2002 Ford Focus

TL*- ON DECEMBER 18TH OF 2006 WHILE COMING OUT A DRIVE-THRU, CONTACT STATES THAT THE ENGINE THERMOSTAT WENT ABOVE NORMAL . THE GAUGE TEMPERATURE REACHED THE TOP OF THE REGISTER. THE CONTACT STATED IN ORDER FOR HER ENGINE NOT TO OVER HEAT SHE HAD TO DRIVE AT A SPEED OF 45MPH. THE CONTACT CURRENTLY HAS THE VEHICLE AT THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATED THAT THE PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE IS THAT THE RESISTOR THAT CONTROLS THE COOLING HAD BURNED OUT AND PART OF THE HARNESS HAD MELTED. THE CONTACT STATES THAT SHE HAS BEEN ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE AND THERE ARE 24 SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. IF THE INVOICE FOR REPAIR IS NEEDED CONTACT CAN PROVIDE A COPY OF THE INVOICE.

EXHAUST GAS RETURN (EGR) LINE FAILED AT EXHAUST MANIFOLD MOUNTING FLANG . THIS FAILURE ALLOWS CARBON MONOXIDE AND CARBON DIOXIDE TO SEEP INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT OF THE FOCUS. CO POISING CAN CAUSE: 1)DEATH A) THE DRIVER OF THE FORD FOCUS PASSES OUT AND DIES IN A CRASH B) THE DRIVER OF THE FORD FOCUS DIES FROM CO POISING 2)ORGAN FAILURE IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT YOU CAN'T ATTACH A PHOTOMICROGRAPH'S TO THIS COMPLAINT FORM? *JB

THE FIRST WEEK OF ME PURCHASING MY CAR AT GARNET FORD IN CHADDSFORD, PA, I NOTICED I WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR NOT STARTING. THIS HAS ONLY CONTINUED TO HAPPEN MORE. ALSO, MY CAR SEEMS TO WANT TO STALL AT TIMES UPON SLOWING DOWN OR WHEN I'M STOPPED. THE CAR WILL START RIDING ROUGH AND SHAKING INDICATING THE CAR IS GOING TO STALL. I BROUGHT THIS TO THE DEALERS ATTENTION ON MANY OCCASIONS AND THEY TOLD ME THAT BECAUSE THE PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT AND THEY COULD NOT RE-CREATE THE PROBLEM THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO CORRECT IT. THESE ARE PROBLEMS THAT STARTED DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF ME OWNING THE CAR. THE CAR WAS GIVEN TO ME THIS WAY AND GARNET FORD IS SAYING THE PROBLEM IS WITH MY IAC AND THROTTLE BODY STICKING BUT THOSE TWO THINGS ARE AGE RELATED PROBLEMS AND I ADVISED THEM THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE DAY ONE. THEY HAVE REFUSED TO LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM FURTHER AND THEY ARE NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT IS HAPPENING TO MY CAR. I'M VERY UPSET WITH GARNET FORD FOR GIVING ME A CAR WITH THESE PROBLEMS AND I EXPECT THEM TO LOOK INTO WHAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM AND FIX IT ON THEIR DIME NOT MINE. IF THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN, I WILL SEEK OTHER WAYS AT GETTING THEIR ATTENTION. *JB

2002 FORD FOCUS SEDAN MANUAL TRANSMISSION WITH 80,000 MILES. WITH NO WARNING THE ENGINE ACTS AS IF IT IS GOING TO STALL, VEHICLE HESITATES, JERKS AND SPUTTERS. THIS LITERALLY CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO JOLT FORWARDS AND BACKWARDS AND SHAKES THE PASSENGERS INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A VERY SCARY EVENT, ESPECIALLY AT 70+ MPH SPEED OR WHEN IN TRAFFIC. HIGHLY CONCERNED THAT THE VEHICLE IS GOING TO SIMPLE SHUT OFF WHILE ON INTERSTATE 95 WHICH COULD BE DEADLY. THE FORD DEALER WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED AND MAINTAINED HAS RUN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST THAT SHOWED NO ABNORMALITIES. THE FOLLOWING WEEK THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN AND THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED WITH IGNITION/STEERING REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS RE-EXAMINED WHILE AGAIN IN THE SHOP AND DRIVEN AGAIN BY THE SERVICE TEAM AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO PROVIDE A USEFUL DIAGNOSIS OF THE ENGINE HESITATION PROBLEMS. WE NEED A RESOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM AND IT APPEARS THAT NO ONE CAN APPROPRIATELY DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. *JB

WHEN TURNING ON MY 2002 FORD FOCUS ZX3, IT TENDS TO HAVE A VERY ROUGH IDLE, SPUTTERING AND STALLING. I HAVE REPLACED THE FUEL FILTER, SPARK PLUGS, SPARK CABLES, PCV VALVE AND MY IGNITION COIL. BUT EVEN AFTER ALL OF THAT MY CAR STILL SPUTTERS, STALLS AND HAS A ROUGH IDLE....I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, BEING A COLLEGE STUDENT OUT OF MY HOME STATE OF MICHIGAN. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO AUTO ZONE AND HAD IT HOOKED UP TO THE CODE READER AND THE ATTENDANT SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE... THIS IS MY LAST STRAW.. *JB

AT VEHICLE START UP, MY WIFE HEARD A LOUD POP, FOLLOWED BY ENGINE SPUTTERING, AND SMELL OF GAS FUMES. MY WIFE TOOK THE KIDS OUT OF THE CAR AND RAN AWAY FOR FEAR OF FIRE. THE FOLLOWING DAY, WE HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME A SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE ENGINE AND STRIPED THE ENGINE BLOCK. I CALLED FORD MOTOR CORP. THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT HELP ME WITH THE REPAIRS, SINCE MY VEHICLES WARRANTY JUST EXSPIRED. THE CAR ONLY HAS 35,000 MILE ON IT, AND HAS HAD OTHER MAJOR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AT 25,000 MILES. NOW I AM PAYING FOR A CAR THAT DOESN'T EVEN RUN, I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER THAN TO BUY A FORD. FORD HAS LOST A CUSTOMER FOREVER. *NM