2012 FORD FOCUS Power Train Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY ACCELERATED AND VIBRATED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER AN UNKNOWN MANUFACTURER RECALL, WHERE THE PCM AND TCM WERE RESTARTED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLUTCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PART NEEDED FOR REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 500.

I BOUGHT THIS CAR WITH 17,000 MILES ON IT AND KEPT IT A YEAR AND A HALF. I COULDN'T STAND IT ANYMORE. WHEN ACCELERATING, IT WOULD SHAKE AND SHUDDER. THE AUTOMATIC SHIFTING INTO FIRST AND SECOND GEARS WAS EXTREMELY JERKY ALL THE TIME. IF I WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP AND THE PAVEMENT WAS WET, THE CAR WOULD BOLT FORWARD WHEN I ACCELERATED. TWICE IT LIKE STOPPED WHEN I WAS GOING 70 MPH ON A HIGHWAY. IT JUST SORT OF STOPPED OPERATING FOR A FLASH AND THEN RESUMED MOVEMENT. IT WAS SCARY. I TOOK IT TO A REPUTABLE FORD DEALERSHIP WHICH WAS CLOSER TO MY HOUSE THAN WHERE I BOUGHT IT, AND THEY WORKED ON IT 4 DIFFERENT TIMES. I CAME IN WITH THE SAME COMPLAINTS EVERY TIME. IN ADDITION, BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WAS SO SCREWY, IT APPARENTLY AFFECTED THE TIRES AND I HAD TO BUY 4 NEW TIRES BECAUSE...

TRANSMISSION SHAKING AND GRINDING NOISES; VEHICLES HESITATING AND VIBRATING; TRANSMISSION NOISES AND THE TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY. ALL OF WHICH AFFECT THE ABILITY TO DRIVE THE VEHICLES AND HAD RAISE SAFETY CONCERNS. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2012 FORD FOCUS AT MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP (5 MILES ON IT); BRAND NEW. WITHIN 6 MONTHS I HAD IT IN THE SHOP 2 TIMES. AT THE TIME MY HUSBAND WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF THAT DEALERSHIP AND THEY GAVE HIM THE RUN AROUND. INDICATING ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS RESET THE COMPUTER. SUPPOSEDLY THEY RESET THE COMPUTER TWICE HOWEVER IT NEVER FIXED THE PROBLEM. ONCE IT WAS DIAGNOSED ON THE 3RD ATTEMPT AT THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP THAT IT NEEDED "PARTS" I WAS GIVEN THE RUN AROUND BY THAT DEALERSHIP. AFTER CONTACTING FORD MOTOR COMPANY ON SEVERAL ATTEMPTS I FINALLY RECEIVED A RESPONSE. I HAD TO BEG FORD FOR A RENTAL CAR SO THAT I HAD TRANSPORTATION FOR THE WEEK THAT THE DEALERSHIP HAD MY CAR.ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS FIXED AND I PICKED IT UP; I NOTICED A REALLY ROUGH IDLE. AFTER DEALING WITH THIS FOR THIS FOR...

THE VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS TRANSMISSION ISSUES FROM SHUDDERING, STALLING, JERKING, ROLLING BACK, GRINDING, JUMPING FORWARD AND IMPROPER SHIFTING. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES WITH VARIOUS CLUTCHES REPLACED, SOFTWARE INSTALLS AND OTHER PARTS REPLACED. THIS HAS NOT FIXED THE ISSUES AND THEY KEEP RECURRING. THIS IS UNSAFE AND HAS EVEN CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. LUCKILY, TRAFFIC WAS NOT CLOSE ENOUGH OR IT COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC. I REALLY HOPE FORD DOES RECALL THESE VEHICLES OR GIVES THE UNHAPPY OWNERS A CHANCE TO TURN THE CAR BACK IN THROUGH A VEHICLE BUYBACK PLAN. THERE ARE SO MANY OF THESE COMPLAINTS SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. *TR

WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY, WHEN THE CAR LOST ALL POWER. THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING. WARNED THE HILL START ASSIST WAS NOT AVAILABLE, AND THEN THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON. THE CAR WOULDN'T MOVE. THE CAR HAS REPEATED DONE THIS DURING DRIVING, AFTER RESTARTING THE CAR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UNKNOWN NOISES WERE EMITTING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE SLIGHTLY SHOOK WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,000. UPDATED 03/30/15*LJ UPDATED 9/19/2017*CN

I WAS DRIVING IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND APPROACHING A FOUR WAY STOP SO NOT GOING FAST. MY CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING AND THEN JERKED FORWARD CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO TURN OFF THE ROAD TO AVOID GOING THROUGH THE STOP SIGN. I INSTEAD HIT THE STOP SIGN. THE CAR HAS TRANSMISSION ISSUES THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN RESOLVED. *TR

