NHTSA Complaint #10885735 — 2016 FORD EXPLORER

MY PREGNANT WIFE AND I WERE DRIVING DOWN A BUSY, MAIN NASHVILLE ROAD YESTERDAY WHEN OUR 2016 FORD EXPLORER WITH 8500 MILES ON IT CEASED TO ACCELERATE. A WRENCH APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD, RPMS DROPPED TO AN IDLE STATE, AND IN HEAVY TRAFFIC I COULD NOT ACCELERATE IN ORDER TO MOVE MY CAR OFF THE ROAD, NEARLY CAUSING AN WRECK. FORD HAS HAD MY CAR FOR TWO DAYS. THIS ISSUE IS APPARENTLY RELATED TO A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY. A QUICK INTERNET SEARCH SHOWS THAT HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS SAME EXACT ISSUE WITH SIMILAR LOW MILEAGE 2016 EXPLORERS AND THAT FORD HAS DETERMINED IT TO BE A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY. CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT SO MANY VEHICLES HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE, FORD SHOULD BE RECALLING THESE VEHICLES. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE ON PAR WITH THE GM IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEM. A VEHICLE LOSING ALL POWER IN TRAFFIC, WITHOUT WARNING, CAN CAUSE WRECKS AND DEATHS. APPARENTLY FORD IS ALSO REPLACING THESE FAULTY THROTTLE BODIES WITH THE IDENTICAL OEM PART, SINCE "NOT ALL OF THE THROTTLE BODIES ARE AFFECTED." FORD TECHNICIANS SEEM UNSURE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE NEW THROTTLE BODY WILL DISPLAY THE SAME ISSUES SINCE THEY ARE THE SAME PART. THIS IS A BRAND NEW VEHICLE AND I NOW FEEL UNSAFE DRIVING IT, AND EVEN LESS SAFE HAVING MY PREGNANT WIFE DRIVE THIS CAR. I'M STUCK WITH A FAMILY HAULER IN WHICH I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING MY FAMILY.