Ford Focus Complaints (2001)

1,761 consumer complaints on file.

#10103704January 7, 2005
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
THE WHEEL/HUBS/ BEARINGS, AND ALL THE WAY AROUND THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE REPLACED. CONTACTED THE DEALER. BUT, PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE WHEEL BEARINGS, HOWEVER IT WAS FOR THE 2000 MODEL NOT THE 2001. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10105830January 5, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
CAR SPUTTERED ON A SUNDAY MORNING (11/2004). ON MONDAY NIGHT THE CAR DIED. COULD TURN IGNITION, BUT NO FUEL GOT TO ENGINE. CALLED FORD SERICE CENTER, THEY WERE CLOSED. HAD PROBLEM FIXED (NEW FUEL PUMP) AT ANOTHER SERVICE STATION ($594). FOUND LETTER DATED 1/2004 STATING FORD WAS AWARE OF FAULTY FUEL PUMP, AND WAS OFFERING REPLACEMENT COVERAGE FOR 10 YEARS. HAVE TRIED TO GET FORD TO REIMBURSE ME, BUT THEY DENY THE CLAIM, STATING IT WAS NOT AN EMERGENCY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10099723January 5, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE PARKING LOT. CONSUMER HAS NO IDEA AS TO WHY THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10106779January 4, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, TIRES
WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT BRAKES AND TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND REPLACED THEM. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10105769January 4, 2005
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED AT LOW SPEED,2001 FORD FOCUS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10105656January 3, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
WHEN FUEL TANK REGISTERS 1/4 OF A TANK OR LESS, CAR LOSES ACCELERATION WHEN GOING UP A HILL THAT CURVES TO THE RIGHT. CAR STALLS BUT WILL START AGAIN AFTER A FEW MINUTES. LATER THAT SAME DAY THE CAR STALLED AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED. MECHANIC REGISTERED NO PROBLEM AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH CAR AFTER DRIVING IT AND CHECKING ON COMPUTER. CAR DROVE FINE FOR TWO MONTHS THEN STARTED HESITATING WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE. CAR STALLED AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, EVEN WITH A FULL TANK OF GAS, CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHO CHECKED FUEL PRESSURE, SAID WAS FINE AND CAR DROVE WITH NO PROBLEMS. THEY COULD NOT PIN POINT PROBLEM AND COMPUTER REGISTERED NO PROBLEMS. WHY HASN'T THIS PROBLEM BEEN FIXED WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10106691January 3, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A ROUTINE INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ROTORS AND MASTER CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND REPLACED THEM THREE TIMES DUE TO WORN OUT PARTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104955January 2, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
IGNITION KEY/STEERING WHEEL JAMMED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104956January 2, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
REAR TAILLIGHTS FAILED WIRING HARNESS (REAR) HAS BECOME WORN. ALL WIRES EXPOSED AND ARE IN CONTACT WITH ONE ANOTHER. I HAVE PHOTOS. PLEASE CONTACT ME TO HAVE THEM FORWARDED. I KNOW OF THIS PROBLEM OCCURING ON AT LEAST 8 OTHER ZX3'S. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104801December 30, 2004
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
REAR DOORS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET TO STAY CLOSED. WHEN SLAMMED,THEY DO NOT LATCH SHUT. ON ONE OCCASION, IT TOOK OVER 30 MINUTES SLAMMING THE DOORS BEFORE THEY FINALLY STAYED SHUT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104814December 30, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
UNSURE OF EXACT DATE- IGNITION SWITCH HAS GONE OUT THREE TIMES CAR HAS TO BEEN TOWED AWAY ALL THREE TIMES. PRESTIGE FORD MECHANIC SAYS IT IS HOW THE PART IS MADE WONT COVER AFTER 36,000 MILES BECAUSE IT IS ELECTRICAL. DEALERSHIP ADMITS IS RECURRING AFTER WARRANTY DEFECT BUT FORD COMPANY WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILTY FOR BAD PART. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104819December 30, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
THE IGNITION SWITCH LOCKED UP, THE KEY WILL NOT TURN THE STEERING IS LOCKED IN PLACE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104565December 27, 2004
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
THE REAR DRIVERSIDE DOOR OF MY 2001 FORD FOCUS SE BEGAN TO NOT WORK. I NOTICED THE DOOR WAS AJAR WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. I PULLED OVER TO CLOSE IT AND IT WOUDL NOT CLOSE. IT CONTINUED TO BOUNCE OPEN.*AK I TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP. THEY EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THE LATCH WAS BROKEN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED FOR $204.00. I USED THE DOOR MAYBE TWO TIMES A WEEK. THE MECHANIC THEN PROCEEDED TO TELL ME THAT THE LATCHES ON THE FOCUS ARE NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. HE SAID THEY RUST OUT TO THE POINT OF NOT WORKING. OF COURSE I'M A LITTLE PEEVED. I BOUGHT MY FIRST BRAND NEW CAR AND THE DOOR LOCK RUSTS OUT AFTER THREE YEARS! I'VE OWNED 10 YEAR-OLD CARS AND NEVER HAD A PROBLEM. I THINK IT'S A DEFECT OF FORD AND THEY SHOULD COVER THE COST. I'M JUST THANKFUL, NO ONE HAD TO RIDE IN MY BACK SEAT AND HAVE THE LOCK FAIL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104305December 22, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, SUSPENSION:FRONT
MY 2001 FORD FOCUS HAS STALLED AGAIN. THIS IS ABOUT THE 4TH TIME. LOCAL MECHANIC FOUND PROBLEM TO BE FUEL INJECTOR PUMP. DEALERSHIP CLAIMS THAT IS ONLY BATTERY REPLACEMENT. I HAVE ALL OLD PARTS FROM RECENT SERVICE AT DEALERSHIP. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS VEHICLE RECALLED. FOUND INTERNET ARTICLE THAT STATES THAT THIS IS NOT AN UNCOMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL. HTTP://WWW.THEAUTOCHANNEL.COM/F/MANIA/REPAIR/NEWS.HTML?MANIA. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104315December 22, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
MY IGNITION LOCKED UP ON MY 2001 FORD FOCUS, CAN'T START THE CAR. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10102907December 14, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
I HAD RECEIVED A NOTICE THAT MY CAR MAY NEED TO HAVE MY FUEL FILTER REPLACED DUE TO POSSIBLE HESITATION; HOWEVER, I WAS NOT TO HAVE THIS DONE UNLESS THE SYSTEM FAILED. ON MY WAY HOME FOR THANKSGIVING, I WAS TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE, AND MY CAR STARTED TO SLOW...I LET OFF THE GAS, PRESSED ON THE GAS, AND FRANTICALLY PUMPED THE GAS AS CARS PASSED ME GOING 80 MPH. WHEN THE SYSTEM FAILED, I WAS OUT OF STATE, 400 MILES FROM HOME, SITTING ALONG SIDE AN INTERSTATE FULL OF HOLIDAY TRAFFIC, BUT FORD DOES NOT CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY CONCERN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10102706December 11, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
IGNITION CYLINDER FAILED AND KEY WOULD NOT TURN TO START THE CAR. I HAD JUST GOTTEN OFF OF WORK AND GOT IT MY CAR TO GO HOME AND MY KEY WOULDN'T NOT TURN OVER. I HAD TO SIT IN MY CAR FOR ALMOST AN HOUR IN FREEZING WEATHER UNTIL SOMEONE COULD COME AND GET ME. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10102499December 10, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE
SUDDEN LOCK-UP OF IGNITION SWITCH, REQUIRING TOW TO FORD DEALER FOR REPLACEMENT OF IGNITION CYLINDER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10102427December 9, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS, STEERING:COLUMN, SUSPENSION:REAR:SHOCK ABSORBER, SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING, TIRES
I HAVE HAD MORE REPAIRS INCIDENCES WITH 2001 FORD FOCUS THAN IS NORMAL ON ANY CAR. IF MOST OF THE REPAIRS HAD BEEN IN THE FIRST 18 MONTHS I COULD HAVE EASILY DECLARED A LEMON. UNFORTUNATLEY THEY HAVE BEEN SINCE THAT TIME. MOST RECENTLY I HAVE HAD THE REAR WHEEL BEARINGS REPLACED FOR THE SECOND TIME ON A 3 YEAR OLD CAR AND AM IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THE STEERING COLUMN REPLACED FOR THE SECOND TIME. I WENT THROUGH OVER 3 FULL SETS OF TIRE IN LESS THAN A YEAR AND A HALF. AND LESS THAN A YEAR AGO I GOT PULLED OVER BY THE POLICE BECAUSE I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO LIGHTS IN THE BACK OF MY VEHICLE. FORD DEALER CHARGED ME TO REPLACE THE REAR LIGHT HOUSING AND SOME WIRE THAT HAD SHORTED OUT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10103467December 9, 2004
SUSPENSION:REAR
THE CONSUMER NOTICED A NOISE COMING FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE NOISE WAS DUE TO FAILURE OF THE WHEEL BEARINGS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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