2001 Ford Focus Body & structure Problems

ON 9/2/2020 AROUND 10 PM IN MICHIGAN I WAS MAKING A PIZZA DELIVERY, I PULLED INTO THE SUBDIVISION WHERE I HAD TO MAKE THE DELIVERY, ALL THE SUDDEN MY CAR COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. I COULDN'T ACCELERATE OR BRAKE. I GOT MY CAR FO SAFTEY AWAY FROM THE HOUSES BECAUSE MY FIRST INSTINCT WAS SAFETY. I GRAB MY PHONE TO CALL MY BOSS, I THOUGHT MY CAR JUAT BROKE DOWN. THEN I SAW SMOKE AND SPARKS. I CALLED THE EMERGENCY SERVICES AND THE CARS SMOKE GOT DARKER AND THE FLAMES GOT BIGGER. I WAS VERY SCARED. ALL MY WINDOWS EXPLODED AND THE CAR MELTED TO GROUND. BY THE LOOKS OF MY PHOTO THE FIRE STARTED NEAR THE BATTERY AND CABLES. EVER SINCE THAT NIGHT, I'VE BEEN SCARED OF FIRES, HOT SURFACES, AND WEARY AROUND CARS. I'M LUCKY TO BE ALIVE BUT IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS AS THE FLAMES REACHED ABOUT 10 FEET HIGH. LUCKILY IT DID NOT CATCH ANYTHING NEAR BY ON FIRE.

NHTSA ID

11355484

Incident

Sep 2, 2020

Mileage

108,000 mi

MY DRIVER SIDE PASSENGER DOOR HAS BEEN ACTING UP FOR MANY YEARS NOW AND FORD WILL NOT FIX IT. NOW MY DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE. MANY OF THE 2001 FORD FOCUS HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS ISSUE AND THEY SAY MY VIN NO. IS NOT ONE OF THEM. PLEASE HELP ME GET MY DOOR FIXED. WHEN I WENT TO GET IT INSPECTED ON 11.2.18 THEY OPENED MY DOOR AND NOW IT WILL NOT CLOSE AND AGAIN THEY SAY THAT I HAVE TO FIX IT. AS MENTIONED, THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR YEARS AND I AM STILL DEALING WITH IT. MY CAR IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND DO NOT WANT TO GET RID OF IT. I BELIEVE THAT FORD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FIXING THE LATCH. MY CAR HAS HAD A FEW RECALLS THAT WERE FIXED, ONE OF WHICH WAS A FEW YEARS AGO THAT THEY HONORED. I HOPE TO GET THIS ISSUE RESOLVED QUICKLY AND THEY WILL NOT PASS MY CAR FOR INSPECTION AND I NEED MY VEHICLE. THANK YOU.

NHTSA ID

11149891

Incident

Nov 2, 2018

Mileage

137,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD FOCUS. UPON DRIVING OVER A SPEED BUMP AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE AND THE VEHICLE SWERVED. AFTER REACHING HER DESTINATION, THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE SUBFRAME WAS COMPLETELY CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INSURANCE ADJUSTOR WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE REAR SUBFRAME WAS CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,909.

NHTSA ID

10983520

Incident

Apr 4, 2017

Mileage

115,909 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT THE CROSSMEMBER FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY THE CONTACT, WHO WAS AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

NHTSA ID

10967180

Incident

Mar 18, 2017

CAR WILL NOT IDLE WHEN STOPPED AT A LIGHT IN THE CITY, WHEN SHIFTING INTO DRIVE FROM PARK, RUNS ROUGH AT LOW SPEEDS WHILE IN TRAFFIC AND GOING THOUGH PARKING LOTS. STARTED ONE MORNING, RAN HORRIBLY, STALLED AND HASN'T STARTED SINCE. THE BACK DOOR DOESN'T STAY LATCHED WHEN SHUT.

