NHTSA Complaint #10134137 — 2000 FORD FOCUS

DT: 2000 FORD FOCUS. THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT THE REAR TIRES WEARING OUT ON FEBRUARY 12, 2003. BOUGHT TWO NEW TIRES FOR THE REAR. THE NEXT DAY I HAD A FOUR WHEEL TIRE ALIGNMENT. MARCH 31, 2003 TWO MORE NEW TIRES BLEW OUT, AND ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2003 WAS HAVING PROBLEM WITH ALIGNMENT, TWO TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE TIRE COMPANY SAID REAR END WAS OUT ALIGNMENT AND THEN WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND HAD A FOUR WHEEL ALIGNMENT AGAIN. IN NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER 2003 A NEW SET OF FOUR NEW TIRES WERE BOUGHT. THEN, IN JUNE 2004 TWO NEW TIRES WERE BOUGHT. THE CONSUMER WENT TO A NEW TIRE COMPANY AND IT TOOK THEM FOUR TIMES OF DRIVING CONSUMER'S CAR TO GET IT ALIGNED. WAS LOOKING ON THE INTERNET ABOUT RECALLS AND I FOUND INFORMATION ON SILENT VEHICLE RECALL. CALLED THE MANUFACTURER ABOUT THIS SILENT RECALL, THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT ASSIST CONSUMER ON THIS SILENT RECALL. THEN ,CALLED FORD WORLD HEADQUARTERS, THEY WERE STILL NOT TELLING ANYTHING ON THIS SILENT RECALL. CONSUME R FOUND TSB 03135 ON A CANADIAN WEBSITE BUT COULD NOT PULL UP ANY INFORMATION. *AK