SHUDDERING WHILE ACCELERATING. GRINDING NOISE WHILE THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS SHIFTING GEARS. VEHICLE HAS BEEN INTO DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES FOR SHUDDERING AND SHIFTING ISSUES. THE LAST TIME, AT 49K MILES, IT WAS OVER AN 8 WEEK WAIT TO GET THE CAR INTO THE DEALER - THE TRANSMISSION GUYS WERE BACKED UP MONTHS AT ALL SURROUNDING DEALERS. FORD'S REPAIR HAS BEEN TO REPROGRAM THE TRANSMISSION. WE PURCHASED THE CAR NEW AND HAVE BEEN THE ONLY OWNERS. THE CAR DID NOT SHUDDER AND GRIND WHEN FIRST PURCHASED. AND IT PERFORMS BETTER IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE REPROGRAMMING. BUT AFTER A FEW THOUSAND MILES OF TRAVEL, SHUDDERING AND GRINDING RETURN. ONCE IT STARTS SHUDDERING, I CAN DUPLICATE THIS BEHAVIOR WITHIN 2 MILES OF A FORD DEALERSHIP. THERE IS A ROUNDABOUT AT LIVERNOIS AND HAMLIN ROADS THAT HAS A YIELD FOR INCOMING TRAFFIC. IF THE ROUNDABOUT IS CLEAR, PROCEED INTO THE ROUNDABOUT BETWEEN 5 AND 10...

IT STARTS SHUTTERING AT TAKE OFF .ALSO WHEN BRAKING AND TRYING TO COME TO A STOP THE RPMS REV UP WORDS AND THE CAR PULLS FORWARD WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO STOP AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN TRYING TO MAKE A COMPLETE STOP. ALSO ON ANY TYPE OF INCLINE THE CAR WILL ROLL BACKWARDS WHEN IT IS IN DRIVE MODE IT IS ROLLING FORWARD AS WELL WHEN TRYING TO BACK UP INTO A DRIVEWAY.WE JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE A FEW WEEKS AGO AROUND CHRISTMAS 2014 AND IT IS IN SERVICE AT FORD ON JANUARY,12TH AND 13TH 2015.THE INDICATIONS INFORMATION IN BOX IN NUMBER 2 IS INFORMATION FROM THE DEALER PROVIDED ME WITH THAT WHEN IT FIRST WENT INTO SERVICE ALONG WITH OTHER PROBLEMS I WAS TOLD BY FORD AND THE PLACE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE THAT THERE IS NO FIX AND THE RECALL HAS BEEN DONE ON IT. *TR

I OWN A 2012 FORD FOCUS SE. I BOUGHT MY FORD FOCUS IN DECEMBER 2012 FROM FOLSOM LAKE FORD LOCATED IN FOLSOM CALIFORNIA. AT 20000 MILES I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR ITS FACTORY SERVICE AND ADVISED THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT OPERATING CORRECTLY. ACCORDING TO FOLSOM LAKE FORD THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT REPROGRAMMED THE TRANSMISSION COMPUTER AND ORDERED PARTS FOR THE TRANSMISSION'PARTS THAT WOULD TAKE A MONTH TO ARRIVE, BUT NEVER HEARD BACK FROM FOLSOM LAKE FORD AFTER THAT. ABOUT 35000MLS STARTED MAJOR TRANSMISSION ISSUES WITH MY FOCUS-IT WOULD NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT NEVER CAME ON, NOR WERE THERE ANY OTHER DIAGNOSTIC/MALFUNCTION ADVISEMENTS FROM THE VEHICLES INFORMATION SYSTEM. OTHER SYSTEMS BEGAN TO MALFUNCTION 'SPECIFICALLY ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS, IDLE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONED-. IDLE ROUGH, SOMETIMES IDLING WILD AND EXTREME FLUCTUATIONS.MY FOCUS WOULD STALL CONSTANTLY WHILE STOPPED AT INTERSECTIONS, ALSO RANDOMLY STALLING WHILE AT DRIVING SPEEDS. MULTIPLE TIMES MY FOCUS STALLED ON...

CONSTANT TRANS PROBLEMS WITH 2012 FORD FOCUS. YOUR AGENCY IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS INDIVIDUALS ARE HAVING ACROSS THE US CONCERNING THIS CAR AND OTHERS THAT INCLUDE OTHER YEARS. YESTERDAY I NEARLY MISSED BEING IN AN CRITICAL ACCIDENT DUE TO TOTAL FAILURE OF THE TRANS IN THE FOCUS AND HAVING IT TOTALLY LOCK UP ON ME. THE SHIFT WOULD NOT COME OUT OF PARK AND ALL POWER WAS LOST. I HAVE HAD TRANS ISSUES OVER THREE TIMES NOW. CAR IS NOW IN THE SHOP WAITING FOR A MODULE THAT, OF COURSE, ONLY COME FROM FORD AND TAKES A LONG TIME. THE MEDIA HAS MADE IT KNOW OF THIS INCREASING PROBLEM AND ALSO THE FACT THAT YOUR AGENCY IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT. HOPEFULLY THE PERCEPTION THAT YOU ARE WAITING FOR A DEATH TO OCCUR BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE IS FALSE BUT ALL NEWS AND INFORMATION SOURCES REFLECT OTHERWISE. I...

