7.0
pretty badTypical Repair Cost:
$1,150.00
Average Mileage:
113,500 miles
Total Complaints:
2 complaints
Most common solutions:
- the dealer told us that we needed to replace a head (1 reports)
- tps/throttle body (1 reports)
engine problem
Helpful Websites About 2000 Ford Focus hesitation
2008Dec 01
Focus DX 2.0L
- Automatic transmission
- 122,000 miles
Gee, another complaint about Ford, hard to believe. Anyway my hesitation problem was diagnosed as a faulty TPS by myself ( I am an ASE master tech, L1 ). I foolishly thought this was an easy and inexpensive fix. Dealer informed me I had to buy an entire throttle body assembly and a new wiring harness for about $250.00, ouch! If I had a manual transmission I could have bought a TPS for about $40.00, put it on in ten minutes and been on my way. Instead I waited about two months for Ford to manufacture a replacement part ( It was back-ordered ) got hammered for way more money than this should ever have cost. I think I made my contribution to their bailout. We won't miss this company when it is gone.
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
2009Mar 16
Focus SE
This car sucks!! I had a ton of problems with it and only had 100,000 miles. A Toyota or Honda would never do this. It would always stall and hesitate all the time. It was gonna take $2,000 to fix the problem and the trade-in value was only $1,700!! DO NOT BUY ONE!!
Jade P.
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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