NHTSA Complaint #10615570 — 2010 FORD FUSION HYBRID

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH, THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND STARTED DECELERATING. A WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON IN THE DASHBOARD. I PULLED THE CAR ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND TURNED IT OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES. WHEN I RESTARTED THE CAR IT SEEMED FINE SO I CONTINUED TO DRIVE TOWARD MY DESTINATION. ALMOST FIFTEEN MILES LATER THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER AGAIN AND THIS TIME I WAS TRAVELING ON A TWO LANE ROAD GOING ABOUT 40 MPH. THIS TIME THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL AS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. AFTER PULLING OVER AND RESTARTING THE CAR THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON FOR THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP A FEW DAYS LATER AFTER THIS OCCURRED FOUR TIMES IN TWO WEEKS. WE LEARNED THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY THAT CAUSES THIS PROBLEM FOR THE FORD FUSION BUT NOT FOR THE HYBRID VERSION. THIS PART IS NOT PART OF THE HYBRID SYSTEM AND SHOULD BE REPLACED ON ALL HYBRIDS AS WELL AS REGULAR FUSIONS. WE PAID $509 FOR THE REPAIR. *TR