NHTSA Complaint #10511648 — 2011 FORD FUSION

DRIVING 70 MPH ON ROAD HEADING HOME, CAR STALLED/NO POWER, GAUGES DIED, WAS IN RIGHT LANE AND ABLE TO PULL OFF TO RIGHT SHOULDER WITHOUT GETTING REAR ENDED. ONCE STOPPED, PUT CAR IN PARK AND TURNED OFF KEY. WRENCH LIGHT ALSO SHOWED IN DASH BEFORE TURNED OFF. SAT FOR A FEW MINUTES WITH CAR OFF, THEN RESTARTED CAR. NO LIGHTS IN DASH WHEN RESTARTED, SO PUT CAR IN DRIVE AND TOOK OFF DOWN THE ROAD. AS I ACCELERATED, CAR STALLED/LOST POWER AGAIN, GAUGES DIED, DASH LIGHTS OF ENGINE AND WRENCH APPEARED THIS TIME, STEERED TO RIGHT SHOULDER AND AGAIN WAS ABLE TO GET OFF WITHOUT BEING REAR ENDED. TURNED KEY OFF AGAIN. SAT FOR AWHILE. STARTED CAR AGAIN, ENGINE AND WRENCH LIGHT WERE ON IN DASH, PULLED OUT ONTO THE ROAD AGAIN, DRIVING SLOWLY. TURNED CAR AROUND AND HEADED TO REPAIR FACILITY. DROVE SLOWLY WITHOUT GOING ABOVE 50 MPH, LIGHTS STAYED ON IN DASH AND MADE TO REPAIR FACILITY THAT WAS ABOUT 3 OR 4 MILES AWAY, DRIVING SLOWLY, NOT THE USUAL SPEED LIMIT FOR THE ROAD. REPAIR FACILITY READ THE CODE WHICH CAME UP THROTTLE BODY AND SUGGESTED CONTACTING THE FORD DEALER. WAITING FOR RETURN CALL FROM FORD SERVICE MANAGER AT THIS TIME. FOUND INVESTIGATION OPENED BY NHTSA IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR REGARDING FAULTY CIRCUIT BOARD FOR THE THROTTLE BODY. *TR