2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

WHEEL STUDS HAVE BROKEN WHILE BEING SERVICED BY FORD, THEY HAVE BROKEN OFF WHEN I'VE REMOVED THE WHEELS, THEY HAVE BROKEN OFF WHEN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOPS HAVE REMOVED THE WHEELS. FORD COVERED THIS UNDER 11S23 (NHTSA 11V574000). HOWEVER, MY VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED DURING THE DATES SPECIFIED BY FORD, HAS THE WHEELS WHICH EXHIBIT THE PROBLEM, AND HAS EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM MULTIPLE TIMES. FORD SAYS MY VIN DOES NOT MATCH ONE OF THE RECALLED VEHICLES. I HAVE PAID TO HAVE THE WHEEL STUDS REPLACED, ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS.

WHEEL STUDS BREAK OFF. THE WHEEL STUDS HAVE BROKEN OFF MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE BEING TORQUED DOWN AT THE DEALERSHIP. THEY HAVE BROKEN OFF WHEN I'VE REPLACED A TIRE, THEY HAVE BROKEN OFF WHEN OTHER REPAIR SHOPS HAVE WORKED ON THEM. I HAVE ALREADY HAD THEM REPLACED TWICE, AND NEED TO HAVE THEM REPLACED A THIRD TIME.

THE BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE LOCAL FOR DEALER AND THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS, OBVIOUSLY PADS AD ROTORS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL GOING TO THE FLOOR WHILE BRAKING. I DID RESEARCH AND TESTING ON THE CAR AND FOUND THE CAUSE OF THE ISSUE. THE CAUSE IS A FAILED ABS PUMP. APPARENTLY THIS IS A WELL KNOWN FAILURE IN FORD FUSIONS AND CAN AND DOES CAUSE COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKING LEADING TO ACCIDENTS. THE ABS SYSTEM THAT FORD DESIGNED AND INSTALLED IN THE FUSION HAS A MAJOR SAFETY DEFECT, IN THAT IF THE ABS PUMP HAS AN INTERNAL LEAK THEN WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED THE BRAKE FLUID IS ALLOWED TO FLOW PASSED THE ABS PUMP, ALLOWING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO GO TO THE FLOOR. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR BAKING IS LIMITED OR NON EXISTENT. PLEASE DO AN INTERNET SEARCH AND YOU WILL SEE THAT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE THAT FORD HAS NOT ADDRESSED AND HAS NOT TRAINED IT TECHNICIANS TO IDENTIFY. MY CHILDREN DRIVE THIS CAR AND I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS ISSUE BY DRIVING THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE AIRBAG RECALL. PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS ISSUE

AFTER GETTING OFF OF THE INTERSTATE AND HEADING TO DINNER WITH MY GIRLFRIEND, EVERYTHING WAS OKAY AND RUNNING SMOOTH. WHILE HEADING BACK HOME, THE "SERVICE ADVANCTRAC" AND "SERVICE POWER STEERING" LIGHTS COME ON UNEXPECTEDLY. SO, I PULL OVER, TURN OFF THE CAR AND TURN IT BACK ON. THIS SOLVED NOTHING, FURTHERMORE IT MADE THE ISSUE EVEN WORSE. SIMPLY SEARCH "2010 FORD FUSION" ON GOOGLE AND YOU'LL SEE MANY STORIES JUST LIKE MINE IN A MATTER OF A FEW SCROLLS. THE WORST PART OF THIS WHOLE THING ISN'T EVEN THE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS THAT MUST BE PUT INTO THE REPAIR. IF MY POWER STEERING WOULD HAVE WENT OUT WHILE I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE, I WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY TO TELL MY STORY. SO, WHAT'S IT WORTH TO YOU, FORD? IS MY LIFE WORTH THE $1,500 TO YOU OR WILL YOU LET THIS CONTINUE TO HAPPEN UNTIL A LIFE IS TAKEN?... BUT THAT QUESTION MIGHT UNFORTUNATELY BE TOO LATE.

