2000 Ford Focus Fuel System

INTERMITTENTLY, AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER HAS REPLACED FUEL PUMP THREE TIMES, AND INJECTOR PRESSURE SENSOR. HOWEVER , PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. DEALER REINSPECTED VEHICLE, AND HAS DETERMINED THAT SOMETHING IN FUEL TANK WAS CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL OUT. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE NOT ACCELERATING WHILE STEPPING ON GAS PEDAL IN HOT DAYS. FUEL PUMP FAILS AFTER BEING USED FOR 30,000 MILES, HESTITATE TO SPEED UP AT 3,000 RPM AT 4TH GEAR; COULD BE DANGEROUS WHILE TRAVELING UPHILL ON A HIGHWAY AND MIGHT CAUSE A CRASH FROM VEHICLES BEHIND. *AK

FUEL LINE CAME LOOSE, A CLIP RETAINER BROKE AND OUTPUT FUEL LINE DISCONNECTED, PUMPING FUEL ON HEAT SHIELD/CATALYTIC CONVERTER. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED OUT WHEN DAUGHTER WENT TO START VEHICLE , AND SHE NOTICED THAT GASOLINE WAS ALL ROUND AND UNDERNEATH VEHICLE ON THE GROUND. *AK THE DESIGN OF THE FUEL PUMP OUT PUT LINE WAS DEFECTIVE. WHEN THE FUEL LINE RETAINING CLIP BROKE, THE FUEL WAS SPRAYED ON TO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTOR. *YH

FUEL INDICATION GIVES WRONG READING WHEN FULL INDICATION READS EMPTY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING OR WHILE IN PARK NOICE LARGE AMOUNT OF FUEL GUSHING FROM FUEL TANK. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE ONLY ACHIEVES 22-24 MPG WITH 95% HIGHWAY DRIVING; MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM BUT HAS NOT OFFERED A RESOLUTION. NO SAFETY DEFECT. *AK

DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH FUEL PUMP; WHEN FUEL TANK IS FULL FUEL GAUGE REGISTERS EMPTY. ALSO, FUEL PUMP HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES WHICH HAS NOT CORRECTED PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH GAS MILEAGE, CURRENTLY GETTING APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES PER GALLON WHEN PREVIOUSLY GETTING AROUND 29 MILES PER GALLON, THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED THREE TIMES BUT DIAGNOSTIC TEST SHOW NO PROBLEMS.*JB

WAS DRIVING 50MPH WHEN VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSE POWER. HAD MANAGED TO PULL TO SIDE OF ROAD. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO MECHANIC. WAS INFORMED FUEL PUMP WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED REPLACING. THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE.*AK

LEAK AT FUEL TANK HOSE CAUSED CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. NLM

FUEL TANK FAILED.*ET

INSTALL AN AFTER-MARKET OIL RECHARGABLE AIR FILTER (IMPROVES AIR FILTRATION AND TRAPS MORE DIRT THAN OE FILTERS). TRIED TO START CAR THIS MORNING AND ENGINE WOULD NOT MAINTAIN REV'S... AND WOULD EVENTUALLY DIE. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. THEY STATED THAT THE MASS AIR FLOW (MAF) SENSOR WAS NOT DEFECTIVE, BUT WAS MADE INOPERABLE BY OIL DEPOSITION RESULTING FROM THE OILED AIR FILTER THAT I HAD INSTALLED (AND THAT ALL SERVICE WOULD NOT BE COVERED BY WARRANTY). SERVICE REP ALSO SAID THAT THEY HAD A TECH SERVICE BULLETIN STATING THAT OIL RECHARGABLE FILTERS SHOULD NOT BE USED IN THE FOCUS (EVEN THOUGH AFTER MARKET PRODUCTS DESIGNED FOR THE FOCUS ARE AVAILABLE). EXCESS OIL IS USUALLY 'BURNED OFF' WHEN RUNNING THE CAR. IN THE FOCUS CASE, THE MAF IS IN SUCH A PLACE THAT IT COLLECTS THE OIL OR ANY OTHER PRODUCT COMING THROUGH THE INTAKE AND COULD BE RENDERED DEFECTIVE BY THE MERE FACT THAT THE ELECTRONICS ARE EXPOSED. OIL CHARGE FILTERS HAVE BEEN USED FOR MANY YEARS. OE MANUFACTURERS ARE AWARE OF THEM... AND IF THEY ARE A PROBLEM, THEY SHOULD BE WARNING CONSUMERS IN THE OWNERS MANUAL NOT TO USE THEM. RESULT OF THIS ATTEMPT TO IMPROVE ON AIR FILTRATION WILL BE OVER $300.00 SINCE THE ADDITION OF THIS COMPONENT 'RUINED' A FORD COMPONENT. SERVICE TECH SAID THAT IF THIS HAD BEEN A MAP SENSOR RATHER THAN A MAF SENSOR, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO PROBLEM. FORD NEEDS TO NOTIFY OWNERS OF THIS 'POTENTIAL PROBLEM' AS OIL CHARGE FILTERS ARE AVAILABLE IN ANY AFTER-MARKET STORE (AUTO ZONE, PEP BOYS. ETC)... AND ARE ACTIVELY BEING SOLD.*AK

DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMP,HAD TO TOW TO DLRSHIP.STRONG GAS ODOR AFTER REPAIR,DLRSHIP SAID BAD CONNECTION, STILL STRONG ODOR, DLRSHP DISCOVERED SEAMS IN GAS TANK FAILING, NEED REPLACEMENT. ATTEMPTED TO INSTALL NEW ONE, AND "O" RING WAS TORN.MUST WAIT DUE TO"NATIONAL" BACK ORDER.DOES THIS MEAN THERE ARE LOTS MORE FAILING GAS TANKS? SOUNDS LIKE PINTO PROBLEM. SEVERE SAFETY QUESTION. PLEASSE ADVISE OF FINDINGS. *AK

FUEL PUMP MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL UENXPECTEDLY WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. COMMON PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

REPORTING A POSSIBLE FUEL TANK EXPLOSION THAT COULD HAVE OCCURRED. VEHICLE WAS REARENDED BY AN AUDI A4, 2000 VEHICLE AT AN IMPACT OF APPROXIMATELY 10 - 15 MPH. IMPACT LEFT A DENT IN BACK OF FUEL TANK. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK