2000 FORD FOCUS Electrical System12v24v48v Batterycables Problems

THE BATTERY CABLE COMING FROM THE POSITIVE TERMINAL IS MELTED. UPON INVESTIGATION I FOUND THAT THIS WAS A RECALL: NHTSA CAMPAIGN #02V288000. HOWEVER FORD IS CLAIMING THAT MY VIN IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL, EVEN THOUGH IT IS SPECIFIC FOR MY MODEL AND YEAR, AND EVEN THOUGH MY CAR IS EXPERIENCING THE EXACT ISSUE THAT THE RECALL IS FOR: FAULTY ELECTRICAL WIRING THAT CAN LEAD TO A FIRE. I HAVE NOT HAD A FIRE IN MY VEHICLE, BUT A MELTED CABLE IS CLOSE ENOUGH FOR MY LIKING. BATTERY TERMINAL CABLES SHOULD NOT BE MELTING, PERIOD. *TR

2000 FORD FOCUS ZX3 BATTERY CABLES. NOT INCLUDED BY FORD IN VIN RANGE FOR CURRENT RECALL 02V288000 " CAUSE THE BATTERY CABLES TO SHORT RESULTING IN HEAT DAMAGE TO THE CABLES. BESIDES HEAT DAMAGE, THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT MAY ILLUMINATE, THE VEHICLE MAY FAIL TO START, OR SMOKE, MELTING, OR FIRE COULD ALSO OCCUR." ALTHOUGH THIS VEHICLE SUFFERS IDENTICAL SYMPTOMS PLUS STALLING IN TRAFFIC WHICH PUTS OPERATORS LIFE AT RISK.. *TR

HEAT DAMAGE TO BATTERY CABLE, SMOKE WAS COMING OFF OF BATTERY CABLES, THE CABLES WERE SO HOT THEY MELTED. CAR NOW WILL NOT START BUT OCCASIONALLY CRANKS VERY SLOWLY.. THIS IS EXACTLY AS THE RECALL ISSUED BY NHTSA IN 2003 ON THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL. YOUR CAMPAIGN NUMBER 02V288000. MY CAR IS NOW A FIRE HAZARD AND CAN'T BE DRIVEN. NEED HELP. *TR

SMELLED SMOKE COMING FROM VEHICLE AND UPON EXITING VEHICLE FIRE WAS COMING FROM THE UNDERNEATH OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *TR

TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE NO RECALL NOTICE WAS EVER RECEIVED REGARDING CAMPAIGN # 02V288000 , I HAVE A BILL FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE EXACT SAME PARTS DUE TO THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS THIS RECALL NOTICE STATED . I WOULD LIKE REIMBURSEMENT. HOW DO I GO ABOUT THIS?*AK

BATTERY CABLE DAMAGE, VEHICLE FAILS TO START. *NM

FAILED TO START; NOTICED THAT POSITIVE CABLE INSULATION NEAR CONNECTION TO BATTERY WAS MELTED; HAD BATTERY JUMP-START; TOOK TO HAVE BATTERY CHECK IN CAR WHILE RUNNING; BAD BATTERY; REPLACED BATTERY WITH NEW ONE; AND FAILED TO TURN ON; MECHANIC CHECKED CONTINUITY AND THERE WAS NONE FOUND; MECHANIC CUT OFF PART OF CABLE WITH BURNT INSULATION AND TRIED TO RECONNECT; NO REMEDY; NOTIFIED BY MECHANIC THAT IT WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $400 TO REPLACE POSITIVE CABLE HARNESS. MECHANIC NOTIFIED ME OF A RECALL HE FOUND CONCERNING THE ZETEC ENGINE AND BATTERY CABLE HARNESSES CATCHING ON FIRE; THUS, CONTACTED DEALER WITH VIN; AND THEY SAID THERE IS NO SUCH RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH THAT VIN... *JB

