NHTSA Complaint #10903385 — 2013 FORD EDGE

WAS DRIVING APPROX. 45 MPH COMING THRU A 5 CORNERS MAJOR INTERSECTION AT PEAK TRAFFIC TIME OF 5:15PM. DRIVING ON STATE FARM TO MARKET ROAD IN TOWN OF 100K RESIDENTS. HAD BEEN DRIVING APPROX. 3 MILES. TEMP IN 80'S, ROADS DRY. COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER, NEARLY REAR ENDED. CAR CREPT A LITTLE, MOVED TO MIDDLE TURN LANE, STRONG FORWARD LURCH/JERK, YELLOW WRENCH LIGHT ON. PUT CAR IN PARK, TURNED IT OFF. TRIED TO START, NOTHING. SAT ABOUT A MINUTE, TRIED, STARTED. LIMPED TO PARKING LOT. TURNED VEHICLE OFF, SAT FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES. THEN TOOK ROUTE HOME GOING THRU SUBDIVISIONS WHERE STALL WOULD NOT JEAPORDIZE LIFE. COULD NOT DRIVE TO DEALER AS THAT WOULD INVOLVE HIGHWAY, AND RISK OF FATAL ACCIDENT. I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TODAY, HAVE NEVER BEEN THAT SCARED DRIVING A VEHICLE IN 40 YRS OF DRIVING.