In all, 521 parts were created just for the Focus RS, from the Sparco seats and handbrake lever, unique dials, and starter button to the suspension and brakes. Ford built 4501 Focus RS Mk1s, all individually numbered and all thought to have been sold at a £4000 loss to the company. Out of that total, 2147 RS Mk1s were sold in the UK, making it Ford Focus MK1 hidden menu (test mode) gives you access to sensors readouts, tests and DTCs (diagnostic trouble codes). You can easily access data from senso Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 01 1.6 Faulty Engine Temperature Gauge. On a Motorway drive of about 100 miles, the temperature guage started increasing from the normal mid point towards the red point, this initially started happening when we reached crawling traffic and 2nd gear seemed to effect it the most. After a while it went back to the mid point. Strange Happening today. Gas just went up to $2.79.9, so I decided to take the Ford Focus SOHC SPI out on the Bypass freeway around the city. To my shock and surprise the gas gauge started to move, and at 119 miles, it was at three-quarter a tank. I find it had to believe that the car can get 119 on 4 gallons of gas. Driver side CV axle boot tore. Passenger side control arm ball joint failed. The transmission issues weren't exactly uncommon on the MY2013-early MY2014 models but they seem to have ironed out the issues on the later years. Between getting a used transmission, clutch kit, and flywheel; it was about $1000. . This corrosion causes the PCB tracks to short circuit. One of the first and most common symptons are the ABS and/or parking brake warning light burning intermittently. Depending on the severity of the corrosion the instrument cluster can either be repaired (cleaned, repaired and conserved) or needs to be replaced. My mk1 focus drivers door window will not move down (stuck in the up position) I hear clicks when pressing the up or down buttons but no movement. Currently have the door card removed but no idea what to check Smart charge faults are easy to check for enter dash diagnostics by holding the trip reset down then whilst held down start the car it will show test each press scrolls through search for bat it should show 14.4 v at idle with no electrics lower than 13.4 with no electrics indicates a fault. As the title suggests here is a few pics from a clutch change I done on a mk1 1.6 petrol focus at the weekend. These are just pictures I took along the way, just a little insight into what your likely to encounter should you ever need to do this job. Not a difficult job, time consuming and horrible to do on the driveway, a lift would be so much 1.4 is under-powered and best avoided they all suffer from leaking rear lights so check the boot for damp the pollen filter is another common problem so check the passenger front footwell for damp. Expand. I have a Mk1 2003 model 1.4 CL, had the car for about 6 years now and it's just up to a genuine 64k miles.

ford focus mk1 common problems