2001 FORD FOCUS Power Trainautomatic Transmission Problems

I HAVE HAD MY FORD FOCUS WAGON FOR THREE YEARS NOW. I HAD TO REPAIR A ALOT OF THINGS ON THIS CAR! TRANNY, ALTERNATOR, FUEL PUMP, TIMING BELT, AND THE ONLY DOOR THAT OPENS FROM THE OUTSIDE IS THE PASSENGER RIGHT FRONT, WHICH MY KIDS HAVE TO CLIMB THROUGH TO GET TO THE BACK BECAUSE BOTH BACK DOORS BROKE NOT EVEN FOUR MONTHS FROM THE DAY I BOUGHT IT. ALSO THE DRIVER DOOR ONLY OPENS FROM THE INSIDE BECAUSE OF THE COMPANIES DEFECTED CAR DOOR HANDLES. MY FRIEND HAS THE SAME CAR, AND ITS THE SAME WAY. NOT MENTIONING HOW EVERYTIME I STOP IT DIES OUT AND I HAVE TO TRY AND KEEP STARTING IT. IT SEEMS THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT. *TR

IGNITION STICKS AND MOVES AROUND, HORN FELL COMPLETELY OUT FROM UNDER THE CAR AND HIT SOMEONE'S CAR, THE FAN BOX AND ALL FELL COMPLETELY OFF AND DOWN, BACKFIRING STALLING RATTLING VIBRATES FRONT RIGHT SIDE AROUND TIRE AREA RATTLES HORRIBLY, CHECK ENG. LIGHT STAYS ON MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR IS BAD TRANSMISSION SENSOR IS BAD LIGHTER STOPPED WORKING CAR COMPLETELY GOES DEAD SPITS SPUTTERS, MANIFOLD PIPE BROKE SO NOW ITS LOUD. ITS ALL DAY LONG NON STOP PERIOD WE HAVE REPLACE SEVERAL SENSORS AND TUBES AND WIRES FOR IT DOESN'T WORK NOT GETTING THE GAS MILEAGE I SHOULD AND I HAVE HAD IT 11 MONTHS BUT HARDLY DOVE IT 3 TOTAL ALL TOGETHER I CANT AFFORD ANY THING ELSE TO FIX THESE PROBLEMS 3 DAYS AFTER I BOUGHT IT ITS BEEN PURE ?!@#$%. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SIDE VIEW MIRROR ON THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE TRANSMISSION ALSO SLIPPED. AFTER THE REPAIRS WERE COMPLETE, THE VEHICLE DID NOT DRIVE THE SAME. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED WERE NOT IN STOCK AND THEY KEPT THE VEHICLE FOR ONE MONTH. IN ADDITION, WHENEVER THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL WAS ACTIVATED, THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF ENTIRELY. THE LIGHTS WERE REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO LOSE POWER WHENEVER THE SIGNAL LIGHTS, HAZARD LIGHTS, OR AIR CONDITIONING WERE ACTIVATED. THE HEADLIGHTS CONTINUED TO SHORT AND, WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, THE HIGH BEAMS HAD TO BE ACTIVATED. THE SEAT BELT IN THE REAR DRIVER'S SEAT WAS INOPERABLE AND THE DRIVER'S SEAT CONTINUED TO MOVE BACKWARDS FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. SHE ALSO STATED THAT THE KEY CAN BE REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION...

WHEN ACCELERATING IN VARIOUS INCLINES OR DECLINE MY CAR CHOKES AND HESITATES AS IF IT HAS WATER IN THE GAS LINE OR THE FUEL FILTER IS CLOGGED. IT STARTS TO JERK AND SPUTTER AND REFUSES TO ACCELERATE IF I PUSH ON THE PEDAL INSTEAD IT CHOKES OUT. EITHER THE CAR DIES RIGHT THERE OR I MANAGE TO PULL IT OVER AND LET IT DIE ON ITS OWN AS SOON AS I COME TO A STOP. TROUBLE RESTARTING THE CAR AS IF TO MUCH AIR INTAKE TO CHOKE IT OUT. FINALLY IT STARTS AND IT RUNS AFTER BLOWING THE LINES BEFORE PUTTING IT INTO DRIVE IT'S GOOD FRO MAYBE ANOTHER 10 15 MILES AND THE AGAIN IT STARTS PUTTERING AND WANTED TO DIE NO CHOICE BUT TO LET IT DIE TO RESTART. CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP NUMEROUS TIMES HAVE HAD A COLLAPSED FUEL LINE AND HAS BEEN REPLACE BUT...

