What 3,789 owners told NHTSA about the 2012 Ford Focus Bev

HORN ON MY CAR AND THE ALARM SYSTEM DOESN'T WORK, THIS IS ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE HORN ON MY 2012 FOCUS. FORD REFUSED TO REPAIR OR ACKNOWLEDGE THIS SAFETY PROBLEM WITH MY CAR. REPORTED THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS TO FORD IN 2013-2019. THIS CAR HAS MULTIPLE PROBLEMS, TRANSMISSION REPAIRED ATLEAST 4 TIMES.

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SOME TIME AGO I NOTICED MY CAR REVVING BUT NOT ACCELERATING. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE FORD REPAIR CENTER AND THEY TOLD ME THE PROBLEM WAS AN EVAP VALVE AND A FEW OTHER COMPONENTS WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED TOTALLING OVER $2000 IN OUT OF POCKET REPAIRS. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE EVAP VALVE GETS RECALLED, I HAD TO TAKE IT TO FORD AGAIN TO RE REPLACE THE PARTS THEY REPLACED EARLIER IN THE YEAR. NOW I'M DRIVING THE CAR AGAIN, AND CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE THE SAME PROBLEM. I TAKE THE CAR IN FOR BREAKS, SHOCKS AND STRUTS. THE MECHANIC ASKS ME IF MY CAR FEELS SLUGGISH AND IF I AM HAVING A PROBLEM STARTING THE CAR, TO WHICH I RESPONDED YES AND HE PROCEEDS TO TELL ME I NEED TO REPLACE MY BATTERY SO I DO, THINKING THAT MAY BE THE PROBLEM WHY THE CAR IS STALLING. AGAIN, NOT THE FIX I WAS LOOKING FOR. A FEW WEEKS LATER, I'M DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD HEADING TO WORK, MY CAR STALLS, YET AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME IT STARTS SLOWING DOWN. I'M ACCELERATING ATTEMPTING FOR IT TO GO AND IT JUST STOPS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. I TRIED TURNING IT BACK ON AND NOTHING. A FEW MORE ATTEMPTS LATER AND FINALLY STARTS. I GET TO WHERE I NEED TO GO, PARK THE CAR. UPON RETURNING THE CAR WOULD NOT START. HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE THE ISSUE IS THE TRANSMISSION. THE CAR HAS NOW BEEN PARKED FOR 4 MONTHS. ENGINE LIGHT NEVER CAME ON AND THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO INDICATION ON THE DASHBOARD THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. AND THE ISSUE NEVER CAME UP A MONTH EARLIER WHEN FORD REPAIRED THE FUEL EVAP PROBLEM. AT THIS POINT I'M AT MY WIT'S END AND DON'T KNOW IF IT'S EVEN WORTH REPAIRING. AFTER READING THROUGH SOME OTHER COMPLAINTS IS SEEMS THE PROBLEM PERSISTS EVEN AFTER THE ATTEMPTED FIX. WHO HAS MONEY TO KEEP DUMPING INTO A CAR AND NOT KNOW IF FORD WILL EVER RECALL THE TRANSMISSION WHICH THEY REALLY SHOULD DO. THIS CAR HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE IT WAS DRIVEN OFF THE LOT NEW!

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TAKATA RECALL: TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION

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TAKATA RECALL AFTER I WENT TO A GAS STATION AND FILL MY TANK UP WITH GAS DRIVE ABOUT 2 MILES THE CAR START TO STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET WITH ME ALMOST CAUSE ME TO BE IN AND ACCIDENT LUCKILY I PULL TO THE SIDE TO AVOID THAT THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON SUGGESTING I CHECK FUEL COMPONET AND SERVICE ENGINE

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V735000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. STUART POWELL FORD LINCOLN MAZDA (225 S DANVILLE BYPASS, DANVILLE, KY 40422, (859) 236-8917) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ALSO EXPERIENCED STEERING FAILURES SEVERAL TIMES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

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VEHICLE WAS ON A CITY STREET GOING ~ 40MPH, AND ENGINE CUT OFF.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AN ABNORMAL FUEL ODOR WAS COMING FROM THE VENTS AND THE VEHICLE REEKED OF FUEL. THE ODOR WAS SO STRONG THAT IT WAS A DISTRACTION TO THE CONTACT AND HER FAMILY'S HEALTH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO JOE HALL LINCOLN FORD (1617 21ST STREET, LEWISTON, ID 83501, (888) 706-3381) WHERE THE MECHANICS REPAIRED A DOOR LATCH, BUT DID NOT REPAIR THE FUEL TANK. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,637.

