2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

IT IS THE TYPICAL THROTTLE BODY ISSUE EVERYONE ELSE IS COMPLAINING ABOUT. IT WOULD RANDOMLY STALL COMPLETELY OUT ON THE MAIN ROAD. OCCASIONALLY, I COULD TURN OFF THE CAR AND THEN TURN IT BACK ON AND IT WOULD DRIVE ME A FEW MORE MILES BEFORE STALLING OUT AGAIN. CAR WOULD RANDOMLY ACCELERATE WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES. CAR WOULD VIOLENTLY "JUMP" LIKE IT WAS MISSING GEARS WHILE ACCELERATING. ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO ACCELERATE SPEED WITHOUT PUTTING MY FOOT TO THE FLOOR. I BOUGHT A NEW THROTTLE BODY FOR ABOUT $400 I THINK IN SEPTEMBER 2012 AND WITHIN A YEAR IT WAS ALREADY DOING THE SAME THINGS MENTIONED ABOVE. I JUST RECEIVED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FROM FORD IN THE MAIL AND WILL GET A REFUND FOR MY PREVIOUS EXPENSE ON A NEW THROTTLE BODY. IT PRETTY MUCH SEEMS LIKE A RECALL BUT WITHOUT ACTUALLY SAYING IT IS. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS ANY FURTHER ACTION THAT CAN BE TAKEN BUT IF SO THEN PLEASE DO. THIS IS A DANGEROUS CAR WITH A SHORT SHELF LIFE. I ALMOST GOT BLASTED FROM MY SIDE TWICE BECAUSE I WOULD BE TURNING OFF A 4 LANE ROUTE WITH PLENTY OF DISTANCE FROM ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND THE CAR WOULD STALL. I WAS BASICALLY A SITTING DUCK SIDEWAYS HOPING IT WOULD ROLL ME FAST ENOUGH TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. I HOPE THIS HELPS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, WHEN SUDDENLY THE CAR STARTED TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AND DECELERATED TO 10 MPH. THE "CHECK ENGINE" AND WRENCH ICON LIGHTS CAME ON. I REFERRED TO MY OWNER'S MANUAL, WHICH DIRECTED ME TO TAKE MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP. I DROVE SLOWLY FOR 4 MILES TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP. THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE ISSUE WAS WITH THE "THROTTLE BODY" AND SAID THAT IS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $550 (INCL. PARTS AND LABOR). I HAD THE PART REPLACED AT THAT TIME AND THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE RESOLVED. *TR

VEHICLE SHIFTS VERY ABRUPTLY WHEN COLD AND FIRST STARTING OUT, ALMOST STALLING OUT WHEN PULLING OUT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. LOOKS LIKE THERE IS TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING OUT FROM A SEAL. *TR

I TURNED RIGHT OUT OF A PARKING LOT ONTO THE HIGHWAY TRAVELING AT 35 MPH WHEN THE "POWER STEERING FAULT" LIGHT CAME ON THE STEERING FELT HEAVER THAN USUAL I DROVE ABOUT 7 MILES THAN PARKED CAR. WHEN I RESTARTED THE CAR AFTER 2 HOURS THE INFORMATION PANEL SAID "SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW" AND "SERVICE ADVANCETRAC" AND THE POWER ASSIST WAS OFF EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO STEER. COULD BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IF THIS WAS TO HAPPEN IN A PARKING LOT WITH PEOPLE AROUND. *TR

AFTER GAS FILL UP. CAR DIFFICULT TO START. TAKES SEVERAL TRIES TO GET IT GOING AND THEN STUMBLES AND RUNS ROUGH FOR A WHILE. WHEN CAR WAS NEW IT DID IT A FEW TIMES. INCIDENT OCCURRED MORE AND MORE AS MILES INCREASED. BY 90,000 MILES, IT ALMOST ALWAYS HAPPENS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE NOTICED A LEAK UNDERNEATH THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000. UPDATED 04/22/14 MA UPDATED 04/24/14

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED. FIRST TIME ABOUT 8 WEEKS AGO....SAME THING, THE CAR SLOWED DOWN/STOPPED/VIBRATED..A PICTURE OF SOMETHING LOOKING LIKE A WRENCH SHOWED UP ON THE DASH. WHEN I LOOKED INTO THE CAR MANUAL IT DEPICTED A PICTURE OF A THROTTLE CONTROL/TRANSMISSION. *TR

TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKS OUT OF LEFT SIDE HALF SHAFT AREA. FORD HAS ISSUE A TSB FOR THE PROBLEM. MY CAR IS PRESENTLY AT A DEALERSHIP WAITING ON PARTS. PARTS ARE ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER AND FORD PRESENTLY CANNOT GIVE ME A DATE WHEN PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE. *TR

CAR HAD A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY THAT CAUSED THE CAR TO LOSE POWER AND SHAKE. WRENCH LIGHT WOULD COME ON. *TR

I HAVE JUST HAD THIS FIXED 2 WEEKS AGO FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. JANUARY 24, 2013 MY POWER STEERING AND ADVANCE TRAC LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANICS TODAY AND THEY TELL ME THAT THE TIRES MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED AND I HAVE EVEN DONE 60,000 MILES ON THE TIRES-YET THEY ARE WORN OUT ALREADY. I KNEW I NEEDED TIRES, MY INSPECTION IS DUE NEXT MONTH. I HAVE ONLY HAD THIS CAR FOR 3 YEARS AND I AM ALREADY HAVING PROBLEMS WITH IT. I'M ANGRY! I THOUGHT FORDS WERE BETTER BUILT NOW-A-DAYS. WRONG............I'M SO DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS CAR. FAIRLY NEW AND HAVING WHAT I CONSIDER MAJOR PROBLEM. *TR