DT: CONTACT STATED THE DPFE SENSOR WENT OUT. SHE SAID IT WENT OUT 2 YEARS AGO AND SHE HAD IT REPLACED. SHE SAID IT CUT OUT WHILE SHE WAS GOING 40-60 MPH. SHE DESCRIBED IT AS JERKING. SHE NOTICED THIS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TOLD HER THAT IT WAS A WEAK SENSOR, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD TO GET IT REPLACED. *AK

MY CAR HAS 29,500 MILES ON IT. I BOUGHT IT USED ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO. FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS: 1 - CAR STUMBLES/HESITATES/LOSES POWER AT AROUND 2-3K RPM...REGARDLESS OF SPEED...BUT STUMBLING/HESITATION IS BEST FELT ON THE FREEWAY. 2 - CAR HAS HAD SOME TYPE OF RECALL WORK AND DPFE SENSOR REPLACED AT: 17500 MILES. NOT SURE IF FUEL PUMP RECALL HAS BEEN PERFORMED...FORD DEALERS HAVE BEEN VERY RELUCTANT TO TELL ME WITHOUT MAKING ME SPEND $150+ ON A STUPID DIAGNOSIS...THAT'S CALLED GOOD BUSINESS. 3 - DPFE SENSOR REPLACED PRIOR TO ME PICKING UP THE CAR AT: 28440 MILES. 4 - 1000 MILES LATER...I HAVE THE STUMBLING. 5 - THINGS I'VE DONE TO THE CAR: A - REPLACED AIR FILTER B - REPLACED FUEL FILTER C - REPLACED PCV VALVE D - REPLACED PLUGS (USING BOSCH PLATINUM 2) SO FAR I'VE DONE ALL CHANGES MYSELF BECAUSE NO FORD DEALERSHIP SEEMS TO CARE TO...

DT: WHEN DRIVING A CERTAIN SPEED THE VEHICLE WILL JERK, USUALLY BETWEEN 35-45 MPH,. IT IS WORSE WHEN TRYING TO GO UP HILL. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER THAT REPLACED PARTS 2 DIFFERENT TIMES, THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE FUEL PUMP, AND THEY REPLACE IT. THE DEALER THOUGHT THAT MAY SOLVE FPROBLEM, BUT IT DID NOT. *AK

THE BRAKES WENT OUT AND TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT THE SAME TIME.*AK

CONSUMER WAS SHIFTING GEARS AND TRANSMISSION FAILED ON ITS OWN. TRANSMISSION WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT PROPERLY, AND WAS UNABLE TO MOVE. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD GO BACKWARDS IN REVERSE AFTER A LOT OF JERKING. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO BACK AT ALL. *TC

VEHICLE SHOOK SEVERELY FOR NO APPARENT REASON WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH. VEHICLE COULD NOT ACCELERATE ANYMOR, AND IT FINALLY DIED.*AK

THERE WAS NOTHING IN PARTICULAR THAT LED TO THE FAILURE. CAR IS DRIVEN UNDER BOTH HIGHWAY AND IN-TOWN CONDITIONS, AND TEMPARATURES RANGE FROM BELOW FREEZING UP TO 100 F.*AK THE VEHICLE WHEN SHIFTING ON THE HIGHWAY OFTEN SHIFTS INTO NEUTRAL, REVS UP, AND MAY FINALLY SHIFT INTO A HIGHER GEAR. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO TAKE FOOT OFF GAS AND RE-PUSH IN ORDER FOR IT TO SHIFT. THEN WHEN IT SHIFTS INTO GEAR, IT JERKS INTO GEAR. SECONDLY, WHEN CAR IS DRIVING IN TOWN AND IS GIVEN A SMALL AMOUNT OF GAS TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE SHAKES AND SHUDDERS UNTIL YOU LET OFF OR GIVE IT MORE GAS. IT HAS NOT LED TO ANY PARTICULAR INJURIES OR CONSEQUENCES, OTHER THAN BEING UNABLE TO ACCELERATE ON THE HIGHWAY CAUSING SLOWDOWN.

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONSUMER TRIED TO RESTART IT, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE VEHICLE AND REMAINED ON. THE CONSUMER ALSO NOTICED A LOUD CLICKING AND BANGING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE SHIFT SOLENOID SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

MY CAR HAS BEEN STALLING NOW FOR ABOUT A YEAR. I HAD IT FIXED AT AROUND 27,000 MILES AND I STILL HAD A FACTORY WARRANTY AND I WENT TO JOE MACHENS FORD IN COLUMBIA, MO (WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR IN 10/01) AND THEY SAID IT WAS A WIRE ON THE TRANSMISSION THAT WAS CORRODED. ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO, THIS HAPPENED AGAIN AND AGAIN I TOOK IT TO JOE MACHENS AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. I HAD ASKED THEM TO CHECK AGAIN BECAUSE THIS HAD HAPPENED ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND IT WAS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THEY REPLACED SOME SEALS. REPAIR WORK TOOK ABOUT A WEEK. ON JUNE 4, 2004, I WAS GOING DOWN I 270 IN ST. LOUIS, MO AND I WAS IN THE FAST LANE GOING 75MPH WHEN MY CAR STALLED. IT WOULD NOT GO AND I AM GLAD THAT I WAS GOING TO...

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH TRANSMISSION SLIPPED GEARS. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE CAUSE WAS NOT DETERMINED. *AK

THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 2001 FORD FOCUS FAILED AFTER MY OWNING IT FOR LESS THAN 2 1/2 YEARS AND IT'S AROUND 58,000 MILES. I BOUGHT IT NEW. THE DEALERSHIP IS SURPRISED AND SAID THEY'VE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE; IT'S ONLY PARTIALLY BEING COVERED BY WARRANTY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION FAILED. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED A LETTER CONCERNING FUEL PUMP FILTERS. *PH ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE TRANSMISSION FAILED LEAVING THE CONSUMER STRANDED. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE PART BUT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN. *TT *JB

REAR WHEEL BEARINGS ARE WEARING OUT ON VEHICLE.*MR THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY, THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED THE WRONG TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS IN THE VEHICLE. THE FRONT WINDSHIELD CRACKED DUE TO EXCESSIVE HEAT. THE REAR SEAT LATCH, THE SEAT FABRIC AND THE KEY IGNITION FAILED.*TS THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORE OUT, WHICH WERE ONLY USED ABOUT SEVEN TIMES AND THE REAR BRAKES HAD TO BE REPLACED. *JB

I PURCHASED A 2001 FORD FOCUS IN AUGUST 2001. IN SEPT. 2001 WITH ONLY 2240 MILES ON THE CAR TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO BE SLIPPING AND THE CAR FAILED TO ACCELERATE PROPERLY. HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THERE WAS A LEAK IN TRANSMISSION LINE. THIS WAS REPAIRED. IN OCT. 2002 AT 16416 MILES HEADLIGHTS WOULD NOT COME ON WHEN I TURNED THE SWITCH. SWITCH WAS REPLACED. ABOUT THIS SAME TIME NEW BRAKE PADS WERE REQUIRED. NOV. 2002 AT 17871 MILES THE IGNITION CYLINDER LOCKED UP. CAR WAS TOWED AND IGNITION CYLINDER REPLACED. AUGUST 2003 AT 26757 MILES IGNITION CYLINDER LOCKED UP AGAIN. ONCE AGAIN THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND IGNITION CYLINDER WAS REPLACED. NOW I HAVE A BUBBLE IN ONE TIRE AND MY BRAKES ARE SQUEALING. WHAT'S NEXT? NOT ONCE HAVE I PICKED MY CAR UP FROM THE DEALER AND IT BEEN WASHED OR...

CAR JUMPS AT HIGHWAY SPEED. CHECKED WITH FORD DEALERSHIP IN REGARD TO PROBLEM, AND NO ONE CAN GIVE ME AN ANSWER.*AK

I AM WRITING TO YOU IN REGARD TO A HOST OF PROBLEMS I AM CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING WITH MY 2001 FORD FOCUS ZX3.THESE PROBLEMS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: (1) GEARS NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY AND SIGNS OF LOCKING UP DURING DRIVING -- AND BRAKE GRINDING SOUNDS; (2) CONTINUOUS "FLICKERING" OF HEADLIGHTS AND DASHBOARD PANEL LIGHTS; (3) AIR CONDITIONING AND HEATING SYSTEMS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY; (4) LARGE POND OF WATER (DURING HEAVY RAINS) IN FLOOR ON FRONT PASSENGER SIDE; (5) PROBLEMS WITH FUEL MODULE AND FUEL MONITOR; AND (6) TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN PROGRESS. TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN PROGRESS -- ECM CODES ERASED BY DEALERSHIP -- FUEL MONITOR AND BAD RUNNING CONDITION VERY EVIDENT. HE FURTHER STATED THE FLUID IS BURNT VERY BADLY, HE CANNOT SERVICE THE TRANSMISSION AT THIS POINT AND THAT THIS VEHICLE IS GOING TO GO DOWNHILL FROM HERE. IN OTHER WORDS, THE 2001 FOCUS THAT I PURCHASED FROM TOWN...

