NHTSA Complaint #10512482 — 2010 MERCURY MILAN

WHILE DRIVING MY 2010 MILAN AT THE SPEED OF 55 MPH, THE CAR SHOOK SLIGHTLY AND THE WRENCH LIGHT APPEARED. THE CAR BEGAN TO LOSE POWER - I WAS ABLE TO STEER WITH NO PROBLEM. I COULD NOT ACCELERATE. I SHUT THE CAR OFF - AND STARTED IT AGAIN. THE FIRST TIME IT STARTED WITH NO PROBLEM. WITHIN DRIVING 4 MORE MILES, THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS TIME I WAS DRIVING 25 MPH. IT HAPPENED SEVEN MORE TIMES BEFORE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. EACH TIME WHEN I TRIED TO START MY CAR, IT KEPT TURNING OVER BEFORE IT WOULD START. I WAITED FOR AN HOUR ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WAITING FOR THE TOW TRUCK. WHEN THE TOW ARRIVED, THE CAR STARTED JUST FINE - THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! I WAS DRIVING IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED ON THE HIGHWAY. AGAIN WHEN IT OCCURRED IN TOWN, THERE WAS NO WHERE FOR ME TO COAST OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, I HAD TO STOP IN TRAFFIC TO RESTART ME CAR. *TR