NHTSA Complaint #10991590 — 2011 FORD EDGE

RECEIVED INTERMITTENT TRACTION SYSTEM WARNINGS WHILE DRIVING 2011 FORD EDGE AND IN ADDITION TO THE WARNINGS CAR DROVE VERY DIFFERENTLY -LIKE IT WAS BOGGED DOWN AND ACCELERATION WAS DIFFICULT. IN ORDER TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM I PULLED OVER AND TURNED OFF CAR AND THEN TURNED IT BACK ON - ONCE I DID THAT THE WARNING WAS GONE AND THE CAR DROVE NORMALLY AGAIN. THIS ERROR WOULD POP UP RANDOMLY ON DIFFERENT DAYS AND WOULD BE RESOLVED WITH A POWER DOWN AND RESTART. THEN ANOTHER DAY I RECEIVED AWD WARNING AND WHEN THIS HAPPENED THE POWER TO THE WHEELS SEEMED TO DISAPPEAR AND THE CAR SEEMED TO JUST BE ROLLING SLOWLY SO I HIT THE GAS TO ACCELERATE AND THE CAR DID NOTHING NO ACCELERATION. I PULLED THE CAR OVER AND SHUT IT OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON AND THE ERROR WAS GONE AND THE CAR DROVE NORMALLY. THESE ERRORS SCARED ME AS I DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MY SMALL KIDS AND IF IT HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY I AM CERTAIN A CAR SUDDENLY LOSING ACCELERATION IN HIGHWAY TRAFFIC COULD LEAD TO A CRASH/TRAGEDY. I TOOK THE CAR IN TO A LOCAL FORD DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE DIAGNOSTICS DID NOT SHOW ANYTHING HOWEVER THROUGH THEIR RESEARCH THEY DETERMINED THAT A SOFTWARE UPGRADE MIGHT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. WHY IS THIS NOT A RECALL? I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY I THE CUSTOMER AM HELD RESPONSIBLE TO PAY FOR THE LABOR FOR A SOFTWARE UPGRADE. IF THERE IS DOCUMENTATION TO SUPPORT THAT A SOFTWARE UPGRADE CAN RESOLVE THESE ISSUES AND KEEP THE CUSTOMER SAFE SHOULD A RECALL NOT BE ISSUED TO HELP PREVENT A CUSTOMER LOSING POWER TO THEIR CAR AND MAYBE RESULTING IN A CRASH. I THINK THIS WARRANTS AN INVESTIGATION. I HOPE I CAN AT LEAST PUT THE WORD OUT THERE TO OTHER FORD OWNERS TO RAISE AWARENESS AND HOPEFULLY GAIN A RECALL SO THAT NO ONE IS INJURED AS A RESULT OF THIS.