NHTSA Complaint #11360970 — 2015 FORD F-150

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH (6TH GEAR), VEHICLE SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFTED TO 1ST GEAR. THE ENGINE'S RPMS REVVED AS THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DECELERATE HARD, RESULTING IN THE PASSENGERS EXPERIENCING A SUDDEN JERK OF THEIR NECK AND BODY. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAD NO RESPONSE. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 5 SECONDS I REGAINED RESPONSE FROM THE ACCELERATOR AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO UPSHIFT. A FEW MOMENTS LATER, THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE REPEATED WITH THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTING TO 1ST. THIS REPEATED A THIRD TIME. THE INCIDENT CAUSED SEVERAL NEAR-MISSES AS WE LOST POWER AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND BEGAN A RAPID DECELERATION WITHOUT NOTICE.