Ford Focus Complaints (2000)

3,686 consumer complaints on file.

#10040717September 26, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN TRYING TO APPLY THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES. THE BRAKES WILL LOCK UP CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HAVE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10040807September 26, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SLIPS GEARS WHILE DRIVING CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO JERK. ALSO, A SQUEAKING NOISE IS HEARD WHEN APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL. DEALER ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE TRANSMISSION AND THE BRAKES BUT HAS NOT REMEDIED THE PROBLEMS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10040241September 22, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER
CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO START VEHICLE, BUT VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. DRIVER GOT OUT OF VEHICLE AND NOTICED GAS ON THE GROUND. TOOK VEHICLE TO FORD, FORD REPLACED SOME GASKETS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10040294September 22, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
KEY CYLINDER LOCK WENT OUT AND CAUSED STEERING WHEEL AND THE KEY NOT TO BE ABLE TO TURN. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10037608September 22, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
WHEN ACCELERATING, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER WHO SAID IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP PROBLEM. *AK THIS OCCURRED ESPECIALLY WHEN TRAVELING ON RAMPS AND CLOVER LEAPS. THE POWER WOULD RESUME ON LOW SPEEDS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PRESSURE WOULD DROP WHEN GOING AROUND CORNERS. (THE FUEL PUMP AND FILTER WERE REPLACED) THIS WAS THE SECOND FUEL PUMP THAT WAS REPLACED SINCE AUGUST 2001. *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10039104September 18, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
KEY IGNITION AND STEERING WHEEL IS LOCKED, CANNOT TURN KEY TO START CAR. WHEN I CALLED THE FORD HELP LINE, I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS NEW, NOTHING THEY'VE HEARD OF BEFORE. HOWEVER, WHEN I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP THEY REFERRED ME TO THE MECHANIC ASKED ME WHAT I DROVE. I SAID FORD FOCUS. HE ASKED WHAT YEAR, I SAID 2000. THEN HE SAID THAT KEY IGNITION IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2000 FOCUS AND THAT THEY'VE HAD TO FIX SEVERAL FOCUS' FOR THAT SPECIFIC REASON ALONE. FORD NEEDS TO DO A CENSUS OF HOW MANY OF THEIR DEALERSHIP HAVE LOGGED IN THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE THE COMPLAINTS ARE ALL OVER THE INTERNET, TOO MANY TO IGNORE!!! THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ISSUE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10039079September 17, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
IGNITION LOCK FAILS TO TURN WHEN KEY IS INSERTED. STEERING REMAINS LOCKED AND CAR WILL NOT START. FIRST TIME THIS OCCURRED WAS JUNE 2001 WHILE CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY. LOCK WAS DRILLED OUT AND REPLACED. IGNITION HAS LOCKED UP FOR THE SECOND TIME TODAY WITH NO WARNING. WILL HAVE TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED 30 MILES TO DEALER. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10039010September 16, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
MY CAR IS A 2000 FORD FOCUS SE WITH 41,000 MILES. WITHIN THE LAST FEW MONTHS I HAVE NOTICED A HESITATION IN ACCELERATION AND A DIFFICULT TIME IN STARTING. ON JULY 30TH OF THIS YEAR MY CAR WOULD START BUT NOT CONTINUE TO IDLE. I BROUGHT IT TO MY FORD DEALER AND THEY REPLACED A IDLE AIR CONTROL VALVE @ THE COST OF $400. THIS PAST WEEKEND MY CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN AND I HAD IT TOWED TO THE SAME FORD DEALERSHIP AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP AND IT WOULD COST $600. THIS CAR HAS ONLY 41,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE BEEN TO MANY WEBSITES/FORUMS AND NOTICE I AM NOT ALONE. IS A RECALL ON THE FUEL PUMP IN PROCESS? *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038978September 16, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
THE IGNITION SWITCH ON OUR 2000 FORD FOCUS LOCKED UP. THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN IN THE IGNITION AND STRANDED MY WIFE AND CHILDREN. THE IGNITION SWITCH HAD TO BE REPLACED BY THE FORD DEALERSHIP. THE CAR IS 4 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY AND ONLY HAS 22,000 MILES. AFTER COMPLAINING TO THE DEALER, THEY REDUCED THE REPAIR PRICE TO ~1/2 OF ESTIMATE AND TOLD ME TO HOLD THE RECEIPT IN CASE THERE IS A RECALL. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10039959September 15, 2003
AIR BAGS
