Ford Focus Complaints (2001)

1,761 consumer complaints on file.

#10007545February 15, 2003
WHEELS, TIRES, EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL
I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER FOR A PROBLEM WHICH IS NOW A RECALL. HOW DO I KNOW IF I RECEIVE ALL RECALLS. IS IT MY RESPONSIBILITY OR FORDS TO KEEP ME INFORMED. PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10005827February 14, 2003
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY:PEDAL/HAND LEVER(MOTORCYCLE)
I JUST BOUGHT VEHICLE USED IN NOVEMBER WITH 13K ON IT. THE TRUNK LATCH WAS THE FIRST THING THAT WASN'T WORKING RIGHT. IT WOUDN'T WORK UNLESS I SHUT IT REALLY HARD. THE SPLIT REAR SEAT DOESN'T LATCH EITHER. NOW AFTER15K MILES AND THREE MONTHS HAVE PASSED AND I KEEP LOOSING BRAKE FLUID. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND A TECH FOUND THAT THE CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER IS LEAKING FLUID. I WONDER IF THAT IS WHY MY CLUTCH IS SLIPPING?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10005555February 9, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
16K- DEC 02 BRAKES AND ROTORS SHOT $387 16.5K JAN 03 TRANSMISSION REBUILT 2 WEEKS DUE TO PARTS ON BACK ORDER 16.7K FEB 7, 2003 LEFT FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM BROKE AS WIFE PULLED INTO TRAFFIC FULL EXTENT OF DAMAGE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10005447February 7, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
BAD EGR SYSTEM FOLLOWED BY BATTERY GROUND FAILURE. PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10006750February 7, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT GEARS DOWN VERY HARD AND JERKS. THE POWER SHUTS DOWN AND THE ILLUMINATION OF THE DASH BOARD GETS VERY DIM. TOOK TO DEALER, PROBLEM STILL EXIST. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10006691February 6, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED , RESULTING IN LOSS OF BRAKE AND STEERING FUNCTIONS. AS A RESULT, CONSUMER COLLIDED WITH A TRUCK. PH
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10006106February 5, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WEARING AT AN UNUSUAL SPEED. (MODEL-ZX3) SCC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10006619February 5, 2003
PARKING BRAKE:DRIVELINE
WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE THE VEHICLE HAS A SQUEAKING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR WHEEL. PLEASE FURNISH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10004704February 3, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, SUSPENSION:REAR:SHOCK ABSORBER
THE CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED THE FOLLOWING: THE BRAKES HAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE, PULSATION WHEN MODERATE-HARD BRAKING, AND GRINDING, THE ACCELERATOR CABLE CLIP-BROKEN, BATTERY AND CASE, BELT ASSEMBLY AND IDLER SEAL, TRANSMISSION/PAN GASKET LEAK, TEMP GUAGE-FOUND BURNT RESISTER/CONNECTOR-GOES HOT AND COOLS WHEN A/C IS ON AND THE FAN DOES NOT COME ON, THE VEHICLE STALLED AT AN INTERSECTION, THE EXHAUST CAMSHAFT SEAL IS LEAKING, THE FUEL SENDER WORKS INTERMITTENTLY/INOP, AND THE REAR SUSPENSION-REAR SHOCKS-SEEMED WEAK AND HEARS A NOISE IN THE REAR END WHEN GOING OVER A DIP. SCC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10005180February 3, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
ON JAN 4, 2003 WHILE DRIVING IN THE FOG AT A LOW SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES OR A LITTLE LESS THE AIRBAGS IN MY 2001 FORD FOCUS INTERMITTENTLY DEPLOYED CAUSING THE WINDSHIELD TO BREAK AND THROWING US AND THE CAR UP ON A MERIDIAN. THE AIRBAGS WERE EMITTING BLACK SMOKE AND THE DAMAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR AMOUNT TO $6188.00. FORTUNATELY, WE WERE NOT SERIOUSLY HURT AND THERE WAS NO OTHER VEHICLE INVOLVED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10005058February 1, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
MY 2001 FORD FOCUS ZX3 STALLS ON CURVES AND HESITATES AT WIDE OPEN THROTTLE, AND HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THIS ISSUE 4 TIMES AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. ALMOST GOT REAR-ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE ON ONE OCCASION BECAUSE MY SPEED DROPPED RAPIDLY ON A CORNER. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10005060February 1, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DRUM:SHOES/LININGS
