Federal complaint record · Ford Focus · model year 2000

2000 Ford Focus

Owners submitted 3,686 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 98th percentile for complaint intensity within its 1998 to 2002 compact sedan cohort. The largest reported component group is electrical. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Electrical · 27% · group n = 1,406Engine · 10% · group n = 512Brakes · 10% · group n = 487Fuel system · 9% · group n = 445Suspension · 8% · group n = 412
3,686
Complaint records on file
61,313
Median mileage at the reported problem · 1,568 complaints reported mileage
27%
Of classified component reports name electrical · group n = 1,406
98th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 28 model years

Electrical · 3 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Electrical27%

Electrical reports

Ford Focus · model year 2000

Reports in this group1,406
Share of classified reports27%
Component groups on file6
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From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Stalling or shutdown · 591 reports

Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving

Cluster 1 of 32000 Ford Focus
Brake performance · 391 reports

Reports describe braking performance concerns

Cluster 2 of 32000 Ford Focus
Steering effort · 249 reports

Reports describe steering effort or control concerns

Cluster 3 of 32000 Ford Focus

Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.

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