This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
2000 Ford Focus. Consumer smelled something burning while driving and continued to drive for about a mile. Stopped vehicle, got out, and there was a strong smell, but was unable to detect from where the smell was coming. A couple days later went to park vehicle in garage and noticed that both headlights were out of place. Upon inspection noted a melting of the mounts and housing, and the bulb holder was loose, spring was not efficient enough to withstand jarring. Consumer felt this happened because consumer had to drive over several railroad tracks, and felt this could have loosened these parts. No repairs done. Took vehicle to dealer for a pricing of the repairs, which was $60 each headlight, and dealer did not specify why this occurred.
Headlights/radio and electrical parts would come on and off on their own. Consumer drove vehicle to dealer for inspection, but mechanic could not duplicated the problem
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- St Louis , MO, USA