2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

DRIVING ON A BUSY INTERSTATE HIGHWAY WHEN SUDDENLY MY CAR LOOSES POWER AND GOES INTO LIMP MODE. ABSOLUTELY NO THROTTLE RESPONSE. WRENCH LIGHT INDICATOR CAME ON. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND MY CAR SHUTTERED A BIT AS I SLOWED DOWN. TURNED THE CAR OFF AND WAITED A MINUTE BEFORE RESTARTING. RESTARTED SLUGGISHLY. BEGAN DRIVING AGAIN AND NO MORE THAN 5 MINUTES LATER, THE SAME THING HAPPENED. THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. ONCE AGAIN, TURNED CAR OFF, RESTARTED AND BEGAN DRIVING AGAIN. MADE IT INTO A LOCAL BRAKE/MUFFLER SHOP WHERE THEY WERE KIND ENOUGH TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM FOR ME. ERROR CODE P2112 CAME OVER WITH A DESCRIPTION ABOUT THE THROTTLE BODY ACTUATOR BEING STUCK CLOSED. THEY INFORMED ME THEY'VE SEEN THIS PROBLEM MANY TIMES AND IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE. IT MADE SENSE TO ME BECAUSE, LEADING UP TO THIS EVENT, I HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING A LAGGING THROTTLE. IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME TWICE MORE SINCE THIS INITIAL OCCURRENCE. *JB

I HAVE SPOKEN TO A REPRESENTATIVE IN RESPONSE TO AN EMAIL SENT TO YOUR TIER1 EMAIL CRCFMC AND AM NOT SATISFIED WITH THE RESULTS.. IF THIS IS THE WRONG DEPARTMENT WOULD YOU PLEASE FORWARD THIS ON. WHILE DRIVING, MY CAR LOST POWER. I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. AFTER 5 MIN OR SO THE IGNITION STARTED SO I DROVE IT HOME. I TOOK IT IN FOR SERVICE THE FOLLOWING A.M. AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE WHICH HAD BEEN SEEN MANY TIMES BEFORE.MY WARRANTY HAD RUN OUT A SHORT TIME BEFORE THIS INCIDENT SO I WAS REQUIRED TO PAY OUT-OF-POCKET. I EXPLAINED IN THE TIER 1 EMAIL CRDFMC MENTIONED ABOVE THAT THIS SEEMS LIKE A DESIGN PROBLEM AND I FEEL I SHOULDN'T BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT. A REPRESENTATIVE CONTACTED ME EXPLAINING MY PART HAD BEEN REPLACED WITH ONE OF A NEW DESIGN. I WAS OFFERED A 50"% REFUND AND ADVISED THAT IN THE EVENT OF A RECALL I WOULD GET REIMBURSED THE OTHER 50%. I DO NOT FIND THIS ACCEPTABLE. OBVIOUSLY FMC HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ORIGINAL THROTTLE HENCE THE NECESSITY FOR A NEW DESIGN. I SHOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT AND EXPECT TO BE REIMBURSED 100%. *JS

DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AT 70MPH AND CAR JUST LOSES POWER!!! LUCKILY NO ONE NEAR US. PULLED OVER TO SIDE AND TURNED CAR OFF. RESTARTED AND PROCEEDED TO EXIT RAMP AND IT DID IT AGAIN! A WRENCH INDICATOR LIGHT APPEARS ON DASH. WENT TO NEAREST GAS STATION AND ATTENDANT COULD NOT HELP MUCH SO WE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO KEEP GOING. STARTED VEHICLE AND IT SEEMED FINE THIS TIME AND DROVE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES THEN WHILE RIVING ON BUSY STREET APPROX 40 MPH AND CAR BEGAN TO SPUTTER AND LOSE POWER; WRENCH INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON DASH AND CAR EVENTUALLY DIED THIS TIME. MANAGED TO ROLL TO SIDE OF STREET AND TURNED KEY OFF. RESTARTED AND THEN AFTER DRIVING A FEW MINUTES DID THE SAME THING; THIS TIME BARELY AVOIDING A MAJOR COLLISION! THIS HAPPENED 7 TIMES IN A COUPLE OF MILE RADIUS BEFORE I COULD GET TO A GARAGE; VERY DANGEROUS! DISCOVERED THAT IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY AND COMPUTER CODES REVEAL IT IS STICKING OPEN AND CLOSED. AFTER RESEARCH ON COMPUTER HAVE DISCOVERED COUNTLESS PEOPLE WITH SAME PROBLEM FROM THEIR FUSIONS. FORD MUST ISSUE A RECALL! THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! *JS