BATTERY CABLES WERE REPLACED UNDER RECALL 02V288000. NEW CABLES ONLY LASTED FOR 2 YEARS BEFORE CAR QUIT RUNNING AND THE CABLES NEEDED REPLACEMENT AGAIN. 2ND REPLACEMENT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY OR RECALL SO CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE CABLES AT FORD DEALER FOR $250 (PARTS AND LABOR). CONSUMER FEELS THAT TWO YEARS OF LIFE ON BATTERY CABLES IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. CAR IS NOW CONSIDERED SOMEWHAT UNRELIABLE DUE TO THE FACT THAT BATTERY CABLES ARE PRONE TO FAILURE. *JB

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 55 MPH, CAR HESITATED, RAN REAL ROUGH, THEN RAN NORMAL UNTIL I REACHED MY DESTINATION. WHEN I REACHED MY DESTINATION CAR JUST DIED IN PARKING LOT, WOULD NOT TURN OVER, WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING. HAD CAR TOWED TO HILLSIDE FORD (NEAREST FORD DEALER). THEY CALLED ME BACK AND SAID THAT COULD NOT FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM UNTIL THEY PUT A STARTER IN THE CAR BECAUSE THE CAR WAS NOT TURNING OVER. WHAT THE STARTER HAS TO DO WITH THE CAR DYING IS BEYOND ME? SO I SAID OK, THEY CHANGED THE STARTER, CHARGING ME OF COURSE ($180 FOR STARTER), AND THEN REALIZED THAT THE CAR STILL DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. THIS IS WHEN THEY FIGURED OUT THAT THE BATTERY CABLES WERE ALL BURNT UP. SO THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE CHANGED (ANOTHER $90.00 FOR CABLES). SO AFTER THE STARTER AND THE BATTERY...

BATTERY CABLE WAS LOCATED IN A WAY THAT CAUSED ABRASION AGAINST BATTERY CASE. WEAR BY THIS ABRASION CAUSED FAILURE OF THE INSULATION AND A SHORT CIRCUIT. THIS RESULTED IN TOTAL ENGINE AND ELECTRICAL FAILURE AND STARTED A SMALL, BRIEF ELECTRICAL FIRE OF THE CABLE INSULATION AND BATTERY CASE. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON A FREEWAY, AND PUT THE OCCUPANT IN SIGNIFICANT DANGER. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO GARAGE. BATTERY AND BATTERY CABLE HARNESS ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. STATUS OF ALTERNATOR NOT YET AVAILABLE.*JB

2000 FORD FOCUS WITH Z-TECH ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE DRIVERS SIDE BATTERY COMPARTMENT/WIRE HARNESS

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 02V288000 CONCERNING BATTERY CABLES. WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT, AT ANY SPEED, HEADLIGHTS GOT DIMMER, AND THE RADIO CAME ON AND WENT OFF INTERMITTENTLY. CONSUMER SAW THIS RECALL ON NHTSA WEBSITE, AND BELIEVED BATTERY CABLE FAILURE WAS THE CAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. *AK *NM

WHILE DRIVING THE DASH LIGHT BEGAN TO FLICKER THEN THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN SUDDENLY WHILE IN GEAR. *NM CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 00V411000. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE POWER CABLE TO THE BATTERY WAS THE RESULT OF THE PROBLEM. CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 02V288000. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE THE VEHICLE COULD EXPLODE. THE WARRANTY COMPANY TURNED THE CONSUMER DOWN STATING THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT PART OF THE WARRANTY. THE KEY GETS STUCK IN THE VEHICLES IGNITION AND WOULD NOT COME OUT. THE DOORS WOULD NOT CLOSE PROPERLY AND REMAINED OPEN WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN GEAR. WHEN THE TIRE WAS REMOVED THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE WHEEL WAS MISSING A LUG NUT. CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 00V303000 THE AIR VENT DID NOT STAY OPEN WHEN THE A/C WAS ON HIGH. THE BRAKES HOWLED LIKE A WOUNDED DOG FROM...

VARIOUS PROBLEMS INVOLVING 2000 FORD FOCUS.*MR RECALL CAMPAIGN #02542 WAS ISSUED FOR THE VEHICLE IN REFERENCE TO DEFECTIVE BATTERY CABLES. *CB

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONSUMER RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO A MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE BATTERY CABLES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK RECALL# 02V288000. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT APART OF THIS RECALL. THE POSITIVE BATTERY CABLE WAS FOUND ROUTED IMPROPERLY. *SC *JB

ALONG WITH THE ON GOING PROBLEMS I HAVE WITH MY 2000 FORD FOCUS, I RECENTLY STALLED WHILE SITTING AT THE LIGHT, I CAME TO FIND THAT MY POSITIVE BATTERY CABLE WAS SO CORRODED AND BURT. CAUSING ME TO STALL. I HAD TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER IN AUGUST OF 2003 THEY CLAIMED TO HAVE INSPECTED AND REROUTED THE BATTERY CABLE AND TORQUED THE PINCH BOLT. THEY TOLD ME I NEEDED A NEW BATTERY AND OFFERED TO DO THIS FOR ME FOR 190.00 I DECLINED THE OFFER, NEVER DID THEY MENTION THE CABLES, I HAD THE BATTERY REPLACED THAT SAME DAY. SEVERAL WEEKS LATER MY BATTERY LIGHT COMES ON, I TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY TELL ME IT'S MY FAULT AND NOW THE ALTERNATOR WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED AND THE FRAYED POSITIVE CABLE WHICH IS BURNT COMPLETELY IS NOT THEIR FAULT. THEY TELL ME THAT THEY WILL...

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT TIME HEADLIGHTS FAILED, ONLY THE HIGH BEAM WORKED. ALSO, THIS VEHICLE HAD A PROBLEM WITH MISROUTED BATTERY CABLES. DEALER NOT NOTIFIED. VEHICLE'S WARRANTY EXPIRED. *AK

DEFECTIVE VEHICLE - NUMEROUS MAJOR PROBLEM AND DEFECTIVE PARTS, RECALLS

2000 FORD FOCUS. BOUGHT AT SANGER FORD OUTLET NEW. PROBLEM: CABLE AND WIRING FRAYED. RESULT: AAA CALLED. DEAD BATTERY. TOWED. INCONVENIENCE. *PH

2000 FORD FOCUS. CAR WOULD NOT START 9/11/03. NOTHING WAS LEFT ON TO DRAIN THE BATTERY. AAA CALLED. APPLIED PRESSURE TO BATTERY CABLES. WAS NOT MAKING CONNECTION. WIRES FRAYED TO CABLE. FINALLY STARTED WHEN CABLE WAS TURNED AND TWISTED JUST SO. *PH

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS MENTIONED IN RECALL 02V288000 CONCERNING BATTERY CABLES. DEALER WOULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE BECAUSE VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED. *AK

I OWN A 2000 FORD FOCUS STZ. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE FOR MY WIFE AND KIDS. THE FIRST INCIDENT WITH THIS VEHICLE WAS BACK IN I THINK MARCH. THE IGNITION FROZE, LEAVING MY WIFE STRANDED AT WORK AND THE KIDS AT THE BABYSITTER. SHE HAD TO FIND A RIDE TO THE BABYSITTER AND THEN HOME. SHE THEN HAD TO CALL A TOW COMPANY AND HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO SKYLINE FORD IN SALEM OREGON. SHE WAS TOLD THAT THERE HAVE BEEN QUIET A FEW FOCUS WITH THIS PROBLEM. THE SERVICE TECH KNEW IMMEDIATELY WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR. WE WERE 100 MILES OVER THE FACTORY WARRANTY!! WE HAD TO PAY FOR THE FAULTY PART. THE NEXT PROBLEM WAS IN THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST. WE WENT TO GET ICE CREAM. THE CAR STALLED AS WE WERE LEAVING THE ICE CREAM STORE. THE CAR WOULD NOT START. IT FINALLY STARTED AFTER...

