NHTSA Complaint #10749905 — 2012 FORD FOCUS

ON THE DATE OF THE INCIDENT MY FAMILY AND I WERE GETTING ON THE HIGHWAY HEADED TO THE BEACH, WHEN I WENT TO PRESS THE ACCELERATOR TO MERGE ON THE HIGHWAY THE RPMS WENT UP BUT THE CAR LOST ALL ACCELERATION FOR FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS CAUSING US TO LOSE SPEED WHILE MERGING. THE CAR THEN CHANGED GEAR REALLY HARD AND JUMPED US FORWARD ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN 3 TIMES NOW FOR TRANSMISSION/CLUTCH REPLACEMENT. IT WILL RANDOMLY SHUTTER, HESITATE, JERK AND JUMP FORWARD. ON ONE OTHER OCCASION IT ALMOST CAUSED ME TO REAR END A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. THE LAST TIME WE BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER UPON PICKING THE VEHICLE UP FOR A DUAL CLUTCH REPLACEMENT I WAS TOLD IT WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO GO BACK IN SOON AND BE REPLACED AGAIN. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS YEAR AND MODEL AND IS UNSAFE