NHTSA Complaint #10478691 — 2010 FORD FUSION

AT 11:45 PM, I WAS TRAVELING WEST ON I-64, AT 68 MPH, WHEN MY CAR QUICKLY DECELERATED. DESPITE MY APPLYING MORE GAS, MY CAR CONTINUED TO LOSE POWER RAPIDLY AND BEGAN SHUDDERING. IT WAS THEN THAT THE "WRENCH" WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNED MY VEHICLE OFF AND PUT MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON. I WAITED FOR A 5 MINUTES BEFORE STARTING THE CAR AGAIN. THE CAR STARTED ROUGHLY BUT DID NOT HAVE ANY POWER AND COULD/WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT BOTH THE WRENCH AND ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. AGAIN I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND WAITED. AFTER ANOTHER 10-15 MINUTES, I TURNED THE CAR ON AGAIN. THIS TIME IT STARTED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT DID NOT COME BACK ON BUT THE ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON. I KEPT MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON AND REMAINED IN THE BREAKDOWN LANE WHILE I DROVE APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES TO THE CLOSEST EXIT OFF THE INTERSTATE WHERE I PROMPTLY PARKED MY CAR. *TR