2000 Ford FOCUS problems and owner complaints

VEHICLE STALLED FOR 3-5 SECONDS IN A RIGHT HAND CURVE. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS OR OTHER INDICATORS. CALLED DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAVE NOT HEARD OF ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS AND WANT TO CHARGE ME TO CHECK THE COMPUTER IN THE CAR. CAR HAS ALSO STALLED AND DIED WHEN APPROACHING STOP LIGHTS BUT RESTARTED FIRST TRY. BRAKES ALSO MAKE A LOUD HIGH PITCH SQUEAL AT ALL TIMES. I AM CONTACTING FORD FOR ASSISTANCE. WE WILL SEE HOW FAR I GET. TS

Owner-reported narrative. 60,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10000336 at NHTSA ↗

PROBLEM EQUAL TO: INVESTIGATION: EA02-022, PE02-040 MODEL YEAR: 2000-02 SUBJECT: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM -ENGINE STALLS ON MY FORD FOCUS 2000.

Owner-reported narrative. 50,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10000924 at NHTSA ↗

CONTINUED PROBLEMS WITH FORD 200 FOCUS ZTS. BEARINGS, ELECTIRCAL SYSTEM, BRAKE AND PAINT ISSUES AMONG OTHERS.

Owner-reported narrative. 27 miles reported. Look up ODI 10000107 at NHTSA ↗

THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN THE IGNITION WAS LOCKED IN PLACE IT WOULD NOT MOVE AT ALL AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED. I CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM, IN FACT, THEY TOLD ME WHAT KIND OF CAR I HAD BEFORE I TOLD THEM, AND THEY SAID THEY NO LONGER COME OUT ON THAT DEFECT. THEY SAID THERE ARE A LOT OF PROBLEM WITH THESE MODELS AND THEY HAD MANY CALLS ON THE FORD FOCUS . I AM JUST OUT OF WARRANTY PERIOD WHICH IS 36000. I DON'T FEEL THIS IS MY FAULT. I FEEL IT IS A DEFECT WITH THE PRODUCT. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL …

Owner-reported narrative. 38,250 miles reported. Look up ODI 10000747 at NHTSA ↗

CONSUMER WAS EXITING A PARKING GARAGE AND PLACED VEHICLE IN REVERSE. WITHOUT WARNING, CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND REAR TAIL SPUN AROUND 2 TIMES THEN HIT A PARKED VEHICLE. CONSUMER DID APPLY BRAKES WITH NO SUCCESS. PH INSURANCE COMPANY INFORMED DEALERSHIP THAT THERE WERE TWO RECALLS THAT DEALT WITH A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE AND SPEED CONTROL WHICH WAS NOT PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. OTHER PROBLEMS INCLUDED WEEZING NOISE WHILE TURNING. POWER STEERING RACKED FAILED AND REPLACED. LACK OF POWER STEERING IN STEERING WHEEL. …

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 10002047 at NHTSA ↗

FUEL PUMP

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 10000061 at NHTSA ↗

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ON THE VEHICLE. ALSO STATED THAT THE POWER WINDOWS DOES NOT WORK ALSO THE POWER LOCKS ON THE VEHICLE DO NOT WORK. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SHOP ON THREE DIFFERENT TIMES AND IT WAS FINELY FIXED BUT CONSUMER STILL THINKS THAT THE VEHICLE STILL HAS DIFFERENT ISSUES. TS THE BRAKES SQUEALED, AND THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED HARD, AND THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE TO BE PLACED IN PARK IN ORDER TO RESTART. A FUSE WAS REPLACED A…

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 10001270 at NHTSA ↗

CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. THERE IS OCCASIONAL GRINDING NOISES WHEN BRAKING SUDDENLY, THE BRAKE PEDALS SQUEAK, THE TRANSMISSION JUMPS OUT OF GEAR, THERE ARE PROBLEMS WHEN ACCELERATING, THE VEHICLE STALLS WHEN DRIVING ABOVE 55 MPH, THE CRUISE CONTROL IS INOPERATIVE, AND VARIOUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. *JG *JB

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 10001491 at NHTSA ↗

WHEN THE CAR HAD 15000 MILES ON IT AND STILL UNDER WARRANTY THE THIRD GEAR WAS MAKING A GRINDING SOUND. I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPAIRED IT. 30,000 MILES LATER( MOSTLY HIGHWAY MILES) THIRD GEAR STARTED MAKING THE SAME SOUND AGAIN.THE DEALER SAID IT WOULD COST ME 900 DOLLARS TO FIX IT SINCE IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY ANYMORE. I CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT THE TRANSMISSION, AND ONLY THIRD GEAR IN A MANUAL FIVE SPEED IS ONLY GOOD FOR 30,000 MILES, MOST OF WHICH IS ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THIRD GEAR IS NOT USED MUCH.I BELIEVE THAT IS A DEFECT WIT…

Owner-reported narrative. 45,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10004985 at NHTSA ↗