2000 FORD FOCUS Engine And Engine Coolingenginegasoline Problems

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#736354 | November 20, 2000

VEHICLE DIES AND STARTS UP AGAIN INSTANTLY IN MID-DRIVE. VERY SPONTANEOUS. WILL HAPPEN EIGHT TIMES IN ONE DAY AND NONE THE NEXT. DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT CONTINUALLY SENDS CAR BACK SAYING THAT THEY CANNOT "DUPLICATE" THE PROBLEM.*AK

#784948 | November 7, 2000

ENGINE FAILED.*ET

#873159 | October 17, 2000

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH ENGINE SHUT COMPLETELY DOWN. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

#729574 | September 6, 2000

THIS ENGINE PROBLEM IS CONSTANT SINCE THE TIME I BOUGHT IT. ENGINE VIBRATES FROM SLIGHT TO SEVERE WHEN AT AN IDLE. SOMETIMES WHEN COMING TO A STOP IT THREATENS TO STALL, BUT DOES NOT, BUT VIBRATES AND SHUDDERS CONSTANTLY. I'VE TAKEN IT SEVERAL TIMES TO THE DEALER AND NO HELP OR SOLUTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE. I'M AFRAID THAT THIS WILL TURN INTO A SAFETY HAZARD FOR ME AND OTHER DRIVERS, BECAUSE IT IS GETTING WORSE AND COULD END UP STALLING.

#728912 | September 5, 2000

REPEATED ATTEMPTS IN DEALING WITH FORD SERVICE, CUSTOMER SERVICE AND MANAGEMENT (REGIONAL AND CENTRAL OFFICES) HAVE FAILED TO CORRECT THESE PROBLEMS. DISCREPANCY IN DOCUMENTATION BY THOMASON DAMEROW FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT IN WHAT I WAS TOLD WAS DONE TO THE CAR VERSUS WHAT WAS DOCUMENTED. I WAS TOLD VERBALLY THAT CERTAIN CORRECTIONS WERE MADE TO THE CAR BUT THESE WERE NOT DOCUMENTED. FOR EXAMPLE, I WAS TOLD BY CHAD THE EVENING SERVICE MANAGER THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE CRANK SHAFT DAMPENER YET THIS WAS NOT DOCUMENTED WHEN I PICKED UP THE CAR AND INFORMED DEALER I WOULD PURSUE LEMON LAW. DEALER HAD CAR FOR 30 DAYS IN APRIL AND I WAS TOLD PARTS WERE ON BACK ORDER. REGIONAL MANAGER WAS TO HAVE CALLED ME BACK BUT DID NOT. SERVICE MANAGER CONTACTED ON 08/22/2000 AND 08/23/2000 REGARDING REPEATED PROBLEMS BUT HE ONLY SEEMED TO BE CONCERNED WITH DOCUMENTATING OUR TELEPHONE...

#729093 | September 5, 2000

CAR WAS TAKEN TO DELAERSHIP IN APRIL REGARDING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR. THEY STATED THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS. I CANNOT TELL IF THE NOISE IS COMING FROM ONE OF THE REAR WHEELS

#726266 | August 23, 2000

ENGINE HAS SURGING/MISSING. FORD SAYS ITS A COMMAND MODULE CALIBRATION PROBLEM AND NOT SAFETY RELATED. CANT FIX PROBLEM. SAID FORD IS AWARE OF PROBLEM BUT CANT FIX IT YET. CONCERNED THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM. FORD DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT ACCEPT CAR FOR SERVICE FOR A THIRD ATTEMPT. TOLD TO DRIVE THE CAR UNTIL FORD ENGINEERS CAN FIND A FIX.

#867073 | August 7, 2000

VECHICLE WILL BEGIN STALLING AT ANY GIVEN TIME WITH NO PRIOR WARNING. VEHICLE WILL SHUTDOWN WITH ALL DASHBOARD LIGHTS COMING ON. VEHICLE HAS AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. IT HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP ON SIX DIFFERENT OCCASIONS FOR SAME PROBLEM. *AK

#866035 | July 26, 2000

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WILL CUT OFF WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKES AND POWER STEERING. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS YET TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

#864829 | July 6, 2000

VEHICLE INTERMITTENLY WILL COMPLETE SHUT OFF ,USUALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, CAUSING A LOSS OF POWER ,AND BRAKES. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE DEFECT.*AK

