Hmmm sounds more like a computer problem to me. We have two focus auto's in the family, my sisters with 40k and grandparents with 80k. If it can hold up to their driving the transmission must be some what decent. Dumb question but have you changed the transmission fluid lately, the full change?? My 98 escort had some weird shifting issues and I did a transmission pan drop only 15k before, the fluid was absolutely black. I love to get into a debate over which name brand is better, but the fact of the matter is that if 5 people bought each manufactors vehicles brand new off the sales room floor, i'd bet at least one of each would have some sort of problem. All it takes is a speck of dust or a mold not tooled to exact measurements to cause problems. Every companies had a cover up, some just aren't good at doing that.