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN JUNE 2012 AND WAS NEVER FOREWARNED ABOUT THE ISSUES THEY HAD. THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN FIXED NUMEROUS TIMES BUT CONTINUES TO CLIP, SHUDDER, JERK, AND SHAKE. *TR

I HAVE TAKEN MY FORD FOCUS TO THE DEALERSHIP THREE TIMES TO INFORM THEM ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION. AT FIRST THEY TOLD ME THEY HAD TO REPROGRAM IT AND THAT WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM BUT IT DIDN'T. I TOOK A SECOND TIME AND THEY TOLD ME THE SAME. ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 29 2014 I WAS PARKED AT AN INCLINE AT A FURNITURE STORE WHEN I PUT MY VEHICLE IN REVERSE IT WENT BUT WHEN I TRIED TO ENGAGE THE DRIVE IT JUST KEPT GOING BACK. I BACKED UP INTO A FORD F-150 THAT WAS IN THE BACK. FORTUNATELY NOTHING HAPPENED TO THE FORD F-150 AND THE GENTLEMAN DID NOT WANT TO FILE A REPORT. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO MY FORD DEALERSHIP ON DECEMBER 27,2014. THEY DID NOT INSPECT MY VEHICLE UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 2014. THE SERVICE MANAGER CALLED ME TO INFORM ME THAT IT WOULD NOT BE READY FOR ANOTHER...

*ONGOING *PLEASE SEE ORIGINAL COMPLAINTS # 10473215 AND #10670375* LONG HISTORY OF TRANSMISSION REPAIRS SINCE PURCHASE. LATEST REPAIR ON 1/5/2014 WAS TO REPLACE MALFUNCTIONING TCM. WHEN GETTING CAR BACK FROM SERVICE, ODD NOISE AND HESITATION UPON STARTING. SERVICE MANAGER ATTEMPTED TO START. SYMPTOMS OF TCM MALFUNCTION AGAIN, AND THEN COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER. SERVICE STATES THAT CHAFED WIRING WAS FOUND UNDER DRIVER SEAT, CAUSING NEW TCM TO MALFUNCTION AND THEN SHORTING OUT ALL POWER IN VEHICLE. AFTER HEARING ODD NOISE UPON STARTING, I WAS VERY CLOSE TO DRIVING CAR OUT ONTO VERY BUSY HIGHWAY... DECIDED TO TURN CAR OFF INSTEAD AND SEEK HELP FROM SERVICE MANAGER. I AM THE ONLY DRIVER OF THIS VEHICLE AND I VERY RARELY MOVE THE SEAT. I WAS TOLD BY SERVICE THAT MOVING THE SEAT ON 1/5/2015 CAUSED THE CHAFED WIRING TO SHORT OUT THE POWER IN THE CAR. I NEVER MOVED THE SEAT WHEN...

*ONGOING *PLEASE SEE ORIGINAL COMPLAINT # 10473215 *CLUTCH REPLACED TWICE AND TRANS REPROGRAMMED 4/5 TIMES (WITHIN 35, 000) *NOW CAR NOT STARTING- 4 TIMES IN 2 MONTHS. SYMPTOMS ON 1/3/2015- 4TH TIME: DASH LIGHTS UP, RADIO AND HEATER WORK, HEADLIGHTS- NO, BUT OTHER LIGHTS- YES, NO CRANK WHEN TRYING TO START *CAR USUALLY STARTS NEXT DAY, *CAR RESTARTED AFTERNOON 1/4/2015 AND TAKEN FOR EMERGENCY SERVICE 1/5/2015. *NO CALL RECEIVED FROM SERVICE WITH UPDATE, SO CALLED FOR SHUTTLE TO RETURN TO DEALER. TECHS WERE ALREADY GONE. * LISTED REPAIRS: FOUND TCM INOP CODES U0101-U0100 TECH PERFORMED PCM TEST AUTO TRANS DIAG AND PINPOINT TEST, REPLACED TCM AND PERFORMED CLUTCH LEARING (2ND REPLACEMENT CLUTCH INSTALLED 8/2014) *THEY BROUGHT CAR OUT AND GAVE ME THE KEY. I TRIED TO START CAR AND HEARD ODD NOISE, THEN SHUT CAR OFF. I AGAIN STARTED THE CAR. THIS TIME THERE WAS HESITATION AND NOISE AGAIN, SHUT...

THIS CAR IS DANGEROUS, LIVING IN A HILLY STATE, THIS CAR ROLLS BACKWARDS DOWN HILL WHILST STILL IN A FORWARD GEAR. IN LIGHT OF FORDS RECENT QUIET RECALL FOR OTHER FOCUS TRANSMISSION ISSUES, THEY STILL HAVE NOT ADDRESSED THE FACT THAT THE CAR ROLLS QUICKLY BACKWARDS WHEN THE BRAKE IS RELEASED AND BECAUSE OF THE SHUDDERING TRANSMISSION, IT CANNOT GRIP AND GO FORWARD. IF I HAD WANTED TO DRIVE WITH BOTH FEET I WOULD HAVE BOUGHT A MANUAL. I AM SADDENED BY THE FACT THAT YOUR ORGANIZATION IS WAITING FOR FATALITIES RATHER THAN ORDER A LARGE CORPORATION TO WITHDRAW THEIR DANGEROUS PRODUCT. I THOUGHT YOU WORKED FOR ME AND ALL AMERICANS TO KEEP US SAFE ON THE ROAD? PROTECTING THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE BEEN SOLD AN UNSAFE VEHICLE??? I WOULD WAGER EVERY FOCUS SOLD SINCE 2012 IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. PLEASE LOG MY COMPLAINT WITH THE THOUSANDS OF...

THIS ISSUE STARTED TO HAPPEN PRETTY MUCH OUT OF NOWHERE. I WAS GOING FROM 2ND GEAR TO 3RD GEAR AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT SEEMED MY CAR WAS GOING TO STALL. IT STARTED TO SHAKE AND STUDDED VIOLENTLY AND I QUICKLY STEPPED ON THE CLUTCH, TOOK IT OUT OF GEAR, AND PUT IT BACK INTO THIRD. THIS TIME IT WENT AND MOVED FINE BUT AS TIME PROGRESSED IT HAS GOTTEN WORSE. *TR

ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON EXITING A PARKING GARAGE ON A BUSY EVENING IN HILLY SAN FRANCISCO. SECONDS LATER, THE CAR LOST MOMENTUM AND WOULDN'T GET INTO GEAR, EVEN THOUGH THE GEAR SHIFT WAS IN DRIVE. ALARMING, FOR A 3-YEAR OLD CAR WITH MERELY 43300 MILES THAT HAS BEEN CARED FOR DUTIFULLY SINCE IT'S PURCHASE NEW IN NOV. 2011. MY WIFE AND I, WITH OUR KID AND HIS FRIEND IN THE BACKSEAT, DECIDED TO HEAD HOME, FOREGOING PLANS FOR DINNER, AND CONTINUED TO MAKE OUR WAY TO THE HIGHWAY HOMEBOUND. THE CAR SEEMED TO RUN FINE THROUGH THE CITY STREETS FOR THE NEXT 10 MINS., UNTIL WE NEEDED TO CROSS 2 BUSY LANES TO ENTER THE FREEWAY ONRAMP. AT THAT POINT, THE CAR LOST THE POWER TO SAFELY CROSS THE LANES, WE MISSED OUR ENTRANCE, AND WERE FORCED TO CIRCLE CITY BLOCKS TO RETURN TO THE ONRAMP. THE CAR SEEMED TO...

I AM FILING A COMPLAINT AGAINST A 2012 FORD FOCUS SE. THE CAR HAS BEEN MAKING TRANSMISSION NOISES THAT CANNOT BE RESOLVED FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW AND WHILE DRIVING ON THE 101 FREEWAY, ALL OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS CAME ON AND THE ENTIRE CAR COMPLETELY SHUT OFF AND NO CONTROLS WERE WORKING AT ALL ALMOST CAUSING AN INTENSE PILE UP THAT COULD HAVE KILLED MY MOTHER AND I INSTANTLY. WE WERE LEFT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY WITH NOT POWER OF ANY USE OF CONTROLS UNTIL CHP OFFICERS WERE FINALLY BLOCKING TRAFFIC FROM HITTING US. THIS IS THE WORST VEHICLE WE HAVE EVER OWNED AND FORD SHOULD BE ASHAMED FOR BEING NEGLIGENT. *JS

I HAVE HAD AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION ALMOST SINCE BUYING THIS TERRIBLE CAR NEW. TRANSMISSION CONSTANTLY SHUDDERS AND JERKS. MOST RECENTLY WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 60 MPH WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST ABILITY TO MAINTAIN SPEED. VERY DANGEROUS TIMING AS I WAS ACCELERATING ON TO EXPRESSWAY AND NEEDED THE SPEED TO MERGE. FORD HAS NO ANSWER FOR THIS PROBLEM. SOMEONE WILL BE KILLED IN THESE CARS BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE FORCE A RECALL OF THESE CARS NOW! THIS IS TOO COMMON OF A PROBLEM AND NHTSA CAN BE CONSIDERED COMPLICATE WHEN SOMEONE IS KILLED AT THIS POINT GIVEN THE LACK OF ACTION. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROAD THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER. WENT FROM 40MPH TO 0. WHEN ABLE TO DRIVE IT AGAIN IT WOULD NOT GO OVER 30 MPH. THE NEXT DAY IT DROVE WITH HESITATION AND JERKING. THEN APPEARED TO RUN SOMEWHAT NORMAL FOR A SHORT TIME (10 MINUTES) AFTER THAT STARTED TO JERK SO VIOLENTLY THAT IF A CAR WAS IN FRONT OF ME I WOULD HAVE HIT IT. AFTER READING UP ON THE FORD FOCUS, THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE CONSISTENT. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. THIS VEHICLE POSES A DANGER TO NOT ONLY THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS BUT TO ALL THE OTHER DRIVERS AND VEHICLES ON THE ROAD WITH IT. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT ON THE FREEWAY. *TR

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN NOVEMBER OF 2012 AND WAS NEVER FOREWARNED ABOUT THE ISSUES THEY HAD. THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN FIXED NUMEROUS TIMES BUT CONTINUES TO CLIP, SHUDDER, JERK, AND SHAKE. I HAD TO GO TO DURHAM A YEAR AND A HALF AGO AND WAS ALMOST INVOLVED IN A BAD ACCIDENT WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL BACK ON AN INCLINE WHILE IN DRIVE. I HAVE COME CLOSE TO MANY ACCIDENTS THOUGH DUE TO THIS CAR, MOSTLY BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION HANGS UP SO BAD. I HAVE TO CONSTANTLY PULL INTO EITHER A PARKING LOT OR THE CENTER TURN LANE WHEN I AM IN HEAVY STOP AND GO TRAFFIC BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION STOPS PULLING. I NORMALLY HAVE TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND SIT THERE FOR A FEW MINUTES BEFORE IT RESETS ITSELF AND I CAN GO ON MY WAY.RECENTLY I WAS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND THE RPMS KEPT HANGING...

