NHTSA Complaint #10873560 — 2010 FORD FUSION HYBRID

ON JUNE 7, 2016, MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 2010 FORD FUSION HYBRID ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY WHEN THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME UP AND THE CAR LOST POWER AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO NORTH CENTRAL FORD WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED BY REPLACING THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY AND REPROGRAMMING THE PCM. THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 58,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. WHY DOES FORD EXCLUDE HYBRIDS FROM THIS KNOWN PROBLEM AND ITS ASSOCIATED CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 13N03, POPULATION OF HYBRIDS TOO SMALL? IT MAKES NO SENSE. THE PART, FAILURE SYMPTOMS AND FIX ARE THE SAME AS THOSE IN THE FORD CARS COVERED BY 13N03. AND WHY DID THE NHTSA ALLOW FORD NOT TO HAVE A RECALL FOR THE DEFECTIVE PART, POLITICS? CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE.