Wheel Bolts Problems of Ford Focus - part 2

Rear drivers side wheel started to wobble. Took vehicle to dealer, and they replaced bearing and retaining nut. Two weeks later, rear passenger side wheel experienced same problem. Consumer feels wheels are defective. Consumer stated that the driver side wheel came loose and began to wobble and the right passenger side wheel start making a roaring noise.

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The contact owns a 2000 Ford Focus. While driving over 35 mph, the vehicle began to make a loud noise coming from the rear wheels. The dealer stated that there were no failures. The vehicle was taken to the dealer four more times for the noise. On December 7, 2007, while driving 55 mph, the driver side rear wheel bearing failed. The vehicle was pulled over and towed to a mechanic. The mechanic informed the contact of NHTSA campaign id number 00v303000 (wheels:lugs/nuts/ bolts). The dealer stated that the recall repair had previously been performed on the vehicle before it was purchased. The purchase date was unknown. The current mileage was 88,000 and failure mileage was 14,000.

While driving one of the wheels disconnected.

Consumer experienced excessive play in the steering wheel while driving, vehicle was towed to dealer who found the loctite wheel nut loose.

1st lug bolt failure occured following a flat tire on right rear. Changed tire following owner's manual and the lug bolt sheared off in the wheel. Dealer replaced part & labor at no charge to me. 2nd failure to lug bolt occurred to left rear while driving. Dealer refused to replace sheared off bolt at no charge to me. Dealer stated that when the tires were replaced at 12,000 miles, that the non-Ford tire servicer must have used an incorrect torque specification to remove/replace tires. Dealer could not provide me with the torque specification. Dealer did not fix this defect & let us leave the dealership with only 3 lug bolts on the left rear wheer. The lug bolt on the Ford Focus are defect and based on the number of other consumers on your web-site experiencing lug bolt failure, the vehicles should be recalled for replacement of the wheel lug bolts.

Bolts popped on each side of wheel. One of the bolts got stuck in wheel. Dealership was aware of the problem.

The consumer eceived recall notice 00v303, a retainer clip was installed on the left rear wheel and the consumer was told that the wheel bearing was alright and didnot need to be replaced, a few months later the vehicle was taken to have the tires rotated when it was discovered that the left rear wheel bearing was destroyed, the spindle was ruined and the wheel was ready to come off, the consumer contacted the dealer who refused to fix the vehicle under recall, the consumer had the vehicle fixed and is requesting reimbursement.

The consumer learned of recall through the media and never received a recall notification concerning the (00v-303)recall, consumer is not satisfied with the amount of recalls issued to the vehicle and does not feel safe.

The dealer has no parts availeble to repair recall 00v-303 of the rear wheel hub retaining nut, it has been over 90 days and the dealer has not contacted consumer about the availability of the parts. Nlm.

Consumer had an accident in which the vehicle started trembling the consumer lost control and two tires came off, after the accident consumer recieved recall 00v-303 for loose nuts which he believes was the cause of the accident. Nlm.

Consumer concerned about safety of vehicle. Already 3 major recalls concening wheel: bolts:lugs and nuts with just 7000 on vehicle. Felt Ford should take vehicle back. Dealer said that consumer should be happy that they were taken care of the recalls.

The consumer lost control of the vehicle while driving, after the accident the consumer received three recalls one of which (oos31) was for insufficient wheel bearing clamp load, the consumer believes this defect caused the accident, the consumer sustained some bruising from the accident.

Iniatially dealer had no parts available for recall 00v-030, recall kit arrived but dealer called and told consumer that they used the recall kit and had none left, the mechanics had not been able to install the kits without damagimg them because they didnt know how and ruined the kits they recieved, dealer doesnt expect to recieve addition kits soon. Nlm.

Dealer has no part availble to repair recall 00v-303 for the rear wheel hub retaining nut. (attorney writing in) nlm.

Consumer wanted to make an appointment to have recall 00v-303 repaired but was told that dealer that they were not authorized by Ford to give a loaner car while repairs were being made. Nlm.

The right rear wheel drum assembly has insufficient clamp load which causes loud grinding, clunking noise from the right rear wheel and vibration, Ford has recalled the left wheel but not the right. Nlm.

While driving back driver side wheel disengaged and came off the vehicle. Lugs/nuts and bolts were still attached to the wheel.

The cap which just presses on over the lug nut on the tire is just pressed on, and comes off easily, leaving just the lug nut which the tire wrench is to large to remove just the nut.

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