NHTSA Complaint #763116 — 2000 FORD FOCUS

I COMPLAINED ABOUT THE BRAKES AT 3000 MILES - TOLD NO PROBLEMS THE BRAKES JUST DO THAT - AT 11993 MILES BRAKES INSPECTED 50 - 60 % LEFT - AT 15561 BRAKES INSPECTED 65 - 75 % LEFT - NOW SOME HOW ONLY 4000 MILES LATER ONLY 10% OF BRAKES LEFT AND NEED TO BE REPLACED WITH A TOTAL OF 19,992 MILES - ALSO TOOK CAR IN SEVERAL TIMES FOR DYING WHILE DRIVING AND TOLD NO PROBLEM - THEN THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE CLUTCH CYLINDER AND THEY SAID THAT WAS PROBABLY THE PROBLEM SO THEY REPLACED THAT - STILL HAD THE PROBLEM - THEY HINTED THAT IT WAS ME BECAUSE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM - THEN FINALLY WHEN MY RADIO WOULD GO ON AND OFF IN THEIR PRESNCE THEY INSPECTED FURTHER AND DISCOVERED MY ENTIRE DASHBOARD WIREING WAS MELTED AND IT IS A WONDER MY CAR DIDN'T CATCH ON FIRE. THEY RE-WIRED THE ENTIRE CAR AND REPLACED MY RADIO AND HAD MY CAR FOR OVER A WEEK - WITHIN A MONTH THE RADIO WASN'T WORKING AGAIN AND THEY REPLACED IT FOR THE SECOND TIME - THEN 3 MONTHS LATER MY ELECTRIC DOOR LOCKS STOPPED WORKING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED - AND BY THE WAY MY RADIO HAS GONE OUT 2 TIMES SINCE THE LAST REPLACEMENT AND THEY SAID IT WAS PROBABLY JUST LOOSE OR SOMETHING AND NOT TOO CONCERNED AND NOW THE BRAKES ALL THIS AT 19,000 MILES.*AK