2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT DURING A TURN WITH NO WARNING WHAT SO EVER. A LIGHT CAME ON AND THE STEERING HAS BEEN EFFECTED EVER SINCE MAKING IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN THE VEHICLE SAFELY. *TR

JUST MADE IT HOME FROM WORK AND PICKING UP MY SON FROM SCHOOL. I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE, BEGAN BACKING OUT THE DRIVEWAY, WHEN THE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND POWER STEERING WENT OUT SIMULTANEOUSLY. 2010 FUSION UNDER $50K MILES. MY CAR IS AT THE DEALERSHIP NOW. *TR

I WAS DRIVING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN THE RIGHT PASSENGER MIRROR EXPLODED WITH A LOUD BOOM. THE OUTSIDE PORTIONS OF THE MIRROR WERE LYING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD INTACT. THE INTERIOR PLASTIC WAS BLOWN TO SEVERAL PIECES. HAD SOMEONE OR SOMETHING BEEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY CAR, THEY WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN INJURED. THIS IS NOT NORMAL WEAR-AND-TEAR ON A CAR; THIS IS A DEFECT. IT IS APPARENTLY CONNECTED WITH THE DEFROSTING SYSTEM. FORD ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY. *TR

HAD SEVERAL PASSENGERS COMPLAIN THAT THE PASSENGER HEATED SEAT WAS GETTING TOO HOT AND BURNING THEIR REAR END. THEY WOULD HAVE TO TURN IT OFF. THE A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER MY DAUGHTER WENT TO TURN THE HEAT ON HER SEAT AND THE SEAT WOULD NOT TURN ON. THE LIGHT WOULD TURN ON FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN GO RIGHT BACK OFF. WE HAVE CHECKED THE FUSES AND MADE SURE THAT THE SEAT IS PROPERLY PLUGGED IN BUT THE PASSENGER SEAT WILL NOT HEAT. AFTER CHECKING THE COMPLAINTS ON THIS PAGE IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THAT FORD SHOULD DO A RECALL TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. *TR

OUR 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING IN TOWN ON SATURDAY ON OUR ICY ROADS WHEN SUDDENLY THE POWER STEERING FAILED. AS A RELATIVELY NEW DRIVER SHE HAD NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED BUT WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE CAR AND GET IT PARKED. FROM THE DESCRIPTION OF THE SENSORS IT APPEARS TO BE A ELECTRIC POWER ASSISTED STEERING (EPAS) FAILURE. IN LOOKING THROUGH THE INTERNET THIS APPEARS TO BE A RELATIVELY COMMON PROBLEM ON THE FORD FUSIONS OF THIS ERA. *TR

SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NEW THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS OR JUMPS INTO GEAR. THE ENGINE ALSO HESITATES WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS PUSHED AND THEN STARTS TO GO. VISITS TO THREE FORD DEALERSHIPS OVER THE YEARS AND CALLS TO FORD HAVE BEEN USELESS. FORD DEALERS WILL CHARGE FOR REPROGRAMMING OF COMPUTER WHICH DOES NOT FIX THE PROBLEM, THERE IS WHAT FORD CALLS A RECALL BUT THEY WILL ONLY FIX THE PROBLEM IF THE DASH LIGHT COMES ON BECAUSE THEIR OIL CHANGE PEOPLE CAN'T TELL IF THERE IS A PROBLEM UNLESS THE LIGHT COMES ON. FORD HAS GIVEN ME NUMEROUS "WORK TICKETS" BUT THEY ARE UNWILLING TO FIX THE VEHICLE OR DON'T KNOW HOW. I KNOW THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD VEHICLES AFTER SITTING IN DEALERSHIP WAITING ROOMS WITH OTHERS WHO HAVE THE SAME ISSUES. IF YOU OWN A FORD BE CAREFUL WHEN MERGING ONTO A HIGHWAY BECAUSE YOUR VEHICLE MAY NOT GO WHEN YOU WANT IT TO. *TR

THE CAR WHEN I MASH ON THE GAS THE CAR JERKS,AND I GET OF GAS AND THEN GET BACK ON IT WILL GO THEN BUT IT STARTS BACK JERKING,I AM SCARED I AM GOING TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT FROM THAT AND IT IS GETTING WORST. *TR

WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT 50 MPH ON SIDE STREET AND THE POWER STEERING ASSIST LIGHT CAME ON AND LOST ALL POWER STEERING. I AM A BIG MAN AND WAS NOT TO FAR FROM HOME AND WAS ABLE TO MUSCLE IT TO THE DRIVEWAY. IT HAS SAT THERE SINCE. MY WIFE IS SLIGHT IN STATURE AND IF THIS HAD HAPPENED TO HER I HAVE NO DOUBT SHE COULD NOT STEER THE CAR. *TR

MY HEATED SEATS ARE SUPER DEFECTIVE. I HAVE ONLY USED MY HEATED SEATS A HANDFUL OF TIMES. EVERY TIME I TURNED IT ON IT WOULD GET SO HOT IT WAS BURNING MY BUTT, LITERALLY. I EVEN PUT A SEAT COVER ON MY SEAT AND FOLDED A BLANKET 4 TIMES (WHICH MADE 8 LAYERS OF MATERIAL) AND IT WAS SO HOT BURNED ME THROUGH ALL OF THE LAYERS. I KEPT SMELLING A BURNING SMELL, LOOKED AND THERE'S IS A BURN MARK THROUGH THE SEAT, BURNT A WHOLE IN MY SEAT COVER, AND STARTED BURNING MY BLANKET. THAT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS BURN AND OR AN ACCIDENT. AND IT DAMAGED THE LEATHER SEAT, SEAT COVERS, AND A BLANKET WHICH IS ALL MONEY OUT OF MY POCKET. I CANT EVEN USE THE HEATED SEATS NOW BECAUSE I WILL GET BURNED. THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED AND ADDRESSED ASAP. *TR

DRIVER'S SIDE, INSIDE DOOR HANDLE BROKE HAD TO ROLL DOWN WINDOW, REACH OUT AND OPEN USING OUTSIDE HANDLE PART THAT BROKE APPEARS TO BE MADE OUT OF PLASTIC COMMON PROBLEM. *TR