NHTSA Complaint #10874156 — 2016 FORD EXPLORER

I'M DRIVING (IN MOTION) HOME FROM WORK IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ON A BUSY INTERSTATE AND MY FORD EXPLORER SLOWS FROM 65MPH TO 15MPH. I KNEW I HAD GAS BUT I LOOKED AT THE GAS TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT RUNNING OUT DUE TO THE LOSS IN POWER AND I WASN'T. THE WRENCH AND AIRBAG LIGHTS COME UP. THANKFULLY THERE WAS A CLOSED LANE UP AHEAD SO TRAFFIC WAS SLOWING SO I WAS ABLE TO GET IN THE LEFT SHOULDER LANE OF THE EXPRESSWAY WHICH IS NO CONSIDERED SAFE. I CALL ROAD SIDE ASSISTANCE AND THEY TELL ME THEY CAN HAVE IT TOWED TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP WHICH IS ABOUT 25 MILES AWAY. WHILE WAITING ON THE TOW MY HUSBAND CAME TO PICK ME UP AND SUGGESTED THAT I TURN THE CAR OFF AND START BACK UP SO I DID AND THE CAR WORKED PERFECTLY FINE. NONE OF THE ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON. SO WE WENT AHEAD AND DROVE IT STRAIGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY WERE UNABLE TO LOOK AT IT THAT DAY BECAUSE IT APPROXIMATELY 6P WHEN WE DROPPED IT OFF SO WE WERE TOLD THEY WOULD LOOK AT IT THE NEXT DAY. WELL THEY CALL US THE NEXT DAY AND TELL US THAT THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. THIS WAS VERY FRUSTRATING AND SCARY BECAUSE WE KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND FEARED IT WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN WITH OUR CHILDREN IN THE CAR. SO WE PICK UP THE TRUCK ON A SAT AND THAT TUESDAY IT DOES IT AGAIN TO MY HUSBAND. THANKFULLY THIS TIME HE WASN'T ON THE INTERSTATE, HE WAS ON A CITY STREET. I READ MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS SAME ISSUE AND MOST ARE SAYING IT WAS THEIR THROTTLE. THIS ISSUE COULD CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT WHICH COULD SEVERELY HURT SOMEONE OR WORSE TAKE THEIR LIFE. A RECALL NEEDS TO BE DONE.