NHTSA Complaint #11115038 — 2015 FORD FUSION

RECALL NUMBER:18S20 NHTSA RECALL NUMBER:18V471 ON JULY 20,2018 APPROXIMATELY 3:45AM I PULLED IN A PARKING LOT I PUT MY CAR IN PARK AND WENT TO GET OUT OF MY VEHICLE AND MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS ALMOST RUNNING OVER MY FOOT AS I WAS EXITING MY VEHICLE , I IMMEDIATELY JUMPED BACK INSIDE TERRIFIED AND HELD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE WHILE HAVING AN PANIC ATTACK. I SAT FOR HOURS HOLDING MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE BECAUSE I COULDN'T BREATHE AND COULDN'T THINK WHEN I FINALLY COULD CATCH MY BREATH AFTER SEVERAL PHONE CALL ATTEMPTS I FINALLY GOT A RELATIVE ON THE PHONE AND ASKED WHAT TO DO, THEY SUGGESTED PUTTING MY EMERGENCY BRAKE ON UNTIL I COULD CONTACT MY DEALERSHIP WHICH DIDN'T OPEN UNTIL 9:30AM. AFTER TESTING I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL SAYING THE BUSHINGS THAT ATTACH THE SHIFTER CABLE TO THE TRANSMISSION HAD DETACHED FROM THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO BE IN PARK BUT STUCK IN REVERSE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL BACKWARDS WITHOUT ME KNOWING BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IN PARK AND THERE'S NO SIGN OF ME KNOWING IT'S STUCK IN REVERSE EXCEPT WHEN IT STARTED TO ROLL AWAY AND ALMOST OVER ME AS I WAS GETTING OUT. THIS HAS BEEN SUCH AN BIG INCONVENIENCE FOR ME THIS HAS CAUSED ME TO MISS WORK FROM 7/20/2018-7/24/2018 BECAUSE I HAD NO TRANSPORTATION TO WORK (MY COMMUTE TO WORK IS 1.5 HOURS), MY SON WAS NOT ABLE TO GO TO CHILDCARE,ECT. AND FORD HAS OFFERED ME NO HELP BECAUSE THEY SAY THE REPLACEMENT BUSHINGS AREN'T EVEN IN PRODUCTION YET. FORD IS TELLING ME THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO BECAUSE THE RECALL IS NOT ACTIVE YET SO NOW I HAVE TO LOSE MY JOB, ONLY INCOME, MY BILLS HAVE BECOME DELINQUENT DUE TO ME NOT HAVING TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM WORK THIS IS NOT RIGHT AND FORD SHOULD NOT TREAT CUSTOMERS THIS WAY AND SHOULD ACCOMMODATE ME UNTIL THEY FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION THIS RECALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN HANDLED IN A MORE TIMELY MANNER IM PAYING MONEY FOR A CAR AND I HAVE NO TRANSPORTATION.