NHTSA Complaint #10161272 — 2002 FORD FOCUS

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 20-25 MPH ON A MAJOR ROADWAY, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK AS IF IT WERE GOING TO STALL. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO TRAVEL THROUGH AN INTERSECTION HOWEVER IT EVENTUALLY COMPLETELY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD WERE COMPLETELY DARKENED. A NEW BATTERY WAS INSTALLED BY THE CONTACT AND THE VEHICLE DRIVEN HOME. ABOUT FOUR HOURS LATER, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK AGAIN AND STALLED. THE VEHICLE STALLED FOUR TIMES THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WHEN THIS OCCURRED WITH THE VEHICLE ABOUT A YEAR AGO, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE CABLE WIRE WAS NOT CONNECTED PROPERLY. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED THAT THE CABLE WIRE MAY NOT BE THE PROBLEM AND WILL CHECK TO SEE IF THE ALTERNATOR MAY BE THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM. *NM