NHTSA Complaint #10787925 — 2012 FORD FIESTA

THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS SINCE I FIRST PURCHASED IT. IT NOW HAS 42,000 MILES ON IT. AFTER RECALL #15B22 SERVICE WAS PERFORMED ON 9/4/15 THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN MUCH WORSE. WHEN YOU ARE AT A STOP AND THEN START TO PULL OUT INTO AN INTERSECTION THE CAR HESITATES TO THE POINT OF ALMOST STOPPING THEN IT LURCHES FORWARD FOLLOWED BY SEVERE SHUTTERING. IT SEEMS TO GET PROGRESSIVELY WORSE THE LONGER THE CAR IS DRIVEN AND GIVEN A CHANCE TO WARM UP. THERE ARE ALSO A WIDE RANGE OF MINOR SHIFTING PROBLEMS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND CONDITIONS WITH LOSS OF POWER DURING THOSE TIMES. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT THEY TELL ME THAT IF THEY CANNOT GET THE CAR TO MAKE THE SAME PROBLEM THEY CANNOT FIX IT. AFTER LEAVING THE DEALERSHIP THE CAR STILL HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS OFF AN ON AND HAVE WENT THROUGH SEVERAL FORD UPDATES AND FIXES FOR THIS, BUT NONE SEEM TO HELP. IT IS TO THE POINT NOW THAT I FEEL UNSAFE DRIVING THIS CAR.