NHTSA Complaint #10483722 — 2008 FORD EDGE

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AT A SPEED OF 55 TO 65 ON I-65 IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR BEGIN TO NOT RECOGNIZE THE GAS . IT SLOWED DOWN SUDDENLY AND THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SHAKE. I MADE IT TO AN EXIT BY DRIVING SLOWLY WITH HAZARD LIGHTS ON. WE TOOK THE CAR TO GILMORE FORD THE SAME DAY. ON 11/8/12 WE WERE INFORMED THAT THE PCM CAUSED THE COIL PACK (2) TO NOT FIRE AND THEREFORE BURNED IT UP. I ASKED IF THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE CAR AND WAS INFORMED BY [XXX] THAT HE HAS ONLY SEEN IT ONCE. WELL I DECIDE TO LOOK INTO IT VIA THE WEB AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT IN THE PCM INSTALLED ON FORD EDGES. MY THOUGHT IS THAT HAD TRAFFIC BEEN GOING FASTER I WOULD HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY WITH HOW QUICKLY THE CAR SPEED SHIFTED DOWN. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR