NHTSA Complaint #10896425 — 2016 FORD EXPLORER

ENGINE PERIODICALLY DIES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS UNDER MODERATE TO HEAVY ACCELERATION. PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PASS AND/OR WHEN ACCELERATION IS NECESSARY ON AN INCLINE. OCCURS ALMOST EVERY TIME YOU ATTEMPT TO ACCELERATE. THE ENGINE APPEARS TO LOOSE ALL POWER A SECOND OR TWO AFTER DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR AND WILL NOT RECOVER UNTIL THE ACCELERATOR IS RELEASED COMPLETELY AND THEN IS RE-ENGAGED VERY LIGHTLY. WILL RECOVER TO MODERATE CRUISING SPEED BUT WILL NOT ALLOW PASSING AND OR MAINTAIN A SAFE SPEED ON A STEEP INCLINE. OCCURS VERY CONSISTENTLY ON THE HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS OF 45MPH OR HIGHER. WILL ALSO OCCUR IN CITY DRIVING BUT LESS CONSISTENTLY. VERY DANGEROUS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PASS, LEGALLY, ON TWO LANE ROADS AND IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON MOUNTAIN ROADS WHEN SUDDEN LOOSE OF POWER CREATES HAVOC FOR THE VEHICLES FOLLOWING YOU.