NHTSA Complaint #10339113 — 2002 FORD TAURUS

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A FOUR LANE FREEWAY AND WAS PASSING SOMEONE IN THE LEFT LANE WHEN SUDDENLY MY CAR JUST REVVED UP AND LOST ALL ACCELERATION. NO WARNING SIGNS OR ANYTHING. IT WAS A BUSY DAY ON THE ROAD AND I COULD HAVE GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT TRYING TO GET OFF THE ROAD. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AVOIDING AN ACCIDENT, BUT THAT WAS NOT AN EASY TASK. IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED AS I WAS ACCELERATING THROUGH A BUSY INTERSECTION OR SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCE IT COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY. I CHECKED ONLINE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND I FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND HOW MUCH OF A PROBLEM IT WAS FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT AS FORTUNATE AS ME WHO HAVE COME CLOSE TO LIFE THREATENING INCIDENTS. I'M WONDERING WHY SOMETHING HAS NOT BEEN DONE TO RECTIFY THIS ISSUE WITH THIS CAR. IT MAKES ME VERY UPSET TO SEE THAT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO ALLEVIATE THIS LIFE THREATENING ISSUE. NOW THE CAR WILL NOT GO INTO ANY GEAR. I MAKES ME FURTHER UPSET TO KNOW THAT SOMEONE ONLINE INDICATES THAT "THE PROBLEM STEMS FROM A BAD HEAT TREATMENT ON THE TORQUE CONVERTER STAMPED STEEL PART" FROM HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/FORD/TAURUS/2003/TRANSMISSION/TRANSMISSION_FAILED.SHTML (SEE COMPLAINT #69 SUBMITTED BY [XXX] ). IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE CONSUMERS SHOULD NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR BAD MANUFACTURING PRACTICES. ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR