NHTSA Complaint #709870 — 1991 MERCURY SABLE

MY CHILDREN AND I WERE ALMOST KILLED RECENTLY WHEN WE WERE DOING 70 MPH ON I-85 AND THE CAR JUST SHUT OFF. I HAD TALKED WITH MECHANICS IN GERMANY WHEN IT DID IT TO MY HUSBAND ON THE AUTOBAHN ONCE COMING FROM FRANKFURT. WE WERE TOLD THE CAR REACHES A CERTAIN TEMPERATURE AND HAS AN AUTOMATIC SHUTOFF. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE READS NORMAL SO WHY WOULD THE CAR SHUT DOWN AT NORMAL TEMPERATURE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY WHEN IT CAN HAPPEN AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS. I WAS LUCKY I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE CAR TO THE SIDE WITH NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES AND COAST TO A STOP. AFTER 30 MINUTES OF SITTING THE CAR WILL START AND GO. IT WILL THEN GET TO THAT TEMPERATURE AND SHUTOFF AGAIN. AFTER THIS HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME IN GERMANY MY HUSBAND AND I NEVER DROVE THE CAR OF THE MILITARY POST BECAUSE WE WERE AFRAID OF AN ACCIDENT. WE RECENTLY HAVE COME BACK TO THE STATES AND HAVE TO DO A LOT OF TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE, THIS IS WHEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I RECENTLY SAW SEGMENT ON DATELINE OR ONE OF THOSE SHOWS WHERE THIS HAD HAPPENED TO A FORD TAURUS AND EVIDENTLY THE PEOPLE WERE KILLED OR INJURED SERIOUSLY. WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO MY SABLE WAS THE SAME THING THIS FORD TAURUS WAS EXPERIENCING. I WOULD APPRECIATE ALL THE HELP IN THE MATTER, AS I CAN'T DRIVE FAR FROM HOME BECAUSE OF THE SERIOUSNESS.