NHTSA Complaint #10520635 — 2010 FORD FUSION

ON JUNE 18, 2013 WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK I WAS STOPPED A YIELD SIGN WAITING FOR TRAFFIC TO CLEAR WHICH WOULD ALLOW ME TO ENTER A MAIN ROAD. WHEN TRAFFIC WAS CLEAR I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR AND BEGAN TO PROCEED. WITHIN ONE OR TWO SECONDS I LOST ALL POWER IN MY ACCELERATOR AND THE RPMS WERE NOT MOVING IN MY DASHBOARD. AS I STEERED MY VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD MY CAR BEGAN TO JERK AS I PUT MY VEHICLE IN PARK; ROUGHLY 100 FEET FROM WHERE I PULLED FROM. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE WRENCH ON THE DASHBOARD TURN ON WHEN MY VEHICLE CAME TO REST. I TURNED MY CAR OFF AND PUT MY HAZARDS ON. I WAITED SEVERAL SECONDS THEN TURN THE CAR ON. IT HAD TROUBLE STARTING BUT DID START. I NOTICED THE WRENCH ON AGAIN BUT IT QUICKLY TURNED OFF. IF THE ROAD WAS NOT CLEAR WHEN I PULLED FROM THE YIELD SIGN I WOULD HAVE CAUSED AND ACCIDENT AFTER STARTING MY VEHICLE AND PROCEEDING DOWN THE ROAD ABOUT 1 MILE THE VEHICLE HAD THE SAME SEQUENCE OF LOSING POWER IN THE ACCELERATOR AND JERKING TO A STOP AS I PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK. THIS TIME THE ROAD HAD WIDENED TO A TOW LANE ROAD OVERPASS OF AN INTERSTATE. MY VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP JUST BEFORE THE ENTRANCE TO THE INTERSTATE. THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT IS 35 MPH BUT PEOPLE TYPICALLY ACCELERATE TO 50 MPH PREPARING TO ENTER THE HIGHWAY. COMING TO A STOP BEFORE THE INTERSTATE ON RAMP THANKFULLY DID NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT BUT DID CAUSE A SMALL TRAFFIC SLOW DOWN AS I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AGAIN I WAS ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE WITH A LITTLE TROUBLE AND THIS TIME I NOTICED THE WRENCH AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. AFTER DROPPING MY VEHICLE OFF ON JUNE 19, 2013 I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE FORD DEALERSHIP ADVISING THE ISSUE WAS RELATED TO THE THROTTLE BODY AND THAT IT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. I AUTHORIZED THE WORK BECAUSE I NEED A RELIABLE CAR AND DO NOT WANT TO FEAR FOR MY SAFETY WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. *TR