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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006067569 | Incident Date: May, 04 2006 |
| Consumer's City: WOODSTOCK | Consumer's State: IL |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: FOCUS | Model Year: 2002 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Fuel system, gasoline:delivery:fuel pump |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1FAFP36322W | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jun, 07 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: My ford focus 2002 is starting to stall & hesitate while driving. i originally had believed it was bad fuel but it is recurring & once it stalls it is difficult to nearly impossible to keep running when putting it into drive. i have had it towed once & looked at by my mechanic, who is puzzled at this point (fuel additive, oil change, filters changed, spark plugs cleaned). it seems to be worse when the gas gage is @ or below a 1/4 of a tank. i have read that there was a similar problem with the 2000-2001 models & am inquiring if anyone with a 2002 is reporting such incidents. i bought the car used (from a ford dealer) with 12,000 (i think) miles on the speedometer & have been fairly happy until just the last 60 days. i can tell you that i had no problems until i ran very low on gas one night & stopped & filled up at a station that i normally do not use, but it is a station that does a great deal of business in the area where i work. i thought that i may have gotten some bad fuel or had run the tank so low that "gunk" from the bottom of the tank had gotten into the fuel. i used some "fuel additive" & i know that my mechanic (after towing it) also used a fuel additive...everything was fine for a couple of days but then it was hesitating/jerking while i was driving to work on a 1/4 of a tank of premium fuel (my mechanic suggested i only put in $10.00 of gas in case it was the fuel pump). my mechanic does not believe it is the fuel pump because once he got it to run & he had it running hot he had no problems...he feels i may need to just wait it out...stalling while in traffic is a bit too adventurous for me!!! *nm |