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THE VEHICLE HAS HAD REPEATED ISSUES OVER THE PAST 7 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP. THE VEHICLE HAS SHUDDERED UPON ACCELERATION FOR MANY YEARS. A TRANSMISSION RECALL SUPPOSEDLY FIXED THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE HAS CONTINUED TO SHUDDER AND ALSO STRUGGLED GOING UPHILL. I TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP, AS IT WAS BECOMING DIFFICULT TO DRIVE SAFELY. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN GOING UP EVEN A MODERATE INCLINE AND WOULD BEGIN TO SHUDDER AND "REV UP". I WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY UP AN INCLINE WHEN THE VEHICLE STRUGGLED TO ACCELERATE, BEGAN SHUDDERING, AND THE ENGINE BECAME LOUD. I HAD TO MOVE OVER INTO THE FAR RIGHT LANE AND SLOWLY MAKE MY WAY UP THE INCLINE TRAVELING WELL BELOW THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT. THE FORD DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THAT IT WAS THE CLUTCH THAT NEEDED REPLACED. WHEN I QUESTIONED IF THIS WAS RELATED TO ALL OF THE OTHER SHUDDERING PROBLEMS AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS I HAVE HAD OVER THE YEARS, I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AND TOLD THAT I WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE REPAIRS. A SECONDARY AUTO SHOP SUGGESTED THAT I REACH OUT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP, AS THEY BELIEVED THAT THE NEED FOR THE CLUTCH REPLACEMENT AND PROBLEMS COULD EASILY BE RELATED TO PREVIOUS TRANSMISSION ISSUES. THE FORD CORPORATION WAS CONTACTED AND REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE SITUATION, OTHER THAN DOCUMENTING THE INCIDENT IN MY FILE.

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VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY LOSES ALL PROPULSION, BOTH WHILE IN MOTION OR AFTER ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. I'VE HAD IT HAPPEN BOTH DURING CITY COMMUTES AND DURING A TURN. THROUGHOUT THESE EPISODES, THE GEAR INDICATOR ON THE DASHBOARD GOES FROM HIGHLIGHTING THE CURRENT DRIVE ("D") GEAR, OR IN SOME CASES THE REVERSE ("R") GEAR OR PARKING MODE ("P"), TO NOTHING AT ALL. WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS PUSHED WHILE THIS IS HAPPENING, THE ENGINE WILL REV, BUT VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE. USER WON'T EVEN HAVE A CHANCE TO PULL OVER SINCE IT WILL STOP DEAD. EPISODES ARE USUALLY BRIEF, AVERAGING A COUPLE MINUTES, HOWEVER WHEN THIS DOES HAPPEN IT CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT DUE TO A SUDDEN DECREASE OF SPEED. AS FOR WHAT SPECIFIC SYSTEM IS AT FAULT, I'M UNCERTAIN SPECIFICALLY, THOUGH BELIEVE EITHER THE POWER TRAIN OR MAIN COMPUTER (ESP. DEALING WITH GEAR SHIFTING) IS MALFUNCTIONING.

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OWNER OF A 2012 FORD FOCUS 4D SE, EXPERIENCED THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING "POWER STEERING ASSIST". IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME TWICE WITHIN MINUTES OF EACH OTHER. GOING DOWN A CITY STREET AND LOST CONTROL IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN TO GET OFF THE STREET TO SAFETY. IN THE PROCESS OF TURNING I CAME CLOSE TO HITTING A CAR. TURNED THE CAR ON AND OFF, FIGURED WORKS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES, THE "POWER STEERING ASSIST" WAS REMOVED THEN 10 MINUTES LATER THE "POWER STEERING ASSIST" ENGAGED AGAIN THIS TIME TURNING OFF THE FREEWAY. VERY SCARY EXPERIENCE. AFTER READING THE COST TO CORRECT THE ISSUE I WILL BE OUT $2000.00. IS FORD PUTTING LIVES IN DANGER TO CREATE ANOTHER REVENUE STREAM?? I CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT THESE VEHICLES HAVE NOT BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS ISSUE!!!! 57K MILES

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'TAKATA RECALL' MY AUNT BOUGHT THE CAR IN NOVEMBER OF 2012, SOLD IT TO ME IN MARCH THE CAR SHUTTERS , VIBRATES AND LOSES POWER AFTER TAKING OFF FROM A COMPETE STOP, SHE'S HAD THE CAR SERVICED THE LAST 4 YEARS AND HAS TOLD THEM ABOUT IT AND THEY NEVER DOCUMENTED IT, THEY DRIVE THE CARS AFTER THEY FIX THEM, THEY CAN FILL WHAT IT DOES. CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE LIKE THAT IT STRUGGLES TO ACCELERATE FROM TAKE OFF. TOOK IT TO FORD AND THEY SAID I MISSED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY BY 4 MONTHS, DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE THEY MAKE THIS PROBLEM A RECALL!

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LOSS OF POWER STEERING

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JUST TURNED IN AN ORIGINAL CHARGING CORD UNDER RECALL (THE CORDS PLUG WOULD TEND TO OVERHEAT AND WAS A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD) AND GOT A BRAND NEW CORD FROM KEN GRODY FORD, CARLSBAD, CA. MY FIRST THOUGHT WHEN LOOKING AT THE NEW CORD WAS THAT THE ELECTRICAL CORD (19' LONG PART) LOOKED UNUSUALLY THIN. WITH THE NEW CORD, THE APPROX 19' PART OF THE CORD GETS WARM, ALL 19 FEET! THEY OBVIOUSLY USED TOO SMALL OF A WIRE GAUGE IN THE NEW CORD, AND THIS IN ITSELF IS A SAFETY HAZARD IN MY OPINION. I SPECIALIZE IN SELLING ELECTRIC CARS, AND I'M ALWAYS CHARGING VARIOUS MAKES AND MODELS IN MY GARAGE ON A 15AMP/110V DEDICATED CIRCUIT, AND HAVE NO ISSUES WITH OTHER CHARGING CORDS.

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18S32 WAS PERFORMED JANUARY 2019 PER THE RECALL NOTICE I RECEIVED. FORD DEALER IN GARDEN CITY KS SAID MY CAR WAS FINE AND SENT ME ON MY WAY. APRIL 9TH, I RECEIVED A CEL FOR EMISSIONS ON THE PURGE CANISTER. FILLED UP WITH FUEL, UNABLE TO START. WAS ABLE TO FINALLY START VEHICLE AND IT DIED WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS THE SAME SYMPTOMS OF THIS RECALL FOR THE PCV UNDER 18S32. I TOOK BACK TO FORD APRIL 11TH (SAME DEALER) GAVE MY CASE NUMBER SINCE I CALLED FORD PRIOR TO ASK IF THIS WOULD BE COVERED, THEY SAID THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NEED TO LOOK. FORD DEALER RECEIVED CAR 4/15 (SINCE I NEEDED AN APPOINTMENT) SAID THEY NEEDED APPROVAL FROM FORD AND WOULD CALL ME. I CALLED 4/18 TO FOLLOW UP, SERVICE MANAGER SAID THEY GOT DENIED ON ONE AND WILL CHECK WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AT FORD. I RECEIVED ANOTHER CALL SAME DAY THAT THEY CANNOT COVER IT SINCE IT WAS A ONE TIME RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE DESPITE NO PARTS BEING REPLACED AT PREVIOUS RECALL. MY CAR, DOES RUN, BUT I AM CONCERNED THE VACUUM ISSUE IN THIS RECALL WILL RENDER MY CAR USELESS IF I CONTINUE TO DRIVE SINCE THIS IS MY ONLY CAR. I NEED ASSISTANCE GETTING THE RECALL DONE DESPITE BEING DENIED.

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MY VEHICLES TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES AND HAD A TCM REPLACEMENT AS WELL AND STILL IS NOT WORKING IT IS ALSO HAD TWO CLUTCHES AND SEVERAL SOFTWARE UPDATES WITH NO SUCCESS. THE CAR HAS STARTED DISPLAYING NEW TRANSMISSION ISSUES RELATED TO THE SOFTWARE IN WHICH NOW THE VEHICLE WILL NO LONGER GO IN REVERSE AND JUST THE OTHER DAY WHILE DRIVING AT 75 TO 80 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY MY VEHICLE SLAMMED IT SELF INTO SECOND GEAR VERY HARD AND THEN INTO NEUTRAL I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED AT APPROXIMATELY 85 MPH IN WHICH I COULD HAVE DIED THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AFFORD TO NOT EXCEPT RESPONSIBILITY AND OFFER A BUYBACK FOR THESE VEHICLES I HAVE SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS OF MY TIME WITH THIS VEHICLE AND HAVE HAD SEVERAL OCCASIONS WITH ENGINE LOSS POWER TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT SLAMMING INTO KEY LOWER GEARS AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED COMPLETE CAR SHUT DOWN ALL OF THESE ISSUES IN WHICH I COULD HAVE BEEN IN A FATAL ACCIDENT WITH AND WE STILL HAVE NO RESOLUTION AFTER SEVERAL YEARS I AM OUT RAGED

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THE TRANSMISSION IS WINDING UP REAL HIGH WHEN TRYUNG TO SHIFT INTO GEARS WHILE DRIVIG DOWN THE ROAD

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR OPENED WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,146.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE WHEN MAKING TURNS. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GORDIE BOUCHER FORD OF KENOSHA (8301 75TH ST, KENOSHA, WI 53142, (262) 697-0700) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING COMPUTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 127,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

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AT 84,000 MILES, TRANSMISSION CLUTCHES STARTED TO SLIP ON ACCELERATION IN 1ST GEAR.

