NHTSA Complaint #10783278 — 2012 FORD FOCUS

IN 2014 I WAS DRIVING FROM GRAND FORKS, ND TO BEMIDJI, MN ON THE INTERSTATE GOING AROUND 60 WHEN MY CAR SHUDDERED AND SLOWED DOWN TO CLOSE TO 15. I WAS ABLE TO GET ONTO THE SHOULDER AFTER BEING STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE I WAS ABLE TO CALL FOR HELP. MY CAR WAS THEN TAKEN THE THE FORD DEALERSHIP IN BEMIDJI AND I HAD SOMEONE PICK ME UP AND WAS ABLE TO BRING ME BACK TO GRAND FORKS. (FORD HAD REFUSED TO GIVE A RENTAL) AROUND 2 WEEKS AFTER I GOT A CALL STATING THAT MY TRANSMISSION WAS FIXED. I GOT A RIDE TO BEMIDJI, PICKED IT UP AND HEADED HOME. SHORTLY AFTER I GOT IT BACK TO GRAND FORKS I WAS DRIVING AROUND A RESIDENTIAL AREA IN GRAND FORKS WHEN I STOPPED AT A 4 WAY STOP WAITING FOR MY TURN, WENT TO GO FORWARD AND MY CAR STARTED MOVING IN REVERSE. I HAD TO SLAM ON MY BREAK SO I DIDN'T HIT THE CAR BEHIND ME THEN I BROUGHT IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP IN TOWN. THEY "FIXED" THE ISSUES AND GAVE IT BACK TO ME TWO MORE TIMES, EACH TIME I COULDN'T MAKE IT OUT OF THE DEALERSHIP WITHOUT IT SHUDDERING AND REFUSING TO SHIFT. FINALLY THEY "FIXED" IT AT THE END OF THE SUMMER IN 2014. THIS SUMMER I WAS NOTICING THE CAR WAS SHUDDERING WHEN I WAS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND IT WAS STOP AND GO, I BROUGHT IT BACK DOWN THE THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT IT FROM AND THEY ASSURED ME IT WAS FINE BUT THEY WOULD REPLACE THE PARTS TO BE SURE. THIS WEEKEND I WENT HOME TO THE CITIES AND AS I WAS DRIVING BACK IT BROKE AGAIN. I WAS IN THE PASSING LANE GOING AROUND 70 WHEN MY CAR SHUDDERED, WENT DOWN TO 55, SHUDDERED AGAIN AND WENT DOWN TO 10. I WAS FORCED TO SWERVE QUICKLY INTO THE LEFT SHOULDER SINCE I HAD A SEMI-TRUCK BEHIND ME GOING 70 THAT ALMOST HIT ME AND HAD TO CROSS THE INTERSTATE TO AN OFF RAMP TO BE SAFE. THEY HAVE "FIXED" IT FOUR TIMES AND IT STILL BREAKS DOWN. I'VE ALMOST GOTTEN INTO 4 ACCIDENTS, MISSED DAYS FROM WORK AND I'M TOO SCARED TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE AT THIS POINT.