NHTSA Complaint #10525333 — 2011 FORD FUSION

INCIDENT#1: TRAVELING ON FREEWAY FAST LANE AT AROUND 65 MPH, ENGINE APPEARED TO CUT OUT FOR NO APPARENT REASON. LOST ALL POWER, BUT RADIO STILL ON. PUT ON EMERGENCY FLASHERS AND WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO GET ALL THE WAY OVER TO EMERGENCY LANE. TURNED OFF IGNITION, TOOK OUT KEY, TURNED CAR BACK ON, AND EVERYTHING STARTED NORMALLY. WAS ABLE TO GET BACK HOME WITHOUT ANY OTHER PROBLEM. INCIDENT#2: PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP SIGN AT AROUND 5 MPH AFTER HAVING DRIVEN ONLY ABOUT A MILE FROM HOME. ENGINE CUT OUT AGAIN AS I WAS ACCELERATING. PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED OFF CAR, REMOVED KEY FROM IGNITION, STARTED CAR AGAIN AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE. FORTUNATELY, I HAVE BEEN ALONE IN THE CAR WHEN THIS HAS HAPPENED, BUT I HAVE TWO CHILDREN UNDER 4 WHOM I TRANSPORT OFTEN. IT SEEMS LIKE ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE I'M IN A MORE SERIOUS SITUATION AND THIS HAPPENS AGAIN (SUCH AS TURNING LEFT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC WITH MY KIDS IN THE CAR). BASED ON MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE AND ACTUAL PERSONAL ACCOUNTS OF OTHER FORD FUSION OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM, IT SEEMS OBVIOUS THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE BODY. HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE A FIX FOR THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED. *TR