2001 FORD FOCUS Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

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#10070557 | April 22, 2004

CAR SUDDENLY STALLS WHEN TAKING A SWEEPING RIGHT HAND TURN. POWER STEERING IS INOPERABLE, LEAVING AUTO IN MIDDLE OF ROAD OR HIGHWAY RAMP.

#10070786 | April 22, 2004

WAS DRIVING THE TURNER TURNPIKE BACK FROM FUNERAL, CRUISE CONTROL ON AT 76 MPH. BOOM FROM UNDER THE CAR, OIL LIGHT COMES ON, SMOKE BILLOWING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH. I PULLED OVER, TURN THE ENGINE OFF. THE WHOLE ENGINE COVERED IN OIL. BEHIND IS A TRAIL OF OIL FROM OVER THE HILL TO WHERE I HAD STOPPED. I'M PRETTY SURE THE ENGINE IS GONE. NO KNOCKING, TEMP WAS RIGHT, NO WARNING LIGHT, JUST BOOM! DIDN'T EVEN GET TO 50,000 MILES. WHAT A CROCK!

#10071020 | April 22, 2004

I BOUGHT MY FOCUS USED, IT HAD 38,000 MILES, ON A TRIP THE ENGINE BEGAN TO ACT UP. IT WAS REVVING ALL THE WAY UP BUT WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 40 MPH. AFTER CALLING A TOW TRUCK THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, THE DEALERSHIP THAT I TOOK IT TO HAD IT FOR OVER A WEEK AND HAD DIFFICULTY LOCATING THE PROBLEM. IT STARTED AND DROVE JUST FINE FOR THEM. I HAD THE FUEL PUMP AND FILTER REPLACED, AS WELL AS THE FUEL SYSTEM FLUSHED. WHILE IT WAS THERE THEY PERFORMED RECALL WORK ON MY BATTERY CABLE ROUTING, AND MY ONE OF MY ENGINE CONTROL ARM BOLTS. EVERYTHING WAS FINE FOR A FEW MONTHS, THEN I HAD A TIRE THROW TREAD, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. 1 WEEK LATER IT WAS BACK TO GET THE OTHER TIRE REPLACED BECAUSE IT HAD A BUBBLE IN IT, AFTER LEARNING THAT I GOT THE...

#10071077 | April 22, 2004

THE SAME AS EVEYONE ELSE. THE VEHICLE IS STALLING AT UNPREDICTABLE TIMES DUE TO FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEM/FUEL PUMP. I AM A ASE CERTIFIED MECHANIC. I TALKED TO FORD, THEN I CALLED THE LOCAL DEALER. THEY TOLD ME, AS THEY HAVE IN THE PAST IT'S A FUEL PUMP ISSUE. THEY WOULD HAVE TO CHARGE ME 75 BUCKS TO CHECK IT OUT (BECAUSE ACCORDING TO FORD, IT HAS TO BE DONE BY THEM REGARDLESS OF MY QUALIFICATIONS) THEN IF IT'S NOT HAVING THE PERFORMANCE PROBLEM AT THE TIME THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO VERIFY IT'S THE FUEL PUMP. SINCE IT'S INTERMITTENT I CHOSE TO PULL THE TANK AND INVESTIGATE MY SELF. I AGREE "KINDA" THAT IT'S A FUEL PUMP ISSUE. THE REASON I SAY THIS IS BECAUSE I PULLED THE TANK TONIGHT, DISASSEMBLED THE PUMP/SENDING UNIT ASSEMBLY AND FOUND A LARGE AMOUNT OF SEDIMENT IN THE BASE AND AROUND THE SIDES...

#10071122 | April 22, 2004

I PURCHASED A 2001 FORD FOCUS SE 4-DOOR SEDAN IN NOVEMBER 2002. THE CAR WAS A MANUFACTURER BUY-BACK FROM THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND HAD A SMALL WARRANTY LEFT. AT THE END OF NOVEMBER 2002, I BROUGHT THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE SPARK PLUGS, SPARK PLUG WIRES AND A FAULTY BELT REPLACED. AT THE END OF DECEMBER 2002, THE CAR WAS MAKING A STRANGE NOISE AND THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON, SO I RETURNED THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP. A DAY OR SO BEFORE MY APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALERSHIP, I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM FORD REGARDING THE PINCH BOLT. UNFORTUNATELY, I RECEIVED THAT RECALL NOTICE TOO LATE THE FAULTY PINCH BOLT HAD ALREADY FAILED AND CAUSED SO MUCH DAMAGE TO THE RACK AND PINION THAT IT HAD TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE SINCE REPLACED THE FRONT BRAKES. I ALSO EXPERIENCED A FAULTY VALVE IN THE HEATING...

#10063102 | March 12, 2004

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A PINGING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. SEVERAL MOMENTS LATER CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD POPPING SOUND AND THE ENGINE DIED. CONSUMER FOUND OUT THAT THE ENGINE HAD THROWN A ROD THROUGH THE ENGINE BLOCK.*AK

#10029886 | July 22, 2003 Crash

CONSUMER HAD A FRONT COLLISION AND NEITHER OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK VEHICLE'S ENGINE STALLED CAUSING STEERING AND BRAKE FAILURE CAUSING A COLLISION INTO THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN. AIR BAG EQUIPMENT FAILED TO DEPLOY ON IMPACT. *MR

#10026971 | July 10, 2003

VEHICLE SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. DEALER HAS INSPECTED SEVERAL TIMES AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK

#10019181 | May 23, 2003

I AM EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS CONSISTENT WITH EA02-022 CONCERNING VEHICLE STALLING AT ANY SPEED. ALTHOUGH THE CAR HAS NOT YET COMPLETELY STALLED OUT WHILE DRIVING, IT HAS FELT AS THOUGH IT MAY DO SO AT ANY TIME. NUMEROUS REPAIR ATTEMPTS INCLUDING REPLACEMENT OF THE OXYGEN SENSOR AND FUEL PUMP HAVE NOT REMEDIED THE PROBLEM. AS FORD RECOGNIZES THAT THIS IS A PROGRESSIVE PROBLEM, I HAVE TO WORRY EVERY TIME THAT I DRIVE THE VEHICLE THAT THIS WILL BE THE TIME WHEN I COMPLETELY LOSE POWER.

#10008883 | March 4, 2003

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILED. *DT *NLM

#10006750 | February 7, 2003

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT GEARS DOWN VERY HARD AND JERKS. THE POWER SHUTS DOWN AND THE ILLUMINATION OF THE DASH BOARD GETS VERY DIM. TOOK TO DEALER, PROBLEM STILL EXIST. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. PH

#10004704 | February 3, 2003

THE CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED THE FOLLOWING: THE BRAKES HAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE, PULSATION WHEN MODERATE-HARD BRAKING, AND GRINDING, THE ACCELERATOR CABLE CLIP-BROKEN, BATTERY AND CASE, BELT ASSEMBLY AND IDLER SEAL, TRANSMISSION/PAN GASKET LEAK, TEMP GUAGE-FOUND BURNT RESISTER/CONNECTOR-GOES HOT AND COOLS WHEN A/C IS ON AND THE FAN DOES NOT COME ON, THE VEHICLE STALLED AT AN INTERSECTION, THE EXHAUST CAMSHAFT SEAL IS LEAKING, THE FUEL SENDER WORKS INTERMITTENTLY/INOP, AND THE REAR SUSPENSION-REAR SHOCKS-SEEMED WEAK AND HEARS A NOISE IN THE REAR END WHEN GOING OVER A DIP. SCC

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