NHTSA Complaint #10663268 — 2012 FORD FOCUS

TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE PROBLEM. UNEXPECTED LOSS OF TRANSMISSION SHIFTING WHILE DRIVING. PROBLEMS WITH SHUDDERING, VIBRATION BETWEEN GEARS AND HESITATION WITH THE TRANSMISSION. ROLLS BACKWARD ON INCLINES LIKE IT IS A STANDARD BUT IT IS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. FORD PERFORMED A REFLASH, RELEARN, AND A PINPOINT TEST. TEST FAILED AND FORD REMOVED THE TRANSMISSION AND REPLACED THE CLUTCH AND SEALS ON 11/05/14 PER RECALL14M01. FORD CLAIMED THAT THERE WERE NO OTHER PROBLEMS FOUND WITH THE TRANSMISSION. ON 12/08/2014 THE SHUDDER WAS BACK AND THE CAR BOGGED DOWN TO 30MPH IN A 55MPH HWY. THE SITUATION WAS VERY SCARY AND DANGEROUS. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER AND OPENED A CASE AT 3:50 PM WITH [XXX], [XXX] AT 1-800-392-3673. FORD REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM THAT WAS NOT FIXED THE FIRST TIME. THE FORD DEALERSHIP IS MAINTAINING FRAUDULENT BUSINESS PRACTICES BY CHARGING $1025.00 TO FIX THE TCM (TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE) THAT REMAINS DYSFUNTIONAL AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ON THE ROAD. [XXX] AND [XXX] WITH THE FORD SULLIVAN DEALERSHIP CLAIM THAT THE RECALL IS SEPARATE FROM THIS RELATED TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. THIS WAS MY FIRST AND LAST NEW FORD PRODUCT. ALL THE WAY AROUND THE TRANSMISSION IN THIS AND MANY OTHER FORD FOCUSES IS A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR CONSUMERS AND NHTSA. MANY DEATHS WILL HAPPEN DUE TO FORDS UNWILLINGNESS TO ADDRESS THESE FAULTY TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR