Faults:

Horrible cooling problem.

Plastic thermostat housing corroded at about 86,000. VERY NOTORIOUS FOR THIS.

Plastic heater core hose splitter crumbled at about 90,000.

Driver's seat latch broke.

Left light behind gauges doesn't work.

Blower motor resistor always goes bad; it's on its 3rd one.

General Comments:

Good gas mileage.

Terrible ride.

Very noisy; vibrates a lot just idling.

Faults:

Winter package included heated mirrors, which stopped working in the first year. Heated seats overheated and were fixed under warranty. No problem thereafter.

Third different Ford to need a new fuel pump under 150,000kms. Excuse from the dealer is these new-fangled high pressure pumps don't like near empty gas tanks. Kept mine above 1/4 full after that.

ABS went after 200,000kms. No effect on braking, so didn't bother fixing.

Went through two starters and three alternators in 6 1/2 years of ownership. First replacement, I was stranded in mid-January, snow storm, late at night on a highway frequented by logging trucks. The charge light never came on; the car just died!

Ford claimed no maintenance for 200,000kms. Finally replaced timing belt after 230,000kms.

General Comments:

Used this vehicle for 6 years travel over every back road Western Canada created, and some that were just mud tracks to oil pumps. Worked much better in reverse to get through deep snow and slop. Was easily looking forward to accumulating 400,000kms, when it was totalled at low speed by a F250 4x4.

Curse Ford for discontinuing the wagon. Moved a lot of stuff in that thing. Great height and length.

Curse Ford for dumping the Zetec 2.0L. It was a great motor.

Leather seats were comfortable and durable.

Faults:

Problems :

- Rattle noise.

- Accelerator pedal sticking.

- Engine management light (some lambda sensor).

- Dashboard light flickering.

- Accelerator pedal vibrating.

- Fog in headlights.

- Speedo light not working.

- More rattle noise from front and underneath.

General Comments:

This car seems so-so. If you are a mechanic and can lift your car with a hydraulic lift, this car should be no problem, but I am not a mechanic. I also don't feel safe with all the body roll.

The AC is good, and the space is also good. But the car seems so cheaply made; so many rattles.

Faults:

The only problem we've ever had is the car started trying to stall when I'd stop at a light. We didn't know if the fuel filter had ever been replaced, so my boyfriend installed a new one, which took about 15 minutes. We haven't had a problem since.

General Comments:

I bought this car, because my boyfriend took over my Mercury Mountaineer, so I was stuck driving a $500 beater Oldsmobile.

This car is exactly what I was hoping for. It gets great gas mileage, and seems to be indestructible.

One thing that I don't like so much is the front seats. They are fine for around town, but whenever we go on a road trip, you tend to get pretty sore.

Also, this car is horrible on snow and ice. We live in ND, so we get a lot of snow in the winter, and this year I broke down and bought a 4-wheel drive, so the Focus just sits in the winter. At least I don't have to worry about anyone sliding into and wrecking my pretty little Focus!