NHTSA Complaint #10567777 — 2012 FORD FUSION

THIS STARTED LAST YEAR...WE BOUGHT THE CAR NEW IN FEB. 2012....WE HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO YOUNGBLOOD FORD IN MADISON, GEORGIA WHERE WE BOUGHT THE CAR AT LEAST FOUR TIMES...SOMETIMES WHEN YOU SLOW DOWN TO STOP THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD AND THE CAR JERKS....MAKING A NOISE...THEN AFTER THIS HAPPENS AND YOU PULL OFF AGAIN THE GEARS STALL IN BETWEEN SHIFTS AND ALMOST STALLS....HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT IN AN INTERSECTION BECAUSE OF THIS....TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP A YEAR AGO AND WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION OR COMPUTER HAD TO BE RECALIBRATED......THE CAR WAS FINE FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS AND THEN STARTED AGAIN...I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR BACK SEVERAL TIMES AND THE LAST TIME, I TOLD THEM TO KEEP THE CAR AND DRIVE IT FOR A DISTANCE, SINCE THE PROBLEMS SEEMS TO OCCUR AFTER A TRIP OF 40 MILES OR MORE....THE DEALERSHIP KEPT THE CAR FOR A WEEK...I CALLED THEM AND WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED....BUT WHEN I DROVE THE CAR HOME ( ABOUT 25 MILES) THE CAR DID IT AGAIN...I HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH ME WHEN THIS PROBLEM OCCURS, EVEN A BROTHER IN LAW THAT IS A MECHANIC... *TR