2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

BACKED OUT OF A PARKING SPOT AND PROCEEDED FORWARD. SUDDENLY THE CAR BEGAN TO SPUTTER AND IDLE REALLY BADLY. THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND SO DID THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. TURNED OFF THE CAR AND WAITED A FEW MOMENT. AFTER A MINUTE OR TWO, I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON AND IT WAS WORKING FINE FOR ABOUT 2 MILES. THEN STARTED TO SPUTTER AGAIN. WASH, RINSE, REPEAT THE SAME ABOVE UNTIL I GOT HOME. AFTER RESEARCHING, FOUND THAT THE THROTTLE BODY ON THESE VEHICLES IS A COMMON MALFUNCTIONING PART. *TR

UPON DRIVING DOWN A BUSY ROAD, OUT OF NO WHERE I LOST MY POWER STEERING, ALMOST COLLIDING INTO A POST, AND GOT A NOTIFICATION THAT MY ESC FAILED RIGHT AFTERWARDS. THE STEERING IS NOW REALLY STIFF AND REQUIRES A LOT OF FORCE TO TURN. I TRIED SEARCHING THE REASON WHY THIS HAPPENS ONLINE AND FOUND A TON OF SIMILAR IF NOT THE EXACT SAME SITUATION AS MINE. THIS IS UNSAFE!! *TR

DRIVING ALONG THE INTERSTATE IN MY 2010 FORD FUSION SE, IT SUDDENLY LOST POWER WITH NO ACCELERATION, LEAVING MY WIFE AND I IN A HORRIBLE POSITION AS WE TRIED DESPERATELY TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT CAUSING AN INCIDENT. THE ISSUE WAS A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY. IN READING ONLINE, I SEE THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. FORD REALLY NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL IN THE VEHICLE. SOMEONE WILL GET INJURED OR KILLED BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. *TR

YESTERDAY, 12-18-13 WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX. 65 MPH ON HIGHWAY CAR THROTTLE STOPPED RESPONDING AND WENT INTO ROUGH IDLE. DID SAME THING 4 TIMES AND I NARROWLY ESCAPED BEING REAR ENDED. HAD TO GET TO SIDE OF ROAD AND TURN OFF ENGINE. AFTER LETTING CAR SET FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES CAR RESTARTED AND SEEMED TO RUN FINE UNTIL THE NEXT UNPREDICTABLE INCIDENT. TODAY 12-19-13 ON WAY TO DEALERSHIP PULLED INTO TRAFFIC AND WAS ALMOST BROADSIDED. ALMOST BEING KILLED 4 TIMES IN 24 HRS. SUGGESTS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM AS SOON AS I MENTIONED IT INDICATING THIS WAS NOT FIRST TIME. DEALERSHIP FIXED ISSUE EVEN BEFORE DISCUSSING PRICE AS THEY SAID I COULD NOT DRIVE CAR IF THIS PART WAS NOT REPLACED (AGAIN INDICATING A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE THAT THEY WERE ALREADY AWARE OF). ACCORDING TO NHTSA ACTION # PE13003 THIS COMPLAINT HAS BEEN UNDER INVESTIGATION SINCE FEB. 21, 2013. I FEEL THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE IT LEADS TO FATALITIES. CALLED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE ON THIS DATE AND WAS GIVEN VERY LITTLE ASSISTANCE ON THE ISSUE OTHER THAN THEY WOULD REPORT IT FOR INTERNAL INVESTIGATION. FEEL THAT AN IMMEDIATE RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED. *TR

TRAVELING AT SPEED IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, THE CAR SHOOK AND I LOST ALL POWER. I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD ALTHOUGH SEVERAL PEOPLE HAD TO SWERVE AROUND ME AS I WAS GOING UPHILL AND LOST SPEED QUICKLY. THE "WRENCH" WARNING LIGHT WAS ON. WHILE THE CAR WOULD IDLE, NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN WHEN I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR. I SHUT OFF THE CAR AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT. EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE AND NO WARNING LIGHT. I MADE IT HOME SAFELY WITH NO MORE INCIDENTS AND DISCOVERED MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE. I WILL BE CALLING THE DEALER TOMORROW TO DETERMINE OPTIONS FOR PART REPLACEMENT. I AM VERY LUCKY THAT I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT CONSIDERING THE TRAFFIC SITUATION. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED A CONSISTENT AND VIOLENT VIBRATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,520.

