Two problems related to manifold/header/muffler/tail pipe have been reported for the 2002 Ford Focus. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2002 Ford Focus based on all problems reported for the 2002 Focus.
The car vibrates; shakes. I was told by two auto repairman before I was aware of just what the problem was. It is now a little worse. I need to get it repaired soon and I will. I was hoping there is a recall on the mounts. I was told there was by adams street muffler in tallahassee. Tallahassee Ford says they have no recall.
This is a complaint made to the Ford company on 11-18-2004. Dear ms. Andrea hollis, mr. Constance stevens has forwarded to my home both your letters that were dated October 12, 2004 and November 3, 2004. Your letters were written in addressing my original complaint (file no. : 1670904, VIN#: 3fafp3131332r167333) regarding the safety feature of the 2002 Ford Focus vehicle my daughter purchased from the jacob twin Ford dealership, located at 6750 w. Grand avenue, chicago, IL united states 60707, phone (866) 276-4943. I would like to clarify that I am not only complaining about the ?leak? and ?rust? problem, but I also deeply concerned about the fact, which I discovered after I came back home from chicago in September 2004, that there is no weather strip at all under the hood. Because of this lacking of a weather strip, the salty vapors may have been sucked into the engine compartment during the winter seasons in chicago causing rusting problem. I have requested that Ford must investigate this potential safety hazard and make up recalls to install a weather strip to fix this "safety"-related problem.