2002 Ford Focus defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2002 Ford Focus. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Fleet Vehicle Recall Completion Audit
  Audit Query AQ10001 · opened Nov 18, 2010 · closed Dec 28, 2015

  On November 18, 2010, NHTSA's Recall Management Division (RMD) opened an audit query (AQ10-001) to investigate recall remedy completion by rental car companies on safety recall campaigns.It was expected to provide the agency an indication of how completely and how quickly rental car fleets perform necessary recall-rela…

• ENGINE STALLING
  Engineering Analysis EA02022 · opened Sep 9, 2002 · closed Jan 16, 2004 · led to recall 03V482000

  Clogging of the fuel delivery module (fdm) filters in the subject vehicles can lead to stalling and other related symptoms.these symptoms become increasingly obvious to the driver as the clogging gradually increases over extended periods of driving.stalling in these vehicles is most likely to occur when accelerating th…

• FRONT SUSP COLLAPSE/WHEEL SEPARATION
  Engineering Analysis EA02023 · opened Sep 9, 2002 · closed Feb 19, 2003

  SEE ATTACHED REPORT.

• ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES
  Engineering Analysis EA02014 · opened Jul 31, 2002 · closed Nov 13, 2002 · led to recall 02V288000

  There is no summary currently available

• FRONT SUSPENSION LOWER CONTROL ARM
  Preliminary Evaluation PE02044 · opened May 1, 2002 · closed Sep 9, 2002

  There is no summary currently available