NHTSA ODI · 398,146 deduplicated matched complaint incidentsSnapshot through 2026-07-192010 Ford Fusion · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 102012 Ford Focus · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 102007 Toyota Camry · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 10Methodology · open and versionedPublished indexes show sample size and 95% interval
NHTSA ODI · 398,146 deduplicated matched complaint incidentsSnapshot through 2026-07-192010 Ford Fusion · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 102012 Ford Focus · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 102007 Toyota Camry · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 10Methodology · open and versionedPublished indexes show sample size and 95% interval
Federal complaint record · Ford Focus · model year 2000
2000 Ford Focus
Owners submitted 3,686 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 98th percentile for complaint intensity within its 1998 to 2002 compact sedan cohort. The largest reported component group is electrical. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.
Electrical · 27% · group n = 1,406Engine · 10% · group n = 512Brakes · 10% · group n = 487Fuel system · 9% · group n = 445Suspension · 8% · group n = 412
3,686
Complaint records on file
61,313
Median mileage at the reported problem · 1,568 complaints reported mileage
27%
Of classified component reports name electrical · group n = 1,406
98th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 28 model years
Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving
Cluster 1 of 32000 Ford Focus
Brake performance · 391 reports
Reports describe braking performance concerns
Cluster 2 of 32000 Ford Focus
Steering effort · 249 reports
Reports describe steering effort or control concerns
Cluster 3 of 32000 Ford Focus
Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.
Records through 2026-07-19Published 2026-08-02 · Updated 2026-07-19
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NHTSA consumer complaint records can reveal recurring patterns across published model years. MotorCensus summarizes those records as one complaint-signal index, with a 95% interval and sample size, updated with each data snapshot.