2000 FORD FOCUS Engine And Engine Coolingenginegasoline Problems

PE O2 040 /ENGINE STALLING: ENGINE WOULD STALL WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP POSITION OR WHILE DRIVING. ALSO, WHILE COMING TO A STOP. VEHICLE BEEN TO THE DEALER ON THREE OCCASIONS, BUT PROBLEM REOCCURRING. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH ENGINE SHAKING, ALMOST TO THE POINT OF CUTTING OFF WHEN COMING TO A STOP LIGHT.*TT THE LOCAL DEALER WAS UNWILLING TO LOOK AT THE VEHICLE FREE OF CHARGE. *NM

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT WITHOUT ANY WARNING. CAUSING LOSS OF POWER.*AK

PE 02-040/ENGINE STALLING: VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED A FUEL INJECTOR, BUT PROBLEM REOCCURRED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE HAS STALLED 3-4 TIMES AT 10-20 MPH AND 45 -50 MPH. DEALER CANNOT FIND CAUSE OF PROBLEM. *AK

MY FORD FOCUS STALLS WHILE IN OPERATION. IT HAPPENS UNDER VARIOUS CONDITIONS: ACCELERATING UP A HILL, ACCELERATING DOWN A HILL, WHILE ON A STRAIGHTAWAY, WHILE GOING AROUND A HAIRPIN TURN. IT HAPPENS WHEN IT'S HOT, COLD, OR NICE OUT. THE ONLY CONSTANT IS THAT WHEN THIS HAPPENS, FIRST THE BATTERY LIGHT COMES ON, THEN THE OIL, ENGINE, AND GAS LIGHTS COME ON; THE STEERING LOCKS UP AFTER A FEW SECONDS, AND THE BRAKES GO AFTER THAT. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS IN THE FALL OF 2000, DURING THE FIRST YEAR I HAD THE CAR. WHEN I BROUGHT IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT MORNING, THEY LOOKED AT IT, TOLD ME THE CAR'S COMPUTER HAD NO MEMORY OF ANYTHING GOING WRONG, TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, AND THAT I MUST HAVE TURNED THE KEY OFF IN THE IGNITION WHILE DRIVING! IT HAPPENED AGAIN A FEW MONTHS LATER...

THE ENGINE STALLED WHILE DRIVING WITH LOSS OFF STEERING/VEHICLE CONTROL.*AK

VEHICLE HAS STALLED NUMEROUS TIMES AT SPEEDS OF UP TO 65 MPH. DEALER HAS REPLACED FUEL PUMP THREE TIMES, DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM.*AK

VEHICLE HAS STALLED 3 TIMES AT 30-40 MPH. AFTER VEHICLE STALLS, IT TAKES UP TO 25 MINUTES TO RESTART. DEALER CANNOT FIND A CAUSE. *AK

VEHICLE WOULD MOMENTARILY LOSE POWER WHILE DRIVING AT MULTIPLE SPEED. VEHICLE BEEN TO THE DEALER, AND THE PROBLEM REOCCURRED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

PURCHASED MY CAR IN 2000. MY CAR CURRENTLY HAS 51,000 MILES ON IT NOW. SINCE THAT TIME, I HAVE PURCHASED TWO BRAND NEW SETS OF TIRES AND HAVE HAD MY CAR ALIGNED TWO TIMES.. IHAVE ALSO NEEDED MY TRUNK LATCH REPLACED AND ALTHOUGH MY BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED THEY CONTINUE TO SQUEAL. RECENTLY, WHILR DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE MT CAR SPUTTERED AND SHUT DOWN. I WAITED TWO HOURS AT WHICH POINT IT WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN. I TOOK IT TO FORD AND THEY BELIEVED I NEED MY FUEL PUMP REPLACED. THIS OCCURRED ONE MORE TIME APPROXIMATELY THREE DAYS LATER.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A LOUD HELICOPTER NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, CONSUMER ALSO DISCOVERED THAT THE ENGINE WAS LEAKING OIL. *TT

VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. TAKEN TO DEALER 3 TIMES, CANNOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM.*AK MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *TT

AT 35MPH, VEHICLE SHUTS OFF. COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK. CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 7 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, CONSUMER COMPLAINED OF WIND NOISE INSIDE THE VEHICLE, THE SEAT BELTS WERE INOPERABLE.*JB

MY ENGINE HESITATES AND ACTS LIKE IT IS GOING TO STALL ALL THE TIME AND MY CAR HAS NEVER BEEN RECALLED BUT I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE FOCUS. *AK

ENGINE STALLING - MAY BE SAME AS NHTSA ACTION # PE02040 (VEHICLE HAS BASE 2.0 LITER ENGINE AND 5-MANUAL), VEHICLE STALLED AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN CLUTCH WAS IN, RESTARTED WHEN CLUTCH RELEASED.*AK

WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY ENEGINE CUT OFF AND MY CAR PULLED TO THE RIGHT , WHICH CAUSED CAR TO SPIN OUT OF CONTROL AND SMACK INTO WALL OF MEDIUM.*AK

ENGINE IS STALLING OUT WHILE THE CONSUMER IS DRIVING VEHICLE. THIS WILL HAPPEN AT ANY SPEED, BUT IT IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

ENGINE STALLED THREE TIMES SO FAR DURING DOWNSHIFT, THE FIRST TIME WAS TWO YEARS AGO AND LAST TIME WAS LAST WEEK. IT ALL HAPPENED WHEN I'M SLOWING DOWN AND APPROCHING EXIT ON THE HIGHWAY, I DISENGAGED CLUTCH TRY TO DOWNSHIFT AND THE ENGINE STALLED, HAD TO TURN THE KEY TO START AND ENGINE AGAIN.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH VEHICLE SUDDENLY DIED. CONSUMER FEELS LUCKY THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT REAR ENDED. *AK THE DASHBOARD LIT UP AND THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65-70 MILES PER HOUR AND WAS UNABLE TO STEER TO THE SHOULDER. AFTER APPROX. 20 MIN THE ENGINE STARTED. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH VEHICLE. *JG

VEHICLE STALLED OUT, AND CONSUMER LEFT IT WHERE IT WAS. THEN, HE WENT BACK 3 HOURS LATER ONLY TO FIND THAT VEHICLE HAD BURNED UP. HE WAS TOLD BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT THERE WAS A VEHICLE FIRE. *AK

AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF WITH OUT ANY NOTICE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK *MJ

ENGINE STALLS AT ANY SPEED. CONSUMER FEELS IT'S UNSAFE BECAUSE IT CAN HAPPEN ON FREEWAY WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER HAS REPLACED OXYGEN SENSOR, BUT PROBLEM REOCCURRED. *AK JG

WHILE DRIVING, WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE WILL STALL, THEN SHUT OFF. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. HOWEVER, HAS NOT FOUND THE REMEDY TO SERVICE VEHICLE.*AK *JG

VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT WITHOUT WARNING.*AK

ENGINE LIGHT WILL ILLUMINATE. THEN, VEHICLE OVERHEATS AND SHUTSDOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMAITON.*AK

PE 02 044/ENGINE STALLING: ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS VEHICLE CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING AT MULTIPLE SPEED. VEHICLE BEEN TO DEALER ON FOUR OCCASIONS, AND DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMNATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE STALLED. THEN, SHUTOFF IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED MECHANIC STATED ENGINE STALLING WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION.*AK

SIX WEEKS PREVIOUSLY, ENGINE STALLED ON FREEWAY. DEALER SAID COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM AND LET THEM KNOW IF IT HAPPENED AGAIN. 5/31/02 COULD NOT GET CAR TO GO; HAD TOWED TO DEALER. AFTER SEVERAL DAYS THEY FINALLY THOUGHT IT WAS THE AIR INTAKE VALVE CAUSING THE PROBLEM. TODAY I HEAR ABOUT THE FOCUS STALLING PROBLEM POSSIBLY BEING CAUSED BY DEBRIS IN GAS TANK. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR FOR FEAR IT WILL STALL AGAIN ON THE FREEWAY. I WAS LUCKY THE LAST TIME THAT I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER AND DID NOT GET INTO A CRASH. I WAS ABLE TO RE-START THE CAR AND GET IT OFF THE FREEWAY. OTHER CONTINUING PROBLEMS THAT I HAVE HAD THE DEALER FIX OVER 3 TIMES EACH: SQUEAKING BRAKES AND MOLDING AROUND THE DOORS FALLING OFF.

ENGINE STALLED WHEN MAKING A CLOCKWISE HAIRPIN TURN (FREEWAY TRANSITION) WITH APPROX. 1/4 TANK OF GAS. *AK

THE ENGINE STALLS WHILE DRIVING AS IF IT IS GOING TO SHUT DOWN. THE SIGNAL LIGHTS WILL NOT STOP BLINKING WHEN MAKING LEFT OR RIGHT TURNS. THIS WAS REPAIRED BY EAST FORD IN FEB 2001 AND THIS PROBLEM IS BACK AGAIN. I FEEL THAT THESE ARE MORE DEFECTS IN THE FOCUS. *AK

APPROX, 1 MONTH AGO THE ENGINE STALLED OUT WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. 6/6/02 THE ENGINE STALLED OUT ON HIGHWAY OFFRAMP. 6/7/02 CAR STALLED OUT WHILE GOING APPROX 35MPH ON A CITY STREET. THIS SOUNDS ALARMINGLY LIKE THE "FOCUS" OF ONE OF THE TWO NEW INVESTIGATIONS BEING OPENED. I AM GOING TO TRY TO GET MY DEALER TO LET ME OUT OF MY LEASE. THANKS.*AK

