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Dadmobile, 02/22/2004
2002 Ford Focus SE 4dr Wagon (2.0L 4cyl 4A)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
This is our second Focus, First was 4dr se, love the performance handling and have not had any problmes at 49000 miles. I love the space and design, have the telescoping wheel with speed control,
Worst car ever
SOKnight, 05/30/2010
2002 Ford Focus ZX5 4dr Hatchback (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
I have owned Fords before but this will be my last. All the tires needed replacing when I went over normal potholes and they developed bubbles or got flat. Then the slave cylinder went. 3 of the 4 wheel bearings needed to be replaced, the CD player died, the shifter cable died, the front coil springs broke (there's a silent recall on these fyi), the windshield just cracked for no reason, the plastic on the bottom of the windshield came loose and the car gets water in the passenger side, and then there is that mysterious exhaust smell when I turn into my driveway, there was some radiator problem too but I don't recall what, now the A/C needs to be recharged, then there's a broken fan resistor.
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Don’t buy this used!!
George , 04/01/2021
2002 Ford Focus SVT 2dr Hatchback (2.0L 4cyl 6M)
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
Like most cheap cars ford made, this car is no exception! It’s trash. Don’t be fooled by the cheap listings even if it’s low mileage. Parts are hard to find when it breaks and because of that maintenance is a just expensive. Fuel economy is so bad for a car so small and to cap that off you are required to use premium gas.
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WORST CAR I'VE EVER OWNED.
badluckforme, 12/14/2013
2002 Ford Focus ZX3 2dr Hatchback (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
4 of 8 people found this review helpful
Before this terrible 2002 Focus, I owned a Pontiac G6 with a ton of problems to. But this is by far the worst car ever. Bought the car for 4,000 with 113,000 miles on it. Have put almost 3,000 dollars into it since then. Isn't reliable whatsoever. Me being a college student I need a reliable car and this one is not it. First cyl went out right after I got it. It started stalling with AC on. Then it started overheating while sitting at a light/parked. Had to get all new wiring in the engine, and timing belt, water pump, fuel filter, and now my current problem is the terrible vibration at 140,000!!!!!(more wrong than just this) I can't take this anymore. time to sell this terrible nightmare.
This is the only Focus I will own.
Connie, 09/03/2007
2002 Ford Focus ZX3 2dr Hatchback (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
2 of 3 people found this review helpful
I am so disappointed in this car. I was expecting an economy car and that is not what I got. Driving is fine in good weather, but get a little puddle and this car is thrown around. get a little snow and anthing over 35 miles an hour is a fishtailing experience. I will never own another and I don't recommend one to anyone. A set of new tires that fit this car was over 600 bucks. That was not an endearing feature.