NHTSA Complaint #10702275 — 2012 FORD FOCUS

IN OCTOBER 2013, MY CAR STARTED SHUDDERING VIOLENTLY EVERY TIME I ACCELERATED FROM A STOP, GOING AROUND CORNERS AND GOING UP HILLS. ON OCT. 22, 2013, I BROUGHT THE CAR IN TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND IT WAS DETERMINED I NEEDED A NEW CLUTCH. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM HAPPENING AT THE TIME WITH MY MAKE/MODEL. THE CAR WAS "REPAIRED" AND IT DID NOT SHUDDER UNTIL ALMOST EXACTLY A YEAR LATER IN OCTOBER 2014. THE SHUDDERING WAS EXACTLY THE SAME AS PREVIOUSLY - SHUDDERING VIOLENTLY EVERY TIME I ACCELERATED FROM A STOP, GOING AROUND CORNERS AND GOING UP HILLS. I BROUGHT MY CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP ON MARCH 25, 2015 AND WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REMOVED FOR REPAIRS. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT SINCE SO MANY FORD OWNERS ARE HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM, THEY ARE BOOKED SOLID AND CANNOT DO MY REPAIR UNTIL MIDDLE OF JUNE 2015 (3 MONTHS FROM TIME OF DIAGNOSTICS). *TR