NHTSA ID

10929488

Incident

Nov 19, 2016

Mileage

150,000 mi

TAKATA AIRBAG DEPLOYED AFTER THE CAR HAD COME TO A STOP. ALI STOPPED TO AVOID HITTING A CAR THAT HAD SUDDENLY BRAKED IN FRONT OF HER. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE CAR IN FRONT HER AS ALI WAS ABLE TO STOP IN TIME, BUT THERE WAS MAJOR DAMAGE TO HER CAR. WHEN THE TAKATA AIRBAG DEPLOYED IT BURNT HER LEFT FOREARM/HAND AND INCURRED $107.00 IN MEDICAL EXPENSES. CALIBER COLLISION SAYS THAT TO REPAIR THE CAR IT WOULD COST ALI $7,639.37.

NHTSA ID

10822599

Incident

Jan 19, 2016

Mileage

68,607 mi

DRIVING FORD FOCUS SLOWLY IN SNOW,A JEEP SPUN OUT OF CONTROL HIT THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT OF CAR SPUN AROUND AND HIT US AGAIN FROM THE REAR.AIRBAG DEPLOYED AND IT MY PASSENGER FULL IN FACE. DAMAGED HER FACE WITH CHEMICAL BURNS AND CREATED A COROIDITAL TEAR IN HER EYE THAT IS PERMANENT AND PERMANENT VISION LOSS IN ONE EYE. THE IMPACT OF THE AIRBAG JARRED HER BRAIN AND SHE NOW HAS A BRAIN INJURY CALLED CHIARI MALFORMATION,

NHTSA ID

10778907

Incident

Dec 31, 2001

Mileage

20,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING A 2001 FORD FOCUS SE AND NAVIGATING A CURVE, THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE DOOR FAILED TO REMAIN SECURE AND SUDDENLY OPENED WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. UPON ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE THE DOOR, IT APPEARS THE DOOR LATCH DOES NOT ENGAGE AND THE DOOR CANNOT BE CLOSED SECURE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, THERE IS SIGNIFICANT CORROSION AROUND THE LATCH MECHANISM. THE DOOR MUST BE MANUALLY RESTRAINED WITH ROPES TO REMAIN CLOSED. *TR

NHTSA ID

10704869

Incident

Apr 10, 2015

Mileage

202,000 mi

UNDER NORMAL USE THE EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLES ON THREE OF THE FOUR CAR DOORS BROKE. WITHIN A WEEK'S TIME ALL THREE BROKE AND THE ONLY WAY TO OPEN THE DOORS WAS TO REACH THROUGH AN OPEN WINDOW AND PULL THE INTERIOR HANDLE. AT MY EXPENSE THE FORD SERVICE DEPT. REPLACED THE BROKE HANDLES, HOWEVER THE RIGHT REAR PART COULDN'T BE LOCATED TO REPAIR IT. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A SAFETY RECALL. SHOULD THEIR HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT PRIOR TO MY REPLACING THE HANDLES, SOMEONE TRYING TO HELP A PERSON STUCK INSIDE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET THE PASSENGER OUT OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN I LOOKED ONLINE TO READ ABOUT THESE HANDLES I FOUND THAT THIS WAS A BAD DESIGN YEAR FOR DOOR HANDLES AND AFTER ABOUT 3 YEARS IT WAS THEN REDESIGNED. WHY NOT A RECALL THEN? *TR

NHTSA ID

10609619

Incident

Jul 1, 2014

Mileage

76,000 mi

SUBFRAME IS RUSTED THROUGH. *TR

NHTSA ID

10578416

Incident

Apr 2, 2014

Mileage

196,000 mi

ON OUR FORD FOCUS, THE EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE, ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOES NOT WORK. YOU CAN REACH IN THE WINDOW (OR LEAN OVER CTR CONSOLE) TO PULL THE HANDLE AND OPEN IT. THE HANDLE ON THE OUTSIDE IS STUCK IN THE FULL PULLED OUT POSITION, AND CANNOT BE FORCED IN EVEN. THE BACK DOOR STARTED NOT WORKING PERIODICALLY. I THOUGHT THE PROBLEM ON THE BACK DOOR MAY BE THE CHILD SAFETY LOCKS BEING ON. I OPENED THE REAR DOOR, INSERTED THE KEY, AND ROTATED IT. AS FAR AS I COULD TELL, THERE WAS NO CHANGE. YOU COULD PULL ON THE INSIDE, AND OUTSIDE HANDLE, AND THE MECHANISM SEEMED TO BE WORKING, SO I CLOSED THE DOOR ....BEFORE CHANGING THE ROTATION BACK. NOW, THE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. THIS CONCERNS ME IF THERE WERE AN ACCIDENT, OR FIRE, THE PERSON IN THE BACK SEAT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO EXIT. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE IS A WAY TO RESET THE CHILD DOOR LOCKS-WITHOUT OPENING THE DOOR (SINCE THE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN)? *TR

NHTSA ID

10573130

Incident

Mar 3, 2014

Mileage

270,000 mi

ON OUR FORD FOCUS, THE EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE, ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOES NOT WORK. YOU CAN REACH IN THE WINDOW (OR LEAN OVER CTR CONSOLE) TO PULL THE HANDLE AND OPEN IT. THE HANDLE ON THE OUTSIDE IS STUCK IN THE FULL PULLED OUT POSITION, AND CANNOT BE PUSHED IN. THE BACK DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR STARTED PERIODICALLY STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS OPENING. I THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WITH THE BACK DOOR MAY BE DUE TO THE CHILD SAFETY LOCKS BEING ENGAGED. I OPENED THE REAR DOOR, INSERTED, AND ROTATED THE KEY. AS FAR AS I COULD TELL, THERE WAS NO CHANGE. YOU COULD PULL THE HANDLE ON THE INSIDE, AND OUTSIDE, AND THE MECHANISM SEEMED TO BE WORKING, SO I CLOSED THE DOOR ....BEFORE CHANGING THE ROTATION BACK. NOW, THE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN ANY, FROM THE INSIDE, OR OUTSIDE. THIS IS A GREAT CONCERN BECAUSE IF THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT, OR FIRE, THE PERSON IN THE BACK SEAT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO EXIT THIS VEHICLE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW: IS THERE A WAY TO RESET THE CHILD SAFETY LOCKS, WITHOUT OPENING THE DOOR (SINCE THIS DOOR WILL NOT OPEN)? *TR

NHTSA ID

10573033

Incident

Mar 3, 2014

Mileage

270,000 mi

SUNDAY 05 JAN 2014 I HAD RECENTLY PARKED MY CAR, TURNED IT OFF, AND WAS OUTSIDE OF MY VEHICLE (2001 FORD FOCUS) WHEN I BEGAN TO NOTICE SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. I WAS CONFUSED AT FIRST, AS THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES BEFORE ANY PROBLEMS BEGAN. WITHIN A MATTER OF TWO MINUTES THE SMOKE HAD INCREASED, THICKENED, AND BEGAN TO SMELL. MY FRIEND WAS NEARBY AND HAD NOTICED THAT SOMETHING WAS NOT RIGHT. HE CAME OVER AND WE BOTH TOOK A COUPLE STEPS TOWARD THE FRONT OF THE CAR TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. IMMEDIATELY FLAMES BURST UP FROM THE HOOD. AT THIS POINT WE INSTANTLY RAN FROM THE VEHICLE, DIALING 911. THE FLAMES GOT WORSE AS WE WAITED FROM A DISTANCE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO ARRIVE. AT THIS POINT I WAS UNSURE AS TO WHETHER THE CAR WOULD COMPLETELY BLOW UP OR NOT, AS THE FLAMES BECAME WORSE WITH EVERY MINUTE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED WITHIN APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES. THEY WERE ABLE TO PUT THE FIRE OUT IN A FEW MINUTES, BUT HAD TO BREAK THE WINDOW AND THEN PRY THE HOOD OPEN IN ORDER TO DO SO. AFTER THE FIRE WAS COMPLETELY OUT AND THE SCENE WAS SAFE I WAS ABLE TO TALK WITH THE FIREMEN. THEY SHOWED ME UNDER THE HOOD AND SAID THE FIRE SEEMED TO BE SOMETHING ELECTRICAL AND LOOKED AS IF IT HAD STARTED NEAR THE FRONT RIGHT OF THE VEHICLE UNDER THE HOOD (SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO THE PASSENGER HEADLIGHT). THEY ALSO EXPLAINED, AS I HAD ALREADY ASSUMED, THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSALVAGEABLE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10559724

Incident

Jan 5, 2014

Mileage

135,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LIFTGATE WIRES FAILED. THERE WAS ALSO A CRACK IN THE SEAM OF THE LIFTGATE WINDOW AND RAIN WATER WAS ABLE TO ENTER THE VEIHCLE. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE WIRES TO SHORT AND MELT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE WIRING NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 128,000.

NHTSA ID

10509242

Incident

Apr 16, 2013

Mileage

128,000 mi

HEARD CLUNKING NOISE-REAR SUBFRAME IS COMPLETELY ROTTED AND BROKEN ON BOTH SIDES. *TR

NHTSA ID

10485281

Incident

Nov 20, 2012

Mileage

50,000 mi

REAR DOOR WILL NOT STAY LATCHED AND SWINGS WIDE OPEN. *TR

NHTSA ID

10472471

Incident

Aug 25, 2012

Mileage

54,000 mi

MY LAST OIL CHANGE I WAS INFORM THE FRONT SUBFRAME IS BADLY RUSTED, TO THE POINT THE MECHANIC COULD PUSH A SCREW DRIVER THROUGH IT IN SPOTS. HE INFORMED ME THAT DRIVING IT WAS A MAJOR SAFETY RISK, AS THE FRAME COULD FAIL, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. HE SAID FORD HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL. THEY MUST BE WAITING FOR A HIGHER BODY COUNT WHEN THE FRONT END OF THE CAR FAILS WHILE GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10458073

Incident

May 2, 2012

Mileage

122,000 mi

ON MAY 9, 2011 MY CAR WENT FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO BILL WILCOX'S CHARLON FORD AGENCY OF RIDGECREST, CA. AFTER $1725 REPAIRS, I EXPERIENCED A REDUCTION IN MILEAGE, DROPPING FROM 30-31MPG TO 25-26 MPG, A 17 TO 18 % DROP. THAT BEGAN IMMEDIATELY, WITH THE INITIAL PURCHASE OF GAS - IN VISALIA; AND, IT WAS LATER CONFIRMED WAS CAUSED BY THE IMPROPER USE OF A TORCH ON A SUSPENSION CROSS MEMBER. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO ROB HOLBROOK'S AUTO CREW IN CLEARFIELD, UTAH, CHECKED FOR UNDERCARRIAGE DAMAGE AND EVIDENCE THAT CHARLON FORD'S REPAIRS CAUSED THE PROBLEMS. HE IS A LICENSED SAFETY INSPECTOR FOR THE STATE OF UTAH. WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO THAT MAIN CROSS MEMBER, WHERE THE ATTACHMENT FOR THE REAR MOTOR MOUNT IS AFFIXED TO THAT PORTION OF THE SUB FRAME, WAS CONFIRMED. THE SUB FRAME WAS QUITE DISTORTED, BOWED IN AND OUT, AND EXHIBITED EVIDENCE THAT THE MOUNT HAD BEEN REMOVED BY USE OF A TORCH SO THE REAR DOG BONE MOTOR MOUNT COULD BE REPLACED. DEFORMATION OF THAT CROSS MEMBER AND RESULTANT CHANGES TO THE SUSPENSION WERE THE REASONS FOR LOW MPG AND TIRE WEAR BECAUSE OF IMPROPER CAMBER. BILL WILCOX, STATED TO CALIFORNIA BAR THAT TOE-IN WAS ONLY ADJUSTED WHILE THE CAMBER WAS OVERLOOKED OR COULD NOT BE ADJUSTED. BUT, THE USE OF A TORCH TO THIS UNIT IS NOT CALLED FOR - UNLESS IT IS TO REPLACE THAT UNIT. LEAVING THE SUSPENSION CROSS MEMBER IN THAT CONDITION, LEADS TO A STRESS POINT THAT COULD LEAD TO CRACKING AND TEARING, AND COULD PREMATURELY CAUSE RUSTING WHICH WEAKEN THOSE ATTACHMENTS TO THE SUSPENSION. IF REPAIRS ARE MADE IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT IT AND SURROUNDING STRUCTURES BE RETURNED TO PROPER DIMENSIONS. BUT PROBLEMS ARISE WHEN IMPROPER HEAT AFFECTS STRENGTH AND CREATES PERMANENT SOFTNESS AND INCREASING BRITTLENESS. THE CROSS MEMBER HAD TO BE REPLACED AND A NEW ALIGNMENT PERFORMED - AT A COST OF $851.74. *TR

