NHTSA Complaint #764935 — 2000 FORD FOCUS

I HAVE TOTALLY LOST POWER TOO MANY TIMES TO COUNT. IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN WITHOUT RHYME OR REASON. IT CAN HAPPEN AT ANY SPEED, 25MPH TO 75MPH. IT CAN HAPPEN WHEN THE ENGINE IS HOT OR COLD. IF GOING AT FASTER SPEEDS, I MAY DROP TO 20MPH, AT SLOWER SPEEDS, I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. ON 2 OCCASIONS, AT FASTER SPEEDS, THE ENTIRE FRONT OF THE CAR WAS SHAKING AS I LOST POWER. ON 3 OCCASIONS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLICKERED. THIS CAN HAPPEN TOMORROW AND THEN NOT HAPPEN FOR DAYS OR EVEN WEEKS. I HAVE HAD THE CAR INTO THE DEALER AT LEAST 5 TIMES. THEY, HOWEVER, ONLY HAVE 2 OF THEM RECORDED. THE OTHER TIMES WHEN I HAD IT IN, I WAS TAKING IT IN FOR RE-CALLS, SO THEY OVIOUSLY DIDN'T RECORD THE ENGINE PROBLEM. THEY HAVE NO CLUE WHAT IS WRONG. I'VE BEEN TOLD I BOUGHT BAD GAS. I'VE BEEN TOLD TO LET THE ENGINE WARM UP LONGER - ALTHOUGH THAT IS CLEARLY NOT THE PROBLEM. I'VE BEEN TOLD MORE OR LESS, THAT I AM NUTS, NOTHING WAS WRONG. I WAS ALSO TOLD THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAN NOT FLICKER, EITHER IT IS ON OR OFF. IT FLICKERED! THE LAST TIME I HAD IT IN I WAS TOLD NOT TO BRING IT BACK IN AGAIN, UNLESS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING OCCURRED #1 THE LOSS OF POWER OCCURS AS I AM DRIVING BY THE DEALERSHIP OR #2 THE CAR TOTALLY BREAKS DOWN. I WAS TOLD THAT WOULD BE THE BEST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN! THEY SAID THEY COULD FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM THEN! A COUPLE OF TIMES WHEN THIS HAS HAPPENED, I'VE BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY, WITH MY 5YO IN THE BACK SEAT. I NEARLY GOT REAR ENDED BOTH TIMES. I ALSO ASKED THE DEALER IF OTHER OWNERS OF THE FOCUS HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS. I WAS TOLD "NO, YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE WE ARE AWARE OF." I HAVE FOUND OUT SINCE THEN, THROUGH OTHERS, SUCH AS YOURSELF, THAT THIS IS NOT TRUE. I HOPE THAT YOU CAN HELP FIND AND RESLOVE THE PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE LOSES A LIFE. THANKS.*AK