FAULTY POWERSHIFT TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE GEARS PROPERLY CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL, SHAKE VIOLENTLY, GRIND GEARS, DROP FIRST AND SECOND GEAR WHEN ACCELERATING, NO REVERSE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE PROBLEM. UNEXPECTED LOSS OF TRANSMISSION SHIFTING WHILE DRIVING. PROBLEMS WITH SHUDDERING, VIBRATION BETWEEN GEARS AND HESITATION WITH THE TRANSMISSION. ROLLS BACKWARD ON INCLINES LIKE IT IS A STANDARD BUT IT IS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. FORD PERFORMED A REFLASH, RELEARN, AND A PINPOINT TEST. TEST FAILED AND FORD REMOVED THE TRANSMISSION AND REPLACED THE CLUTCH AND SEALS ON 11/05/14 PER RECALL14M01. FORD CLAIMED THAT THERE WERE NO OTHER PROBLEMS FOUND WITH THE TRANSMISSION. ON 12/08/2014 THE SHUDDER WAS BACK AND THE CAR BOGGED DOWN TO 30MPH IN A 55MPH HWY. THE SITUATION WAS VERY SCARY AND DANGEROUS. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER AND OPENED A CASE AT 3:50 PM WITH [XXX], [XXX] AT 1-800-392-3673. FORD REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM THAT WAS NOT FIXED THE FIRST TIME. THE FORD DEALERSHIP IS MAINTAINING FRAUDULENT BUSINESS PRACTICES BY CHARGING $1025.00 TO FIX THE TCM...

LETTER REGARDING PROBLEMS WITH 2012 FORD FOCUS AND INSUFFICIENT CUSTOMER RESOLUTION OF THOSE PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION WAS SERVICED MULTIPLE TIMED, WITH ONLY SHORT TERM IMPROVEMENT. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, FORD DESIGNED THE TRANSMISSION TO PERFORM AS THE OLD STYLE CLUTCH TYPE TRANSMISSION. FORD WAS ABLE TO IMPROVE THE MPG BY DESIGNING THE TRANSMISSION IN THAT MANNER. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD SURGE AHEAD WITH THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE MOVING UPWARD WITH SUCH QUICKNESS, THAT HE QUICKLY HAD TO APPLY THE BRAKE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. SECONDLY, WHEN GOING UP A HILL FROM A STOP OR LOW SPEED, THE VEHICLE CHATTERED AND SURGED. *JB

THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. IT CONTINUES TO ROLL BACK WHILE IN DRIVE AND STOPPED ON ANY SIMPLE INCLINE. BROUGHT IT TO DEALERS AND THEY CONTINUE TO SAY THAT THIS IS NORMAL. THIS IS DANGEROUS ISSUE. *TR

I BOUGHT MY CAR AT 38,000 MILES AS A CERTIFIED PREOWNED FROM A FORD DEALERSHIP. WITHIN 5K MILES, I WAS EXPERIENCING CHATTERING ON TAKE OFF, AND AT LOW SPEEDS (MOSTLY RUSH HOUR) & VERY HARD SHIFTS. I TOOK IT IN, THEY REPROGRAMMED THE CLUTCH, AND SENT ME ON MY WAY WITH MUCH LESS CHATTERING AND ALMOST NO HARD SHIFTS, STILL HORRIBLE IN RUSH HOUR. IN SEPTEMBER, IT STARTED DOING THE SAME THING. I TOOK IT BACK, THEY FIXED IT AGAIN. SENT ME ON MY WAY WITH (AGAIN) SOME IMPROVEMENT, BUT NO SYMPTOMS GONE. I TOOK IT BACK IN OCTOBER, THE SERVICE MANAGER DROVE IT WITH ME, HE SAID THE ITEMS I WAS EXPERIENCING WERE ALL "NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS." HE ACTUALLY TOLD ME: "DRIVE IT HARDER, IT WILL PERFORM BETTER." I WAS ALWAYS TAUGHT THAT YOU DON'T RAG ON YOUR CAR AND IT LASTS LONGER. DUMB ADVICE THAT IRRITATED ME. SUNDAY,...

I HAVE RECENTLY HAD AN ONGOING PROBLEM WHERE MY DASH LIGHTS TURN OFF, HEAD LIGHTS TURN OFF, RADIO TURN OFF, AND A MESSAGE COMES ON THE DASHBOARD SAYING "HILL START ASSIST UNAVAILABLE". THE RADIO TURNS BACK ON AFTER ABOUT 20 SECONDS. THE DANGEROUS PART IS WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER SHUTS OFF AND I CANNOT TELL HOW FAST I AM GOING. I HAVE CONTACT THE DEALER ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, AND TAKEN THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE ON THIS AND THEY CLAIM THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. I ALREADY HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY TRANSMISSION WHERE I HAD A FULL REPLACEMENT AND THEY ARE REFUSING TO TAKE ANY ACTION REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE FOR ANYONE TO DRIVE UNTIL THEY FIGURE THIS OUT. I DONT KNOW WHO ELSE TO CONTACT REGARDING THIS ISSUE SINCE I HAVE GONE TO FORD, THE DEALERS, AS WELL AS INDEPENDENT SHOPS AND THEY ALL...

