Transmission Not Go Into Gear problems of the 2012 Ford Focus

I was driving about 25 mph on a narrow winding mountain road when the car shifted out of gear into neutral and displayed the "transmission problem service no" message. I coasted to a stop in the middle of the road as there was no shoulder. Moving the snifter did not get back in gear. I shut the car off and restarted. I then had control of the car but it would not shift into into high gear. It would go neutral to first with a jerk, then shift smoothly into 2nd but not shift into high gear at all. I drove it home at 3300 rpm at 55 mph. The car only has 40000 miles on it. Had I been pulling out into traffic when this occurred I would have caused a crash. Like ralf nader said about the corvair. . . . "unsafe at any speed". I have read the horror story of this car and your lack of action. You should be ashamed! would you let you loved ones drive this car? I think not. It deserves a total recall and buyback from Ford. Please do your duty and make it happen. Ps, I have had it in the shop multiple times for slow speed shifting issues which resulted in "reprogramming" to resolve the issue which of course it didn't.

The 2012 Ford Focus has had transmission problems for years. We have taken the vehicle to the dealership numerous times only to have issues return in 6 to 10 months. There is no fix for this issue. This vehicle rolls backwards when stopped, shudders and shakes during acceleration, inability to move forward on an incline, and vibration during acceleration. When taking it in for repair I was told the warranty extended and there would be no worries about having the car fixed in the future. Unbeknownst to me this was the case until we reached 100,000 miles. We have felt trapped in this car due to the fact that it has limited value as a trade in or as scrap. Recently, the car would start but would not shift into gear. While on the road it would drop out of gear and the shift would be frozen. I would have to coast to the side of the road and through a series of turning the car off and on it would eventually work. Over the course of short trips (5 to 10 miles) we had this happen on several occasions over the course of our drive. The car was taken to a local car repair shop and they referred us to a Ford dealership. At this point we decided to invest no more into this automobile. It now sits in my driveway and cannot be driven on the road.

Tl the contact owns a 2012 Ford Focus. The contact stated that the vehicle would not shift into gear when attempting to accelerate. The contact also stated that the vehicle stalled while driving various speeds. The vehicle was included in NHTSA campaign number: 19v515000 (power train) regarding a stuck canister purge valve. The contact stated that the vehicle was previously included in an unknown recall for the same failure. The contact scheduled a diagnostic appointment in two weeks with tasca automotive group (1300 pontiac Ave, cranston, ri 02920, (800) 788-2114). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 80,000.

Transmission was not shifting into gears, then the reverse went out. . Talked to 3 different Ford dealers. . Asked about my warranty then said no recalls on this and out of warranty would be out of pocket. . So I did have an outside warranty for repairs but they said nothing was covered. . So I paid aamco to fix it. . 3500. 00 and 2 months later I am at another aamaco (because of their warranty) the new aamaco place says transmission shot need a new one. . About 5 grand. . So. . No we drove it back home and put her to pasture. . I have all paperwork on all work done. . And not done. . But we travel for my husband's job. . So my paperwork is home in TX. . We are now in TN. . For a few weeks. My car acted up badly , hot transmission, had to stop several times just to get it to the shop. . Also. . Would be great if it at least had a dip stick to check your fluids. Also on first transmission work. . We had to rent our motel room for 3 extra days waiting on the car repair to be completed. This after he had it a week already. . I also have phone numbers and quotes from 2other people that would have worked on my car if they had the tools to work on a dual transmission.

My Focus has had numerous transmission problems over the past few years. My car would randomly not be able to shift into second gear and would leave stranded. While driving my car would randomly not shift gears, allowing me to go a max of 10 mph with my children in my car. Many times my car would not start at all. Sometimes when it did start, I could not even turn my wheel. I had the computer chip reset and within 4 months my car became inoperable. I took it to the shop and they said multiple service bulletins were found for my transmission that came back in the diagnostics and told me to take it to the Ford dealership. When I went there I was told it would be minimum $2k to get the internal clutch fixed, if that was the issue, upwards of $5k for the other transmission issues. I felt extremely unsafe with two kids and had to go out and lease a new car. I am furious now that I am reading that Ford knew it was selling 2012 Focuses with faulty transmissions. I still have the car in my possession. I cannot even count the number of times my car would not shift or start, and while driving with my children in the car this happened. It caused me to almost be rear ended or stuck in intersections. The only thing that saved me on many occasions was quickly turning on my hazard lights/blinkers. I am outraged that this has happened. Prior to owning my 2012 Focus, I had a 2002 Focus and never ran into any of these issues and loved the car so much I bought another one. If I could go back in time I would never have bought the 2012 knowing what I know now. I am hoping a class action lawsuit is filed, and if not, I may find my own lawyer and go after Ford.

Tl- the contact owns a 2012 Ford Focus. The contact stated that while driving at 35 mph, while at a stop light and to go making a left turned, the gear shifter failed to shift gears, the vehicle stalled. The transmission warning light illuminated. The contact coasted to the side of the road and powered off the engine. The vehicle was restarted and was able to drive normal, however the failure recurred a few miles down the road. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or an independent mechanic for a diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was included in NHTSA campaign number: 18v735000 (fuel system, gasoline). The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact to take the vehicle to a dealer and did not offer further assistance. The approximate failure mileage was 130,510. Aw.

2102 Ford Focus - have transmission skipping and also could not get the gear shift to go from park to drive . Was stick for 2 hours in the winter months until tow arrived.

Can't reverse. Does not shift gears properly. Randomly stops sending power to the wheels. Rpms bounce rapidly (high and low). Has happened in intersections and highways, putting me and others in immediate danger.

Transmission malfunction light on, car not going into gears properly. Lurching, hesitating. Vehicle was stationary when light came on.

While driving at 45 mph on a city street entering a highway. The car reved and would not shift out of gear but was still running. I tried turning it off but then it would not start back up and the display is showing it's in drive but the gear is in park.

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.

While driving the vehicle on the highway in a 55mph speedzone, the transmission would not shift gears, and then my car would not go over 35 mph. After taking it into the dealership, they simply said I was "driving the car incorrectly" and performed some kind of software reboot. Now, when traveling around town, my car (which is an automatic) sputters when changing gears after it is stopped like at a stop sign, red light, or in stop-and-go traffic, or going up steeper hills. It acts like it is a manual transmission when a gear is missed or its being choked.

My car has been shuttering and jerking and shaking does not shift into gears and the car dropped and will accelerate by its self . This is an ongoing issue since I bought the car in 2014.

Car has continuously shuddered when trying to shift between gears. At times the car will almost come to a complete stop as if it can not find what gear it needs to be in to move forward. Happens in all scenarios, cold weather, warm weather, and at all speeds. More recently car has failed to start and shudders have become more violent when driving.

The transmission jerks and will not shift to gears.

Completely stopped accelerating, janky transmission and constant rolling when accelerating from a stop. I have never had any real issues or any warning lights come on with this car until it completely stopped accelerating while on the freeway with a two year old in my backseat. All of my lights/ ac/ radio still worked but the car wouldnt drive, it almost felt as if it was in neutral because the engine would rev but wouldn't move. I pulled over and finally got it started after a few tries. After I tried to start my car again when leaving the house later that day my car wouldn't even turn on. Again, the radio/ lights/ etc all worked fine, but the car would not start. When you try to start it, there isn't even a sound in the ignition when you turn the key. I had to get it towed and brought it to a close friend and very good mechanic who tried everything from resetting the key to unplugging the battery to trying to start it from neutral and nothing worked. So then he said it must me something electrical. They went in and saw there was loose wiring and fuses and once they tightened those up the car was able to start. He also found the kill switch was activated which is a safety measure with these cars when they get too dangerous to drive and he deactivated that as well. Once they got it running to test it for a bit it just shut right back off. He tried to put it in reverse and the dash would light up with a warning saying transmission not in "p" and we are now back at the beginning. There are still no warning lights on and with the car not recognizing gears we saw that it is a transmission issue. I still haven't gotten the car fixed because this just happened, but what I've read many people are having the same exact issue. Filing a complaint and taking it to the dealer! that is way too big and dangerous of an issue to have with no warning and only being at 60,000 miles!.

This has happened multiple times, but on Sunday 3/15/15. My car has flashed hill assist not working and not in park when it was indeed in park after the rpm go up to 5 & 6 at any given time and forcing me to pull over. My car would start, but would not go into gear. Whe this happen before I was on the interstate doing 70 and the car jumps out of gear and I can no longer go, so I have had to pull over and luckily restart the car and go. I also have been having issues with the car not starting. What if this car causes myself and family to be involved in a accident? what if this happens during rush hour? this is a world wide issues and Ford is fully aware yet they do not have any recalls. I'm not sure I understand when or what will make you Ford stand up and correct the issue by issuing a recall on this unsafe vehicle? death?.

This has happened multiple times, but on Tuesday 3/12/15. My car has flashed transmission malfunction, parking aid malfunction, hill assist not working. My car would start, but would not go into gear. Two cops had to push my car to the side of the road since I was in the middle of rush hour traffic. I have had this happen on the interstate doing 75 and the car jumps out of gear and I can no longer go, so I have had to pull over and luckily restart the car and go. I also have been having issues with the car not starting this past week and it keeps flashing parking aid malfunction, service required. I have two young children and this is ridiculous. If this car causes us to be involved in a accident. This is common issues and Ford is fully aware yet I do not have any recalls on my vehicle.

Transmission shutters, feels like its skipping a gear, rolls backward down hill in drive. The vehicle's transmission, in the middle of an intersection, stalled and would not shift into a gear. This incident almost caused a wreck. The vehicle has been at 3 different Ford dealerships 7 different times for transmission issues. Ford refuses to admit that there is a serious issue with the transmission and is making customers drive unsafe vehicles during the weeks that those vehicles aren't in the shop.

While the transmission does act different than a normal automatic I've never had any problems until now I was driving 35 mph and suddenly the car would not move forward any more the engine would just hits high rpms which is funny cause this car has never hit a high rpm while not in gear it has a rev limiter anyway I coasted to a stop I tried to use the sport option to get the transmission to shift nope so I turn the car off never to start again the transmission indicator on dash said car was in drive even though the shifter was in park my main concern here is with all of the complaint about this transmission and it would take me weeks to read them all why has the national highway traffic safety administration. Has not issue a recall on this transmission that is still being put in new cars today and having the same problems and can cause a very real safety concern why is it that people have to die before something is done and the company is held responsible.

The transmission is jerking, shifting not smooth, sometimes wont start, sometimes wont shift gears at all. The car has been towed to a repair center twice this month due to the problems and not being safe to drive.

Driving down highway, car lost power, the check engine light and the traction control light came on. Would not accelerate, brakes would not function properly to stop. When I finally got the car stopped in a parking lot next to my place of business, the car would not start up again, and when it did, it would not go into any gear. Sat in the parking lot for 30 minutes trying to get the car to start up and go into gear. When it finally did go into gear, I got it to my place of business 2 blocks down and parked it. I am afraid to drive the car as it is a major safety issue. There have been recalls on the electric version of this car, but not the gasoline versions. This needs to be a recall on all of these models as there are several hundred complaints online about the same issue. Ford will not do anything about these issues unless the car is taken to one of their dealerships, which in past experience, they don't do anything at the dealership except overcharge for diagnosing the car, and for them to tell you nothing is wrong with it and that they know there are issues with the cars, but they do not have a fix for them and they can change the parts, however that will not solve the problem and it will happen again. I have been told this by the manager at a dealership and he has stated there is nothing he can do to change the situation. This is a major safety issue and someone needs to look into Ford for the same issues gm is having with their small cars.

Faulty powershift transmission would not engage gears properly causing vehicle to stall, shake violently, grind gears, drop first and second gear when accelerating, no reverse, .

Car jerks/hesitates upon acceleration; shifting is jerky; when you go to accelerate the car does not engage into gear; front left vibrates/rattles upon acceleration; car will bog down when you go to accelerate. My concern is that when I go to pull out into traffic the car will not go. I was almost rear ended when I crossed an intersection and then went to accelerate, but my car did not go into gear. When I am on the interstate and in traffic, if I need to get around a car quickly I cannot due to the hesitation in the shifting. I have been to the dealership multiple times and have filed a case with Ford and am told this is how the car is supposed to drive.

Since we purchased the vehicle, it seemed to stutter when trying to go from a stop. I was told that this is normal for this transmission. But on August 24th, the transmission started to have even more problems. First the vehicle was having a hard time accelerating past 20 mph. Then it started jerking back and forth, lunging to and fro. It was not shifting gears like it should have, and it felt like it was going to stall, so complainant had to pull over to avoid an accident and allow fast moving traffic to pass. After traffic had passed, complainant turned around to go back home, jerking and lunging the whole time going less than 20 mph. After leaving the car sit for several hours, the vehicle started up again, and seemed to be operating normally. However now the vehicle is having a harder time going up hills, and has trouble coasting. Feels like something is dragging it down. This could be very unsafe, as the problem is not predictable, and could potentially cause an accident. A 2012 vehicle with 39000 miles should not be having transmission problems already.

This is an ongoing issue with the automatic dual clutch transmission. Like most everybody else, I am experiencing the same hesitation and shuddering from a stop and the same "clunking" sounds in the transmission. I have had the vehicle into my local Ford dealer, woody anderson Ford, for a diagnostic check and like everybody else, they said that is a normal driving characteristic of the new-style transmission. While I initially accepted that response, I have become increasingly unconvinced of their assessment as while trying to merge onto the parkway, the vehicle failed to respond to a downshift and lost all forward gears. In traffic, the car would not accelerate and when I moved the gearshift lever into the manual position, it would not engage in any gear I selected. I was able to safely steer off to the hard shoulder, place the car in park and then back in drive and it was able to accelerate again. . . With a shudder in first gear, of course. It appears that Ford does not have a realistic fix for this vehicle (unless the costly seal leak is the actual culprit) and therefore, I have not brought it back to Ford for another check even though I did schedule an appointment but was unable to make it. There appears to be a real problem here with this transmission and moreso, the lack of confidence that it's drivers/owners have in it. It is a problem that is not being addressed with action. Like many others, I am concerned about the safety of this transmission.

I purchased Ford Focus used- one year old- with 16500 miles. Three times it stopped as I was turning left in oncoming traffic. One time I backed up and it would not go into gear. Other times it would not shift gears on hills or on ramps two times on my steep driveway it came out of gear. Brought to shop numerous times - told nothing was wrong repeatedly. I got rid of car after 13 months and took a financial hit but now I am driving a safe car. The difference is amazing and I am simply driving a chevy cruze so not an expensive car in comparison. Focus is dangerous to drive!.

Tl- the contact owns a 2012 Ford Focus. The contact stated while driving about 5 mph the vehicle transmission does not shift into gear. The contact also stated the vehicle jerks. The contact did receive a recall notice. The vehicle was taken to jorgensen Ford sales at (8333 michigan Ave, detroit, mi 48210 ). The dealership indicated the transmission caused the problem. The dealership repaired the vehicle. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. November 2012 vehicle started jerking. The approximate failure mileage was unknown. Bh.

I recently purchased a 2012 Ford Focus in may. I took the vehicle back to the Ford dealership, to report a problem. However, the first thing the repair person did was give me a print out of what the car does. This car has no power, it shakes, and will not go,. I feel that car is trying to stall out. It is worst than my old 1998 Ford contour. It rides better than this car and it is 14 years old. I am very concern about my safety with the car. In addition, everyone else and including myself, which is embarrassing, notices that this car does not change gears. It appears that it is stuck in one gear at the speed of 60 mph. I am very disappointed and afraid that this car may cause me to get into a car accident. I need help. What should I do? in addition, the warranty on this car is 60,000 miles or 5 years, which every comes first.

I have been having problems with my car not being able to get the key out of the ignition, not going into park, and shuddering and sputtering when starting from a complete stop pretty much since I have had my car. This week, I couldnt get it out of park at all and then went to drive home from work my shifter would move but the car would not go into gear.