NHTSA ID

10437286

Incident

Apr 24, 2011

Mileage

133,477 mi

THE LATCHES ON THREE OF THE DOORS EITHER DO NOT LATCH WHICH MAKES THE DOOR FLY OPEN OR IT LATCHES AND DOESN'T OPEN, AFTER INSPECTION THE LATCHES ARE SO CORRODED WITH RUST THAT THEY DO NOT WORK AT ALL. BEFORE I REALIZED THAT THE DOOR WASN'T LATCHING I HAD A PROPANE TANK FOR A GRILL IN THE BACK SEAT WHEN I MADE A RIGHT HAND TURN AND IT HIT THE DOOR AND THE DOOR FLEW OPEN AND THE TANK WENT FLYING DOWN THE STREET AND ALMOST HIT A PEDESTRIAN. THERE HAVE BEEN RECALLS ON THIS BUT MY VIN # ISN'T ON THE RECALL BUT SHOULD BE! I WAS QUOTED OVER $800 TO FIX THE DOORS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10418960

Incident

Aug 1, 2011

Mileage

130,000 mi

HI, I RECENTLY WENT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP TO GET AN OIL CHANGE ON MY 2001 FORD FOCUS, SO WHEN THEY LIFTED MY CAR UP TO CHANGE THE OIL THEY NOTICED SOMETHING THAT WAS A MAJOR PROBLEM, MY FRONT SUBFRAME HAD ABOUT A HALF A FOOT DIAMETER HOLE IN IT BECAUSE IT HAD COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT, IT WAS ALL CORRODED AND THEY SAID THAT IF I HAD HIT A POT HOLE IN THE ROAD THAT IT COULD HAVE BROKEN IN HALF AND THE FRONT END WOULD FALL STRAIGHT TO THE GROUND BECAUSE THE FRONT SUBFRAME HOLDS UP THE WHOLE FRONT OF THE CAR. I THINK THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL BECAUSE THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY RISK TO ALL DRIVERS OF SOME FORD FOCUS BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE NEVER KNOWN ABOUT THIS UNLESS THEY HAD TOLD ME AT THE DEALERSHIP. I CAN SEND SOME PICTURES OF THE SUBFRAME IF YOU LIKE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE NO ONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED BECAUSE OF THIS FRONT SUBFRAME RUSTING AWAY, I WAS TOLD BY FORD THAT THE FRONT SUBFRAME SHOULD LAST THE LIFE OF THE CAR, BUT APPARENTLY THAT WASN'T THE CASE FOR MINE. I AM GETTING IT REPAIRED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY RISK IT CAN CAUSE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME READING THIS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10380040

