Ford lied to its own dealership when my coworker went to them about a transmission slip with his 2012 Ford Fiesta.

He had the people at the dealership drive the car. They acknowledged the problem and got on a call together with Ford. Ford refused to even entertain the idea there was a flaw but less than a year later they came up with a "software patch".

Pete would bring it up with anyone he met. Do not buy a Ford Focus / Ford Fiesta with automatic transmission.