NHTSA Complaint #10778044 — 2011 FORD F-150

I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY, TOWING A TRAILER IN AN AREA OF HEAVY CONGESTION. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND LOST POWER. THE ENGINE WAS APPARENTLY MISFIRING AND WAS RUNNING VERY ROUGH. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY. WHEN I STOPPED, I PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL, BUT LEFT IT RUNNING. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT OFF AND THE ENGINE SEEMED TO RUN FINE. BUT EVER SINCE THEN, WHENEVER I ATTEMPT TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE SHAKES VIOLENTLY AND WON'T ACCELERATE. THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT! I CHECKED AROUND THE INTERNET AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE, BUT WHEN I CALLED FORD THEY TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE A LOCAL DEALER RUN DIAGNOSTICS. THEY ADMITTED THAT THEY HAD ISSUED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN TO THE DEALERS ON A POSSIBLE FIX FOR THE PROBLEM, BUT READING THE OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS NHTSA WEBSITE, THE FIX DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I'VE NEVER SUED ANYONE IN MY LIFE, BUT I SEE THERE IS A CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST FORD FOR THIS PROBLEM. I WAS HOPING THAT IF ENOUGH PEOPLE REPORT THIS PROBLEM THAT FORD WOULD DO THE RIGHT THING- WE SHALL SEE....