NHTSA Complaint #10536696 — 2010 FORD FUSION HYBRID

WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MILES AN HOUR, A WRENCH LIGHT WENT ON IN THE CAR AND WITHIN SECONDS THE CAR LOST POWER AND I WAS ONLY ABLE TO GO 20-30 MILES PER HOUR. GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY, PULLED OVER AT A GAS STATION AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON (THINKING IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE WITH MY HYBRID BATTERY), THE CAR SEEMED TO WORKING OKAY BUT JUST TO BE SAFE I DROVE THE CAR 10 MILES TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER. THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOOK A QUICK LOOK AT IT AND AGREED THAT IT WAS THE BATTERY (SAID IT HAD PROBABLY GOTTEN TOO HOT) AND TOLD ME THE CAR WAS OKAY TO DRIVE. WENT TO GRAB LUNCH AND THEN 45 MINUTES LATER GOT BACK ON THE HIGHWAY AND AS SOON AS THE CAR GOT TO ABOUT 60 MILES, THE SAME THING HAPPENED. SO AGAIN I GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY AND GOING ABOUT 10 MILES PER HOUR WENT TO ANOTHER FORD DEALER TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT. THEY DETERMINED IT WAS A FAILED THROTTLE BODY AND REPLACED IT THE NEXT DAY. *TR