2000 FORD FOCUS Complaints

THE IGNITION KEY FAILED TO TURN WHEN INSERTED INTO THE STEERING COLUMN. MY SON WAS STRANDED, ALONE WITH NO WAY TO GET HOME EXCEPT FROM MY DRIVING TO GET HIM. FORTUNATELY, HE WAS ONLY FIVE MILES AWAY FROM HOME, BUT HE COULD HAVE BEEN STRANDED MUCH FURTHER AWAY AND IN A DANGEROUS LOCATION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, THE KEY FAILED TO TURN IN THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE IGNITION CYLINDER, THE TUMBLER, AND THE PASS KEY POINT. THE REPAIR WAS PERFORMED ON MAY 29, 2007. THE ENGINE SIZE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 58,395 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000. UPDATED 07/06/07. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD FOCUS. ON MAY 27, 2007, THE STEERING WHEEL DETACHED FROM THE COLUMN WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC. THE PURCHASE DATE AND ENGINE SIZE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 130,000.

WE WERE DRIVING OUR CAR (A 2000 FORD FOCUS) AND HAD JUST PULLED INTO OUR DRIVEWAY, AS WE SHUT OFF THE ENGINE WE HEARD A POPPING SOUND, BUT NEITHER MY WIFE NOR I COULD DECIDE IF IT WAS THE CAR. ABOUT 30 MINUTES LATER MY WIFE WAS GOING SOMEPLACE WITH THE CAR AND WHEN SHE HAD BACKED UP WE HEARD A SCRAPING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT END. UPON INVESTIGATION WE FOUND THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN AND A SHARP POINTED END OF WHAT WAS LEFT WAS POKED OUT INTO THE TIRE, THE TIRE DID NOT BLOW, BUT COULD HAVE IF WE WERE TRAVELING AT ANY SIGNIFICANT SPEED. THE COIL SPRING SHOULD HAVE BEEN RESTRAINED BY A CLAMP AND A CUP SHAPED PLATE, BUT THE PLATE WAS NOT CUP SHAPED AT ALL. THIS SEEMS LIKE A DEFECT AND AN UNSAFE THING THAT COULD RESULT IN INJURY OR DEATH TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE CAR. FORD HAS A KNOWN BAD TRACK RECORD WITH SPRINGS, AND THERE IS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN THAT SHOULD BE UPGRADED TO A RECALL. FURTHER, OTHER MODELS OF FORD SHOULD BE INSPECTED TO SEE IF THEY ALSO HAVE THIS ENGINEERING DESIGN FLAW WITH THE SPRING BASE PLATE. *TR

OWN A 2000 FORD FOCUS, WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, WHEN I HEARD A LOUD NOISE FROM THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE. STOPPED THE VEHICLE, GOT OUT TO SEE IF I HIT ANYTHING, NOTHING WAS THERE, JUST SMOOTH ASPHALT. WAS VERY NERVOUS ABOUT DRIVING THE VEHICLE AFTER THAT. ON MY HOUR COMMUTE HOME I NOTICE THE VEHICLE DROVE DIFFERENTLY, SOMETHING DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT. ALSO NOTICED A RUBBING NOISE WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. DROVE AS SLOWLY AS POSSIBLE. CALLED MY MECHANIC NEXT MORNING, TOOK IT IN TO BE LOOKED AT, TWO MECHANICS TOOK A QUICK LOOK AND DROVE IT. BOTH CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SPRING COIL HAD BROKE! MECHANIC INFORMED ME THE VEHICLE WAS VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED ON NOVEMBER 22, 2006 AND WAS TAKEN TO A FORD DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS NOT INFORMED OF A TEN YEAR WARRANTY ON THE FUEL PUMP BEFORE HE PAID FOR THE REPLACEMENT. THE ENGINE SIZE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 78,000.

2000 FORD FOCUS LX, AT FIRST THE KEY WOULD NOT GO INTO IGNITION AND ONCE IN NOW IS STUCK IN IGNITION. THE IGNITION CYLINDER HAD TO BE REPLACED AND ORIGINAL KEY WAS DAMAGED WHEN THE DEALER WAS IDENTIFYING THE PROBLEM (ALTHOUGH I'VE FOUND OUT IT IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM TO FORD) SO EVERYTHING HAD TO BE REPLACED.

IGNITION SWITCH WORE OUT ON 2001 FOCUS, HAPPENED AT ABOUT 75,000 MILES. HAPPENED WHILE FORD MECHANICS WERE ON STRIKE. HAD TO HAVE LOCK SMITH REPAIR. KEPT KEY IN IGNITION AT ALL TIMES WHEN STARTED GETTING HARD TO USE AGAIN. JUST THIS WEEK THE 2000 FOCUS WAGON IGNITION WOULD NOT ALLOW KEY TO GO IN ALL THE WAY. WENT ON LINE TO DETERMINE HOW TO FIX MYSELF, SAW HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT SAME PROBLEM. *AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO INSERT THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION. ONCE INSERTED, IT IS DIFFICULT TO TURN THE IGNITION. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH LOCKED DUE TO A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 86,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

2000 FORD FOCUS. VEHICLE WAS WESTBOUND ON THE OHIO TURNPIKE IN THE LEFT LANE, DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE INTO THE CENTER LANE WHEN THE VEHICLE WENT OUT OFF CONTROL AND SPUN OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD STRIKING THE MEDIAN WALL. *MC (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT) *TR