What 1,022 owners told NHTSA about the 2015 Ford Focus RS

TRANSMISSION SLIPS/SHUTTERS/JERKS. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS HAD PROBLEMS SINCE NEW. THEY HAVE REPAIRED IT SEVERAL TIMES AND THE PROBLEM JUST COMES BACK. IT CAUSES HESITATION WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP AND IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE WHEN IT HAPPENS. FORD WILL NOT REPAIR IT UNTIL THE SLIPPAGE IS OUTSIDE THEIR THRESHOLD, BUT BY THAT TIME IT IS A HAZARD. THESE CARS NEED TO BE REPLACED.

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ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS, I HAVE LOST POWER IN DIFFERENT CONDITIONS. I HAVE NOTIFIED THE DEALERS AND THEY HAVE TRIED TO REPAIR MY PROBLEM EACH TIME. THEY SAID THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS TYPE OF TRANSMISSION AND HAVE DECIDED TO INCREASE THE POWER-TRAIN WARRANTY. I THINK IT IS NOW UP TO 10 YEARS AND 150,000 MILES. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY JUST WANT TO KEEP FIXING THOSE TRANSMISSIONS AND CONTROL MODULES BUT THE SITUATION IS VERY DANGEROUS. THE LOSS OF POWER HAS HAPPENED TO ME IN SOME DIFFERENT CONDITIONS; FROM GOING UP A HILL IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED, TO JUST DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. ON A FEW OCCASIONS, WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAYS, MY CAR WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT INTO PASSING GEAR AND EVEN SEEMED TO LOSE POWER AT SPEEDS OF 55-65 MPH WHEN TRYING TO PASS OTHER VEHICLES. ON TWO SPECIFIC OCCASIONS, MY CAR WAS UNABLE TO GO INTO PASSING GEAR AS I TRIED TO PASS ANOTHER CAR. HOWEVER, LAST WEEK AND ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO I LOST POWER WHILE I WENT TO PASS A VEHICLE ON A TWO LANE ROAD AND HAD TO DROP BACK BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT RESPOND AND ACTUALLY LOST POWER AT A MOMENT THAT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION IF THE CAR I WAS PASSING WOULD HAVE SLOWED DOWN AT THE SAME TIME I LOST POWER AND THE ON COMING CAR DID NOT SLOW DOWN. THIS HAS BEEN SCARY AND SURPRISES ME BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO BE AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. THEY SAID IT IS HAPPENING TO MANY OTHER SIMILAR VEHICLES AS WELL. I WOULD HAVE REPORTED THIS SOONER IF I HAD KNOWN THIS NHTSA SITE WAS AVAILABLE. I DO NOT BELIEVE THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO JUST KEEP PUTTING OUT UNSAFE VEHICLES AND CONTINUE REPAIRING THEM WHEN SUCH A DANGEROUS CONDITION RISKS THE LIVES OF ANYONE WHO PASSES ANOTHER VEHICLE ON A TWO-LANE HIGHWAY. I HOPE IT DOESN'T TAKE A SCHOOL BUS WITH KIDS GETTING INTO AN ACCIDENT AS A RESULT OF THIS DEFECT TO GET CORRECTIVE ACTION TAKEN TO REMEDY THIS UNSAFE CONDITION.

