What 842 owners told NHTSA about the 2017 Ford Focus RS

ABOUT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE I STARTED NOTICING A "SHUDDER" IN THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN I WOULD TRY AND TAKE OFF FROM A STOP IT WOULD SHUDDER AND FEEL AS THOUGH MY TIRES WERE SKIPPING ACROSS THE PAVEMENT PRETTY BAD. EVENTUALLY IT WAS SO BAD THAT I WOULD NOT TURN IN FRONT OF AN ONCOMING CAR THAT WAS EVEN A HALF MILE AWAY OUT OF FEAR IT WOULD STALL OR SIMPLY NOT MOVE. I ENDED UP TAKING MY CAR IN FOR REPAIR AFTER SEEING NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME ISSUE AND DECIDING IT WAN'T ALL IN MY HEAD. I WAS CHARGED $130 FOR THEM TO TELL ME THEY CLEANED THE CLUTCH AND IT WAS "NORMAL" FOR THIS TYPE OF CAR AND THAT I NEED TO DRIVE IT HARDER DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION IT HAS IN IT. IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW HARD I DRIVE MY CAR IT IS STILL THERE. CLEANING OF THE CLUTCH OR WHATEVER THEY DID TO IT, WORKED FOR ABOUT A WEEK. HERE I AM BACK TO HAVING THE SAME ISSUE AND IT IS GRADUALLY GETTING WORSE. I AM SEEING ALL TYPES OF COMPLAINTS FOR THIS SAME ISSUE AND FEEL THIS IS NOT NORMAL. A BRAND NEW CAR SHOULD NOT FEEL LIKE CRAP TO DRIVE. BUYER BEWARE!

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PURCHASED NEW AT 9000 MILES TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SHUDDER AND SLIP ON ACCELERATION, HAD CLUTCH REPLACED AT 11K MILES, AT 22K MILES IT OCCURED AGAIN THIS TIME JERKING INTO GEAR WHILE ACCELERATING, REPLACED CLUTCH AGAIN 24K MILES AT 37K MILES HAD IT REPLACED AGAIN FOR THE SAME REASON. 3 CLUTCH REPLACEMENTS IN UNDER 40K MILES AND IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN. THIS IS UNSAFE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND HIGHWAYS TRANSMISSION FAILURE IS DANGEROUS. TRANSMISSION JERKING, SHUDDERING TAKES LONGER TO GET UP TO SPEED AND MAINTAIN SPEED IN TRAFFIC. ALSO SHUDDERS AND SLIPS WHEN STARTING OFF FROM A STOPLIGHT.

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UPON COMING TO A STOP (SUCH AS AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT OR STOP SIGN,) THE VEHICLE MAKES EXTREMELY LOUD "CLUNKING" NOISES WHEN SHIFTING DOWN IN GEAR. THE SOUND SEEMS TO COME DIRECTLY FROM THE TRANSMISSION AREA AND IS IN SYNC WITH THE CHANGING OF GEARS. UPON ACCELERATION FROM A STOP, THE TRANSMISSION WILL MAKE GRINDING SOUNDS AND STUTTER THE ENTIRE CAR IN A JERKING-TYPE MOTION. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, THE ENTIRE CAR FEELS AS IF THERE IS A LOSS OF POWER AND MAKES IT HARD TO ACCELERATE PROPERLY IN HIGH-SPEED/HIGH-TRAFFIC AREAS (SUCH AS FREEWAY ON-RAMPS OR STATE HIGHWAYS.) I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT THIS COULD BE A DANGEROUS THING BECAUSE IF I WERE TO PASS SOMEONE ON A DOTTED LINE, OR EVEN PULL OUT ONTO A ROADWAY, THE CAR MAY EITHER STALL OR STUTTER SO SLOWLY THAT I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET UP TO SPEED CORRECTLY, RESULTING IN A POSSIBLE COLLISION. LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS NOW, WHEN I AM TRYING TO PARK THE CAR IN A PARKING SPACE, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SWITCH IT INTO REVERSE AT ALL. MY GEAR SHIFTING STICK WAS IN REVERSE, AS WELL AS THE GAUGE-CLUSTER DISPLAYING I WAS IN REVERSE, HOWEVER, MY CAR ACTED AS IF IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. I WOULD HAVE TO PLACE THE CAR BACK INTO PARK OR DRIVE AGAIN, AND THEN TRY AGAIN FOR THE TRANSMISSION TO SUCCESSFULLY SWITCH INTO REVERSE. I DID CONTACT MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP, HOWEVER THEY SAID THEY WERE MANY WEEKS OUT AND I NEVER COULD GET AHOLD OF ANYONE THERE TO SCHEDULE A TIME TO LOOK AT IT. I WILL ADD ON THAT MY CAR ONLY HAS 17,000 MILES ON IT AS OF JULY 2019. FROM MY RESEARCH, I HAVE SEEN MANY OTHERS POST COMPLAINTS OR WORRIES IN REGARD TO THE 2017 FORD FOCUS AND ITS TRANSMISSION. I HOPE THAT NHTSA WILL LOOK INTO THIS FURTHER AND CAN FIND ANSWERS AS TO WHY MANY, MANY OF THESE CARS ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH STALLING, STUTTERING, AND GRINDING NOISES AND MOTIONS COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION.

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MY CAR WAS AT A STANDSTILL AND MY CAR STUTTERED LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WAS GOING TO FALL OUT, I TALK WITH KEVIN AT LIBERTY FORD IN AURORA OHIO AND HE SAID DIDN'T THE SALESMAN TELL YOU ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AND I SAID NO. MY RADIO HAS STOPPED WORKING TWICE, I DIDN'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM UNTIL LIBERTY FORD DID MY OIL CHANGE BACK IN MAY 2019, ALSO MY CAR IS MISSING WHILE DRIVING. NOT HAPPY WITH BEING SOLD A LEMON. *TR CONSUMER NO LONGER HAS THE VEHICLE.*JB

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MY 2017 FOCUS DEVELOPED A PROBLEM WITH THE POWER SHIFT DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AT LOW SPEEDS. IT WOULD LAUNCH WELL INITIALLY, BUT THEN START TO SHUDDER AND SLIP UNTIL 2ND GEAR WAS FULLY ENGAGED. THE PROBLEM WAS MORE PRONOUNCED WHEN TURNING ONTO A ROAD WHILE ACCELERATING TO MERGE WITH TRAFFIC, AND THE SHUDDERING WAS STRONGER AT THE END OF A DRIVE THAN AT THE BEGINNING. GRADUALLY THE SYMPTOMS BECAME MORE SEVERE, UNTIL I DID NOT FEEL SAFE MERGING INTO TRAFFIC AT NORMAL SPEEDS. AT THAT POINT I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER DID A ROAD TEST AND INSPECTION AND CONCLUDED THE CLUTCH NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE PART WAS ON NATIONAL BACKORDER AND TOOK 8 WEEKS TO ARRIVE; IN THE MEANTIME I HAD TO CONTINUE DRIVING MY FOCUS WITH ITS DEFECT. THE DEALER REPLACED THE CLUTCH AND HALF-SHAFT SEALS UNDER WARRANTY AT NO CHARGE. THE ISSUE WAS RESOLVED, AND HAS NOT REOCCURRED.

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WHEN TAKING OFF FROM STAND STILL, IT ACTS AS THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING CAUSING A HESITATION

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WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP AND WHEN TURNING WHILE IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET AND WHEN ACCELERATING AFTER SLOWING DOWN ON THE HIGHWAY THE TRANSMISSION HESITATES AND MAKES THE CAR JERK AND SHAKE AS IF THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND/OR GOING OUT. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUES SINCE APPROXIMATELY A WEEK AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN JULY OF 2017

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6-SPEED DUAL CLUTCH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, CLUNKS AND RATTLES WHILE SLOWING DOWN TO A STOP. HAS HAPPENED EVERY DAY SINCE I'VE HAD THE CAR.

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TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS THAT INCLUDE HESITATING, SHUTTERING, AND WHAT FEELS TO BE CLUTCH SLIPPING WITH THEIR "NEW" DOUBLE CLUTCH TRANSMISSION. THIS HAPPENS PERIODICALLY WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP AND USUALLY SHUTTERS THE WHOLE CAR THROUGH 1ST AND 2ND GEAR. SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IS GOING TO FALL OUT OF THE CAR. ALONG WITH THE HESITATION AND VIOLENT SHUTTERING I'M WORRIED TO DRIVE MY CAR THAT HAS LESS THAN 30,000 MILES ON IT. I'VE HEARD OF MANY OTHER PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM AND THE DEALERSHIP CAN'T SEEM TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WRONG AND HOW TO FIX IT.

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THE TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS FREQUENTLY. ITS A REOCCURRING ISSUE EVERY TIME I DRIVE AND THE CAR ONLY HAS 30K MILES ON IT, THE CAR DID NOT COME EQUIPPED WITH THE SELECT SHIFT MODE AND IT HAS BEEN DOING IT SINCE I GOT THE CAR, IT MAKES THE WHOLE FRONT END OF THE CAR SHAKE (NOT VIOLENTLY ENOUGH TO MAKE THE CAR STEER OUT OF CONTROL). I TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT AND CANT REPRODUCE THE ISSUE, BUT ITS A WELL KNOWN THAT THE FORD POWERSHIFT TRANSMISSION IS TERRIBLE, BASICALLY THE ISSUE IS NOT COMMON ENOUGH TO NEED REPLACING SO I'M JUST STUCK WITH A POOR TRANSMISSION.

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OCCASIONALLY THE TRANSMISSION MIS-SHIFTS OR SLIPS VIOLENTLY. OCCASIONALLY IT FEELS LIKE THE CAR IS TRYING TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT ACCELERATOR INPUT. EXAMPLE 1: I WAS ON THE FREEWAY AND SOMEONE ACCIDENTALLY MERGED INTO MY LANE WHERE I WAS. I BRAKED AS I GOT OVER TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. I THEN TRIED TO ACCELERATE. THE ENGINE RPM WENT TO AROUND 8000. THE CAR DIDN'T ACCELERATE, IN FACT IT FELT LIKE IT WAS CONTINUING TO SLOW. MY FOOT WASN'T ON THE BRAKE, THERE WAS NO REASON FOR THE TRANSMISSION TO BE IN A NEUTRAL STATE. THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME HAD CAUGHT UP TO ME AND HAD TO VEER INTO THE FURTHEST LEFT LANE TO AVOID ME. AFTER RELEASING THE GAS AND PRESSING IT AGAIN THE CAR FELT LIKE IT FELL INTO THE CORRECT GEAR AND IT ACCELERATED. EXAMPLE 2: MY WIFE AND I WERE OUT AND WE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND EASED UP TO AVOID THAT LURCH FEELING AS I CAME TO A FULL STOP. THE CAR LUNGED LIKE IT WAS TRYING TO DRIVE ITSELF. THIS WAS A VERY SHORT TIME FRAME BUT IT WAS STILL TERRIFYING. I HAD MY WIFE IN THE CAR, SHE SAID SHE HAS EXPERIENCED THAT A FEW TIMES. EXAMPLE 3: WHEN ACCELERATING FROM FULL STOPS THE VEHICLE OCCASIONALLY HESITATES TO GO. THE ENGINE RPM WILL GO UP BUT THE CAR WILL SIT STILL OR BARELY MOVE AND JERK ABOUT. LUCKILY NONE HAVE RESULTED IN ACCIDENTS BUT IN ALL SITUATIONS THE ONLY REASON THERE WASN'T ONE WAS BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE REACTED QUICKLY ENOUGH. THE VEHICLE THAT SWERVED TO AVOID, THE DRIVER BEHIND ME NOT GOING JUST BECAUSE MY BRAKE LIGHTS WERE OFF AND NO ONE IN FRONT OF ME WHEN THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD ON ITS OWN.

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ANYTIME I TRY TO MAKE ANY SORT OF TURN IN THIS VEHICLE, TRYING TO ACCELERATE INTO THE TURN I ESSENTIALLY GET STALLED OUT EVEN THOUGH THE GAS PEDAL IS ENGAGED AND TRYING TO POWER THE VEHICLE TO MAKE THE TURN. IT BECOMES A DANGEROUS ASPECT ESPECIALLY WHEN IT STARTS TO BECOME BUSY ON A MAIN CITY STREET AND THE CAR WON'T ACCELERATE LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO WHILE TRYING TO MAKE THE TURN. MY VEHICLE CAN START TO MAKE THE TURN AND THEN START TO STALL OUT AS I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TURN, AND THEN IT WILL SIT THERE FOR A SECOND UNTIL THERE ARE INBOUND CARS COMING AND THEN IT'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE THE TURN AFTER STALLING FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS. IT'S BECOME A CONCERN BECAUSE IT NOW COMES DOWN TO WAITING UNTIL THE ROADWAY IS EMPTY AND FULL TO MAKE A SAFE TURN. ON TOP OF THAT, IF I'M GOING ANYWHERE BETWEEN 8 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR, MY CAR STARTS TO STUTTER AT LOW SPEEDS. NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THE CASES FOR THAT, BUT IT HAS RAISED SOME EYEBROWS AND SOME CONCERNS TO MYSELF WITH THAT BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF IT STARTS TO STUTTER AND STALLS OUT COMPLETELY OR DISABLES THE VEHICLE. THIS IS THE SECOND HATCHBACK I'VE PURCHASED THROUGH FORD, AND IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER HAD ANY SORT OF ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE. I JUST DON'T WANT SOMETHING TO HAPPEN WHILE I'M DRIVING OR TRYING TO MAKE ANY SORT OF TURNS FROM A MAIN STREET TO A SIDE STREET INSTALL OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROADWAY AND POSSIBLY GET HIT FROM ONCOMING TRAFFIC. ESPECIALLY GOING THROUGH ANY SORT OF SCHOOL ZONES WHEN IT'S CLEARLY MARKED TO GO 15 MILES AN HOUR OR BELOW. I WOULD RECOMMEND LOOKING INTO THIS ISSUE, BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE IT HAS HAPPENED VERY FREQUENTLY WITH A FEW OTHER 2017 FOCUS'S.

