2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V384000 (AIR BAGS). THE DEALER (FREMONT FORD, 885 HAGERTY DR, FREMONT, OH 43420, 800-354-2220) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

THE POWER STEERING ON THE FORD FUSION 2010 WENT OUT AND WHILE PARKED AND THE STEERING WAS LOCKED. THE STEERING WHEEL STOPPED MOVING TOTALLY. THEN IT CAME BACK FOR A LITTLE AND WENT OUT AGAIN.

I TURNED MY CAR ON AND I WAS UNABLE TO MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL AT ALL, NOTIFICATION LIT UP STATING "POWER STEERING FAULT". I HAD THE POWER STEERING FLUID CHECKED AND IT WAS NOT THE ISSUE. AFTER DOING RESEARCH I FOUND THAT THIS IS YET AGAIN ANOTHER ISSUE WITH 2010 FORD FUSIONS AND HAS HAPPENED TO MANY PEOPLE. IF THIS HAPPENED ON THE ROAD I WOULD BE UNABLE TO CONTROL MY VEHICLE MOST LIKELY RESULTING IN CRASH. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED ASAP

I WAS DRIVING HOME AT NIGHT AND ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH AFTER SLOWING FROM 45 MPH. AS I ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE SERVICE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON MY DASHBOARD AND I FOUND MYSELF TRYING TO PILOT THE CAR WITH WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. THIS TURNED OUT TO BE DIFFICULT TO SAY THE LEAST AND WAS ONLY MADE MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE I HAD LITTLE TIME TO REGISTER WHAT WAS HAPPENING. THE ROADS WERE ICY AND THERE WAS A CAR DIRECTLY BEHIND ME SO STOPPING WOULD LIKELY HAVE RESULTED IT AN ACCIDENT; I FORCED THE WHEEL BUT EVEN THEN I ENDED UP IN THE ONCOMING LANE AND HAD TO STRUGGLE TO GET BACK INTO THE RIGHT LANE. THANKFULLY THERE WAS NO ONE IN THE ONCOMING LANE OR AN ACCIDENT LIKELY WOULD HAVE OCCURRED AND THANKFULLY THAT TURN WAS INTO MY NEIGHBORHOOD SO I HAD NO FURTHER TURNS TO MAKE. THE NEXT MORNING THE POWER STEERING WAS STILL OUT AND THE CAR IS EFFECTIVELY USELESS TO ME IN THIS STATE. I DO NOT HAVE $1800 TO PURCHASE A REPLACEMENT PART, ESPECIALLY NOT WHEN THAT PART WILL LIKELY HAVE TO BE REPLACED IN THE NEAR FUTURE. I CAN'T SELL THE CAR TO ANYONE LIKE THIS AND I CAN'T AFFORD A NEW ONE SO I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO AT THIS POINT. IT'S DISSAPPOINTING THAT THIS SAME PART WAS RECALLED FOR SUBSEQUENT MODELS BUT NOT FOR THE 2010 MODEL; I HOPE THERE IS SOME JUSTIFICATION FOR NOT RECALLING THE PART AND LIVES AREN'T BEING PUT AT RISK AS A RESULT OF INCOMPETENCE, CORRUPTION, OR NEGLIGENCE BUT I AM A CYNICAL MAN. FIX THIS

HAD TIRES ROTATED AND ONE DAY LATER GOT A FLAT TIRE AND STEERING BECAME VERY HARD WHILE DRIVING THE CAR. "SERVICE STEERING NOW" ILLUMINATED ON DASH. THEN HAD THE TIRE REPLACED AND STILL HAD THE STEERING PROBLEMWITH STEERING. SERVICE STEERING NOW IS STILL SHOWING UP.

MY POWER STEERING AND MY BRAKE ASSIST ON MY CAR WENT OUT AS I WAS DRIVING AND LOCKED UP MY STEERING SYSTEM WHICH CAUSED ME TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT... IT IS SAID THAT IT'S A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE BY ANOTHER PERSON WHO HAS THE SAME YEAR AND MODEL.... I DIDNT KNOW WHO TO CONTACT SO I TRIED THIS WAY...

THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE. I CAN ONLY OPEN IT BY ROLLING THE WINDOW DOWN AND GRABBING THE HANDLE ON THE OUTSIDE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE DISCUSSED WITH FORD AND THEY ARE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT IT/WILL NOT FIX IT FREE OF CHARGE. I SEE ONLINE WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE WITH THE FORD FUSION, PLUS OTHER FORD CARS. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BEFORE AN ACCIDENT OCCURS.

THE POWER STEERING MODULE IS BROKEN ON MY VEHICLE. THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE NOW FOR A FEW YEARS. THERE IS AND HAS BEEN AN OPEN RECALL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM FOR 2011 AND NEWER VEHICLE. THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH MY YEAR MAKE AND MODEL OF MY VEHICLE AND APPARENTLY MANY OTHERS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM COULD CAUSE ACCIDENTS EVEN DEATH. IF THIS IS NOT FIXED ON 2010 VEHICLES AS WELL. I WILL BE TAKING MATTERS TO A LAWYER. THIS IS UNSAFE. I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE WHEN IT WENT OUT AND ALMOST CRASHED MY CAR

16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS BACKING OUR 2010 FORD FUSION SE FROM THE GARAGE DOWN THE DRIVEWAY WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS SUDDENLY UNABLE TO BE TURNED AND THE MESSAGE "STEERING ASSIST FAULT" APPEARED ON THE DASH. SHE WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE, TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF THEN RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE FAULT CLEARED AND THE STEERING WAS AGAIN NORMAL. OBVIOUSLY, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THIS FAULT OCCURRING AGAIN WHILE ONE OF MY DAUGHTERS ARE TRAVELLING AT SPEED. THIS APPEARS TO BE THE PROBLEM WITH THE EPAS SYSTEM THAT RESULTED IN RECALLS FOR 2011 AND NEWER FUSIONS, BUT THE 2010 MODEL WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. OBVIOUSLY, I WILL NEED TO GET THIS CHECKED OUT AT THE DEALER, BUT SUSPECT IT WILL RESULT IN THE DIAGNOSIS THAT THE POWER STEERING UNIT WILL REQUIRE REPLACEMENT.

TAKATA INFLATORS. I HAVE TRIED 4 TIMES OVER PAST 3 YEARS TO GET MY AIR BAGS REPLACED BUT EVERY TIME THE DEALERS SAY THAT THE AIR BAGS ARE NOT AVAILABLE AND TO CALL BACK IN SEVERAL WEEKS OR MONTHS.