NHTSA Complaint #10913566 — 2016 FORD EXPLORER

ELECTRONIC THROTTLE RECALL (16B32)---WAS DRIVING ON THE 5 NORTH FREEWAY, AND HAD JUST MERGED ONTO THE 55 NORTH WHEN THE CAR LOST POWER. (I PUSHED THE GAS, BUT THE CAR COULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE)--ALL POWER WAS GONE. I WAS, THANKFULLY, ABLE TO MOVE OVER TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. I CALLED AAA, AND WAS EVENTUALLY TOWED OUT OF THERE (TO FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE I ORIGINALLY PURCHASED THE 2016 FORD EXPLORER.) FORD DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THERE WAS "NEW" RECALL REGARDING MY VEHICLE (ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY REPAIR)---LEFT CAR ON SATURDAY. (SAID I COULD NOT GET A RENTAL SINCE IT WAS 2:58PM.) WENT TO GET A RENTAL CAR AT DEALERSHIP TODAY (MONDAY AFTER 2:30PM), BUT WAS TOLD THE CAR WAS READY TO GO HOME. I WAS INVOICED AT 3:14PM TODAY. PLEASE LOOK AT PAGE 1 --IT SAYS THAT WORK: "BEGAN:10-1-16 DONE:10-1-16", CAUSE: RECALL CORRECTION: REPROGRAM PCM"-----)*********TECHNICIAN TIME SPENT: 15:23 TO 15:43****** DID NOT REPLACE THE PART ( ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY REPAIR********THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS----PEOPLE CAN GET KILLED ON THE FREEWAY BY GETTING HIT BY OTHER CARS (IF THEIR CAR WERE TO SUDDENLY LOSE POWER IN THE PASSING LANE---------OR ON ANY LANE ON THE HIGHWAY FOR THAT MATTER). DEALERSHIP KNOWS ABOUT THE RECALL AND THEY STILL DID NOT REPLACE THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE.