NHTSA Complaint #10735699 — 2011 FORD EDGE

AFTER PULLING OUT ONTO THE HIGHWAY, CAR SEEMED TO STALL. WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON, ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING, HOWEVER PUSHING THE GAS PEDAL DID NOTHING. AFTER COASTING TO A SAFER SPOT TO PULL OVER, I SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND STARTED THE CAR AGAIN. DROVE A FEW MILES DOWN THE ROAD BEFORE IT DID THE SAME THING AGAIN. LUCKY THAT THERE WASN'T ANY VEHICLES BEHIND ME TO HIT ME. GLAD I WASN'T ON THE INTERSTATE, PULLING OUT IN TRAFFIC, OR ATTEMPTING TO PASS SOMEONE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I CONTACTED FORD TODAY AFTER SEEING CSP13N03, WHICH WAS BECAUSE OF THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM, AND WAS TOLD THAT MY VIN WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THIS PROGRAM. I THEN ASKED THEM WHO TO APPEAL THIS TO AND THEY TOLD ME THEY HAVE OPENED A CASE # FOR MY REPORTED PROBLEM BUT THERE WASN'T ANYONE TO APPEAL THEIR DECISION TO, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE OR WHENEVER THAT MAY FINALLY COME. IN THE MEANTIME, I'M STUCK WITHOUT A VEHICLE TO SAFELY TRANSPORT MY CHILDREN IN UNTIL I CAN AFFORD TO HAVE IT FIXED, WHILE OTHER VEHICLES WHOSE VIN WERE COVERED UNDER THIS PROGRAM WITH THE EXACT SAME TROUBLES WERE COVERED. THIS CUSTOMER SERVICE PROGRAM (ISSUED INSTEAD OF A RECALL) NEEDS TO BE EXTENDED TO ALL VEHICLES FORD MANUFACTURED DURING THE SAME TIME FRAME, AS A QUICK INTERNET SEARCH REVEALED HUNDREDS OF OTHERS IN THE SAME POSITION I AM IN. IT IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION TO PUT THE LIVES OF COUNTLESS FAMILIES IN, AND FOR NO GOOD REASON! ....UPDATED 09/03/15 *BF UPDATED 12/05/2017*CN