Remember, in the first few years of production in Vsevolozhsk Ford Focus was the most advantageous proposal in its class: the buyers lined up in the months of the queue and places in the queue on sale! Therefore, in this article we will detail such things as repair and maintenance of Ford Focus, but first wait for our car. Here we are almost half a year waiting car after the order. Unlike the batch of Japanese, I had the opportunity to choose to focus only relevant for me equipment - ABS, two airbags, heated seats, electric windows and mirrors, cassette player (with CD requested $ 600), the nominal alarm system with double security locks and even heated windshield! Over all - 15,283 dollars. The most interesting is that while his course a little different from today - the dollar was worth about 31 rubles. That is, the machine cost $ 473,773 rubles. Now in a similar configuration Ford Focus 1.6 (with the same engine power 115 hp) has been around 634,050 rubles. So if you judge the inflation rate in this example, it amounted to about 5% per year. And what is the inflation of consumer qualities of the car? Having to constantly compare the Ford Focus with new models, I can say that it is small. And post-test and post-drive sports cars on the expensive off-road driving a Focus, I do not feel defective. Is that normal "music" is not enough - Cassette long ago become an anachronism. Dynamics me mostly satisfied. On many modern cars for the sake of ecology engines throttle, and I - Euro 1: responses to pedal fast and "clean". Clutch and gearbox without any prevention are still working flawlessly. And through the engine for 100,000 miles identified only two issues, and both are still a mystery to me. Thus, in the second year of service in the winter the engine was badly run - at 15 degrees of frost had to twist his starter for ten seconds. Benefit of full-time battery capacity 70 Ah allowed to do so. After starting the engine Troilus from under the hood could hear the terrible sound of metal. "Stalingrad? But after warming up - peace and quiet ... Torment in doubt a couple of days - to go to the service or not? - I tried to add oil to the engine (for the replacement and topping up oil is used Ford Formula F 5W30) - so that the level does not exceed a couple of millimeters boxes "at least, and reached a maximum, and - lo! - All gone. Motor and still runs smoothly and quietly, and problems with the launch did not even last the cold winter. Stable and waste oil - roughly 10,000 liter per km. Much? Given the fact that when overclocking now and then I am bringing the tachometer needle to 5000 rpm, this is normal. The second problem arose with mileage 78000 km: from time to time are wasted idling: stopped at a traffic light - the engine stalled. Pomuchaeshsya half an hour - it all goes away. Two weeks later idle again disappear. Changing the filter in the fuel pump situation has not changed, diagnosis within the planned TO errors in the electrical equipment not identified. Phantom defect - the most disgusting thing. Well, over the past six months, it appeared only once. Suspension, steering, I liked right away - and delight to this day. And on the winding, especially on rough roads. Special thanks to the high profile by today's standards tires 185/70 R14: in seven years - not a single break-sides, no dents on the forged wheels! And these tires much cheaper than 15-or 16-inch. And indeed the suspension is not ruined: for seven years, had to change a rack stabilizers (front stood akkurat 100000 km), so the upper support of front shock absorber struts. Everything. Now no knocks. Reliability of such suspensions on our roads can boast except that Japanese cars. With electrical problems, too, was a little bit and they started at 55,000 kilometers from the burned-out headlight beam H7. Then, these lamps had to be replaced every 8000 - 10000 km. It seems that home were far more reliable than purchased (usually brand Narva). Then ended Heated driver's seat - replaced by service cost in 6200 rubles, although the reason was banal breakage contact. Now about the service. The car was serviced at the 'officials - Major-Auto and Rolf. Everything related to routine maintenance, mechanical problems are solved quickly and easily - the replacement part or unit. But when it comes to electrics, and the computer did not give the standard error code - servismeny fell into a stupor. And the customer pays the stupor - time and money. So to 60000 km rear wiper started to work intermittently. As part of a planned then the problem has been solved - the replacement for the healthy new gearshift paddles and the relay. Later the same result and has resulted in replacement, on the recommendation of the gear motor wiper. The total cost of these errors servismenov exceeded 10 thousand. And the reason was banal wire breakage in the wiring - where this harness goes from the body on the fifth door. Two feet of wire, electrical tape - and after half an hour wiper alive. A signal glitches I have managed to avoid - the nominal system is working properly the seventh year, and I did the battery in the key never changed! By the way, the primary battery, ie battery, too. On our tests, many vehicles with a range of 10000-15000 km creaking, rattle interior plastic parts. Ford Focus in their background is kept a stiff upper lip - for seven years, spoke softly only to salute the dashboard, and then only on a rough road. Salon perfectly survived a journey in it two small children, and building materials for two repairs. Dark fabric upholstery has been very practical. And at the end of the seventh year of service time to do one hundred thousandth TO. Among other things need to change the timing belt and front brake discs. And when I saw the score, then realized why the official stations are so few first focus: 49,170 rubles! And if I agreed, and to replace worn-out 80% of rear brake pads, then the price would have jumped to 58 thousand rubles. This is polsekundochki, a fifth of the residual value of the car! Any normal owner of the first Ford Focus is unlikely to take such a step - even with a 20 percent discount for individuals. Leafed through, I was stunned, and from higher prices for parts and services. For example, front brake pads in 2004 for "'officials' were worth 2,413 rubles. Plus replacement - 717 rubles. Now it is 4830 and 1665 rubles, respectively. Two-time difference!" It is clear that the owners of five-seven-year vehicles serviced prefer to have "informal" or garages. After all, today the brake pads for the focus can be bought for 1,800 rubles, and if your hands are growing out of the proper place for half an hour to deliver. What will I do after 20000 km. And if you say goodbye to Ford Focus right now? "Then it can be sold for about 280 thousand rubles. And what to buy for the money? "If no extra cost, is it that the new Lada Kalina or prior. But I'm such a change is unreasonable. And therefore continue to ride a Ford Focus.
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