NHTSA Complaint #10510107 — 2009 FORD FOCUS

WAS DRIVING ON CRUISE CONTROL ON THE INTERSTATE AND MOVED TO PASS A SEMI-TRUCK. I NOTICED THAT WHEN PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR, NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN, NO RESPONSE. I THEN LOST CRUISE CONTROL AND THE ORANGE WRENCH LIGHT TURNED ON. I WAS ABLE TO (THANKFULLY AND BY THE GRACE OF GOD) PULL BACK INBETWEEN TWO SEMI-TRUCKS AND PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER. I TURNED THE CAR OFF THEN BACK ON AGAIN. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO WORK THE REST OF THE WAY AT 75 MPH. I WAS ALSO ABLE TO RETURN HOME 50 MILES SAFELY. LATER THAT NIGHT I WAS DRIVING ACROSS THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN AT 20 MPH AFTER JUST A BLOCK OF DRIVING. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND AFTER 2 DAYS THEY ARE 'UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM' AND WITH NO COMPUTER CODE OR "PROOF" THAT THE LIGHT TURNED ON THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. WITH THE HIGH TRAFFIC VOLUME ON THE INTERSTATE AND THE LARGE NUMBER OF SEMI'S I HOPE I SURVIVE THE NEXT TIME THIS IS BOUND TO HAPPEN TO ME ON MY COMMUTE TO WORK. *TR