2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS WERE BOTH ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE BOOSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO CONFIRM THAT THE REPAIR WOULD RECTIFY THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

MY CAR, 2010 FORD FUSION SE, HAS NOW STALLED ON ME THREE TIMES WITH IN THE MATTER OF 3 MONTHS. THE FIRST TIME IT STALLED I WAS PULLING ONTO A MAIN ROAD AND TAKING A LEFT, HAVING TO CROSS BOTH LANES AND IT STALLED AS SOON AS I TRIED TO ACCELERATE ACROSS BOTH LANES, I BARELY MADE IT ACROSS BOTH LANES TO PULL OVER AND GET OUT OF THE WAY. THE SECOND TIME WAS SIMILAR EXCEPT I WAS TAKING A RIGHT ONTO A STREET AND COULD PULL RIGHT OVER. THE THIRD TIME IT STALLED ON ME I WAS DRIVING APPROX.. 50MPH OVER A BRIDGE AND HAD TO PULL OVER WHERE THE TRAFFIC WAS COMING ONTO AND OFF OF THE HIGHWAY AND THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO GET HIT. MY CAR IS NOT PAID FOR AND NOW I NEED TO SPEND ALMOST $400.00 RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS... I CAN NOT BELIEVE THIS ISN'T A RECALL AFTER READING OVER 600 SIMILAR SITUATIONS... IF THIS WERE TO RESULT IN AN INJURY OR FATALITY WOULD THAT MAKE IT A RECALL?? *TR

LOST POWER IN THE CENTER LANE OF I-75, ALMOST CAUSED A LARGE ACCIDENT. CAR WAS ROUGH IDLING IN MEDIAN. TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP,REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. FIXED THE PROBLEM. NOW I SEE THERE ARE MANY OTHERS THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. NEEDS TO BE A RECALL. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS, I COULD HAVE KILLED SOMEONE! *TR

THE SERVICE POWER STEERING AND SERVICE ADVANCETRAC WARNING LIGHTS APPEARED AND SUDDENLY THE POWER STEERING WAS LOST . MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME AND COULD NOT CONTROL THE STEERING. THIS CREATED A SUDDEN EMERGENCY AND DANGEROUS SITUATION. I'VE NOTED SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS IN RESEARCHING SOLUTION TO PROBLEM, MOST SUGGEST SEVERAL THOUSAND $$ FOR REPAIRS. *TR

WAS PULLING OUT OF MY ROAD WHICH IS IN A BAD CURVE, SO YOU NEED ACCELERATION. THE CAR LOST ALL POWER, AND WAS STUTTERING. WRENCH LIGHT ON AND STILL RUNNING JUST A BAD STUTTERING. CAR BARELY MISSES ME IN THE CURVE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO GET OUT OF THE ROAD. I CUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTART IT, AND IT ACTED LIKE IT DID NOT WANT TO START BUT FINALLY DID. THANK GOD. DROVE IT BACK IN OUR ROAD AND PARKED IT. SCARED ME BAD. THIS IS THE ONLY ISSUE I HAVE HAD WITH THIS CAR. BUT IF I HAD KNOWN ABOUT IT I WOULD NOT HAVE BOUGHT. OVER 400.00 ESTIMATE TO FIX THROTTLE BODY. VERY UPSET THIS CAR HAS 52000 MILES ON IT. *TR

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS IS HAPPENING ON MY SONS CAR. IT HAPPENED FIVE TIMES TODAY WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM HIS UNIVERSITY FOR CHRISTMAS BREAK. EACH TIME IT HAPPENS, THE "WRENCH LIGHT" APPEARS AND THEN THE CAR LOSES POWER. HE HAD TO PULLOVER ON THE HWY EACH TIME AND RESTART THE CAR TO GET IT TO RESET. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND IT'S HAPPENING TO MANY FORD FUSIONS AS I'VE BEEN INVESTIGATING THIS ONLINE. MY SON IS ONLY 19 YRS OLD AND IS NOT AN EXPERIENCED DRIVER AND I THOUGHT WE WERE BUYING HIM A DEPENDABLE CAR THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HIM HAVING PROBLEMS LIKE THIS. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

