NHTSA Complaint #10496907 — 2011 FORD TRANSIT CONNECT

TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM. VEHICLE WAS ADAPTED FOR WHEELCHAIR USE. THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE. VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN IN MIDDLE OF ROAD ON ANY KIND OF INCLINE WHEN VEHICLE FEELS ANY KIND OF WHEEL SPINNING. OTHERWISE WOULD OF DRIVEN UP VERY SLIGHT INCLINE. SEVERAL NEIGHBORS HELPED PUSH AND PULL. GOT TO END OF ROAD TURNING CORNER WITH SLIGHT SKID AND AGAIN TIRES STOPPED. FINNALY CALLED TOLL TRUCK. BACK TO MY HOUSE WHICH WOULD BE GOING DOWN THE SLIGHT INCLINE WITH NO PROBLEMS. GRANTED THERE WAS SNOW BUT NOT ENOUGH TO STOP ANYONE ELSE. NEED TO HAVE A OFF BUTTON FOR TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM OR VEHICLE IS UNSAFE AND ANY WEATHER THAN DRY AND SUNNY. VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE A VERY HANDICAPPED PERSON. BOUGHT A NEW VEHICLE SO IT WOULD NOT BREAK DOWN. FORD NEVER EXPLAINED PROBLEMS DRIVING IN NOT SUNNY AND DRY CONDITIONS. I AM IN MICHIGAN. DRIVEN MANY VEHICLES AND AM A SAFE DRIVER. IS THIS VEHICLE SAFE TO DRIVE OTHER THAN DRY AND SUNNY. SINCERELY, [XXX] WITH A YEAR OLD VEHICLE INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR