NHTSA Complaint #10893960 — 2016 FORD EXPLORER

I LEASED MY 2016 FORD EXPLORER XLT IN AUGUST ON 2015. ON SATURDAY, JULY 9, 2016, WITH ONLY AROUND 8,400 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, WHILE DRIVING, IT SHIMMIED, STOPPED, HAD NO ACCELERATION/POWER, AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON WHILE I WAS ON A BUSY STREET IN MY CITY. (50 MPH SPEED LIMIT). I "LIMPED" HOME AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK TO HAVE IT TOWED TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP. I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN BASED ON THE "SYMPTOMS" I TOLD HIM THAT IT WAS THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY AND THAT THEY'VE HAVE A LOT OF 2016 EXPLORERS COME IN WITH THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM AND THAT FORD IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. REALLY? FORD IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT REFUSES TO ISSUE A RECALL!!! GUESS IT'S ALL ABOUT THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR TO THEM. I THANK GOD THIS HAPPENED TO ME ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NOT DURING THE WEEK WHEN I'M ON BUSY LOS ANGELES FREEWAYS! SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED (IF IT HASN'T HAPPENED ALREADY) BECAUSE OF THIS THROTTLE BODY ISSUE. LUCKILY THE DEALERSHIP ALREADY HAD THE PART IN STOCK AND HOPEFULLY FIXED THE ISSUE/ THEN- ON AUGUST 4, 2016, I GO TO START THE EXPLORER TO HEAD TO WORK WHEN IT HESITATED TO START. ALL SCREENS AND DASH WERE BLACK, THEN I GET A "BLIND SPOT FAULT" WARNING AND "CROSS TRAFFIC FAULT" WARNING. SO, I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN AND IT APPEARED ALL SYSTEMS WERE GO. ALSO, MY USB AND POWER PORTS HAVE BEEN WITHOUT POWER FOR ABOUT THE LAST 3 WEEKS. I'M LITERALLY SCARED TO DRIVE THIS THING. EVERY TIME I GET IN IT, I WONDER IF IT'S GOING TO BREAK DOWN ON ME AGAIN (AND WHERE) AND WHAT THE PROBLEM WILL BE NOW. I WILL NEVER, LEASE OR PURCHASE A FORD PRODUCT AGAIN. HONEST TO GOD. NEVER AGAIN. FORD IS PUTTING EVERY PERSON DRIVING/RIDING IN THE 2016 EXPLORERS LIVES AT RISK AND THEY DON'T GIVE A FLYING F*&K ABOUT IT. PLEASE NHTSA, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE POWER BUT PLEASE RECALL THE 2016 EXPLORERS FOR FAULTY ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODIES