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6.0

fairly significant

Typical Repair Cost:

$230.00

Average Mileage:

53,000 miles

Total Complaints:

1 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. new antifreeze housing and tubing (1 reports)
Ford Focus cooling system problems

cooling system problem

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problem #1

2006Oct 09

(reported on)

Focus ZX3

  • 53,000 miles

I bought a pre-owned 2002 ZX3 last October, and it ran fine until around December. One day while parking the car at work, I noticed a burning smell and some smoke coming out of the front vents. I pop the hood open and see antifreeze leaking all over the place. An ex-mechanic at work offered to help out. When antifreeze was poured into the car, it all came right out in a huge puddle. I rushed to a mechanic (driving with my temp gauge in red) and had to have the antifreeze housing and tubing replaced for about $230. The mechanic said it was a common problem and that he would replace it with a unit that had thicker plastic. No problems were reported since then.

Muhsin M.

King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA

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