NHTSA Complaint #10525944 — 2010 FORD FUSION

TRAFFIC SLOWED SUDDENLY FROM ABOUT 65MPH TO ABOUT 20-30 MPH SO I HAD TO APPLY MY BRAKES VERY SUDDENLY AND HARD TO AVOID REAR ENDING SOMEONE. TRAFFIC KEPT MOVING AND I REGAINED A SPEED OF ABOUT 40 MPH JUST AFTER THIS I FELT THE CAR MAKE A SUDDEN HARD JERK AND CAR STARTED DECELERATING ON IT'S OWN. I TRIED PUSHING THE GAS PETAL, BUT NOTHING HAPPENED IT WOULD NOT SPEED UP IT KEPT LOOSING SPEED AND EVENTUALLY GOT DOWN TO 1 - 2 MPH. I PULLED THE CAR OVER INTO THE EDGE OF THE RIGHT LANE SO I WAS PARTIALLY ON GRASS AND ON PART OF THE ROAD. I PUT MY HAZARDS ON AND KEPT COASTING BECAUSE IT FELT LIKE THE CAR WAS GOING TO STALL IT WAS SHAKING AND JERKING LIKE IT WANTED TO STALL OUT. I STOPPED THE CAR AND LEFT IT RUNNING I WAS AFRAID IF I SHUT THE CAR COMPLETELY OFF THAT IT WOULD NOT RE-START AGAIN. I THEN DROVE THE CAR HOME WITH MY HAZARDS ON DOING 1 TO 5 MPH ON THE WAY HOME FOR ABOUT 2 MILES. THE WRENCH TOOL LIGHT HAD COME ON WHEN THIS HAPPENED. ONCE I GOT THE CAR HOME I SHUT IT OFF AND RESTARTED AND JUST DROVE BACK AND FORTH IN MY DRIVEWAY. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND ON ABOUT 3 TIMES AND THEN IT SEEMED TO BE RUNNING NORMAL AND THE TOOL WRENCH LIGHT SHUT OFF. NOT GOING TO DRIVE IT UNTIL I CAN GET IT TO THE FORD DEALER TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. *TR