Was driving down freeway at 65mph. Rpms shoot past 5 and car accelerates on its own up to 80mph. Cars message screen read "transmission malfunction- service now". I was able to pull over to the left - as there was traffic. Was able to get off highway but could only get my car to get as fast as 30mph before the rpms were past 5 again. Ford replaced transmission computer module. Drove car for ~hour and a half next day. Car is jerking forward worse than before. Shaking in the transmission. Would accelerate ~5mph on its own. Happened 5 times during the duration. Doesn't matter if you're in motion or stationary - this car has a mind of its own and I'm scared to drive it. I'm positive had someone been in front of my on the freeway, when it accelerated to 80mph on its own, I would have rear ended them.

- St. Louis, MO, USA

02 sensor reading want go out after 02 replacements and transmission all of a sudden want go in reverse.

- Pinetops, NC, USA

I got in my car, but it in reverse and began backing out of my parking space when my suddenly car lost power. The car was in motion but the steering wheel and brake pedal locked up and I could not steer or stop my car from going backwards and I hit a parked car in the parking deck at school as a result. The code on my dash was (I) steering assist fail. I turned the car off and on several times before the steering wheel and break released and I was able to gain control of the car again. This is the 3rd time in 2 weeks it has done this (Jan 28, Feb 2 and Feb 8). All three times the car has been in motion and in reverse gear. I contacted Ford corporate offices and the Ford dealership where I purchased the car from and they said there is nothing they can do unless the car duplicates the problem in their presence.

- Concord, NC, USA

Automatic transmission disengages while traveling at speed. Card rolls backward on any type of hill. I have been driving and was passing a vehicle on a 2 lane road and had the transmission disengage and narrowly avoided an accident as there was no power to the drive wheels to get back into the traffic lane. This car has been in multiple times for transmission work. The tcm and automatic clutch replaced with another faulty tcm & automatic clutch. This model of transmission is a danger to the driving public.

- Knob Noster, MO, USA

I've had multiple transmission/clutch issues and it continues no matter what temporary fix Ford gives. I've had 2 clutches put in and multiple trips to the dealership for shaking and the car jerking and also the car wont shift sometimes and accelerates out of nowhere. Today, and the reason I'm complaining, my transmission started acting up and then my "transmission malfunction" light came on and and the car jerked and wouldnt shift and caused me to almost lose control. This transmission issue needs to be resolved. I inly have one picture but have all the service records

- Chandler, AZ, USA

The contact owns a 2012 Ford Focus. While driving various speeds, the vehicle suddenly shut off. After restarting the engine, the failure continued. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 90,000.

- Riverdale, GA, USA

Vehicle disengages and leaves you stranded right where you set, no matter if the gear shift is in drive, park, reverse, or sport it disengages without warning. This has happened to me numerous times. Once, pulled into gas station to get gas and put vehicle into park, got out, filled tank then got back into car and put into drive and, nothing. Transmission would not engage. Another time, driving on interstate and same thing, disengages then would lunge then disengage completely, stranded on the highway. Another time, and this has happen so much that now I try to time myself while approaching traffic signals as to prepare myself as if it where going to lose power every time. These times you will be setting in traffic at a light or just rush hour bumper to bumper and the light changes or traffic starts to move and without warning transmission, disengages. Stranded, in the middle of an intersection with oncoming traffic. I am surprised with all the problems that I see everyone is having with these vehicles pertaining to the transmissions, someone hasn't been killed. This problem isn't a secret anymore. Just google Ford Focus transmission problems! the NHTSA needs to "(as a federal Agency, NHTSA regulates the safety of motor vehicles and related equipment)" do what is right for the consumer. Call Ford motor out on this issue and make them stand behind their product that are selling. Go to wlos.com/news/news-13-investigates/Ford-sued-over-faulty-transmissions-in-some-Focus-feistas this pretty much explains it. This is why Ford stopped using this transmission in end of 2015. There is no fixing it! it is a defective design issue and they know it. And as far as the when did this happen box at the bottom of this page, these aren't isolated incidents, this happens often and to most people who own these cars manufactured with this transmission between 2011-2015.

- Palm Bay, FL, USA

The vehicle loses power even though it is still in drive; engine still running fine, transmission is not. Makes no difference where the vehicle is driven; highway, city street, turning, the transmissions simply slips out of gear. Yikes.. driving on highway and lost power, yet engine still running. Like transmission is slipping out of gear into neutral but still in drive. Also, turning into driveway and did it again.

- Eatonville, WA, USA

I purchased my 2012 Ford Focus in July of 2016 with 29,000 miles on it and I was aware of the transmission problems when purchased. However was not notify about my door latches unable to close. Apparently October 3, 2016 Ford decided to send out a recall letter claiming that my doors won't close while driving or just won't close. Asked me to take my car to the nearest dealership to get my car repaired. My back driver door just stopped closing completely, I damaged my side of the door from stopping the door from coming open. My nearest dealership told me that parts weren't available for my car and that I'll have to wait until next year to get my car fixed. I begged them to do at least something to keep my car doors close and they tied my seatbelt to my back car door to prevent the door from opening. However my front passenger door still opened and stayed open randomly which cause a few of my friends to fall out of it! my car was like that for about three months. Then they finally "fixed" it by putting replacement parts on it until the actual parts become available sometime this year. My front passenger door is even worst than before. Usually it takes me slamming the door three times before it closed, but now it takes more than three times and I have to slam harder!!! I've had enough of dealing with this car, I think it shouldn't be doing that when it was almost new!!!! also they still won't do anything with the transmission because of the "parts" which I think there's not going to be any parts. I don't even know what I purchased, if my transmission doesn't work or my doors don't close how can anyone considering this a car"!?! what did I buy?!"! this is outrageous!!! I don't know if one day if my front driving door will come open and I'll be flying out somewhere dead on the highway. I just don't feel safe and I wish someone would do something about this!

