2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

MY SIXTEEN YEAR OLD SON WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN A "WRENCH" LIGHT CAME ON (IN THE DASH) AND THE CAR LOOSES ALL POWER AND DOES NOT RESPOND TO THE ACCELERATOR. RESTARTING THE CAR AFTER PULLING OVER RESULTS IN NORMAL OPERATION. UPON RESEARCHING THE ISSUE IT TURNS OUT THE THROTTLE PLATE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THIS PROBLEM IS NOT THE RESULT OF ABUSE OR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AND IS AN EXTREME SAFETY HAZARD. I AM CONFIDENT IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SERIOUS INJURY RESULTS FROM SUCH LOSS OF CONTROL WITHOUT WARNING OR INDICATION. A SEARCH ON THE INTERNET REVEALS HUNDREDS (OR MORE) OF THE SAME ISSUE ON THE SAME CAR WITHIN THE SAME MILEAGE RANGE - ABOUT 66,000. THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO RECALL. *TR

WHILE EXITING A HIGHWAY AT NEARLY 60MPH MY CARS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM WENT UNRESPONSIVE. THE MOTOR WAS STILL RUNNING, BUT THE CAR WAS COASTING. I PUT ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS. I HAD A SEMI TRUCK NEXT TO AND BEHIND ME. I WAS NEARLY HIT WHILE TRYING TO MOVE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WHILE STOPPED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THE CAR STARTED LURCHING VIOLENTLY. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND HAD IT TOWED TO MY FORD DEALER. MY DEALER TOLD ME THE CAR NEEDED A NEW THROTTLE BODY PART WHICH WAS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER WARRANT SINCE MY 3 YEARS WAS UP 3 MONTHS PRIOR. WHEN I LOOKED UP THE ISSUE ONLINE IT APPEARS THIS IS A CONSTANT COMPLAINT AND PROBLEM. WHY ISN'T THIS A RECALLED PART. IT NEARLY KILLED US. I HAVE A 12 YEAR OLD SON AND NO LONGER FEEL SAFE HAVING THIS CAR. WHAT'S WORSE IS THIS PROBLEM WAS KNOWN PRIOR TO MY BEING SOLD THE CAR IN THE FIRST PLACE. I WANTED TO BUY AMERICAN AND HAVE HAD GOOD LUCK WITH FORD IN THE PAST, BUT THEY DECIDED SAVING A FEW BUCKS WAS WORTH MORE THAN MY AND MY CHILD'S SAFETY. HOW IS THIS LEGAL. IF NOTHING ELSE CAR COMPANIES SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM TO POTENTIAL BUYERS.. *TR

CAR STALLED THEN DIED STARTED AGAIN AND DID THE SAME THING IN 200FEET THREE TIMES THEN I HAD IT TOWED. *TR

I WAS SITTING AT A RED LIGHT WITH MY 21 MONTH OLD SON IN THE BACK SEAT. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR AND PROCEEDED INTO THE INTERSECTION. THE CAR "STALLED" AND STOPPED MOVING. IT DID NOT DIE BUT I COULD NOT ACCELERATE AND WE WERE LEFT SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION WITH NO MOVEMENT. THE CAR CONTINUED TO IDLE AND YOU COULD FEEL IT TRYING TO GO BUT IT WOULDN'T AND I WAS LEFT TRYING TO COAST OUT OF THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY HIGHWAY. I EVENTUALLY MANAGED TO COAST TO THROUGH THE INTERSECTION WHERE I PULLED OFF ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. WHEN I WOULD STEP ON THE GAS THE CAR WOULD SLIGHTLY "LURCH" LIKE IT WAS TRYING TO GO BUT IT WASN'T GETTING ANY GAS AND THE RPMS WOULD NOT CLIMB (SO NOT THE TRANSMISSION). INSTEAD THE NEEDLE ON THE RPM WOULD BOUNCE SLIGHTLY UP AND DOWN AS THE CAR TRIED TO MOVE FORWARD. ONCE I PUT THE CAR IN PARK, TURNED IT OFF AND RESTARTED IT, THE CAR PROCEEDED TO OPERATE FINE BUT CONTINUED TO HESITATE WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOPPED POSITION. *TR

MY WIFE WAS MERGING INTO TRAFFIC ON A MAIN HIGHWAY, WHILE ACCELERATING THE CAR ENTERED "LIMP HOME MODE" AND SHE WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. SHE MANAGED TO PULL OFF ONTO THE SHOULDER AND RESTART THE VEHICLE WHICH RESET THE PROBLEM. THIS WAS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, TODAY DURING NORMAL DRIVING THE PROBLEM RECURRED AND SHE WAS LEFT WAITING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WE WERE AGAIN ABLE TO RESET THE PROBLEM AND GET THE CAR HOME. THE DRIVE WAS LESS THAN 10 MILES AND THE PROBLEM RECURRED ONCE. SINCE THEN WHILE TRYING TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM I HAVE DRIVEN THE CAR LESS THAN 20 MILES AND THE PROBLEM HAS RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THIS CAR DOSE NOT HAVE BAD WEATHER FLOOR MATS. *TR

THE CAR WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALER AT 40,000 MILES AND BRAKING SYSTEM WAS RATED GREEN ("THE PADS ARE OKAY"). WHEN THE CAR WAS NEXT SERVICED AT 47,387 MILES (WITHIN THE REGULAR SERVICE INTERVAL) THE LEFT REAR BRAKE CALIPER HAD FROZEN, CAUSING THE PAD TO BE WORN TO BARE METAL. I AM WORRIED BECAUSE BRAKES ARE A MAJOR SAFETY COMPONENT, THE DRAG MAY HAVE DAMAGED THE WHEEL BEARING, AND I HAVE READ (FORDFUSIONFORUM.COM) OF MANY INSTANCES EXACTLY LIKE MY OWN THAT HAVE LED TO RECURRING PROBLEMS OF REAR BRAKE FAILURE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2010 FORD FUSION ON AN ELEVATED PORTION OF AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY WHICH DOES NOT HAVE ANY SHOULDERS. AS I WAS PASSING A TRUCK, I SUDDENLY LOST POWER. I MOVED OVER TO THE DRIVING LANE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK. FORTUNATELY THE DRIVER WAS ALERT. MY CAR QUICKLY LOST POWER. I COASTED TO A SPOT WERE AN ON-RAMP MERGES ONTO THE HIGHWAY. THIS SPOT WAS MARGINALLY SAFE WITH CARS SPEEDING BY ME ON BOTH SIDES. CITY POLICE CAME WITHIN 5 MINUTES AND PROTECTED ME WITH THEIR FLASHING LIGHTS AND IN 10 MORE MINUTES I WAS TOWED TO MY MECHANIC. THEY FOUND THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS FROZEN OPEN AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THIS COST $433 TO REPLACE. THIS INCIDENT COULD HAVE ENDED VERY BADLY. I WAS TRULY TERRIFIED. FORD NEEDS TO RECALL THE 2010 FORD FUSION BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY DECELERATED TO 30 MPH WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE WRENCH WARNING ICON. THE CONTACT SHUT OFF AND RESTART THE ENGINE, AS THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMALLY. THE FAILURE WAS ALSO EXPERIENCED LATER WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD AND CAR STARTS TO JERK THEN DIES. I WAIT A MINUTE OR SO THE START UP AGAIN AND GO A MILE OR SO AND IT DOES IT AGAIN, THIS HAPPEN ALL THE WAY TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. THEY ARE TELLING IT THE THROTTLE BODY AND IT HAPPENING TO A LOT OF THE FORD FUSION. *TR

ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK WHILE GOING 65 MPH ON I-65 WHILE IN THE FAR LEFT LANE, CAR DECELERATED TO 30MPH AND BEGAN SHAKING. HAD TO PULL OVER AND AVOID BEING HIT BY 4 SEMIS AND 5 CARS, THANKFULLY MANAGED TO GET IN MEDIAN, JUST IN TIME. CAR HAD TO BE RESTARTED WHICH IT DID FINE, BUT LATER HAPPENED AGAIN. CALLED DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID TO BRING IT IN THAT IT IS A KNOWN FAILURE WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF THROTTLE BODY FAILURE!! PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *TR