What 2,157 owners told NHTSA about the 2013 Ford Focus Bev

CAR TRANSMISSION WILL HARD SHIFT, OR SHUDDER AT SPEEDS AROUND 15 TO 25 MPH. THIS CAN CAUSE A DELAY IN SHIFTING AND IS AN ISSUE IN TRAFFIC AND/OR MERGING ONTO FREEWAY. THE CAR BEGAN TO START A DELAY IN SHIFTING AT HIGHER SPEEDS AROUND 24,000 MILES. *TR

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I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR FOR A VERY SHORT TIME AND HAVE HAD NUMEROUS INTERACTIONS WHERE THE SHIFTING (AND GRINDING) WOULD CAUSE THE CAR TO MAKE A HALTING/SHUDDER AFTER ACCELERATING. AT THIS TIME IT FELT AS IF I WERE GOING TO GET HIT BY ANOTHER CAR DUE TO HOW ABRUPT THE WHOLE THING WAS. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD A LOT. THEY DON'T SEEM TO CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUES I HAVE PROPOSED WHICH IS WHY I AM HERE. I LIVE IN ALASKA BUT PURCHASED THE CAR FROM ASTRO FORD IN MISSISSIPPI. I AM MILITARY AND NOW HAVE TO DRIVE THIS THING BACK HOME. THANKS FOR LISTENING TO MY COMPLAINT. *TR

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WHEN VEHICLE IS STOPPED AND AT IDLE SUCH AS AT A RED LIGHT, THE ENGINE SHAKES AND WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS DEPRESSED THE CAR HESITATES AND DOES NOT WANT TO MOVE AND FEELS LIKE THE VEHICLE WILL STALL. ONCE SPEED IS UP TO ABOUT 10-15MPH ACCELERATION IS FINE WITH NO VIBRATION OR SHAKES. THIS ISSUE CAN BE VERY SERIOUS WHEN TRYING TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC. TOOK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG. SOMETHING IS WRONG AND IS UNSAFE. *TR

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AS MANY OTHER OWNERS HAVE MENTIONED, MY FORD FOCUS HAS THIS PROBLEM WITH ACCELERATING AFTER BEING STOPPED AT A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. I DO THE BEST I CAN TO PLAY WITH THE GAS PEDAL, TRYING TO FIND A SWEET SPOT SO THE CAR BEHAVES BUT IT'S PRETTY IMPOSSIBLE. THE CAR IS GREAT ON THE HIGHWAY BUT FOR STOP AND GO DRIVING IT IS AWFUL. I'M NOT SURE I CAN KEEP THE CAR WITH SUCH A PERSISTENT PROBLEM THAT SEEMS TO AFFECT ALL FOCUS MODELS, BUT I WILL TALK TO THE DEALERSHIP REPAIR PEOPLE THIS WEEK AND LET THEM KNOW I HAVE FILED THIS COMPLAINT AND THAT I EXPECT THEM TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM. *TR

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FIRST THE CAR WAS RUNNING FINE WHEN I BOUGHT IT NEW IN 2013. THEN AROUND 10,000 MILES THE CAR STARTED TO JERK SHUDDER AND SLIP OUT OF GEAR. . THE CAR JERKS AT STOP AND GO SPEEDS AND WHEN BAKING SLOWLY OUT OUR DRIVEWAY. THE CAR ALSO MAKES A GRINDING NOISE WHEN MAKING TURNS AT LOW SPEEDS. LASTLY WHEN RIDING THE BREAKS AT STOP LIGHTS IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING IS GRINDING. FORD REPLACED THE CLUTCH AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL THEIR. THE TWO DEALERSHIPS SAID EVERYTHING WOULD BE CORRECTED WHEN THE CLUTCH WAS REPLACED BUT IT HAS NOT. THE FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER SAID THAT THIS IS NORMAL BECAUSE IT IS A AUTOMATIC MANUAL TRANSMISSION. WHY WOULD YOU SELL A CAR THAT PERFORMS LIKE A 30 YEAR OLD PIECE OF JUNK. *TR

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLUTCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

