Vibration at idle – Ford Focus
Some engineers should be designing weapons to defeat the enemy, rather than our cars. Here’s a case where the engineers designed a “roll restrictor” (motor mount) that’s open to the elements. Well, elements is a kind word for things like gravel, rocks, ice, or snow. If any of that gets into the “roll restrictor,” the engine gets locked into an unstable position and that creates the feeling of a rough idle. The fix is to clean out the gravel, rocks, etc and install the shield that should have been designed into this piece from the beginning. The shield is part #2M5Z-16102-AA. This problem affects 2000-2006 Ford Focus vehicles.
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Thanks, Rick. The dealer wants to charge me $600 + to do a ‘minor tune up’ to fix that vibration.
I have the same problem but no one can tell me what wrong. first they say its the motor mount, my stick shift needs to be changed, major tune up. The dealership act like they never heard of such thing and wants to charge $90.00 to check it.