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I cannot find the service valve for the A/C. Also the engine will not idle when the A/C is turned on. Need some help.
Lamar
Don't Worry, the uk versions of the Ford Focus are not built any different to the US, there both as bad...!!!
As far as the flooding is concerned, (passenger footwell)
For a quick fix park the passenger side up on the curb to allow water to drain from the drivers side, then seal the pollen filter base unit with clear silica ASAP...
This can be accessed by removing the cover plate (on the passenger side) under the hood by undoing one screw.
No more flooding and a damn sight cheaper than taking it to the garage for repairs.
Happy motoring...
I have an 01 Focus ZTS, it has a terrible rattling/clunking sound in the left front when I am driving. The noise gets worse if you turn the wheel while moving. It sounds like the wheel is going to fall off. It is also wearing this tire at nearly a 45 degree angle on both the inside and outside of the tire. The front springs have been replaced as has the lower ball joint with no results. There are no visible causes for this noise. I have jacked the car up several times and cannot find anything that appears to be loose or damaged.
Has anyone ran into this problem and if so, what is it.
I have to take a long trip in a few weeks and need to fix this problem.
I do not recommend taking a long trip in a Focus. I did it and I was stuck in the Desert. This was when it only had 40k miles on it. I recommend taking it to a Toyota or Honda dealer and trading it in for a new car. You will be paying more on repairs than the car is worth. Take your car to a mechanic and check the wheel bearings. The focus I had needed new bearings in the front. If your car stalls in the desert, your fuel pump may be bad. Just wait 30 minutes and start the car again. Go 10 miles and stop again. Cool down car and repeat. Good luck and god speed.
I've had nothing of the problems you describe. I had a 99, a 02 and I'm now on a near new 06 model. What has gone wrong on these cars; next to nothing I'd say. But the 99 had bad paintwork and was starting to rust inside the doors after few years, but I traded after 3 years. Nothing mechanically though.
The 02 was real good, nothing wrong and not a single rattle anywhere and built quality on the 02 was better than the 99.
The 06 is an all new car model, and has so far been equally good as the 02. It's more up-market than the previous generation Focus. I'm driving this car to 09/10 and I'll do a trade in. Best cars I'd ever had.
Yes, the brakes are a little loud on these cars, but that's about it.
I have a 2003 Focus and am experiencing flooding in the passenger side footwell; at one stage it was about 2 inches!
I took it to a Ford garage and they shrugged me off, saying it's not done there and I need a body shop. They quoted me £105.00 just to determine where the leak is coming from. So I left there and found the web; it seems loads of people are having trouble with a leaky Ford! And almost all of the results are about the pollen filter.
Is it worth just changing it and hoping for the best? As that is so much cheaper than paying an idiot to stand with a hose for an hour, who gets paid £105 for doing it.
Has anyone encountered this and had it fixed, but it turned out to be something other than the pollen filter?
Thanks.
I've had the 2001 focus se and I have had nothing, but trouble since day one. The first thing was stabilizer links front end. the second was springs and shocks. (42000km) the next was brakes and rotors.4300km) the fuel pump47000km) and lots of bulbs. Now they think it's the motor I did all the work that has to be done every month this car is nothing, but a money sucker. I have 10 payments left so the car is done, but I still have to make the payment so buyers beware if you want a car that's going to last longer than your payments don't buy a ford focus it's trouble. stacy canada.
I have Focus 1.8 Ghia,2002. For a change I have a leak on driver side foot well.It's not a water looks like a few drops of oil. It is near the clutch pedal. It is brown light color. Do I have to worry about this? Did anyone hear about this problem. Help. Greg.
Yo people.. I just had the same leakage problem in my focus 1.8 ghia '52. water was leaking into the passenger footwell. took it into my garage. this is what you need to do... don't take it into ford cos theyll murder you with quotes. my garage told me basically the seal on the pollen filter cover is naff on the old models of foci, i. e pre '55? and so water was running into the footwell via the ventilation ducts. anyway... so they just called ford up, ordered the modified pollen filter cover, plonked it on.. ran a hose over the car again and bang. no more leak! so yer.. I hope this ends the ford focus leakage syndrome lol!
It is clutch master cylinder.
I have a 2004 Ford Focus Se with 78,500 miles on Vehicle and I love the Ford Focus Nothing wrong just oil changes and routine Maintance on the Vehicle until 2 month ago when I went about 70 miles on the Freeway and noticed when I hit the brake the Transmission Light came on for about 5 seconds and the car jerked forward and my radio went off and on. But this doesn't happen every brake you do. It happened about 4 times and I pulled into a gas station and checked the trans fluid and it was OK.2 weeks later this happened again. Also I have a clicking noise under the dash and my headlights flicker also my light inside the car as well. I went to Midas and told then the story and they did the diagnose and everything is OK.1 week later it happened again so I took it into Ford Dealership and told then the story. I did buy another radio and after I bought the radio this started to happen so I went to the Mickey Shorr and told them the story and they said that everything is OK.I'm still having this issue and no one seems what the cause of the trans light comes on when braking and the car jerking and the light flickering. Is any one else having the same issue and if yes what's the fix.
Well, I just bought a 2000 Ford Focus with 84K. It has fairly low miles and the car is in great shape and it looks new. I even ran a Carfax on it and everything checked out. I test drove it and really liked how it handled and felt. Then last night I drove it home during the first decent rainstorm we have had here in East Tennessee since the spring and guess what? I tried to trace the problem in the dark when I got home and it seemed the water was coming from whatever you call the cover over the pollen filter.
I have called the Ford dealership and they put me through to Parts. The fellow I talked to didn't know anything about a "pollen filter" or a cover for it. I described it to him and he called it a "cowl". He said he could order one, but he couldn't say if it had been modified to correct the problem. Right around $70 and it might not help things. Guess I'll look for some sealant. Just wondering, can anyone tell me the proper technical name for the part I'm referring to?
Rick.
I had the water on the passenger floor board problem 4-5 years ago on my 2000 Ford Focus. The problem was "fixed" under warranty. However, after heavy rain last week, I found a puddle on the floorboard again and the car had been parked all morning.
After checking with a glass company to rule out the possibility of a windshield leak, it was off to a body shop today. What they found was a part that had been replaced with a piece of plastic, duct taped in place. The plastic has aged and had cracked, allowing the rain to come in through the fresh air vents.
After reading all of the prior comments about the pollen filter, I believe the dealership that "fixed" the original problem, replaced the filter with a makeshift one! I'll be taking that up with them.
Yeah I last year purchased a 2000 focus zx3. I have had no trouble with it except for excessive squeaking of the brakes n unusual wear on them. But a few weeks ago, I found a massive puddle of water in the passenger side floor of the car. I've read all of everyone else's comments on there foci, and I really appreciate the tips for fixing some of the stuff. So now I'm off to get the part I need to fix the problem, and if that doesn' t work then I'll seal the whole darn area up, lol. Thanks people.
I have a 2002 Ford Focus, and have the same problem with water in front right passenger floor area after a heavy rain that many have that post here.
I have had the right passenger side cowl grille panel off once before.
Can those that have fixed it tell me exactly what they used and perhaps where they got it?
tfuller52@aol.com