I TOOK MY CAR TO SEQUIOA NATIONAL FOREST ON MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. MY CAR WAS ACTING GREAT TIL I TIL THE GRAPEVINE MY CAR SUDDENLY DID NOT WANT TO CHANGE GEAR IT WOULD GET STUCK MAKING MY RPM REALLY HIGH I WAS AFRAID I WAS GOING TO BURNOUT MY ENGINE AFTER I GOT INTO INTO THE MOUNTAINS THE CAR WAS FINE AGAIN MAYBE CAUSE I WAS DRIVING UNDER 30 MPH BUT AS SOON AS I GOT INTO THE HIGHWAY AGAIN I WAS FINE AS LONG AS KEPT THE SAME PACE OF THE CAR WHICH WAS 80 MPH AS SOON AS I GOT LIKE 85 OR LOWER TO 65 MPH IT WOULD GET STUCK. UNFORTUNETLY ALL OF THIS HAPPEN WHEN MY WARRANTY EXPIRED BY 1000 MILES. I THOUGHT FORD WOULD BE UNDERSTANDING BUT UNFORTUNETLY THEY DIDNT GIVE A RATS BEHIND. SO NOW IM STUCK WITH A "DEPENDABLE" CAR WITH A CRAPPED...

WHILE MERGING ONTO THE HIGHWAY THE CAR SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND HAD NO WAY TO ACCELERATE AND CAUSING A HAZARD BY SLOWING TRAFFIC AND HAVING TO GO TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. *JB

THE ENGINE MISSED USUALLY MILDLY, BUT SOMETIMES VIOLENTLY AS TO SHAKE VEHICLE AND SOMETIMES STALL, ALSO THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A RAW GAS SMELL, SUSPENSION, BRAKE,TRANSMISSION AND TIRE PROBLEMS.*AK. CONSUMER ALSO NOTED THE REAR HATCH POPPED OPEN BY ITSELF.*JB

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, BEFORE THE FIRST OIL CHANGE WAS PERFORMED.*JB

THE TRANSMISSION AND STEERING COLUMN FAILED AT A LOW MILEAGE.*JB *TS

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED , RESULTING IN LOSS OF BRAKE AND STEERING FUNCTIONS. AS A RESULT, CONSUMER COLLIDED WITH A TRUCK. PH

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

NO SUMMARY. DT

VEHICLE SLIPED OUT OF PARK AND INTO DRIVE, WHILE CAR WAS RUNNING, I WAS OUT OF THE CAR APROXMENTLY 15FT AWAY CHECKING IN ON THE COOKOUT THAT WAS GOING ON AT THE SHOP.. AT WHICH TIME I HEARD LIKE A SHIFTING NOISE OR LOUD CLICK FROM THE CAR, I LOOK OVER AT THE CAR AN NOTICED THE VEHICLE STARTED FORWARD AN CRASH INTO TO CORNER OF BUILDING CAUSING SOME MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT FRONT FENDER OF THE CAR NOTHING TO BUILDING. WHEN I GOT INTO THE CAR THE CONSOLE GEAR SELECTOR WAS STILL IN PARK. I NOTIFIED GREAT LAKES FORD ABOUT WHAT HAPPEN, I HAVE TO BRING IT IN ON 09/25/2002 TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION LOOK AT. I JUST HOPE I DONT GET THE RUN - AROUND TREATMENT.. I FEEL AFTER READING OTHER COMPLAINTS ON YOUR WEB PAGE OF THIS TYPE OF CAR AND YEAR HAVING SIMULAR PROBLEMS FORD...

