NHTSA Complaint #10598408 — 2012 FORD FOCUS

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY IN FAST LANE AT 60 MPH, PRESSED FOOT ON ACCELERATOR AND ENGINE REVVED BUT DID NOT INCREASE SPEED. IN FACT, SLOWED DOWN. I WAS ABLE TO PUT HAZARD LIGHTS ON AND GET TO RIGHT SHOULDER (COASTING, NO ACCELERATION POWER AT ALL). ENGINE NEVER DIED. TOWED TO DEALER.(WE HAD EXTENDED WARRANTY). THEY HAD IT 4 DAYS COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. SINCE NO PROBLEM FOUND WE HAD TO PAY FOR OUR RENTAL AND THEIR DIAGNOSTIC FEES. AFTER RETURNING CAR TO US, SAME THING 2 DAYS LATER. BARELY AVOIDED BEING REAR-ENDED IN INTERSECTION THIS TIME. AFTER THIS 2ND INCIDENT, ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON. 2ND TRIP TO DEALER, SINCE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON, THEY WERE ABLE TO ADJUST SOMETHING IN COMPUTER. CAR DID OK NEXT 10 DAYS. THEN STARTED DOING THE 'REVVING ACCELERATOR' BUT NO INCREASE IN SPEED AGAIN--TWICE ALMOST CAUSING ACCIDENTS. TODAY, 5TH EPISODE IN 5TH WEEK, CAR HESITATED, ALL DASH LIGHTS CAME ON, VERY LOUD 'BOOM' OR 'THUD' IN ENGINE. WAS ABLE TO COAST TO SHOULDER. THIS CAR IS DANGEROUS AND AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. FORD DOES NOT WANT TO DO ANYTHING UNLESS THEY HAVE A LIGHT THEY CAN FIX VIA WHAT A COMPUTER TELLS THEM. *JS