NHTSA Complaint #10535246 — 2011 FORD FUSION

ON JUNE 10, 2013 I WAS DRIVING ON A SIDE STREET AND STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION. I WENT TO ACCELERATE TO ADVANCE INTO THE INTERSECTION AND IT WAS AS IF I HAD LOST POWER. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE WRENCH WAS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND STARTED IT AND IT SEEMED FINE. A FEW WEEKS LATER,AROUND JULY 18TH, I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I LIMPED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND IT STARTED FINE. ON AUGUST 9 I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY IN THE SLOWER SPEED LANE AND I FELT THE CAR HESITATE. IT WAS AS IF THE ENGINE WASN'T GETTING ANY GAS. THE CAR HAD ONLY ENOUGH POWER TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, A LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP WAS CLOSE BY SO WE BROUGHT THE CAR THERE. WE WERE TOLD IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY AND AIR BYPASS AND THAT THE PART IS ON BACKORDER AND THEY CAN'T ESTIMATE WHEN THE PART WILL BE IN. SEARCHING THE WEB I FOUND THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE 2009-2011 FUSIONS AND THERE COULD BE A RECALL. THE FORD DEALERSHIP NEVER SAID A WORD ABOUT A KNOWN PROBLEM. WE HAVE ONLY OWNED THE CAR FOR A YEAR. *TR