NHTSA Complaint #11010746 — 2012 FORD FOCUS

5/4/16 CAR WOULD NOT START IN A PARKING LOT AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER. DEALER REPLACED FAULTY TCM FSA 14M02 7/22/17 WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ON THE EXPRESSWAY CAR ABRUPTLY JERKED, RPMS SHOT UP FROM ABOUT 2500 TO 5000 LOSS OF POWER. HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER, PUT CAR IN PARK AND THEN BACK IN DRIVE, & TRANSMISSION RE-ENGAGED. 7/24/17 WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ON EXPRESSWAY CAR ABRUPTLY JERKED, RPMS SHOT UP AGAIN. LOSS OF POWER. PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER, PUT CAR IN PARK AND BACK IN DRIVE, NO RE-ENGAGEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION, PUT CAR BACK IN PARKED, TURNED IT OFF, RESTARTED CAR, TRANSMISSION RE-ENGAGED. 7/25/17 DROVE TO DEALER, WHILE DRIVING SHIFTING BECAME INCREASINGLY HARD/HARSH, SHIFTING BECAME MORE DELAYED AS WELL. DEALER REPORTED FAULTY TCM AND DAMAGED CLUTCH. BOTH ARE TO BE REPLACED ON 7/26/17 FSA 14M01 FSA 14M02