NHTSA Complaint #11232762 — 2012 FORD FOCUS

MY FOCUS HAS HAD NUMEROUS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. MY CAR WOULD RANDOMLY NOT BE ABLE TO SHIFT INTO SECOND GEAR AND WOULD LEAVE STRANDED. WHILE DRIVING MY CAR WOULD RANDOMLY NOT SHIFT GEARS, ALLOWING ME TO GO A MAX OF 10 MPH WITH MY CHILDREN IN MY CAR. MANY TIMES MY CAR WOULD NOT START AT ALL. SOMETIMES WHEN IT DID START, I COULD NOT EVEN TURN MY WHEEL. I HAD THE COMPUTER CHIP RESET AND WITHIN 4 MONTHS MY CAR BECAME INOPERABLE. I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AND THEY SAID MULTIPLE SERVICE BULLETINS WERE FOUND FOR MY TRANSMISSION THAT CAME BACK IN THE DIAGNOSTICS AND TOLD ME TO TAKE IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. WHEN I WENT THERE I WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE MINIMUM $2K TO GET THE INTERNAL CLUTCH FIXED, IF THAT WAS THE ISSUE, UPWARDS OF $5K FOR THE OTHER TRANSMISSION ISSUES. I FELT EXTREMELY UNSAFE WITH TWO KIDS AND HAD TO GO OUT AND LEASE A NEW CAR. I AM FURIOUS NOW THAT I AM READING THAT FORD KNEW IT WAS SELLING 2012 FOCUSES WITH FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS. I STILL HAVE THE CAR IN MY POSSESSION. I CANNOT EVEN COUNT THE NUMBER OF TIMES MY CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT OR START, AND WHILE DRIVING WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR THIS HAPPENED. IT CAUSED ME TO ALMOST BE REAR ENDED OR STUCK IN INTERSECTIONS. THE ONLY THING THAT SAVED ME ON MANY OCCASIONS WAS QUICKLY TURNING ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS/BLINKERS. I AM OUTRAGED THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED. PRIOR TO OWNING MY 2012 FOCUS, I HAD A 2002 FOCUS AND NEVER RAN INTO ANY OF THESE ISSUES AND LOVED THE CAR SO MUCH I BOUGHT ANOTHER ONE. IF I COULD GO BACK IN TIME I WOULD NEVER HAVE BOUGHT THE 2012 KNOWING WHAT I KNOW NOW. I AM HOPING A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT IS FILED, AND IF NOT, I MAY FIND MY OWN LAWYER AND GO AFTER FORD.