2002 Ford Focus: engine stalls while driving

Filed Sep 10, 2015 · Engine · 160,000 miles · MA

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 ford focus. While at a traffic light, the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was able to restart after two attempts. The failure recurred on several occasions. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 160,000.

Filed Jun 12, 2015 · Engine · 130,000 miles · VA

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 ford focus. While driving 10 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 130,000.

Filed Oct 30, 2013 · Engine · 71,000 miles · VT · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 ford focus. The contact stated that while driving approximately 40 MPH, the low oil warning indicator illuminated continuously on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where a small amount of oil was added to the reservoir. Later as the contact was driving an unknown speed, smoke emitted inside of the vehicle cabin. The vehicle then stalled and failed to be restarted. The vehicle was inspected by a certified mechanic, who informed the contact that the engine would needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the defect. The approximate failure mileage was 71,000.

Filed Jun 3, 2013 · Fuel system · 47,000 miles · NC

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 ford focus. The contact stated that while driving approximately 10 MPH, the vehicle stalled with the illumination of the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the fuel pump needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was repaired but the failure recurred. The approximate failure mileage was 47,000 and the current mileage was 48,804.

Filed Nov 1, 2012 · Engine · 94,312 miles · NC

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 ford focus. The contact stated that while driving approximately 50 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was shifted into park and the contact attempted to restart the vehicle but to no avail. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing. The mechanic stated that the engine would have to be replaced due to oil leaking into the engine. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised that the vehicle was not included in any recalls. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 94,312 and the current mileage was 94,312.

Filed Jul 28, 2012 · Electrical · 135,000 miles · OH · fire

I drove my ford focus about 6 miles to a stop light. When it turned green, I pressed the gas. The car stalled like it was out of gas, regained partial power, and displayed the airbag light. It made it to the next stoplight, and I pulled it over to the side and turned it off and removed the key. At that point a plume of white smoke shot out of the driver's side hood. I told my son to get out because I knew the car was on fire. We walked away, and as we did, the amount of smoke increased exponentially. Within minutes, the front end of the car was totally engulfed in flames. The windshield shattered and melted, the hood was charred and black, the plastic parts of the fenders and bumpers melted away, and part of the body metal burned away on the hood and the fenders. Everything under the hood was melted, distorted, or otherwise destroyed. I kept the car very well maintained, making sure to fix everything that was ever wrong with it immediately upon discovery. I kept up on all oil changes. It is perplexing that a car which is so well kept would spontaneously self-ignite, however there have been accounts of fires in the ford focus since 2000, and many since. Now I have added one more. The car, obviously, is a total loss.

Filed Apr 20, 2012 · Transmission · 98,750 miles · MI

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 ford focus. The contact stated that the check engine light illuminated and the vehicle stalled. The contact was able to coast the vehicle onto the shoulder of the road. The vehicle was successfully restarted, but the gear selector would not shift. The vehicle was then towed to a local repair shop, who performed a diagnostic test which discovered that the transmission gear pin was corroded. The vehicle was repaired. The failure and current mileages were 98,750.

Filed Nov 11, 2011 · Fuel system · 155,524 miles · AL

Fuel pump started to cause car to stutter, stall, completely die. Has stalled out on interstate in heavy traffic, in the middle of busy afternoon 4-lane traffic; both times barely making it of traffic and being hit by oncoming traffic w/children in the car! Car manufacture date is 09/01 in mexico. Had fuel pump replace and has failed both times, cost is too expensive for me! Already paid over$1000 for parts and labor! No recalls on this car regarding the fuel system or the ignition switch locking up!!! I have seen more and more of these 2 problems with the early ford focus, why hasn't something been done yet???????

Filed Nov 8, 2011 · Fuel system · 114,000 miles · TN

Car was running funny for about a week. Leaving a store parking lot. I pulled out on the highway and car started missing real bad and stalled. Would not start back up. I had it towed to the garage and was told after they looked at it that it needed a new fuel delivery system or fuel pump and stuff. Another known issue by ford motor company,but not for my ford focus. The guy I pulled out on probably thought idiot.

Filed Aug 26, 2011 · 62,567 miles · CA

2002 focus, stalling out at high speed with no warning. When it happens it's like trying to drive a car without a battery. Nothing works. Happened 10 times in a car with less than 70k miles. We replaced fuel pump, fuel filters, coil, spark plugs and wires, and car will not stay running. Keeps stalling. How many complaints before this model is recalled. Someone is going to die at some point since the car cannot be controlled by the driver when this phenomenom occurs. Ford says there is no known problem with this model. I shouldn't have to replace a fuel pump on a car with less than 70kon it. Ford did change the fuel delivery module for other years but says the problem was not on 2002 model. Obviously they changed it for a reason. This model needs to be recalled and have the "new" fuel delivery module installed.

Filed Aug 22, 2011 · Fuel system · 49,728 miles · WA

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 ford focus. The contact was driving approximately 5 MPH, the engine stalled without warning. The vehicle failed to restart and was towed to an independent where the engine restarted. The technician was unable to duplicate the problem. The similar failure recurred; although the engine restarted. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer who stated the fuel pump would need to be replaced. There was a recall related to the failure under the federal safety agency campaign id number 03v482000 (fuel system, gasoline). The VIN was not included in the recall. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the defect. The approximate failure mileage was 49,728.

Filed Aug 18, 2011 · Fuel system · 132,000 miles · FL · fire

Tl*the contact owns a 2002 ford focus. The contact stated that the wires on top of the fuel pump started to melt. As a result, the vehicle would intermittently surge forward and stall without warning. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and the contact was informed that the melting wires were causing the failure. The failure mileage was 132,000 and the current mileage was 154,000.