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I PURCHASED MY FIRST FORD FOCUS IN 2012 AND WAS FORCED TO TRADE IT AFTER NEEDING 3 CLUTCH REPLACEMENTS IN ONLY 20K MILES OF DRIVING. AFTER REASSURANCE FROM FORD MOTOR COMPANY OF A NEW REDESIGNED TRANSMISSION AND CLUTCH IN THE 2015 MODELS WITH NO KNOWN ISSUES AFTER CONSIDERABLE TESTING, I TRADED MY FIRST FOCUS FOR MY SECOND. TO MY OUTRAGE, NOT ONLY WAS I SOLD A CAR WITH A KNOWN FAULTY CLUTCH BUT I JUST RECEIVED MY SECOND CLUTCH REPLACEMENT.. THIS TIME IN ONLY 13K MILES OF DRIVING. IN A REQUEST TO FORD TO BUY MY CAR BACK, I WAS TOLD MY TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE WITH MY FIRST FOCUS WOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE CURRENT REQUEST FOR BUYBACK. NEXT, I WAS TOLD BY A REGIONAL MANAGER REVIEWING MY CASE, THAT THE CLUTCHES CONTINUED TO FAIL BECAUSE I DID NOT "DRIVE MY CAR AGGRESSIVELY ENOUGH" DESPITE FORD ACKNOWLEDGING THOUSANDS BEING AFFECTED BY THEIR FAULTY CLUTCHES AND CURRENT CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST FORD. FINALLY, IN SOLIDARITY FOR DENYING MY REQUEST FOR BUYBACK, I WAS OFFERED 6-FREE OIL CHANGES (VALUED ~$180), A SLAP IN FACE FOR THE NEARLY $50,000 I HAVE PAID FORD OVER THE LAST 5 YEARS FOR TWO FORD FOCUSES. IN TOTAL, I HAVE HAD 5 CLUTCH REPLACEMENTS IN 5 YEARS IN TWO CARS; UNACCEPTABLE.

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THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR BUT DECELERATION WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DELAYED. THE STEERING SHUDDERED AND THE CAR JERKED FROM SIDE TO SIDE. FRONT END SHUDDERED REPEATEDLY.

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TRANSMISSION SHUTTERS WHEN TAKING OFF AND WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. A POOR EXCUSE FOR A TRANSMISSION WHEN THE REST OF THE CAR IS GREAT. IM SORRY FORD BUT THIS IS NOT NORMAL! THE NHTSA NEEDS TO QUIT STALLING AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.

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I JUST BOUGHT A USED 2015 FORD FOCUS, RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING THERE WAS JUMPING AND SPUTTERING AS I START DRIVING. I SEE THIS AS A SAFETY PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE NOT JUST FOR ME BUT OTHERS WITH THIS PROBLEM. AS YOU CAN SEE IF YOUR READING THIS I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM, OVER 50 PEOPLE WITH IT, JUST CALLED DIFFERENT NAMES. I READ ALL OVER THE INTERNET ABOUT IT, LAWSUITS IN TWO STATES, ...JUST HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO COMPLAIN BEFORE THIS GETS RECALLED !!!!!!

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TRANSMISSION SKIPS, SURGES, STALLS AT LOW SPEED OR ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. I AM SEEING LOTS OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE FROM OWNERS AND NO REMEDIES FROM FORD!!! A RECALL MUST BE STARTED!!! VERY DANGERIOUS.

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TAKATA RECALL. WHEN DRIVING COMPUTER OR TRANSMISSION DOES NOT CHANGE GEARS ON TIME. SOMETIMES STAYS IN FIRST GEAR PAST 20MPH. PROBLEM WHEN DRIVING ON FREEWAY AND NEED TO SPEED UP. TAKATA RECALL. ALSO SEATBELTS WILL NOT RELEASE SOMETIMES WHEN I NEED TO GET OUT OF CAR. IT WILL PARTIALLY UNLOCK BUT SEATBELT WILL STILL BE LOCKED IN PLACE. I MUST PUSH SEATBELT BACK IN PLACE TO TOTALLY LOCK IT AGAIN THE PRESS RED BUTTON TO RELEASE. VERY DANGEROUS

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WE BOUGHT THE CAR NEW IN 2015. LAST YEAR THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SKIP OR JUMP, JERK AT LOW SPEED AND ALSO WHEN YOU EXCELLERATED. TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AND THEY FIXED, WE THOUGHT. THE CAR IS IN THE SHOP NOW FOR THE SAME ISSUE. IT'S ONLY BEEN 6 MONTHS, AND THE CAR HAS ONLY 21,000 MILES ON IT. CITY STREET AND HIGHWAY DRIVING.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD FOCUS. WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN OUT OF A PARKING LOT THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND FAILED TO SHIFT INTO FIRST GEAR. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND FAILED TO SHIFT INTO SECOND GEAR. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED, BUT THE TECHNICIAN COULD NOT FIND A FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000. UPDATED 05/10/17*LJ UPDATED 05/18/2017 *JS