THE VEHICLES ENGINE ACTS AS IF IT WERE GOING TO SHUT DOWN OR STALL, AND GOES INTO "LIMP MODE." THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES INTERMITTENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. ONCE ON A 2 LANE HIGHWAY WHERE WE WERE NEARLY STRUCK FROM BEHIND! *TR

I'VE ONLY HAD THIS CAR (FORD FUSION 2010) FOR 7 MONTHS SINCE THEN I'VE ONLY HAD PROBLEMS AFTER PROBLEMS. THE DEALER WARRANTY WAS ONLY GOOD FOR 2 MONTHS AND WITHIN THE TWO MONTHS I'VE TAKEN IT BACK TO THE THAT SOLD ME THIS CAR AT LEAST 3 TIMES FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. AS OF TODAY I HAD TO TAKE THE CAR TO FORD DEALERSHIP TO HAVE SERVICE DONE WHICH COST ME $543.69. THE THROTTLE BODY AND MOTOR ASY NEEDED TO BE REPLACE. SO NOT HAPPY WITH THIS CAR AT ALL.. *TR

I WAS DRIVING NORTHBOUND ON INTERSTATE 5 IN SEATTLE WHEN I SUDDENLY FELT A "TUG" AND LOST ALL POWER TO THE ENGINE AND THE "WRENCH" LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER TO THE RIGHT-HAND LANE WHERE THE CAR LOST ALL POWER TO THE ENGINE AND DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGH BRIDGE. THE ELECTRICAL REMAINED ON. A STATE TROOPER PUSHED US OFF THE HIGHWAY AND I HAD THE CAR TOWARD TOWED. MY MECHANIC REPLACED THE BATTERY BUT A MONTH LATER (DEC. 15) THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN IN NEARLY THE SAME LOCATION (MONTLAKE EXIT OF I-5 NORTHBOUND). THIS TIME I WAS ABLE TO START IT BACK UP AND DRIVE IT HOME. THE DEALER (AUTONATION IN BELLEVUE) DIAGNOSED A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY. THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO INCIDENTS BEING INVESTIGATED BY NHTSA PER A REPORT IN USA TODAY: HTTP://WWW.USATODAY.COM/STORY/MONEY/CARS/2013/02/25/PROBE-FORD-CARS-SUVS-STALLING/1945799/. *TR

I JUST PURCHASED MY 2010 FORD FUSION ON AUGUST 1, 2013. I BELIEVED THAT I WAS PURCHASING A GREAT CAR, HOWEVER, SLOWLY BUT SURELY I AM LEARNING THAT MY 2010 FORD FUSION HAS ISSUES ALONG WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER FORD FUSIONS SOLD IN THE STATES. ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2013, I EXPERIENCED A FLAT TIRE. LUCKILY, A GAS STATION WAS LITERALLY ON THE CORNER, I PULLED INTO THE STATION AND FILLED THE FLAT TIRE WITH THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF AIR. I GOT BACK IN MY CAR, STARTED IT AND PROCEEDED TO BACK OUT, MY MULTI-FUNCTION DISPLAY BEGIN TO FLASH "SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW", "ADVANCE TRAC", I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THIS MEANT UNTIL I BEGAN TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL.... IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DO SO. HOWEVER, I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO TRY AND STEER IT. I MADE IT BACK HOME SAFELY AND ACCIDENT FREE RUNNING TO THE COMPUTER TO RESEARCH THIS SINCE THE FORD DEALERSHIP WAS CLOSED. I "GOOGLED" POWER STEERING FAILURE ON 2010 FORD FUSION AND THERE APPEARED A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS FROM FUSION OWNERS. I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THIS WAS A GOOD THING... PERHAPS THERE WAS A RECALL ON MY VEHICLE AND THIS WOULD BE A QUICK FIX OR REPAIR BY A FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT. I CONTACTED THE FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT TO INQUIRE ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND TO SEE IF THERE'S A RECALL AND A REPRESENTATIVE CONFIRMED THAT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO RECALL ON MY VEHICLE. I GREW INCREASINGLY FRUSTRATED BECAUSE AFTER READING ALL THE COMPLAINTS I COULDN'T FATHOM HOW NO ONE HAD RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE AND DEEMED IT A REPAIR/RECALL THAT FORD SHOULD TAKE CARE OF. I AM NOW SUBJECT TO A $116.00 DIAGNOSTIC CHARGE BY THE FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT ALTHOUGH THE CAR IS ALREADY STATING WHAT THE ISSUE IS, AND I WILL STILL HAVE TO COME OUT OF POCKET FOR THE REPAIR, GOD ONLY KNOWS HOW MUCH THAT'LL BE. I SURELY HOPE THAT SOMEONE CAN ADD SOME INSIGHT TO THIS ISSUE AND HAZARD. *TR