NHTSA Complaint #10547651 — 2010 FORD FUSION

I WAS DRIVING MY 2010 FORD FUSION ON AN ELEVATED PORTION OF AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY WHICH DOES NOT HAVE ANY SHOULDERS. AS I WAS PASSING A TRUCK, I SUDDENLY LOST POWER. I MOVED OVER TO THE DRIVING LANE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK. FORTUNATELY THE DRIVER WAS ALERT. MY CAR QUICKLY LOST POWER. I COASTED TO A SPOT WERE AN ON-RAMP MERGES ONTO THE HIGHWAY. THIS SPOT WAS MARGINALLY SAFE WITH CARS SPEEDING BY ME ON BOTH SIDES. CITY POLICE CAME WITHIN 5 MINUTES AND PROTECTED ME WITH THEIR FLASHING LIGHTS AND IN 10 MORE MINUTES I WAS TOWED TO MY MECHANIC. THEY FOUND THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS FROZEN OPEN AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THIS COST $433 TO REPLACE. THIS INCIDENT COULD HAVE ENDED VERY BADLY. I WAS TRULY TERRIFIED. FORD NEEDS TO RECALL THE 2010 FORD FUSION BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. *TR