Complaint 2258435

Complaint Summary

WHEELS

Owner Narrative

I purchased a new [XXX] on XXX from La Mesa Rec Van in [XXX]. The RV is a built on a 2023 Ford Transit Trail 350 chassis, but the vehicle is registered as 2025 as [XXX] completed the conversion to a Class B motorhome in XXX. Upon purchase, it was not disclosed to me by Ford or La Mesa Rec Van in [XXX] that the vehicle was speed limited to 81 mpg. I went to pass a car on a two lane highway when a passing lane opened up. The vehicle I was passing started to accelerate (not sure if it was intentional or not). I realized I was running out of the passing lane and there was a tractor trailer heading my way. I accelerated to get past the car, but once I got to 80mph, I could not go any faster. Luckily the other driver slowed enough that I could get in front of him, and I narrowly avoided a head on [XXX]. Had I known that Ford had governed the van to 81mph, I would not have attempted the pass at that time. Nowhere in the owners manual, documentation or discussions during the sale was it mentioned that the van is speed-rated to 81. For a modern vehicle of today to be governed to 81 mph is ludicrous and dangerous. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

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