hi, i know this is the focus group but the escort groups are dead as a dodo.
my question relates to the zetec engine anyway. i have a 1.6 ford escort. i
have little knowledge of car mechanics. my car appears to be drinking oil
and i find i have to put about a litre a week into it. ...

any one know why the paint goes milky white when its been wet over night,
rain drops left on the paint do the same once wiped off all is normal after
half an hour. The doors were replaced cos of corrosion on my focus by a ford
dealer and this happens to 1 of the doors.

Sorry about posting this here, but, I could not find a Ford.Tempo
newsgroup, and thought that there would be some guidance here.  
I have a 1992 Ford Tempo on which the accelerator pedal becomes quite
hard to press.  I notice that the car stays in a lower gear.  When I

Folks,
The local Ford service guys in New Jersey just called.  I brought my
car in for noise that is audible and 'high' with 35mph and when
leaving the foot from accelerator the noise will grow lower with the

bonjour
je vends ma focus TDCI 115   XTREND de 2003
Garantie Ford jusqu en 2006
elle a 5000 km

Several weeks ago I wrote to this NG requesting some opinions on a knocking
sound that I was getting when doing a left turn. The vehicle has done 27,000
miles, and this sound happens intermittently and seem to come from the
offside front. Somebody suggested that it may be a UV joint ...

Hi all,
The indicator(and beeping warning) for the door-open keeps coming on for my 2000 focus, anybody knows what is the problem? I have to open my driver side door and close to get rid of it but it keeps coming back.
Thanks all.

Last night some thiefing ba**ard stole the passenger side wing mirror(whole
unit) and the glass from the drivers side. Does anyone know how much these
are to replace?
They are motorised and heated.

Could anyone with any experience let us know what the worst could be when
this happens.
An engineer at the local dealer must of left his rag on the engine, which
after a short journey from the garage after getting a new power steering

Consumer Reports has at last recognized what the rest of automotive world
has known for some time - that the Focus is the world's best small car. Only
took them four years, but hey it's CR (aka Completely Retarded), so I guess
we couldn't expect better.

it died on the highway while cruising at 85mph. After coasting to an
exit and having it towed I find out the fuel pump died. I also found
out it was on recall and asked them to replace the fuel filter as
well. I had the tranny fluid changed at 70k and always had the oil

Did anyone flush cooling system himself? I've got ZX3 2000 zetec and I
want to change the coolant. I have the general idea what to do the
only problem is to locate block drain plug. If someone knows the easy
way to do it or any tips at all, I will apraciate.

I've done some 50km on the highway without braking and when approaching the
exit a sorprise expected me. Brake lever was hard and braking effect almost
none!!!! Fortunately i slowed down enaugh before to manage to stop just
before the gate with the help of the hand brake! The ...

My son's W reg UK Ford Focus has now had its 4th failure and second AA
recovery because of loss of hydraulic fluid from the clutch slave
cylinder/ release bearing. Each time the garage have returned it after
repair, and said that it must just be bad luck. The car is back in the

My 2000 2.0l has just developed a peculiar temp gauge fault.
The car warms up as usual, the needle rises to vertical (as it always
has) then starts to drop back towards cold, then rises towards normal
again and then fluctuates between just off cold and normal as you