2004 Ford Focus C-Max Problems

Car only starts when I hit the dashboard

Engine symbol stays on when driving doesnt flash just stays on advised to take to ford garage

Car was working fine and handbrake just stopped working and will not apply but i do not know wether this handbrake is operated by cable or not to try and sort out problem.

I had a problem with the revers lights and parking sensors not working .I changed the bulbs but did not solve the prob . I then looked at the fuses and took them out and checked them for damage in the engine and under the passengers foot w...

I got a warning of power assist problem got home switched off engine . Couldn't then start the engine again . After an hour tried again and car started but now has engine system warning there is a lot of oil under that throttle body . Told...

Alternator recently failed. After looking at the location of the unit, decided to take it to local garage rather than tackling the job myself. The garage have quoted £495, stating that a ford genuine part is required. If a pattern part is ...

Alternator recently failed. After looking at the location of the unit, decided to take it to local garage rather than tackling the job myself. The garage have quoted £495, stating that a ford genuine part is required. If a pattern part is ...

revers light not working plus a/comes on when I turn ignition on

the clock on the radio screen loses time over a period of a few weeks.

Hi, just got in the car to find it started no problem, all the dash lit us, then all lights went off, petrol gage, MPH gage, rev counter all dipped to nothing and not responsive to when touched the gas pedal and also when tried to move, the...

Im having a new cat converter next week due to a hole in it. also it keeps going into limp mode especially moving away from lights and pulling out of junctions could the holed cat cause it to go into limp mode ?

Hi, My Ford Focus C-Max 2.0L TDCI ZETEC 2004 started to give problems and Engine Management light went on. I took it to the garage and they diagnose it to be the diesel pump as its breaking up? but i didn't change it back then. Couple of w...

I have a 2004 ford cmax diesal the problem started when I tried to turn the engine over first it said limited EFB failure tried again it said total EFB failure . The dash was reading -60 and the car just won't start , but the radio,window...

Car starts ok when cold. When starting again after having driven about 5 or 6 miles revs very erratic at idle, 600 - 1000 occasionally cutting out. With nursing accelerator able to increase revs gradually, After about 2-3 minutes of this ev...

The car won,t start but on he dash the outside air temp is reading -60 could this be something to do with it.

I've had a 54 plate Focus C-max diesel for 3 months.Last Monday there was a severe loss of power, even on the flat, and the engine warning light came on. I took it to the garage and the mechanic found that it would not rev above 3000 rpm. H...

There is a terrible smell outside the car strongest points seem to be near font passenger wheel (new this year) or rear near exhaust. Smell also comes in to car via air conditioning when switched on. A few days before this smell started the...

this is my mother in laws cars and it cuts out intermintantly and wont restart but if a crack the injector pipes and spin it over for a few seconds it will restart and run fine for a few days then the problem will come back. I have changed ...

Just had a fonecall from my maye, suffering these problems with his Focus c-max, wondering if anyone knows the likely cause? I was thinking battery/alternator related until he mentioned the steering....

when driving the cabin fills with the smell of diesel/exhaust, cant see any smoke inside but it`s so bad i daren`t take the kids in the car. was wondering if this is a common fault? it has done 95,000 miles, seems to run ok but smokes a bi...