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1.75 out of 5 stars

Ford Focus

Groverdo, 04/05/2002
2001 Ford Focus SE 4dr Wagon (2.0L 4cyl 4A)
1 of 3 people found this review helpful

Wanted a station wagon & bought the Ford Focus EXPECTING good gas MPG. The car is noisy to drive due to the wheel well being inside rather than in the trunk. The average MPG has been 25mpg. The plastic fittings inside the car are working loose. Dealer "can't find anything wrong" & said the car gets 40mpg...did "explain how their computer does MPG". NOT pleased with car nor Dealer. Ford does GOOD trucks but NOT the Focus.

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2.38 out of 5 stars

Never buy one this

gracie, 10/03/2009
2001 Ford Focus SE 4dr Wagon (2.0L 4cyl 4A)
1 of 3 people found this review helpful

You are better of setting a few thousand dollars on fire and then buying a used Honda or Toyota. I have spent 3K on this in the past 6 weeks, three trips to the dealership and it only has 65k on it. I truly would love to see the US produce a car that did not break down every season, but to date every experence that I have had over the past 12 years with US cars are the same. My wifes Honda has 100k and has never, I repeat never had a single problem.

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1 out of 5 stars

DO NOT BUY

eddy, 07/18/2002
2001 Ford Focus ZX3 2dr Hatchback (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
1 of 4 people found this review helpful

VERY ugly, slow and American (unreliable). poor design and looks

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2.25 out of 5 stars

Worst used car I have ever purchased

jenas62, 01/25/2012
2001 Ford Focus ZX3 2dr Hatchback (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
1 of 8 people found this review helpful

I bought this car in June 2010 for my kids to drive. It looked great on the outside and shifted well and has great air conditioning but that is where it ends. The guy I bought it from put used tires on it but they still had a lot of tread. In the 6 months that we have had this car I have had to replace the radiator, the heating element, the water pump and all 4 tires. This thing eats tires. I would never trust my kids to drive it out of town. It's simply not reliable. Other issue that are not quite as important: The windows crank down backwards from other cars. The drink holder is in a stupid place. Sometimes the passenger side door will not open. This car is a piece of crap.

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5 out of 5 stars

my focus

steve franklin, 09/12/2002
2001 Ford Focus Street 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
0 of 0 people found this review helpful

My wife has owned a Contour, chrysler cirus, and many other new cars and says this id the best car she has ever had.

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