NHTSA Complaint #10165997 — 2000 FORD FOCUS

EARLY ON I HAD ISSUES WITH STALLING BUT JUST THOUGHT IT TO BE WEIRD FOR THE CAR WOULD TURN BACK ON..WOULD POWER DOWN WHILE DRIVING THEN I COULD START IT OVER AGAIN. WASN'T UNTIL RECENTLY IT BECAME AN ISSUE THAT WORRIED ME WHEN I WAS ON A TRIP AND IT DID IT 3 TIMES IN A ROW AND IT WOULDN'T START ON THE SECOND TIME BUT THEN DID ON THE THIRD TRY. I HAD BEEN PULLING OUT INTO HEAVY TRAFFIC WHEN CAR JUST DIED.. EVERYTHING WENT DEAD. TONIGHT MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I STARTED SEARCHING THE NET LOOKING FOR REASONS WHY WHEN I CAME ACROSS THE STALLING ISSUES WITH THE FORD FOCUS 2000. I HAVE ALSO ENCOUNTERED MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR OVER THE YEARS AND UNTIL RECENTLY HAVE STAYED UNDER 50,000 MILES. I ALSO HAD THE LOCKING OF THE IGNITION WHICH WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALING BUT LAST TIME I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR THE REAR BEARINGS THEY TOLD ME MY CAR WAS NOT ONE OF THE 21 STATES IT HAD ISSUES WITH. I SEE THEY HAVE NOW INCLUDED THAT TO GO INTO ALL 50 STATES. AT THIS POINT I AM REALLY SCARED TO DRIVE THIS CAR ANYMORE AND WAS JUST GETTING READY TO DO AN OUT OF STATE DRIVE WHICH I AM PUTTING ON HOLD. I'VE HAD OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE NOTHING COMPARED TO THE CAR STALLING OUT IN TRAFFIC.. IT JUST STOPS.. STEERING FREEZES BRAKES LOCK.. ITS A MESS AND A DANGER TO MY CHILD'S LIFE AND MINE. THE LATEST PROBLEM OF STALLING PLUS THE GAS PRESSURE SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE.. I PRESS ON THE GAS AND IT SEEMS TO SPUTTER AS IF THE CAR WASN'T GETTING ENOUGH GAS AND ALMOST DIES.. I THOUGHT MAYBE MY CLUTCH WAS GOING OUT BUT THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THE CASE. IT HAS NOT BEEN A CAUSE OF AN ACCIDENT THANK GOODNESS BUT HAVE COME VERY CLOSE. THIS IS A DANGER TO OTHER DRIVERS AND TO MYSELF. *JB