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS, CAUSING A DELAY IN ACCELERATION, THE GEAR SHIFT WILL STICK WITHOUT ANY PRESSURE BEING APPLIED. *SLC

WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK LAST THURSDAY (10 MINUTES ON THE INTERSTATE, 97 DEGREES, FULL AC), WHEN THE CAR STARTED TO LOSE POWER FOLLOWED BY TRANSMISSION LURCHING AND ENGINE TRYING TO DIE. PULLED THE REMAINING BLOCK INTO MY APTS AND OPENED HOOD EXPECTING TO FIND OVERHEATED ENGINE, AND ENDED UP SEE A BUNCH OF FLAME AND SIGNING MY THUMB. GOT FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND PUT IT OUT, AND CALLED FIRE DEPT. NO WORK WAS DONE TO ENGINE OTHER THAN A NEW AIR FILTER 4000 MILES AGO. SO FAR THE FORD DEALER WANTS TO WRITE IT OFF AS COMPLETE LOSS AND LEAVE IT TO MY INSURANCE. TOOK OUT MY AIR INTAKE, MELTED BATTERY, MELTED BATTERY WIRES, RUINED HOOD, SCROCHED HEADLIGHT, SMOKED INTERIOR, AND WHO KNOWS WHAT GOT SUCKED INTO ENGINE THROUGH THE INTAKE. DEALER WOULDN'T TOW BECAUSE "WARRANTY TOWS HAVE TO BE CALLED IN THROUGH FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE". PHOTOS ARE UP AT...

SERVERE BUCKING/JOLTING A STEADY SPEEDS, WHEN A/C IS TURNED ON, WHEN SLOWING DOWN, WHEN STOPPING, AND WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. RADIO TURNS OFF BY ITSELF, GETS LOUD BY ITSELF, AND SOMETIMES, YOU CAN'T TURN IT OFF. POPPING NOISES WHEN PUTTING INTO GEAR.GRINDING NOISES AND KNOCKING NOISES WHEN DRIVING. CAR VIBRATE UNCONTROLABLY AT TIMES. WHEN INCREASING SPEEDS, CAR WANTS TO STALL OUT AND NOT SHIFT GEARS. ALMOST LOST CONTROL SERVAL TIMES BECAUSE OF JOLTING PROBLEM. FORD DOESN'T CARE, DOESN'T WANT TO FIX AND HAS REFUSED TO CONTACT US AFTER 2 CERTIFIED LETTERS WERE SENT.

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE STEERING MECHANISM IS GETTING LOOSER THE MORE CONSUMER DRIVES, THE LOOSER STEERING WHEEL GETS. CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A LOT OF PLAY IN STEERING AND THAT MAKES IT VERY HARD TO STEER THE VEHICLE. *JB THE VEHICLE'S MILEAGE IS DECREASING FROM 300 MILES TO 200 MILES AND THEN TO 180 MILES FOR A FULL TANK OF FUEL. THE VEHICLE ALSO EXPERIENCES STALLING AND CHANGING GEARS HAS BEEN DIFFICULT. *YH

CONSUMER STATES WHEN DRIVING IF VEHICLE HITS A BUMP THE REAR END OF VEHICLE GOES FROM SIDE TO SIDE LIKE ITS LOOSING TRACTION OF THE ROAD. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. JBCONSUMER FURTHER STATES THE VEHICLE USED TO GIVE THEM 300 MILES WHEN THE FUEL TANK IS FULL TO EMPTY. NOW THE VEHICLE GIVES THEM 180 MILES. THE VEHICLE ALSO HAS TROUBLE CHANGING GEARS AND HAS BEEN STALLING. THE DEALER SAYS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. *JG

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILS TO SHIFT, CAUSING HESITATION, WHILE TRAVELING 40 MPH AND SLOWING TO 20 MPH, CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE HESITATED BADLY AND ABOUT 2-4 SECONDS LATER THE VEHICLE FINALLY TOOK OFF. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN REMEDIED. *SLC

TRANSMISSION MAKES NOISE WHETHER AT IDLE OR WHEN SHIFTING. THE DEALER CHECKED OUT THE PROBLEM SEVERAL TIMES AND MAINTAINED THAT IT WAS A NORMAL FUNCTION OF THE TRANSMISSION TO MAKE NOISE OR CLATTER.*AK

CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 37 DAYS SINCE BOUGHT NEW. STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILS TO SHIFT, CAUSING HESITATION, WHILE TRAVELING 40 MPH AND SLOWING TO 20 MPH, CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE HESITATED BADLY AND ABOUT 2-4 SECONDS LATER THE VEHICLE FINALLY TOOK OFF. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN REMEDIED. *SLC

CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO SHIFT FROM DRIVE TO PARK, ONLY ABLE TO SHIFT FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALER. NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE, ON NUMEROUS OCCASION HAS BEEN STUCK IN PARK POSITION THAT NO MATTER HOW HARD THE CONSUMER TRYS THE VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE OUT OF GEAR. CONTACTED DEALER. NLM

