2000 Ford Focus SE Wagon from North America - Comments

21st Feb 2003, 08:48

"Never again would I buy or recommend someone buy a Ford Focus"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

Trunk pops open when driving down the road.

Trunk light on dashboard comes on when the automatic door locks lock/unlock.

Trunk light comes on when the automatic door locks lock/unlock.

Back door hinges made horrible noise when opening/shutting door. Ford fixed this.

Middle back seatbelt has been replaced 3 times. It is in today for a 4th time. Seatbelt jams and cannot be used.

Hard plastic casing that driver's shoulder seatbelt comes out of will not stay in place - pops out and will not pop back in. Ford fixed this.

Airbag light on dashboard came on while driving. Ford fixed this - said it was a bad module.

Key-less remote quit working.

Front brake pads and rotors needed replacing after only 15,000 miles.

Adjustment lever that reclines front seat broke.

The air conditioner comes on when I put my defroster on - is this supposed to do this?

General comments?

If I could go back 3 years and do it all over again, I would have never of bought this car. I love it as far as the interior, and it being a station wagon. But there are too many problems!


11th Jul 2007, 20:13

Yes, the A/C is supposed to come on when the defroster is on (or at least the compressor). It needs to dry the air to be sent to the windshield, to clear it. Otherwise it would just continue to fog up the windows.

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