NHTSA Complaint #10747002 — 2013 FORD TAURUS

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 65 MPH AND MY CAR JERKED, MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON AND MY CAR BEGAN TO DECELERATE, THE GAS PEDAL DID NOT WORK, AND THE CAR BEGAN TO ROUGH IDLE. I COASTED TO THE FREEWAY SHOULDER, TURNED MY CAR OFF AND RESTARTED. THE CONDITION APPEARED TO CORRECT ITSELF. I ATTEMPTED TO RESUME DRIVING ONLY TO HAVE THE SAME SCENARIO MENTIONED ABOVE HAPPEN AGAIN WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. THIS OCCURRED A TOTAL OF 3 TIMES ON MY WAY TO WORK. TOOK MY CAR TO FORD DEALER: THEY WERE ABLE TO REPRODUCE ISSUE, READ DIAGNOSTIC CODE P2111, AND ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE ISSUE BY PERFORMING MAINTENANCE TO THE CONNECTOR. I WAS ADVISED THAT IF THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE ISSUE THAT THE THROTTLE BODY MIGHT NEED TO BE REPLACED. I DROVE THE CAR FOR 1/2 DAY AND IT REPEATED THE SAME ISSUE AS ABOVE ONLY THIS TIME AT 40 MPH ON THE STREET, BUT THIS TIME I HAD TO STOP AND START THE CAR TWO TIMES IN A ROW TO GET PAST THE ROUGH IDLE. I HAVE A 2011 FORD FUSION WHERE THE IDENTICAL SCENARIO OCCURRED AND THE SAME FORD DEALER COVERED THE REPAIR UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY UNDER NHTSA ACTION NUMBER : PE13003. I FILED A CLAIM WITH CORPORATE FORD AND THEY WOULD NOT COVER MY CAR. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THE SCOPE OF THIS ISSUE RESEARCHED TO SEE IF VEHICLES WITH MY YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS ACTION... UPDATED 09/30/15*BF