2002 Ford Focus Zetec review from UK and Ireland

After 2 days, (40 miles) first and reverse gears began sticking and popping out

After 10 weeks (900 miles) the offside gator arm split & I had to towed to the dealer who also discovered a defect with the offside drive shaft which was replaced

Now 16 weeks later after driving approximately 4 miles along a busy A road, without the dashboard showing any warning lights an with no change to the temperature gauge, the expansion tank blew as the cooling fans did not engage resulting in the engine cutting out leaving me with no steering and running into the high kerb of the central reservation, the impact leaving me with neck and shoulder pain..

Anyone else had similar problems??

Ford are refusing to exchange the car or refund my money although they have offered to exchange it for a LX model or buy my Zetec back for 9000 pounds when I paid 13,500pounds for it in March as a brand new car.