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Is a 2003 ford focus a reliable car?

looking to buy a used ford focus standard with 100K miles . Are the focus a good used car or are they high maintenance. Its for a student with city driving


The 2003 Ford Focus is about average in reliability.

Consumer Reports accords the 2003 Ford Focus an Average Reliability Verdict and AutoOnInfo.net accords it a Reliability Percentrank of .52, on a scale of 0.00 to 1.00.

However,

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Enthusiasts have long bemoaned that Europe gets models we don’t, even if they share a name-tag on both sides of the Atlantic. It wasn’t that hard to keep secret when you needed friends traveling there to tell you what you’re missing, but globalization and the web have given everyone access. So Ford’s 2012 Focus ends the discussion about “ours” and “theirs” and brings us the best Focus since the SVT of last decade.

We won’t get all the engine options available overseas, including, at least for now, any diesels, but we will get a hot-hatch EcoBoost powered ST. And what they have right now is plenty good.

Nothing really jumps out in particular, rather it’s the synergy at work that makes this Focus so good. The engine for example is a 2-liter four-cylinder twin-cam with direct injection; no turbocharger or supercharger, just smooth, refined, progressive output on par with Honda’s 1.8 liter. Horsepower peaks at 160 at 6,500 rpm and torque at 146 lb-ft at 4,450 so there’s power when you want it, and you’d better pay attention to the tach because there’s no audible clue the engine’s working hard.

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