[Rome2000]

The Focus is great for about 50K miles. Then all kinds of neat stuff happens like your motor mounts breaking(WTF?), Your AC system leaking, 2 of your power window cables snapping, the battery terminal cable burning through and the fuel pump going belly up.

Every Ford I have ever owned sucked, they engineer failure into their parts so they can keep ther dealerships in business.

Couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch.

[eraser2005]

The Focus was rated as the most reliable Ford by Consumer Reports.

The Mercury Mariner was rated as one of the most reliable vehicles on the market today. 31 models received this designation. The Ford Escape and Ford Focus did not. Yet being identical, they MUST have the same reliability. And the Focus is rated above the Escape.

What does this tell you? There is no statistical difference in Consumer Reports' data between a Focus and the most reliable vehicles on the market today.