BATTERY CABLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT AS STATED IN RECALL 02 V 288 000, BUT THIS VEHICLE NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE BEGAN SMOKING, THEN CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. DEALER DIAGNOSED MELTED BATTERY CABLE AS CAUSE.*AK

I HAVE HAD MY CAR FOR ONE YEAR AND FIVE MONTHS. I HAVE REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP A MONTH AFTER PURCHASE, TWICE WITHIN TWO MONTHS. MY GAS LINES HAVE FALLEN OFF THE CAR, CAUSING THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE FILLED WITH FUMES. STALLS WHILE DRIVING, NOT MATTER THE SPEED,DEALERSHIP SAID THEY FIXED THE ISSUE, STILL ONGOING. CAR HESISTATES TO GO AT TIMES. OFTEN THE INSIDE OF THE CAR SMELLS LIKE GAS. HARD TO PUT CAR IN REVERSE AND OTHER GEARS, OFTEN POPS OUT OF GEAR. RECENTLY REPLACED CLUTCH CABLE, TECH SAYS THE CLUTCH IS FINE. REPLACED THE BRAKES AND ROTORS AFTER BEING TOLD THEY WERE FINE, TWO WEEKS LATER THE ROTORS WERE GONE. BRAKES CONTINUE TO SQUEAK. WINDSHIELD IS NOT SEALED, YOU CAN HEAR AIR BLOWING IN WHILE DRIVING. HAD A BURNING SMELL FROM UNDER HOOD WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO PROBLEM, ONLY TO GET A RECALL, AND MY CABLES WERE...

THE RECALLS ON VEHICLE HAD FAILED AFTER MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THE RECALLS WERE NOT NEEDED IN DRY CLIMATE AND REFUSED TO DO THEM. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE BACK TO DEALERSHIP AT LEAST 3 TIMES FOR REPAIRS. THE MECHANIC HAD SUPPOSED TO HAVE ORDERED PARTS EACH TIME BUT FAILED TO DO SO. NEEDED PARTS FOR THE BATTERY CABLE (RECALL CAMPAIGN #02V288000), THE REAR WHEEL BEARINGS RECALL CAMPAIGN #01I017000 AND THE BALL JOINTS. PARTS WERE NEVER ORDERED.*AK

NHTSA RECALL 02-V-288-000:CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH ZETEC ENGINES, LOOSE OR BROKEN ATTACHMENTS AND MISROUTED BATTERY CABLES COULD LEAD TO CABLE INSULATION DAMAGE. THIS RECALL FAILED.*AK

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE BATTERY CABLE WIRE. THE VEHICLE BATTERY LIGHT WAS ON AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO REPLACE THE WIRE. TWO WEEKS LATER THE WIRE WAS REPLACED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN HOME THEN PARKED. TEN MINUTES LATER THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. TOTAL LOSS. *NLM PRIOR TO FIRE THE BATTERY LIGHT WAS ON AND THE VEHICLE STALLED OUT OCCASIONALLY. *TT

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A NOTICE FOR RECALL REMEDY 02V288000. PRIOR TO RECEIVING NOTICE, CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE SERVICE DEALER REGARDING THE FRAYING OF THE BATTERY CABLES. ONCE THE RECALL NOTICE WAS RECEIVED, THE CONSUMER TOOK THE CAR BACK TO DEALER AND THEY TRIED TO FORCE THE CONSUMER TO FILE A WARRANTY CLAIM FOR REPAIR. *JB

THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE CONSUMER THEN DISCOVERED THE BATTERY WAS DEAD, AND THE TERMINAL WAS CORRODED. ALSO THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE. *JB

THE STEERING WHEEL HAD A KNOCKING SOUND. *JB THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE BATTERY CABLE, AND THE PINCH BOLT HAS CAUSED A LOT OF PROBLEMS. (THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS) THE VEHICLE WILL KNOCK WHEN TURNED TO THE LEFT. THE FRONT AXLE BEARINGS WERE DAMAGED ALONG WITH THE SEAL. THE BATTERY CABLES HAD A SHORT CIRCUIT AND THE CABLES STILL HAVE A CORROSION PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED, AND WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF, IT WON'T START, YOU MUST ALLOW TO COOL DOWN. THE CONSUMER FELT THAT THIS IS A FIRE HAZARD/RECALL #02V288000 SCC

THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE A PROBLEM WITH THE BATTERY CABLE AFTER THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED. *JB

THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START, THE DEALER REROUTED THE BATTERY CABLES. *JB THE VEHICLE ALSO HAD SUSPENSION AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS PH *JB

THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START, THE DEALER REROUTED THE BATTERY CABLES. *JB

THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START, THE DEALER REROUTED THE BATTERY CABLE. *JB

AFTER THE RECALL REGARDING THE BATTERY CABLES WAS PERFORMED, THE PROBLEM RECURRED.*JB

AFTER THE RECALL FOR THE BATTERY CABLE 02 V 288 000, WAS PERFORMED, A WEEK LATER THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE.*JB

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE #02S42 TO REPLACE THE BATTERY WIRE. THE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND SHE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE.*JB

I SENT THIS LETTER TO FORD IN MAY OF 2000 I PURCHASED A FORD FOCUS, THINKING IT WOULD BE A SAFE, LOW MAINTENANCE CAR, CONSIDERING IT HAD BEEN IN EUROPE SINCE 1997. I WOULD THINK THIS WOULD BE PLENTY OF TIME TO WORK OUT ANY BUGS YOU MAY HAVE. OR, SHOULD I CALL THEM RECALLS. I THINK A CAR THAT HAS 16 RECALLS, MOST OF THEM WHICH I WOULD CONSIDER SAFETY ISSUES, SHOULD BE RECALLED ENTIRELY. I HAVE HAD OTHER ISSUES WITH THIS CAR AS WELL. MY KEY WOULD NOT TURN, SEAT BELTS LOCKING FOR NO REASON, DOOR HANDLES NOT OPENING THE DOOR (THIS IS ALL HAPPENING AGAIN). AND ONE THAT HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED, BRAKES. I AM NOW ON MY THIRD SET OF FRONT ROTORS SINCE I HAVE PURCHASED THE CAR. THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED EVERY TIME. THE DRIVER SIDE ROTOR AND PAD WILL WEAR COMPLETELY DOWN YET...

CONSUMER WAS INFORMED NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE REGARDING THE BATTERY CABLES RECALL # 02V288000. *JB

NHTSA#02-V-288-000:THE DEALER DID NOT PERFORM THE RECALL ON CONSUMER'S VEHICLE.*JB

THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT GIVE THE DEALER THE CODE TO PERFORM THE BATTERY CABLE RECALL 02 V 288 000. *JB *SCC

NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE REGARDING THE RECALL FOR THE BATTERY CABLES RECALL 02 V 288 000. *JB

THE BATTERY CABLE CORODED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN AT HIGHWAY SPEED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITION INFORMATION. TS

SOMETHING WAS BURNING WHILE DRIVING, AFTER PARKING FOUND BATTERY CABLE WAS BURNING. DEALER CONTACTED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

POSITIVE BATTERY CABLE IS BURNING OFF INSULATION.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE POSITIVE BATTERY CABLE HARNESS HAS GOTTEN SO HOT THAT IT HAS BURNED THE RED PLASTIC CABLE COVER BLACK AND HAS CAUSED THE BATTERY TO BULGE OUT AS IF IT COULD BURST, CONSUMER STATES THE POSITIVE WIRE WAS CUT FROM THE BATTERY PAST TERMINAL AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY PROBLEMS AS OF YET, ALSO TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING AT THE CASE HALF, ALSO THE FRONT STRUTS WERE REPLACED. *SLC