NHTSA Complaint #10187532 — 2000 FORD FOCUS

THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL PROBLEMS REGARDING 2000 FORD FOCUS CONCERNING GAS MILEAGE DETERIORATION. ALL CARS LOST SOME FORM OF MPG ESTIMATES OVER YEARS OF USE, BUT THE FOCUS HAD TERRIBLE DETERIORATION. . I HAVE SPOKEN TO MANY OWNERS OF 2000 FORD FOCUS' THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. ESTIMATED MPG HAD BEEN FROM 15 TO 22, WITH MINE FLUCTUATED FROM 10 TO 20. NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS COULD BE FOUND THROUGH NORMAL MEANS. THERE WAS NO EXPLANATION REGARDING THE LOSS OF GOOD GAS MILEAGE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A PROBLEM WITH THE PROGRAMMING OF THE BRAIN BOX. ALSO, THIS CAR SUDDENLY DEVELOPED CRACKS IN THE WINDSHIELD - THEY WEREN'T CRACKS THAT WERE FORMED FROM THE OUTSIDE SURFACE OR THE INSIDE SURFACE. THEY ACTUALLY FORMED IN THE GLASS, BETWEEN THE LAYERS. THEY CANNOT BE FELT ON THE OUTSIDE OR THE INSIDE OF THE GLASS.*AK