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I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE SINCE OCTOBER OF 2017, AND HAVE ALREADY HAD TO GET THE CLUTCH REPLACED ONCE. THIS IS THE SELECT SHIFT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND EVEN THOUGH FORD HAS REPLACED THE CLUTCH ONCE ALREADY, I AM STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH WHAT SEEMS LIKE THE CLUTCH SLIPPING WHICH IS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHUDDER/JERK WHEN GOING FROM FIRST TO SECOND (ACCELERATING). IT HAS STARTED OCCURRING MORE OFTEN THAN NOT AND I HAVE TAKEN THEN VEHICLE BACK INTO TO FORD MANY TIMES FOR THEM TO JUST TELL ME THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE, AND THE SLIPPING IS 'NORMAL' FOR THIS TRANSMISSION. I DRIVE THIS CAR ON A DAILY BASIS TO AND FROM WORK AND WHAT IT IS DOING DOES NOT SEEM NORMAL. YOU CAN ALSO HEAR IT CLUNK WHEN DECELERATING WHEN APPROACHING INTERSECTIONS.

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WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED MY VEHICLE 8 MONTHS AGO THERE WAS 5 RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE I WAS IN AWARE OF . SINCE I'VE FOUND OUT ABOUT THESE RECALLS THE LOCAL LINCOLN SHOP KEEPS INFORMING ME THAT FORD HAS NOT BEEN SENDING THEM THE REPLACEMENT PSRTS TO FIX MY VEHICLE I'VE CONTACTED FORD MULTIPLE TIMES TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS JUNK OF A CAR . I'M PAYING FOR A CAR 30K FOR THIS 2017 AND IT'S SLOWLY BUT SURLY BREAKING DOWN THE CAR PUTTERS THERE'S A LOUD TICKING THE IDLING IS ROUGH THE CLUTCH AND COMPUTER HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE SINCE I'VE HAD THE CAR AND I NEVER USE THE MANUAL PART OF THIS VEHICLE I'M TO THE POINT TO WHERE I JUST WANT THEM TO BUY THIS TRASH BACK SO I CAN GET INTO SOMETHING BETTER AND MORE RELIABLE.

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SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND THE TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS AND SOUNDS AND FEELS LIKE VIBRATIONS. HAD THE CLUTCH REPLACED AT 34K. HAPPENJNG AGAIN. BROUGHT IT TO FORD , THEY REPROGRAMMED THE TRANSMISSION , 2 DAYS LATER HAPPENING AGAIN.

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TRANSMISSION SLIPS & SHUTTERS, GRINDS, & SOMETIMES WON'T ACCELERATE PROPERLY.

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THE CAR HAS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WHEN ACCELERATING AND THE CAR ATTEMPTS TO SHIFFT FROM 1ST GEAR TO 2ND GEAR THERE IS A SHUTTER FEELING IN THE TRANSMISSION AND SOMETIMES A GRINDING SOUND, ESPECIALLY WHEN TURNING WHILE ACCELERATING. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO HERTRICH FORD IN EASTON, MD TWICE NOW AND BOTH TIMES THEY SAY IT IS "WITHIN SPECS". THEY ALSO SAY THEY REPROGRAMMED SOMETHING. THE CAR HAS 29.000 MILES ON IT. NOW I'M HEARING WHAT SOUNDS LIKE A WHEEL BEARING THUMPING IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WHEEL.

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PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW WITH ONLY 21 MILES ON IT, BRAND NEW AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WITHIN 8MNTHS I HAD TO HAVE THE CLUTCH REPLACED BECAUSE IT WAS SHUDDERING AND HESITATING ON ACCELERATION. BY NOVEMBER I WAS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE AGAIN AND THE 3RD CLUTCH WAS PUT IN, NOW AGAIN JUST 5 MNTHS LATER THE CAR IS GETTING ITS 4TH CLUTCH . REPEAT ISSUE AND NO RESOLUTION. OTHER THAN LET THEM KEEP PUTTING CLUTCHES IN UNTIL MY WARRANTY DIES.

