NHTSA Complaint #10524341 — 2010 MERCURY MARINER

THE ENGINE SUDDENLY WENT FROM 70 MPH TO LIMP MODE AT ABOUT 900 RPM'S OR SO. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SHOULDER AND TURN THE ENGINE OFF. I RESTARTED THE ENGINE, AND IT WORKED NORMALLY ALLOWING ME TO ACCELERATE AND LEAVE THE EXPRESSWAY. I WAS NOT SURE WHAT HAD HAPPENED SO I DID NOT THINK ANYTHING OF IT. THIS HAS HAPPENED FOUR MORE TIMES SINCE. I THOUGHT AT FIRST THAT I HAD BAD GASOLINE BECAUSE THE ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON FOR THE SECOND INCIDENT AND THE CAR WAS LOW ON GAS. I LIMPED TO A GAS STATION THAT TIME AND FILLED THE TANK. AFTER RESTARTING THE CAR EVERYTHING WORKED NORMALLY, AND THE ENGINE LIGHT TURNED OFF. IN THE SUBSEQUENT INCIDENTS, I DID NOT NOTICE THE ENGINE LIGHT GOING ON. I JUST TURN OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTED THE CAR. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS TO LOSE POWER AT 70 MILES PER HOUR. IN ONE CASE I HAD JUST PAST A TRUCK ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY. I NOTICED THAT THIS SEEMS TO FALL UNDER YOUR NHTSA ACTION #:PE13003. *TR