NHTSA Complaint #10052344 — 2000 FORD FOCUS

WE PURCHASED OUR 2000 FORD FOCUS IN AUGUST OF 2003 IT HAD LOW MILES AND WE FIGURED I WAS A GOOD CAR. IN OCTOBER IT BROKE DOWN ON US AND IT WAS A CLUTCH DISK THAT WENT OUT. WE SAID OK AND THEY FIXED IT UNDER WARRANTY. THE DAY AFTER WE GOT IT BACK FROM THE SHOP IT STARTED MAKING A WEIRD NOISE SO WE TOOK IT BACK AND THEY SAID THEY NEED TO MAKE A ADJUSTMENT. THEN LESS THAN 3 WEEKS LATER WE ENDED UP HAVING IT BREAK DOWN ON US ONCE AGAIN THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. WELL HERE WE ARE ONCE AGAIN. ABOUT A MONTH AFTER THE TRANSMISSION. GOING THROUGH A STOP LIGHT ONE DAY THE CAR STARTED TO HAVE ENGINE HESITATION AND LOSS OF POWER AND THEN WOULD STALL OUT. NOW THEY ARE TELLING US THAT WATER GOT IN OUR FUEL TANK AND RUINED THE FUEL PUMP. I JUST FOUND OUT BY DOING SOME OF MY OWN RESEARCH THAT THE FUEL SYSTEM WAS RECALLED IN NOV OF 2003 FOR CARS EXHIBITING THE SIMILAR SYMPTOMS. THE DEALERSHIP WHERE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE HAS NOT INFORMED US OF THIS RECALL AND STATES THAT THE WATER WAS THE CAUSE OF OUR PROBLEMS. *LA