NHTSA Complaint #10658660 — 2013 FORD FOCUS

A FEW DAYS AFTER I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE, I WENT BACK TO THE DEALER AND TOLD THEM IT WAS STUTTERING ON TAKE OFF. I WAS TOLD "THIS IS NORMAL, THE CAR WAS GETTING USE TO A DIFFERENT DRIVER, TO SAVE ON GAS, AND THAT IT SHOULD GET BETTER THE LONGER I DROVE IT". IT DID NOT GOT BETTER, BUT WORSE. BROUGHT IT IN AND THEY SAID THAT IT NEEDED AN UPDATE, SO THEY HOOKED UP TO COMPUTER AND UPDATED IT. STILL DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. NEXT TIME I TOOK IT IN THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE DUEL TRANSMISSION, AND IT WAS NORMAL FOR IT TO SHUTTER. IT IS NOW IN THE SHOP HAVING CLUTCHES REPLACED AND SEALS REPLACED. THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT EVEN AFTER THIS WAS DONE IT WOULD STILL HAVE A SHUTTER, JUST NOT SO BAD. I TRIED TO TRADE THE VEHICLE IN, BUT I'M GOING TO LOSE AROUND $5000, IN ONE MONTHS TIME. THUS VEHICLE SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN SOLD TO ME, I FEEL THAT I WAS LIED TO AND DECEIVED. THE SERVICE MANGER AT FORD TOLD ME THAT THIS IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM THIS CAR, BUT THE ASSISTANT SALES MANAGER IS TELLING ME THAT IT IS NOT A "QUALITY" ISSUE. WHO WOULD BUY A PRACTICALLY NEW CAR TO ONLY BE IN THE SHOP THREE TIMES IN 2 MONTHS AND STILL NOT HAVE A SAVE OR SMOOTH RIDE? NO ONE WOULD!!!! *TR