2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

CAR WENT INTO "LIMP MODE", WITH WRENCH LIT UP ON DASH. COULD NOT GO OVER 5 MPH, AND THE CAR WAS SHUDDERING TERRIBLY. TOOK ALMOST A MONTH FOR FORD TO REPLACE DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY. THE SERVICE FOLKS INDICATED IT WAS AN "EPIDEMIC" ACROSS THE US, AND THE ISSUE WAS PART AVAILABILITY DUE TO THE NUMBER OF ISSUES.

I HAVE A 2010 FORD FUSION SE 2.5 AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON ALONG WITH A WRENCH LIGHT AND MY CAR WENT IN TO "LIMP MODE" AND MY CAR LOST POWER AS I WAS TURNING LEFT WITH TRAFFIC COMING RIGHT AT ME, I WAS BARELY ABLE TO MAKE IT ACROSS THE ROAD WITHOUT BEING HIT!

21 AUG 2013 HEADING HOME FROM WORK AT 5:30PM. I PULLED UP TO THE TRAFFIC LIGHT THAT WAS 10 MILES FROM MY DESTINATION, LIGHT TURNED GREEN I ACCELERATED TO REACH THE ALLOTED SPEED FOR THE ROAD. 1/2 MILE DOWN THE ROAD THE CAR BEGAN TO SURGE, NO POWER TO THE ENGINE, RPMS WHERE NOT OPERATIONAL, CAR BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN, ENGINE AND WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD TO SAFETY. SAT FOR 10 MINUTES, TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND ON NUMEROUS TIMES THE ENGINE AND WRENCH LIGHT BOTH SHUT OFF AND THE CAR RAN FINE ALL THE WAY TO MY DESTINATION. 12 SEPTEMBER 2013, ON MY WAY TO FLORIDA ON INTERSTATE 10 AT SPEEDS OF 70 MPH ON A BUSY INTERSTATE THE CAR SURGED VIOLENTLY AND BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN LEAVING US TO DANGEROUSLY MOVE ACROSS LANES WITH NO THROTTLE RESPONSE TO GET TO THE SHOULDER OF ROAD TO GET TO SAFETY I SAT FOR 20 MINUTES, USING THE SAME REMEDY I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO START AND RUN BUT THE ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TRIP. NO SHOPS WHERE OPEN TO RUN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST, I COULD NOT FIND OUT THE CODE THE VEHICLE WAS ALERTING ME IT HAD. 20 SEPTEMBER 2013 AT 1:30AM COMING BACK FROM FLORIDA NEARED A RED LIGHT TO STOP THE VEHICLE RAN FINE AT SPEEDS OF 60MPH STOPPED AT THE LIGHT AND PROCEEDED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ON THE GREEN SIGNAL @ SPEEDS 10MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED, SURGED BADLY AND GAVE NO THROTTLE RESPONSE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS, LEAVING US TO GRADUALLY TO STEER INTO AN OPENED LANE. THE CAR STARTED BACK UP A FEW TIMES STILL SURGING AND NOT SHOWING SIGNS OF DRIVING UNTIL I SHUT IT OFF FOR THE LAST TIME.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, THE CAR WILL SUDDENLY JERK AND THE CHECK ENGINE (WRENCH) LIGHT WILL COME ON AND I WILL IMMEDIATELY LOSE ALL ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. AFTER PULLING THE CAR OVER AND PUTTING THE CAR IN PARK, THE CAR BEGINS TO SHAKE UNTIL I TURN OFF THE CAR. WHEN I TURN THE CAR BACK ON, IT TAKES A MINUTE TO TURN OVER AND THEN DRIVES FINE UNTIL IT HAPPENS AGAIN.

I WAS MERGING ONTO THE HIGHWAY AND WHEN I HIT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, I FELT THE LOSE MOMENTUM AND BY THE TIME I LOOKED DOWN, I WAS AROUND 55-60 MPH. I THEN TRIED TO GIVE IT GAS WHILE WATCHING MY RPM'S AND SAW THAT IT WAS ERRATICALLY JUMPING AROUND BETWEEN THE 1000 AND 1500 MARKS. SO I PULL OVER TO THE SHOULD AND OFF THE ROAD AND AS I START COMING TO A STOP, MY CAR BEINGS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. SO I THROW IT IN PARK AND IMMEDIATELY TURNED OFF THE CAR. AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES ON THE PHONE WITH THE CLOSEST FORD DEALER I KNOW, I TURN ON THE CAR AND IT'S RUNNING LIKE NOTHING EVER HAPPENED. HOWEVER, IT DID TAKE A LITTLE LONG TO START, LIKE AS IF THE BATTERY WAS ON THE VERGE OF DYING. I MANAGED TO GET MY CAR TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE I HAD THEM RUN A DIAGNOSTICS TEST ON IT AND SURE ENOUGH, THEY DIDN'T FIND A CODE. THEY EVEN HAD ME COME OUT AND WATCH THE TEST BE DONE, AND EVERYTHING WAS SHOWING A PASSING MARK.

