NHTSA Complaint #10446707 — 2010 FORD FUSION

TRANSMISSION SLIP INTO NEUTRAL AND REVS PAST 4000RPM, 1-2 & 2-3, ALSO SEVERE HESITATION WHEN SLOW DOWN THEN TRY TO SPEED UP AGAIN (I.E. STOP & GO TRAFFIC). HAS PUT ME IN UNSAFE SITUATIONS REQUIRING DEFENSIVE DRIVING TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICE 4+ TIMES AND EACH TIME ONLY "CALIBRATION". SERVICE DEPT IS VERY HELPFUL BUT HINDERED BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY'S INABILITY TO SOLVE DEFECT. ALSO, WAS GIVEN PRINT OUT OF FORD ADVISING SERVICE THAT THE 2-3 HESITATION IS " DEEMED NORMAL AND IT MEETS DESIGN INTENT AT THIS TIME".100% UNSAFE TO DRIVE, ESPECIALLY WITH CHILDREN IN CAR AS THE GEAR SLIPPING AND OR HESITATION FOLLOWED BY SUDDENLY ENGAGING THEN SPEEDING UP PUTS THE DRIVER IN UNPREDICTABLE CONDITIONS. HAS PUT ME IN NUMEROUS NEAR ACCIDENTS (SPECIFICALLY WHEN MERGING OR CHANGING LANES AND YIELDING TO TURN LEFT). MOST RECENT "FIX" WAS 2/2/12 AND TRANSMISSION STILL SLIPPING, HESITATING, SLAMMING INTO GEAR. HAVE FILED WITH BBB AUTO LINE. FORD MOTOR CO. NEEDS TO SERIOUSLY ADDRESS THIS FROM SAFETY STANDPOINT. *KB *TR