The bearings are being replaced in areas where salt is used on roads. What about salt conditions on the coast line where salt is a problem year round. Ford refused to replace the wheel bearings , meaning more than one, under the recall for certain states. Please look into this matter as the salt by the ocean is a worst problem than street salt. Please keep me posted on this matter. Nlm
2000 Ford Focus wheels complaints
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While driving at 5-10 MPH front passenger's side wheel broke and fell off the vehicle, bolts sheared off. Contacted dealer, and dealer was not willing to do anything.
Rear drivers side wheel started to wobble. Took vehicle to dealer, and they replaced bearing and retaining nut. Two weeks later, rear passenger side wheel experienced same problem. Consumer feels wheels are defective. *ak consumer stated that the driver side wheel came loose and began to wobble and the right passenger side wheel start making a roaring noise.
The consumer eceived recall notice 00v303, a retainer clip was installed on the left rear wheel and the consumer was told that the wheel bearing was alright and didnot need to be replaced, a few months later the vehicle was taken to have the tires rotated when it was discovered that the left rear wheel bearing was destroyed, the spindle was ruined and the wheel was ready to come off, the consumer contacted the dealer who refused to fix the vehicle under recall, the consumer had the vehicle fixed and is requesting reimbursement. *jb
While driving the 2000 ford focus down a 35 MPH road I proceeded to brake to a stop when front driver's side wheel assembly collapsed, causing car to skid out of control. It came to a stop after hitting a parked car.
The dealer told me that my right rear wheel assembly was completely shot even though the car only has 46000 miles was told by mechanic that there was no way that a car with that few miles could have had this problem without it being a defect. I was told by the dealer that because I didn't have extended warranty it would cost me $780 to repair. I called the ford customer care dept. And they told me that because I had not had my oil changes done at the dealership I had no loyalty to the dealership so they would not help me out. Nlm
Left/rear wheel is causing vibrations in the vehicle during operation at any speed. Recall campaign 00v303000 repairs were previously performed on november 2, 2000. Dealership has not reexamined vehicle to determine the cause of the problem. Please provide any additional information / documentation.
Nuts and studs have stripped, and drum cannot come off when taken to dealer the first time. Vehicle has had that problem since then. Currently, consumer needs to replace drum.
My brakes has consistantly had a loud grinding noise. After several complaints to the dealerships and customer service reps, I was told this is normal. The problem now is that 22,000 miles and 1 year later, I need new brakes. Also, the car was recalled for wheel bolts and nuts. I have seen many complaints about the exact problem. There is no way to tell if you have a problem with the brakes because of the loud noise. My belief is that the car is defective or poorly designed.
Rear wheels wobble when consumer is driving, this problem can happen at any speed. Contacted dealer, and the dealer was not willing to anything. *ak dealer performed recall 00s55b repairs. Consumer adds that vehicle pulls to left and steering wheel is off center.
While driving one of the wheels disconnected.
Tire formed bubble only after a few months of ownership. Took car to firestone dealer and dealer ship. Both say the front right rim is bent that why the tire formed a bubble. They say the bubble was in a certain spot which tells them that I had to of hit a pothole. The tire was replaced with a new one. The old tire was sent to firestone for testing.
Consumer received recalls, 00v303, 00v218, 00v418, recall regarding injector pressure switch, and clutch pedal return spring and clutch master cylinder, however has not had any of them completed, dealer states they are waiting for parts and it has been over 6 months since consumer has heard from the dealer.
Consumer experienced excessive play in the steering wheel while driving, vehicle was towed to dealer who found the loctite wheel nut loose.
1st lug bolt failure occured following a flat tire on right rear. Changed tire following owner's manual and the lug bolt sheared off in the wheel. Dealer replaced part & labor at no charge to me. 2nd failure to lug bolt occurred to left rear while driving. Dealer refused to replace sheared off bolt at no charge to me. Dealer stated that when the tires were replaced at 12,000 miles, that the non-ford tire servicer must have used an incorrect torque specification to remove/replace tires. Dealer could not provide me with the torque specification. Dealer did not fix this defect & let us leave the dealership with only 3 lug bolts on the left rear wheer. The lug bolt on the ford focus are defect and based on the number of other consumers on your web-site experiencing lug bolt failure, the vehicles should be recalled for replacement of the wheel lug bolts.
The consumer lost control of the vehicle while driving, after the accident the consumer received three recalls one of which (oos31) was for insufficient wheel bearing clamp load, the consumer believes this defect caused the accident, the consumer sustained some bruising from the accident.
Engine stalls while driving, dealer does not know why this has happened and does not know how to correct it, possibly engine or computer related.
Consumer was traveling home and noticed a clunking or rattling noise. When her husband pulled passenger's rear tire there was a cap, and a screw fell out. Dealership was aware of problem. *ak consumer stated that vehicle was in for a recall on left back tire, the part that was suppose to have been replaced had fallen out.
Right passenger front wheel collasped ,pulling cv joint out while driving at 30mph, causing wheel to fall sideways and into curb, resulting in damage to vehicle.
Front driver's side tire blewout at end of tread and sidewall with size about 3 inches. Also, on may 8, 2001, rear driver's side tire blewout. Dealer advised that tires blewout due to aluminum rims.*ak
Brake system has had shoes/bearings/ drums replaced due to overheating of wheel. Rear drive's side tire is becoming too hot to touch after normal operation of vehicle. Please provide any additional information/attachments.
The front left wheel snapped off prior to recall notice 00v‑303 causing the vehicle to rollover 3-5 times finally landing upside down facing oncomming traffic, the driver suffered no injuries, although the front of the vehicle was impacted the air bag failed to deploy. Nlm
Bolts popped on each side of wheel. One of the bolts got stuck in wheel. Dealership was aware of the problem.
00 v 418 000/seat hinge: 00 v 411 000/wire harness: 00 v 303 000/rear wheel hub nuts: 00 v 218 000/fmvss 201: while vehicle was in the dealer shop for is routine check up consumer was informed of four recalls, and ,was unwilling to give a appointment for repairs, consumer called on two other occasions, and still dealer, hertige ford, burington, vt; phone# 802/865-8150 refused to help in these recall repairs. Seeking help from the federal safety agency in these matter.
The right rear wheel drum assembly has insufficient clamp load which causes loud grinding, clunking noise from the right rear wheel and vibration, ford has recalled the left wheel but not the right. Nlm
Received recall notice (00v‑303) october 2000, part(s) not available to correct campaign, received recall notices (00v‑218) & (00v‑411) december 2000, appointment made for january 2nd to correct all 3 campaigns, waited four hours at dealership, claimed vehicle, invoice showing "parts necessary to correct" recall campaigns (00v‑218) & (00v‑411) not there. Cj
The dealer has no parts availeble to repair recall 00v‑303 of the rear wheel hub retaining nut, it has been over 90 days and the dealer has not contacted consumer about the availability of the parts. Nlm
The consumer learned of recall through the media and never received a recall notification concerning the (00v‑303)recall, consumer is not satisfied with the amount of recalls issued to the vehicle and does not feel safe.
Strut was replaced, tires were replaced 6 times because of the strut failure which caused excessive wear, the vehicle had less than 10,000 miles after all the tire replacements. (attorney for client)
Consumer recieved 2 recalls, 00v‑303 (hub retaining nut) and 00v‑218 (fmvss 201 interior head impact requirements) and is very upset, disheartened and frustrated by these notices because he has to take off work to have them repaired. Nlm
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