# 2012 Ford Focus - I should have known better **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** focus, ford\ **Created:** [August 21, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-ford-focus-i-should-have-known-better/147197 "2019-08-21T14:11:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Felipe45](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Felipe45](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Felipe45)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-ford-focus-i-should-have-known-better/147197/1 "2019-08-21T14:11:47Z")
Shudder problem the car came out of lease I purchased the car not knowing the issues with the transmmission, car had another safety recall and I took it in to get it done at the same time I asked the dealer to reprogram the tcu the service advisor said it was not possible even know most of the articles I have read says its the first resource to diagnose a leaking seal also the factory did issued a field service action FSA 14m01 and 14m02 for my car when I took it to the dealer and they performed a shudder test they charged me 125.00 to tell me they could not do anything the clutch needs to be replaced it failed at 4800 rpm. as former Deere Master tech I should known better now I’m stuck wit a lemon the problem is that the dealer knowingly misinformed me ford knows about the problem and still sold the car back to the public ---
**Author:** ![vipergg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/50afbb/32.png) [@vipergg](https://community.cartalk.com/u/vipergg)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-ford-focus-i-should-have-known-better/147197/2 "2019-08-22T14:17:09Z")
Keep after them sounds like they should be covering your car. [https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ford-extends-warranties-of-560000-cars-over-transmission-problems-2019-08-14](https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ford-extends-warranties-of-560000-cars-over-transmission-problems-2019-08-14)