2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

DROVE 120+ MILES ON INTERSTATE, PARKED CAR FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES. RESTARTED AND NOTICED WARNING LIGHT ON DASH, LATER DETERMINED IT WAS "ADVANCETRAC" LIGHT. DROVE 2 MILES AT 45 TO 50 MPH, CAR PULLED EXTREMELY HARD TO THE RIGHT. STOPPED AND CUT OFF CAR TO CHECK TIRES, THEY WERE OK BUT NOTICED ON DASH READOUT WAS "SERVICE ADVANCETRAC AND SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW." RESTARTED CAR AND HAD NO POWER STEERING. EXTREMELY HARD TO DRIVE BUT MANAGED TO GET TO FORD DEALERSHIP; THEY SAID THAT THE STEERING GEAR NEEDED REPLACING AT A COST OF $2,249.27. WAS OUT OF TOWN AND COULDN'T LEAVE IT OVER THE WEEKEND SO THEY RESET FAULT CODE AND I DROVE BACK HOME; POWER STEERING WORKED AND NO WARNING LIGHTS OR READOUT ON DASH. *TR

I WAS IN THE PARKING LOT OF A KROGER WHEN I TURNED MY CAR ON. THE "POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT" LIGHT CAME ON AND I DIDN'T HAVE ANY POWER STEERING. TURNED THE CAR OFF. WAITED ABOUT 2 MIN AND STARTED THE CAR AGAIN. THE "POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT" LIGHT CAME BACK ON AND I STILL DIDN'T HAVE POWER STEERING. I PULLED OUT OF MY PARKING SPOT AND MANAGED TO DRIVE IT ABOUT 1/2 MILE TO MY HOUSE. I PARKED THE CAR IN MY GARAGE OVER NIGHT. WENT TO START IT AGAIN ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 31ST AND THE "POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT" CAME BACK ON AGAIN. I STILL DIDN'T HAVE POWER STEERING. IT IS SITTING IN MY GARAGE NOW BECAUSE I WILL NOT RISK MY LIFE OR MY FAMILIES LIFE KNOWING THIS CAR HAS A POWER STEERING ISSUE. CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY OVER $1,500.00 TO HAVE THIS ISSUE FIXED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND JERKED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000. ..UPDATED 12/11/14 * BF

I WAS DRIVING WITH MY DAUGHTER HOME FROM DOCTORS APPOINTMENT WHEN LIGHT CAME ON ABOUT ADVANCE TRAC AND THEN POWER STEERING NEEDS SERVICE. THE CAR WAS DRIVING FINE SO I THOUGHT I WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT IN THE MORNING SINCE IT WAS GOING ON 5P.M. WE STOPPED AT THE DOLLAR STORE ONE BLOCK FROM MY HOUSE AND WHEN WE STARTED THE CAR THE POWER STEERING NOTICE APPEARED AGAIN. I PUT THE CAR IN GEAR AND NOTICED THAT THE WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN EASILY. I MANAGED TO GET THE CAR HOME TO MY DRIVEWAY AND INVESTIGATED THIS PROBLEM ONLINE. I'M NOT PREPARED TO PAY $$$ FOR THIS REPAIR. FORD NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL ON THIS AND REIMBURSE EVERYONE WHO HAS PAID OUT OF POCKET FOR THIS PROBLEM. I AM NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR. *TR

I HAD JUST ADDED AIR TO MY TIRES. I STARTED MY CAR AND WAS PULLING OUT OF THE STATION, MY POWER STEERING SHUT DOWN AS I WAS PULLING OUT. I SHUT THE CAR OFF, RESTARTED AND THE POWER STEERING STILL DID NOT WORK. I BROUGHT IT STRAIGHT TO MOSSY FORD IN MISSIONBAY, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NO RECALL AND IT WOULD COST $1700 TO FIX. *TR

DRIVERS INSIDE DOOR HANDLE BROKE WILL DRIVING. IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE WITHOUT FIRST OPENING THE WINDOW AND THEN OPENING THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE. *TR

I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVE AND THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT LIGHT WENT ON AND I HAD NO POWER STEERING. ON OCTOBER 14,2014 I AGAIN WAS BAKING OUT OF THE DRIVE WHEN THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT LIGHT WENT ON AGAIN. THE LIGHT REMAINED ON AND I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY FORD DEALER SAID THE STEERING EPAS RACK AND THE CE GEAR ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. LUCKILY THIS FAILURE HAPPENED IN MY DRIVE AND NOT ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

PULLED IN THE DRIVEWAY AT WHICH TIME VEHICLE LOST STEERING AND GAVE A FAULT OF "POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT". THE HAD NO POWER STEERING AND RACK AND PINION HAD TO BE REPLACED. VERY UNSAFE! *TR

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FIRST CAME ON 2 WEEKS AGO AND CAR STARTED PULLING HARD TO THE RIGHT SIDE, WHILE SHAKING BAD! TODAY AS I WAS DRIVING TO DEALER DOING 50MPH MY SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW AND ADVANCE TRAC MESSAGE CAME ON. LOST COMPLETE STEERING WHILE ON HIGHWAY WITH BABIES IN CAR! DEALER WILL NOT EVEN LOOK AT IT WITHOUT GETTING PAID FIRST. I GUESS THEY ARE WAITING FOR US TO GET HURT IN THEIR VEHICLE BEFORE ADMITTING TO THEIR FAULT! *TR

I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE INTERSTATE IN THE LEFT LANE WHEN THE CAR BEGAN TO ALARM AND A WARNING MESSAGE APPEARED THAT STATED THERE WAS A POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILURE AND FOR THE VEHICLE TO BE SERVICED. THE STEERING IMMEDIATELY BECAME STIFF AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER THE VEHICLE ACROSS THREE LANES AND ONTO THE SHOULDER. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. I HAD TWO SMALL CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE AND DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. AFTER TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTING THE POWER STEERING RETURNS. THIS WAS THE FOURTH INCIDENT, THE FIRST TWO INCIDENCES WERE WHILE BACKING OUT OF PARKING SPOTS, THIRD INCIDENT WAS WHILE TRAVELING DOWN A TWO LANE ROAD AT 35 MPH. LAST INCIDENT WAS THE SCARIEST DUE TO THE RATE OF SPEED AT WHICH I WAS TRAVELING. DEALERSHIP SAYS THERE ARE NO TROUBLE CODES AND THEY CANNOT SERVICE A VEHICLE WITHOUT A CODE. *TR