2000 Ford Focus Body & Structure Problems

THE REAR DOOR LATCHES ON MY CAR HAVE FAILED. THE CAR'S YEAR AND MAKE WAS RECALLED UNDER RECALL: 05S27, NHTSA CAMPAIGN # 05V030000 HOWEVER MY VIN NUMBER IS NOT COVERED UNDER THIS CAMPAIGN. I NOW HAVE REAR DOORS TIED TOGETHER USING A ROPE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE SLIP ON ICE AND CRASHED INTO A BOULDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT PIECES OF THE DASHBOARD FRACTURED CAUSING INJURIES TO THE FRONT PASSENGER'S LEFT SIDE OF THE FACE, FRONT OF NECK, CHEST, ABDOMEN, AND LEFT THIGH WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000.

DRIVING AT 20MPH THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL FELL OFF. THIS HAPPENED DUE TO THE SUBFRAME BEING COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH AND IT BROKE AT THE ARM LEADING TO THE WHEEL. INSPECTION STICKER 9 MONTHS EARLIER DID NOT MENTION ANY ISSUES. CAR BODY DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE ANY RUST. $750 TO REPAIR USING USED SUBFRAME. VALUE OF CAR APPROX $1400. UNUSUAL LEVEL OF SUBFRAME RUST FOR AGE, CONDITION AND GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF CAR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH ON A CURVED ROAD, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MOVED OFF THE ROADWAY TO INSPECT THE FAILURE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE SUBFRAME HAD BECOME COMPLETELY DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE DUE TO CORROSION. THERE WAS ALSO A LARGE HOLE UNDER THE CARRIAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,140.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, SHE NOTICED A LOUD BANGING NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE FRAME WAS FRACTURING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 61,000.

THE 2000 FORD FOCUS STARTED MAKING A GRINDING NOISE 3 WEEKS AFTER PURCHASING IT. THE BACK RIDERS SIDE WHEEL BEARING WAS BAD. IT HAS NOW BEEN CHANGED 3 TIMES IN LESS THAN 1 YEAR AND 6000 MILES! WE FOUND THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL ON THIS SAME THING BACK IN 2001,AND WAS FIXED. SO ITS STILL GOING BAD AND FORD WONT STAND BEHIND IT! ALSO THE DOOR HANDLE WONT WORK AND THAT WAS A RECALL THAT WAS FIXED TOO, ALSO TO BAD SO SAD! FORD HAS TURNED INTO A VERY BAD COMPANY TO DO BUSINESS WITH!WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD FORDS,BUT THAT'S ABOUT TO CHANGE! *TR

2000 FORD FOCUS, REAR DOORS WILL NOT CLOSE, CURRENTLY USING DUCT TAPE. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A RECALL, I'M TOLD NOT MY VIN NUMBER. LOOKED ONLINE, MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS LIKE MINE, ALSO NOT THEIR VIN NUMBER. IT APPEARS TO BE MUCH MORE WIDE SPREAD THAN FORD WANTS TO ADMIT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A GUARDRAIL WITH THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. HE SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD DUE TO THE GRAB HANDLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THE GRAB RAIL IN THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE BECAUSE IT PROTRUDES FROM THE HEAD LINER IN A FOLDED POSITION. THE CONTACT IS IN THE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 139,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 140,000. UPDATED 06/29/09 *BF UPDATED 07/02/09.*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT AND REAR DRIVER'S SIDE DOORS WOULD NOT CLOSE AND THE LOCKS FAILED. THE FAILURE HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE JANUARY OF 2009. IN MAY OF 2009, THE DOORS OPENED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V030000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES: DOORS:LATCH) AND IT WOULD COST $100 TO DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR NO LONGER CLOSES UNLESS IT IS LOCKED. IT CANNOT BE UNLOCKED WITH A KEY. *TR

