 MILES. I AM AT 61000 NOW AND THE SOEM THNG NEEDS TO BE DONE AGAIN. I THINK THE SAME PROBLEM THAT WAS RECALLED ON THE REAR WHEEL BEARINGS IS AFFECTING THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS. THE SEAL CORRODES AND AND THE BEARINGS GO BAD. I HAVE ALSO HAD BOTH OUTSIDE WHEEL BEARINGS REPLACED AT 50000 MILES. I HAVE HAD THEM DONE OUTSIDE OF FORD AT MY OWN MECHANIC DUE TO PRICE. THE INSIDE WHELL BEARING WAS A FORD PART AND WAS DIFFICULT TO COME BY, MY MECHANIC NEED MY VIN NUMBER TO GET THE PART. I HAVE NOT HAD ANYTHING DANGEROUS OCCUR BECAUSE OF THIS BUT IT MAKES A REALLY LOUD HUMMING SOUND WHILE IN MOTION. *AK
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#10120404April 29, 2005
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
2000 FORD FOCUS EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH DOOR LATCHES SIMILAR TO THE PROBLEMS STATED IN THE RECALL NOTICE. *MR THE DEALER SPRAY LUBED THE LATCHES AND INSTRUCTED THE CONSUMER TO BUY A SPRAY LUBE FOR HIS OWN USE. THE CONSUMER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO OPEN THE PASSENGER REAR DOOR FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. THE DRIVER DOOR WAS UNABLE TO BE CLOSED. THE DOOR MAY FLY OPEN WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. RECALL CAMPAIGN# 05V030000. *SC
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