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I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, IT WAS RAINING, AS I PULLED OFF THE LIGHT, THE CAR BEGAN SPUTTERING AND WOULD NOT GO OVER 10 MPH. I MERGED TO THE SHOULDER AND THE DASHBOARD LIT UP WITH CRITICAL ENGINE FAULT, AND A FEW OTHERS, THE CAR STALLED AND I SAT THERE FOR ABOUT 30 MINS. I MANAGED TO GET HOME THAT DAY AND AFTER SITTING FOR 24 HOURS, IT RAN FINE AGAIN.THIS MORNING (DEC.9TH2014) RAINING AGAIN, I PULLED INTO MY PARKING LOT AND THE CAR BEGAN SPUTTERING AND WHEN I PLACED IT IN PARK, ANOTHER CRITICAL ENGINE FAULT APPEARED, I HAVE READ ABOUT 100 OTHER CASES DESCRIBING THE SAME SITUATION. *TR

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WAS IN THE FAR LEFT HAND LANE ON I-15 IN THE MIRA LOMA, CA AREA GOING ABOUT 10-15 MPH IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, AS TRAFFIC STARTED TO CLEAR I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR TO INCREASE SPEED AND THE CAR WOULD NOT GO ANY FASTER THAN 20 MPH. I PULLED OFF TO THE LEFT HAND SHOULDER AND HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALER. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. IN ADDITION, THE CAR CONSTANTLY "SHUDDERS" AT LOW SPEEDS TO WHICH FORD HAS ADVISED ME IS A DESIGN FLAW IN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, CLUTCH ASSEMBLY AND THAT NOTHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT. *TR

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SUDDEN STUTTERING POWER LOSS WHEN MAKING A TURN NEARLY CAUSED A REAR AND HEAD-ON COLLISION. LACK OF ACCELERATION FOR SEVERAL SECONDS LEFT VEHICLE IMMOBILE. CONSTANT SHUDDERING UNDER DIFFERENT LOADS OF ACCELERATION WITH NO PASSENGERS, MULTIPLE PASSENGERS, ON DIFFERENT ROAD GRADES AND CONDITIONS OCCURS. LOSS OF CONFIDENCE IN VEHICLE TO MANEUVER SAFELY. *TR

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GRINDING/RATTLING NOISE AND HEAVY SHUDDERING/SHAKING/LURCHING OCCURS AT LOW SPEEDS. NOT NORMAL SOUNDS. I DROVE MANUAL VEHICLES FOR OVER 15 YEARS AND NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS OCCURRENCE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FIRST LEARNING HOW TO DRIVE A MANUAL. IT IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP FOR A RECALL (THAT THIS SITE DOESN'T NOTE, FOR SOME REASON, BUT FORD DOES FIND). I HAVE NEVER ONCE (2 MONTHS TIME) GOTTEN OVER 31 MPG EITHER. THIS WAS PURCHASED AS A COMMUTER VEHICLE, AND FOR IT TO RARELY GET 30 MPG IS SAD, CONSIDERING MY DRIVING AN 8 YEAR OLD, 175K MILE COROLLA MEANT GETTING UPWARDS OF 34 MPG CONSISTENTLY. HAVE MADE 2 PAYMENTS ON THE CAR AND WISHING I HAD NEVER BOUGHT IT. *TR

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BOUGHT THE CAR ON 11/06/13, NOTICED HESITATION WHEN I ACCELERATED FROM A STOP. BROUGHT THE CAR IN 12/04/13 TO HAVE THE BUCKING CHECKED. THERE WAS A TRANSMISSION LEAK FOUND AND FIXED, AND HAD THE CLUTCH REPLACED. SECOND TIME I BROUGHT IT IN ON 07/28/14 WITH THE BUCKING AGAIN, THIS TIME THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT, BUT THE BUCKING STOPPED AFTER I GOT IT BACK. THIRD TIME IN WAS 10/08/14. I WAS GETTING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE CAR ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN, ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE TO PARK IT, THE CAR ACCELERATED, THEN IT WOULDN'T MOVE WHEN I PRESSED ON THE GAS TO BACK IT UP, HAD TO GET OUT AND PUSH IT BACK ON ITS PARKING SPOT. HAD THE CAR TOWED THE FOLLOWING MORNING, TOW TRUCK DRIVER STARTED THE CAR AND DROVE IT UP ON THE RAMP WITH NO PROBLEM. WE CONTACTED FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. WHEN WE PICKED UP THE CAR THE MECHANICS SAID THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR AND THAT THEY THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE COMPUTER BUT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY FOUND WRONG THAT NEEDED FIXING. A FEW DAYS LATER THE VOLUME IN THE CAR KEPT GOING UP AND DOWN ON ITS OWN. THEN THE 80MPH WARNING PROGRAM WAS TURNED OFF BY ITSELF. THE CAR IS STILL BUCKING AND THE BRAKES NOW SEEM TO FEEL SLIPPERY. *TR

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HOWEVER IT DOES TAKE 1000 MILES FOR IT TO LEARN HOW YOU DRIVE, WELL WE HAVE HAD THE CAR FOR ALMOST 2 YRS NOW AND IT IS STILL LEARNING, THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS VEHICLE, FROM THE BEGINNING OF PURCHASING THIS CAR WE HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT TROUBLE WITH IT, WE HAVE HAD PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE ISSUES CAUSING AIR BAG PROBLEMS, IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEMS, WE HAVE NOTICED THAT SINCE WE BOUGHT THE CAR THE TRANSMISSION HAS HAD SHIFTING ISSUES ALONG WITH SHUDDERING AND HESITATION PROBLEMS, WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM FORD STATING THAT THERE WAS A TSB TO BRING THE CAR IN TO HAVE THE COMPUTER RE-PROGRAMMED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE, WE TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND WERE TOLD IF WE STILL HAVE THE PROBLEM TO CONTACT THEM AND LET THEM KNOW, WE WERE DRIVING THE CAR ONE DAY AND WAS STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION FIXING TO CROSS 2 LANES OF TRAFFIC IT WAS CLEAR WE WENT TO PULL OUT THE CAR HESITATED COULDN'T FIND THE RIGHT GEAR TO GO INTO AND SUDDENLY SURGED INTO TRAFFIC, I THEN CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP IMMEDIATELY AND THE SERVICE ADVISOR STARTED ASKING IF I HAVE EVER DRIVEN A MANUAL TRANSMISSION BEFORE, MIND YOU THIS IS SUPPOSEDLY AN AUTOMATIC "MANUAL" AS THEY CALL IT AND IS CONTROLLED BY COMPUTER AND THAT IT WILL ACT AS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION, THE ADVISOR FROM WAS VERY CONDESCENDING STATING IF I KNEW HOW TO DRIVE A MANUAL TRANSMISSION THAT I WOULD UNDERSTAND, AND THAT I CAN BRING THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE THAT HE COULD "CARE LESS" WHETHER OR NOT I BROUGHT IT BACK IN OR NOT THAT HE GOT PAID EVERY TIME I BROUGHT IT IN, I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE DEALER PRINCIPAL ABOUT THIS AND STATED ABOUT IT BEING VERY POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE, I THEN PROCEEDED TO CONTACT FORD MOTOR COMPANY THE FOLLOWING MONDAY, NO HELP WAS PROVIDED HERE, THIS CAR IS NOT SAFE......MAJOR ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

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MY CAR CURRENTLY HAS 31K MILES ON IT. I HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP 7 TIMES IN THE 2 YEARS SINCE I PURCHASED IT WITH THE SAME OR SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. AT LOW SPEEDS IT SHAKES/SHUDDERS/RATTLES/HESITATES WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. I UNDERSTAND IT'S A MANUAL TRANSMISSION BUT I DON'T BELIEVE FOR A SECOND THAT THE MANUFACTURERS INTENDED FOR THE CAR TO BEHAVE THIS WAY. IT HESITATES WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP TO A POINT WHERE IT FEELS AS THOUGH IT WILL STALL. I NO LONGER MAKE LEFTS BEFORE ONCOMING TRAFFIC FOR FEAR THAT IT WILL STALL COMPLETELY. I HAVE HAD THE CLUTCH REPLACED AND THE CAR HAS BEEN "REPROGRAMMED" COUNTLESS TIMES, ALWAYS WITH THE SAME RESULT: AFTER A FEW DAYS, THE PROBLEMS RETURN AND IT ONLY GETS WORSE AS THE CAR GETS OLDER. I AM TRULY STARTING TO HATE THIS CAR AND REGRET EVER EVEN GIVING FORD A CHANCE. I WILL NEVER BUY A FORD AGAIN. *TR

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THE CAR STARTED EXPERIENCING VERY ROUGH SHIFTING PROBLEMS AFTER THE IT REACHED OPERATING TEMPERATURE. THE CAR HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER TWICE AND IT STILL EXPERIENCING SHIFTING ISSUES, HESITATION, SURGING, SHUDDERING, VIBRATING. THE ONLY TIME THE TRANSMISSION IS SMOOTH IS WHEN THE CAR IS AT A CONSTANT SPEED AND IS NOT SHIFTING GEARS. I PURCHASED THIS CAR SO THAT I COULD HAND IT DOWN TO MY DAUGHTER. I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH THESE ISSUES. IT IS NOT SAFE FOR AN INEXPERIENCED DRIVER TO OPERATE. *TR