AFTER RAIN, WATER PUDDLED ON PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR. CONTACTED FORD DEALER WHO SAID THEY ARE UNAWARE OF ANY SUCH PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THEY REFERRED US TO A REPAIR MAN WHO SAID HE FIXED SEVERAL HUNDRED CARS WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. THERE WAS 4 INCHES OF WATER IN CAR AND THERE IS A FOUL MOLDY SMELL IN CAR. APPARENTLY THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM AS I HAVE NOTICED THE SMELL IN CAR PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. *TR

2000 FORD FOCUS SE. MOTOR MOUNTS STRIPPED OUT CAUSING ENGINE TO DROP AND FALL FORWARD TEARING OUT THE "TRIPOD" JOINT AND SAWING THROUGH THE COOLANT LINES. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY IT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CRASH. *JB

DT: CONTACT STATED THE PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK .ALSO, THE BACK PASSENGER'S DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE CHECKED. SHE WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WILL NEED TO BE TAKEN TO A BODY SHOP TO FIX THE DOORS.*AK

WATER LEAKING ON TO THE FLOORBOARD OF THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR. REPAIR PERSON SAID IT MIGHT BE THE HEATER CORE BUT THERE IS NO LEAKING OF ANTI-FREEZE. *NM

A HOLE APPEARED IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT UPHOLSTERY, NEAR THE DRIVERS LEFT HIP. DISASSEMBLY OF THE SEAT CUSHION REVEALED A BROKEN WELD WHICH ALLOWED A SHARP METAL PIECE TO PUNCTURE THE UPHOLSTERY. I ALSO OBSERVED THIS ON REPLACEMENT SEATS I PURCHASED FROM A 2002 SVT FOCUS. PHOTOS (OF THE 2000 SEAT) AT HTTPS://FLIC.KR/P/MLE2FP; HTTPS://FLIC.KR/P/MLDUYH; HTTPS://FLIC.KR/P/MLE5W6. I WAS AWARE OF THE HOLE WHEN I PURCHASED THIS CAR IN 2005, BUT DID NOT DISCOVER THE CAUSE UNTIL RECENTLY, WHEN THE SEAT FOLDING MECHANISM FAILED, AND I HAD TO REPLACE THE SEATS, AND NOTICED A SIMILAR HOLE IN SEVERAL THAT I SAW. I THEN DISASSEMBLED THE ORIGINAL SEAT AND FOUND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. THIS ISSUE IS DANGEROUS IN THAT IT EXPOSES THE DRIVER'S BODY TO A SHARP METAL PROJECTION. *TR

I OWE A 2000 FORD FOCUS SE(WAGON ) AND HAVE INCURRED A PROBLEM WITH THE TRUNK LATCH AND DRIVERS SIDE DOOR LATCH. HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL DUE TO VIN EVEN THOUGH THE PROBLEM WAS THE SAME AS MENTIONED IN THE RECALL. ALSO, VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY BECAUSE IT WAS NOT AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. I AM SUPPOSE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE $456.00 REPAIR FOR THE DRIVER'S DOOR LATCH, AND $148.00 FOR TRUNK LATCH REPAIRS. I HAVE OWNED THE CAR FOR 1 YEAR , THIS WAS THE 4TH FORD, AND THE LAST I WILL EVER PURCHASE. MY COMPLAINT STATED THAT IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON A PART IT SHOULD BE REPLACED AT DEALER'S EXPENSE . I SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR A PROBLEM I DID NOT CAUSE. I TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF MY VEHICLES AND SHOULD NOT HAVE TO SUFFER .*AK

WATER ENTERING PASSENGER FLOOR. CARPET PAD SOAKED MOLD SMELL IN CAR.HAD IT IN DEALER SHOP AT 4500 MILES 16000 MILES THEY REPLACED CARPET AND OBVIOUSLY TEMPORARILY FIXED THE LEAK. NOW THE WARRANTY IS UP AND THE DEALER WANTS ME TO PAY TO HAVE THE LEAK FIXED. I ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR IT MYSELF BUT CANT STOP THE LEAK. FORD HAS SERVICE BULLETINS ABOUT THIS WATER LEAK BUT APPARENTLY THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX THE LEAK EITHER.NOW I AM STUCK WITH A MOLDED SMELLING CAR AND A WET CARPET. *JB