TRANSMISSION SLIPS IN FIRST GEAR, AND DEALERSHIP CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. *AK

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHEN EXITING FREEWAY OR FAST LANE CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT PROPERLY AND HESITATE FOR SEVERAL SECONDS, THE TRANSMISSION FLUID PAN WAS REMOVED, AT THAT TIME THE CONSUMER NOTICED PIECES OF MATERIAL IN THE OIL PAN AFTER THE SERVICE THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO HESITATE. *TT *NLM *DT

I PURCHASED THIS FORD FOCUS IN MARCH 2001. IN MAY 2001 I WENT BACK TO PHIL LONG FORD BECAUSE THE CAR WAS NOT PERFORMING PROPERLY. PERIODICALLY I WOULD BE DRIVING ALONG AND THE CAR WOULD ACT AS THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REP AT PHIL LONG THAT I SPOKE WITH AT THIS TIME WENT WITH ME FOR A TEST DRIVE IN THIS CAR AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE. HE SAID NOTHING COULD BE DONE UNLESS THEY COULD EXPERIENCE WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH THE CAR. I TOLD HIM THE CAR WAS SLIPPING, SKIPPING, AND TWICE WHILE DRIVING ALONG THE CAR LOST POWER. HE TOLD ME WHAT I HAD SAID DID NOT MAKE SENSE AND UNLESS THEY COULD EXPERIENCE THIS MALFUNCTION THEY COULD ONLY GUESS IT WAS ONE OF THE COMPUTERS IN THE CAR ADJUSTING FOR A ROAD CONDITION. THIS SERVICE REP DISMISSED ME AS BEING A STUPID WOMAN. TODAY,...

I OWN A 2001 FORD FOCUS AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. I WAS PARKED ON A FLAT SURFACE, WHEN SOMEONE BACKED UP INTO MY CAR, THEY ONLY MOVED 3 FEET DIDN'T DO ANY DAMAGE TO TEH BUMPBER, BUT FROM THAT SLIGHT HIT IT SENT MY CAR FREE WHEELING IN PARK 175 FEET, ACROSS A ROAD, AND SLAMMING INTO 3 TREES TOTALLING OUT THE REAR OF THE CAR. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS HURT NOR IN THE CAR AT THE TIME FO THIS ACCIDENT. WHEN I GOT INTO MY CAR I EXPECTED TO SEE THE GEER SHIFTER BROKEN BUT IT WASN'T IT STILL WORKED. MY CAR WAS THE WAY I LEFT IT JUST 175 FEET DOWN TEH ROAD. THIS IS NOT RIGHT! TWO OF TEH MAIN SAFETY FEATURE FAILED ON THIS CAR. FORD SENT OUT AN INVESTIGARTOR WHO LOOKED OVER THE CAR, PUSHED ON THE CAR WITH THEIR HANDS, BUT NEVER TOOK THE TRANSMISSION APRT...

CAR WAS PARKED, TRANSMISSION WAS IN "PARK" KEYS OUT OF CAR. A CAR BACKED INTO MY PARKED CAR HITTING THE FRONT BUMPER. MY CAR WAS ONLY 3 FEET FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR THAT HIT ME AND THE BACKING CAR BACKED UP SLOWLY AND ONLY CAUSING A SMALL SCRACH ON THE BUMPER. AFTER THE 2 CARS BUMPED, MY CAR BEGAN TO ROLL AND CONTINUED TO ROLL DOWN A SLOW GRADE AND PICKED UP SPEED. THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER CAR ATEMPTED TO STOP MY CAR BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO GET IN SENCE THE DOORS WERE LOCKED. HE ALSO ATEMPTED TO GET THE FRONT TIRES TO TURN AND COULD NOT. MY CAR THEN STRUCK A STAND OF TREES DISTORYING THE REAR END. MY CAR ROLLED OVER 120 FEET FROM THE SPOT IT WAS PARKED IN. WHEN I GOT INTO MY CAR, I CHECKED THE SHIFTER TO SEE IF IT...

DRIPPING FROM PASS. SIDE HEAT VENT DURING A/C USE OR RAIN, SEVERE RATTLING FROM TRANSMISSION DURING ACCELERATION OR AT IDLE WITH CLUTCH OUT, WHEN CLUTCH IS PRESSED THE NOISE GOES AWAY, FRONT END OUT OF ALIGNMENT, PULLS TO THE RIGHT. *AK

TRANSMISSION JERKS WHEN GOING FROM REVERSE TO PARK.*AK