NHTSA Complaint #11508032 — 2018 FORD FOCUS

MY VEHICLE IS THE SAME YEAR MAKE AND MODEL AND ENGINE AS THE ONE ON RECALL. BUT MY VIN ISNT. BUT I HAVING ISSUE WITH THE RECALL PART . OCTOBER AS PUMPED GAS , MY VEHICLE STARTED SPUTTERING AND CUT OFF, THOUGHT MAY OF BEEN BAD GAS. WELL EACH TIME I ADD GAS , IT STARTS SPUTTERING, DIES AND STALLS AT STARTING. I LOOKED IT UP AND REALIZED PURGE VALVE ON CAR WAS OBVIOUSLY CAUSING ,MY ISSUE. COUPLE WEEKS AGO ON JANUARY 20TH I DROVE VEHICLE TO DO A DASH AND MY CAR DIDNT WANT TO CHANGE OUT OF FIRST GEAR , LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WAS GOING BAD, I LITERALLY HAD TO SHIFT TO LOW GEAR ADN BACK TO DRIVE AND NEXT DAY IT DIED ON ME AT RED LIGHT BUT STARTED BACK UP . WELL 1/30/23 WAS ON WAY ABOUT MILE FROM STORE TO ADD GAS, HAD 10 MILES TO E AND MY CAR DIED GOING 45 MPH AND WOULDNT EVEN START BACK. LUCKILY NOONE WAS BEHIND ME OR MY SON AND HIS FRIEND MAY OF BEEN HURT FROM GETTING HIT. DUE TO CAR SHUTTING OFF GOING DOWN THE RD. I CONTACTED DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD NO RECALL ON MY VIN BUT SAME YEAR MAKE AND MODEL AND 2.0 GDI ENGINE.