Yet some of the highest recall rates...
And their high ratings are short-term only.
Not so.
I've owned an Escort and a Tracer (same car, just a Merc) and did research before buying them.
They've been excellent, extremely reliable trouble free cars.
“Yet some of the highest recall rates...”
Funny - its the Honda Civic that has been the real recall queen lately.... The Focus has actually been pretty recall-free since its disasterous start....