Warning to all Focus ST Owners!

[DJ123]

Do you know if there were any recalls on your ST? https://www.gov.uk/check-if-a-vehicle-has-been-recalled


Or any from Ford? call a Ford dealer and give them your VIN, they'll be able to tell you anything it should have had, or it has had

The one thing I have learned about cars with timing belts is they are a bit like motorbikes----when you fit a new chain it pays to fit new sprockets.

Ford have said there is nothing they can do!

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Originally Posted by Milky Bar Kid

Ford have said there is nothing they can do!

Not surprised at all.

Me neither. Didn't think they'd come good. Always some way to weasel out of it!

[Biker Biggles]

Ford are correct in that they dont have to do anything,but they might feel they could help if it got them some good publicity,or avoided some bad publicity.Just a thought but it might be worth suggesting some goodwill help?

Originally Posted by Milky Bar Kid

I bought a well looked after, low mileage 5 weeks ago. Everything that's needed done according to the manual has been done by previous owners.

Saturday night, cambelt snapped on me. Still waiting to find out exactly how much damage there is but we are hoping it's confined to valves and not bottom end.

If you have one of these, I recommend you change your cambelt promptly and don't risk the 100000 miles or 10 years as Ford suggests. My car has 68k on clock.

To say I am gutted is an understatement.

ford seem to have moved the goalposts,i owned a 1998 2.0 zetec,and that had a cambelt service interval of every 5 years or 60k,and the ford garage would guarantee the cambelt for the service life,most newer ford petrols have a chain driven dohc,(with a duplex chain that should outlast the engine)the st would seem to have a 5 cylinder volvo lump,but 10 years or 100k seems like a long time between service intervals,especially when its only about £200 to change the belt and tensioner,and there are many reported premature cambelt tensioner failures on the t5 volvo engine at about 60k,
with a bit of luck you will only need a few valves replaced,but i think these engines are fairly labour intensive with special tools needed to get the cams and rocker cover back on

[DJ123]

Originally Posted by Milky Bar Kid

Ford have said there is nothing they can do!

Has the car been taken apart or assessed yet?

My own garage got car yesterday and started stripping cylinder head. Should find out damage later today. I am ridiculously stressed about the whole thing!

Originally Posted by Milky Bar Kid

My own garage got car yesterday and started stripping cylinder head. Should find out damage later today. I am ridiculously stressed about the whole thing!

im guessing if there is no piston or major head damage,by the time they add labour gaskets, new valves,timing belt and tensioner, drive belt plus a new water pump its going to cost about 1k