[Boomdizzle]

Fuse 47 controls your driving learning. It fixes mine for awhile. For the gears I just count my gear shifts. It only shifts down 4 times. Meaning second. Then it'll drop mid throttle then go. It's so weird cause it feels like it stalls out then goes.

My fiance's '12 Focus does that exact same thing where it feels like it's going to stall out. It drives me nuts but the dealer keeps saying everything is normal. It literally sounds like she's driving a manual when she starts moving when it bogs down and then gets moving.

 

[Boomdizzle]

The Focus automatic is the same trans as in my daughters Fiesta. In reality it is a manual trans with a dual automated clutch. Essentially two 3 speeds In one. I know sounds stupid but read your manual and google it. Ours got real hesitant and rough. Found out there is a TSB on it. Took it in and there were some bad seals. Fixed it runs like new again. But still feels like you let a clutch out when taking off. Because it is. Automatically so to speak. Ever notice that at idle on flat ground it doesn't creep forward like with a torque converter?

That's pretty interesting. Yeah her's went in for a TSB to prevent it from rolling backwards when in gear or in reverse and it got rid of that. That issue caught me by surprise a ton of times when trying to parallel park. But now that you explained how it works I totally see why it doesn't move on it's own when you take your foot off the brake. The car doesn't really shift that bad especially after it got the TSB taken care of, just seems like it's confused at times as to what gear to be in when you're a low speeds or trying to turn into a driveway or something. The sport mode is moderately fun though, almost shifts better that way haha.