# 2000 Focus **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [January 16, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-focus/42618 "2010-01-16T01:59:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro\_pilot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9d8465/32.png) [@astro\_pilot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/astro_pilot)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-focus/42618/1 "2010-01-16T01:59:21Z")
My niece owns a Focus with an engine trembling when she first starts it. Someone told her that it was a motor mount. She plans to buy a new car in a couple of months. Her question is, should she hang on without replacing the motor mount and let the dealer deal with it? ---
**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-focus/42618/2 "2010-01-16T02:17:56Z")
What did “someone” tell her to do?? Changing parts based on pure guesswork is never a very good idea. At least have a real mechanic look at it… A broken motor mount (if it is indeed broken) can lead to other more serious problems… ---
**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-focus/42618/3 "2010-01-16T02:20:45Z")
Who is the “someone?” Was this an actual mechanic who inspected the car and the mounts? If this is really just a thing at start up I’d be skeptical that it is a bad mount. Is her check engine light on and or flashing? If it is flashing at her then there’s a good chance she won’t get a couple of months out of it. If it does turn out to be just a bad mount, I’d keep going with it for the last few months of ownership as long as it isn’t literally broken. ---
**Author:** ![kmccune](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/kmccune/32/1237_2.png) [@kmccune](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kmccune)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-focus/42618/4 "2010-01-16T15:02:30Z")
Replace the injectors-they are low quality on these cars ---
**Author:** ![hellokit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hellokit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hellokit)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-focus/42618/5 "2010-01-16T15:44:58Z")
The engine might just be misfiring, which can cause the “trembling”. A change of spark plugs (clean air filter?), and a bottle of Techron Fuel Injector Cleaner, dumped into the gas tank, might be all it needs. Why do the expensive stuff?