2013 Ford Focus Electronic Stability Control Esc Problems

WRAY FORD IN BOSSIER TESTED IT, SAID IT WAS A PCM SOFTWARE AND THAT IT WILL COST ME 1600 DOLLARS TO FIX IT. I GAVE FORD THE RECALL NUMBER. THEY TOLD ME THAT MY CAR IS OVER 150,000 MILES AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET. NOW THIS IS MY SECOND RECALL ON MY CAR, THE FIRST RECALL WAS THE LATCHES, MY DOORS WOULDN'T STAY CLOSE, FORD REPLACE ALL 4 OF MY DOORS, AND BRUCE LEE TOLD ME I HAD ANOTHER RECALL THAT I NEEDED TO GET FIX BUT I HAD TO BRING IT BACK. NOW MY CAR WILL NOT START. AND FORD IS TRYING TO CHARGE ME FOR THE RECALL

AUDIO CONTROL MODULE FAILURE CAUSING EAR PIERCING NOISES AT ANY RANDOM MOMENT THAT TOTALLY DISRACTS THE DRIVER. ATTEMPT TO FILE THIS SAFETY CONCERN WAS NOT ACCEPTED BY AINSWORTH AND LEWIS AS IT WAS NOT ALREADY ON THEIR LISTING. THIS WAS REFERRED TO AS A COSMETIC PROBLEM BY LEWIS. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THIS DEFECT WILL NOT BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY UNTIL SEVERAL ACCIDENTS ARE CAUSED AND MANY LIVES ARE LOST DUE TO THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM. NO PROACTIVE ACTIVITY WITHIN NHTSA WHATSOEVER. IF THIS IS THE WAY NHTSA CONDUCTS THEIR OPERATIONS, I STRONGLY SUGGEST A COMPUTERIZED APPLICATION THAT WILL SIMPLY HANDLE LEWIS AND AINSWORTH'S JOBS. TAXPAYERS AND CONCERNED CITIZENS ARE GETTING NO VALUE FROM THESE POSITIONS WHATSOEVER.

I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND WAS PUTTING SOME GAS ON TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE DEEP SNOW TO THE CENTER OF THE ROAD WHERE THE SNOW WAS COMPACTED. I WOULD HAVE MADE IT TO THE CENTER; HOWEVER THE TRACTION CONTROL REDUCED THE POWER TO THE DRIVE WHEELS GETTING ME STUCK IN THE SNOW, BLOCKING HALF OF THE LANE. IF THIS WOULD HAVE OCCURRED IN ONCOMING TRAFFIC I MIGHT HAVE BEEN HIT. I HAD TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE WHICH ALSO PUT ME AT A HIGHER RISK OF GETTING HIT BY A CAR, OR SLIPPING AND FALLING, OR GETTING FROST BITE. IF I HAD THE OPTION OF TURNING OFF THE TRACTION CONTROL I COULD HAVE GOTTEN MYSELF OUT OF THE SNOW AND CONTINUED ON MY WAY SAFELY. CONVERSELY, IF I DID NOT HAVE THE TRACTION CONTROL ON IN THE FIRST PLACE I WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN STUCK. THIS BROUGHT TO MIND A FEW CRITICAL QUESTIONS: 1. WHAT IF THIS HAD HAPPENED IN A MORE REMOTE AREA AND I HAD BEEN STRANDED IN FREEZING WEATHER WITHOUT HELP; AND 2. WHAT IF THIS HAD HAPPENED IN A MORE CONGESTED ROADWAY AND I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN HIT DUE TO THE RANDOM OPERATION OF THE TRACTION CONTROL WITHOUT A WAY TO DISABLE THE FEATURE. BECAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT I FEEL UNSAFE WITH THE TRACTION CONTROL ON, SO I HAVE DISABLED IT. TO DO SO I HAD TO PULL THE FUSE, WHICH ALSO DISABLED THE ABS. I HAVE DRIVEN FOR OVER HALF OF MY DRIVING CAREER WITHOUT ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL HAS NEVER BENEFITED ME, EVEN WHEN I NEEDED THE FEATURES. A CONCERTED INVESTIGATION NEEDS TO BE MADE TO DETERMINE IF FORCING THIS FEATURE ON DRIVERS IS A BETTER POLICY THAN ALLOWING THE DRIVER'S EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING TO BE THE CONTROLLING FORCE WHEN BEHIND THE WHEEL. I BELIEVE THAT THERE MUST BE, IN ALL CASES, A WAY TO TURN OFF THE TRACTION CONTROL FEATURE IN A VEHICLE FOR THE SAFETY OF THE DRIVER AND THEIR PASSENGERS. *TR