NHTSA Complaint #10522472 — 2011 FORD FUSION

ON JUNE 23, 2013, I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT AND IN THE PROCESS OF TURNING RIGHT WHEN I ACCELERATED MY CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND WOULDN'T GO ANY FASTER THAN 2 MPH AND A WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON IN THE DASH. I PULLED INTO A DRIVEWAY THAT WAS CLOSE BUT I WAS ON A BUSY STREET. I DIDN'T WANT TO TURN THE CAR OFF BEING AFRAID THAT IT WOULD NOT START BACK UP SO I BACKED OUT AND ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE HOME BECAUSE I WAS VERY CLOSE TO MY HOME. I BACKED OUT AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR HOME GOING THIS SAME SPEED...AT TIMES THE CAR WOULD ACT LIKE IT WANTED TO ACCELERATE BUT NEVER DID. WHEN I MADE IT HOME I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND OUT OF CURIOSITY TURNED IT BACK ON TO SEE IF IT WOULD START AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP AND THE WRENCH WAS GONE. I THEN DROVE IT AROUND MY NEIGHBORHOOD TO SEE IF IT WOULD DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM BUT IT DIDN'T. ON THE NEXT DAY, I ASKED SOMEONE TO FOLLOW ME AS I DROVE THE CAR DOWN A BUSY HIGHWAY, STILL TRYING TO SEE IF THE PROBLEM WOULD DUPLICATE AND IT WOULD NOT. ON YESTERDAY, JUNE 29, 2013, I WAS OUT DRIVING GOING ABOUT 35 MPH AND THE SAME ISSUE DESCRIBED ABOVE HAPPENED (2 MORE TIMES) AND EACH TIME I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND STARTED IT BACK UP AND IT WAS FINE. I JUST PURCHASED MY CAR USED FROM A REPUTABLE DEALERSHIP ON FEB 25, 2013 AND IT HAD 59,000 MILES ON IT WHEN I PURCHASED IT SO IT'S NO LONGER UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY AND I DIDN'T PURCHASE AND EXTENDED WARRANTY. TODAY I JUST HAPPENED TO SEARCH TO SEE IF OTHERS ARE HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE WITH THEIR FORD AND SAW A # OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS AND TRULY HOPE THAT FORD RECALLS THE VEHICLES FOR THIS AND I NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR OUT OF POCKET BECAUSE CLEARLY THIS IS AN ISSUE BEYOND THE CONSUMERS CONTROL. *TR