Stalling,coughing,sputtering
2000 Ford Focus fuel system complaints
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On october 10th 2003 I was driving in the ford focus 2000 wagon from new york city to cleveland, oh, about 500 miles. It drove well for about 300 miles, but started to choke and sputter on hills, like it was about to stall. I was hoping I would make it to cleveland for repairs, but it stalled out on me going 65 miles an hour 60 miles outside of cleveland. I was able to restart, and limped into the nearest town and found a ford dealer in ashtabula oh. He said it was the fuel filter and repaired it. It drove fine for the rest of journey into cleveland. But I then headed to new york city a few days later, and again after 200 miles, it started sputtering on hills. Then outside of binghamton, ny it stalled again. I again restarted, and terrified of a fatal accident, I called for road side assistance from verizon wireless. They got a tow truck to get me to a garage, but they were closed. The next morning, I waited for them to diagnose the problem and repair the car, but they were unable to replicate the stalling problem. I drove the rest of the way into new york city terrified, and almost stalled out at the foot fo the george washington bridge. It was after 5:00 pm so the dealership was closed that I bought the car from. So I am planning to have them look at it. But they said that unless they can see the problem, they can't fix it. I also called ford and they said they never heard of this problem. Which I later found out is a major problem with this car, and there is an active investigation underway at the federal safety agency. I am hoping to get by under the lemon law in ny, but fear that the dealership will claim there are no problems with my car. Thank you for listening to my complaint.
Started experiencing problems with the vehicle after purchase. Suddenly in august, all power systems/computer type items began to fail -- power locks, trunk release. Then, car began (and still does) to sputter and shake when stopped/idle until it would shutdown. Also, the radio/cd player would shut off. Checked for tsbs for the vehicle model & year and found at least 15. When I took the car to the dealer (world ford sandy springs) we were told that they are technical service bulletins and that we would have to pay to have the car repaired. Only official ford recall notices, not even ntsa recall notices, would be honored. On top of this, we would be expected to pay $90 per complaint batch (the tsb list was batched in to 3 main areas)for diagnostic purposes and if any of the complaints were related to a recall, the $90 would be refunded as applicable. I expressed that if ford issued a tsb and the ntsa issued a recall notice, then I should not have to pay to have the car worked on.
Nov 2002 took to dealer the car was purchased from, told them it was sluggish and gas guage didn't always register. I thought at that time it was maybe the transmission. I was told nothing wrong, could not duplicate problem. Took to neighborhood dealer for the same problem replaced fuel filter. Had all this work before warranty expired in feb 2003. Never notified about possible fuel pump. June 27th started car and engine died. It then wouldn't start again for about 30 minutes. I took it immediately to my neighborhood ford dealership. Who told me it was the fuel pump and strongly suggest not to drive the car until repair. So the car was left there for repairs. After listen to the service people at the dealership, it came to my attention this was a common problem. I started to invesigate this myself and find 67 cases listed on the federal safety agency website. The common statement was that the while driving at any speed and without prior warning vehicle dies out. On car hitting a park vehicle and several near misses on the highway. 2000 ford focus engine sputters and then stalls at high speeds. My concern is that I have heard and read hundred if not thousands of these fuel pump failures and after many nice but ineffective answers from ford I feel that someone will be injured seriously or die to these faulty and possibly dangerous fuel systems. My dealership previously worked on this telling me fuel filter and I feel know well it was more and like the fuel pump. It seem that the gas guage not registering is a clear sign of problems with the fuel pump.
Extreme amount of problems and recalls, vehicle has low mileage. In addition to listed problems, severe rear tire cupping at 7000 miles, may be attributed to loose rear wheel bearing. Power steering pressure hose leaking, A/C still not fixed correctly cold lasted for about a month drivers door lock wont lock interm. Rear trunk latch wont release from inside car. Fuel gauge erratic, caused driver to run out of gas on a bridge. Maf sensor failure, caused driver to be limited to 15 MPH on freeway till next exit. Vheicles radio stuck on with key removed causing battery drain---happened twice and was fixed. Vehicle is a lease due back for return in august. Cant wait to be rid of this headache but feel sorry for whoever buys it... I would still like ford motor co to reimburse me for the lease payments made for the amount of downtime and time vehicle spent at the dealership to fix some of these problems......thankyou
We have had problems with engine stall for no reason. When we are at 1/4 of a tank or at 1/2 a tank the engine will sputter or stall for no reason.
Car is only 2yrs,8mo. Have currently expended over $4000.00 on repairs. Problem with seals allowing fumes in car from other vehicles running beside mine. The noise and wind shear level is very unsatisfactory. Squeal noise and thumping feeling from pressing on brake pedal. Hesitation on accelerating into traffic flow. Poor quality on parts and workmanship from manufacturer
Engine starts to stalls when comming to a stop. They claim it needs a new cylinder head.
My car started by losing power and the the engine would race up in any gear. The lights on the dash would dim along with the radio and the headlights. Then on oct 31 2002, the gages went crazy. I parked the car and called ford and asked if they would run a test to see what was wrong. They said I would have to pay for the test and I told them I could not afford it. Since then I only drive the car to the store about 5 miles from my house and back. Now the engine is stalling again in any gear. The engine light is on. I again asked the dealership and ford if they could run the test to see what is wrong with car again they refused. I just now wrote a e-mail to ford. I just want my car that only has about 49000 miles to run. Ford is offering a longer warranty on the newer focus why not offer it to us that owner the piece of junk older focus.
We purchased this 2000 ford focus on 11/13/00. We began having problems with the manual transmission for the first time in january 2001 and took it to the dealership on 1/25/01 for diagnosis and repair. The vehicle has been in for repairs 4 additional times for manual transmission problems on 8/01/01, 1/11/02,7/09/02, and 2/13/03. The problems have been difficulty shifting into 1st and 2nd gear, grinding when shifting into 3rd gear. One of the times it was taken in we had completely lost the ability to shift into 2nd or 4th gear. Each time they have fixed the problem only to have more problems occur. The vehicle was taken to the dealership on 1/30/03 for road noise and wobbling in the wheel. The tire almost fell off on the way to the dealership. At that time we were advised that there was a recall on the wheel bearings. We had never received notification of this and in fact the service manager said that he was unaware of the recall until he looked up our vehicle in the computer. They subsequently performed the following repairs: found related damage because of recall as follows, left drum, spindle and bearings refaced right drum r & r right spindle. Rear shoes replaced parts for related damage. This is the information stated on the invoice. At this time the check engine light had also been on so we asked them to also find out what that problem was. They found gross leak found at evap manifold line. Replaced line. This vehicle has also been to the dealership for several recalls including the replacement of a battery cable on 1/30/03 and another unspecified recall on 10/02/01. This vehicle has been in the shop 6 times for a total of 67 days in the 27 months that we have owned it. It now has 35,800 miles and the warranty is about to expire. We have made several calls to the dealership and to ford customer service. They have offered to extend the warranty on the drive train and charge us a $50 deductible each time that the vehicle requires service on this system.
My 2000 ford focus has had problems starting 2 months after I purchased it. It's been in 6 times for excessive brake noise and or squealing. The door hinges were squeeking and had to be replaced due to misalignment..it took 5 times to determine this. Weather strip molding has been replaced due to falling apart around the headlights. The cd player/stereo was replaced with a new factory model when cd player would not work properly. The "new" model was replaced yet again due to coding seen and no numbers in the window digital area. The fuel pump was replaced after stalling more than 50 miles from home...still does not run up to performance. Fuel area reworked again. Would not start due to battery cable. Ford needs to discontinue this model until they can fix the problems it has with it. They also need to get all focus models off the road, they are safety hazzards.
Air has not worked properly from purchasing the car new. I purchased the car in wa state and have moved to ohio. I am now told that even though the problems started prior to the warranty expiring, since I bought the car from another dealer, I will have to pay for any future prolems myself. Fuel, ford know this is a problem, and refuses to tell me if the new fuel pump I had them put in is an old pump or a new one without the problems. Other, exhaust leak, I was told I had an exhaust leak, but the engine still sounds very knocky. I am 4th generation ford, my sister was also and now buys anything but ford, this will also be my last ford, but any cash back would be great after buying the most expensive piece of junk I have ever had.
Car has had the brakes serviced a total of five times and the car is stalling during acceleration. This car has been in shops for several recalls as well as twice for ignition lock failure. One of our children was trapped in rear seat by defective seat belt & had to be cut out with a knife. Car stalls after it warms up. Dealer says it's fuel pump but if that were so, wouldn't it stall waarm or cold. I spoke to an employee at another dealer who said ford was finding problems with sensor connected with cooling system. Who do I believe? They want to charge us $700 to replace fuel pump that probably works fine.
I bought the car in june of 2000 since this time the car has had a number of recalls on the car. I feel that the people that bought the 2000 model of this car should not be liable to pay the amount the contact was signed. Due to the fact that at the time the car was bought, the people that bought the car didn't know that most of the car's life would be in the shop being fixed. Also ford knew that the focus was prone to this happening.
Car stalls when below half a tank of gas. Making sharp right turns causes engine to stall. Car also lurches like it isn't getting fuel properly when going uphill. Fuel pump system has been replaced once.
Fuel pump failure at 53,000 miles.
Fuel system: vehicle was filled with fuel at a gas station. Driver went to leave, car did not start. Attendant informed driver that fuel was leaking from vehicle. Almost a full tank of fuel dumped onto pavement. Fire department showed up and towed vehicle away. Apparent problem: fuel hose linkage had come loose and had fallen off from inside the body of the vehicle. Other: throttle cable breakage in heavy trafic at high rate of speed. Driver meanwhile merging with traffic. Breakage resulting in quick deceleration. Serious accident narrowly avoided. Car was unfortunately out of warranty period, but ford paid for the repair. Towing charge was not reimbursed.
Car stalls, hesitates, getting worse very dangerous!! Fuel system seems bad
Vehicle engine stalls and hesitates when I go around a right hand bend. This happens very regularly as I get onto large or interstate highways.
The consumer received the federal safety agency recall #03v482000 concerning a fuel delivery problem. The consumer took the vehicle to the dealer and they refused to honor the recall. The dealer stated a diagnostic was needed to see if the vehicle qualified for the recall.
Rear wheel bearings wore out within 22,000 miles. The bearings had been replaced under recall 01i017000 , but failed again. *ak the consumer stated the fuel gauge started at half a tank and then went to the full mark. The dealer replaced the fuel pump.
Consumer received the federal safety agency recall 03v482000 concerning fuel delivery problem. Took vehicle to a dealer, and dealer won't honor the recall, claiming need to perform first a diagnostic. Consumer paid $75.00.
While driving vehicle stalled. Dealerships mechanic informed the consumer that the problem pertained to the fuel pump failure. Mechanic had not yet resolve the problem.
I am very angry, I am having the ford focus stalling problem, dealer already replace fuel pump and still stalls, the car has been 30 days at 3 different dealers but haven't fix it, they are aware of this problem but they can't fix it, I have all the same symptoms of the fuel pump problem but this is not what is causing the problem they already check the alternator and it is fine. I hope some one can give me a hand on this I don't know if I can suit ford, and I don't want to wait until I die because this car is hazard, let me know what can I do.
When applying gas vehicle begins to hesitate and engine starts to produce a loud noise.
While driving 55 MPH the vehicle sputtered and stalled without warning. The fuel tank was half full. The driver pulled the vehicle over to the side of the highway and tried to restart the vehicle twice. The vehicle was then towed to the dealer who replaced the fuel delivery module. Please provide any further details. *nlm consumer noted this failure would have been very unsafe had it happened around other vehicles. *ph
Fuel pump malfunctioned, causing intermittent stalling. Fuel pump was replaced five times, however the problem still exists.
We purchased our 2000 ford focus in august of 2003 it had low miles and we figured I was a good car. In october it broke down on us and it was a clutch disk that went out. We said ok and they fixed it under warranty. The day after we got it back from the shop it started making a weird noise so we took it back and they said they need to make a adjustment. Then less than 3 weeks later we ended up having it break down on us once again they had to replace the transmission. Well here we are once again. About a month after the transmission. Going through a stop light one day the car started to have engine hesitation and loss of power and then would stall out. Now they are telling us that water got in our fuel tank and ruined the fuel pump. I just found out by doing some of my own research that the fuel system was recalled in nov of 2003 for cars exhibiting the similar symptoms. The dealership where we purchased the vehicle has not informed us of this recall and states that the water was the cause of our problems.
Ford focus fuel pump fails to deliver fuel and car stalls. Dangerous! I was only less than half of a tank of gas full and my car stalled out on the very busy davis blvd in nrh tx. It repeatedly died when trying to restart the car to get it to a service station. I filled the car up and the car worked fine. Now we never let the car get below a haff a tank. Please resolve this issue we could have been killed! This was the most recent time this has happened. This problem and similar hesitation upon acceleration in turns and going uphill have happened numberous times and have left me feeling like I was going to be stranded or worse- in a wreck. I have also had the common ignition cilinder lock problem, a broken door actuator, a broken lumbar support, drasticaly leaking A/C onto the floor, a very noisy front stut noise when going over speed bumps, front car creaking from right front fender noise at highway speeds, and poor service reps that insult person and destroy car (broke things on car that were not broken when brought in for service). All of these things need addressing, but most of all the fuel/hesitation/stalling problem before someone is killed!
2000 ford focus fuel pump replaced in warranty at 35000 miles. Fuel pump out again at 69000 miles.
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