NHTSA Complaint #10551059 — 2013 FORD FOCUS ELECTRIC

THIS ISSUE HAS ACTUALLY HAPPENED ABOUT 4 TIMES IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS. FOR EXAMPLE, WHILE DRIVING HOME A FEW WEEKS AGO, MY 2013 FORD FOCUS ELECTRIC SUDDENLY LOST ALL POWER WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH. THE DASHBOARD ERROR READ "STOP SAFELY NOW". LUCKILY I WAS NOT ON THE HIGHWAY OR IN AN AREA WHERE I WAS UNABLE TO PULL ASIDE OFF THE ROAD QUICKLY. IT TOOK ME ABOUT 15 MINUTES TO GET THE CAR GOING AGAIN. I FIGURED OUT THAT I HAD TO ACTUALLY EXIT THE VEHICLE, CLOSE THE DOOR AND THEN OPEN AND RE-ENTER AGAIN TO GET THE CAR TO RESTART. IT SOUNDS WEIRD THAT I WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, BUT I THINK THE KEYLESS PUSH START HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT. THIS HAS BEEN THE PROCESS TO GET IT FINALLY STARTED EACH TIME AFTER I FIGURED IT OUT. *TR