2005 Ford Focus

MY CAR KEPT STALLING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND AT STOP SIGNS AND WHERE EVER IT FELT LIKE. THIS STARTED AT ABOUT 20,000 MILES. THEN JUST BEFORE IT GOT TO 36,000 MILES IT WOULD STALL WHEN EVER IT BECAME HOT. AS I WAS GOING UP AND DOWN THE MOUNTAIN PASSES IN WASHINGTON, OREGON AND CALIFORNIA IT WOULD JUST STOP RUNNING EVERY MILE. IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS AS I HAD CARS BEHIND ME AND TRUCKERS ON ALL SIDES AND THE CAR WOULD JUST QUIT AT 65 MPH OR WHAT EVER SPEED I WAS AT. I HAD MAD TRUCKERS AND MAD CARS AND TRUCKS, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. WHEN I LIMPED HOME (780 MILES) I GOT THE CAR IN TO BE CHECKED AND FOUND THAT IT WAS THE FUEL RAIL SENSOR. I CALLED FORD AND THEY REFUSED TO COVER IT UNDER WARRANTY. I WAS FORCED TO PAY FOR A FAULTY PART OUT OF MY OWN POCKET. THEN LAST WEEK I SAW ON THE NEWS THAT TOYOTA AND ANOTHER COMPANY HAD RECALLED THEIR VEHICLES FOR THE SAME EXACT PART. I CALLED FORD TODAY AGAIN AND THEY ARE STILL REFUSING TO ADMIT THAT THIS IS DANGEROUS ON THEIR CARS. IT SEEMS TO BE OK TO RECALL OTHER VEHICLES, BUT FORD THINKS THEIR '!@#$% DOESN'T STINK AS WE SAY ON THE FARM. I WANT THIOS RECTIFIED. IF OTHER MANUFACTURERS THINK THIS IS A PROBLEM. I THINK FORD SHOULD BUCK UP AND ADMIT THAT THEIR VEHICLES COULD POSSIBLY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND THAT THEY SHOULD BE FIXED UNDER WARRANTY. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER FORD IF THIS IS THE WAY THEY TREAT CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE FORD CARS. GAYLE SORENSEN *TR

I PURCHASED A 2005 FORD FOCUS IN OCTOBER OF 2004. AFTER A RAINSTORM IN NOVEMBER OF 2005, A MAJOR LEAK OCCURRED, LEAVING OVER 2 INCHES OF WATER ON THE FRONT, PASSENGER FLOOR. THE DEALERSHIP FIXED THE CAR. IN JULY OF 2006 I FOUND WATER IN THE SAME LOCATION. AFTER THE DEALERSHIP LOOKED AT THE CAR, THEY STATED THAT IT IS COMING FROM A DIFFERENT LOCATION (NOT WHERE THEY ORIGINALLY SEALED IT). THEY WENT ON TO TELL ME THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO REMOVE MY DASHBOARD, REQUIRING EXTENSIVE LABOR, TO LOCATE THE NEW CAUSE OF THE LEAK. UNFORTUNATELY, MY WARRANTY IS UP BECAUSE I DRIVE FAR TO WORK. I HAVE ONLY GONE 700 MILES OVER MY LIMIT. AFTER SPEAKING WITH MANY AGENTS AT THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY I FIND I AM OUT OF LUCK. A SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE SAID THAT IF THERE WERE ENOUGH COMPLAINTS THEY WOULD HAVE TO FILE A RECALL BUT HE HAS NOT HAD ANY YET. (I AM THE FIRST...I FIND THAT HARD TO BELIEVE). I WENT ON-LINE TO SEARCH FOR OTHERS IN MY SITUATION. I FOUND NUMEROUS WEBSITES WITH COMPLAINTS OF FORD FOCUSES LEAKING ON THE PASSENGER FLOOR. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING SITES FOR ADDITIONAL COMPLAINTS. HTTP://WWW.CONSUMERAFFAIRS.COM/ HTTP://TOWNHALL-TALK.EDMUNDS.COM/DIRECT/VIEW/.EE9B783/30 HTTP://WWW.FOCUSFANATICS.COM/FORUM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?S=&POSTID=1134094#POST1134094 HTTP://WWW.TALKABOUTAUTOS.COM/GROUP/ALT.AUTOS.FORD.FOCUS/SEARCH.HTML?Q=WATER+LEAK. *JB

