NHTSA Complaint #10488802 — 2011 FORD FUSION

WHILE DRIVING MY 2011 FUSION ON THE ROAD AT 55 MPH, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY QUIT AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. THE SLOWDOWN WAS FAST, AND I COULD HAVE BEEN HIT FROM BEHIND VERY EASILY, BUT I LUCKED OUT BECAUSE THE PERSON BEHIND ME TOOK NOTICE OF MY DRASTIC DROP IN SPEED. I COASTED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNED OFF THE CAR, WAITED A FEW MOMENTS AND THEN RESTARTED THE ENGINE. FORTUNATELY I GOT HOME OK, SO I THOUGHT IS WAS MAYBE A FLUKE OCCURRENCE. WHEN I LEFT FOR WORK THE NEXT MORNING, THE SAME THING HAPPENED AS I WAS DRIVING; SAME ROAD, SAME SPEED, SAME WRENCH LIGHT, ETC. WHEN I GOT THE CAR RESTARTED, I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER. THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD FIXED THE PROBLEM WITH A RELAY SWITCH(?), BUT ONCE AGAIN, THE ENGINE QUIT WHILE I WAS DRIVING BACK TO WORK THAT SAME MORNING. THIS TIME MORE THAN THE WRENCH LIGHT LIT UP. I WENT THROUGH THE RESTART ROUTINE AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME IT WAS NOT A VERY SMOOTH START - I DID NOT THINK IT WAS GOING TO START, BUT IT DID, AND I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN WHERE THEY ARE CURRENTLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. THIS IS A CONSIDERABLE SAFETY HAZARD TO ANYONE TRAVELING WITH ME AND/OR DRIVING MY CAR, AND AN UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR THOSE DRIVING NEAR ME. MY CAR HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP MOST OF THE DAY NOW, AND NO WORD ON THE PROBLEM OR RECTIFICATION THEREOF. I AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED AND VERY WORRIED THIS ISSUE WILL "MUSHROOM". *TR