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Think Again...
I bought my 2002 Focus brand new off the lot with 93 kms on it. It's a good car, rides nice, good gas mileage and is pretty comfortable for the size and the price.
At around 20 000km, the car started making a humming noise from the rear-end which sounded a lot like a bad wheel bearing. So I brought it in, being still under warranty and all and told them about it. They checked it out and told me that my tires were shot and had to be replaced. I in turn nearly had a kitten at the thought of replacing the tires on my still new car.
I asked them why the tires were wearing out so fast and if they were just cheap tires from the factory. They replied with "No, Focus' are really hard on tires."
Gee thanks tips.
So I put on high quality tires rated for 120 000km and worth about $110 a pop. I figured this would somewhat rectify the problem and that I wouldn't have to replace the tires for ATLEAST another 50 000km and from there I would decide whether or not to keep the car.
Well just last week I brought the car in for an oil change and to rotate the tires because it had been about 10 000km since I last rotated them.
After the mechanic was done with the car he told me that he couldn't rotate the tires because the rear tires were bald and needed to be replaced. Sure enough the tires were again trashed, and when I rotated them in the summer they were fine.
I then called dear old John Henry Ford for some answers as to why this car sucks so bad.
They replied with "Focus models from 2000-2004(all models) are experiencing irregular tread wear and that customers that are experiencing this are to get an alignment check ($60), if there is a problem with rear alignment buy a kit to replace the rear suspension arm ($200), replace existing worn-out tires (around 600-$800) and then the problem SHOULD not persist there-after."
Yeah I'll get right on that.
What gets me is, they don't actually guarantee whatsoever the problem being rectified after all this money and time has been put into the scrap heap. So tomorrow I could put $1000 into my little gay car and 30 000 km down the road, put another 600 bucks worth of rubber on it.
So all in all, if you were ever thinking about buying a Focus or have one, maybe you should consider your options for buying something else...Believe me, I am.
I bought my 2002 Focus brand new off the lot with 93 kms on it. It's a good car, rides nice, good gas mileage and is pretty comfortable for the size and the price.
At around 20 000km, the car started making a humming noise from the rear-end which sounded a lot like a bad wheel bearing. So I brought it in, being still under warranty and all and told them about it. They checked it out and told me that my tires were shot and had to be replaced. I in turn nearly had a kitten at the thought of replacing the tires on my still new car.
I asked them why the tires were wearing out so fast and if they were just cheap tires from the factory. They replied with "No, Focus' are really hard on tires."
Gee thanks tips.
So I put on high quality tires rated for 120 000km and worth about $110 a pop. I figured this would somewhat rectify the problem and that I wouldn't have to replace the tires for ATLEAST another 50 000km and from there I would decide whether or not to keep the car.
Well just last week I brought the car in for an oil change and to rotate the tires because it had been about 10 000km since I last rotated them.
After the mechanic was done with the car he told me that he couldn't rotate the tires because the rear tires were bald and needed to be replaced. Sure enough the tires were again trashed, and when I rotated them in the summer they were fine.
I then called dear old John Henry Ford for some answers as to why this car sucks so bad.
They replied with "Focus models from 2000-2004(all models) are experiencing irregular tread wear and that customers that are experiencing this are to get an alignment check ($60), if there is a problem with rear alignment buy a kit to replace the rear suspension arm ($200), replace existing worn-out tires (around 600-$800) and then the problem SHOULD not persist there-after."
Yeah I'll get right on that.
What gets me is, they don't actually guarantee whatsoever the problem being rectified after all this money and time has been put into the scrap heap. So tomorrow I could put $1000 into my little gay car and 30 000 km down the road, put another 600 bucks worth of rubber on it.
So all in all, if you were ever thinking about buying a Focus or have one, maybe you should consider your options for buying something else...Believe me, I am.