BRAKES SQUEAL AT LEAST 4 TIMES NOW. IT WILL BE GOING BACK FOR A FIFTH TIME NEXT WEEK. THE DEALER TELLS ME THIS IS NORMAL. I AM VERY EMBARRASSED TO DRIVE THIS CAR BEING SO NOISY. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10005971January 30, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE)
ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING WOULD FEEL NAUSEOUS AND BEGIN VOMITING. MANUFACTURER DIAGNOSED PROBLEM WITH EGR PRESSURE SENSOR CAUSING EXHAUST FUMES TO ENTER VEHICLE'S INTERIOR CABIN. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10003962January 28, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
SQUEAKING BRAKES. *AK *TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10003441January 27, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
WHILE GETTING ON THE OFF RAMP WHEN I WENT TO STOP THE BRAKES *POPPED* AND FAILED COMPLETELY. I HAD TO STOP THE CAR WITH THE HAND BRAKE. HAD IT SERVICED BY FORD AND IT WAS A MASTER CYLINDER FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10003292January 23, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
CAR HAS STALLED WHILE DRIVING ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS ON THE FREEWAY AND IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. THE CAR HAS ALSO BEEN IN SEVERAL TIMES FOR EXCESSIVE BREAK NOISE. ON ONE OCCASION THE REAR DRUMS HAD TO BE TURNED DUE TO DRUMS BEING GLAZED OVER. DEALERSHIP EITHER CHANGES OUT THE PADS OR ADDS AN ADDITIVE TO SOFTEN THE PADS TO STOP THE NOISE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10003134January 21, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:ROTOR, TIRES
THE FIRESTONE FIREHAWK TIRES, HAS HAD TERRIBLE ROAD NOISE FOR THE PAST 6,000 MILES. EVEN THOUGH I HAD THE TIRES ROTATED EVERY 6,000 MILES. LAST NIGHT AFTER THE DEALERSHIP PUT A NEW SET OF TIRES ON FROM A NEW CAR, TO PROVE TO ME THAT IT WAS THE TIRES. I AM NOT HAPPY! ALSO, THE INFORMED ME THAT I WOULD NEED NEW BRAKES...OKAY, THAT IS POSSIBLE. HOWEVER, THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT I WOULD NEED NEW ROTORS. NOTHING THAT THEY COULD BE TURNED...JUST THAT I NEED NEW ONES. WHEN I STILL HAVE BRAKE PADS. HOW CAN THAT BE? ARE THEY MADE OF SOFT METAL THAT THEY DON'T LAST? THAT FORD COUNTS THAT AS A WEARING PROBLEM, SO THE COST IS ON ME?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10003070January 20, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
OUR SON WAS DRIVING HIS 2001 FORD FOCUS ON A SMALL BACK ROAD NEAR A SHOPPING CENTER. HE WAS DRIVING APPROMIMATELY 20 MPH THRU A SLIGHT CURVE APPROACHING A STOP SIGN. AS HE WAS APPROACHING THE STOP SIGN, HE LIGHTLY APPLIED HIS BRAKES AND TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL TO NEGOTIATE THE SLIGHT CURVE IN THE ROAD, BUT HIS STEERING HAD FAILED - UNABLE TO NEGOTIATE THE CURVE HIS CAR VEERED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANE THEN BACK TO HIT THE CURB. THE IMPACT ACTIVATED THE AIR BAGS, SHATTERED THE WINDSHIELD AND THE WHEEL WAS COMPLETELY BROKEN OFF. IT APPEARS THAT THE CONTROL ARM HAD A COMPLETELY CLEAN BREAK - USUALLY NOT SEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. THIS WAS REPORTED TO ME BY SEVERAL FORD EMPLOYEES AS A "VERY SUSPICIOUS BREAK" AS WELL AS THE TOW DRIVER FROM THE FORD ROAD SIDE ASSISTANCE. OUR SON ALSO REPORTED TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT THAT HE FELT A "SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE FRONT RIGHT END " OF THE 2001 FORD FOCUS. HE PULLED OVER TO CHECK THE CAR- BUT COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING WRONG - CONTINUED AND THE VIBRATION HAD CEASED. WE ARE THANKFUL THAT THIS DID NOT HAPPEN ON THE HIGHWAY AS HE USUALLY TRAVELS ON A DAILY BASIS.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10002896January 18, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
VEHICLE STARTS TO LOSE POWER. ENGINE MISFIRES, THEN STALLS. AFTER SITTING A FEW MINUTES, CAR WILL RESTART FINE. WILL THEN REPEAT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10003985January 16, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
VEHICLES' BRAKE PAD DETERIORATED, THEY WERE ONLY AT 20% STATED THE MECHANIC. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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