NHTSA Complaint #10817450 — 2013 FORD FUSION

I HAVE NOTED THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY (ETB) MALFUNCTION AFFECTING FORD FUSION 2009-2013 MODELS WITH 2.5/3.0L ENGINES AND THE RELATED NHTSA INVESTIGATION PE 13-003, ALONG WITH FORD'S CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 13N03. I HAVE ALSO NOTED THE POWER LOSS ISSUE DESCRIBED IN ANOTHER 2013 FORD FUSION OWNER'S EXPERIENCE (NHTSA COMPLAINT ID #10810590. BOTH SEEM TO BE RELATED TO THE PROBLEM I AM NOW HAVING WITH MY 2013 FORD FUSION SE, WHICH IS THE ECOBOOST MODEL WITH THE 1.6L TURBO CHARGED ENGINE. AFTER GETTING AN OBD WARNING ALONG WITH ROUGH ENGINE OPERATION AND LOWER-THAN-EXPECTED FUEL EFFICIENCY, THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE CANISTER PURGE VALVE AND NOTED THAT THE OIL MINDER WOULD NOT RESET. THAT REPAIR WAS PERFORMED UNDER WARRANTY DURING THANKSGIVING WEEKEND 2015. SOON AFTER, ON DECEMBER 6TH, THE CAR EXPERIENCED POWER LOSS ON TWO OCCASIONS UPON LEAVING PARKING LOTS; IN OTHER WORDS, THE FAILURE OCCURRED AT LOW SPEED WITHIN A MINUTE OF DRIVING AWAY FROM THE PARKING SPACE. THE ENGINE SPUTTERED (RAN ROUGHLY) THEN LOST POWER, WITH NO WARNING LIGHTS APPEARING ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN A FEW DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS, WITH THAT OCCURRENCE ALSO TAKING PLACE UPON LEAVING A PARKING LOT. FURTHERMORE, IT HAPPENED AGAIN ON DEC. 29TH AND ON JANUARY 2, 2016, WITH THE LATTER TIME OCCURRING IMMEDIATELY TURNING ONTO NOLENSVILLE ROAD FROM A PARKING LOT. WITH ALL OF THOSE INSTANCES HAPPENING IN NASHVILLE, TN, COLD WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR. ENGINE TEMPERATURE WAS NOT AT A FACTOR AS THE CAR'S MOST RECENT FAILURES HAVE OCCURRED WITH THE ENGINE STILL WARM. SINCE THIS PROBLEM BEGAN AFTER THE AFOREMENTIONED CANISTER PURGE VALVE REPLACEMENT, I AM GOING TO HAVE THE DEALERSHIP REVISIT THAT WORK AND DETERMINE THE REASON WHY I AM NOT SEEING A WARNING LIGHT WHEN THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION OCCURS. I WILL ALSO HAVE THE CAR EVALUATED FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED ETB PROBLEM.