2001 Ford Focus engine problems

Owners reported engine problems in 267 complaints for the 2001 Ford Focus, 11% of the complaints on file. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

Complaints: 267 11% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 63,000 miles 127 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 8 and 12
Injuries and deaths: 7 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Based on 127 complaints that include mileage. 47% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	13
20k to 40k miles	20
40k to 60k miles	27
60k to 80k miles	14
80k to 100k miles	12
100k to 120k miles	11
120k to 140k miles	17
140k to 160k miles	6
160k to 180k miles	1
180k to 200k miles	4
200k+ miles	2

What the data shows

Of the 127 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 63,000 miles, and 47% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 8 crashes, 12 fires, 7 injuries.

What owners wrote

Driving ford focus slowly in snow,a jeep spun out of control hit the drivers side front of car spun around and hit us again from the rear.airbag deployed and it my passenger full in face. Damaged her face with chemical burns and created a coroidital tear in her eye that is permanent and permanent vision loss in one eye. The impact of the airbag jarred her brain and she now has a brain injury called chiari malformation,

Reported at 20,000 miles, December 2001 CrashInjury

While traveling on the highway the vehicle will hesitate and shut down without prior warning. Dealer is aware of the problem.

Reported at 3,200 miles, January 2000

Engine problems in other years

Engine problems across all Ford models