2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

WHILE ON THE FREEWAY DOING APPROXIMATELY 65-75 MPH, MY VEHICLE LOST POWER, THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH, AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY, TURNED THE CAR OFF, AND RESTARTED. IT WAS FINE AFTER RESTARTING. A COUPLE DAYS LATER THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AGAIN. WITHIN 4 DAYS, MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO HAVE 4 EPISODES ON MY 11 MILE COMMUTE. THESE ISSUES DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC PROMPTED ME TO BRING IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP ASAP AS I DID NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT ANY LONGER. MY VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP AWAITING DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR. AFTER A GOOGLE SEARCH, I AM FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT THE DIAGNOSIS WILL INVOLVE THE THROTTLE BODY.*JB

I WAS TRAVELING DOWN A 2 LANE HIGHWAY (STATE ROAD, PA) WHEN THE CAR BEGAN TO RAPIDLY LOSE ACCELERATION AND SEEMED TO STALL. THE ENGINE JERKED EXCESSIVELY, BUT NEVER TURNED OFF. NO AMOUNT OF PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR MADE ANY DIFFERENCE. I COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SAFELY. LUCKILY, NO ONE HIT ME. TURNED ENGINE OFF AND CALLED FOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. TURNED THE VEHICLE ON A FEW MINUTES LATER AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE. THE YELLOW WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON WHEN ACCELERATOR LOST CONTROL. NEXT DAY, WHILE DRIVING TO WORK , IT HAPPENED ON RT13N DE AND AGAIN I WAS LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO QUICKLY GET TO THE EMERGENCY LANE. YELLOW WRENCH LIGHT AND NO CONTROL ON ACCELERATOR WITH ENGINE VIBRATING HEAVILY BUT DOES NOT TURN OFF. SWITCHED OFF AND TURNED ON - EVERYTHING IS FINE. SAME DAY EVENING - RETURNING FROM WORK - IT HAPPENS AS I GET ON THE ENTRY RAMP TO I95 N DE. NARROWLY MISSED SOMEONE REAR ENDING ME. YELLOW LIGHT, HEAVY VIBRATION AND NO ACCELERATION. TURN OFF AND TURN ON, EVERYTHING IS FINE. BEING IN DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON - NO EMERGENCY LANE AND HAD TO DO THIS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD DURING RUSH HOUR. THIS SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER IS EXTREMELY SCARY AND WITH 2 CHILDREN IN THE BACK SEAT - I FEAR FOR THEIR SAFETY. IMAGINE IF THIS IS HAPPENS ON THE INTERSTATE WITH A 18 WHEELER BEHIND YOU. WILL BE TAKING TO DEALER FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. VEHICLE IS SERVICED AND MAINTAINED ONLY BY FORD. NO ONE HAS TOUCHED MY VEHICLE OTHER THAN FORD AUTHORIZED DEALER AND HAVE NOT MISSED A SINGLE FORD RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE SERVICE. *JB

WE WERE GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND MY CAR STARTED SHAKING AND DIED OUT. THIS CONTINUED 6 MORE TIMES BEFORE WE FOUND A VALVOLINE AND HAD THEM TEST IT ON THEIR COMPUTER. IT GAVE THE CODE P2111 TAC SYSTEM OPEN. NOW THE CODE IS GONE AND THE DEALER CAN NOT FIX IT UNLESS IT DISPLAYS THIS CODE SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE IT UNTIL THE ERROR MESSAGE SHOWS UP AGAIN.*JB

ON 8/17/13 WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH, MY CAR WENT INTO (LIMP MODE) WOULD NO LONG ACCELERATE, WE SAFELY PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. WE PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND SHUT IT OFF, WE RESTARTED THE CAR AND IT WORKED FINE, THE NEXT OCCURRENCE OCCURRED 9/1/13, WHILE ACCELERATING UP A FREEWAY RAMP, ALL THE SAME SYMPTOMS, AGAIN THE CAR RESTARTED FINE. THIRD OCCURRENCE 9/2/13 WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH ON THE STREET. IT SEEMS IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY. MY CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, I CALLED THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY ARE ON "BACK ORDER FOR THE PART," I WAS ALSO TOLD THIS PART "GOES OUT ALL THE TIME." I AM TOLD IT CAN BE UP TO 1 MONTH FOR THE PART TO COME IN! MY CAR IS NOT DRIVABLE AND IS A SAFETY HAZARD. LUCKILY, THE PAST THREE OCCURRENCES I WAS ABLE TO PULL SAFELY OVER, BUT I CAN NOT RISK, DRIVING IT ANY LONGER. I AM STUCK.*JB

I ACCELERATED AFTER A RED LIGHT AND WAS TRAVELING UP AN INCLINE AND SUDDENLY I HAD NO ENGINE POWER. I THOUGHT CAR HAD STALLED BUT ALL LIGHTS WERE ON IN THE DASHBOARD AND I STILL HAD STEERING CAPABILITY. I COASTED DOWN THE BRIDGE AND PULLED OFF INTO THE FIRST PUBLIC PARKING I COULD FIND. THE CAR WAS IDLING VERY ROUGH. I SHUT IT OFF, WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND RESTARTED. IT STARTED FINE AND TRAVELED OK ON THE WAY HOME. IT SEEMED A LITTLE HESITANT A COUPLE TIMES BUT IT DIDN'T REPEAT THE "LIMP-MODE" THAT IT WAS IN PREVIOUSLY. *JB

PE13-003 MY 2009-2011 FORD ESCAPE, FUSION, MARINER AND MILAN ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY MALFUNCTION 21-FEB-2013 MY 2010 FORD FUSION 4 CYLINDER HAS MALFUNCTIONED TWICE IN TWO DAYS WITH SUDDEN POWER LOSS AND THE WRENCH ICON OF THE GAUGE CLUSTER. EACH TIME, THE ENGINE WOULD DROP TO 800 RPM AND CRAWL AT LESS THEN 20 MPH. THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS NEAR HUNT AUTO AS LEAVING A 4-WAY STOP ON SUNDAY WITH NEAR 90 DEGREE HEAT. THE SECOND WAS MONDAY WHILE ON I-65 N NEAR MILLERSVILLE AT 68 MPH. SCARY. BOTH TIMES I HAD TO PULL OVER, INSPECT THE IDLE BEHAVIOR, TURN THE CAR OFF, WAIT 30 SECONDS THEN TURN-ON AGAIN FINE WITH NORMAL BEHAVIOR. AFTER RESEARCH, THIS APPEARS TO BE UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE NHTSA SINCE FEB 2013 AS LIKELY THROTTLE BODY ISSUES OF THIS ENGINE TYPE. I HAVE SENT THIS INFO TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALER WWW.HUNTAUTO.COM. PLEASE ADVISE AND ASSIST AS POSSIBLE. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE VEHICLE DID NOT ACETATE HOWEVER. THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND RESTARTED SOME TIME LATER AND OPERATED AS DESIGNED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, WHO SUGGESTED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY COULD HAVE BEEN DEFECTIVE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 63,000.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT AROUND 70 MPH AND ALL THE LIGHTS CAME ON MY DASHBOARD. A WRENCH CAME ON AND THE CAR STARTED LOSING POWER. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, SHUT THE CAR OFF. I WAITED A FEW MINUTES, STARTED IT. IT STARTED RIGHT UP. I DROVE FOR A FEW MILES, IT DID IT AGAIN. *JB

IN THE PAST WEEK, MY VEHICLE HAS "STALLED," FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, AT MODERATE TO HIGH SPEEDS ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE THIRD TIME THIS OCCURRED, I WAS DRIVING UPHILL DURING RUSH HOUR ON "THE CUT IN THE HILL," A STRETCH OF HIGHWAY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY NEAR CINCINNATI KNOWN FOR ITS DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH NUMBER OF AUTO ACCIDENTS. IT'S A VERY DANGEROUS PLACE FOR A VEHICLE TO SIMPLY STOP AT THE BUSIEST TIME OF DAY. BECAUSE IT WAS GOING UPHILL, THE VEHICLE DID NOT COAST TO A SAFER LOCATION (OR EVEN COAST AT ALL) AS IT HAD DONE DURING PREVIOUS EPISODES AND I WAS UNABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER. I WAS STUCK, BROKEN DOWN, IN THE MIDDLE LEFT LANE. I HAVE BROUGHT MY CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THIS EXACT ISSUE TWICE IN THE PAST WHILE IT WAS COVERED UNDER THE BUMPER-TO-BUMPER WARRANTY. THEY CLAIMED THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM OR FIND A CODE SO IT WAS PROBABLY JUST A FLUKE AND NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT. THIS TIME, WHEN I BROUGHT MY CAR IN LAST FRIDAY 8/30/13, THEY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT AND HAD THE PART TO REPLACE IT (WHICH WAS AMAZING SINCE IT'S ON A NATIONAL BACK ORDER BECAUSE THIS PROBLEM IS APPARENTLY HAPPENING TO EVERYONE). MY 12 MONTH/12,000 MILE CERTIFIED BUMPER-TO-BUMPER WARRANTY EXPIRED 1,200 MILES AGO, SHORTLY AFTER THE LAST TIME I BROUGHT IT IN FOR SERVICE. IT TOOK LESS THAN AN HOUR FOR THEM TO CALL ME WITH A DIAGNOSIS. IT WAS A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY, JUST LIKE I HAD TOLD THEM, AND IT COST ME ALMOST $600 OUT-OF-POCKET TO REPLACE IT. NONE OF IT WAS COVERED. UNBELIEVABLE. FORD NEEDS TO STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT AND REIMBURSE ME AND EVERYONE ELSE WITH THIS ISSUE. UNSAFE AND UNFAIR! *JB

AT HIGHWAY SPEED, THERE WAS A CONTROLLED LOSS OF POWER TO THE ENGINE. UPON SHUTTING DOWN AND RESTARTING, THE PROBLEM CLEARED BUT RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED AND THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED. *JB