NHTSA Complaint #10749697 — 2012 FORD FOCUS

ON OCTOBER 7TH, 2014 MY CAR (FORD FOCUS 2012) BEGAN EXPERIENCING SOME TRANSMISSION ISSUES. IT WOULD JERK EXTREMELY HARD WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WAS PUSHED. IT WOULD ONLY ACCELERATE A LITTLE BEFORE FINALLY JERKING INTO SECOND GEAR. THE CAR ACTED AS THOUGH IT DIDN'T WANT TO SHIFT GEARS. I TOOK THE CAR INTO THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE I HAD PURCHASED THE CAR AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT NEEDED A NEW CLUTCH PIECE AND RESEALED THE TRANSMISSION SEALS. AFTERWARDS, THE CAR WAS STILL DOING THE SAME AS BEFORE. I TOOK IT BACK IN JANUARY OF 2015 AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG AND THE CAR WAS PERFORMING TO THE SPECS. AFTER THAT, I CONTINUED EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS AND RETURNED WITH THE CAR AGAIN IN LATE MAY OF 2015. THIS TIME THEY SAID THE COMPUTER NEEDED TO BE REPROGRAMMED AND SYNCED AND IT WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. AFTER I RECEIVED THE CAR BACK IT STILL MADE THE SAME PROBLEMS. ON AUGUST 19, 2015 I WAS AT A STOP SIGN AND PUSHED ON THE GAS WHEN THE CAR SHUTTERED AS IF THE TRANSMISSION WAS GOING TO FALL OUT IT JERKED SO HARD. IT FINALLY ACCELERATED AND STARTED MOVING.