NHTSA Complaint #10914020 — 2015 FORD EDGE

MY 2015 FORD EDGE SUDDENLY LOST POWER WITHOUT ANY WARNING AS I WAS DRIVING AT A SLOW SPEED ON MY RESIDENTIAL STREET. FORTUNATELY I WAS NOT IN A HIGH-SPEED TRAFFIC AREA, AS THIS SITUATION IS OBVIOUSLY A SERIOUS ONE. THE NEXT DAY I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY WERE AWARE OF THIS ISSUE HAPPENING IN FORD VEHICLES. IT WAS A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY AND THEY WERE ABLE TO REPLACE IT THE SAME DAY. I AM HOPING THIS NEW ONE WILL NOT POSE THE SAME PROBLEM. I AM ALSO SEEING ONLINE THAT THIS SAME ISSUE HAS BEEN OCCURRING IN THE 2015 FORD EDGE, AS WELL AS OTHER FORD VEHICLES IN PRIOR MODEL YEARS. I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY THERE IS NOT A RECALL ON THESE VEHICLES, AND IF THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN OUT THERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS ALREADY, WHY IS THERE NOT A PERMANENT FIX? THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER AND EITHER YOU "LIMP" OFF THE ROAD WITH HARDLY ANY ACCELERATION, OR WORSE YET...NO POWER WHATSOEVER. HOW CAN THIS NOT BE CONSIDERED A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION ESPECIALLY IF THE SEMI TRUCK BEHIND YOU CANNOT SLOW DOWN IN TIME WHEN YOUR CAR DECIDES TO TURN ITSELF OFF? OR MAKING A TURN IN A BUSY INTERSECTION... AN ONCOMING VEHICLE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO AVOID CRASHING INTO YOU AS YOU DESPERATELY TRY TO RESTART YOUR VEHICLE. THIS IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE. IT IS CLEARLY A DANGEROUS ISSUE THAT NEEDS ATTENTION. DO THE RIGHT THING AND ISSUE THE RECALL AND SEE TO IT THAT THIS PART GETS A PERMANENT FIX.