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MY FOCUS HAS ISSUES SHIFTING (JERKS AND REVS HIGH RPMS WHEN TAKING OFF) AND ROLLING BACK AT INTERSECTIONS ON AN INCLINE. I HAVE HAD THE CAR INTO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER THREE TIMES, ONCE THEY "REPROGRAMMED" THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CONTROLLER AND ONE OF THE OTHER TIMES THEY REPLACED THE CLUTCH PACK. THE THIRD TIME THEY TOLD ME THIS WAS NORMAL OPERATION. BEFORE THE CLUTCH PACK WAS REPLACED THE VEHICLE MADE SEVERE GRINDING NOSES LIKE METAL ON METAL. THIS WAS WHILE DRIVING AT SLOW SPEEDS IN A PARKING LOT.

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THE TRANSMISSION IS HORRIBLE. I SHAKES IT SPUTTERS AND IT MAKES A GRINDING SOUND. AT TIMES IT SEEMS TO TAKE OFF WHEN ALL I DO IS PRESS SO LIGHTLY ON THE GAS. I HAVE HAD THE AUTOMATIC CLUTCH REPLACED. I TOOK THEM 3 TIMES TO FIX IT, FINALLY WHEN THE NOISE GOT SO BAD THE DEALERSHIP DECIDED TO FIX IT. I FEEL UNSAFE IN THIS CAR. I AM SURE IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE AS THE CAR AGES. IT HAD A PROBLEM SINCE DAY 1. THE DEALERSHIP KEPT TELLING ME IT WAS NORMAL.

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CAR KEPT BUMPING AND MOVING UNEVENLY WHEN STARTING FROM A STANDING STOP OR WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS BELOW 10 OR 15 MPH. THE DEALER REPLACED THE CLUTCH, ACTUATORS, & SEALS AND UP DATED THE PCM/TCM UNDER WARRANTY. THE WORK ORDER DATE WAS 9/28/2016 THE CAR HAD 14757 MILES ON IT. *TR

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS AND ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND JERKED INTO GEAR. ALSO, THE ENGINE REVVED AND THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE RUBBER ON THE INSIDE OF THE WHEELS WAS MISSING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING LOW SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND RATTLED WHEN SWITCHING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING NORMALLY AND NO FAILURE WAS PRESENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000. UPDATED 02/07/2017*CT CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION IS PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. IT IS NOW SLIPPING AS IT SHIFTS INTO 2ND GEAR. UPDATED 7/12/18*JB

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD FOCUS. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT EXCEED 50 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT WIRES IN THE VEHICLE WERE CHEWED BY RODENTS, WHICH CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE CLUTCH AND WIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD FOCUS. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND THE VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,000.

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CAR IS SLOW AT ACCELERATING FROM A COMPLETE STOP AND SHAKES AS IT ACCELERATES. CAR HAS TROUBLE TURNING ON AND WHEN IT DOES IT SHAKES. IT DOES THAT REGARDLESS IF THE ENGINE IS COLD OR WARM. AS YOU MERGE INTO A HWY IT IS SLOW AT GETTING TO SPEED AND THE ENGINE SOUNDS LIKE IS NOT IN GEAR.

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I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2015 FORD FOCUS IN JULY 2015 WITH 17 MILES ON IT. I HAVE PUT IT IN THE SHOP UNDER WARRANTY FOR SHUDDERING JERKING , THE RPMS GO UP WHEN I COME TO A STOP AND IT MAKES CLICKING NOISES AND GOING DEAD WHEN COMING TO A STOP OR TRYING TO LEAVE FROM A STOP. I HAVE NEARLY BEEN HIT TWICE WHEN PULLING OUT ONTO THE HWY TURNING LEFT GOING TO WORK BECAUSE THE CAR JUST JERKED AND DIED COMPLETELY. IF NOT FOR THE OTHER DRIVERS PAYING ATTENTION THEY WOULD HAVE HIT ME. I HAVE TWO YOUNG CHILDREN. I JUST READ AND FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS WHOLE POWERSHIFT LAWSUIT AND I AM IN TOTAL SHOCK. HOW COULD YOU SELL ME A VEHICLE WITH THIS KIND OF DEFECT? MY CHILDREN AND ME COULD BE KILLED EVERYTIME I GET IN THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIPS ARE NO HELP EITHER. FIRST THEY SAID IT WAS "AN UPDATE" THAT I NEEDED. NEXT IT WAS NORMAL OF THOSE KIND OF CARS THEN IT WAS OK WE CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG THEN IT WAS TCM THEN CLUTCH FINALLY AFTER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON I TOOK IT TO THE LAST DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE VAPOR EMISSIONS VALVE. I JUST THROW MY HANDS UP WITH IT. I CANT TRADE IT IN BECAUSE ITS VALUE ITS SO LOW. I AM A SINGLE WORKING MOTHER OF TWO KIDS AND I AM SCARED EVERYTIME I GET IN THIS DEATH TRAP. HELP

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHUDDERED, JERKED, AND HAD TOO MUCH HESITATION. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND CLUTCH MODULE FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000. UPDATED 01/10/2017*CT *TR

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MY CAR LOST POWER WHEN I WANT TO START AFTER I STOP IN A RED LIGHT AS WELL IT MAKES WEIRD NOISES, I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT I THE CAR IS FINE, THAT THEY RESET THE COMPUTER, THE CAR WAS FINE FOR TWO DAYS AND WHEN BACK TO THE SAME THINK AND NOW IS GETTING WORST

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TAKATA RECALL !! I HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS BECAUSE OF THE TRANSMISSION ON MY FORD FOCUS 2015 I LIVE ON FLORIDA I DON'T KNOW WHY FORD DOESN'T GIVE US A SOLUTION!!! I'M LOOSING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BECAUSE IDK AFTER THE WARRANTY GETS EXPIRED I CAN'T AFFORD CAR PAYMENT PLUS FIX THE TRANSMISSION ON MY CAR EVERY FIVE MONTHS:( I DON'T TRUST MY CAR I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT ONE SOLUTION.! THEY ALREADY CHANGED THE CLUTCH ON MY CAR 2 TIMES AND THEY SAID THEY GONNA HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN EVENTUALLY

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BOUGHT MY 2015 FOCUS WITH 31000 FROM A DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WENT THROUGH A 182 POINT INSPECTION AND WITH IN 2 DAYS OF OWNING HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION "REPROGRAMMED" BECAUSE OF A NASTY SHUTTERING FROM A STOP AND IT WAS FINE FOR ABOUT 2 DAYS AND IS GOING BACK INTO THE SHOP TOMORROW BECAUSE IT IS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. WAS TOLD AT THE DEALERSHIP THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND THERE REALLY IS NO FIX. IF I WOULD OF KNOW THIS BEFORE BUYING THE CAR THIS WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN SOLD TO ME... THE CAR CONTINUES TO JERK FROM A STOP TO FIND ITS GEARS AND IS TOTALLY UNSAFE.

