Ford Focus Change Vehicle

"would not hold"

"The rear wheels must be aligned but have no camber adjustment from the factory. The car ate tires voraciously because of this, and about 20k miles ago a shop told me I should have aftermarket control arms installed on the rear. I had them do it and, so far, the tires are lasting longer. I will look for this in any new front-wheel drive vehicle I purchase that has rear-wheel alignment."

"Front ball joints need to be replaced"

"Failure"

"One repair shop said the back bushings are worn"

"Anti-sway bar ends needed replacement."

"An old o ring wore out and needed to be replaced, mechanic charged me $150. its an old car and this is to be expected"

"Strut collapsed contributing to steering linkage problem"

"Bad vibrations causing motor mounts to need replaced"

"had to replace both struts in the front of the car"

"Rear shocks improper at assembly and had to be replaced almost immediately after purchase...with type from older model...functioning properly now"

"Front / Rear shocks needed replaced completely"

"wore out with age"

"Started getting noises from rear area and water leaking into floor in back of station wagon"

"Also failed and were replaced"

"Problem was with the rear suspension wearing out. It needs complete replacement. This seems to be a weak point with this vehicle. Cost will be $1,000.00. My wife loves the car and it will be repaired. Ford and other manufacturers should be manufacturing a small station wagon but no one seems interested.. Ford quit making them because they weren't selling in sufficient numbers yet when we wanted to buy one we had trouble finding any on the new car lots."

"The steering has become very difficult-it takes a lot of effort to turn the steering wheel in order to make a turn. This started happening about 3 months ago.I have just dealt with it because I was anticipating trading in this car earlier this year, but I can't do it now because of the Coronavirus quarantine & because I'm on furlough from my job."

"Steering linkage failed and car could no longer be controlled"

"tie rods, sway bars, need frequent repair/replacement"

"One a year they need changing. Always breaking despite normal drive"

"This vehicle eats tires. I think the main problem is the rear wheel alignment; move the alignment specs closer to the edge of the manufacturer's recommendations and the tires last longer"

"Experienced fast wearout with Pirelli low profile tires on the ZX4/SES model..still has this problem...on 3rd set of tires(in 107000 miles)"

"Original problem was passenger-side CV joint replacement. Driver-side wheel main bearing went out after that, probably because CV repair tech loosened driver-side wheel but didn't tighten down wheel nut, but we weren't sure that was the cause"

"Driver's side rear wheel bearing wore through. Would've been dangerous if I hadn't caught it quickly"

"The wiring harness from the hatch has developed on open that affects the middle break light, rear window washer and lift gate ajar indicator light. I have not had this repaired"

"failure of turn signal on rear"

"Tailgate license plate lights completely corroded away"

"dashboard lights would not work, had to keep replacing the fuse"

"stopped working"

"Could not remove ignition key. When fixed by garage, interior lights would not work"

"Rear door release doesn't work - have to open door with key"

"Keyless entry has always been unreliable, but it completely failed on me a while back and no one at the dealeship has been able to fix it. The failure is not associated with one of the main fuses in the fusebox and is, apparently, the combination of"

"Rear wiper motor does not operate. Dealer says it needs a new motor at a cost of $500. Ridiculous"

"Same as first problem"

"Motor broke"

"Squeaking rear trailing arm bushings. Oil leak from axle shaft seal. Heat shielding needed reattachment (more than once) due to corroded fasteners. Tailgate shocks needed replacement"

"Instrument cluster vibrates at various frequencies depending on the speed of the vehicle and vibrations set up by the engine"

"The heat shield over the exhaust or the catalytic converter came loose and had to be resecured to the underbody. simple repair, just noisey"

"The are rattles and clunking noises from the front-end. I have had some repair work done, but the noises are still there. I am living with it!"

"right rear squeaks when driving and stiops when raining"

"rear suspension...it took forever to diagnose it"

"Sheaths installed over rear park brake cables to eliminate bothersome rubbing noises from rear of car"

"LOUD high pitched squeal when braking. When brakes are dusted off it goes away but then comes back within a week"

"Metal squeaks when stopping on hill, turning hard right. No one has been able to identify or fix this."

"With the windows rolled down a significant resonance is set up inside the vehicle that has a frequency like a fast drum beat"