NHTSA Complaint #10724001 — 2012 FORD FOCUS

AT 12,738 MILES I TOOK TO DEALER AND COMPLAINED ABOUT SLUGGISH ACCELERATION. AT 14,886 MILES I TOOK TO DEALER AND COMPLAINED ABOUT CLUTCH SHUDDER AND THEY INSTALLED NEW CLUTCH AND INPUT SHAFT SEALS AND AXLE SEALS, REINSTALLED TRANY WITH NEW HARDWARE. ALSO COMPLAINED THAT CAR WOULD NOT START TWICE, ON FIRST TURN OF KEY. AT 14886 MILES, I WAS ON HIGHWAY ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. I GOT UP TO ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND THE CAR SUDDENLY SEEMED TO DOWNSHIFT, COMING ALMOST TO A COMPLETE STOP. THEN IT WAS VERY SLOW TO ACCELERATE UP TO SPEED AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED AT TWO MORE SUCCESSIVE STOP SIGNS, CAUSING THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME TO HAVE TO SLOW DOWN SUDDENLY TO AVOID RUNNING INTO ME. I ALSO COMPLAINED ABOUT THE CAR SOMETIMES SCOOTING ON THE PAVEMENT UPON ACCELERATION AS IF "BURNING RUBBER" OR "PEELING OUT" ALSO COMPLAINED THAT ONE TIME, I TURNED THE KEY OFF AND I COULD STILL HEAR SOME KIND OF NOISE IN THE DASH LIKE SOMETHING WAS STILL "WORKING" LIKE A CD PLAYER OR SOMETHING, WHICH I WASN'T EVEN USING.