NHTSA Complaint #10926326 — 2011 FORD FUSION

CSP 13N03 AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED ETB PROBLEMS CAUSED MY CAR TO ABRUPTLY DROP POWER/RPM TO ~1000RPM. LATER IDENTIFIED ISSUE TO BE RELATED TO ETB AND TOOK TO MY FORD DEALER EXPECTING NEW SOFTWARE AND/OR ETB REPLACEMENT PER 13N03. DEALER REPLACED BUT THEN BEGGED OFF REQUESTING I PAY WARRANTY REPAIR COST OF $122 BECAUSE "MANUAL TRANSMISSION" VEHICLES AND THOSE NOT ASSEMBLED IN MEXICO WERE NOT COVERED. I AM ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THAT MY ISSUE WAS EXACTLY THAT COVERED BY 13N03 AND FEEL THAT HAVING THE POWER LOSS "LIMP MODE" OCCUR IN A MANUAL TRANSMISSION VEHICLE ACTUALLY PUT ME AT MORE RISK BECAUSE OF THE GREATER SPEED LOSS DUE TO THE DIRECT CONNECTED DRIVE PATH. LUCKILY IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT ON A LESS TRAVELED ROAD ALLOWING ME TO COAST OFF SAFELY ONTO THE SHOULDER. I PAID THE $122 SINCE THEY HAD ALREADY DONE THE WORK BEFORE REALIZING THAT MY CAR WAS NOT COVERED, AND THE THROTTLE BODY ALONE WOULD HAVE COST ME $75+, BUT I CANNOT UNDERSTAND HOW THIS IS NOT A FULL-FLEDGED RECALL AND DOESN'T COVER EVERY VEHICLE WITH THIS TYPE OF ETB? ALL THIS BECAUSE OF WHAT SOUNDS LIKE INCORRECT/INSUFFICIENT MOTOR CONNECTION PLATING AND/OR BULB GREASE (CONTACT ENHANCER)