Five problems related to windshield have been reported for the 2001 Ford Focus. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2001 Ford Focus based on all problems reported for the 2001 Focus.
Contact stated in 3-03 windshield cracked. He took vehicle to dealer and had windshield replaced. It was still leaking, and he took it back again. The dealer replaced it again. But, it was still leaking. The dealer replaced it a third time. It continued to leak. In 4-03 the dealer, where the contact bought the vehicle, said he would seal the windshield. A month ago, it cracked again. He took vehicle to another dealer, and he replaced the windshield. However, the problem recurred, and the dealer sealed it twice. It was still leaking. The contact believed there was defect in the body of the vehicle. The water leaked into the dome light, and the contact was afraid there might be an electrical fire. The windshield was replaced again on 9/18/2005 but on 9/23/2005 the consumer noticed that is was still leaking.
While driving the vehicles rear windshield shattered.
My daughter was in a fender bender. She was behind someone at an intersection. They were both turning right. The person before her proceeded through the intersection. My daughter looked to her left for vehicles and started through the intersection. The vehicle in front of her stopped and she rear ended it. There was no damage done to the other vehicle and her Focus has a small dent in the front fender. The damage came from the fact that the airbags deployed and blew out the windshield. If my daughter had not been wearing glasses, she may have received an eye injury from the shattered glass. The dealer claims that the airbags should deploy at that low of a speed and it is expected to blow out the windshield.
Upper interior molding is bulging along windshield . Dealer notified. Feel free to provide any further information.
When driving in the rain windshield wiper blades cause a film on the windshied and with oncoming light of other cars/trucks it makes it very difficult to see out of the windshield. The dealer as well as Ford has told me that this is normal operating procedure and that I should use my defroster and this will clear it up. I tried this and it did not clear it up. I called the Ford number and I was told to go back to the dealer and tell them to prove it is normal. Their service manager said there is nothing he can do for me since Ford has to approve anything he does. I basically have nowhere else to go. Please help me.