2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

THE THROTTLE BODY FAILED CAUSING THE CAR TO LOSE ALL POWER. I MADE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. TURNED THE CAR OFF AND LEFT IT OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES. TURNED THE CAR BACK ON AND IT RAN. I TOOK IT TO A DEALER, WHERE FORD REFUSED TO FIX THE ISSUE EVEN THOUGH THE PART IS UNDER WARRANTY. DROVE THE CAR FOR THREE WEEKS AFTER THAT WHEN IT OCCURRED AGAIN WHILE DRIVING. TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE FORD DEALER WHERE ONCE AGAIN FORD HAS REFUSED TO FIX THE ISSUE. *TR

LETTER FROM CONGRESSWOMAN BONAMICI ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT RE CONCERNS FOR THE DRIVERS OF FORD VEHICLES WHO MAY EXPERIENCE A FAILURE IN THE THROTTLE BODY RESULTING IN DECREASED SPEED DOWN TO 5 MPH. (ATTN: JOYCE FLEMING). *SMD THE LETTER THE CONSUMER RECEIVED, STATED A MALFUNCTION MAY OCCUR, DUE TO POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF THE INTERNAL MOTOR CONTACTS IN THE THROTTLE BODY RESULTING IN REDUCED VEHICLE SPEED. *JB

I WAS GOING AROUND A TURN AND MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND I COULD NOT TURN MY WHEEL RIGHT OR LEFT. LUCKILY I WAS NEAR A PARKING LOT WHERE I DRIFTED INTO AND CALLED AAA. MY CAR HAD TO GET TOWED AND WAS NOT DRIVABLE. I HAD NO PRIOR WARNINGS BEFORE MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. *TR

I WAS GOING AROUND A TURN AND MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND I COULD NOT TURN IT LEFT OR RIGHT. I LUCKILY WAS NEAR A PARKING LOT WHERE I DRIFTED INTO AND CALL AAA. MY CAR HAD TO GET TOWED. WAS NOT DRIVABLE. I HAD NO PRIOR WARNINGS BEFORE MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. *TR

IN MAY 2011, NOTICED ONE OF THE RIGHT FRONT "STUDS" HAD BROKEN OFF. TOOK TO LOCAL GARAGE TO HAVE "STUD" REPLACED. THEN IN NOVEMBER 2011, WHEN ROTATING WHEELS, ONE "STUD" ON THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL BROKE OFF WHEN REMOVING THE WHEEL. AGAIN TOOK TO LOCAL GARAGE TO HAVE "STUD" REPLACED. THEN IN JANUARY 2012, A RECALL FROM FORD NOTIFIED ME OF THE PROBLEM WITH LUG NUTS. TOOK CAR TO FORD DEALER TO HAVE THE RECALL WORK PERFORMED. ONLY IN THE SHOP FOR ONE HOUR. SUPPOSE THEY ONLY CHANGED THE LUG NUTS IF ANYTHING AND NOT THE "STUDS". NOW IN FEBRUARY 2014, A RIGHT FRONT "STUD" BROKE OFF AGAIN WHILE HAVING THE TIRES ROTATED. FOR THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY, I HAD ALL THE "STUDS" REPLACED BY MY LOCAL SHOP THAT I TRUST. MY LOCAL SHOP ADVISED ME THERE WAS A NEW PART # FOR REPLACEMENT "STUDS". SAFETY RECALL NOTICE 11S23 SHOULD HAVE REQUIRED ALL "STUDS" REPLACED, NOT JUST THE NUTS AND STUDS CHECKED. IT SOUNDS LIKE METAL FATIGUE IN THE "STUDS" NOT THE NUTS. I SPENT $258.29 OF MY HARD EARNED MONEY TO FIX A SAFETY DEFECT AND STILL HAVE THE OLD DEFECTIVE PARTS TO SHOW FOR IT. I HOPE THIS COMPLAINT PREVENTS ANYONE ELSE FROM BEING HURT. *TR

I WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO ACCELERATE. THE CAR WAS RUNNING BUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE CAR STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND AS I TRIED TO GIVE THE CAR GAS IT JUST INCREASED RPM'S BUT DIDN'T MOVE THE CAR. I PULLED OFF INTO A PARKING LOT TURNED THE CAR OFF AND ON AND IT BEGAN TO RUN AGAIN, BUT LOST ALL COMPUTER INFORMATION SO THE MECHANIC COULDN'T FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM. IT HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE THEN. *TR

AS I WAS PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC FROM THE DRIVEWAY OF THE GROCERY STORE MY CAR SEEMED AS IF IT STALLED AS I WAS DRIVING. IT WOULD NOT MOVE AS I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL. IT DID NOT GO OFF. IT JUST WOULD NOT MOVE. I PUT MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON SO THE APPROACHING CARS COULD GO AROUND ME. I THEN TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT. IT SEEMED TO HESITATE A BIT BUT THEN STARTED AND I PROCEEDED TO GO HOME. THIS WAS THE SCARIEST THING I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED. I AM JUST THANKFUL THAT MY KIDS AND I WERE NOT HURT. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME. THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED ABOUT 3 TO 4 MONTHS AGO. I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE RECALL AT THAT TIME. BOTH INCIDENTS OCCURRED WITHOUT NOTICE AND WHILE I WAS PULLING INTO TRAFFIC. *TR

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 75 MPH AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST ACCELERATION AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WITH THE GAS PEDAL. IT SHUDDERED AS HE DROVE, AND HE WAS ONLY ABLE TO DRIVE AT A VERY LOW SPEED. HE WAS VERY WORRIED THAT HE WOULD GET HIT BY OTHER FASTER CARS. HE GOT IT TOWED TO THE CLOSEST FORD DEALERSHIP, AND THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. WE ARE REGISTERING THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH FORD CARS GENERALLY. *TR

ON STARTING THE CAR, THE STEERING COLUMN WAS LOCKED UP AND WOULD NOT TURN. TOWED TO FORD DEALERSHIP, THEY ASSESSED THAT THE WHOLE STEERING COLUMN HAD TO BE REPLACED. COST ME $2000. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND I AM SURPRISED THAT FORD HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL. *TR

TRANSMISSION LEAK IN THE FRONT LEFT AXLE. MECHANIC AT FORD DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THIS IS THE 5TH ONE HE'S SEEN IN THE LAST WEEK (ON VARIOUS 2010 FUSION'S AND 2010 ESCAPE'S), AND HE'S FIXED MANY OF THOSE VEHICLES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. UPON, LOOKING ONLINE, I SEE MANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO OWN THOSE 2 VEHICLES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS COSTS ABOUT $500 TO FIX (AND FROM REPORTS ONLINE, MANY TIMES IT'S NEEDED TO BE FIXED AGAIN). MECHANIC TOLD ME FORD IS ON THEIR 4TH VERSION OF THE PART TO TRY AND GET IT RIGHT. THIS SEEMS LIKE A RECALL IS NEEDED! THE PUBLIC IS GETTING SCREWED. *TR