NHTSA Complaint #10500143 — 2007 FORD FREESTYLE

I WAS ON THE FREEWAY DRIVING FREEWAY SPEED IN THE MIDDLE LANE WHEN THE ENGINE STOPPED, I HAD NO POWER. I WAS VERY LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THE FREEWAY SHOULDER WITHOUT AN INCIDENT. AFTER A FEW MINUTES, THE ENGINE STARTED AND BACK AT FREEWAY SPEED. A FEW MILES LATER, THE SAME HAPPENED. THIS CONTINUED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES. START,STOP,START STOP ETC. COST TO REPLACE FUEL PUMP...$1000. NOV. 22, 2012 (TWO MONTHS LATER) @ 48200 MILES, AGAIN ON THE FREEWAY, THE SAME HAPPENED. ONE HUNDRED MILES AND FOUR HOURS LATER I GOT TO THE REPAIR SHOP. ANOTHER FUEL PUMP, THIS TIME IT WAS WARRANTY BY PLANET FORD HERE IN SPRING, TEXAS. NOV. 2, 2012 AT MILEAGE 56023 ANOTHER FUEL PUMP FAILURE. FORD SAID ONLY THE FIRST PUMP FELL UNDER THEIR WARRANTY POLICY. I WAS TOLD BY A MECHANIC AT FORD, I SHOULD TRY NOT TO LET THE FUEL TANK GET LESS THAN HALF FULL, THE FUEL IN THE TANK KEEPS THE PUMP COOL. ANOTHER MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT BECAUSE THE DRIVE SHAFT GOES THRU THE TANK, THE TANK IS "SPLIT" AND CAN CAUSE THE PUMP TO OVERHEAT. CAN YOU HELP? THANKS. *TR