NHTSA Complaint #11241355 — 2012 FORD FOCUS

11/13/17 MY TRANSMISSION STALLED, MAKING LOUD SHUDDER NOISES AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE. FORD REPLACED THE TCM AND REPROGRAMMED THE CLUTCH. THERE WAS RECALL FOR SAFETY LATCHES ON THE DOORS TO BE REPLACED AS WELL. 10/24/18 VEHICLE STARTED AND WOULD CUT OFF. ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE IT BUT THEN THE CAR DIED IN THE DRIVE WAY. HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED. REPLACED FUEL PUMP MODULE AND GASKETS. TOTAL OF $810.96 NOT INCLUDING TOWING FEE. THE VERY SAME NIGHT I PICKED MY CAR UP AFTER IT BEING FIXED A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR FUEL PUMP MODULE FAILURE. FORD REFUSED TO REFUND MY MONEY AND INSISTED THAT SINCE THE FUEL PUMP WAS NOT AFFECTED IT WAS NOT RELATED. I HAD TO GO BACK TO FORD 10/3018 TO HAVE FUEL VAPOR AND SEALS REPLACED. SO 2/3 PARTS NEEDED REPLACING OF WHICH COST ME. 5/4/19 I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND MY TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, BRAKE OR DOWNSHIFT. I WAS STUCK AT 60MPH. I HAD TO ALLOW THE CAR TO COAST HOME. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED THREE SEPEARTE TIMES DURING THIS EVENT. MY CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND POWERTRAIN INCLUDES ALL INTERNALLY LUBED PARTS. FORD TOLD ME THAT THE ONE SPECIFIC PART THAT NEEDED REPLACING INSIDE MY TRANSMISSION, WHICH IS INTERNALLY LUBED WAS NOT COVERED. THIS REPAIR INCLUDING TOWING COST ME $2,400.00 NOW THERE IS ANOTHER 2 RECALLS OUT ON MY VERY CAR FOR TCM/ TRANSMISSION REPLACE/SHUDDER. THIS HAS BEEN THE MOST DANGEROUS CAR I'VE EVER OWNED. EVERY TIME I TURN AROUND I'M SHELLING OUT HUNDREDS AND NOW THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR A CAR I AM STILL PAYING ON.