NHTSA Complaint #11231669 — 2012 FORD FOCUS

I MADE A RIGHT TURN OUT OF A PARKING LOT, PUT MY FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR AND MY CAR WOULD NOT GO ANY FASTER. I PRESSED HARDER AND HARDER ON THE ACCELERATOR AND MY CAR STILL WOULDN'T GO ANY FASTER. I PULLED OFF ON A SIDE STREET TO GET OUT OF THE TRAFFIC AND PUT MY CAR IN PARK. I RAN THE SHIFTER THROUGH THE GEARS, PUT MY CAR BACK IN DRIVE AND IT STILL WOULD NOT GO VERY FAST. I TURNED AROUND AND HEADED BACK TO MY HOUSE AND DROVE AS FAST AS I COULD WHICH WAS ABOUT 5 MILES AN HOUR. I WENT BACK INTO THE PARKING LOT AND PUT MY CAR IN REVERSE AND IT WOULD NOT GO IN REVERSE AT ALL. I PUT IT IN PARK, AGAIN I RAN IT THROUGH THE GEARS, PUT IT IN REVERSE AND IN WOULD NOT GO BACKWARDS STILL. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME I NOTICED PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRANSMISSION. I HAVE BROUGHT THIS CAR BACK TO THE DEALER TWICE BECAUSE OF THE TRANSMISSION AND TWICE THEY HAVE MADE REPAIRS ON THE TRANSMISSION. I HAVE ONLY OWNED THIS CAR SINCE OCTOBER 2018. BOTH TIMES I HAD IT BACK AT THE DEALER THEY CLAIM TO HAVE CHANGED SOME MODULE IN THE TRANSMISSION BUT YET I GO TO MY FORDPASS ACCOUNT AND THESE REPAIRS HAVE YET TO BE DOCUMENTED BY THE FORD DEALER. I FIND THIS RATHER STRANGE LIKE THEY KNOW I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION BUT WON'T REPLACE IT. THERE HAVE BEEN MORE TIMES THAT I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND WHEN I ACCELERATED AND THE ENGINE JUST REVVED UP BUT MY CAR WOULDN'T GO ANY FASTER. I FIND ALL OF THE SITUATIONS I HAVE BEEN IN WITH THIS CAR TO BE VERY DANGEROUS AND I AM LUCKY THERE HASN'T BEEN A MAJOR ACCIDENT. I HAVEN'T EVEN OWNED THIS CAR A YEAR AND I OWE MORE ON IT THAN WHAT IT'S EVEN WORTH. I CAN'T AFFORD TO JUST GO BUY ANOTHER CAR AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THE FORD DEALER WANTS TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT HOW DANGEROUS IT IS. PLEASE HELP ME!