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TWICE PULLING ON TO A BUSY HWY MY CAR HAS STALLED/SHUDDERED, AND LOST POWER. BOTH TIMES HEAT GAUGE SKY ROCKETING. THE LAST TIME MY CAR TURNED OFF ENTIRELY, AND HAD OVER HEATED. HOWEVER IT HAD ONLY BEEN IN OPERATION FOR ABOUT 5 MIN. BOTH TIMES ON A BUSY HWY. FIRST TIME I TOOK IT IN, THEY SAID IT WAS A MODULE UPDATE. TWO WEEKS LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND WORSE. I WAS ABLE TO LIMP MY CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP AFTER LETTING IT SIT FOR 5 MINUTES. THEY REPLACED GASKETS, AND BLEW THEM ON THEIR TEST DRIVE. REPLACED A HOSE AND GASKETS AGAIN. MY CAR WAS RETURNED TO ME TWO DAYS AGO, AND LESS THAN 50 MILES LATER, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE COOLANT WAS HALF FULL, AND IN THE COURSE OF ROUGHLY 30 MINUTES OF OPERATION IT HAD GONE THROUGH HALF OF THE COOLANT. YET THERE IS NO TRACE OF A LEAK ON THE GROUND. IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THAT, ON THE FIRST FIX THE AC HAD CUT OUT TWICE WHICH SINCE THEY HAVE CLAIMED TO HAVE FIXED. WITH ALL OF THIS, IT HAD CREATED QUITE A FOWL SMELL IN MY CAR AS A RESULT. MY CAR AT THIS POINT, MY CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 21 BUSINESS DAYS (NOT INCLUDING SATURDAYS.. WHICH THEY WORK), THE ISSUES STARTED MID AUGUST AND IT IS NOW OCTOBER 7TH. THEY OFFERED TO GIVE US THE CAR BACK AND THAT IT WAS "JUST AN AIR BUBBLE". DESPITE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BEING ON AND EXCESSIVE LOSS OF COOLANT. MY CAR HAS BEEN IN MOTION EACH TIME IT HAS HAD AN ISSUE. THE FIRST ISSUE I WAS JUST PULLING ON TO THE HWY, SO WAS JUST ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. THE SECOND TIME I HAD REACHED THE HWY SPEED OF 55 MPH. (SEPARATE INCIDENT, THEY ALSO HAD TO REPLACE A FAULTY SEATBELT).

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PURCHASED MID AUGUST 2016. WE HAVE PUT APPROX 750 MILES ON IT IN THAT SHORT TIME. 1ST INCIDENT, MY WIFE STOPPED AND WHILE THE CAR WAS IN DRIVE ROLLED BACKWARDS ON AN INCLINE THAT RESEMBLES LEVEL. 2. FROM STOP ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE IT JUMPS, STUTTERS AND BARLEY MOVES. WE HAVE ALREADY HAD A NEAR COLLISION IN AN INTERSECTION DUE TO THIS. ADDITIONALLY, WHILE GETTING ON THE ON RAMP IT IS SO SLUGGISH AT TIMES, THAT WE ARE NOT EVEN AT PROPER SPEED TO GET ON A FREEWAY. UNSAFE, PURCHASED FROM ENTERPRISE WHO TOLD US NOTHING ABOUT THIS AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE. ENTERPRISE IS ALLOWING PEOPLE DRIVE AWAY IN THESE PILES. IF THERE HASN'T BEEN DEATHS, THERE WILL BE. ENTERPRISE IS NOT ADVISING CUSTOMERS OF THIS BECAUSE THEY HAVE MANY IN THEIR FLEET THEY MUST MOVE OUT. SHAME ON THEM. NOTE: THE FOLLOWING FROM THE ENTERPRISE WEB SITE. WORRY FREE OWNERSHIP. OUR JOB DOESN'T END WHEN YOU PULL OFF THE LOT. FOR YOUR CONTINUED DRIVING PLEASURE, WE OFFER A UNIQUE COMBINATION OF BENEFITS TO KEEP YOU HAPPY DOWN THE ROAD. THEY BOAST ABOUT A 12 MONTH/12,000 MILE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY (LIMITED) SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY. THEY WILL TELL YOU ALL OF THE ISSUES WE BE TAKEN CARE OF. THIS IS A LIE BECAUSE FORD DOESN'T HAVE THE ANSWER YET.

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