What 1,455 owners told NHTSA about the 2016 Ford Fusion Hev

I WAS DRIVING SLOWLY UP A SMALL SLIGHT HILL, MADE A RIGHT TURN, THEN ANOTHER QUICK RIGHT TURN TO DRIVE STRAIGHT INTO A PARKING SPOT LOCATED IN A CONDO PARKING LOT AND TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS TO PUT IT ON THE BRAKE. I WAS PROBABLY GOING 2 TO 3 MPH. A PERSON COULD HAVE OUTWALKED THE CAR. SUDDENLY THE CAR SEEMED TO HAVE A MIND OF ITS OWN AND LURCHED FORWARD. I PRESSED DOWN HARDER ON THE BRAKE, BUT IT DIDN'T STOP. IN ADDITION TO GOING FORWARD, THE CAR ALSO WENT ON A SLIGHT ANGLE TO THE RIGHT. AT SOME POINT I MUST HAVE PUT THE CAR INTO PARK, BECAUSE WHEN I WENT TO BACK UP AFTER HITTING A FIRE HYDRANT, THE CAR WAS IN PARK. THE FIRE HYDRANT WAS LOCATED IN A PLANT AREA LOWER THAN THE PARKING SPOT SURROUNDED BY A CURB. I AM UNSURE IF I ACCIDENTALLY PUT MY FOOT BACK ON THE GAS, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IS VERY UNLIKELY. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND THE MOTION FROM THE GAS TO THE BRAKE IS A HABIT. I HAVE RESEARCHED THE WEB AND THERE ARE REPORTS FROM OTHERS THAT FORD FUSIONS HAVE LUNGED FORWARD WHEN TAKING THEIR FOOT OFF THE GAS AND PUTTING ON THE BRAKE. I WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE CAR AND THE ONLY ONE INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT AND I WAS NOT INJURED. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES.

NHTSA ODI 11061639

INSERTING KEY INTO IGNITION FUEL PUMP WOULD KICK ON OCCASIONALLY, THE DOORS WOULDN'T ALWAYS UNLOCK UPON SHUTTING CAR OFF, DASH AND RADIO DELAYED COMING ON AT TIMES UPON STARTING, UNLOCKING DOORS WITH KEY FOB THERE WOULD BE STATIC COMING FROM BACK SPEAKERS, KEYLESS ENTRY WOULD UNLOCK BUT NOT ALWAYS RELOCK, A FEW TIMES THE KEY WOULDN'T START CAR THERE WOULD BE NO REACTION AT TURNING OVER, DASH WOULD LIGHT UP AT TIMES WHEN NO KEY WAS IN IGNITION AND CAR LOCKED, HEATER WOULD BLOW HOT AIR THEN TURN TO COLD AS IF A/C WAS ON, ONE DAY BATTERY WAS DEAD AND HAD TO JUMP IT NOTHING WAS LEFT ON AND CAR WAS LOCKED.

NHTSA ODI 10861936