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SHIFTING AND TRANSMISSION ISSUES: VEHICLE STARTED OUT WITH SHIFTING PROBLEMS FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. TOOK TO A MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION (AT THIS TIME THE CAR HAD ROUGHLY 80K MILES). THEN TOOK TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP, WHERE MY CAR WAS UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY, WHERE THE CAR'S COMPUTER WAS RESET, AND WAS TOLD THEN THAT IT WOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE SHIFTING ISSUES; THAT'S JUST HOW THE CAR WAS MADE. ABOUT THREE MONTHS LATER, THE PROBLEMS STARTED AGAIN AND GOT WORSE. THE SHIFTING CONTINUED TO DYSFUNCTION, WHICH I "FIXED" BY PARKING AND RESTARTING MY CAR, THUS RESTARTING THE COMPUTER. IT WOULD USUALLY DRIVE OKAY AFTER THAT. I DROVE LIKE THIS FOR SOME TIME UNTIL I WAS HAVING ISSUES STARTING THE CAR AND ONCE I FINALLY GOT IT STARTED, IT WAS UNABLE TO GO IN REVERSE. I IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE SAME PLACE WHERE MY COMPUTER WAS RESET THE FIRST TIME, AND WAS TOLD THAT MY CLUTCH NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. AT THIS APPOINTMENT, I ALSO DISCOVERED THAT MY EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED BY A MONTH, AND WOULD COST $2K TO FIX. THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE NOW, BUT THIS CAR IS CURRENTLY PARKED, UNABLE TO START OR MOVE, IN MY DRIVEWAY.

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STEERING QUITS INTERMITTENTLY.. IT'S A WELL KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED SAFETY HAZARD AS I HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. JUST ADDING ONE MORE TO THE LIST. DON'T SEE A FULL RECALL IN THE FUTURE BUT A LITTLE HELP WITH A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR WOULD BE NICE.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE AT A STOP LIGHT, THE VEHICLE HESITATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SUMMERVILLE FORD (9700 DORCHESTER RD, SUMMERVILLE, SC 29485, (877) 477-1434) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CLUTCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,000. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.

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STALLING DEADING AND SHATTERING POWER LOSE ENGINE LIGHT

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE, BATTERY, AND OIL SENSOR INDICATORS ILLUMINATED BEFORE THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. HINES PARK FORD (56558 PONTIAC TRL, NEW HUDSON, MI) AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000.

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WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY INTERSTATE THE RPMS ON MY VEHICLE REVVED TO 5000, WOULDN'T ACCELERATE, AND QUICKLY SLOWED DOWN. I WAS IN THE FAST LANE WHILE TRAFFIC AROUND ME WAS GOING 75+ AND WAS FORCED TO PULL OVER ON THE LEFT SHOULDER WITH MY DOG IN THE VEHICLE AT 9:30PM ON A FRIDAY NIGHT. ONCE STOPPED, MY VEHICLE WOULDN'T MOVE AS I TRIED TO GO INTO REVERSE AND WOULDN'T GO OVER 25 MPH WHILE TRYING TO GO FORWARD. I WAS STRANDED ON THE INTERSTATE FOR 2 HOURS WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK PAID FOR OUT OF POCKET BECAUSE MY 'WARRANTY EXPIRED DUE TO HIGH MILEAGE'. MY BOYFRIEND HAD TO LEAVE SCHOOL TO ALSO PULL OVER BEHIND ME ON THE INTERSTATE AND TAKE THE DOG FROM MY CAR TO HIS ON THE BUSIEST INTERSTATE IN THE STATE WE LIVE IN. MINE, MY DOG'S MY BOYFRIEND'S LIVES WERE ALL IN EXTREME DANGER DUE TO THE FAILURE OF A PART ON MY VEHICLE I HAVE HAD REPLACED TWICE ALREADY AND IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE MAKE MODEL AND YEAR OF MY VEHICLE.

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