DRIVING AT 70 M.P.H VEHICLE JUST SHUT DOWN. ENGINE WAS AT IDLE AT 1000 RPM BUT VEHICLE WOULD NOT PULL OFF THE ROADWAY. WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. HAD TO STOP IN THE ROADWAY PUT VEHICLE IN PARK TURN VEHICLE OFF THEN RESTART VEHICLE. VEHICLE RAN LIKE NOTHING HAD HAPPENED. THEN IT STARTED DOING IT OVER AND OVER EVERY 4-5 MILES. N.C.C.C. HAS FILED COMPLAINT. FORD RESPONSE IN THE MOST SEVERE F.M.E.M. MODE FAILURE DRIVER HAD ENGINE POWER TO ALLOW VEHICLE MOBILITY TO MANEUVER TO A SAFE LOCATION. (THIS IS NOT TRUE ) VEHICLE WILL STOP IN THE ROADWAY IT DOES NOT HAVE THE POWER TO PULL THE VEHICLE IT IDLES @ 1000 R.P.M BUT IT WILL NOT MOVE. IF FORD WOULD DRIVE MY FUSION THEY WOULD BUY SOMETHING OTHER THEN A FORD TO DRIVE . RECALL NEEDS TO COME A.S.A.P. BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. *TR

DRIVERS DOOR RELEASE HANDLE BROKE INTERNALLY. PARTS IS PLASTIC AND IS BRITTLE IN COLD WEATHER. THIS IS SECOND TIME IT HAS BROKEN. MAJOR ISSUE IS THAT DRIVER CANNOT EXIT DOOR IN A EMERGENCY AND REQUIRES JUMPING OVER CONSOLE TO PASSENGER SIDE. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME ON THE FREEWAY AT 3:30 PM DURING HEAVY RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE CAR QUICKLY STARTED JERKING AND SLOWED DOWN FROM 55 MPH TO LESS THAN 20 MPH. SHE TRIED TO ACCELERATE, BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT. UNFORTUNATELY, MY WIFE WAS IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF HEAVY TRAFFIC AND SHE HAD TO QUICKLY MANEUVER TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER WHERE SHE PLACED THE CAR IN PARK AND SHUT IT OFF. EVEN WHEN THE CAR WAS INITIALLY PLACED IN PARK IT CONTINUED TO JERK UNTIL THE ENGINE WAS SHUT-OFF. SHE INDICATED THAT THE CAR RIDE FELT SIMILAR TO A MECHANICAL BULL WITH ALL THE JERKING MOTION. NEEDLESS TO SAY MY WIFE WAS PETRIFIED WITH DRIVING OUR CAR AND FEARED FOR HER LIFE WITH THE HEAVY TRAFFIC! AFTER A FEW MINUTES SHE STARTED THE CAR AND IT APPEARED FINE FOR HER TO DRIVE (10 MILES) HOME. WHEN SHE GOT HOME WE CALLED THE LOCAL FORD DEALER AND SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT. THEY DETERMINED THAT IT WAS A BAD THROTTLE BODY AND COST OVER $600 FOR THE REPAIR WHICH IS OUTRAGEOUS SINCE WE HAVE LESS THAN 26,000 ACTUAL MILEAGE. THIS WAS A VERY SCARY AND UNSAFE SITUATION. WE ARE SO THANKFUL THAT MY WIFE DIDN'T HAVE A CAR ACCIDENT. WE ARE CONCERNED THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY IS AWARE OF THIS SAFETY PROBLEM AND THEY ARE NOT BEING PROACTIVE TO CORRECT IT. WILL THIS BE ANOTHER TOYOTA CAMRY TRAGEDY WITH PEOPLE GETTING HURT AND / OR KILLED IN CAR ACCIDENTS BEFORE THIS PROBLEM GETS CORRECTED?????????? *TR

AFTER GETTING GAS MY WIFE AND I PULLED OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND MID TURN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. NO WARNING STUCK RIGHT IN THE LANE OF ON COMING TRAFFIC. *TR