NHTSA Complaint #10499938 — 2010 FORD FUSION

DRIVING 55-60 MPH ON FREEWAY WHEN CAR SUDDENLY LOST ALL POWER. IT DID NOT STALL. IT WOULD JUMP AHEAD INCHES AT A TIME IF I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR BUT VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS CARS BEHIND ME HAD NO WARNING THAT I WAS GOING TO SUDDENLY JUST STOP. IT TOOK ME 10 MINUTES AT LEAST TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY AND THIS ONLY BECAUSE A LONG HAUL TRUCKER FINALLY REALIZED WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND BLOCKED TRAFFIC FOR ME TO LIMP TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. THIS HAPPENED ON 9/25/12, THEN AGAIN ON 9/26/12. THE ONLY IMMEDIATE FIX IS TO TURN THE CAR OFF,LET IT SIT A FEW MINUTES THEN START IT UP AGAIN. IT SEEMS TO RESET WHATEVER IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. THROUGH PRIVATE CONTACTS I WAS PUT IN TOUCH WITH A FORD PLANT MANAGER WHO HAD ME GO TO A CERTAIN DEALERSHIP AND HAD A RECORDER PUT ON THE CAR. IT NEVER DID IT WHILE THE RECORDER WAS ON THE CAR. THEY TOLD ME THEY FELT IT WAS A THROTTLE VALVE PROBLEM BUT THAT MY CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND IF IT KEPT HAPPENING I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR IF THE CAR KEPT DOING THIS. IT DID IT ONCE MORE AFTER THE RECORDER WAS TAKEN OFF AND HAS NOT DONE IT SINCE NOVEMBER 2012. *TR