NHTSA Complaint #10129733 — 2000 FORD FOCUS

DT: 2000 FORD FOCUS. CONSUMER SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING WHILE DRIVING AND CONTINUED TO DRIVE FOR ABOUT A MILE. STOPPED VEHICLE, GOT OUT, AND THERE WAS A STRONG SMELL, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DETECT FROM WHERE THE SMELL WAS COMING. A COUPLE DAYS LATER WENT TO PARK VEHICLE IN GARAGE AND NOTICED THAT BOTH HEADLIGHTS WERE OUT OF PLACE. UPON INSPECTION NOTED A MELTING OF THE MOUNTS AND HOUSING, AND THE BULB HOLDER WAS LOOSE, SPRING WAS NOT EFFICIENT ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND JARRING. CONSUMER FELT THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE CONSUMER HAD TO DRIVE OVER SEVERAL RAILROAD TRACKS, AND FELT THIS COULD HAVE LOOSENED THESE PARTS. NO REPAIRS DONE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR A PRICING OF THE REPAIRS, WHICH WAS $60 EACH HEADLIGHT, AND DEALER DID NOT SPECIFY WHY THIS OCCURRED. *AK