WHILE TRAVELING AT 10 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD ON THAT WAS TRAVELING AT 50 MPH. ALL AIRBAGS DEPLOYED; HOWEVER, CONSUMER SUSTAINED SECOND DEGREE BURNS ON HANDS FROM AIRBAG. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10038908September 15, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
I HAVE UPON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION HAD MY 2000 FORD FOCUS ZX3 STALL AND OR DIE ON ME. THIS HAPPENS MOSTLY ON ON-RAMP AND OFF-RAMP SITUATIONS, MANY TIMES THE CAR WILL SHUT DOWN WHILE ENTERING THE HIGHWAY AT 40+ MPH THIS IS A SERIOUS SITUATION, STALLING WITHOUT WARNING WILL ONE DAY GET ME KILLED. JUST AS WELL, I HAD THE CAR AT FORD TO DISCUSS THE SITUATION, THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG AND SENT ME ON MY WAY. I AM STILL HAVING ISSUES WITH THIS STALLING AND STUMBLING, AND WOULD LIKE SOME KIND OF RECALL OR TSB PUT OUT. I THINK FORD SHOULD REPLACE ALL OF OUR FUEL TANKS AND FUEL PUMPS. TO THIS DATE I KNOW OF 5 OTHER FOCUS OWNERS, BOTH SEDAN AND COUPE (ZX3) WHICH I OWN, HAVE HAD THESE SAME PROBLEMS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10039965September 15, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
CONSUMER WENT OUT TO START CAR AND KEY WOULD NOT TURN, IGNITION WAS LOCKED IN PLACE, IT WOULD NOT MOVE. ALSO, STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND THEY SAID THEY NEVER HEARD OFF SUCH OCCURRENCES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038920September 15, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
MY CAR SUDDENLY STALL WHEN I AM STOP IN A LIGTH OR WHEN I AM DRIVING, IT HAS BEEN 4 TIMES AT DEALER BUT THEY CAN FIND THE PROBLEM, THIS MORNING I WAS HIT BY A CAR I WAS DRIVING AND MY CAR SUDDENLY STALLED THE CAR BEHIND ME WASN'T ABLE TO STOP AND HIT ME, THANKS GOD NOTHING HAPPENED IT WAS JUST A SMALL SCRATCH, SO WHEN NHTSA IS GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, ARE YOU WAITING FOR SOME ONE TO DIE IN A CRASH ACCIDENT, PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10039974September 15, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED ON THE HIGHWAY VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY, AND BY DOING SO, IT CAUSES STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK. VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN DEALER'S SHOP FOR FUEL PUMP REPLACEMENT. AT THE TIME OF FUEL PUMP REPLACEMENT MECHANIC BROKE THE PLASTIC COUPLING THAT CONNECTED THE FUEL LINE TO THE FUEL TANK. THE BREAKING OF THE COUPLING CAUSED AN EXPLOSION TO OCCUR IN THE FUEL TANK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038888September 14, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
KEY WOULD NOT GO INTO IGNITION, CAR TOWED TO DEALER THEY REPLACED AT COST OF 350+ WOULD NOT COVER UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. *PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038826September 13, 2003
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
POWER WINDOWS ON 2000 FORD FOCUS FAIL OFTEN. I HAVE HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM ON MANY OTHER FOCI VIA THE INTERNET; BUT I HAVE PERSONALLY HAD 3 POWER WINDOWS FAIL (WHICH IS A SAFETY CONCERN, AS WINDOWS FALL DOWN VIOLENT WHEN THEY FAIL AND REMAIN DOWN, CANNOT BE ROLLED UP AND WILL NOT STAY UP IF MOVED BY HAND LEAVING VEHICLE EXPOSED TO THEFT AND THE ELEMENTS) IN LESS THAN 3 YEARS... TWO OF WHICH HAVE FAILED OUT OF WARRANTY. (WARRANTY IS UP IN ONE MONTH TIME FRAME; BUT HAVE DRIVEN VEHICLE 45,000 MILES.) CONSUMERS ARE SERIOUSLY GETTING BITTEN BY THE COST OF REPLACING FORD'S FAULTY DESIGNED POWER WINDOW ASSEMBLIES. DATE OF MOST RECENT INCIDENT GIVEN. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038756September 12, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
ELECTRONIC SYSTEM-IGNITION SWITCH TROUBLE GETTING KEY IN. ONCE KEY WAS IN, IGNITION WOULD NOT TURN. HAD TO BE REPLACED. *PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038772September 12, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES
2000 FORD FOCUS. BOUGHT AT SANGER FORD OUTLET NEW. PROBLEM: CABLE AND WIRING FRAYED. RESULT: AAA CALLED. DEAD BATTERY. TOWED. INCONVENIENCE. *PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038778September 12, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES
2000 FORD FOCUS. CAR WOULD NOT START 9/11/03. NOTHING WAS LEFT ON TO DRAIN THE BATTERY. AAA CALLED. APPLIED PRESSURE TO BATTERY CABLES. WAS NOT MAKING CONNECTION. WIRES FRAYED TO CABLE. FINALLY STARTED WHEN CABLE WAS TURNED AND TWISTED JUST SO. *PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10039899September 12, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 55 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, WITHOUT WARNING THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP. THIS CAUSED A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE FORCING THE VEHICLE INTO THE GUARD RAIL. NO INJURIES OR FATALITY REPORTED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *PH
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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