We have a 2000 Focus and I know that there was a recall on for the "Progressive Contamination of the fuel filters." This is because the Focus will lose power, hesitate, and stall. We had a Ford dealer work on the brakes, and while it was there, we told them to check the fuel filters. Prior to this, my wife let the fuel tank go to about an
1/8th of a tank, and the lose of power, hesitation, and stalling occurred. The dealer replaced the fuel pump module on 4/01/04, so they say. Saturday, my wife was merging onto a freeway, and with half a tank of gas, the car lost power, and the engine light went on, and after she pulled it to the shoulder, the car died. After waiting a few minutes, she tried to start it, which worked, and she drove another 15 miles home with no further problems. The engine light did not come on again. I drove it around 10 miles, and no problems. Right now, my wife's afraid to drive it for fear it will do it again. Does anyone have any suggestions? Does it sound like the fuel module, or what I call the Fuel sender, and could the Ford dealer have just not performed the change? Any help would be greatly appreciated!- posted
19 years ago