NHTSA Complaint #10550370 — 2011 FORD FUSION

I WAS DRIVING ON A FIVE LANE HIGHWAY NEAR RALEIGH, NC AND I SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND THE CAR NEARLY STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. IT WAS FRIGHTENING AND DANGEROUS TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD ACROSS THREE LANES WHEN CARS WERE FLYING BY. TURNED THE CAR OFF, RESTARTED IT, AND WOULD GET A MILE OR SO, AND IT WOULD LOSE POWER AGAIN. HAPPENED AT LEAST 10 TIMES,AND SO, USING THE FLASHERS, I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP. IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS THE THROTTLE BODY GOING BAD, AND THE SERVICE TECH TOLD ME THEY HAD DONE HUNDREDS OF THROTTLE BODY REPLACEMENTS FOR FUSIONS, AND THAT AN ATTEMPT TO HAVE A RECALL IS GOING ON. I WAS EXTREMELY FORTUNATELY TO NOT BE REAR-ENDED WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN A DEADLY CRASH, AND IT WAS TERRIFYING TRYING TO CROSS THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC WITH THE CAR BARELY MOVING AS IT LOST ALL POWER IN LESS THAN 10 SECONDS EACH TIME. *TR