CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2002 Ford Focus 2.0L SOHC engine has a defect where the intake valve seat fails. The valve then falls into the cylinder, destroying the engine & most owner relationships with Ford in the process.
10.0
really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
14,500 miles
About These NHTSA Complaints:
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.
I am not sure Ford has completly fixed the problem with the rear wheel bearings on the Ford Focus vehicles. I just had to take my car in to the dealer, because the complete wheel and hub asy just about came off the vehicle (wheel bearing failure). Could have caused a accident if the wheel came off, and possible injury to my wife.
The rear end of the car started to wobble, loose control and fish tail at a driving speed 0F 70 to 75 mph on a totally non slippery dry road. On wobbling, the car quit responding and started fish tailing eventually rolling over twice before it came to rest upside down down a hill. The police officer that investigated the crash site, looked into the tyre marks and verified that the brankes had been hit even before the car touched the fog line(wake up strip). The officer also made a note in his report requesting for an investigation into the rear axle of the car.
- Morrisville, NC, USA
Search CarComplaints.com for these popular complaint phrases...
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
- Westland, MI, USA