2000 Ford Focus ZTS review from North America

You name it.

Endless, endless recalls.

Weather stripping loosened on passenger door and flooded the passenger foot well after a rainstorm. This was an undetectable fault until the dealer found out what went wrong.

Right rear door started "creaking" for no reason. Dealer said there was frame damage (!) even though the car had never been in an accident. Fixed under warranty. Still baffled by that one.

Dealer keeps breaking things. Scratched the A pillar and now the passenger seat belt doesn't retract properly after they fixed ANOTHER recall.

The right rear door/window sounds like it's open all the time. Very shoddily built.

After two years in Europe (prior to being sold in the US) I assumed they would have fixed all the bugs. Boy was I wrong. This thing is the most unreliable car I have owned in years. To add insult to injury the dealer network is awful, they continue to damage the car after fixing yet another problem, and EVERY repair seems to take at least two or three trips to the dealer to get sorted out.

This car has soured me on ever buying American, much less Ford, again. The cheapest parts are used. It's like Ford thinks their customers are idiots. I cannot believe this junk heap is the best selling car in the world.