IT HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES WHEN I START THE CAR AND GO INTO REVERSE OR DRIVE I CANNOT TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. IT TAKES A MINUTE AND THEN I CAN TURN THE WHEEL. I STOPPED AT WAYNE AKERS FORD AND THEY SAID IT MIGHT BE THE ELECTRONICS FOR MY POWER STEERING. THEY WERE SURPRISED IT IS HAPPENING SO SOON. THEY SAID TO BRING IT BACK FOR SERVICE ON A WEEKDAY WHEN MORE STAFFING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHIFTED FROM DRIVE INTO NEUTRAL AND SHIFTED BACK INTO DRIVE INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000.

THIS CAR HAS BEEN HORRIBLE SINCE THE 1ST WEEK I BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW OFF THE SHOWROOM FLOOR. THE CAR SHUDDERS AS I GO IN REVERSE, OR IF I PRESS DOWN ON THE ACCELERATOR FROM A STOP. I'VE BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE FORD REPAIR PLACE MORE TIMES THEN I COULD COUNT. THEY HAVE REPLACED THE WHOLE CLUTCH ASSEMBLE WITH NO IMPROVEMENT. IN FACT IT HAS ACTUALLY GOT WORSE, AND NOW I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN MY VEHICLE. I WILL GO TO ACCELERATE ACROSS AN INTERSECTION AN IT WILL SHUDDER, DOES NOT MOVE, AND MAKES GRINDING NOISES. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY WANT TO REPLACE THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY AGAIN. HOWEVER THEY COULD NOT PROMISE ME THAT THIS WOULD RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. I ONLY HAVE 18,000 MILES ON THIS CAR AND I ABSOLUTELY HATE IT! ON TOP OF ALL OF THIS THEY CAN NOT EVEN GET ME...

THE CAR GOES INTO NEAUTRAL WITH NO WARNING LOOSE ALL POWER AND THREE MONTHS LATER IT DOES NOT GO INTO REVERSE AND LOST GEARS WE HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET SOMEONE GOING TO GET HURT THIS CAR NEEDS A RECALL ON TRANSMISSION BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT BAD THERE IS SO MANY COMPLAINTS ON TRANSMISSION. *TR

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER. THE ENGINE IS RUNNING, BUT THERE IS NO POWER TO THE DRIVETRAIN. THERE IS NO REVVING ? JUST A LOSS OF POWER. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED, IT WAS ALONG A BACK ROAD. THERE WAS NO WARNING, THE CAR JUST STARTED SLOWING DOWN. MY DAUGHTER BRAKED AND CAME TO A STOP ? THANKFULLY AS THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC. SHE PUT THE CAR IN PARK, THEN BACK INTO DRIVE. THE CAR WENT INTO REVERSE. SHE PUT IT BACK IN PARK THEN TRIED DRIVE AGAIN AND THIS TIME IT DID GO BACK INTO DRIVE. SHE WAS THEN ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD UNDER POWER. THE VEHICLE WORKED FINE FOR THE NEXT WEEK. THE SECOND TIME IT HAPPENED WAS IN THE EVENING. AGAIN, THE CAR JUST STARTED TO LOSE POWER. IT WOULD NOT GO OVER 45 MPH AND SHE HAD TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD....

I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING INCREASING HESITATING AND SHUDDERING FROM MY TRANSMISSION WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. AT TIMES, I HAVE EXPERIENCED HIGH ENGINE REVS WITH VERY LITTLE POWER TO THE WHEELS. I CAN NO LONGER RELY ON THE TRANSMISSION TO DELIVER THE ENGINE POWER TO THE WHEELS WHEN I NEED IT. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL INCIDENTS WHERE I'VE EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE INTO THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. THIS PRESENTS A VERY REAL SAFETY HAZARD TO THE DRIVER. I WENT TO MY DEALERSHIP IN RESPONSE TO THE LETTER FROM FORD AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PARTS ARE ON NATIONAL BACK-ORDER. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE AND WOULD NEED TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE UNTIL PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. AT THIS POINT, I HAVE PARKED THE CAR AND HAVE MADE OTHER ARRANGEMENTS UNTIL I CAN GET IT SERVICED. FORD MUST OWN UP...

PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED FROM FORD/NISSAN DEALER. TRANSMISSION MAKES GRINDING NOISE CONSTANTLY. DEALER SAYS THIS IS "NORMAL AND WITHIN SPECS" WHICH IS HARD TO BELIEVE. I CAN PROBABLY LIVE WITH THE NOISE FACTOR BUT CAR SHIFTING IS ALSO ERRATIC AND JERKY. WHEN MERGING INTO TRAFFIC AND SPEEDING UP CAR WILL "BOG DOWN" BEFORE UPSHIFTING TO FASTER GEAR AND THEN MAKES HIGH REVVING SOUND. PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE TO REPLACE OUR FAMILIES SECOND VEHICLE AND WAS ALSO TO BE USED BY MY DAUGHTER. DON'T FEEL SAFE HAVING HER DRIVE THIS. DRIVING SAFELY IN TODAYS WORLD IS ALREADY A CHALLENGE BUT WHEN YOU HAVE TO ALSO ADJUST YOUR DRIVING AND SITUATIONAL THINKING TO COMPENSATE FOR THIS VEHICLES ABNORMALITIES, IT MAKES THIS FORD FOCUS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS VEHICLE AND VERY HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS DESIGNED TO PERFORM THIS WAY AND THAT FORD HAS NO FIX OR...

