NHTSA Complaint #10596835 — 2011 FORD FIESTA

UPON ACCELERATING AT A LIGHT, THE TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED AND THE MOTOR WOULD NO LONG PROPEL THE CAR FORWARD. THE CAR WAS IN DRIVE AND THE MOTOR WAS RUNNING, BUT NO POWER WAS BEING DISTRIBUTED TO THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION TO ENGAGE THE WHEELS. I WAS LEFT COASTING IN THE MIDDLE OF A SIX LANE ROAD DURING RUSH HOUR AND COULD NOT MOVE AS THE CAR COASTED TO A HALT. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND THEN THE CAR WAS STUCK IN PARK AND THE SHIFT LEVER WOULD NOT MOVE OUT OF PARK. I THEN TURNED OFF THE CAR TO SEE IF RESTARTING IT WOULD DO ANYTHING, BUT THEN THE CAR WOULD NOT START AT ALL. NOW I WAS IN THE MIDDLE LANE, DURING RUSH HOUR, WITH A CAR THAT WON'T START, AND WON'T COME OUT OF PARK. BECAUSE OF THIS I COULD NOT EVEN ROLL THE CAR TO A PLACE OF SAFETY ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE LANE FOR ONE HOUR NARROWLY ESCAPING CRASHING MANY TIMES UNTIL THE TOW TRUCK FINALLY SHOWED UP. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER ALSO COULD NOT GET THE CAR OUT OF PARK AND HAD TO DRAG IT UP THE TOW RAMP AS THE FRONT WHEELS WOULD NOT ROLL. *TR