NHTSA Complaint #11006644 — 2017 FORD EXPLORER

I WAS DRIVING ON THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AT 4:00 PM . I WAS TRAVELING IN THE SECOND TRAVEL LANE AT APPROX 68 MPH SURROUNDED BY LOTS OF TRAFFIC AND MANY LARGE SEMI TRAILER TRUCKS. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR STARTED BEEPING AND WHEN I LOOKED AT THE DASH BOARD TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON, IT SAID" TRANSMISSION IS NOT IN PARK" WITHIN SECONDS I LOST ALL POWER. THE SCREEN WENT BLACK AND THE ENGINE HAD DIED . I HAD NO POWER WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL. AS MY CAR WAS SLOWING DOWN I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE BREAKDOWN LANE SAFELY BEFORE THE CAR CAME TO A STOP. I HAD MY DAUGHTER AND YOUNG GRANDDAUGHTER IN THE CAR ALSO. THANK GOOD WE WERE NOT HIT BY ANY CARS OR TRUCKS ON THE TURNPIKE. AFTER SHIFTING TO PARK WHEN THE CAR CAME TO A STOP, THE DASH SAID " STEP ON THE BREAK TO RESTART". LUCKILY THE CAR DID START SO THAT WE WERE NOT STRANDED ON THE TURNPIKE. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND FORD NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS IMMEDIATELY