NHTSA Complaint #11230938 — 2016 FORD FOCUS

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT SPEEDS AROUND 65-70 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL AND THE VEHICLE LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. PRESSING ON THE GAS WOULD REV THE ENGINE UP TO 4-5K RPMS. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER BUT WAS TERRIFIED OF BEING STRUCK BY A LARGE SEMI TRUCK BEHIND ME UNTIL I COULD GET TO THE SHOULDER. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND THEN RE-ENGAGED THE TRANSMISSION AND IT WORKED SPORADICALLY UNTIL I COULD GET TO THE NEXT EXIT. I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND TURNED OFF THE CAR. TURNED IT BACK ON AND THE REVERSE WOULDN'T ENGAGE. I DROVE THE CAR TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. ON THE WAY THERE, THE CAR WOULD JOLT FORWARD IN AN INTERSECTION, ONLY TO SLIP INTO NEUTRAL WHILE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. THIS SLIPPING INTO NEUTRAL HAPPENED TWO OR THREE TIMES ON THE WAY TO THE DEALERSHIP. ALSO, WHEN COMING TO A STOP, THE GEARS WOULD SHIFT AUTOMATICALLY INTO A LOWER GEAR PREMATURELY WHICH RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE COMING TO A FASTER STOP THAN WAS EXPECTED.