WHILE DRIVING THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT ILLUMINATED THEN SUDDENLY THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR OPENED ON THE CONSUMER 2000 FORD FOCUS. *NM THE DOOR WOULD NOT CATCH WITHOUT HAVING TO LOCK AND SLAM THE DOOR SEVERAL TIMES. *SC *JB

DT: CALLER INDICATED HATCHBACK WIFE'S VEHICLE KEPTOPENING. THERE WAS A RECALL, BUT THE MANUFACTURER CLAIMED THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED BECAUSE IT WAS NOT PURCHASED IN A NORTHERN STATE. DEALER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. *AK

LEAKING WATER INTO PASSENGER FOOT-COMPARTMENT. ISOLATED PROBLEM TO PLASTIC COVER THAT SITS BENEATH WINDSHIELD, AND IS MOSTLY ACCESSIBLE WITH HOOD OPEN. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE PLASTIC COMES AWAY FROM WINDSHIELD DUE TO SOME BUCKLING IN THE PLASTIC. FIXED PROBLEM BY APPLYING PRESSURE TO PLASTIC TO BEND IT BACK TO SHAPE SO IT SNAGGED-UP CLOSER TO WINDSHIELD. NOT SEEN PROBLEM SINCE. MASTIC TO ADHERE PLASTIC TO WINDSHIELD MIGHT BE AN OPTION TO OTHER PEOPLE. THE FUEL GAUGE SOMETIMES REFUSES TO WORK. FOUND THIS TO BE CASE WHEN KEY IS PUT INTO IGNITION AND KEY-TURNED TO START ENGINE WAS DONE TOO QUICKLY. IF ENTERING KEY INTO IGNITION AND THEN TURNING KEY EACH CLICK, GIVING EACH CLICK A HALF-SECOND, THEN GAUGE APPEARS TO BE MORE RELIABLE. WHEN ENGINE GOES INTO SLOW-IDLING STATE, ENGINE IDLES VERY ERRATICALLY AND IS NOT SMOOTH. SOUNDS LIKE ONLY SOME OF CYLINDERS ARE FIRING. THIS HAS ONLY STARTED TO OCCUR TODAY AND SINCE READING COMMENTS ON THIS WEBSITE, I'M CONCERNED. HAVE TRIED ADDING FUEL-INJECTOR-CLEANER TO FUEL TANK, AWAITING RESULTS OF THAT. THE TRUNK WOULD NOT CLOSE. THE PROBLEM HERE WAS FIXED BY REMOVING THE LOCKING ASSEMBLY FROM THE TRUNK-LID AND SIMPLY DOWSING THE MECHANISMS WITH WD40 AND THEN BENDING SOME SPRING-LOADED COMPONENTS.. THERE ARE 2 MOVING COMPONENTS IN THE LOCK. FIRST IS SHAPE OF A LOOP THAT YOU CAN EASILY MOVE WITH FINGER/SCREWDRIVER. THIS COMPONENT LOCKS ONTO STUB THAT YOU CAN SEE WHEN OPENING TRUNK. THE OTHER COMPONENT IS HIDDEN WITHIN CASING AND MOVES IN FRONT OF OTHER COMPONENT TO HOLD IT IN A LOCKED POSITION. PROBLEM WAS WITH THIS COMPONENT. PROBLEM WAS COMPONENT HAD "SOMEHOW" GOTTEN BENT AND NOT FREE TO LEAVE CASING AND BLOCK OTHER COMPONENT. BENDING THIS TO A POSITION FREEING IT OF CASING FIXED PROBLEM. ENGINE LACKED POWER WHEN UNDER LOAD WHEN ACCELERATING, VEHICLE WOULD SHUDDER AND DECELERATE INSTEAD OF ACCELERATE. PROBLEM RESOLVED WHEN FORD DEALER REPLACED SPARK-PLUGS PLUS LEADS AND A FULL ENGINE TUNE-UP. $230 PLUS BUT FIXED PROBLEM. *LA