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#307 of 309 Should I trade my car in or fix all the probelms? by redundant1 Jul 26, 2009 (3:48 pm)
I have about $3,000 left on my car loan and I can probably nitpick 3,000 things to fix on it.   I have a 2005 Focus Sedan SE. 41,000 miles on it.   - Needs 4 new tires. - One needs a rim/wheel from hitting a pothole bad enough. - The air filter is disgusting and needs replacing. Everytime I put my AC or defrosters on, I get black/brown shit on my windshield. - 60 degree weather and some nights I have had to put the HEATER on to get the windows defrosted. It does not work with cold air. - Steering wheel doesn't ..snap back..as fast as it used to. It's like the power steering is gone or something. This bugs me. I used to be able to turn the wheel all the way and when I let go it would snap straight back and now it snaps back crooked. I asked the dealer this and of course they looked at me like I was an idiot. I did talk to some other Ford owners and they knew what I meant and said their cars don't do it anymore either. - Windshield wipers are messed up. I can turn them on but I cannot shut them off. I have to shut them off manually by keep flicking the switch with my fingers and stopping it at the RIGHT spot. Takes concentration to do it right, hopefully I don't; get into an accident someday because I'm playing with the wiper stick. - Highway Driving - Sometimes I have to floor it to get it to speed up and switch gears even though this is an autoamtic transmission. - I don't think my brakes are as good as they were when I first got it. They seem a bit weaker...even though yesterday I slammed the brakes on to avoid a deer and they worked and no deer got hit. - CD Player is scratching and skipping my CDS for some reason. - My lights suck. They do not need replacing but they are just NOT bright enough for me. I drive a lot at night, through black holes (People from CT know what I am talking about!) and I strain my eyes trying to see better when I just have crappy lights. The dealership told me I would have to go to a modshop or something to get brighter lights and then told me that brighter lights stress the engine or something out and I'll have more problems down the line. - It makes a weird rattling noise while running. Someone said it sounds like my belt snapped but well it's been doing it for months and the dealer said it wasn't anything to really worry about.   All minor, irritating things... People are like "You only have $3,000" left but well am I going to end up paying the car off with $3000 and then fixing about $3,000 worth of stupid things on it?
#308 of 309 Re: 2005 Focus SES Alignment Problems [mrsdoni] by 04monterules Sep 24, 2009 (11:21 am)
Replying to: mrsdoni (Jul 31, 2007 11:03 am) Just a suggestion to have you struts/shocks inspected -- we have a Focus here as well has been going through tires, inside edges uneven and tires seperated again and the car has wicked boby roll -- is just a suggestion like I said   GRB
#309 of 309 Fuse Panel 2007 Focus by piglover Oct 18, 2009 (1:19 pm)
To access the fuse panel on the 2007 Focus one has to first remove the CD storage box. The owner's manual does not say how to remove it. It's plastic and I don't want to force it and break it. Does anyone know how to remove it.         Thank-you

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