2000 FORD FOCUS Complaints

I WENT TO THE GAS STATION TO BUY GAS. AFTER FILLING THE TANK I GOT IN AND WHEN I TRIED TO START THE CAR IT WOULD NOT TURN. NOT EVEN TO THE ACC POSITION. I CALLED FOR A TOW TRUCK AND THEY CAME AND GOT IT. I CALLED MY LOCAL FORD DEALER AND ASKED THEM ABOUT IT AND THEY TOLD ME ITS BECOMING VERY COMMON FOR THIS TYPE OF CAR AND TO REPAIR IT I WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE IGNITION CYLINDER AND HAVE IT PROGRAMMED... *TR

I HAVE A 2000 FORD FOCUS. AS MOST KNOW, WINTERS IN THE MID-WEST ARE VERY COLD. I WAS OUT AT MY GRANDPARENTS HOUSE IN NEW RICHMOND, WISCONSIN; PICKING UP SOME BOXES IN THE GARAGE. THEY TRAVEL TO ARIZONA FOR THE WINTER MONTHS SO THEY WERE NOT HOME. I WENT TO START MY CAR AND THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN OVER IN THE IGNITION. IT WAS COMPLETELY STUCK. I TRIED EVERYTHING. I MADE SURE IT WAS IN PARK, TRIED TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL SIDE TO SIDE, EVERYTHING. IT WOULD NOT BUDGE. I WAS ALL ALONE. IT WAS FREEZING COLD. LUCKILY I HAD MY PHONE SO I WAS ABLE TO CALL FOR HELP. I ENDED UP HAVING TO PAY 200$ TO HAVE A LOCKSMITH COME OUT AND FIX IT. THIS PROBLEM IS CLEARLY A SAFETY HAZARD AND FORD KNOWS IT. FORD KNOWS ALL THE COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE HAVING THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM. WHY SHOULD WE HAVE TO PAY FOR A PROBLEM THEY KNOW EXISTS. WHAT IF I HADN'T HAD MY PHONE TO CALL FOR HELP, I WOULD OF HAD NO WAY OF GETTING INSIDE AND THERE IS NO ONE THAT LIVES NEARBY FOR AT LEAST A MILE. FORD NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS AND HAVE A RECALL. *TR

WHEN IT FIRST STARTED IT WAS JUST THE PASSENGER REAR DOOR THAT WOULDN'T OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE, YOU COULD HOWEVER STILL OPEN IT IF YOU PUSHED ON A CERTAIN PART OF THE DOOR AND TRIED TO OPEN AT THE SAME TIME. NOW THAT DOOR WILL NOT OPEN AT ALL FROM THE OUT SIDE AT ALL, AND THE OTHER DOORS ARE DOING THE SAME THING. THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT LATCH NOW, YOU HAVE TO LOCK AND UNLOCK ABOUT 10 TIMES BEFORE IT WILL LATCH. I HAVE LOOKED AT THE RECALLS ON THIS CAR BEFORE AND NOTICED THAT THERE IS A RECALL BUT UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME I DON'T LIVE IN THE STATES THAT ARE AFFECTED IN THE RECALL. IF I WAS TO GET THIS REPLACED ON MY OWN IT WILL COST ME ABOUT 2000.00. *TR

MY KEY WILL NOT TURN IN THE IGNITION, I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS BEFORE THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WON'T TURN. MY WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED ON MY CAR, SO I AM LEFT NOW WITH FINDING SOMEONE TO FIX IT. THIS CAUSED A HUGE PROBLEM FOR SINCE I WAS STRANDED WITH MY TWO SMALL CHILDREN 3YEAR OLD AND 4 MONTH OLD! I AM NOT A HAPPY CONSUMER RIGHT NOW! *TR

LAST NIGHT I DROVE MY CAR TO WORK JUST FINE AND THIS MORNING WHEN I TRIED TO START MY CAR MY IGNITION WOULDN'T TURN AND THE BREAK AND SHIFTER FELT LIKE IT LOCKED UP! IT WAS JUST FINE UNTIL THIS MORNING AND I HEAR IT IS A COMMON THING! *TR

APPROXIMATELY 4 YEARS AGO, I HAD TO HAVE THE KEY PORT, TUMBLER AND THE ENTIRE KEY SYSTEM REPLACED ON MY 2000 FORD FOCUS BECAUSE THE KEY WOULD NO LONGER WORK. THE TUMBLER, APPARENTLY, BECAME JAMMED SOMEHOW. THE REPLACEMENT COST WAS $350. THE EXACT SAME MALFUNCTION OCCURRED YESTERDAY. THIS TIME AROUND, THE COST TO FIX THE PROBLEM WAS $450. AFTER A LONG DISCUSSION WITH FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES THEY BASICALLY TOLD ME THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO FOR ME BECAUSE IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS OCCURRED TO ME, WITH THE SAME CAR. A LITTLE RESEARCH REVELED THAT THIS IS COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODE, JUST SEARCH THE INTERNET UNDER, ?2000 FORD FOCUS, KEY GOES IN IGNITION, BUT WON'T TURN?, AND YOU WILL SEE MANY INSTANCES OF THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM OTHER FOCUS OWNERS HAVE BEEN HAVING. AT THIS POINT, I AM SIMPLY SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT OF THE $450 THAT I HAD TO SPEND, AGAIN, TO CORRECT A PROBLEM FORD IS CLEARLY DENYING IS A RECALL ISSUE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE RIGHT SIDE OR HER SKULL AND SUFFERED HEADACHES. THE RADIATOR WAS PUSHED INTO THE ENGINE AND THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VIN WAS VERIFIED, BUT APPEARS TO BE INVALID. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 100,000 KILOMETERS.

00 FORD FOCUS TAILLIGHTS NOT WORKING. FOUND THAT FORD HAS A RECALL FOR THE WIRE HARNESS DECKLID. TOOK VEHICLE TO A FORD DEALERSHIP WAS TOLD THAT MY VEHICLE IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. I'VE NUMEROUS RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE ALREADY. VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING. WAS TOLD BY FORD DEALERSHIP THAT NEEDED A NEW RADIATOR, COST ME $800. WHEN I PICKED UP THE VEHICLE IT WAS STILL OVERHEATING, COME TO FIND OUT I ONLY NEEDED A NEW WATER PUMP. *TR

TURNING THE KEY IN THE IGNITION HAS BECOME MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT. TO WHERE IT HAS TAKEN UP TO A HALF AN HOUR TO ACTUALLY GET IT TO TURN. IT IS MOST CERTAINLY A SAFETY CONCERN WHERE IN THERE IS THE POSSIBLY OF BECOMING STRANDED SOMEWHERE. *TR

FOR THE FIRST TIME (AT 100K MILES), MY WIFE'S 2000 FORD FOCUS' IGNITION LOCK HAS FAILED. LUCKILY, IT HAPPENS AT HOME, BUT I HAVE READ MANY HORROR STORIES OF OTHERS WHO WERE NOT SO FORTUNATE. EVIDENTLY, THIS IS ANOTHER COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE BUT ONE THAT FORD REFUSES TO ADDRESS. NHTSA SHOULD SURELY INITIATE A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM. *TR