NHTSA Complaint #11547335 — 2019 FORD ECOSPORT

The engine in my Ford Ecosport lost oil pressure. I was driving on the expressway away from home. All of a sudden my car started shaking and then it started slowing down. It slowed down more and more until the low oil pressure light came on. Luckily for me I was close to an exit so I worked my way slowly to the exit, which had an oil change shop near. At the shop where I get regular oil changes, they told me that my filter had no oil on it. There was gas in my oil. It ran out like water. At the repair shop, they told me that the engine would start, get pressure and then suddenly loose all the oil pressure. They said the only way to fix the problem is to get a new engine for $7,000. I am a college student. I bought a newer car less than one year ago and have been paying a payment of $350 so I wouldn't break down during my transit from school to home to work. The Ford dealership told me that now my car is only worth $5,600 instead of the $17,000 that I owe. I can't get a new car because that much negative equity won't transfer to a new car. If I go get the new engine that engine is going to have the same problem because Ford hasn't fixed the problem. I serviced my car with regular oil changes. I feel that Ford should stand behind their products and make this right. I have no car to get to school or work now. I have a payment of $350. I feel like this is a Lemon car and if Ford won't fix it on their own that a recall should happen to fix a product that could have made me walk on the busy expressway in bad weather, the middle of the night, etc. I'm a young female!!