NHTSA Complaint #10877124 — 2016 FORD FUSION

RENTED A FORD FUSION WITH 3000 MILES. DURING HIGHWAY DRIVING IT LOST POWER AND STOPPED. AFTER A MINUTE, WE RESTARTED IT WITHOUT PROBLEM. DROVE IT TO A NEARBY FORD DEALER WHO CHECKED THE CODE WHICH INDICATED THE PROBLEM WAS DEFECTIVE ELECTRONICS THAT CONTROLLED THE THROTTLE. APPARENTLY THE ENGINE WAS GETTING TOO MUCH AIR AND NOT ENOUGH GAS CAUSING IT TO SHUT DOWN. PERHAPS THIS WAS A PROBLEM SPECIFIC TO THIS CAR, PERHAPS NOT. BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES OF A CAR STOPPING UNEXPECTADLY ON A HIGHWAY WE THOUGHT WE SHOULD REPORT IT. WE DID NOTIFY THE RENTAL COMPANY (BUDGET IN MILWAUKE WI) OF THE PROBLEM. THE EMPLOYEE SAID HE HAD HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. IT WAS NOT CLEAR TO US IF HE MEANT ON CARS IN GENERAL OR ON THIS TYPE OF CAR.