- Loxley, AL, USA

The contact owns a 2012 Ford Focus. While driving approximately 20 to 40 mph and when the gear shifter was placed into the drive and/or reverse positions, the vehicle shuttered and the display panel indicator illuminated and displayed "hot hot pull over". the vehicle was pulled over, restarted and driven to the dealer. It was diagnosed that the transmission and clutch needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 22,000. Updated 03/07/17

- Morgan Hill, CA, USA

I was on my way home via typical city streets and the car's transmission would not catch gear after coming to a stop at a stop sign. It felt like the car was in neutral. I was able to pull into a parking lot to look under the car and see if there was any visual damage. Nothing visual but there was a slight burning smell coming from under the hood. I tried to drive the car again but this time it would not shift out of first gear. A warning appeared "transmission malfunction service now" I put the car in neutral to get down the street to a safe parking spot and before coming to a stop the "transmission overheating" warning appeared. This is the second time in 2 years that the car has had this problem. There were several tsb's issued by Ford for the transmission on the Focus and I had my car serviced accordingly so I was assuming the problems were fixed.

- Moreno Valley, CA, USA

Takata recall so I was told after having multiple problems with my vehicle after bob lowth Ford selling me it that some parts are on recall and I have small children I don't want to put in risk if anything happens during the winter weather here in mn for insistence my engine light came on and it started feeling like it wanted to die out on us early morning around 7:30 am central time so I always try to make sure that my small children have blankets in case we die out in -20 weather.

- Redby, MN, USA

Pulling to a stop light, as the transmission downshifted, it jerked really hard twice. When the light changed, we drove off, it wouldnt shift out of first gear. It had no reverse. Towed to the dealer, they placed a tcm on it without testing it first, said it was fine, we drove 3.5 hours and were now a total of 6 hours from home when it started feeling restritcive while doing 75 on the interstate at midnight in the rain. My husband thought it was road noise, but then it wouldnt pull the car at all and was slowing down. At this point, it had no movement forward or backwards. We had it towed to the dealer in bowling green ky, spent 3 days in a hotel for them to lead us on that there was potential for Ford to fix the now not covered transmission. The car has 47000 miles on it. They even tried to sell us a new car! the car was then towed back to the dealer in greenwood Indiana for potential repair. They didnt check the fluid in it, they didnt check the failure codes, they just put a tcm on it and said it was good to go, when clearly it wasnt.

- Fort Wayne, IN, USA

Lost power steering to vehicle, unable to drive due to safety concerns. Transmission hesitates when driven or when gasing from a stop.

- Orlando, FL, USA

2012 Ford Focus. Consumer writes in regards to steering control module recall repair issues, transmission problems and windshield motor malfunction. The consumer stated on the night of November 12, 2016, a safety warning light appeared on the dash. When he tried driving about 12 miles home, he had no power steering. The problem did not occur again. On Monday November 14, 2016 the consumer stopped by a non-Ford garage. No work was performed. However, the mechanic stated the problem was the steering control module. The mechanic suggested taking the vehicle to the dealer. Upon inspection, the dealer claimed there was no problem, but to bring the vehicle back, if the light came on again. The dealer informed the consumer three were no transmission problem. However, in March 2016, the consumer experienced a transmission problem. The dealer stated the problem was due to a weak battery. The problem occurred again and the dealer stated it was the fault of the alternator not sending enough current to the module. The problem continued. On July 4, 2016, the transmission light illuminated. The consumer used the off key procedure, to put the vehicle into gear, but the light remained on.

- Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA

The contact owns a 2012 Ford Focus. While driving various speeds, the vehicle failed to accelerate and the speed suddenly decreased. The check engine indicator illuminated. The dealer diagnosed that the transmission was faulty. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 51,000.

- Piscataway, NJ, USA

The contact owns a 2012 Ford Focus. While attempting to accelerate from a stop, the vehicle shuddered and hesistated to accelerate. The vehicle was taken to the dealer on numerous occasions for diagnostic testing. Components in the transmission were replaced and the software was updated, but the failure persisted. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified. The approximate failure mileage was 2,000.

- Plantation, FL, USA

My Ford Focus automatic transmission shudders and hesitates when shifting.it has been to the dealer four times.there have been updates done to the computer.it still has the same issues.

- Northfield, NJ, USA

After we got the recall done on the car for the transmission module. The car has been having a popping and static noise coming from the radio and speakers when the car is on or shut off.

- Elizabethtown, KY, USA

I have taken my 2012 Ford Focus to the local dealership 3 times, 2 times by a letter sent to me wanting me to being my car to the dealership to have the kam reset and the PCM reprogram because the shaken and shudders when accelerating and the 3th time the same thing again. Now the car is doing the same thing again up to a speed of about 20-25 mph the shaking and shudders and noise stop.

- Asheville, NC, USA