NHTSA Complaint #10496291 — 2010 FORD FUSION

WHILE TURNING LEFT ON A GREEN ARROW MY ACCELERATOR BECAME UNRESPONSIVE, ENGINE DID NOT STOP RUNNING BUT WOULD ONLY COAST @ ABOUT 2 MPH, WRENCH LIGHT ICON AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE CAR WAS JERKING DURING THIS SLOW COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION. I HAD TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND COMPLETELY SHUT IT OFF.(AS I WAS HITTING MY HAZARD LIGHTS AND PRAYING I DIDN'T GET HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC AS THE LIGHT HAD CHANGED BY THIS TIME.) AFTER A ROUGH RESTART, IT APPEARED TO RUN FINE. I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND HAD MY FUEL SYSTEM CLEANED, BUT AFTER DOING RESEARCH AND FINDING MANY OWNERS OF THE FORD FUSION HAVE HAD THIS RECURRING PROBLEM, SEEMINGLY WITH THEIR THROTTLE BODY, I AM VERY AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR AS THIS PROBLEM OCCURS WITH NO WARNING BEFOREHAND AND AT ALL DIFFERENT SPEEDS. I DID NOTIFY FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAD NO CUSTOMER SERVICE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. WHEN I INFORMED THEM OF ALL THE COMPLAINTS ONLINE, THEY EXPLAINED THAT THEY ONLY ACKNOWLEDGE "OFFICIAL FORD WEBSITES". I PRAY THAT FORD WILL ISSUE A RECALL AND FIX THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEBODY DIES. *TR