2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

THE CAR GAVE NO WARNING AND AS I PULLED OUT OF GAS STATION THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. I WAS UNABLE TO TURN STEERING WALL AT ALL AND HAD I BEEN IN TRAFFIC I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN ACCIDENT. *TR

POWER STEERING SYSTEM WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN AND IT LOCKED UP. *TR

WE PURCHASED THIS CAR IN 2011 AND IT HAS BEEN FINE UNTIL TODAY. I BROUGHT MY SON HOME FROM SCHOOL THIS AFTERNOON AND DID NOT NOTICE ANY ISSUES WHATSOEVER, BUT A FEW HOURS LATER WHEN WE PULLED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY TO GO TO DINNER THE STEERING WHEEL WAS EXTREMELY STIFF, WE STARTED GETTING PROBLEM NOTIFICATIONS ON THE CONSOLE AND THE ENTIRE DRIVE WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN LIKE WE NEEDED IT TO. THE STEERING WHEEL FOUGHT AGAINST ME THE WHOLE TIME - IT WAS STIFF AND FELT LIKE THE POWER STEERING WAS OUT. IT SOUNDED LIKE ALMOST SCRAPING COMING FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CAR. WHEN WE GOT HOME TO CHECK IT OUT WE REALIZED THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE FIXING THE PROBLEM AS THERE WAS NO RESERVOIR THAT WE COULD FIND, SO WE STARTED GOOGLING TO FIND SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES AND WHAT WAS DONE TO CORRECT IT. EVERYTHING WE HAVE READ SAYS THE SAME THING, AND WE EVENTUALLY WERE LED HERE AFTER READING THAT THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION INTO THIS EXACT PROBLEM. WE ARE EXTREMELY WORRIED AS THIS IS OUR FAMILY CAR AND DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AT THIS POINT. *TR

I STARTED MY FUSION WAS MAKING A TURN OUT OF MY DRIVE WAY AND THE ADVANCE TRAC LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH THEN IN THE MESSAGE CENTER IT SAID SERVICE ADVANCE TRAC AND SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW. I LOST ALL POWER STEERING AND CAR STARTED PULLING HARD TO THE RIGHT. THIS OCCURRED ON THURSDAY I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER THE NEXT MONDAY. NOW COSTING ME $1750 TO REPLACE THE STEERING RACK. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 25-30 MILES PER HOUR AND GOT A FLAT TIRE. I STOPPED THE CAR AND CHANGED THE TIRE, BUT ONCE I STARTED DRIVING THE CAUTION ALARM CAME ON AND STARTED FLASHING THAT THE "ELECTRIC POWER ASSISTED STEERING" MALFUNCTIONED. IT BECAME DIFFICULT TO STEER THE CAR. I ALMOST RAN OFF THE ROAD INTO A DRAINAGE CANAL TRYING TO MAKE A TURN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE POWER STEERING SEIZED, THE SERVICE TRACTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. WHILE STOPPED, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE AND SERVICE ENGINE SOON WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL LINE AND FLAP NEEDED TO BE CLEANED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. IN ADDITION, WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND FAILED TO RESPOND WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE STRUCK A CURB AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,927.

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK LAST NIGHT AND MY CAR SHUT OFF. IT SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND DECELERATED TO A STOP. I READ ONLINE ABOUT THE 13N09 CONSUMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM AND SINCE MY CAR IS EXHIBITING THE SAME SYMPTOMS I DECIDED TO LIMP INTO THE DEALER. IT APPEARS THAT FORD HAS DECIDED TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY ON THESE DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY PARTS BUT FOR SOME REASON MY 2010 FORD FUSION WITH A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY POSITION SENSOR IS NOT COVERED? IF IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE PART IS DEFECTIVE IN THE FORD FUSION THEN SHOULDN'T ALL OF THEM BE COVERED? I DON'T FEEL THAT I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR A FAULTY PART THAT JUST HAPPENS TO ALSO BE A SAFETY ISSUE. FORD NEEDS TO STEP UP AND OWN UP TO THIS ISSUE NOT PROFIT FROM IT. *TR

ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING ASSIST SYSTEM FAILURE. SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW, AND SERVICE ADVANCE TRAC MESSAGE APPEARED IN MESSAGE CENTER, AND CAR BECAME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER. WAS IN EARLY MORNING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, VERY SCARY SITUATION. AS A 195LB MALE IN FAIRLY GOOD PHYSICAL CONDITION, CAR HAD NO POWER STEERING, AND I STRUGGLED TO STEER, NARROWLY AVOIDING COLLIDING WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE WHEN I ATTEMPTED A TURN. WAS NEAR SERVICE CENTER THAT WORKS ON OUR COMPANY TRUCKS, WAS ABLE TO GET IT THERE. TECHNICIAN/SHOP OWNER PUT CAR ON HIS COMPUTER, CLEARED ERROR CODES RELATED TO POWER STEERING, AS HIS DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTER SHOWED NO MALFUNCTION IN POWER STEERING ASSIST SYSTEM. STEERING RETURNED TO NORMAL, I LEFT HIS SHOP, WITH NO REAL STEERING ISSUES....UNTIL 10/28/2014. SAME EXACT THING HAPPENED AGAIN WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE FUSION. MESSAGES APPEARED, POWER ASSIST FAILED, MAKING CAR DIFFICULT TO STEER. RETURNED IT TO SAME SERVICE CENTER, CODES AGAIN CLEARED, STEERING RETURNED TO NORMAL. POWER STEERING ASSIST SYSTEM FAILED AGAIN ON 11/12/2014, WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. MY WIFE, WHO IS BARELY 5 FEET TALL, AND WEIGHS 125LBS, DRIVES THIS VEHICLE OFTEN AS WELL, AND WOULD DEFINITELY NOT BE ABLE TO STEER THE CAR IN THE EVENT THE POWER STEERING FAILED WHILE SHE WAS OPERATING THE CAR. SHE WOULD PROBABLY HURT(IF NOT KILL) HERSELF, AND POSSIBLY OTHERS, AND THIS THOUGHT HORRIFIES ME! IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT FORD HAS ISSUED NO RECALL ON THIS PART, ALTHOUGH I AM FURTHER AWARE OF THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS VERY SIMILAR TO MINE. THE FACT THAT FORD HAS SEEMINGLY "DUG THEIR HEELS IN" AND WILL NOT OWN UP TO MAKING A DEFECTIVE PART, AND THUS FAR HAS SHOWN NO WILLINGNESS TO RIGHT THIS WRONG, TELLS ME THAT THEY HAVE ZERO REGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE! FORD IS APPARENTLY OKAY WITH PUTTING OWNERS OF THEIR VEHICLES WITH THIS PROBLEM AT EXTREME PERIL! FORD SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE! *TR

A DRUNK DRIVER HIT ME TWICE THE CAR WAS TOTALED , RIGHT REAR DAMAGES , LEFT FRONT, AND RIGHT FRONT . I WAS HIT ON THE RIGHT REAR TWICE, HIT A TREE ON THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE THAN SPUN HIT A LOG AND A FENCE AND THAN A LARGE TREE, THE GIRL WAS GOING ABOUT 65 OR 70 MILES A HOUR. *TR