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High revs

hi everyone need help my ford focus when i change gear is high reving before i receive accerelation any ideas thx

2003 Ford Focus 1.4 lx
Posted: Jan 12, 2012
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Air bag light flashing then staying on

i recently had a cam sensor changed and now the airbag light is flashing 3 times and a short pause the 3 times (this goes on for 8 times) then stays illuminated whilst car is running.Are the 2 connected or separate faults.

2003 Ford Focus 1.8 tdci
Posted: Oct 27, 2011
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Water pump replacement?

Hi, i'm new here and i need to replace the water pump in my focus and was wondering if anyone could post the proceedure? thanks

2003 Ford Focus 1.8 MP3
Posted: Oct 8, 2011
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No power

My 03 tdci Focus has no power..She idles fine. When she was running nice I noticed a kind of whistling now she wont rev over 4k and thats gradual so cant pull away fast.. Whitish smoke from exhaust not black??

2003 Ford Focus 1.8 tdci estate
Posted: Sep 6, 2011
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Bsttery warning light

Ford focus tdci 2003, battery light intermittent relay module internal fuse box clicking Internal light off and on in unison with relay and battery warning Battery light now static no noise from relay. There has also been several cases ...

2003 Ford Focus 1.8tdci
Posted: Jun 26, 2011
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Engine wont rev

hi i have a 2003 1.8 petrol 70k ford focus that will not accelerate hard. The car idles and drives normal if u keep the revs below 3k in each gear. The engine will not rev pas 4k where there is a distinct lack of power and if u go full thr...

2003 Ford Focus focus 1.8 ghia
Posted: May 13, 2011
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Fault Codes B1601 and P1664

Following codes are coming up on Focus. B1601 and P1664 Is there any way of resolving them? Any help would be appreciated....

2003 Ford Focus 1.8 TDCI
Posted: May 11, 2011
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Rusting Sump - leaking oil

I have been servicing a Ford Focus 1.8 Ghia 03 reg with 60k on the clock today. I was surprised to see the state of the sump (see pic) as you can see it is rusting quite badly. Having just changed the oil I can see it is leaking the...

2003 Ford Focus 1.8 Ghia Petrol Manual
Posted: May 11, 2011
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Dash lights live, but will not turnover

Dash lights are coming on as normal, but when key is turned to start car, there is nothing. Using jump leads or a booster does not solve it. Any ideas? Is it an immobiliser problem, as the battery was low originally? Any help would be appre...

2003 Ford Focus 1.8 tdci
Posted: May 8, 2011
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Noise

hi can someone help when i drive my car there is a whining noise coming from the back wheel

2003 Ford Focus 1.4
Posted: Apr 18, 2011
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Cuts out

hi i have been driving my car for a wee while and have notest my car is not ticking over very good but yesterday when i was driving i put my foot on the cluch it stalled on me started it up went ok then today the same thing happened its jus...

2003 Ford Focus 1.4
Posted: Jan 25, 2011
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Car wont start / engine wont turn over

My ford focus zetec 1.6 wouldnt start, engine wouldnt even turn over, central locking on key wouldnt unlock door, so had to unlock manually and when in the car the other doors wouldnt unlock either. Car started with a jump from another car ...

2003 Ford Focus 1.6
Posted: Dec 19, 2010
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Gear box slipping

The gear box has started slipping,in about 3rd gear am driving it but it is getting worse. What is best to get a reconditioned gear box (expensive) or one from breakers yard. Anybody know where to get a reconditioned gear box from

2003 Ford Focus Zetec 1.6 Auto
Posted: Dec 1, 2010
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Ticking over

hi i just noticed my car is not ticking over very well it drives ok but when i stop and leave my car running its like if its going to cut out

2003 Ford Focus 1.4
Posted: Oct 5, 2010
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Lights

hi before my car went for a mot my front head lights were very good i could see from a long distence but since its went through a mot they have put them down i take it to the correct place but i cant see very good now when its dark i was go...

2003 Ford Focus 1.4
Posted: Sep 23, 2010
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Fluctuating power loss

Recently I have experienced problems when pulling away and when accelerating. When the engine is just under 2000 revs the power from the engine seems to fluctuate and only after 2000 revs does the power come back slowly. If I put my foot do...

2003 Ford Focus 1.8 Ghia
Posted: Sep 20, 2010
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Water pump

water pump gone needs replacing.AA told me i dont have to remove timing belt !!!! is that true.he said take pulley bolts off and pulley out,remove water pump and renew,is that all that needs doing? apparently certain models you dont need to...

2003 Ford Focus 1800
Posted: Sep 19, 2010
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How to remove rear light lense to replace brake bulb

I have undone the torx screw but cannot get lense to come away from body

2003 Ford Focus 1.6 zetec
Posted: Sep 10, 2010
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Speedo

hi i need to fit a new speed sensor can anyone tell me how and where it is about on the car

2003 Ford Focus 1.4
Posted: Aug 31, 2010
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Speedo

hi when i am driving i have notest my speedo does not work some times but it is getting worse the other day i was doing 60 when it went to 0 then all of a sudden my milesage stopped as well it just dissapeard but then about 5 mins of drivin...

2003 Ford Focus 1.4
Posted: Aug 9, 2010
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