By stacey on 05/04/10 20:12 PM (PDT)
Vehicle
2008 Ford Focus Sedan SE 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
Review
I bought the car with 34,000 miles on it. It looks amazing but lately I've been noticing it drives funny. Like its stuck halfway between n and d. But it's not. Kinda chugs sometimes when accelerating and after reading some other bad reviews I'm a bit nervous. I had the problem with the door not opening from the outside. It was covered under warranty thankfully. And I'm praying my tires don't go as fast as some others I've read about. I just bought 4 new tires. Very expensive. But overall aside from my nervousness of what lies ahead for it. I am very happy with it at the time. I'd recommend the 2008 Focus.
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By Jon Baumbach on 04/17/10 19:37 PM (PDT)
Vehicle
2008 Ford Focus Sedan SES 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
Review
Nice car, great gas mileage, plenty of power, fun to drive, blower speed switch replaced, front brake pads too hard you can feel them through the brake pedal, road noise from tires ( Pirelli brand ), no handle to close trunk lid, no dome light for back seat.
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By JJ on 04/09/10 07:12 AM (PDT)
Vehicle
2008 Ford Focus Sedan SES 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
Review
I love the car, except that I have had the rear tires replaced once, and they're shot again. Dealer is telling me it needs an alignment. I'll see if that works. The rear tires keep getting cupped. Also, the car is dangerous to drive in snow; the rear does NOT want to follow the front. Perhaps that is also alignment- we'll see next winter. When it was going to snow, I drove my gas drinking pickup truck. Not everybody has that option. Other than that, and the headrests designed by the Marquis De Sade, I love the car. Great mileage; I'm all expressway, and a lead foot- 33-34 mpg at 75. On a road trip the car pushed 38. Nice.
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By Meredith on 04/08/10 20:08 PM (PDT)
Vehicle
2008 Ford Focus Sedan SES 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
Review
At about 35,200 my car started "shuddering" really badly and began acting like it was going to stall while in park or at a stoplight. I took it to the dealership immediately (Covert Ford) as it was still under warranty. Strangely, they could not find anything wrong with it. The problem is still there and gets gradually worse everyday. Today, at 36,400 miles, my check engine light came on, so it's going back to the dealership first thing in the morning.
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By wichita kansas on 03/29/10 16:21 PM (PDT)
Vehicle
2008 Ford Focus Sedan SE 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
Review
What is it about the tires? Very angry on the third set of tires, not the most comfortable car actually awful! Never, never would I buy another one!
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By Mark on 03/28/10 07:55 AM (PDT)
Vehicle
2008 Ford Focus Sedan SES 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
Review
Bought the car new, at 15,285 miles, complete transmission overhaul, 20,056 miles complete transmission overhaul again. The car is fantastic, but the transmissions are (from what I hear) typical of Ford.
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By CP on 03/22/10 18:57 PM (PDT)
Vehicle
2008 Ford Focus Sedan S 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
Review
I do love my economic little Focus and how it handles great in the snow, HOWEVER, I am livid that my car is only two years old and the car door latches are rusting and making it hard to open the doors. My passenger side door will now no longer open from the outside. Is anyone else having problems with this? I called my dealership and they said they didn't think it was covered under warranty but I feel that Ford should be willing to fix doors rusting shut on one of their two year old cars when one of their customers is still paying on the car for three more years, I feel like I have a clunker again!
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By Ricky on 03/18/10 08:01 AM (PDT)
Vehicle
2008 Ford Focus Sedan SES 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
Review
I am having the same problem as the other guy. Around 16,000 miles my car started to shake really bad when i drove it so i brought it to the dealership to find out what was wrong.They said that two of my tires are bald and defective so they replaced them for free. So at about 27,000 miles i start having the same problem the bumping while i am driving so i bring it to the dealership again and they say they cant find anything wrong. I told them to do an alignment because there was something wrong. I got the report and the alignment was off and said it wasn't under warranty so i had to pay. Ok so now i am at 34,000 miles with the same problem and they balanced my wheels this time what should i do
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By JHorn on 03/16/10 12:18 PM (PDT)
Vehicle
2008 Ford Focus Sedan SES 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
Review
I bought this car used in Jan. 08 with about 15k miles. I had to have the back left window motor replaced and just had front right axle and bearing replaced. It was all under warranty so no cost. Everything else has been great. The audio system is awesome with SYNC, though the high end is a little tinny and the phone calls are hard for the other person to hear when using bluetooth. The acceleration is great for the engine size. It does not handle as well as my 2000 VW Golf did, but it isn't bad. As everyone says, the mpg is terrific. It isn't that exciting but it drives well and seems to be reliable since I got those things done.
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By Riverrat on 03/02/10 15:56 PM (PST)
Vehicle
2008 Ford Focus Sedan SES 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
Review
Bought new in May 2008--gets great mileage, about 36-38 on the highway but has a serious tire problem, we replaced tires at 15,600(cost nearly $500), also had the front end relined, talked to service manager at our Ford dealer and he told us that we were about the tenth person to come to him with the same problem--he was unable to do anything under warranty, even the reline job wasn't covered now have 31,000 miles on it and tires are shot--daughter has a 2003 Focus and they have to replace tires yearly(wish she had told me about it before we bought the new one)
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