NHTSA Complaint #10553495 — 2012 FORD FOCUS

DRIVING HOME ON INTERSTATE 73MPH TRANS SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL HAD TO GET OFF INTERSTATE BEFORE GETTING RAN OVER WITH MY SPEED DECREASING. TURNED CAR OFF CRANKED BACK UP TRANS WORKED AGAIN TOOK TO DEALER IN JACKSON, TN GOLDEN CIRCLE FORD THEY SAID TRANS PCM NEEDED TO BE REPROGRAMMED AND WAS FIXED DROVE HOME TODAY 11-22-2013 DID EXACT SAME THING NOT GOOD AND NOT SAFE WHEN YOU LOSE TRANS POWER AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS CAR NOW BACK AT DEALER WAITING TO SEE WHAT THEY COME UP WITH THIS TIME. I AM A ASE CERTIFIED MECHANIC AND WORK ON VEHICLES FOR A LIVING THIS ONE STILL UNDER 100,000 MILE WARRANTY BUT HAS SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE PLEASE HELP I APPARENTLY AM NOT ONLY ONE WITH THIS ISSUE APPARENTLY THIS TRANS IS JUNK AND NO ONE KNOWS HOW TO FIX IT SO SHOULD BE CHANGED TO SOMETHING THEY KNOW HOW TO FIX I DRIVE 145 MILES PER DAY TO AND FROM WORK ALL INTERSTATE THIS WAS SUPPOSE TO BE A PROVEN DEPENDABLE VEHICLE THAT IS WHY I PURCHASED IT ALSO FOR THE GAS MILEAGE WHICH IS GOOD BUT NOW NOT FEELING SO SAFE DRIVING IT. *TR