NHTSA Complaint #10105656 — 2001 FORD FOCUS

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