NHTSA Complaint #10651051 — 2014 FORD FUSION

FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT THIS VEHICLE HAS A 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. I HAVE HAD ACCELERATION/ DECELERATION ISSUES SINCE I TOOK DELIVERY OF THE VEHICLE IN JANUARY 2014, THE ISSUES ARE INTERMITTENT AND HAPPEN AT VARIOUS RPM AND VARIOUS SPEEDS. IVE HAD THE VEHICLE AT THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES FOR THE SAME ISSUE THEY HAVE TOLD ME 3 TIMES THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE PROBLEMS ARE AS FOLLOWS....WHEN SHIFTING GEARS THE ACCELERATOR WILL OCCASIONALLY STICK AND HOLD THAT HIGHER RPM FOR 5 OR 6 SECONDS BEFORE DECELERATING, THIS HAPPENS APPROX. 50% OF THE TIME WHILE SHIFTING. THE DEALER TELLS ME THAT THIS IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN THIS WAY. MY RESPONSE IS... IF IT IS SUPPOSED TO PERFORM THIS WAY THEN WHY DOESN'T IT PERFORM THIS WAY ALL THE TIME RATHER THAN 50% OF THE TIME? THE SECOND ACCELERATION/ DECELERATION ISSUE IS....THE CAR WILL RANDOMLY ACCELERATE TO 5500- 6000 RPM, THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH IN 6TH GEAR IT HAS ALSO HAPPENED WHILE SHIFTING BETWEEN GEARS. WHEN THIS HAPPENS IT WILL MAINTAIN THAT HIGH RPM FOR 5 OR 6 SECONDS THEN DECELERATE. ON ONE OCCASION I WAS DRIVING IN TRAFFIC AT APPROX. 15 MPH MY CAR ACCELERATED AND THIS ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT, FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO QUICKLY DEPRESS THE CLUTCH AND BRAKE TO AVOID A COLLISION. THE ISSUES LISTED ABOVE HAVE HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES AND ARE RANDOM. *TR