2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

SPONTANEOUS THROTTLE BODY FAILURE MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF ONE WEEK. ON THE HIGHWAY, IN A PARKING LOT AND DRIVING DOWN A NORMAL STREET. CAR STALLED AND LURCHED FORWARD REPEATEDLY. HAD TO QUICKLY PULL OVER WHILE COASTING WITH NO ABILITY TO ACCELERATE, THEN TURN THE CAR OFF, THEN TURN IT BACK ON TO CONTINUE DRIVING. VERY DANGEROUS. FORD DEALERSHIP REPLACED THROTTLE BODY TODAY AT COST OF $100 OUT OF MY POCKET. I DRIVE A 2010 FORD FUSION. *TR

I WAS APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES FROM MY STARTING POINT TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF 55 MPH. SUDDENLY, THE 2010 FORD FUSION LURCHED WHILE SHIFTING INTO OVERDRIVE. WHEN IT LURCHED ALL ABILITY TO ACCELERATE WAS LOST. WITH CARS ON EACH SIDE, I HAD NO ABILITY TO ACCELERATE; I LOST SPEED QUICKLY AND WORKED MY WAY TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD (VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION). I IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THE 'WRENCH SYMBOL WARNING LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD, BUT DID NOT KNOW WHAT THAT WARNING SIGNIFIED. DURING THE LOSS OF ACCELERATION, THE CAR DID NOT LOSE POWER STEERING AND IT REMAINED RUNNING, BUT THE ENGINE WAS SPUTTERING AND NOT IDLING AT A STEADY PACE. WHEN I GOT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND TRIED TO 'REV' UP THE ENGINE, BUT I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO CONTROL OF THE THROTTLE. THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS STILL ON. I THEN TURNED OFF THE IGNITION AND WAITED ABOUT 1 MINUTE THEN RESTARTED. THE CAR AGAIN HAD NO ACCELERATION ABILITY AND SPUTTERED WHICH SOUNDED VERY MUCH LIKE A COUGH. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AGAIN AND CALLED FOR ASSISTANCE. APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES LATER, WHEN ASSISTANCE ARRIVED, I STARTED THE CAR AGAIN. AT THIS TIME, THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT WAS OFF AND THE CAR APPEARED TO IDLE NORMALLY. UPON RESEARCH, I FOUND THAT THE WRENCH SYMBOL MEANS: THROTTLE CONTROL/TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. THE DRIVER OF THE CAR SHOULD CONTACT THE AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR SERVICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. *TR

TRAVELING ON THE PA TURNPIKE THE ENGINE JUST STALLED. WE HAD TO NEGOTIATED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH NO ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE AROUND TRAFFIC. NOTIFIED FORD AND SANDS RED HILL FORD AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. IT HAPPENED AGAIN TRAVELING AROUND 45MPH. I SAW COMPLAINTS ONLINE (WEB) AND PAID SANDS TO HAVE THEM REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY. AFTER REPLACEMENT THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. THE COST WAS 385.51. *TR

I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT. THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND I BEGAN TO ACCELERATE TO ABOUT 10 MPH WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AND I COULD NOT INCREASE SPEED. IT SLOWED DOWN TO ABOUT 3 MPH AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND NO MATTER HOW FAR I PUSHED THE PEDAL IT WOULD NOT MOVE PAST 700 RPM. THE CAR BEHIND ME WHICH HAD SEEN ME START TO GO ASSUMED I WAS GOING TO KEEP ACCELERATING AND HAD TO BRAKE HARD TO AVOID RUNNING INTO THE BACK OF ME. I SAT IN THE LEFT LANE UNTIL THE RIGHT CLEARED SO I COULD LITERALLY ROLL IT ONTO THE SHOULDER TO AVOID GETTING REAR ENDED BY TRAFFIC. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RE-STARTED IT. IT SEEMED TO WORK FINE AFTER THAT. THE NEXT DAY, IT DID IT AGAIN TO MY WIFE. SHE WAS STARTING TO ACCELERATE, THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND NO POWER, GAS PEDAL WAS INOPERATIVE AND IT WAS RUNNING ROUGH. THIS REPEATED ITSELF SEVERAL TIMES MORE THAT DAY. DID IT AGAIN AND IT SEEMED IT WAS INCREASING IN FREQUENCY. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THE THROTTLE BODY FAILED AND THAT IT IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE. IT HAD AN ERROR CODE OF P2111. THIS PART SHOULD NOT FAIL SO EASILY AND IT NEARLY CAUSED MY CAR TO GET REAR ENDED. I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH WHILE AT THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE I FELT THAT THIS PART FAILING SO EARLY AND WITH SO LITTLE MILEAGE (WHICH MOST IS EASY HIGHWAY) WAS ODD. I COME TO FIND OUT THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT AND IT SEEMS MORE AND MORE ARE FAILING. FORD EVEN ACKNOWLEDGED THEY HAD MADE SOME DEFECTIVE ONES. THIS PART SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

I WAS GOING DOWN THE FREEWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, AND OUT OF NOWHERE MY CAR LOST POWER AND BEGAN TO DECREASE SPEED. I TRIED TO PRESS THE ACCELERATOR AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND IT WAS VERY ROUGH IDLING. I TURNED OFF THE CAR, WAITED A FEW SECONDS AND TURNED THE CAR BACK ON AND IT SEEMED FINE. NOW THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME AT LEAST 20 TIMES IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, AT RANDOM TIMES AND SPEEDS. THE SCARIEST ONE FOR ME WAS IN A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION AND MY CAR DID THIS 4 TIMES TRYING TO GET THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THIS GET FIXED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BEFORE SOMEONE REALLY DOES GET HURT. *TR

WHILE MERGING ONTO THE INTERSTATE, THE CAR'S ACCELERATION STOPPED AND THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, FOUND OUT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS FAILING. *TR

CAR WAS RUNNING NORMALLY, ABOUT 30 MILES PER HOUR, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR BEGAN JERKING AND SLOWED TO A CRAWL AND SEEMED AS THOUGH IT WAS GOING TO STALL. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE EDGE OF THE ROAD AND PUT MY HAZARD FLASHERS ON AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. I RESTARTED IT AND THE CAR THEN SEEMED TO RUN NORMALLY. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES. LUCKILY DURING LIGHT TRAFFIC AND NOT ON A HIGHWAY. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IT WOULD BE A DEATH TRAP, COMING TO A HALT IN SPEEDING TRAFFIC. THE MECHANIC SAID THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT IN THIS MODEL CAR AND FORD KNOWS ABOUT IT. SINCE THE PART COSTS ABOUT $200 THEY DON'T WANT TO DO A RECALL SINCE IT WOULD BE COSTLY. *TR

CAR STOPPED JUST AS I WAS MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN IN A BUSY INTERSECTION. PUT FLASHERS ON, RE-STARTED THE CAR AND LIMPED THROUGH THE INTERSECTION ON A YELLOW LIGHT, AND PULLED OVER. LIMPED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP 7 MILES AWAY AND HAD THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED FOR $444. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE WRENCH WARNING INDICATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND RESTARTED, WHERE IT RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION UNTIL THE FAILURE RECURRED SIX TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED AND DETECTED A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT A VOLUNTARY RECALL WAS ISSUED, HOWEVER THE CONTACT'S VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000.

SYSTEM STALLED OUT AND ENTERED "GET HOME MODE" FORD DEALER SAYS IT'S A THROTTLE BODY ISSUE, AND I SAW THAT THERE IS A PENDING INVESTIGATION. *TR