2004 Ford Focus

I DROVE AND PARKED THE 2004 FORD FOCUS ABOUT 40 MINS FROM MY HOME. ABOUT 2 HOURS LATER, I WENT TO GET IN MY CAR AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED. I INSERTED THE KEY AND IT WOULD NOT TURN. SEVERAL PEOPLE TRIED JIGGLING THE STEERING WHEEL, STEPPING ON THE BRAKE ALL TO NO AVAIL. I CALLED AAA AND FORD ROADSIDE AND WAS TOLD BY BOTH THAT IT WOULD NEED TO BE TOWED AND THAT THEY COULD DO NOTHING AT THIS TIME (SAT. EVENING/ SUN MORNING OF COLUMBUS DAY WEEKEND). *NM

DT: CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE CAR SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING. NO PARTICULAR SPEED OR CIRCUMSTANCE. THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES ON INTERSTATE. WHILE GOING 70 TO 75 MPH. THE CAR SHUT DOWN, NO BATTERY, NO LIGHTS, AND IT WAS VERY HARD TO STEER. IT HAPPENED AT STOP SIGN OR AT SPEEDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH .AFTER PUTTING VEHICLE IN PARK THEN IN NEUTRAL OR PARK IT WILL START BACK UP. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES IN THE LAST 3 WEEKS. MECHANIC RECALIBRATED THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE (PCM) ,AND WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE OKAY. TOOK IT OFF THE DEALERSHIP AND WITHIN 10 MILES INCIDENT STARTED HAPPENING AGAIN. FLIGHT RECORDER WAS INSTALLED ON OCTOBER 6, 2005 WAS TOLD TO PUSH A BUTTON EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THERE WAS ELECTRICITY GOING TO ANYTHING TO MAKE THE FLIGHT RECORDER SHOW THE PROBLEM. *AK

IN MINNEAPOLIS 4/23/04 THE CAR STALLED IN STOP AND GO FREEWAY TRAFFIC AND TOOK A FEW MINUTES ON THE FREEWAY TO RE-START-MILEAGE THEN-APPROX 2317 R/O OPEN DATE R/O CLOSE DATE 9/21/04 10/05/04 THE FIRST 4 DATES ARE TRANSMISSION RELATED. INITIALLY THE CAR WOULD POP OUT OF 2ND GEAR WHILE SLOWING OR TURNING A CORNER 2/03/05 2/10/05 BEARINGS REPLACED 2/12/05 2/15/05 CRUISE INOPERABLE 3/15/05 3/23/05 TRANSMISSION REPLACED. 3/25/05 3/30/05 THIS IS A THROTTLE BODY REPLACEMENT ALL OF THESE REPAIRS WERE DONE UNDER WARRANTY. IN A FURTHER PAGE I DO NOT KNOW WHAT "OEM" MEANS SO HAVEN'T ANSWERED THAT QUESTION. *JB

I PURCHASED MY 2004 FORD FOCUS IN APRIL OF 2004. THE BATTERY WENT DEAD IN MAY 2005. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE FORD DEALER AND THE EALER REPLACED THE BATTERY. CAR WAS DEAD AGAIN JULY 4. THE CAR WAS JUMPED AND TAKE TO THE DEALER. DEALER SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM AND CHARGED THE BATTERY. IT WAS DEAD AGAIN ON JULY 9TH. I HAD DEALER COME GET THE CAR AND THEY SAID IT WAS A BAD CELL IN THE BATTERY AND REPLACED THE BATTERY AGAIN. I WAS DEAD AGAIN ON JULY 21ST. HAD THE DEALER COME GET THE CAR THEY JUMPED IT AND TOOK IT IN. THEY CHARGED THE BATTERY AND STILL TELL ME THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR.

DT: CONTACT STATES DAUGHTER CAME HOME FROM WORK ON 7-15-05 AND SHE HAD NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR PRIOR TO THIS. THE NEXT DAY ON 7-16-05 SHE NOTICED THE CAR HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE IT WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE FIRE HAD ALREADY GONE OUT. SHE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THE MECHANIC SAID FORD WAS COMING ON 7-19-05 TO INSPECT THE CAR. SHE TALKED TO SOMEONE WHO HAD JUST RETIRED FROM WAYNE ASSEMBLY PLANT AND HE SAID THEY HAD BEEN HAVING A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE FUEL LINE COMING OFF DUE TO INCREASED PRESSURE ON THE FORD FOCUSES. SHE HAS NEVER RECEIVED ANY RECALL NOTICES. SHE DOES NOT KNOW WHERE THE FIRE ORIGINATED. THE CAR IS AT THE CLINTON MICHIGAN FORD DEALERSHIP. *AK

DT: CONSUMER EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE WITH HIS 2004 FORD FOCUS. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE LOCALLY, BUT THEY WERE TRYING TO LOCATE IT NATIONALLY. THE BRAKES MADE A RACKET, THERE WAS A WEIGHT THAT ADJUSTED THE COUNTERWEIGHT, AND NEEDED OTHER PARTS REPLACED AS WELL, BUT THEY HAVE TO WAIT ON THE WEIGHT TO COME IN BEFORE THE WORK COULD BE DONE. THEY STATED THAT THERE WERE SIX OTHER DEALERS THAT HAVE ORDERED THE PART, AND IT WAS SENT OUT IN THE ORDER THAT IT WAS REQUESTED. CONSUMER STATED THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR APPROXIMATELY A MONTH AND A HALF TO TWO MONTHS. WHEN ON VACATION HE TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR A SQUEAKING NOISE, AND THEY RESURFACED THE BRAKES, WHICH ELIMINATED THE SQUEAKING NOISE. BY THE TIME THEY RETURNED FROM THE TRIP, APPROXIMATELY 1100 MILES, THE SQUEAKING NOISE CAME BACK, AND THE RACKET STARTED. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED BEFORE GOING ON THE TRIP, AND WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE WAS OKAY TO DRIVE.*AK

3 MONTHS AFTER BUYING A 2004 FORD FOCUS LX, THE BRAKES AND CALIPERS HAD TO BE REPLACED. APPROXIMATELY, 3 MONTHS LATER AGAIN. THEN AGAIN 5 MONTHS LATER BUT YET TO INCLUDE MY ROTORS WERE DESTROYED. EVERYTIME I AHVE COMPLAINED THAT THIS SHOULDNT HAVE HAPPENED AND THE DEALERAHIP ACTED AS IF EVERYTHING WOULD BE OK. I WAS IN A SMALL ACCIDENT DURING THIS TIME BECAUSE MY BRAKES COMPLETLEY GAVE OUT. I WAS THE ONLY PERSON INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT. MY FRONT BUMPER IS MESSED UP BECASUE OF THIS. ALL OF THESE PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED EVERYTIME!!I HAVE SPENT OVER 400.00 DOLLARS IN RENTALS AHVING TO DRIVE THEM WHILE MY CAR WAS BEING FIXED. IM SICK OF HAVING TO CONSTANTLY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM CORRECTED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO. MY FRIEND DRIVES A FOCUS AND HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS. HERS WAS RETURNED IMMEDIATELY WHEN SHE FOUND OUT HOW MANY TIMES IT HAPPENED TO ME. I CANT RETURN MY VEHICLE UNTIL DAMAGES ARE FIXED, WHICH I DON'T FEEL IS MY PROBLEM. I WOULD NEVER RECCOMMEND THIS CAR, AND TRY NOT TO DRIVE IT IN FEAR IM GOING TO HURT MYSELF OR ANOTHER.