Ford Focus Complaints (2000)

3,686 consumer complaints on file.

#10053982January 13, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
WHILE PLACING KEY INSIDE OF THE IGNITION KEY WILL NOT TURN. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS, AND MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A WORN OUT PART.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053796January 12, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO START VEHICLE BUT KEY WOULD NOT TURN. THE IGNITION WAS LOCKED IN PLACE AND IT WOULD NOT MOVE. ALSO, STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053830January 12, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
THE IGNITION SWITCH DID NOT ALLOW THE INSERTION OF THE KEY. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, WHO FOUND THAT IGNITION WAS DEFECTIVE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10052970January 12, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
I AM VERY ANGRY, I AM HAVING THE FORD FOCUS STALLING PROBLEM, DEALER ALREADY REPLACE FUEL PUMP AND STILL STALLS, THE CAR HAS BEEN 30 DAYS AT 3 DIFFERENT DEALERS BUT HAVEN'T FIX IT, THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BUT THEY CAN'T FIX IT, I HAVE ALL THE SAME SYMPTOMS OF THE FUEL PUMP PROBLEM BUT THIS IS NOT WHAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM THEY ALREADY CHECK THE ALTERNATOR AND IT IS FINE. I HOPE SOME ONE CAN GIVE ME A HAND ON THIS I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SUIT FORD, AND I DON'T WANT TO WAIT UNTIL I DIE BECAUSE THIS CAR IS HAZARD, LET ME KNOW WHAT CAN I DO. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053853January 12, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER RESTARTED VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER. THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT WIRES AND SPARK PLUGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO WORN OUT PARTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10052769January 10, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
WENT TO START MY CAR BUT THE KEY WOULD NOT GO INTO IGNITION. I TRIED EVERY POSSIBLE WAY TO GET THE KEY IN. I ENDED UP CALLING TWO DEALERSHIPS WHO BOTH SAID IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2000 FOCUS. WHEN I SPOKE WITH THE MECHANIC I ASKED IF THERE WAS A RECALL HE SAID HE WAS VERY SUPRISED THAT THERE HADN'T BEEN ONE. I ALSO ASKED IF THE NEW CYLINDER WOULD HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM HE REPLIED THAT IT WAS AN UPDATED MODEL BUT THAT DIDN'T MEAN ANYTHING- THEY STILL HAD THE SAME PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053706January 9, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHEN APPLYING GAS VEHICLE BEGINS TO HESITATE AND ENGINE STARTS TO PRODUCE A LOUD NOISE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053734January 9, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
WHEN COMING TO A STOP VEHICLE STALLED. THIS CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK UP. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER AND REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIPS MECHANIC WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053769January 9, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
VEHICLE DID NOT START. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER, WHO REPLACED THE IGNITION CYLINDER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053771January 9, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. DRIVER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS, AND MECHANIC COULD NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10044022January 9, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING WHEN SHE SAW A DEER COMING DOWN A HILL AND STOPPED AS THE DEER CROSSED. THEN A LARGE TRUCK PASSED THE CONSUMER IN A 40 MILE ZONE AND A NEW DEER HIT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK *SC THE CONSUMER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10052692January 8, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
AFTER GETTING THE STATE INSPECTION ON THE CAR DONE, THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN TOLD US THAT THE CAR HAD FAILED DUE TO THE ROTORS AND PADS NEEDING REPLACED. UPON CONTACTING THE DEALERSHIP, THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD US THAT THIS WAS NORMAL WEAR AND WOULD COST US 695 TO REPLACE. THE VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 36000 MILES, THIS SHOULD NOT BE NORMAL. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10048712January 8, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THE VEHICLE SPUTTERED AND STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FUEL TANK WAS HALF FULL. THE DRIVER PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE FUEL DELIVERY MODULE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *NLM CONSUMER NOTED THIS FAILURE WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY UNSAFE HAD IT HAPPENED AROUND OTHER VEHICLES. *PH *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053523January 7, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
IGNITION LOCKED WITHOUT WARNING. THE PART WAS REPLACED, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10052576January 7, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE STALLING - THE LAST TWO OCCURRED WHILE ENTERING A FREEWAY (FROM ANOTHER FREEWAY). I STEP ON THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE AND NOTHING HAPPENS - FLOOR THE GAS PEDAL AND STILL NOTHING. THEN THE CAR DIES. FORTUNATELY THE FIRST TIME THERE WAS NO ONE BEHIND ME. THE SECOND TIME I IMMEDIATELY PUT ON THE FLASHERS AND THE CAR BEHIND ME WAS MIRACULOUSLY ABLE TO SWERVE AROUND ME. THIS CAR IS VERY UNSAFE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053562January 7, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
FUEL PUMP MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING INTERMITTENT STALLING. FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED FIVE TIMES, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10054026January 6, 2004
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO EXCESSIVE CONTAMINATION METAL PIECES IN THE PLANETARY FLUID OIL TRANSMISSION.*MR *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053437January 6, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIRS OF WHEEL BEARINGS. HOWEVER, THE BEARING FAILED AGAIN. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10049808January 6, 2004
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER
REAR CENTER SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT. *AK *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053361January 5, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER. VEHICLE WAS HARD TO START. DEALERSHIPS MECHANIC WAS NOTIFIED, BUT WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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