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ON 3/21/19 WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE, THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR OPENED. THE DOOR JUST POPPED OPEN, I WAS DRIVING IN AN INTERSECTION OF A BUSY STREET AND ABOUT TO MAKE A TURN WHEN THIS OCCURRED. IT WAS TERRIFYING AND I BARELY MISSED AN ACCIDENT. LUCKILY I WAS RIGHT BY A GAS STATION WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. I REQUESTED THAT THE DEALERSHIP EXAMINE ALL 4 DOORS AS I WAS AFRAID THIS MIGHT RECUR. ON 4/14/19 THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED, ONLY THIS TIME IT WAS THE LEFT REAR PASSENGER SEAT. THE DOOR POPPED OPEN WHILE DRIVING AND WOULD NOT SHUT. I TOOK THE CAR STRAIGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT MORNING. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR. I WAS TOLD THIS COULD BE A CHILD SAFETY LOCK ISSUE, YET I DO NOT USE THIS FEATURE, AS I DO NOT HAVE SMALL CHILDREN. I HAVE REQUESTED THAT ALL LATCHES ON ALL DOORS BE REPLACED. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I ALSO HAVE HAD TRANSMISSION ISSUES (STALLING) WHICH DEALER STATES IS RESOLVED, AND AN ISSUE WITH THE GAS TANK THAT I WAS TOLD WAS A RECALL THEN NOT? WHAT IS IT? IS THE GAS TANK A RECALL OR NOT? ID MY CAR DEFECTIVE & SAFE TO DRIVE?

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TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS HEAVILY WHEN ACCELERATING FROM 1ST TO 3RD GEAR. SEEMS TO ONLY DO THIS WHEN THE ENGINE IS WARMED UP.

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WHEN DRIVING, IN BETWEEN SHIFTS THE RPMS WILL RISE WHILE THE GAS PEDAL IS RELEASED AND THE CLUTCH PEDAL IS ENGAGED. CREATING A "STUCK" GAS PEDAL CREATING THE DRIVERS TO EITHER SHIFT AND RISK MORE TEAR TO THEIR CLUTCH, OR WAIT TO RELEASE THE CLUTCH TILL THE ENGINE RPMS FINALLY DROP FOR A SMOOTH SHIFT. THE FORD DEALERSHIPS SAY THIS IS NORMAL, BUT ENGINE RPMS SHOULD NOT INCREASE WHILE THE CLUTCH IS ENGAGED AND THE GAS PEDAL IS RELEASED. THIS HAPPENS AT ALL TIMES, INCHING FORWARD TO PULL INTO A GARAGE, HIGHWAY SPEEDS OR CITY SPEEDS. I HAVE A 2017 FOCUS ST ST2 WITH 11,700 MILES.

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AT UNPREDICTABLE TIMES, ACCELERATOR PRESSURE RESULTS ONLY IN ENGINE REVVING. THIS OCCURS REGARDLESS OF CURRENT SPEED, WHEN TURNING AT ANY SPEED OR WHEN MOVING FORWARD. THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT ENGAGE FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. WHEN IT DOES FINALLY ENGAGE, IT WILL DO SO IN A BURST OF ACCELERATION. THESE CONDITIONS CREATE PROBLEMS IN WHICH ROUTINE TRAFFIC MANEUVERS BECOME UNSAFE.

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I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT AT APPROXIMATELY 3-5 MPH AND THE CAR SURGED FORWARD JUMPING THE CURB AND HITTING A TREE. PRIOR TO APPROACHING THE PARKING SPOT A SPEED BUMP WAS NEGOTIATED SO THE STATED MPH ARE ACCURATE AS THE SPEED BUMP WAS 25 FEET PRIOR TO THE PARKING SPOT ENTRY.

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THE VEHICLE SHAKES AND LOSES POWER AT TAKE OFF. IT DOES NOT HAPPEN EVERY TIME. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO FORD AND WE WERE TOLD THAT IT IS A "NORMAL FEATURE". THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED FOR OUR TEENAGER AND, 2 DAYS AFTER PURCHASE, WE ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH HER DRIVING IT. SHE PULLS INTO TRAFFIC AND THE CAR SHAKES AND DOES NOT ACCELERATE APPROPRIATELY. VERY UNSAFE AND NEEDS ADDRESSED.

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CAR STUTTERED WHEN GEAR SHIFTED FROM 1ST TO 2ND. CAR STOOD ACCELATATING WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO OVERHEAT. TRANSMISSION NOW IS MAKING A GRINDING NOISE.

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