# 2006 Ford Focus - Sounds old **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** ford\ **Created:** [August 27, 2021, 10:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-focus-sounds-old/178991 "2021-08-27T10:57:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![me26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@me26](https://community.cartalk.com/u/me26)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 10:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-focus-sounds-old/178991/1 "2021-08-27T10:57:28Z")
My 2006 FF sounds like a 100 year old car ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 11:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-focus-sounds-old/178991/2 "2021-08-27T11:26:52Z")
I’m sorry to hear that–no pun intended. Do you have a question? ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 12:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-focus-sounds-old/178991/3 "2021-08-27T12:09:03Z")
Rust never sleeps. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-focus-sounds-old/178991/4 "2021-08-27T12:36:50Z")
It would be helpful if the OP informed us which 100 year old car his Ford Focus sounds like. If he is lucky, it sounds like a 1921 Pierce-Arrow, whose engine was almost silent while idling. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/7/b/7bc0858d0275831a5b9c5ad75684ea79e3336b5e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 12:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-focus-sounds-old/178991/5 "2021-08-27T12:46:20Z")
What KIND of noise? ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 12:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-focus-sounds-old/178991/6 "2021-08-27T12:54:45Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > What KIND of noise? … and, is it coming from… under the car… under the hood… under the instrument panel? Do you hear it… while starting the engine… while the engine is idling… while driving at high speed… when you apply the brakes… when you turn the HVAC system on? ---
**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan2)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 10:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-focus-sounds-old/178991/7 "2021-08-27T22:37:24Z")
Some cars are just born old. ---
**Author:** ![Champ31957](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/87869e/32.png) [@Champ31957](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Champ31957)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-focus-sounds-old/178991/8 "2021-08-30T01:21:41Z")
Bet you it has an exhaust leak. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 3:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-focus-sounds-old/178991/9 "2021-08-30T03:31:57Z")
“Ya muffla! Fix it!!” (Remember that commercial?) ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 12:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-focus-sounds-old/178991/10 "2021-08-30T12:03:53Z")
Yes, an exhaust leak is a possible cause of the OP’s mystery noise, but until he/she returns to clarify the issue and respond to the many questions, nobody from afar could possibly know exactly what is meant by “sounds like a 100 year old car”. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-focus-sounds-old/178991/11 "2021-08-30T18:24:38Z")
I used to pic up my kids at school in my 72 Camaro. Very nice body. I used to see this lady everyday, also nice body. Ran into her recently and she remembered my old ratty car. Her words. I brushed it off. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 12:19am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-focus-sounds-old/178991/12 "2021-08-31T00:19:02Z")
Those old cars make a sort of “put put” exhaust sound. Sort of like a go-cart. Compared to newer cars, which make either no sound, or more of a purring sound. I presume the “put put” sound is what the OP means. What could cause a “put put” exhaust sound to occur in an 06 Focus I wonder? ---
**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 12:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-focus-sounds-old/178991/13 "2021-08-31T00:37:58Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > What could cause a “put put” exhaust sound to occur in an 06 Focus I wonder? A hole in the exhaust. ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-focus-sounds-old/178991/14 "2021-08-31T00:46:19Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > What could cause a “put put” exhaust sound to occur in an 06 Focus I wonder? An old time John Deere muffler. 🙄 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 9:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-focus-sounds-old/178991/15 "2021-08-31T09:10:35Z")
Or when he gets in the car it starts talking, “Back in my day…” ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 11:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-ford-focus-sounds-old/178991/16 "2021-08-31T23:39:12Z")
> [@Purebred](#): > > Or when he gets in the car it starts talking, “Back in my day…” I knew I was rapidly approaching geezer status when chatting w/ one of my old high school buddies he started the sentence "Back in the day .. " … lol