NHTSA Complaint #11583899 — 2017 FORD EDGE

EVAP SYSTEM PURGE VALVE PROBLEM AFTER FILLING GAS TANK AND LEAVING STATION, VEHICLE STUTTERING AND STALLED ON ROAD (SAFETY ISSUE). I HAD TO WAIT TO RESTART AND THEN GIVE IT GAS AND BRAKE AT SAME TIME TO GET CAR MOVING. ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED. TOOK VEHICLE TO O'REILLY AUTO PARTS STORE [XXX] FOR DIAGNOSTIC SCAN OF PROBLEM. CODE WAS P1450 UNABLE TO BLEED UP FUEL TANK VACUUM REPAIR CANISTER PURGE VALVE/SOLENOID. TOOK VEHICLE TO FORD DEALERSHIP ON [XXX] WITH INFORMATION ON CODE. FORD CONFIRMED REPAIR WAS REQUIRED. I GOOGLED THE ISSUE AND NOTICED FORD HAS RECALLS FOR THIS PROBLEM AND ASKED IF MY VEHICLE WAS COVERED. FORD SAID "UNFORTUNATELY YOUR VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED", SO I HAD TO PAY FOR REPAIR. NO CHOICE AS THIS PROBLEM IS A DRIVING SAFETY ISSUE. IT APPEARS FROM njtsa.GOV AND OTHER WEBSITES THAT MANY OTHERS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ON THIS VEHICLE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)