NHTSA Complaint #10579538 — 2013 FORD F-150

I WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP ON A MAIN STREET MAKING A LEFT TURN. TRAFFIC WAS COMING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND I WAS WAITING FOR CLEARING WITHIN THE TRAFFIC IN ORDER TO MAKE MY LEFT TURN. THERE WAS AN OPENING IN TRAFFIC AND I STEPPED ON THE GAS TO ACCELERATE ACROSS THE LANE. AS I STEPPED ON THE GAS A MESSAGE ON MY DASHBOARD CAME ON STATING "LOW OIL PRESSURE" AND THE VEHICLE COMPLETED STALLED. I COMPLETELY LOST ALL POWER ON THE ENGINE AND ALSO THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE DRIFTED ACROSS THE BUSY LANE AND BARELY MADE IT ACROSS THE LANE AS TRAFFIC WAS COMING DIRECTLY TOWARDS ME. MULTIPLE VEHICLES WERE COMING IN MY DIRECTION AND SOME HONKED THERE CAR HORN TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. THIS WAS EXTREMELY FRIGHTENING AS I HAD MY BABY WITH ME IN THE BACK SEAT. THE CARS WOULD HAVE CLEARLY HIT MY VEHICLE IF I HAD NOT DRIFTED ACROSS THAT LANE. THE TRUCK IS PRACTICALLY NEW AS IT BARELY HAS 6724 MILES. *TR UPDATED 10/8/2014 *JS