THIS STALLING WHILE DRIVING PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED ON TWO OCCASIONS, BOTH TIMES AT LOW SPEED. ONCE WHILE MAKING A RIGHT 90DEG TURN AND ONCE WHILE SLOWLY ROLLING TO A STOP AT AN INTERSECTION. THE SECONED TIME THE CAR WAS HARD TO RESTART.*AK

DRIVING ALONG THE FREEWAY AND THE ENGINE STALLED. WAS ABLE TO REFIRE THE MOTOR AND CONTINUE CAR CONTI NUED TO RUN ROUGH.*AK

CAR STARTED STALLING BEFORE IT RAN OUT OF WARRANTY. DEALER REPLACED FUEL PUMP THAT WAS ALL THEY COULD FIGURE OUT. THAT LASTED AS LONG AS THE WARRANTY DID. I PERSONALY REPLACED THE FUEL TANK AND FUEL PUMP AND FUEL FILTERS EACH TIME. THE CAR HAS CONTINUED TO STALL SENSE UNDER WARRANTY. THE DEALER CAN'T FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM ,THEY SAID THAT THEY HAVE NOTHING BUT PROBLEM WITH THE FORD FOCUS. I'VE CONTACTED FORD CORP. AND YOU GET NO HELP FROM THEM. THE CAR HAS STALLED ON SEVERAL OCCASION AS LONG AS THE CAR SIT FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME IT WILL START AND RUN FOR AWHILE THEN IT WILL DO IT AGAIN. I CANNOT AFFORD TO TAKE IT THE DEALER EACH TIME TO TELL ME NOTHING IS WRONG WITH IT. THIS PROBLEM COULD END IN AN ACCIDENT AND POSSIBLE INJURY. I HOPE THIS DOESN'T TAKE A CLASS ACTION SUIT...

VEHICLE HAS STALLED A FEW TIMES WHILE DRIVING DOWN HILL OR IN TURNS AT SLOW SPEED. VEHICLE IS AT DEALERSHIP AT THIS TIME.*AK

PE 02 040/ENGINE STALLING, AFTER DRIVING VEHICLE FOR A WHILE, IT STARTED TO HESITATE, AND LACKED IN ACCELERATION WHEN APPLIED. VEHICLE BEEN TO THE DEALER ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFROMATION.*AK

VEHICLE WAS GOING 45MPH ON A BRIDGE AND STALLED AS VEHICLE WAS SHIFTING TO 4TH GEAR. STEERING LOCKED AND BRAKES FAILED WHILE MOTOR SHUTDOWN. AIR CONDITIONER AND RADIO CONTINUED TO WORK. VEHICLE RESTARTED, BUT THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON, AND VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN. CRANKSHAFT WAS REPLACED BY FORD DEALER. *AK *YH

VEHICLE STALLED TWICE WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO STOP, DEALER HAS CLEANED AIRBOX. NUMEROUS TIMES AND VEHICLE WILL STILL HESITATE, ALMOST STALLING.*AK

VEHICLE HAS BEEN HESITATING WHEN COMING TO A STOP, ALMOST STALLING. ON 8 JUNE 2002 VEHICLE STALLED WHILE COMING TO A STOP. DEALER CANNOT FIND A CAUSE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE WILL JERK, ON ONE OCCASION IT WOULD NOT GO MORE THAN 35MPH AND THEN IT STALLED, VEHICLE HAS ALSO STALLED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES. CONTACTED DEALER WHO CANNOT FIX THE PROBLEM.*AK *SLC

VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY, MOSTLY AROUND 35 MPH. DEALER CANNOT REMEDY PROBLEM.*AK

THE VEHICLE STALLED OUT WHILE DRIVING, WHEN MAKING LEFT HAND TURNS AND ALSO EXHIBITS NO START NO CLANK CONDITION, DEALER REPLACED THE SENDER BUT THE PROBLEM RESURFACED. NLM

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, CAR COMPLETE SHUT OFF CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE COMPLETE CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND MANUVERING OF STEERING WHEEL, MANUFACTURER CONTACTED. *TT

WHILE DRIVNG, THE INSURED NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOOD, AND THEN THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE.*JB(CLAIM#40-2559-357)

WHILE PARKED WITH THE IGNITION OFF, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE.*JB(CLAIM#59-V961-685)

THE INSURED STATED THE THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD.*JB(CLAIM#04-1294-277)

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE.*JB(CLAIM#42-1295-268)

VEHICLE STALLED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK, IT WOULD NOT RESTART FOR 12-14 HOURS, THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT, THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED A TOTAL OF FOUR TIMES THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP, SENSOR ASSEMBLY AND FUSE ASSEMBLY. *NLM

ENGINE STALLED AT 30 TO 35 MPH. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC, AND MECHANIC STATED THAT BATTERY WAS DEFECTIVE. DEALER REPLACED BATTERY. CONSUMER STATED THAT PROBLEM STILL OCCURING.