Purchased 2000 Ford Focus 7/2000 2/00 safety recall on rear wheel bearings indicates loud grinding clunking noise. 1/01 recall on the A-pillar trim panels complained about my rear brakes squeaking causeway Ford manahawkin NJ found nothing however they replaced rear brakes and rotated tires 10/01 recall wiper motor pack I complained about front brakes squeaking Ford cleaned and deglazed front brake pads and did another tire rotation 12/01 recall rear wheel bearings constant wobble and grinding noise from rear tires sqeak continues on brakes 6/02 humming noise from tires road test confirms noise coming from front left tire they rotated my tires noise continues Ford say I need new tires I am at 31,000 miles 7/02 got a flat Firestone repaired patched tire was "ok" 8/02 power steering pump to be replaced 10/02 continuing loud noise in rear traced to failed bearing Ford says they did service on a previous recall. 10/02 loud humming noise in front Ford inspection revealed a choppy tire they rotated tires front to back 10/02 at 38,400 miles purchased 4 Firestone tires 3/03 recall pinch bolt 5/03 brakes continue to squeak, grind, turns out front rotors are shot at 48,000 miles replaced front rotors complete front disc brake job bendix by tranz connection 8/03 alternator to be replaced car dies while driving, stuck in mass. For 4 days precision auto body. 12/03 check engine light on doesnt go out brought to Firestone need to reset computer 12/03-12/04 car is stalling close to 1/4 of a tank of gas, I attribute this to not having enough gas in car and try to avoid 12/04 recall on fuel pump 2/04 lower radiator hose clamp to be replaced 7/04 loud humming grinding noise while drivingbring to Firestone find a craked coil spring can lead to the tire seperating from the car front right wheel needs strut assembly with coil spring mount bearing bellow with alingment back breaks leaking wheel cylinder.

- Forked River, NJ, USA

Problems with Ford Focus brakes. It started squeaking after 10,000 miles. I took it in to the dealership and they said it was normal and to check back around 36,000 miles. Well, it's already at 36,000 and it is already grinding and sqeaking all the time, even when it's not raining. I took it in to a professional brake specialist and they wanted to charge almost $ 500 to replace the rotars, brake pads and shoes. They said it very unusual for a car with low miles to have the rotars replaced. I was not about to dish out that amount of money to replace them when they should be covered under my extended warranty.

- Alvin, TX, USA