NHTSA Complaint #10121407 — 2001 FORD FOCUS

ON SATURDAY 5/14/2005 THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF MY WELL MAINTAINED FORD FOCUS SE, 2001, (EQUIPPED WITH A ZENTEC ENGINE), CAUGHT ON FIRE IN A FASHION SIMILAR TO THOSE DESCRIBED BY NUMEROUS OWNERS IN THE FOLLOWING WEB SITES: HTTP://WWW.GEOCITIES.COM/ARCHANGEL_JJN/ HTTP://WWW.CONSUMERAFFAIRS.COM/AUTOMOTIVE/FORD_FOCUS_FIRES.HTML. THE DAMAGES OCCURRED TO MY FOCUS ARE CLOSE TO THOSE GRAPHICALLY DESCRIBED IN THE PICTURES OF THE SECOND WEB SITE. THE FACT THAT THIS OCCURRED ON A PARKING LOT A BLOCK AWAY FROM A FIRE STATION PREVENTED FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. BUT HAD THIS OCCURRED ON MY HOUSE'S COVERED GARAGE, THE WHOLE HOUSE HAD BURNED. WHAT HAPPENED TO MY CAR IS SIMILAR TO THE SITUATION DESCRIBED IN THE NHTSA 02V288000 CAMPAIGN. BUT MY VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED ON AUGUST 2003, AND THEREFORE DOES NOT QUALIFY TO THE VOLUNTARY FORD RECALL TO DEAL WITH THIS SITUATION. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE REFERRED WEB SITES, THIS IS HE SAME SITUATION REPORTED BY OTHER OWNERS. I HAVE REPORTED THIS CASE TO MY INSURANCE COMPANY, ALLSTATE, CLAIM NUMBER 179019215. THE ADJUSTER IS MR. RUBEN ROMERO @ 800 733-8910 X4385. AS ALLSTATE SUGGESTED, I ALSO CONTACTED FORD. YESTERDAY, I WAS INFORMED BY ALLSTATE THAT MY ACCIDENT RESULTED IN A TOTAL LOST. ON MONDAY 5/16/2005, I CONTACTED MR. MCCLUSTER, FROM THE TIPTON FORD DEALERSHIP, WHO PHOTOGRAPHED MY PICTURES FROM THE FIRE. HE ASSURED ME THAT HE WAS GOING TO LOG THE INCIDENT INTO THE SYSTEM AND ASK ME TO CONTACT FORD AT 866 436-7332. WHEN I CALLED THAT NUMBER, THE SAME DAY, I TALKED TO ANDREW, EMPLOYER NUMBER 3176. HE GAVE THE CLAIM NUMBER 0422761365 AND INDICATED THAT FORD WAS GOING TO CONTACT ON TWO DAYS. I AM STILL WAITING FOR THE CALL. IN MY OPINION FORD DID NOT FULLY FIXED THE CAUSES OF THE NHTSA 02V288000 CAMPAIGN AND THAT WAS THE REASON FOR MY CAR'S FIRE. THUS, FORD SHOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM IN ALL FOCUS VEHICLES SUFFERING FROM THIS PROBLEM AND IT ALSO MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR ALL PROPERTY DAMAGE.