NHTSA Complaint #10579623 — 2011 FORD FUSION

MY WIFE, [XXX], WAS DRIVING OUR FUSION. SHE HAD TRAVELED APPROX. 1/4 MILE AND WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AT BAYSIDE DR. NEWPORT BEACH,CA AT THE HARBOR IS. DR. INTERSECTION. SUDDENLY, THE CAR ACCELERATED, CATCHING HER BY SURPRISE SHE WENT THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND WAS NARROWLY MISSED BY TWO ONCOMING CARS. SHE TOLD ME LATER THAT IT HAPPENED A SECOND TIME ON THE FREEWAY (SHE WAS ON HER WAY HOME) BUT WAS NOT IN IMMEDIATE DANGER WHEN IT OCCURRED. WE HAVE TRAVELED THESE STREETS SEVERAL TIMES. HAD JUST LEFT THE RESTAURANT WHERE WE HAD LUNCH....WAS RIDING MY BICYCLE HOME AND WATCHED HER GO THROUGH THE INTERSECTION....VERY SCARY!! NOTE: THE THROTTLE POSITIONER WAS REPLACED ON THIS VEHICLE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. IT HAD FAILED TO 5MPH. VILLA FORD IN ORANGE CA DID THE REPAIR. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR UPDATED 10/7/2014 *JS