NHTSA Complaint #11205128 — 2012 FORD FOCUS

SOME TIME AGO I NOTICED MY CAR REVVING BUT NOT ACCELERATING. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE FORD REPAIR CENTER AND THEY TOLD ME THE PROBLEM WAS AN EVAP VALVE AND A FEW OTHER COMPONENTS WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED TOTALLING OVER $2000 IN OUT OF POCKET REPAIRS. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE EVAP VALVE GETS RECALLED, I HAD TO TAKE IT TO FORD AGAIN TO RE REPLACE THE PARTS THEY REPLACED EARLIER IN THE YEAR. NOW I'M DRIVING THE CAR AGAIN, AND CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE THE SAME PROBLEM. I TAKE THE CAR IN FOR BREAKS, SHOCKS AND STRUTS. THE MECHANIC ASKS ME IF MY CAR FEELS SLUGGISH AND IF I AM HAVING A PROBLEM STARTING THE CAR, TO WHICH I RESPONDED YES AND HE PROCEEDS TO TELL ME I NEED TO REPLACE MY BATTERY SO I DO, THINKING THAT MAY BE THE PROBLEM WHY THE CAR IS STALLING. AGAIN, NOT THE FIX I WAS LOOKING FOR. A FEW WEEKS LATER, I'M DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD HEADING TO WORK, MY CAR STALLS, YET AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME IT STARTS SLOWING DOWN. I'M ACCELERATING ATTEMPTING FOR IT TO GO AND IT JUST STOPS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. I TRIED TURNING IT BACK ON AND NOTHING. A FEW MORE ATTEMPTS LATER AND FINALLY STARTS. I GET TO WHERE I NEED TO GO, PARK THE CAR. UPON RETURNING THE CAR WOULD NOT START. HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE THE ISSUE IS THE TRANSMISSION. THE CAR HAS NOW BEEN PARKED FOR 4 MONTHS. ENGINE LIGHT NEVER CAME ON AND THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO INDICATION ON THE DASHBOARD THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. AND THE ISSUE NEVER CAME UP A MONTH EARLIER WHEN FORD REPAIRED THE FUEL EVAP PROBLEM. AT THIS POINT I'M AT MY WIT'S END AND DON'T KNOW IF IT'S EVEN WORTH REPAIRING. AFTER READING THROUGH SOME OTHER COMPLAINTS IS SEEMS THE PROBLEM PERSISTS EVEN AFTER THE ATTEMPTED FIX. WHO HAS MONEY TO KEEP DUMPING INTO A CAR AND NOT KNOW IF FORD WILL EVER RECALL THE TRANSMISSION WHICH THEY REALLY SHOULD DO. THIS CAR HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE IT WAS DRIVEN OFF THE LOT NEW!