NHTSA Complaint #10956406 — 2012 FORD FOCUS

WAS DRIVING DOWN FREEWAY AT 65MPH. RPMS SHOOT PAST 5 AND CAR ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN UP TO 80MPH. CARS MESSAGE SCREEN READ "TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION- SERVICE NOW". I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE LEFT - AS THERE WAS TRAFFIC. WAS ABLE TO GET OFF HIGHWAY BUT COULD ONLY GET MY CAR TO GET AS FAST AS 30MPH BEFORE THE RPMS WERE PAST 5 AGAIN. FORD REPLACED TRANSMISSION COMPUTER MODULE. DROVE CAR FOR ~HOUR AND A HALF NEXT DAY. CAR IS JERKING FORWARD WORSE THAN BEFORE. SHAKING IN THE TRANSMISSION. WOULD ACCELERATE ~5MPH ON ITS OWN. HAPPENED 5 TIMES DURING THE DURATION. DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE IN MOTION OR STATIONARY - THIS CAR HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN AND I'M SCARED TO DRIVE IT. I'M POSITIVE HAD SOMEONE BEEN IN FRONT OF MY ON THE FREEWAY, WHEN IT ACCELERATED TO 80MPH ON ITS OWN, I WOULD HAVE REAR ENDED THEM.