 My wife bought this and it is been 
trouble from early on. At 7k miles, the 
tranny started leaking fluid.  6-7 
recalls.  Poor acceleration.  After 
about 30-35k miles, it started idling 
horribly, sounding like it would stall, 
and it even did several times.  At 45k 
it sucked $250 in repairs, a couple 
months later, $500, and a couple months 
later, at 50k miles, it would have been 
$1200 after it was determined that the 
O2 sensors, computer and 5 other things 
were faulty, but I declined to fix it 
and got rid of it.  I will never buy 
Ford.  I would only recommend buying a 
used one if it is for a high schooler's 
first beater car.