NHTSA Complaint #10015274 — 2000 FORD FOCUS

NAR 04/07/2003 MR. THE CONSUMER STATED WITH 20,000 MILES ON THE TIRES THEY WERE ALREADY BALD. THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER ONLY THE REAR TIRES WERE BALD BECAUSE THEY HAD NOT BEEN ROTATED. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER MECHANIC AND HAD THE TIRES ROTATED AND HAD NEW TIRES PUT ON THE FRONT, HOWEVER 10,000 MILES LATER THE REAR TIRES WERE BALD, THEY WERE REPLACED AGAIN AND LESS THAN A YEAR LATER THEY WERE BALD AGAIN. THE CONSUMER LEARNED THAT THE PROBLEM WITH TIRES WAS DUE TO A RECALL WITH THE WHEEL BEARINGS WHICH WAS SUPPOSE TO HAVE BEEN REPLACED A LONG TIME AGO. *JB