#723671 | June 23, 2000

VEHICLE TOTALLY LOSES POWER WHILE DRIVING, SOMETIMES FOR A SPLIT SECOND AND SOMETIMES PERMANENTLY. IT ALSO AT TIMES WILL NOT RESTART AFTER BEING SHUT DOWN WITHOUT REPEATED ATTEMPTS. THIS VEHICLE DOES HAVE A MANUAL TRANSMISSION. DEALER HAS NO CLUE AS TO WHY. ALSO REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR REPEATEDLY WONT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

#722171 | May 19, 2000

WILL THIS LEAK CAUSE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, A POSSIBLE ACCIDENT? *AK

#722743 | May 19, 2000

ENGINE MAKING TICKING SOUND, DEALER DID NOT LOOK INTO IT, JUST REPLACED ENGINE, THE DAY I GOT THE CAR BACK, IT WAS MAKING A SQUEALING NOISE, TAKE CAR BACK NEXT DAY, AFTER REMOVING TRANSMISSION, AND LEAVING ME WITHOUT A CAR FOR ANOTHER DAY, THEY REALIZED THEY FORGOT TO HOOK UP A HOSE, NOW CAR IS MAKING A GRINDING NOISE ONLY WHEN CLUTCH IS NOT PUSHED IN, NOISE STOPS WHEN YOU PUSH THE CLUTCH IN, CAR GOING BACK IN A FEW DAYS. *AK

#861524 | May 5, 2000

VEHICLE STALLS AND THEN STARTS TO VIBRATE WHILE DRIVING. *AK

#720945 | April 11, 2000

TWICE SINCE WE PURCHASED THIS CAR, IT HAS STALLED. ONCE AT START-UP, AND ONCE ENTERING A BUSY 4-LANE ROAD. BOTH INCIDENTS OCCURRED AFTER THE CAR HAD SAT TURNED OFF FOR 30 MINUTES FOLLOWING BEING DRIVEN AT HIGH SPEEDS (45-65 MPH) FOR AT LEAST 1 HOUR. BOTH TIMES THE CAR RAN ROUGH FOLLOWING THE STALL. THE CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP TWICE, BUT THE MECHANICS CAN'T FIND A PROBLEM. TALKING ON THE PHONE, ONE REPRESENTATIVE TOLD ME THAT FORD HAS BEEN HAVING TROUBLE WITH GASOLINE ADDITIVES CAUSING THE FOCUS TO STALL, BUT WHEN I MENTIONED IT AT THE DEALERSHIP, EVERYONE DENIED KNOWLEDGE OF THIS STATEMENT. WHILE I WAS AT THE SHOP, ANOTHER FOCUS OWNER REPORTED THE SAME PROBLEMS. THIS CAR WAS BOUGHT SO THAT WE HAD A SAFE AND RELIABLE VEHICLE, IT HAS BEEN NEITHER. *AK

#720765 | March 29, 2000

WHEN OUSIDE TEMPERTURE IS HIGHER THAN 60 DEGREE, THE CAR WOULD STALL IF RESTARTED WHILE THE ENGINE IS STILL HOT. DEARLER TOLD ME IT'S BECAUSE THE PCM IS INTERACTING WITH THE WINTER FUEL ADDICTIVE AND CAUSING THE CAR TO STALL, AND THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. NOW I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE WHEN THE WHETHER IS WARM. THERE WERE FEW TIMES, THE CAR STALLED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND BECOME VERY DANGEOUS. I HOPE NHTSA CAN LOOK INTO THIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. *AK

#858688 | March 16, 2000

VEHICLE KEEPS ON STALLING WHILE IN MOTION. VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT THE DEALER ONCE. JUST GOT IT BACK FROM THE DEALER, AND HAS STALLED 3 TIMES ON THE SAME DAY. CONSUMER IS CONTACTING THE LEMON LAW.

#550413 | February 11, 2000

VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AND WOULD NOT OPERATE. YH

#549471 | October 29, 1999

FUMES COMING FROM VEHICLE'S ENGINE CAUSED BREATHING PROBLEM TO THE DRIVER. YH

#549471 | October 29, 1999

FUMES COMING FROM VEHICLE'S ENGINE CAUSED BREATHING PROBLEM TO THE DRIVER. YH

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