Incident

Jan 31, 2011

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY OUR CHILDREN ROLLED DOWN THE BACK POWER WINDOWS AND THEY WOULD NOT GO BACK UP - SWERVED INTO OTHER LANE TRYING TO CONTAIN THE SITUATION BECAUSE OF THE NOISE FROM THE TRAFFIC HAS TO EXIT THE HIGHWAY IMMEDIATELY TO NOTE THAT THE WINDOWS WOULD NO LONGER GO UP - HAD TO MANUALLY PUSH THEM UP TO KEEP THEM UP - ALTHOUGH WHILE DRIVING THEY WILL GO BACK DOWN - WHICH CAUSE A JUMP IN REFLEXES. TO TEMPORARILY FIX THE PROBLEM WE HAVE APPLIED DUCT TAPE. ALSO WHEN IT RAINS THERE IS NOW WATER ACCUMULATING ON THE PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD AND SPREADS TO THE BACK SEAT FLOOR BOARD - HAS DOOR SEALS CHECKED AND WILL REPLACE ALTHOUGH THIS IS A REAL HEALTH CONCERN BECAUSE OF RUST AND MOLD. *TR

NHTSA ID

10379598

Incident

May 18, 2009

Mileage

65,000 mi

2001 FOCUS 112K MI. BOUGHT FROM LOCAL FORD DEALER, 1 YR OLD W, 21K ON IT. A RECENT INSPECTION BY MY OWN MECHANIC TELLS ME THAT THE REAR SUB FRAME IS ROTTED AND IT IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE IT. ESPECIALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE LOCAL DEALER LAUGHED WHEN I INQUIRED ABOUT A NINE YEAR OLD CAR W/ RUSTED FRAME. *TR

NHTSA ID

10330577

Incident

Jan 15, 2010

Mileage

112,000 mi

I HAVE HAD MY FORD FOCUS WAGON FOR THREE YEARS NOW. I HAD TO REPAIR A ALOT OF THINGS ON THIS CAR! TRANNY, ALTERNATOR, FUEL PUMP, TIMING BELT, AND THE ONLY DOOR THAT OPENS FROM THE OUTSIDE IS THE PASSENGER RIGHT FRONT, WHICH MY KIDS HAVE TO CLIMB THROUGH TO GET TO THE BACK BECAUSE BOTH BACK DOORS BROKE NOT EVEN FOUR MONTHS FROM THE DAY I BOUGHT IT. ALSO THE DRIVER DOOR ONLY OPENS FROM THE INSIDE BECAUSE OF THE COMPANIES DEFECTED CAR DOOR HANDLES. MY FRIEND HAS THE SAME CAR, AND ITS THE SAME WAY. NOT MENTIONING HOW EVERYTIME I STOP IT DIES OUT AND I HAVE TO TRY AND KEEP STARTING IT. IT SEEMS THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10324583

Incident

Nov 11, 2006

Mileage

110,000 mi

IGNITION STICKS AND MOVES AROUND, HORN FELL COMPLETELY OUT FROM UNDER THE CAR AND HIT SOMEONE'S CAR, THE FAN BOX AND ALL FELL COMPLETELY OFF AND DOWN, BACKFIRING STALLING RATTLING VIBRATES FRONT RIGHT SIDE AROUND TIRE AREA RATTLES HORRIBLY, CHECK ENG. LIGHT STAYS ON MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR IS BAD TRANSMISSION SENSOR IS BAD LIGHTER STOPPED WORKING CAR COMPLETELY GOES DEAD SPITS SPUTTERS, MANIFOLD PIPE BROKE SO NOW ITS LOUD. ITS ALL DAY LONG NON STOP PERIOD WE HAVE REPLACE SEVERAL SENSORS AND TUBES AND WIRES FOR IT DOESN'T WORK NOT GETTING THE GAS MILEAGE I SHOULD AND I HAVE HAD IT 11 MONTHS BUT HARDLY DOVE IT 3 TOTAL ALL TOGETHER I CANT AFFORD ANY THING ELSE TO FIX THESE PROBLEMS 3 DAYS AFTER I BOUGHT IT ITS BEEN PURE ?!@#$%. *TR

NHTSA ID

10297006

Incident

Feb 7, 2009

WATER LEAKS ONTO THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR IN THE FRONT.. APPARENTLY FROM A DEFECTIVE SEAL ON THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDSHIELD. *TR

NHTSA ID

10295433

Incident

Dec 7, 2009

Mileage

115,119 mi