NHTSA Complaint #11280746 — 2015 FORD F-150

DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE 75 MPH WHEN THE HILLSIDE ASSIST LIGHT TURNED ON THE DASH ALONG WITH OTHER WARNING LIGHTS AND IMMEDIATELY LOST ALL POWER TO THE ENGINE REQUIRING A PULL OFF TO SHOULDER. SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTED WITH NO PROBLEM, ACCELERATED BACK TO SPEED AND WITHIN A FEW MILES THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND LOST ALL POWER. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL MORE TIMES WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LOCATE A LOCAL FORD DEALER. WHILE WAITING AT THE DEALER I SEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND NUMEROUS OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE ATTRIBUTED TO A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY (SEE ATTACHED SCREENSHOT). AFTER BRINGING UP THE FREQUENCY OF THIS ISSUE WITH THE DEALER, I WAS TOLD THERE IS A TSB FROM FORD BUT NO ECONOMIC RELIEF FOR THE $675 BILL SINCE THERE WAS NOT A RECALL. THE DEALER STATED THERE WAS NOT A RECALL BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. I RESPONDED THAT DRIVING 75MPH ON A BUSY URBAN INTERSTATE, LOSING ALL POWER, AND BEING FORCED TO FIND A SHOULDER IMMEDIATELY IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AS ONE FRANTICALLY TRIES TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS HAPPENING AND SEARCHING FOR A WAY OUT OF TRAFFIC.