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[Vincent-kezn]

I've got an 07 focus with the manual transmission and it has 296k miles and it's running great

[samkitty]

I love my 1978 Ford Pinto, my daily driver. Still turns heads, and stomachs.

[dwightponder]

We had a 2006 Focus with 120000 miles and was a very reliable car until the wife was Tboned by a HD work truck. Drove this car from St Louis to Iowa many times and several times from St Louis to Denver

[richardschmidt]

I had a 2015 Focus with the dual clutch transmission and what a P.O.S. it was. It made me to never buy another Ford vehicle again. Finally donated it to a charity, bought a Toyota corolla.

[AndySwan-sbeb]

I had a1996 escort 1.9 consistenly got high 40s fuel economy, for a while I had gotten 53 mpg 5 speed stick, was a fun little car, took me from ctl wi to ind
many many times

[drsysop]

I had a 2001 Ford Focus LX automatic new & ran till 145k before it was wrecked & replaced timing belt around 105k. I got another new 2003 Focus SE automatic & no issues & sold it around 85k. I also had a 2001 ZTS 5 speed manual & got it with 55k in 2008 & timing belt snapped at 97k & I replaced motor from junk yard for $350 & sold it. All first generation Ford Focus were made in the USA not Mexico & for a cheap vehicle back then they were not to bad.

[MrLukaszcu]

OMG,
I thought you
died/channel shut down/going to prison/it's over... again.

[rickciaburri]

my 2000 Focus threw a rod at 155K. Put in a junkyard engine and sold it at 200+K mi. Replaced that one with a 2003 Focus wagon and drove it for many reliable miles after. When these were new, the writers compared the Focus favorably with Carollas of the same period. Built in Wayne MI. I don't understand what happened to Ford since.

[travfdy]

I can attest to this. I had a 2005 Focus ZX5 hatchback. Bought it in September 2004 and traded it September 2014. It had 214, 000 miles and the only problem I had with it was the alternator. I went everywhere in it and delivered mail out of it. 😄 Great car.

[dobuto]

bought new 2002 focus 5 speed and it was a lemon. Bought used 2005 focus ZX4 in 2017 automatic. with 74, 000 miles and it was FANTASTIC. Only problems were the focus motor mounts that wear out and the famous focus kick pannels that rust out from underneath.

[Kokomo]

You can use a cheapo magnetic gauge to set the camber accurately. Alignment shims are also inexpensive.

[williamgunn]

We had GREAT service from our 2012 Focus. Loved that car!

[stevenwomack]

I had one of those 2013 Ford Focuses with the dual clutch transmission. Ford extended the warranty to 100K as part of a class action suit. I had 8 clutches put in at Ford's expense. The last time was about 98K and the Ford service manager told me then to dump the car as fast as I could....

[allenbreeden]

I have a 2012 focus but it has a 5-speed manual. 168, 000 miles trouble free so far!

[derekgardin]

The 2012 to 2018 focus with a manual is a pretty bulletproof car. Only the auto is the weak link

[gregwarren]

Be sure to "burp" air out of the cooling system. If no air and fans cycle then if coolant is still full check flow through the heater core.

[dobuto]

PCV job is $380 on those focuses if you do not want to do it your self, thanks to the stupid engineers placing it behind the manifold. I remember changing the valve and hose on my older cars for $10 and it only taking 1 minute.

[crabbymilton]

Automated manuals are just as rough as a stick shift. Many buses had those type of transmissions and were much slower than a fully automatic ALLISON.

[SlikMc]

My last car was an 07 ford focus and it went 302 thousand miles before it died.