NHTSA Complaint #10811127 — 2011 FORD FUSION HYBRID

WHEN DECELERATING, MY CAR SOMETIMES "JERKS", ACCOMPANIED BY MULTIPLE WARNING LIGHTS AND--DANGEROUSLY--A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE CAR GOES DEAD, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, AND HAS TO BE RESTARTED BY REMOVING THE KEY AND REINSERTING IT. THIS COULD CAUSE A COLLISION BOTH FROM BEHIND (BY SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T REALIZE THAT THE CAR HAS JUST "DIED"--ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT), AS WELL AS THE "JERK" POTENTIALLY CAUSING ME TO COLLIDE WITH SOMEONE IN FRONT. MY DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT FORD HAD "PUT OUT A BULLETIN" REGARDING THIS ISSUE, WHICH CALLED FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW WIRING HARNESS. AND YET--INEXPLICABLY GIVEN THAT THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD--THIS APPARENTLY "KNOWN" ISSUE IS NOT TREATED AS A RECALL, WITH ME BEING CHARGED MORE THAN $500 FOR PARTS AND LABOR. I'VE SEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE, MANY WITH LESS MILEAGE THAN MYSELF (97,000), SO I'M SHOCKED THAT A RECALL HASN'T HAPPENED, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE DANGER THAT THIS ISSUE POSES TO THE CAR'S OCCUPANTS AND THOSE NEARBY.