NHTSA Complaint #10544081 — 2010 MERCURY MARINER

I WAS TRAVELING ALONG, WITH MY DAUGHTER IN THE CAR, WHEN IT SEEMED TO JUST SHUT OFF. I WAS ONLY GOING 40MPH BUT IN A LINE OF TRAFFIC. I PULLED THE CAR OVER, IT WAS THEN I COULD TELL IT WAS SORTA STILL RUNNING. I COME TO FIND OUT LATER IT WENT INTO A SAFE MODE. SINCE THEN MY WIFE OR I HAVE BARELY DROVE IT. WE HAD A CLOSE FRIEND CHECK IT OUT AND IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY. I THEN DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND COME TO FIND OUT IT SEEMS I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. IS ANYONE OUT THERE MAKING FORD MOTOR COMPANY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS? I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE WE PURCHASED OUR VEHICLE NEW AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO, UNLESS I PAID FOR THIS. I FEEL THIS IS UNFAIR! MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE BRAND NEW WITH ONLY 8 MILES. WHY SHOULD WE BE PUNISHED FOR WHAT CLEARLY IS A DEFECT IN A FORD PRODUCT? PLEASE HELP. *TR