NHTSA Complaint #10609488 — 2014 FORD FOCUS

TRANSMISSION JERKS AND GRINDS AT 2200RPM IN FIRST GEAR, GRINDING NOISE WHILE GOING UP HILLS, TRANSMISSION SHAKES AND JERKS WHEN SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND, VERY ROUGH AND UNPREDICTABLE SHIFTS, SHIFTS INTO HIGHER GEARS WAY TO SOON THEN WILL DOWNSHIFT OR GO INTO NEUTRAL, HESITATION AND VIBRATION FROM LAUNCH, TRANSMISSION SLIPS AT RANDOM AND WILL NOT DOWNSHIFT , TRANSMISSION SURGES UNDER ACCELERATION ....STEERING SEEMS TO HAVE A MIND OF IT'S OWN WHEN TURNING ON TO STREET THE STEERING WHEEL WANTS TO STAY IN WHATEVER POSITION YOU HAVE IT TURNED AND IS VERY HARD TO KEEP STRAIGHT ON HIGHWAY..RATTLING NOISE LIKE SOMETHING IS LOOSE COMING FROM FRONT PASSENGER AREA WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS OR WHILE SITTING AT IDLE IT CAN BE HEARD HAS BEEN TO THE SHOP THREE TIME S FOR RATTLING NOISE AND IT IS STILL NOT FIXED AND HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR THE TRANSMISSION FOUR TIMES AND EVERY TIME THEY TELL ME THE DON'T EXPERIENCE IT OR IT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS OR THAT I AM DRIVING THE CAR WRONG...I HAVE A WIFE AND A THREE YEAR OLD AND I AM TERRIFIED FOR THEN TO BE IN THE CAR. *TR