NHTSA Complaint #10725898 — 2009 FORD TAURUS

MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, [XXX], WAS DRIVING A FORD 2007 TAURUS (108, 000 MILES) FROM YPSILANTI, MI TO DAYTON, OH. SHE HAD ON BOARD HER INFANT (4 MONTHS) AND TODDLER (4 YEARS). EVERYTHING WENT SMOOTHLY UNTIL THEY ENTERED THE SUBDIVISION OF HER PARENTS. FOR NO APPARENT REASON, THE CAR TURNED OFF WHILE DRIVING. THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD ALL CAME ON. SHE LOST POWER STEERING AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND STOP THE VEHICLE. SHE WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR AND PROCEEDED TO HER PARENTS? HOME. HER AND HER FATHER DID SUBSEQUENT TEST DRIVES TO TRY AND DETERMINE THE ROOT CAUSE ? THEY WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. SHE DROVE HOME THE NEXT DAY WITH NO PROBLEMS. SHE EXPRESSED CONCERN TO ME ABOUT HER SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF HER CHILDREN HAD THIS RANDOM SHUT DOWN OF THE VEHICLE OCCURRED IN A SITUATION WHERE SHE COULD NOT PULL OVER TO SAFETY. SHE SPECIFICALLY EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE ONE-LANE TRAFFIC DIVERSIONS THAT OCCURRED DURING ROAD CONSTRUCTION ALONG THE FREEWAY. SHE WAS CONCERNED THAT STOPPING AND STARTING THE VEHICLE IN THIS HIGH TRAFFIC DENSITY LOCATIONS COULD PRESENT A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR HER AND HER KIDS. VIN UNAVAILABLE 'INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR*JB