Problems with 2013 Ford Focus POWER TRAIN

I have had my 2013 ford focus several times in the dealer, for transmission problems with their dual clutch transmission including excessive noise during acceleration, the gear shift around on the stop and go traffic even with 5 mph speed, hesitation when attempting to accelerate into traffic, and jerky acceleration, especially from 1st to 2nd gear. every time they told me it is normal, and told me if the car isn't break down or with an engine light on, they can't do anything. i do not feel safe driving the vehicle anymore, especially in heavy traffic as i never know when it is going to fail to accelerate. ford insists these issues are normal, and tell me i can wait until before my warranty expire to come back to fix (don't know what that mean?) *tr

The cars transmission stutters, shakes, and hesitate between 1 and 2 gear causing loss of power , grinding noise from transmission, the car also will roll back when on any type of hill. *tr

Tl* the contact owns 2013 ford focus. the contact stated that the vehicle would stall and exhibit an abnormal grinding noise when driving 20-30 mph. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure mileage was 7,000. the consumer stated the vehicle exhibited a rough jerk, when shifting into lower gears, as well as a shudder and grinding metal sound when accelerating. the vehicle was sluggish, and did not perform as a new care should. the dealer was unable to find a problem and the technician informed the consumer, the vehicle was performing as designed. updated 05/05/14

The vehicle ever since about 8 months post purchase and to date has a very uncontrollable, jerky transmission, often times lunging forward and even vibrating during acceleration. it rolls back on hills as well. it shifts unpredictably a lot of the time and sometimes gears will slip and then catch very abruptly. how it's avoided recall for this long is beyond my understanding... *tr

My family has always had ford's growing up. for the most part i always remember them being reliable and great vehicles. in 2005 i bought a 2003 f-350 with the 6.0 diesel engine. anyone that is familiar with the 6.0 powerstroke knows it was a money pit from the start. it was a poor design from ford. they did nothing to help me out. i eventually spent around 6,000 dollars to fix the engine to make it reliable. a big disappointment in ford. i recently bought a 2013 ford focus and the problems started all over again. to my understanding ford is very aware of the problems with the transmission. another bad design from ford. the problem is a bad oil seal in the transmission that is leaking oil on the dry dual clutches and causing them to slip. they did extend the warranty 100,000 miles. my car has just over 66000 miles on it. they will not cover the fix because it has a salvage title. my argument is the problem is in the defective parts in the transmission it has nothing to do with the light damage it had in the front end to stamp a salvage title on it. of course again ford will do nothing to help me out. another big disappointment in ford.

The car has locked me out three times when i had the keys in my pocket the electrical went out the car stalled and i had to call for help and the blue tooth was out. i got out of the car and called the dealer 25 miles away . i got the car started and drove to dealer and they put a new sd card in the console, saying the wrong card was being used. now, the transmission shudders and i took it to the dealer for a test drive and they said the tires are out of balance and never balanced at the factory. the car looses power on steep hills and some times rolls back on hills. the dealer says the transmission will memorize my driving habits . the transmission two months later still shudders until it warms up and hesitates to shift t times and i feel the need to use the throttle in between shifts. the transmission will clunk every now and the as the gears are out of sync now, this car has a mind of its own and seems to try and correct itself electronically. the transmission feels like it's going to loose one or both of its clutches at anytime. the car is an accident waiting to happen . an example the car down shifted on me and a car behind me almost hit me. the dealer knows there is a problem, but tells the same story. that's how a dct is. ford needs to help the dealers and step up. the government ought get after ford. the car is unsafe, unreliable and needs a recall. the car has 3600 miles on it and runs like 1936 ford manual shift. what a waste of 25k, no more american cars for me. *jb