NHTSA Complaint #11242403 — 2014 FORD FOCUS

MY CAR'S CLUTCH SLIPS. THIS IS A 2014 FORD FOCUS WITH THE TRANSMISSION THAT HAS GIVEN FORD SO MANY PROBLEMS. IT STUTTERS AND JUTTERS AND MAKES ME WORRIED THAT IT WILL GIVE OUT IN AN INTERSECTION. TO FURTHER COMPLICATE THINGS, IT HAD A SALVAGE TITLE WHEN I PURCHASED IT, UNRELATED TO THE CLUTCH. SINCE OWNING THE VEHICLE FORD HAS REPLACED THE CLUTCH, TRANSMISSION AND TCM. I WAS VERY HAPPY WITH THE SERVICE, THEN, 14000 MILES LATER, THE CLUTCH STARTED DOING THE SAME THING. I TOOK IT BACK TO FORD AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY WOULDN'T REPLACE THE CLUTCH BECAUSE IT WAS A "SALVAGE TITLE" AS IF THE RESTORED STATUS OF THE TITLE MAKES THE VEHICLE UNWORTHY OF REPLACING A SAFETY ISSUE. I TOLD THEM THAT IT WAS SALVAGE THE LAST TIME THEY REPLACED EVERYTHING, THEY STILL REFUSED TO FIX IT. TO ME, THIS IS VERY MUCH A SAFETY ISSUE. THE LAST TIME IT GOT THIS BAD, THE CAR LURCHED AND BUCKED AND THREW AN ENGINE CODE, ALMOST STALLING OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. FORD SWEARS THIS IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE, IT REALLY WORRIES ME. THIS STUTTERING AND JUTTERING OCCURS WHEN THE CAR IS MOVING IN FIRST GEAR SHIFTING INTO SECOND. IT DOES IT MORE WHEN HOT, BUT OCCURS ALL THE TIME. THE ORIGINAL CLUTCH THAT WAS REPLACED HAD A 12K MILE WARRANTY, OF COURSE WHEN IT STARTED ACTING UP AGAIN, I WAS OVER THAT AMOUNT.