Ford Focus Complaints (2001)

1,761 consumer complaints on file.

#746367June 4, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WATER IN THE ENGINE, TECHNICIAN COULD NOT FIND ANY MECAHNICAL REASON FOR IT TO GET IN THERE, NEED A BRAND NEW ENGINE, WARRANTY WILL NOT COVER IT, ESTIMATE IS $4000. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746107May 30, 2001
TIRES
I BOUGHT A NEW FOCUS 01 IN OCTOBER 00. YESTERDAY, I RECOGNIZED ON THE RIGHT REAR SIDE A SIGNIFICANT BUBBLE. MOREOVER, I CHECKED ALL OTHER TIRES, AND ALL THREE REMAINING TIRES HAD DEFORMATIONS AT THE THREADS. I TOOK PICTURES OF ALL THE TIRES AND CAN PROVIDE IF REQUIRED. I SHOWED THEM TO MY COWORKERS, AND THEY DID COMMENT THAT THIS WAS UNUSUAL FOR THEM TOO. AFTER WORK, I BROUGHT MY CAR TO MOONTOWNSHIP FORD DEALER IN PITTSBURGH, THEY JUST SAID EXCEPT THE BUBBLE SUCH FORMATIONS COULD OCCUR, THEY SAID THEY WERE USUAL INDENTATIONS. MOREOVER, I ALSO CALLED IN THE MORNING MY DEALER (PARKWAY EAST FORD). ONE SERVICE MAN SAID THAT THEY HAD A SIMILAR CASE WITH FOCUS RIGHT AT HAND. BUT I FORGOT TO GET THE SERVICE MAN'S NAME. THE NEXT TIME I CALLED THEM, NOBODY KNEW OF SUCH AN OCCURANCE, WHICH REALLY DISTURBED ME. THE BUBBLE AND THE SO CALLED HUGE EXPECTED "INDENTATIONS" FOR SUCH A NEW CAR IS REALLY UNEXPECTED AND I HOPE THIS INFORMATION IS HELPFUL AND ENOUGH FOR YOU. HOPE YOU CAN HELP ME WITH THIS ISSUE. *AK (TIRESIZE: P185/65R14)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P185/65R14 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#887710May 8, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:STABILIZER BAR
STABILIZER BAR BROKE, AND THE DEALER BOLTED IT BACK. CONSUMER STATED THAT VEHICLE RODE ROUGH, AND VEERED FROM SIDE TO SIDE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744973May 5, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
NOISE IN LEFT FRONT. PEDAL PULSATION. DEALER TURNED ROTORS. NOISE DIDN'T LEAVE, PULSATION DID. 3K MILES NOISE STILL THERE, PEDAL PULSATION AGAIN. REPLACED ROTORS. NOISE DIDN'T STOP, PULSATION DID. 4.9K MILES NOISE AND PULSATION, DEALER REPLACED ROTORS AND LEFT CALIPER. BOTH STOPPED. ADD'L 200 MILES, NOISE BEGAN. 6.7K MILES PULSATION IS BACK. DEALER SAYS PROBLEM NOT WITH CAR BUT WILL INVESTIGATE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#887199May 1, 2001
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A SIDE COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744816May 1, 2001
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, SUSPENSION:FRONT
PURCHASED 4-30-2001. UPON DRIVING VEHICLE HOME, NOTICED OIL/GASOLINE BURNING ODOR FROM AIR CONDITIONING VENTS AND LOUD THUMP AND GROANING NOISES FROM FRONT SUSPENSION/BRAKE AREAS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744818May 1, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
SERVICE BULLETIN FOR OIL LEAKING INTO AIR CONDITIONING FROM MANIFOLD. FORD SAYS DO NOT SMOKE IN VEHICLE. DEALER OFFERED TO SPRAY WITH DEODORANT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#785406April 26, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP
CONSUMER STATES FUEL FILL DOOR SNAPPED OFF IN HIS HAND, DEALER STATES IT IS NOT A COVERED ITEM, AND TO REPLACE IT WILL COST OVER $100.00. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886384April 20, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE BACKING INTO DRIVEWAY, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. CONSUMER COULD NOT STOP VEHICLE, VEHICLE HIT TREE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK THE CONSUMER HAD MINOR INJURIES DURING THE ACCIDENT BUT VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES SOME KIND OF DEFECT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SUDDENLY ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN. *YH
