NHTSA Complaint #10761349 — 2014 FORD FOCUS

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2014 FORD FOCUS WITH 33000 MILES. IMMEDIATELY THE CAR STARTED DISPLAYING WHAT A MECHANIC DESCRIBED TO ME AS TRANSMISSION ISSUES. TO INCLUDE, SHUTTERING, DELAYED RESPONSE, JOLTING, HESITATING WHEN TAKING OFF, SLIPPING, STALLING, AND GOING BACKWARDS ON A HILL. THIS BECAME A REAL CONCERN WHEN I WAS TURNING, THE VEHICLE STARTED TAKING OFF, IT BOGGED DOWN, LOST POWER AND RESPONSIVENESS AND THEN JOLTED. THIS OCCURRED WHILE IN AN INTERSECTION. THE DELAY WAS SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH THAT THE VEHICLE COMMON TOWARDS SWERVED OUT OF THE WAY. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT BUT COULD HAVE GONE A LOT WORSE. SECOND THE TRANSMISSION HAD THE SAME ACTION WHEN PASSING ON THE INTERSTATE, BOGGED DOWN AFTER ITS STARTED GOING AND THE PERSON CAME VERY CLOSE. I JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR, AND AM CONCERNED. I CONTACTED FORD, NO RESPONSE. I TOOK IT TO A DEALER PHIL LONG FORD IN COLORADO SPRINGS, THEY INITIALLY SAID ITS SUPPOSE TO DO THAT AND ITS NORMAL. I HAD TO EXPLAIN THE SAFETY ISSUES AND WHAT WAS GOING ON BEFORE THEY WOULD SCHEDULE SOMEONE TO LOOK AT IT. THE FIRST TIME THEY WILL LOOK AT IT IS IN TWO MONTHS. NOW AM IN A PROBLEM, BECAUSE I EITHER DON'T DRIVE THE CAR AND PAY RENTAL COSTS OR DRIVE SOMETHING THAT COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I JUST BOUGHT THIS, AND I SHOWED IT TO TWO PEOPLE TODAY TO TRY AND SELL, BOTH EXPERIENCED THE TRANSMISSION ISSUE. ONE DIDN'T EVEN OFFER, THE OTHER GAVE SUCH A PRICE THAT THEY COULD REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. I FEEL I'M GETTING NOTHING FROM THE COMPANIES THAT ARE SUPPOSE TO CARE ABOUT THIS DANGEROUS ISSUE