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Company Car- 2012 Focus. 90,000 miles. Check engine light came on and then 10 minutes later it was nearly undriveable. If you got above say 2000 rpm the transmission just didn't seem to engage (or slipped). The only way I drove to the nearest safe place to pull over was to push the gas to the floor- shooting the rpm's up to 5000 , that threw me forward with enough thrust to shoot up to 35 mph... Then the engine would drop to 1000 rpm.
Some people seem to think it could have been a fuel issue or something, but the way people describe the way their focus has been on the highway before and all of a sudden they couldn't accelerate sounds like exactly what I experienced- I just drove it hard to get somewhere safe. Coincidently, I think I could have drove it in L and maintained 35-40 mph @ a constant 5000 rpm.
We towed it to a rural ford dealer and they said they couldn't even look at it for a week!
Here what scares me- I can buy that car for $8500 when it comes time to turn it in (likely in the next 2 months), but I'm scared to death of touching this thing now, even after the dealer does a complete repair.
Any guess as to what the issue is?
Some people seem to think it could have been a fuel issue or something, but the way people describe the way their focus has been on the highway before and all of a sudden they couldn't accelerate sounds like exactly what I experienced- I just drove it hard to get somewhere safe. Coincidently, I think I could have drove it in L and maintained 35-40 mph @ a constant 5000 rpm.
We towed it to a rural ford dealer and they said they couldn't even look at it for a week!
Here what scares me- I can buy that car for $8500 when it comes time to turn it in (likely in the next 2 months), but I'm scared to death of touching this thing now, even after the dealer does a complete repair.
Any guess as to what the issue is?
