NHTSA Complaint #11523701 — 2018 FORD FOCUS

ENGINE issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number	11523701
Vehicle	2018 FORD FOCUS
Component	ENGINE
Date of Incident	May 8, 2023
Date Filed	May 24, 2023
Mileage	N/A miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	FL

Consumer Description

Every time I start to accelerate from a stop. The transmission starts to stutter heavily and many times there were times the car would not accelerate causing the cars behind me to stop suddenly as to not hit me. Very dangerous as this is not normal which means something is wrong and one day it will just not accelerate at all and could cause a very bad accident. The next question asks date of the incident, it happened from the time I bought the vehicle three years ago to current. Ford says they are aware but no recall.

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