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#886297April 19, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION JERKS WHEN GOING FROM REVERSE TO PARK.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883661March 21, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE)
WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH GAS PEDAL FELL TO FLOOR. CONSUMER HAD NO CONTROL OVER ACCELERATOR, THERE WAS A SOUND LIKE AN EXPLOSION IN GAS LINE. DEALER STATED EGR VALVE NEEDED REPLACEMENT. ALSO, NUMEROUS TIMES BEFORE WHEN DRIVING BETWEEN 30 - 40 MPH ENGINE SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS ACCELERATING, BUT SPEED STAYED THE SAME. TO DEALER 5 TIMES, COULD NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742541March 16, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
AIC VALVE REPLACED 2 TIMES CAR SAME: THROTTLE CABLE REPLACED 1 INTERMTTENT PROBLEMS, STILL. THEY TOLD ME "THIS IS THE WAY IT IS" ITS DANGEROUS?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883188March 15, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ON TWO OCCASIONS VEHICLE HAD CUT OFF WHILE PARKED AND IDLING. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT IT WAS DUE TO ENGINE BEING BROKEN IN. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742074March 7, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
THROTTLE CABLE APPEARS TO BE TOO LONG - CABLE HAS KINKED AND CAUSES CAR TO HESITATE ACCELERATION. WHEN THE CAR DOES ACCELERATE IT IS SUDDEN AND COULD BE DANGEROUS UNDER CERTAIN DRIVING CONDITIONS (HEAVY TRAFFIC, ICE ON ROADWAY). IT APPEARS MY CAR IS NOT THE ONLY CAR IN FOR THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM - THE PART HAD TO BE SPECIAL ORDERED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741051February 17, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
WHEN PARKED IFO A HOUSE, WAS LISTENING TO STEREO, SHUT OFF STEREO AND LOOKED DOWN AND NOTICED GAS PEDAL ON THE FLOOR. WENT DOWN TO LOOK AND THE CABLE HAD GONE THRU THE EYELET, INDICATING TO ME THAT THERE WAS A BREAK IN THE PEDAL CABLE. THE SHEATHING WAS PULLED BACK AND CABLE PULLED OUT FREELY AND WAS FRAYED AT THE END OF APPX. 18" FROM THE THROTTLE BODY. THE CONFIG ON THIS DESIGN IS VERY POOR; THE CABLE HAS TWO 90 DEGREE TURNS IN IT ABOVE THE RADIATOR AND THE 90 DEGREE TURN CLOSEST TO THE THROTTLE BODY IS WHERE THE CABLE IS FRAYED AND SNAPPED APART.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740865February 13, 2001
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
MANUAL TRANSMISSION IS LOUD AND COARSE. GEAR CLATTER PROMINANT AT ALL SPEEDS. OCCASIONALLY DIFFICULT TO SHIFT INTO GEAR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#559274January 29, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
ENGINE EXPERIENCING SEVERAL PROBLEMS, VEHICLE IS STALLING AND THEN NOT STARTING, OIL IS LEAKING, THE ENGINE RACES, AND VEHICLE RUNS HARD. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739640January 19, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHEN ACCELLERATING FAST EITHER FROM STOP OR WHILE SHIFTING INTO SECOND GEAR...ENGINE MAKES A CLUNKING SOUND. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE TECHNICIAN SAID TO BE A MOTOR MOUNT. HE SAID IT WASNT STIFF ENOUGH, BUT THAT NEW ONES WOULD ELICIT SAME OCCCURRANCE. CAR DOES NOT HAVE TO BE DRIVEN HARD TO GET CLUNKING SOUND. DISSATISFIED WITH REACTION AND LACK OF ACTION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#738936January 7, 2001
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
INTOLERABLE WIND NOISE BEGINNING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH (WINDOWS ARE CLOSED). *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#735260October 27, 2000
VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
BACK WINDOW APPARENTLY SPONTANEOUSLY SHATTERED WHILE PARKED IN THE SUN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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