NHTSA Complaint #10534258 — 2013 FORD EXPLORER

I WAS DRIVING ON A TWO LANE ROAD WITH A SPEED LIMIT OF 55MPH. I WAS BEHIND A SLOW MOVING VEHICLE AND WANTED TO PASS IT. THERE WAS ANOTHER VEHICLE APPROACHING IN THE ONCOMING LANE AND I THOUGHT I HAD ENOUGH DISTANCE TO PASS. AS I TURNED INTO THE ONCOMING LANE AND BEGAN TO ACCELERATE TO PASS THIS VEHICLE, I HEARD A STRANGE NOISE LIKE A "POOF" AND MY VEHICLE LOST POWER AND SLOWED. FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS ENOUGH DISTANCE BETWEEN ME AND THE ONCOMING VEHICLE AND THE ONCOMING VEHICLE HAD A WIDE SHOULDER . AFTER THAT, I NOTICED THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO HAVE LESS POWER ON ACCELERATION. ABOUT TWO MONTHS LATER IT STARTED LEAKING OIL ON THE LEFT FRONT SIDE. IT IS A SPORT MODEL. *TR