NHTSA Complaint #10638876 — 2011 FORD FIESTA

I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN JUNE 2011. RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING IT HAS HAD A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. THE CAR SHUDDERS WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE. SOMETIMES IT'S LIGHT SHUDDERING AND SOMETIMES IT'S VERY ROUGH WHERE THE WHOLE CAR IS JERKING. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL INCIDENCES WHERE I WAS TURNING LEFT AND THOUGHT I HAD PLENTY OF TIME BUT THE CAR DECIDES TO SHUDDER AND I HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT BY ANOTHER CAR. MY HUSBAND HAD A SUPER CLOSE CALL. SAME THING TURNING LEFT AND THE CAR WAS SHUDDERING SO BAD IT JUST WOULDN'T GO AND HE WAS ALMOST HIT BY A TRUCK. WE HAVE TAKEN THE CAR IN SEVERAL TIMES TO BE FIXED AND EACH TIME IT'S FIXED FOR A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME BUT EVENTUALLY THE SHUDDERING COMES RIGHT BACK. I'VE BEEN TOLD ALL THE FIESTAS HAVE THIS PROBLEM AND EVEN IF THEY PUT A NEW TRANSMISSION IN THIS PROBLEM WILL HAPPEN BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE TRANSMISSIONS BEEN BUILT. I FEAR IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE IS SEVERELY HURT OR KILLED FROM THIS PROBLEM. I FEEL LIKE FORD NEEDS TO STEP UP AND FIX THIS PROBLEM BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. *TR