NHTSA Complaint #10706421 — 2010 FORD FUSION

I HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES AND TRAVELING AT ABOUT 45 MPH WHEN I FELT A REDUCTION IN POWER. THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND TO MOVEMENT OF THE THROTTLE PEDAL. VEHICLE SPEED SLOWLY REDUCED AND WE BRAKED TO A STOP AT A JUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING ROUGH. THE VEHICLE HAD ALMOST ZERO POWER WHEN PULLING AWAY AND I HAD TO PULL OVER TO ALLOW FOLLOWING TRAFFIC TO PASS. SPEED INCREASED SLOWLY OVER 2 MILES OF DRIVING TO 40MPH. LACK OF POWER WAS AGAIN EXPERIENCED AT THE NEXT STOP JUNCTION. WE ARRIVED HOME 1 MILE LATER. IN MY OPINION THE LIMP HOME MODE IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. WE WERE LUCKY THAT WE WERE ON LOCAL ROADS WITH LITTLE TRAFFIC AROUND. *TR