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AFTER OWNING MY 2013 FOCUS SE HATCH FOR 20 MONTHS I FINALLY BIT THE BULLET, PAID OFF MY LEASE EARLY, TURNED IT IN AND WALKED AWAY. THE CAR IS NOW ONLY WORTH $10,500 (50% OF ORIGINAL VALUE) SO THAT TELLS YOU ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE REPUTATION OF THIS CAR IS DOING TO ITS VALUE. WHAT A SHAME BECAUSE IT TRUELY IS A GREAT CAR - EXCEPT FOR ITS TERRIBLE TRANSMISSION. TOOK IT IN 3 TIMES OVER THE LAST 20 MONTHS TO 2 DIFFERENT FORD DEALERSHIPS AND EACH TIME ITS DEEMED "NORMAL" OR THE TRANSMISSION IS "REPROGRAMMED WITH THE LATEST UPDATE" BUT THE SHUTTERING, NOISE, HESITATION, ETC CONTINUES. THE LAST STRAW WAS ONCE AGAIN AT IN INTERSECTION WHILE TURNING LEFT THE CAR HESITATED AND I WAS ALMOST T-BONED AGAIN (SECOND TIME IN 6 MONTHS). COMPLAINING TO FORD GOT ME "CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 14M01: AN EXTENSION OF THE WARRANTY TO 7 YEARS. ARE YOU KIDDING ME! SO THE ONLY WAY I KNOW HOW TO VOTE IS WITH MY WALLET AND SO AFTER OVER 20 YEARS OF FORDS I BOUGHT A 2015 HONDA ACCORD LX. THE CVT TRANSMISSION IN THE ACCORD IS SO SMOOTH IT'S ALMOST LIKE DRIVING AN ELECTRIC CAR. I'LL TAKE MY HONDA MADE IN O-H-I-O OVER THE FORD MADE IN MEXICO ANY DAY! GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS TO ALL THE OTHER FORD FOCUS OWNERS OUT THERE. I HOPE THIS NEVER GETS TO THE POINT OF A FATALITY BUT UNFORTUNATELY I'M NOT OPTIMISTIC. *TR

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TRANSMISSION WENT INTO NEUTRAL, PULLED OVER RESTARTED, CAR DROVE IN LOWER GEAR, THEN WENT INTO NEUTRAL AGAIN WHILE DRIVING ON ROAD. PULLED OVER ONCE AGAIN. RESTARTED, THEN TRANSMISSION SHIFTED ERRATICALLY. AGAIN WENT INTO NEUTRAL, THEN INTO LOWER GEAR ABLE TO LIMP CAR INTO NEAREST DEALER. THIS IS HAPPENING TO MANY CARS TO BE ISOLATED. FORD NEEDS TO OWN THE BAD DESIGN. *TR

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THERE IS AN OBVIOUS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. WHEN GOING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR FROM A STOP IT SHUDDERS AND NEARLY STALLS. THIS IS A CONSTANT EVERY DAY ISSUE. I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW, I HAVE BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE AND WAS TOLD THAT BECAUSE THERE IS NO OFFICIAL RECALL FORD IS NOT ALLOWING THE DEALERSHIPS TO FIX THE PROBLEM EVEN THOUGHT THERE ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM ACROSS THE BOARD WITH THE 2013 MODEL OF THE FOCUS AND THE FIESTA. I WAS BASICALLY TOLD THAT WITH AN OFFICIAL RECALL THE CAR WOULD HAVE TO STALL OUT ON THE ROAD OR BE THE CAUSE OF AN ACCIDENT IN ORDER FOR THE ISSUE TO BE FIXED. *TR

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VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT INTO GEAR DURING TURN IN AN INTERSECTION. ENGINE REVS BUT TRANSMISSION DIDN'T SHIFT INTO GEAR, THEN IT FORCEFULLY ENGAGED INTO GEAR. VEHICLE REPEATEDLY AND FORCEFULLY ENGAGES GEAR AT LOW SPEEDS CAUSING TO IT JERK FORWARD ABRUPTLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. TRANSMISSION HAS CONTINUOUS CHATTER DURING INITIAL ACCELERATION. *TR

