2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

I PARKED MY CAR ON A SLIGHT INCLINE. I GOT OUT, LIKE I HAVE DONE MANY TIMES, PUT MY CAR IN PARK. I LEFT THE ENGINE RUNNING AND WAS OUT GETTING MY DOG SOME WATER, PLACED THE WATER ON THE DECK AND TURNED TO GET IN MY CAR, I HEARD THIS POP OF A SOUND AND MY CAR STARTED ROLLING BACKWARD. IT STAYED ON THIS GOOD ROAD I HAD INTO MY GARDEN, GOING BACKWARD, I TRIED TO GET IN THE CAR AND STOP IT, BUT THE ANGLE OF ENTRY AND SPEED KEPT ME FROM DOING THAT. IT THEN TOOK A PATH OFF THE ROAD AND I WATCHED AS IT VANISHED INTO A GULLY, ABOUT 8 TO 12 FEET DEEP. IT COST ME APPROX $3800.00 TO REPAIR, PLUS RENTAL, PLUS WRECKER, PLUS CHECKING THE UNDER BODY AND TIRES, WHEELS. I WAS TOLD THAT THE GEARS HAD JUMPED LOOSE. IT WAS A HORROR SHOW, PLUS COSTLY, AND I WAS VERY LUCKY THAT IT WENT IN THE GULLY, INSTEAD OF THE YARD NEXT TO MY PROPERTY WHERE THREE KIDS WERE PLAYING. I HAVE HEARD OTHER SIMILAR STORIES, WHAT HAS OR IS BEING DONE TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM?

VEHICLE RECEIVED UPDATED SOFTWARE IN 2010 FOR THE TRANSMISSION VIA THE RECALL. CONTINUED WITH THE SAME PROBLEM OF SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE AND AT HIGHER SPEEDS THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. TOOK IT TO THREE SEPARATE DEALERS AND FINALLY THEY DID A VISUAL AND DISCOVERED THE TRANSMISSION WAS FRIED!!!! THERE WEREN'T ANY CODES OFF AT THE TIME EITHER. HAD TO GET A NEW TRANSMISSION IN 2011. PROBLEM STILL WAS OCCURRING, BUT NOT AS SEVERE. PROBLEM NOW IS IT'S GETTING WORSE AGAIN. TOOK IN CAR AGAIN AND WAS CHARGED 100 DOLLARS FOR A THEM TO CHECK IT AND NO CODES AND THEY SAY NO PROBLEM. I DO HAVE A PROBLEM. IT'S AN INTERMITTENT THING THAT I CAN'T DUPLICATE SPOT ON ALL OF THE TIME. I'M FRUSTRATED AND SCARED TO DRIVE THIS THING. ON TOP OF THAT THE DEALER HAS HAD THE CAR FOR 5 DAYS WITHOUT A RENTAL. FRUSTRATED THAT THEY RECALLED THE CAR FOR THE PROBLEM, BUT WITH THE SAME PROBLEM THEY CHARGE ME FOR LOOKING AT IT. SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GET A NEW TRANSMISSION EVERY 30,000 MILES. PLEASE ADVISE ON WHO TO CONTACT TO GET THIS RESOLVED. *TR

NOTICED FUEL SMELL AND FUEL ON GROUND AFTER FILLING UP CAR. TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY CHECKED UNDER THE CAR AND SAID THE GAS TANK MAY HAVE A CRACK ON THE TOP. SUGGESTED TO ONLY FILL UP HALF WAY AND TANK SHOULD NOT LEAK. WE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH FORD AND ARE WAITING FOR REPLY. *TR

THE CAR RAN OK THIS MORNING. I DROVE FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES WITHOUT ISSUES. THEN I SAW A MESSAGE INDICATING "SERVICE ADVANCETRAC" ON THE CONSOLE AND IT WENT OFF BY ITSELF A FEW SECONDS LATER. THE SAME INDICATOR CAME BACK AGAIN AND STAYED ON FOR SOME TIME. I RESET THE INDICATOR AND KEPT DRIVING. I DID NOT NOTICE ANY ISSUES WITH DRIVING THEN. ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER, THE CONSOLE READ "POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT" AND RIGHT AWAY THE STEERING GOT VERY TIGHT. STEERING WAS OK UNTIL THEN. I DO NOT RECALL THE "POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT" INDICATOR GOING OFF WITH A TURN AS SUCH. IT WAS ON A STRAIGHT ROAD. I PULLED OVER AND KILLED THE ENGINE POWER, OPENED THE DOOR AND STARTED THE ENGINE UP AGAIN IN ABOUT 5 SECONDS. THE INDICATOR WAS GONE AND THE STEERING WAS NORMAL. I STARTED DRIVING AND WHEN I MADE A LEFT TURN, THE INDICATOR CAME BACK AGAIN AND STEERING FELT VERY STIFF. WHEN THE STEERING GETS STIFF, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN AND NEEDS A LOT OF MANUAL FORCE TO MAKE ANY TURNS OR MAKE SMALL CHANGES. *TR

JUST AFTER STARTING THE CAR AND PULLING OUT TO DRIVE, THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON....THEN WHILE DRIVING THE ACCELERATION STOPS AND GOES TO 20 MILES PER HOUR OR LESS, THEN KICKS IN AND ACCELERATES AND DOES THE SAME THING AGAIN....I PULL OVER AND TURN OFF THE CAR, START THE CAR AGAIN, THE WRENCH LIGHT GOES OUT THEN THE CAR OPERATES NORMALLY. TOOK IT TO MCFARLAND FORD IN EXETER NH, AFTER READING INFORMATION ABOUT THROTTLE BODY MALFUNCTION. WAS DOING THE EXACT THING EVERYONE ELSE SAID THEIR CAR WAS DOING. WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A RECALL DUE TO THROTTLE BODY AND TO BRING THE CAR IN AT NO COST....COMPANY EXTENDED WARRANTY TO 10 YEARS OR 150,000 MILES. WHILE IT WAS THERE BEING "FIXED", THE MANAGER SAID HE COULDN'T COME UP WITH THE CODE FOR THE THROTTLE BODY, BUT A CODE THAT IS RELATED TO THE THROTTLE BODY CAME UP AND IS ABLE TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY IF ANYTHING RELATED TO THROTTLE BODY COMES UP, SO HE REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. THE MANAGER PROCEEDED TO SAY IF THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES BACK ON, WE WOULD NEED TO BRING IT IN AGAIN BUT THIS TIME IT WILL COST. WELL, THE WRENCH LIGHT JUST CAME BACK ON AGAIN, TWO DAYS AFTER IT WAS "FIXED". *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THAT THE RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO A DEALER TO REPROGRAM THE COMPUTER AND REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V232000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING FAILURE; NEVER WORKED AGAIN. THE CAR MAKES A LOUD POPPING/ CLICKING WHEN TURNING SHARPLY AT LOWER SPEEDS, ESPECIALLY WHEN TURNING RIGHT. *TR

I HAD JUST WENT THRU A GREEN LIGHT AND MY CAR FELT LIKE SOMEONE HAD A ROPE TO THE BACK OF IT AND WAS PULLING ME BACK AS I WAS TRYING TO ACCELERATE. I THEN NOTICED THE WRENCH LIGHT ON. I MADE IT TO WORK AND WHEN I WAS BACKING IN TO MY PARKING SPACE I FELT IT TUG AGAIN. WHEN I GOT INTO WORK, I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM AND THIS IS WHAT I CAME UP WITH. MY CAR BARELY HAS 60,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN A GREAT CAR AND I'M HOPING THIS DOESN'T COST ME ALOT OF MONEY TO FIX. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT APPROX. 55 MPH, WITH CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DEACTIVATED T HE CRUISE CONTROL AND STARTED SLOWING DOWN. WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON, AND IT STOPPED RESPONDING TO PRESSING OF THE ACCELERATOR. I STEERED THE VEHICLE OFF THE INTERSTATE AND ON TO AN EXIT RAMP, WITH BRAKES AND STEERING UNAFFECTED. WHEN I PUT IT IN PARK, THE ENGINE WAS SPUTTERING AND THE CAR SHAKING. AFTER SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTING, THE VEHICLE RAN NORMALLY WITHOUT WARNING LIGHTS. REPAIR SHOP EMPLOYEES SAID IT WAS PROBABLY THE THROTTLE BODY, BUT BECAUSE THE CAR COMPUTER HAD NOT RECORDED THE CODES, THEY WEREN'T SURE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE STEERING SEIZED AND THE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER AND THE POWER STEERING MOTOR WAS REPLACED. ONE YEAR LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DEALER WAS CURRENTLY REPAIRING THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,000. UPDATED 10/7/14*CN UPDATED 3/25/2015 *JS