THIS IS ABOUT A 2005 FORD FOCUS ZX3, BOUGHT NEW WITH 8 MILES ON THE CAR. DRIVING ALONG @ 65 MPH & ACCORDING TO WITNESSES IN BACK OF CAR, THE DRIVER-SIDE FRONT WHEEL CAME OFF OF THE CAR. THE CAR THEN FISH-TAILED THEN STARTED FLIPPING FRONT END TO BACK END 5 TO 7 TIMES FOR A GOOD 100 TO 150 FEET ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CAR WAS TOTALED AND BECAUSE OF A SEAT BELT THERE WAS ONLY MINOR INJURIES. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 25MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WAS BRAKING UPON IMPACT. THE CONTACT WAS WEARING A SEATBELT AND MINOR INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THERE WAS MODERATE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE POLICE WERE ON THE SCENE AND A REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED FOR THE AIRBAG FAILURE.

THERE WAS SHAKING IN THE FRONT OF MY CAR...I FINALLY WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT MY 2005 FORD FOCUS AND WHEN THEY CHECKED IT OUT, THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE RIGHT FRONT AXLE ASSEMBLY....THEN IN NOV. 2005 I MOVED TO SYLVA, AND HAVE BEEN TO ANDY SHAW FORD 3 OR 4 DIFFERENT TIMES FOR THEM TO CHECK THE SHAKING IN THE FRONT OF MY CAR, TWICE TO BE TOLD THAT MY TIRES WERE OUT OF BALANCE, AND THAT NOTHING ELSE WAS FOUND AT THE TIME...THE FIRST COUPLE TIMES I WENT THERE, I WAS TOLD THAT MY TIRES WERE OUT OF BALANCE, AND THEY CHARGED ME FOR BALANCING MY TIRES...WHICH THIS WAS NOT THE PROBLEM, NOR DID IT FIX THE PROBLEM...AROUND THE THIRD TIME I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP IN SYLVA, THEY DID A TEST DRIVE WITH ME IN THE CAR AND WAS TOLD BY TWO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DEALERSHIP THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH MY CAR AND THAT IT RODE LIKE ANY OTHER FORD FOCUS...I PURCHASED 4 NEW TIRES FOR MY CAR AT A LOCAL TIRE DEALER THIS PAST SATURDAY, AND TODAY I WENT TO AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP AND TOLD THEM WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH MY CAR, AND THEY PUT MY CAR UP ON A LIFT, AND STARTED MY CAR AND GAVE IT THE GAS SO THAT MY TWO FRONT TIRES WOULD SPIN, AND THE DRIVER'S FRONT SIDE TIRE WAS NOT SPINNING RIGHT, BUT THE OTHER FRONT TIRE WAS SPINNING SMOOTHLY...THE FELLOW TOLD ME THAT IT COULD BE MY WHEEL, OR MY TIRE, AND I TOLD HIM THAT I HAD JUST PURCHASED NEW TIRES...THEN I WENT BACK TO WHERE I BOUGHT MY NEW TIRES, AND ASK THEM WOULD THEY PUT THE DRIVER'S FRONT TIRE ON THE NEW WHEEL THAT I HAD IN MY CAR AND THEY DID AND I TEST DROVE THE CAR, AND THE PROBLEM WAS NOT FIXED...I TALKED TO A FORD CERTIFIED MECHANIC THAT HAS HIS OWN SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT IT COULD BE THE TIE ROD, HE WENT ON TO TELL ME THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAD CAME TO HIS SHOP WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, SAME TYPE OF CAR, SAME YEAR, AND ALL... I HAVE BEEN TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP IN SALISBURY, NC WHERE I BOUGHT MY CAR, AS WELL HAVE MADE SEVERAL TRIPS TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP HERE IN SYLVA TO BE TOLD THAT MY TIRES WERE OUT OF BALANCE. *NM

IN DECEMBER MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE FORD FOCUS AND THE STREETS WERE WET, A CAR STOPPED SUDDENLY AHEAD OF HER AND WHEN SHE WENT TO USE THE BRAKES. THEY FAILED AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED. SHE RAN INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF HER. ON MAY 3, 2006 I WAS DRIVING THE SAME CAR ON WET ROADS AND THE EXACT SAME SCENARIO HAPPENED. I NEEDED TO MAKE A SUDDEN STOP AND THE BRAKES FAILED AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP WHICH PREVENTED ME FROM STEERING THE CAR TO AVOID THE ACCIDENT. I HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO BOTH CARS. *JB