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THE TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS DURING ACCELERATING AND HAS CONTINUED TO DO SO FIR THE PAST 18 MONTHS. THE ISSUE HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE. *TR

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TRANSMISSION LURCHES ON ACCELERATION SHUDDERS AND SHAKES. *TR

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND JERKED BEFORE ACCELERATING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION PROGRAM NEEDED TO BE UPDATED. THE REPAIR WAS PERFORMED, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,000. UPDATED 12/09/14*LJ UPDATED 05/11/2015 *JS

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WHEN I FIRST GOT THE CAR IN SEPTEMBER 2013, THE CAR WOULD JERK AND SHAKE WHEN PULLING OFF FROM A STOP AND WAS ALSO VERY LOUD. I TOOK IT TO BE SERVICED AND THEY TOLD ME THAT WAS NORMAL. I TOOK IT BACK A FEW MONTHS LATER BECAUSE I DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT WAS NORMAL. THEY FIXED IT. BUT NOW IT'S STARTING TO SHAKE AGAIN. IN JUNE 2014 THE ENGINE LIGHT STARTED COMING O FOR A FEW DAYS. I TOOK IT TO FORD AND THEY CLAIM THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM. THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON IN JULY, THEY CLAIMED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. THE LIGHT WAS BACK ON IN SEPTEMBER, THEY CLAIMED YET AGAIN, NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT. I TOOK IT TOOK A SMALL TRANSMISSION SHOP, THEY READ MY CODES AND IMMEDIATELY FOUND A PROBLEM, CLAIMING IT WAS A TRANSMISSION ISSUE. A FEW DAYS LATER, THE LIGHT WAS BACK ON. EACH TIME THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, IT WOULD STALL AND IMMEDIATELY SLOW DOWN RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. EACH TIME FORD CLAIMED NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD BE ON FOR TWO DAYS. EACH TIME I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO FORD, THEY WOULD KEEP IT 2-5 DAYS... I COULDN'T GET A RENTAL CAR HALF OF THE TIME BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T ACTUALLY DO THEIR JOB UNTIL THE LAST DAY AND THEN TELL ME THAT NOTHING'S WRONG WITH MY CAR. WE ALL KNOW, YOUR WARRANTY COMPANY NEEDS TO KNOW THE PROBLEM BEFORE AUTHORIZING A RENTAL VEHICLE. THIS LAST TIME IN OCTOBER, THEY CLAIM TO HAVE FIXED IT. THEY CLAIM THAT A SENSOR HAD TO BE REPLACED. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER FORD VEHICLE. I CANNOT WAIT TO GET RID OF THIS CAR! MY CAR IS STILL SHAKY. IT MAKES A KIND OF LOUD NOISE NOW AS WELL. *TR

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NO REVERSE ON AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, AND LOUD NOISES WHEN ON DRIVE POSITION. *TR

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VEHICLE BUCKED OR SHUDDERED WHEN STARTING FROM A COMPLETE STOP OR IF COASTING AND THEN GAS APPLIED. ISSUE WAS SAID TO BE FIXED AT THIS TIME 4/30/14, WHICH IT DID RUN BETTER UNTIL IT HAPPENED AGAIN ON 9/6/14 WHEN I POINTED OUT THE SAME ISSUE. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A LEAK COMING FROM THE BELL HOUSING AND IT WAS DRIPPING ON THE CLUTCH CAUSING THE SHUDDERING. ON 9/16/14 IT WAS TAKEN TO THE GARAGE FOR REPAIR. I AM STILL EXPERIENCING SOME SHUDDERING, ESPECIALLY IN REVERSE WHEN GOING SLOW BUT ALSO AT TIMES GOING FORWARD. NOT SATISFIED THAT IT IS COMPLETELY FIXED, BUT FORD HAS EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 7 YEARS/ 100,000 MILES. I WILL BE CONTACTING THE GARAGE IN THE NEAR FUTURE FOR THEM TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN. *TR

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VEHICLE SHUDDERS, JERKS, SHAKES UPON LAUNCH. ALSO WHEN GOING UPHILL VEHICLE JERKS (SIMILAR TO HOW A STANDARD ENGINE WOULD JERK WHEN TAKING OFF IN THE WRONG GEAR). ALSO WHEN PARKING, VEHICLE "JUMPS" INTO PARK AFTER CAR AFTER ENGINE IS OFF OR FOOT IS TAKEN OFF BRAKE. TRANSMISSION PROBLEM??? *TR

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