NHTSA Complaint #10928300 — 2012 FORD FOCUS

SINCE PURCHASING MY FOCUS IN NOVEMBER OF 2013, I HAVE HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE TRANSMISSION THAT HAVE CAUSED ME TO FEAR FOR MY SAFETY AS THEY HAVE RESULTED IN MULTIPLE NEAR-ACCIDENTS. I HAD THE CAR LOOKED AT WITHIN THE FIRST SEVERAL MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP AND NOTHING WAS FOUND, I THEN TOOK THE CAR BACK IN WHEN SYMPTOMS PERSISTED AND GOT THE CLUTCH REPLACED WITHIN ROUGHLY A YEAR OF BUYING. THE SYMPTOMS SUBSIDED FOR A WHILE, BUT HAVE RETURNED AND ARE STILL AN ISSUE TO DATE. ISSUES ARE DETAILED BELOW: THE CAR OFTEN CHUGS WHEN IN MOTION, ESPECIALLY DURING ACCELERATION FROM A STOPPED POSITION. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WHERE THE VEHICLE WILL INTERMITTENTLY AND UNPREDICTABLY REFUSE TO ACCELERATE IN A NORMAL FASHION. THIS HAPPENS BOTH WHILE MOVING AROUND 20-40MPH AND ALSO WHEN COMING FROM A STOPPED POSITION - SAY WAITING AT A RED LIGHT OR WHEN WAITING TO TURN LEFT AT A BUSY CITY INTERSECTION. THIS IS TERRIFYING AS I NEVER KNOW WHEN THE CAR WILL ACCELERATE NORMALLY AND WHEN IT WILL NOT - AT LEAST TWICE IN RECENT HISTORY I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN FROM A STOPPED POSITION, HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO GET THROUGH THE INTERSECTION, BUT THE CAR STRUGGLED AND FINALLY MADE IT THROUGH TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT. OTHER TIMES, THE RPMS SEEM TO REV UP FOR NO REASON, AND THE CAR ACCELERATES VERY QUICKLY THOUGH THE PRESSURE ON THE PEDAL HAS NOT CHANGED. THOUGH THE HAS HAPPENED WITH LESS FREQUENCY, IT IS ALMOST MORE FRIGHTENING AS I FEEL LIKE I AM NOT IN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLES SPEED WHILE IN TRAFFIC. TYPICALLY THIS HAPPENS WHEN COMING FROM A STOPPED POSITION AS WELL. ADDITIONAL ISSUES I'VE HAD INCLUDE IT ROLLING BACKWARD ON SMALL INCLINES - SOMETIMES WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS SUFFICIENTLY DEPRESSED AND EVEN MOMENTARILY WHEN IN DRIVE AND GAS PEDAL DEPRESSED. *TR