NHTSA Complaint #10790099 — 2012 FORD FOCUS

AFTER DRIVING FOR 40 MINS, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC AND FROM STOP (0 MPH) TO 30 MPH THE TRANSMISSION WOULD DOWNSHIFT VIOLENTLY AND STALL. I WOULD GIVE IT GAS, BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE AND THE ENGINE WOULD REV UP AND LUNGE FORWARD VIOLENTLY CAUSING CARS TO ALMOST HIT ME IN THE REAR. I PUT IN A SIMILAR COMPLAINT A FEW YEARS AGO ABOUT A SHUTTERING WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP AFTER 40 + MINS OF DRIVING. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR A CAR COMPANY TO ALLOW THIS CAR OUT ON THE STREETS.