NHTSA Complaint #10872842 — 2016 FORD EXPLORER

DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND "WRENCH" SHOWING A POWERTRAIN PROBLEM OCCURED WHILE DRIVING AT 70MPH. WAS IN THE LEFT LANE OF TRAFFIC AND DUE TO THE CONTINUED LANE EXPANSIONS IN AROUND THE AREA OF TRAVEL COULD NOT PULL OFF INTO THE CENTER MEDIAN. HAD TO NEGOTIATE MOVING ACROSS 4 LANES OF TRAFFIC WITH NO ACCELERATION DURING MORNING RUSH HOUR IN A BRAND NEW 2016 EXPLORER WITH LESS THAN 7500 MILES. ONCE I WAS ABLE TO GET ACROSS THE LANES OF TRAFFIC THE VEHICLE WAS UNDRIVEABLE. THIS APPEARS TO BE A CONTINUED DEFECT WITH FORD AND THE NHTSA NEEDS TO ADDRESS IT BEFORE SOMEONE GETS INTO AN ACCIDENT AND A FATALITY OCCURS.