general problems of the 2013 Ford Fusion Hybrid

Accelerator pedal snapped while driving on highway.

While driving 65mph on a back road leaving harris CO. My car started to speed up without me pressing the paddle and when I pushed the brakes I had to push it several times before it would work and slow down the car. It pretty much made us jerk forward when the brakes started to work. I have never had this happen until Wednesday oct. 24, 2018 and don't know who to contact. I had my daughter and niece in the car coming from my son football game. That was scary and I hope it don't happen again.

I was driving 55 mph on a 4 lane divided highway with eco cruise on when the vehicle just started to slow. No error light on the dash other than a brief flicker of the air bag warning light, all electronics, brakes and steering seemed to be working, but the accelerator pedal was very slack and there was no response when I repeatedly floored it. I rolled to the shoulder, turned the vehicle off and then on again, and it seemed to be working ok. It has not happened again in approximately 200 miles of driving, mostly at highway speed. However, it is the kind of event that causes one to worry about the vehicle safety - especially as this vehicle has already had 4 recalls for other types of issues.

My vehicle - from a stopped position - accelerated on its own to 40 mph (rather quickly). However, the gas pedal was not engaging (ie. Depressing). This occurred at lunchtime on 17-Jun-2016. All trouble lights on the dash lit-up. The behavior continued until I shut the vehicle off at the dealer (elder Ford in troy, mi). I was unable to engage the throttle at all; it was essentially ¿dead¿, even though my vehicle was accelerating to 40 mph and maintaining that speed. Braking response was diluted because the car was self-propelling (imagine trying to brake while also applying gas). I took it to the dealer immediately and showed them the videos that I took. I also sent the videos to them. I have been told today that they will be giving the vehicle back without any repairs because they could not replicate the problem. I have the videos in my possession, should NHTSA like to see them. I have had several issues over the last 1. 5 years that I have owned the vehicle. I can send repair records.

Driving at night, freeway with street lights, very light traffic, car on speed control at 65 mph; about 50 to 75 yards in front of vehicle a plastic shopping bag flew across road approximately 2 to 3 feet above road surface, vehicle sensed the bag, speed control slammed brakes hard enough to set off abs system. Same situation happened a few month later except in the daylight, car slowed dramatically for a plastic bag blowing across the road but did not activate abs system. Talked to representatives at two different Ford dealerships but they indicated that they never heard anything like this. Left my name/number but never heard anything back.

While braking using light to medium pressure (and, thus, while the car is using regenerative braking), if I hit a pothole or bump just right, the car will surge forward as if the accelerator was pushed. (and, of course it wasn't. ) the problem is relatively intermittent, but that doesn't mean it is nonexistent. Quite the opposite; it can be recreated as long as the conditions are correct (as described above). Even when you recreate the exact conditions, it is still intermittent (but, again, that doesn't mean nonexistent). Ford has looked at the problem repeatedly and deemed it "unable to recreate. " this is a falsehood; the problem was recreated once with a dealer driving the car. Also, Ford gave me a data recorder unit and, using that, I was able to recreate the problem while the recorder ran. When they retrieved the data, Ford claimed the car "performed as expected. " Ford refused to explain whether that meant the car did not surge or whether it appeared to surge, but the surge appeared to be called for. Ford refused to release the raw "flight recorder" data to me. Ford refuses to further address this problem. Out-of-control surging is a dangerous and serious problem and this problem remains unresolved. I have document every step of the way as I have attempted to resolve this. I attach below a letter I wrote a year ago that both details what I had been through and the problem itself. I would be happy to provide much more. The date I put below is only an approximation. I'm not sure exactly when it started, but it has been going on for years.