NHTSA Complaint #10903616 — 2012 FORD FOCUS

MY SON AND I WERE LEAVING A STORE IN MY 2012 FORD FOCUS AND HAD JUST BACKED OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AND I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE. THE CAR ROLLED BACKWARD JUST AN INCH AND LUNGED FORWARD AND WE FELT A "BUMP". GOT OUT OF THE CAR AT THAT POINT TO SEE IF I HAD HIT SOMETHING OR IF SOMETHING WAS UNDER THE CAR-THERE WAS NOTHING. GOT BACK IN, BUCKLED UP AND TRIED TO GO AND THE DASH LIT UP WITH "TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION" I BELIEVE IT SAID AND WOULDN'T GO AT ALL. I TURNED IT OFF AND BACK ON AND FROM THAT POINT THE CAR DASH SCREEN SAID "SERVICE TRANSMISSION NOW." I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND CALLED MY HUSBAND IN TEARS TO COME AND GET US. I JUST GOT THIS CAR A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND I ENDED UP WITH A LEMON. AFTER I BOUGHT THIS CAR I NOTICED IT BECOMING MORE AND MORE JERKY AND LURCHING AND/OR ROLLING BACK. IT WAS A PROGRESSIVE THING, CONSTANTLY GETTING WORSE UNTIL FINALLY IT JUST GAVE. THE CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP NOW FOR TWO WEEKS AND I HAVE BEEN HAVING TO RELY ON SHARING MY HUSBAND'S VEHICLE AND RIDES FROM OTHERS AND THE DEALERSHIP SAYS THAT THE PART IS ON BACKORDER. THE LATEST IS THAT WHEN MY HUSBAND CALLED LAST WEEK, HE WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS ON EMERGENCY BACKORDER. WHEN ASKED ABOUT A TIME FRAME, THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD NO IDEA. IT COULD BE THREE DAYS, TWO WEEKS, OR A MONTH-WHO KNOWS? I AM BEYOND UPSET AND DISGUSTED!!!!!! I AM PAYING A CAR PAYMENT FOR A CAR THAT ISN'T DRIVEABLE, HAVE NO IDEA WHEN IT WILL BE FIXED, AND APPARENTLY THEY CANNOT GET THE PARTS. SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT TO DO!!!! I HAVE NEVER IN MY LIFE HAD A CAR WITH A PROBLEM LIKE THIS-AND NO IDEA WHEN I WILL HAVE MY CAR TO DRIVE AGAIN! THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THESE FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS-FROM SEARCHING THE INTERNET, I AM FAR FROM ALONE IN THIS ISSUE.