ron tarr

A member of the Philip Greenspun's Homepage community since June 30, 2001

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June 30, 2001, on Ford Story:
Ford Focus 2000 wagon. This car ahs been unsafe for over 10 months with back fold down seat pivots breaking after one or two days. A recall finally has fixed it. The wagon has had 4 recalls so far, but before this I have experienced problems with most of them. Clutch Spring broke took over two weeks to get parts. Ignition locks up and car is off the road for a full week. Battery cable wire breaks from plastic coupling and it takes 9 weeks to get a part a full 2weeks after calling Ford of Canada "Executive" area. In one year the car has been broken up to 75% of the time. It has been out of service for 10 weeks plus many day trips to the service department. I just got it back and the radio sounds like an ambulance if you turn on the signal lights or depress the breaks. So far this vehicle is a nightmare. I am awaiting Ford to see if they will compensate me for rental cars, or other losses.