Faults:

Brake fluid line needed repair due to leakage. Brake cable on the parking brake became entangled and is now unusable.

Needs pads and rotors replaced.

Headlight motors failed, lights are now forever up.

Glove box door latch broke. The glove box is now always open.

General Comments:

Interior lights are wonderful and easily adjustable for brightness.

Driver's seat is great and extremely adjustable to any body type.

The pick-up and speed on this car is awesome, it's great for a 4.0 cylinder!

Absolutely no fading of the interior.

Very easy to maintain and the check fluids.

Faults:

Headlights came broken, expensive to replace or find used parts.

Burns oil when cold.

Wheel fell off during highway use (thank's to my service centre).

General Comments:

I have to say, I'm not sure if the previous owner did something to this car, but I've yet to loose to a rice boy Civic. With a lot of tender lovin' care the car is a beauty, and realistically has never failed me, be it taking me to work, or putting out its all against an Acura (Most of the times winning those 0-60 races). I can't help that some people can't drive stick and lose to Civics.

The car has pep, and for me, is adequate for speed, handles decent on ice in the winter on Artic Alpines.

Faults:

I have had the transmission go bad because of a hose that was too long and rubbed the battery and battery holder. This caused a hole and lost transmission fluids, and the transmission burnt before I could pull over...

The switches on the windows.

General Comments:

Other than the problems that I have listed above, the car has been a sweet heart to me. I happen to be a teen punk and I like to toy with those Civics. In this I have wholloped a few, so this is a decent import killer.

Faults:

New struts front and back.

New strut mounting plates and bearings on the front.

Lights won't go down (and drained the battery, cost me two brand new batteries in 6 months)

Seats worn.

Leak on the front passenger side that I cannot find.

Replaced antenna.

Radiator leaked for a little while, then just stopped.

Going to need new timing belt.

New half-shaft on the front drivers side.

General Comments:

Not very good looking, slow pickup, seems to cause me problems all the time, but I feel it is reliable enough to drive long distances and through very harsh winters. Handles well, the seats suck, rear is way too small.

Faults:

Had to replace brake pads, new rotors. Needed a bulb for the fog light. That's it, (knock on wood).

General Comments:

Excellent car, very responsive and quick. I love to get into races, usually the 4cyl turbo can hang in with the best of em'.

Faults:

The radiator failed, supposedly because the radiator is made of metal and the top is plastic and the two expand and contract differently...

The automatic seat belts sometimes failed to run their full track, and somehow kept the motor engaged thus drainig the battery beyond repair (they were eventually "recalled" or at least replaced)...

The car leaked somewhere around the dash and windshield though no amount of searching could ever determine excatly where from, the windows whistled...

I bought the car new, drove it almost exclusively on the freeway and was very disappointed in it... finally decided I should be madder at Mazda than Ford, since it was made by Mazda. The car had absolutely no resale value... everything that went wrong with it cost a minimum of $500, the cost of repairs definitely added up to more than the cost of the vehicle. My repair shop said they had nothing but complaints about this particular Ford. It did have a nice sound system.

General Comments:

* I did end up buying another Ford, a Windstar. The financing was the incentive and determining factor. Otherwise I would have demanded a Honda. Regardless, my response to the above question about whether or not I would buy another Ford is "No." I have absolutely no loyalty to Ford and the "Quality is job 1" slogan has become a joke to me. I assume the "out of 10" scale above means that 10 means it was very comfortable or reliable, 1 means it was not. I have since "sold" the vehicle... wish I'd never bought it... thanks for the chance to finally say something in a format that might make a difference.

Faults:

Windshield wipers are crap.

Front bumper cracks easily.

General Comments:

Nice performance, but lacks in the looks category.

Faults:

Windshield wipers. Motor needs replacement. Seen same problem with similiar year Probes.