CAR IS SHUDDERING, VIBRATING, ROLLING BACKWARDS ON INCLINES, STUTTERING BAD GAS MILEAGE AT LOW SPEEDS BETWEEN 0 AND 20 MILES PER HOUR. THE CAR HAS BEEN IN 4 TIMES TO THE DEALER BEGINNING ON 5/3/12 THROUGH 11/14/13 IT HAS BEEN REPROGRAMMED 3 TIMES AND A NEW TRANSMISSION REPLACED IT WHICH HAS SOLVED THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY BUT STARTS HAPPENING AGAIN. WHEN DRIVING IN OR PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC BECAUSE THE CAR EITHER HESITATES SO BAD OR JUST WONT MOVE FOR A FEW SECONDS. NEEDLESS TO SAY THERE HAVE BEEN MANY CLOSE CALLS. THE DEALER HAS BEEN PROACTIVE IN WORKING WITH ME HOWEVER THIS IS NOT A DEALER ISSUE THIS IS A MANUFACTURERS ISSUES. *TR

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, I AM A VERY UNHAPPY CUSTOMER WITH A CAR THAT I HAD PURCHASED FROM YOUR COMPANY. THE CAR IS NOT RELIABLE WHAT SO EVER AND I CAN'T TRUST IT WITH ANYTHING! I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED THE NEWER MODEL FOCUS AND WHEN I FINALLY HAVE THE MONEY TO AFFORD ONE I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED. I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS MANY ISSUES WITH A CAR AND THIS IS ONE OF THE NEWEST CARS I HAVE YET BOUGHT. I HAVE MISSED 8 DAYS OF WORK THIS YEAR JUST BECAUSE THE CAR HAS ITS OWN GAMES TO PLAY.THE CAR HAS ALMOST COST ME MY LIFE A FEW TIMES DUE TO THE JERKING ON THE ENGINE THAT YOU GUYS FEEL IS NORMAL. WHEN I GO TO MAKE A TURN THE CAR JERKS SO MUCH SOMETIMES THAT IT'S JUST MAKES IT BEFORE I GET SMASHED. THIS CAR IS HORRIBLE AND I...

WHEN DRIVE THE TRANSMISSION JUMPS AND SPUTTERS BEEN IN FORD AUTO CENTERS MANY TIMES AND WHEN I CALL ALL I AM TOLD US THIS IS NORMAL. *TR

I IN JUNE 2012 I TOOK THE CAR IN TO COMPLAIN THAT IT WAS STALLING, JERKING AND SHUDDERING. IT APPEARED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED UNTIL SEVERAL MONTHS LATER WHEN IT BEGAN TO STALL, JERK AND SHUDDER AGAIN. I HAVE SINCE TAKEN THE CAR IN 2013 AND 2014 COMPLAINING THAT THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACT THE SAME WAY. I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM FORD IN MAY 2012 ADVISING THAT WE MAY EXPERIENCE ROUGH OR JERKY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTS AND THAT THEY HAD A "FIX." I AGAIN RECEIVED A LETTER IN AUGUST 2014 ADVISING THAT THEY ARE AWARE THAT IT MAY BE POSSIBLE FOR THE POWERSHIFT 6-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION TO EXHIBIT EXCESSIVE TRANSMISSION CLUTCH SHUDDER DURING LIGHT ACCELERATION AND IT MAY BE CAUSED BY FLUID CONTAMINATION OF THE CLUTCH DUE TO LEAKING TRANSMISSION SEALS. THE LETTER STATES THAT IF THE VEHICLE'S CLUTCH, TRANSMISSION INPUT SHAFT SEALS, OR TRANSMISSION SOFTWARE CALIBRATION REQUIRE...

VEHICLE SHUDDERS/JERKS WHEN ACCELERATING FROM STOP AT SLOW TO MODERATE SPEED. THIS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. IT CONTINUES TO OCCUR AFTER MULTIPLE REPAIRS. *TR

ISSUE 1: THE VEHICLE IS ON ITS THIRD CLUTCH IN THE 2 YEARS SINCE PURCHASE AND CONTINUES TO HAVE TRANSMISSION ISSUES. WHEN APPLYING GAS IT STUTTERS, LURCHES, OR RESPONDS AS IF NOT TAKING GAS. THIS WEEK: THREE TIMES TURNING FROM STOP SIGN LEFT, RIGHT FROM STOP SIGN, AND RIGHT FROM PARKING LOT. APPLY GAS TO ACCELERATE AND VEHICLES STUTTERS, PAUSES, AND STALLS FOR A MOMENT. TWO OF THE THREE, PARTICULARLY ONE CAME CLOSE TO RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. THIS ALSO OCCURRED ON A BUSY HIGHWAY TURNING RIGHT AT A STOP SIGN ON OCT 27. IT HAS OCCURRED DOZENS OF TIMES PRIOR TO THE TRANSMISSION REPAIR EVENTS AND NOW IS STARTING TO RECUR, WITH MORE NG A STALLING/LURCHING THAN A STUTTERING. FORD IS FULLY AWARE OF THESE ISSUES. I AM TAKING IT IN FOR REPAIRS AGAIN BUT FEEL IT IS UNSAFE AND WANT THE CAR RETURNED. ISSUE 2: THE VEHICLE ACHIEVES...

