NHTSA Complaint #10543688 — 2011 FORD FUSION

DRIVING 70 MPH DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND THE MOTOR SIMPLY CUT OFF. WAS FORTUNATELY ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND COME TO A STOP SAFELY. TURNED IGNITION OFF. THEN TURNED THE IGNITION ON AND THE CAR IMMEDIATELY CRANKED BACK UP. DROVE TO NEAREST GAS STATION THINKING MAYBE BEING LOW ON GAS WITH ABOUT 40 MILES TO EMPTY WAS THE ISSUE. FILLED UP WITH GAS AND PROCEEDED HOME. THE NEXT DAY, AS WE WERE BEGINNING TO TAKE A TRIP, AFTER TURNING ONTO THE ON RAMP AND STARTED TO ACCELERATE TO GET ONTO THE HIGHWAY, THE ENGINE TURNED OFF AGAIN. FORTUNATELY WAS ABLE TO GET STOPPED BEFORE BEING HIT FROM BEHIND BY THE CARS CLOSELY BEHIND ME THAT WERE ACCELERATING TO GET ON THE HIGHWAY AS WELL OR BY THE FLOWING TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY ITSELF AS I ENTERED THE BUSY HIGHWAY, THUS ENDANGERING THE LIVES OF MY WHOLE FAMILY AND THOSE PERSONS OF THE VEHICLES THAT MAY HAVE COME IN CONTACT WITH MY VEHICLE. CRANKED CAR RIGHT BACK UP AND SLOWLY PROCEEDED TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. WHERE I WAS TOLD THAT THE MFI THROTTLE BODY AND MOTOR ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THIS IS FAILURE IS A DANGER TO EVERY FUSION DRIVER AND THEIR OCCUPANTS, AS WELL AS, ANYONE THAT IS DRIVING NEAR THEM THAT COULD HIT THEM IN THE REAR OR POSSIBLY HIT THEM IN THE DOOR KILLING THE DRIVER OR OCCUPANTS BECAUSE THE CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE THOUGH AN INTERSECTION OR ONTO A HIGHWAY. *TR