# Missing, stalling 2001 Ford Focus

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/missing-stalling-2001-ford-focus/20384>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** focus, stalling, ford\
**Created:** [October 5, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/missing-stalling-2001-ford-focus/20384 "2008-10-05T16:08:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![jokaul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a4c791/32.png) [@jokaul](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jokaul)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/missing-stalling-2001-ford-focus/20384/1 "2008-10-05T16:08:48Z")

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We have a 2001 Ford Focus with only 23,000 miles. Was running well until it started missing – though not consistently. Thought it may have been bad fuel, but new tank of fuel didn’t change problem. Changed sparkplugs and it was worse – started stalling, jerking. Took out new the new plugs and cleaned old plugs putting them back in. It improved somewhat. Error codes were P0301, P0304 (cylinders 1 & 4 misfiring), and P0402 (which is the EGR). The car seems to idle roughly when cold and after warming up it runs worse and stalls out.