I OWN A 2012 FORD FOCUS SEL THAT HAS HAD MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION ISSUES ALONG WITH AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM RELATING TO THE STEERING WHEEL AND A BATTERY FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAS HAD ISSUES ACCELERATING THROUGH 1ST GEAR WHICH WAS EVIDENT BY EXTREME SHUDDERING AND SHAKING OF THE VEHICLE. THIS HAD PUT ME INTO DANGEROUS SITUATIONS NUMEROUS TIMES WHEN TRYING TO MERGE ONTO FREEWAYS AS THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO GET UP TO SPEED IN TIME. MY TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT 9,562 MILES IN SEPT. 2013. THE SHUTTERING AND ACCELERATION PROBLEMS RECURRED AT 21,904 MILES IN SEPT. 2014 AND FORD RAN A SYSTEM UPDATE TO 'FIX' THE PROBLEM. THEY ALSO REPLACED THE STEERING WHEEL FOR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AT THIS TIME. THE ACCELERATION ISSUES CONTINUED FOR THE NEXT MONTH AND THE CLUTCH WAS FINALLY REPLACED IN OCT. 2014. A COUPLE WEEKS LATER THE BATTERY WAS DEAD 3 SUNDAYS IN A ROW AND WAS ALSO...

IN MAY OF 2012 MY CAR HAD THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY REPLACED AFTER BEING IN THE SHOP FOR 6 WEEKS. THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD STICK ON AND NOT SHUT OFF. THE POWER WINDOWS AND AIR CONDITIONER BOTH DECIDED NOT WORK AT THE SAME TIME. I HAVE HAD THE STRUTS REPLACES BEFORE 10,000 MILES. THE GAS MILEAGE GOES FROM 14 MPG TO 33MPG RANDOMLY. THE CAR LIKES TO ROLL BACK AND NOT GO INTO GEAR WHEN DRIVING. I REPLACE TIRES EVERY 6 MONTHS BECAUSE THE CAR EATS MY TIRES UP. MY FAVORITE PROBLEM IS LOOSING POWER WHEN DRIVING. I HAVE KEPT ALL PAPERS REGARDING THE CAR IN THE SHOP. MY FIRST YEAR OF OWNING THE FOCUS FORD PAID FOR MY RENTAL CAR TO BE DRIVEN 17,000 MILES DUE TO MY CAR BEING IN THE SHOP. I HAVE ASKED FOR HELP WITH THIS CAR FOR 2 YEARS WITH FORD TO BE TOLD I...

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE ENGINE TEMPERATURE CLIMBED DRASTICALLY AND IMMEDIATELY. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION, COOLANT LEVEL IN ENGINE WAS DANGEROUSLY LOW. 2 WEEKS LATER, COOLANT LEVEL LOW AGAIN. NO VISIBLE LEAKS IN SYSTEM. *TR

TRANSMISSION SHAKES AND GRINDS. CAR ROLLS BACKWARDS ON HILLS. FORD SAYS THIS IS NORMAL BEHAVIOR BUT HAVING A CAR ROLL BACKWARDS ON HILLS WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS A SAFETY CONCERN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE TRACTION CONTROL AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON FIVE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE POWER TRAIN AUTOMATIC CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 119,000.

WHILE MERGING ONTO THE FREEWAY MY CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I PUSHED THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND THE RPMS SHOT UP BUT CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. FINALLY AFTER ALMOST BEING HIT BY OTHER CARS IT SHOT OFF LIKE A ROCKET. AFTER MULTIPLE INCIDENTS OF JERKING AND NOT ABLE TO ACCELERATE RANDOMLY I TOOK IT TO FORD AND THE CLUTCH WAS REPLACED IN APRIL 2014. NOT LONG AFTER, IT STARTED DOING THE SAME THING EXCEPT WORSE. I TOOK IT BACK TO FORD AND WAS TOLD THE TRANNY TEST RESULTS CAME BACK NORMAL AND THAT A MOTOR MOUNT WAS MISSING OR LOOSE. THEY KEPT IT FOR 3 DAYS TO FIX THE MOTOR MOUNT. THE CAR IS NOW WORSE AND TODAY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND CAR HAD VERY LITTLE POWER. GOING TO TAKE IT BACK TO FORD AND HOPEFULLY THEY WILL FIX IT THIS TIME. MY GAS MILEAGE...

IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING EVER SINCE I GOT THIS CAR. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOUR TIMES AND THEY 'CAN NEVER DUPLICATE IT' OR TELL ME THAT IT IS NORMAL. MY CAR SHUDDERS AND MAKES A LOUD GRINDING NOISE WHEN IT SHIFTS FROM 1ST-2ND GEAR. IT IS VERY ANNOYING AND STALLS WHEN I TRY TO TAKE OFF. IF I WOULD HAVE KNOWN THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN I WOULD HAVE NOT PURCHASED THIS CAR. WHAT THE REAL KICKER IS I TOOK IT IN LAST MONTH SAME SONG AND DANCE. 'IT'S NORMAL' THEN I RECEIVE A LETTER IN THE MAIL SAYING THAT I GET AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON MY TRANSMISSION... WELL IF THEY THINK/KNOW THAT IS THE PROBLEM WHY HAS NO ONE NO ONE EVER CHECKED THIS? *TR