2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

2010 FORD FUSION. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY RECALL REPAIRS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HER SON'S VEHICLE BROKE DOWN AND HAD TO BE TOWED. THE PROBLEM, WAS WITH A PART THAT HAD BEEN RECALLED. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE NEVER RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION REGARDING A RECALL. *JB

SUSPECTED CRACK IN FUEL TANK DUE TO SMELL OF GASOLINE UNDER CAR CONTINUOUS SINCE SUMMER OF 2015, PLUS CLUTCH REGULARLY SLIPS NOW ALSO AS THOUGH PROBLEM IN TRANSMISSION.

WHILE IN MOTION, AT 40 MPH, THE FRONT PANEL ERROR MESSAGES, "SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW" & "SERVICE ADVANCETRAC" DISPLAYED. I FORTUNATELY AVOIDED TRAFFIC AND PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT OFF A MAJOR ROADWAY IN THE CITY OF SUWANEE, GEORGIA. ALL POWER STEERING WAS LOST. THIS SEEMS TO FALL UNDER THE FOLLOWING PRELIMINARY EVALUATION #PE14030.

I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT WHEN I REALIZED I WASN'T ABLE TO TURN MY STEERING WHEEL. I SAW THE ALERT MESSAGE "POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT." I PULLED BACK INTO MY PARKING SPOT, RESTARTED MY CAR, AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE AND USE THE STEERING WHEEL JUST FINE. THIS HAS ACTUALLY HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE WHEN STARTING MY CAR BUT I THOUGHT MY CAR JUST NEEDED TO 'WARM UP.' THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME IT DIDN'T WORK AFTER WAITING A FEW MOMENTS. I RESEARCHED OTHER COMPLAINTS ONLINE AND I'M SEEING THAT THIS ISSUE HAS HAPPENED TO OTHER FORD FUSION 2010 OWNERS WHILE THEY WERE DRIVING, AND MANY OF THE CASES RESULTED IN ACCIDENTS. ALSO, ISSUE WITH IMPAIRED LUG NUTS. SOME CAR SHOPS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO ROTATE MY TIRES BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T GET THEM OFF.

WHILE DRIVING THE SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW LIGHT AND THE ADVANCE TRAC LIGHT CAME ON. CAR GOT HARD TO STEER. CAME TO A STOP AND HAD NO POWER STEERING. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO THIS CAR.

WHILE DRIVING THE SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW AND THE ADVANCE TRAC LIGHT CAME ON. CAR BECAME HARD TO STEER. PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT, TURNED OFF THE CAR AND RESTARTED. COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST.

PULLED VEHICLE INTO MY DRIVEWAY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AFTER NORMAL OPERATION AND TURNED IT OFF. AFTER 5 MINUTES WENT TO MOVE VEHICLE. TURNED KEY TO START AND POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT MESSAGE APPEARED. STEERING WHEEL WAS VERY HARD TO TURN SO VEHICLE WASN'T MOVED. TRIED TO MOVE AGAIN 15 MINUTES LATER BUT STILL NO POWER STEERING. VEHICLE STAYED IN DRIVEWAY OVERNIGHT. MONDAY MORNING, VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND STEERING WAS BACK TO NORMAL. AFTER 3 WEEKS, PROBLEM HAS NOT HAPPENED AGAIN. CONTACTED A FORD DEALER AND 2 PRIVATE SHOPS, ALL TELL ME THERE IS NO CODE RETAINED FOR THIS ISSUE AND IT WOULD HAVE TO BE DIAGNOSED WITH THE PROBLEM ACTUALLY HAPPENING. ALSO CONTACTED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE. THE REP SAID SHE WOULD RECORD MY INFO BUT COULD NOT PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO A CONCRETE GUARD RAIL. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V340000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,000.

THE EPS SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS AT SPEEDS THAT COULD RESULT IN DANGEROUS ACCIDENTS. I WAS TRAVELING AT 40 MPH AND THE STEERING LOCKED UP. MESSAGE CENTER STATED CLEARLY THAT THE POWER STEERING NEEDS SERVICE NOW. THE STEERING WAS MANUAL AT THIS POINT, SO I TRIED HARD TO PULL IT OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND GET OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC. I THEN HAD IT TOWED TO MY REPAIR SHOP. THIS IS GOING TO COST $1000'S OF DOLLARS! THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM THAT COULD CAUSE MAJOR ACCIDENTS.

AS I WAS DRIVING THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKIN. AND COULDNT TURN THE WHEEL. WHILE I HAD MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR. ALSO THE GAS TANK WHENEVER I GET GAS THE CAR SHAKES & WHEN I TURN THE CAR ON AFTER THE GAS IS DONE, THE CAR STALLS & HAVE TO RESTART IT TWICE BEFORE IT STAYS ON