NHTSA Complaint #10824669 — 2012 FORD FIESTA

MY 2012 FORD FIESTA HAS A SERIOUS, ONGOING LIFE-THREATENING ISSUE. THE VEHICLE SHUDDERS WHEN ACCELERATING AND CAUSES ME TO LOSE COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHICH HAS NEARLY CAUSED MY ONE-YEAR OLD SON AND I TO BE IN MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS. I HAVE HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS YET THE PROBLEM CONTINUES TO OCCUR WHICH TELLS ME THERE IS SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH THE PRODUCT AND NO MATTER HOW MANY NEW TRANSMISSIONS THEY INSTALL, THE ISSUE WILL ALWAYS EXIST. ONE TIME THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MERGE ONTO A FREEWAY. I BEGAN MERGING AND ALL THE SUDDEN THE CAR SHUDDERED AND WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD NO MATTER HOW HARD I PRESSED ON THE GAS. I HAD COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AS ONCOMING CARS GREW CLOSER AND CLOSER TO HITTING MY SON AND I. IF THE CAR BEHIND ME DID NOT SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES WE WOULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION I WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ON A GREEN LIGHT AND THE CAR MOVED FORWARD AND TURNED JUST ENOUGH TO PUT MY SON AND I IN HARMS WAY AND THEN STOPPED AND DID THE SHUDDER THING CAUSING ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE NOT ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE IT AND FEEL LIKE I AM PUTTING MYSELF, MY SON AND OTHER VEHICLES AT RISK EVERY TIME I HAVE TO DRIVE.