2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

DRIVING AT A CONSTANT SPEED OF 45MPH WHEN MY CAR IDLES OUT, LOSE CONTROL OF GAS PEDAL FUNCTION (ACCELERATION) WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN ON A RED LIGHT. (ONCOMING TRAFFIC COMING FROM THE LEFT DRIVER-SIDE. WRENCH ICON COMES ON MY INSTRUMENT PANEL. CARE BEGINS TO STUTTER AND SHAKE,I STILL CAN NOT USE MY GAS PEDAL. I TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD (THINGS RESET AND ARE FINE). THERE IS A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY PART THAT NUMEROUS OTHER FORD FUSIONS ARE HAVING, YET NO RECALL HAS BEEN MADE? MY CAR HAS VERY LOW MILES FOR IT'S YEAR AND SHOULD NOT BE EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE. I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE THROTTLE BODY HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 40,700.

VEHICLE STALLED AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. DEALER IDENTIFIED PROBLEM AS FAULTY THROTTLE BODY, AND REPLACED IT. IT WAS NOT COVERED BY POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. *TR

I PURCHASED MY FORD FUSION AT A DEALERSHIP THREE DAYS AGO. YESTERDAY I WAS DRIVING MY CAR HOME FROM WORK AND SUDDENLY I LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE, AND AN ORANGE WRENCH POPPED UP ON MY DASHBOARD. MY CAR STARTED TO SPUTTER SO I HAD TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SHUT DOWN. WHEN I WENT TO START IT BACK UP AT SPUTTERED BUT STARTED AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED ONE MORE TIME ON MY TRIP HOME. BOTH TIMES I WAS NEARLY REAR-ENDED. UPON RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE I'VE NOTICED THAT THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM. WHAT I HAVE NOT COME TO UNDERSTAND IS WHY YOU HAVE NOT RECALL WHATEVER PART IS CAUSING THIS. TO SAY I'M DISAPPOINTED IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND I REALLY HOPE THAT IT DOESN'T TAKE SOMEBODY GETTING KILLED FOR THIS PART TO BE RECALLED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE VEHICLE THAT WAS FOLLOWING THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE TO ABRUPTLY TURN TO AVOID CRASHING INTO THE CONTACT HOWEVER, THE SECOND VEHICLE BECAME INVOLVED IN A CRASH AS A RESULT. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED, WHICH LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE THROTTLE BODY ACTUATOR CONTROL SYSTEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ONE YEAR LATER BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE OR DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000, AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,500.

TRAVELING ON A LOCAL INTERSTATE AT 70MPH IN TRAFFIC, THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER, THE ENGINE WENT TO IDLE AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OR MAINTAIN SPEED. THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING. AS I WAS RAPIDLY LOSING SPEED, I HAD TO GET TO THE RIGHT SHOULD TO PULL THE CAR SAFELY OUT OF TRAFFIC. THE EXACT SAME LOSS OF ENGINE POWER OCCURRED LESS THAN 24 HOURS EARLIER WHILE WAITING TO TURN IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. THESE ARE THE FIRST 2 INCIDENTS, BUT OCCURRED VERY CLOSE TOGETHER. *TR

THE RPMS ON THE CAR SURGED AND THEN THAT CAR SHUT OFF, AND WOULD ONLY STAY RUNNING FOR 15 SECONDS AFTERWARD. THE AUTOSHOP IS HAVE TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY. *TR

THE CAR STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF AIRPORT TRAFFIC. THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. IT OCCURRED AGAIN ON THE FL TURNPIKE TRAVELING AT 75 MPH. WE NO LONGER DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAYS AND IT HAS HAPPENED 3 MORE TIMES. RESEARCH SAYS IT IS THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR, AND THE ONLY FIX IS TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY. *TR

DRIVING ON ROADWAY MAKING A TURN WHEN CAR BEGAN TO BUCK & STALL OUT. CAR WOULD NOT GO OVER 1000 RPM. GAS PEDAL WOULD NOT RESPOND. CAR WOULD NOT GO OVER 5MPH. MADE IT TO A PARKING LOT. CALLED A TOW TRUCK & HAD THE CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. THEY CALLED & LET ME KNOW THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS DEFECTIVE & HAD TO BE REPLACED. CAR JUST HAS 66,000 MILES LUCKILY WE WEREN'T ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THIS OCCURRED COULD HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AT 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY VEHICLE ESSENTIALLY STALLED. THE ENGINE STILL APPEARED TO BE RUNNING (MINIMAL RPMS), BUT I COULDN'T ACCELERATE, SO THE SLOWDOWN TO A CRAWL WAS RATHER DRAMATIC. I WAS ABSOLUTELY LUCKY I WAS NOT INJURED AS I WAS NEARLY CLIPPED BY AN 18-WHEELER AS I ATTEMPTED TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. THE WRENCH-SHAPED LIGHT CAME ON, WHICH I HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE. I HAD MY VEHICLE TOWED, BUT WHILE WAITING ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY MY BATTERY SHORTED OUT. THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP (WILLIS FORD OF SMYRNA, DELAWARE) WAS NOT ABLE TO GET ANY "CODES" FROM THE TEST THEY RUN. SO ALL THEY ENDED UP DOING WAS REPLACING MY BATTERY. I PICKED MY CAR UP THE FOLLOWING AFTERNOON AND IT SEEMED FINE. HOWEVER, THE NEXT MORNING (THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED ON THE 4TH, THE SECOND ON THE 6TH), THE SAME THING HAPPENED. ALBEIT I WAS ONLY DRIVING ABOUT 50MPH. ONCE AGAIN, THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. THE FORD DEALERSHIP IN DOVER, DELAWARE (WINNER FORD) ALSO COULD NOT GET THE CODE. BUT AFTER MY RESEARCH AND EXPLANATIONS, THEY WERE IN ROUGHLY 80% AGREEMENT THAT IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY, SO WITH MY PERMISSION THEY REPLACED IT. THAT WAS ON THE 11TH OR 12TH. THEY HAD KEPT IT FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND DROVE IT THEMSELVES TO TRY AND GET THE SITUATION TO REPLICATE, WHICH THEY COULDN'T DO. SINCE IT HAS BEEN REPLACED, IT HAS NOT HAPPENED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT OF THIS PROCESS, BUT KNOWING THAT THERE'S AN INVESTIGATION MAKES ME FEEL A LITTLE LESS CRAZY. *TR