I WAS DRIVING 20MPH & SUDDENLY THE WRENCH LIGHTS TURNS ON & MY CAR SLOWS DOWN & STARTS SHAKING. I TURNED IT OFF. THEN WAITED A FEW SECONDS AND TURNED IT BACK ON. I STARTED DRIVING AGAIN AND WAS AT A RED LIGHT. ONCE IT TURNED GREEN, I STEP IN THE GAS I WAS AT MAYBE 10MPH WHEN MY CAR STARTS TO SLOW DOWN M STARTS SHAKING BADLY. I HAD MY 17 MONTH OLD WITH ME AND I'M JUST GLAD THIS HAPPENED BEFORE I ENTERED THE FREEWAY

I WAS DRIVING MY 2010 FORD FUSION, WITH 43,000 MILES ON THE HIGHWAY PASSING A CAR, WHEN I EXPERIENCED A JERK AND COULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. I LOOKED IN MY REARVIEW MIRROR TO SEE A CAR APPROACHING VERY QUICKLY. I WAS LUCKY THAT I WAS ONLY PASSING ONE CAR AND IT HAD ALREADY GOTTEN BY ME SO I PULLED BACK OVER AND COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THERE WAS A WRENCH LIGHT ON. I TURNED CAR OFF, WAITED A MOMENT AND STARTED IT AGAIN. THE WRENCH WAS GONE. TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND NO CODES CAME UP. HOWEVER, THE ETB CHECK FOUND A FAULT. THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED. THIS IS SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED IMMEDIATELY BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED OR KILLED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 60 MPH, MY CAR STARTED TO DECELERATE. MY CAR DROPPED TO 1100 RPMS AND WAS UNRESPONSIVE TO THE ACCELERATOR. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BEFORE GETTING RAN OVER. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS NOT ON, BUT THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS LIT UP. ONCE I TURNED OFF THE CAR FOR 3 SECONDS AND RESTARTED MY CAR, THE CAR STARTED TO WORK AGAIN. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP THEY INFORMED ME THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, BUT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED AND ITS NOT PART OF THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY ON COVERS THE BLOCK, HEADS AND TRANSMISSION. THE COST TO HAVE THIS FIXED IS ABOUT $450. I NEVER EXPECTED TO BE DOING THIS TYPES OF REPAIRS ON A CAR WITH ONLY 39,500 MILES. *TR

I RECENTLY PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED WITH 43,000 MILES ON IT. IN ORDER TO GET THE VEHICLE REGISTERED IN MY STATE I HAD TO HAVE AN EMISSIONS TEST DONE. AT SOME POINT DURING THE TEST THE VEHICLE'S ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM DETECTED A FAULT THAT DISABLED THE POWER STEERING. WHEN I GOT BACK IN THE CAR I HAD NO POWER STEERING AND THE TRIP COMPUTER LISTED THE FOLLOWING ERRORS: "SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW" AND "SERVICE ADVANCED TRAC". I IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE CAR TO THE FORD DEALER WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS BEING AN INTERNAL ELECTRICAL ISSUE WITH THE EPS SYSTEM. THEY STATED THIS WASN'T AN ISSUE THAT COULD BE FIXED OTHER THEN REPLACING THE WHOLE POWER STEERING RACK. THE DEALER IS CHARGING $1,854.52 FOR THE JOB. I HAVE LOOKED UP THIS ISSUE ONLINE AND IT APPEARS THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING. I WASN'T DRIVING THE CAR AT THE TIME BUT THE TEST DID INVOLVE DRIVING THE CAR ON A DYNAMOMETER UP TO SPEEDS OF AROUND 60 MPH. IF THE SYSTEM FAILED THEN, IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED AT ANYTIME. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE SYSTEM SHUTS OFF AUTOMATICALLY WHEN IT DETECTS AN ISSUE. DRIVING THE CAR, AND SUDDENLY LOOSING POWER STEERING IS A SCARY CONCEPT. THESE SYSTEMS SEEM TO BE UNRELIABLE AND PUT THE PASSENGERS AND OTHER VEHICLES AT RISK. WHEN READING IN THE OWNERS MANUAL ABOUT THESE ERROR CODES IT STATES THAT THE SYSTEM WILL SHUT OFF WHEN IT DETECTS A FAULT. BUT THIS IS NOT A "NORMAL" PROBLEM FOR CARS. WITH A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM THIS WOULD NEVER HAPPEN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,300. *TR