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Thursday, November 7, 2002

Would somebody please explain to me how the hell this car got on the road?

I bought my first car 2 years ago - a Ford Focus ZX3. I think I had 8 recalls in the 18 months that I owned it.

Now there are 2 more recalls being issued by Ford.

WTF?

The recalls I _remember_ having were:

1. Driver side wheel clamp not secured - wheel may fall off

2. Replace clutch

3. Replace fuel gauge

4. When rear seats are folded down and a load is placed on top - the seatbelt mechanism in the rear may break.

5. Something with the fuel injectors

6. Front wheel bearings

I also had some screwed up electrical problems where the car registered an accident and the airbag system deactivated the electricals.

Problem is - I was parked. Nobody hit me. And the airbag didn't deploy.

I can't even remember the others. The latest recall has "bad wiring may cause fire".

So let me get this straight - the car I bought 2 years ago - in a worst case scenario would do this while I was driving:

"As I shifted gears and the clutch went all wonky, the fuel injectors fail, the front wheels fall off and one of the rear wheels falls off.

I skid (as I have only one wheel at this point) and slam into tree. My passenger behind me goes flying because his seat belt doesn't work - so he goes through the windshield. My head gets bashed into the steering wheel since the airbag didn't deploy.

At that point - the wires under my hood decide to start a fire and everyone gets burned to death.

The end."

Damn American crap cars.

BTW - I own a Honda now.
1:53:48 PM    


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