Faults:

The most recent (and one of the only) problem is that the back passenger window falls down! When my brother-in-law looked at it he said it was the regulator or something like that. I heard it was around $200 to fix and me being a college student, I had to find a way around it. So there is a wooden stick holding the window up from the inside. It works great if you don't open and close that door too often!

There is a rattling noise on the dash. I can't figure out where it's coming from. It's annoying, but harmless.

The fuse to the lighter thing went out. So I can't plug in any adapters/chargers. I could probably inexpensively get this fixed, but I'm not going to bother with it.

General Comments:

This car makes awesome U-Turns! I park my car along the curb of my house and have to turn around everyday. It flawlessly makes the U-Turn. If I am in my dad's car (a luxurious 2002 Mazda 626 that he's paying WAY too much for) I have to back it up a million times.

I can go about 250 miles before filling up again and it takes on average 20.00. (well used to... not anymore because of the HIGH gas prices!)

For the price I paid for it (7,900 I think) this car cannot be beat!

Faults:

On 2 separate occasions I've had complete loss of coolant. I had the cooling system pressure tested at 2 different Ford dealerships and the tests showed absolutely no leaks. This one still remains a mystery. I had the ECU updated by Ford which solved a known engine hesitation problem at around 40 mph. The car does have some rattle noise. My bald head has worn some of the leather off headrest.

General Comments:

Despite the negatives this car is never boring to drive. It has a lot of bang for the buck. Very comfortable and roomy inside. Fantastic handling, breaking, and performance. The car has a power-band that reminds of riding a 2 stroke dirt-bike, step on the gas and the powerband kicks in. I commute about 70 miles a day in this car and would recommend it to anyone looking for a very affordable fun to drive sport compact.

Faults:

The brakes have worn out twice due to my job as a paper carrier and how I drive the car, door sealer is torn on passenger side from locking my keys in the car and AAA opening it.

General Comments:

This car is amazing it hasn't died yet I routinely go near 100mph I put 3000 super hard miles on it. I completely flooded the engine going 40mph. I've gotten the car airborne a few times. The only real fault is that the engines real power kicks in at about 3000rpms, but find a road that is hilly and has sharpe curves and take it at about 15 over the speed limit and the car doesn't make a noise except it has a little, but slightly noticeable body roll, but I discovered that on a curvy road going 80 in a 30. A true rally car that only shows what its made of on a race track and not on the strip. Cruises well. If you even what more thrills get the SVT version at your local used car lot because Ford doesn't make it anymore citing it "cost" to much.

Faults:

Rubber door seal on passenger side is torn to that air comes in to the car while driving.

Transmission shudder when coming to a stop.

Gas mileage is horrible for this small of car.

General Comments:

This car has impressed me so far and it seems that people either love it or hate it.

This car takes corners like nothing else; however, it is pretty slow compared to my prior car (1987 integra)

I don't like that the seats do not fully recline. I drive a lot and I pull over to take naps and it's hard to do sitting half way up.

The stereo is impressive for being stock.

I like the looks of the car and it's well designed inside.