NHTSA Complaint #10532964 — 2011 FORD ESCAPE

DRIVING ON MAJOR INTERSTATE IN DOWNTOWN HOUSTON AT RUSH HOUR DOING 65 MILE AN HOUR WHEN CAR SUDDENLY STALLED CAUSING ME TO COME TO ALMOST A COMPLETE CRAWL AND I KEPT SEEING A FLASHING WRENCH IN MY DASH AREA AS THE CAR TUGGED ROUGHLY WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE. MY CAR WAS ALMOST HIT BY SEVERAL CARS AS OTHERS SLAMMED ON BRAKES BEHIND. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A 5 LANE HIGHWAY AND I HAD TO CROSS TWO LANES DOING 10 MILES PER HOUR TO GET OVER TO THE RIGHT. I WAS A VERY SCARY ORDEAL, I WAS SHOOK UP AND DISORIENTED BY THE ORDEAL. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND SAT ON THE MEDIAN FOR 10 MINS AND STARTED THE CAR BACK UP AND THE FLASHING WRENCH WAS GONE. I CALLED FORD ABOUT A SIMILAR INCIDENT THAT I HAD LAST FALL OF 2012 AND THEY ASSURED ME THAT THERE WERE NO ISSUES REPORTED LIKE THIS FOR THE VEHICLE. PLEASE RESEARCH THE FACT THAT MY VIN IS STATED AS INVALID. MY VIN IS [XXX]. I GAVE THIS # TO THE FORD COMPANY WHEN I CALLED LAST YEAR AND NOW IT'S SHOWING AS INVALID?? THE BIGGER ISSUE IS THAT I FEEL THAT MY CAR IS UNSAFE AFTER THIS HAPPENING AGAIN TODAY AND KNOWING THAT I NEARLY CAUSED SEVERAL ACCIDENTS ON THE INTERSTATE AND PUT MY OWN LIFE IN DANGER IS CAUSING ME TO REACH OUT SEE WHAT ACTIONS I CAN TAKE AGAINST FORD TO FIX THIS ISSUE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR