NHTSA Complaint #10520192 — 2013 FORD FUSION

THE MOON ROOF WINDOW OPENED WITH OUT ANY BUTTON BEING PRESSED. STORM RAIN WAS STARTING. THERE WAS A LOT OF AUTO TRAFFIC. I WAS DRIVING , MY WIFE WAS SITTING NEXT TO ME AND THERE WAS A CAR COMING OUT OF A PARKING LOT TO THE LEFT OF ME AND PERPENDICULAR TO MY CAR :WHAT HAPPENED NEXT SIMULTANEOUSLY WAS: A. AUTO WENT INTO "COLLISION AVOIDANCE MODE"; WINDSHIELD SEVERAL RED LED WARNING LIGHTS BEGAN BLINKING, AND ALERT NOISE FROM AUTO STARTED , AND STEERING WHEEL SHUTTERED. THE LATER TWO ACTIONS ARE NOT TERRIBLY CLEAR TO ME B MY WIFE STARTED TO SHOUT FOR ME TO WATCHOUT. C I STARTED TO PRESS ON BRAKES. THUS AVOIDING A COLLISION BETWEEN MY CAR AND CAR TO BE MOVING ACROSS MY PATH I WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR DOES NOT STOP IN ANY TYPE OF COLLISION MODE. IT JUST SLOWS DOWN. I DID NOT KNOW WHETHER THIS AVOIDANCE MODE WAS PRESENT (AT THE SLOW SPEED I WAS GOING IN. I DID KNOW THAT WHEN THE CAR WAS IN CRUISE CONTROL AND THIS MODE WAS ACTIVATED AND THAT AVOIDANCE REACTIONS WERE ACTIVATED. . I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THIS MAY HAPPEN AGAIN. WITH SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES OCCURRING. *TR