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acraftylady - 07 Jul 2005 19:35 GMT

I have a 2000 Ford Focus SE with 55,000 miles I bought brand new. Up
until recently I had only taken it on a long trip once when it was new
so it only gets driven around here for the store and such but I have
had quite a few problems with the darn car. Recently we decided to
take it on a trip to Hershy Pa. from Buffalo NY. Got 6hrs. into the
trip on the expressway and the fuel pump went, guess it couldn’t
handle the hills. We had no clue what was going on at the time but we
managed to crawl off to the nearest exit and park and call the AAA.
The two Ford dealers in the town I called said they were backed up if
it was transmission and couldn’t help us that day and we had hotel
reservations we would loose if we didn’t get there so the AAA guy
suggested the Firestone in town and they said as long as it wasn’t
transmission they could help us. We towed it there and they found it
to be the fuel pump and 4hrs. and $500 later we were on the road
again. They guy said he has replaced a lot of shody fuel pumps in the
Focus and this did not surprise me with all the problems I have had
with this car. Ignition, wiper switch, something else with the
wipers, recently air conditioning and now the fuel pump. I have been
so unhappy but getting rid of it and getting something better is not
an option right now so I have to hope for the best . When I got home
I went to the dealer an complained and they are submitting my receipt
and say I may get reimbursed so does this mean there is a known
problem with the fuel pumps or what? I know one of the many recalls
was the fuel filter and I remember having that done.

Also is there somewhere online I can look up all the recalls on this
vehicle?

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Michael Heiming - 07 Jul 2005 21:01 GMT

In alt.autos.ford.focus acraftylady <UseLinkToEmail@autoforumz.com>:

> I have a 2000 Ford Focus SE with 55,000 miles I bought brand new. Up
> until recently I had only taken it on a long trip once when it was new
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> transmission they could help us. We towed it there and they found it
> to be the fuel pump and 4hrs. and $500 later we were on the road

[..]

> Also is there somewhere online I can look up all the recalls on this
> vehicle?

http://www.ford.com/en/vehicles/owners/recalls/invalidvin.htm

Had not much problems with my Focus and still enjoy driving it.

OK there are few "bugs/features" built in by Ford, a little rust on
the rear door (wagon) was fixed on warranty. Looks like it would
come through again, I'll see if Ford is willing to fix it
now probably (== new rear door) or repair again. 12 years
warranty can be long.

On the other hand zero problems with reliability, like all other
Fords owned by me. Won't get the new Focus, the design is
terrible.

Anyway, from reading here it seems to matter where your Focus was
manufactured and for whatever reason European made Focus
generally of better quality. Perhaps because a car of the Focus
size is in Europe the class of the most sold cars.

You don't see much SUV and alike, simply for the reason fuel is
about 1.25 EUR/l --> 5.65 USD/gal, you'll have problems finding
parking lots and more...

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joes1girl - 08 Jul 2005 20:14 GMT

The site you gave is one site that gives recalls that are "applicable" to
your vehicle via VIN. Here is another site that show approximately
recalls regardless of VIN. Fuel System is one listed.

http://www.autosite.com/content/own/service/index.cfm/action/recalls?CPCID=22041
-13-7264-0-1927-60-0-0&id=22041

I hope this helps.

v/r
Elizabeth

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