NHTSA Complaint #10533435 — 2013 FORD F-150

THE FIRST TIME THE INCIDENT HAPPEN I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH ON A BRIGHT SUNNY DAY ABOUT 70 DEGREES OUT. I TRIED TO GO AROUND A CAR AND WHEN PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR THE VEHICLE KIND OF STALLED AND SHOOK, DID NOT ACCELERATE AT ALL. I LET OFF THE PEDAL AND TRIED AGAIN AND IT ACCELERATED FINE. THERE WASN'T MUCH DANGER INVOLVED IN THIS MISHAP AS THE OTHER DRIVER AND I WERE THE ONLY 2 VEHICLES ON THE ROAD FOR A FARE AMOUNT OF DISTANCE. THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED IS WHAT REALLY WORRIED ME. I WAS LEAVING A GAS STATION PREPARING TO CROSS A 4 LANE HIGHWAY WITH A SPEED LIMIT OF 55 MPH. THIS TIME IT WAS MORNING ABOUT 65 DEGREES AND SUNNY, I ROLLED UP TO THE INTERSECTION AND WHEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO CROSS WAS PRESENTED I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR AND THE VEHICLE SHOOK PRETTY BAD AND THE ENGINE ABOUT DIED. I HIT THE BRAKE AND THE ENGINE WORKED ITSELF OUT OF THE SHAKE. THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED THIS ISSUE IS LIFE THREATENING. IF I WOULD HAVE PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR AND THE VEHICLE BROUGHT ME TO THE CENTER OF THE HIGHWAY AND STALLED THERE IS A VERY GOOD CHANCE I COULD HAVE BEEN T-BONED! AND TO TOP IT OFF ANOTHER ISSUE I HAVE BEEN HAVING WITH MY 2013 FORD F-150 PLATINUM IS THE BLUETOOTH IS RARELY CAPABLE OF SYNCING TO MY IPHONE, SO I WERE TO BE T-BONED THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE BEEN INCAPABLE OF UTILIZING ITS 911 ASSIST FEATURE AND THE INJURED INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT WOULD HAVE TO RELY ON A WITNESS DIALING 911. *TR