NHTSA Complaint #11288208 — 2016 FORD FOCUS

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND NOTICED A HITCH IN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION'S GEAR SHIFTING. IT FELT LIKE IT WAS SLOWING DOWN AT MOMENTS WHILE I ACCELERATED. IT WOULD KICK BACK IN DURING THOSE MOMENTS AND START TO WORK AS NORMAL. WHEN I LEFT WORK AT A LATER DATE MY CAR DID NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY AS I WAS MERGING ONTO A HIGHWAY RAMP FROM ANOTHER RAMP. A CAR THAT WAS COMING DOWN THE BLVD ALMOST HIT ME BUT I RODE OFF TO THE SHOULDER BEYOND THE FIRST RAMP ONTO THE SECOND ENTRANCE. AS I DROVE HOME I NOTICED A WORSE LOSS OF POWER TO THE POINT OF A FEEL OF ALMOST SHUTTING DOWN AS I DROVE HOME. AS I WAS PARKING I NOTICED MY CAR WAS NOT WORKING IN DRIVE. IT FELT LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. I HAD TO PUT IT IN PARK THEN BACK TO DRIVE TO GET IT TO GO FORWARD. ONE THING I NOTICE ABOUT A YEAR AGO WAS THAT THE LOW GEAR WAS FAR SLOWER THAN OTHER CARS I HAD IN THE PAST. I MENTIONED IT TO A PERSON AT THE DESK AT FORD'S REPAIR DEPARTMENT AND THEY SAID THAT THE LOW GEAR WAS JUST SLOWER THAN IT IS ON OTHER CARS.