2001 Ford Focus fuel system problems

337 complaints about fuel system have been filed for the 2001 Ford Focus, which is 14% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

Complaints: 337 14% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 54,000 miles 219 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 7 and 3
Injuries and deaths: 11 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When fuel system problems show up

Based on 219 complaints that include mileage. 53% 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	23
20k to 40k miles	44
40k to 60k miles	49
60k to 80k miles	30
80k to 100k miles	21
100k to 120k miles	23
120k to 140k miles	10
140k to 160k miles	12
160k to 180k miles	3
180k to 200k miles	3
200k+ miles	1

What the data shows

Of the 219 fuel system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 54,000 miles, and 53% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 7 crashes, 3 fires, 11 injuries.

What owners wrote

While parked vehicle caught on fire. Mechanic indicated fire was caused by malfunction on inertia switch. Consumer further states that after the front end impact accident, the inertia switch failed to shut off the fuel injection system, causing the car to burst into flames.

September 2001 FireInjury

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 ford focus se. The contact stated that when driving at various speeds, the vehicle would suddenly stall without warning. The contact stated that the failure would only occur when the fuel tank was one half full or more. In addition, the vehicle would lunge forward abnormally and would often hesitate. The vehicle was not inspected by the dealer nor repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and they advised him that the vehicle had no recalls associated with it.

Reported at 26,000 miles, June 2010

Fuel system problems in other years

Fuel system problems across all Ford models