2000 Ford Focus LX 2.0

Summary:

Expensive to maintain all the factory flaws, but is reliable enough to buy another Focus

Faults:

I love my 2000 Ford Focus LX, but it has had many problems.

My brakes have gone out numerous times in the short time I've had the car.

When the gas gets to a quarter of a tank the car jolts and sputters and loses speed, making it impossible to drive.

My ignition locked at only 63,000 miles and had to be totally redone, a pretty penny.

My stereo goes on and off by itself.

My head gasket blew at 98,000 miles.

My wheel covers break all the time.

General Comments:

The car is very comfortable and she rides pretty smoothly.

It does have some get up and go, but it maxes at 110 MPH.

There is not much storage space in the car, such as no center console and my glove box isn't big, but there is a lot of trunk room and passenger room.

It gets excellent gas mileage.

Very cheap on insurance.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes

Review Date: 2nd January, 2005

2000 Ford Focus

Summary:

Ford Focus Sucks!

Faults:

My ignition switch would not turn so I had to replace that. It hasn't even been a year yet and my ignition switch just started acting up. We had to replace tires and put new ones on there about 2 times. We had to get the fuel pump replaced. The CD player will place, but if you want to replace the CD, you better do it before it gets hot. After it gets hot, it won't even play a CD if you try changing it out. Right now my ignition is messed up again and my car is making this loud noise.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? No

Review Date: 13th December, 2004

14th Dec 2004, 11:40

Loud noise. Have you changed your oil lately?

2000 Ford Focus SE Station Wagon 2.0 Zetec

Summary:

A great little car for the money

Faults:

This car has been very reliable to date. I have had a total of three problems:

1. I had to replace a rear wheel brake cylinder,

2. I replaced the passenger side, front wheel bearing (it was bad when I bought the car)

3. the dealer replaced the fuel pump, under warranty, due to mild surging under load - a know issue with the Focus.

General Comments:

I have owned the Focus for about a year now. This car has been a very good, and reliable car for me. Considering the age, and mileage, I don't consider that any of the work performed was premature, or out of the ordinary. I perform regular, routine maintenance - oil and filter change every 5,000 Km.

My only problem with the car is that, during rainy weather, I have to run the AC or the windows will fog inside the car, to the point that it's impossible to see out. I am sure this is specific to this car, and not a problem with all Focus's, in general. I have not done a lot of investigation into this, as it has not been a huge issue.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes

Review Date: 1st December, 2004

27th Dec 2004, 11:28

I have a ford focus wagon SE from 2000, I want to sell it, how do I find out wethet it has ABS breaks or not?

7th Mar 2005, 12:51

ABS brakes are easy to discover. there are two main methods:

1. get dirty taking the front wheel apart and look at the backside of the rotor for ridges or a sensor.

2. find an empty parkinglot or abandoned road, get going pretty quick and hammer on the brakes as hard as you can and hold them. if you see an extreme pulsing sensation under your foot, or hear a noise similar to your nose being pushed and dragged along the surface of the road, you have ABS. if your wheels lock up and you start to skid out of control, you don't.

Good luck.

7th Mar 2005, 14:37

A much easier (and safer) method would be to look for an ABS warning light when you start the car. If you have the warning light, you have ABS.