I HAVE HAD MY POWER STEERING REPLACED B4 AT FORD OF VENTURA THEY TOOK ABOUT 2 MONTHS TO FIND THE CORRECT ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING RACK FOR MY VEHICLE NOW THE POWER STEERING RACK IS OUT AGAIN AND THEY REFUSE TO FIX IT BECAUSE I FILED WITH THE BETER BUISNES BUREAL ABOUT RECENTLY BEING OVERCHARGED FOR A IGNITION SWITCH I WOULD LIKE MY POWER STEERING TO WORK CAN IT PLEASE B REPLACED!?

THE STEERING LOCKED UP AND WAS AN INDICATOR THAT THE STEERING NEEDED TO BE SERVICED NOW! SO CANT STEER THE VEHICLE. I WAS AT WORK TO LEAVE AND COULDN'T MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL. I HAD ALL I COULD TO MOVE IT OUT OF THE WAY. VERY DANGEROUS NEEDLESS TO SAY.

TAKATA RECALL BRAKES COMPLETELY WENT OUT. NO PRESSURE IN THE PEDAL. IF IT WASN'T FOR THE EMERGENCY BRAKE I WOULD OF HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH AND IT HAS SHOWED MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ON GOING ISSUES WITH THE BREAKS IN THE FUSIONS AND MILAN'S.

WHILE DRIVING NORMALLY ON ANY TYPE OF ROAD AND COMING TO A STOP WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, PEDAL WILL SOFTLY GO TO THE FLOOR ALL THE WAY AND CAR WILL NOT STOP UNLESS PUMPED A FEW TIMES. THIS STARTED HAPPENING AFTER A MONTH WHEN I BOUGHT THIS CAR FROM LANG AUTOS IN LYNNWOOD, WASHINGTON. FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED WHEN I HAD TO STOP ABRUPTLY AND THERE WAS GRAVEL ON THE ROAD WHICH ENGAGED ABS. AS SOON AS ABS WAS ENGAGED BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND MY CAR HARDLY STOPPED CAUSING ME TO RUN A RED LIGHT. I WAS ALMOST ABOUT TO RUN INTO A PEDESTRIAN. THIS IS A PERMANENT ISSUE AND I HAVE HAD ROTORS BRAKE PADS CALIPERS CHECKED. I HAVE ALSO HAD THE BRAKES BLED AND TESTED FOR ANY LEAKS. IT CAME OUT NEGATIVE. MASTER CYLINDER WORKS FINE AND THERE IS NO LEAKS IN BRAKE LINE. NO LEAKS IN ANY JOINTS THAT CONNECTS TO MASTER CYLINDER AND ABS MODULE. I HAVE HAD MY CAR TESTED AND SEEMS LIKE THE ISSUE COMES FROM ABS MODULE/CONTROLLER THAT MIGHT NEED A REPLACEMENT. IT IS A VERY COSTLY PART PLUS LABOR COSTS ARE HUGE. ON TOP OF THAT I HAVE ALREADY SPENT HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS IN DIAGNOSING CAUSE AND REPLACING PARTS THAT ARE NOT RELATED TO ACTUAL COST.

THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING WENT OUT WHEN PULLING IN TO A PARKING LOT RESTAURANT WITH NO WARNING. AS THE VEHICLE WAS SLOWING DOWN AND THE TURN WAS ALREADY MADE OFF THE HIGHWAY, THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING. PARKED THE CAR ATE AND CAME BACK OUT TO SEE IF THE PROBLEM WAS JUST A RANDOM ISSUE, IT WAS NOT. THANKFULLY THE PARKING LOT WAS EMPTY AS IT COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT.

ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM (ABS) HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT IS FAILING. I HAVE READ MULTIPLE REPORTS OF OTHERS AND THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED. CAUSES BREAKS TO GET SPONGY AFTER A SMALL SLIDE ON THE ROAD. I WAS ON MY ROAD, SLID ON ICE ABOUT 3 FEET AND AFTER THAT THE BREAKS WENT SPONGY.