THE CAR UNEXPECTEDLY LOSSES POWER. IT HAS OCCURRED ON TWO OCCASIONS. YOU CAN CONTINUE TO PRESS ON THE GAS PETAL BUT THE CAR WILL NOT INCREASE IN SPEED.YOU MUST PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. TURN THE ENGINE OFF. WAIT A FEW MINUTES AND RESTART THE CAR IN ORDER TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE THROTTLE AGAIN. IT HAS A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE TO FORD. THEY HAVE RECALLED THE 2010 ESCAPE FOR THIS SAME ISSUE. FORD NEEDS TO RECALL THE 2010 FORD FUSION FOR THIS ISSUE BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED OR INJURED.*JS

MY 2010 FORD FUSION BEGINS TO SHAKE, VIBRATE AND THEN THE ENGINE STALLS WITHOUT WARNING, WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING AT EITHER INTERSTATE SPEEDS OR CITY DRIVING SPEEDS. I HAVE TO STOP, PLACE MY CAR IN PARK AND RESTART THE ENGINE. I HAVE COME CLOSE TO BEING REAR ENDED BY A CAR BEHIND ME, BOTH ON THE INTERSATE AND ON CITY STREETS. *JS

2ND TIME IT HAPPENED: WHILE DRIVING, ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING GEAR FAILED, STEERING WAS HARD TO TURN, DEALER RESET THE FAILURE (POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT; SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW) AND STEERING WAS WORKING FINE AGAIN. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED. THANKS *JS

TRAVELING DOWN THE STREET AT ABOUT 25-30 MPH WHEN THE CAR ALERTED US THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM, MESSAGES READ SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW & SERVICE ADVTRAC. WE PULLED OVER AT THE NEXT BLOCK INTO A PARKING LOT, TURNED THE CAR OFF & LOOKED FOR THE POWER STEERING RESERVOIR. FOUND NONE, . TURNED THE CAR BACK ON AND HAD NO POWER STEERING. *JS

I EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN AND DRAMATIC LOSS OF POWER, SUCH THAT IT INSTANTLY FELT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS GOING TO STALL. I WAS ONLY ON A CITY STREET SO IT WAS EASY TO PULL OVER BUT HAD I BEEN GOING 70MPH ON THE HIGHWAY THIS COULD HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IN THE WRONG SITUATION. TURNED THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AND ALL WAS FINE. A MILE OR SO LATER THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED AND CHECK ENGINE CAME ON. MY MECHANIC PULLED THE CODE P2111 WHICH INDICATES A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY. I SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND THERE IS AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF BUZZ REGARDING THIS PROBLEM AND SEVERAL ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN CAUSED. THIS SHOULD CLEARLY BE A RECALL.

THE ACCELERATOR STOPPED WORKING AS I WAS STARTING TO MOVE AFTER A STOP LIGHT. A LIGHT WENT ON THAT LOOKED LIKE A WRENCH. THE FORD DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AFTER PAYING $134.20. HAPPENED AGAIN WHILE DRIVING 60 MILES PER HOUR ON THE FREEWAY ON 8/4/2013. THE FORD DEALER REPLACED A VALVE AND WE PAID $291.98. HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ON THE FREEWAY ON 8/25/2013. WE RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND SEVERAL DRIVERS WITH THIS MODEL HAD A MALFUNTIONING THROTTLE BODY. WE TOLD THE FORD DEALER HOW TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THIS REPAIR COST US $654.13.

THE ENGINE RPM DROPS TO ZERO AND THE CAR COASTS TO A COMPLETE STOP. SOMETIMES UPON RESTARTING THE ENGINE , THE CAR SHAKES VIOLENTLY. WHEN IT DOES START YOU CAN TRAVEL MAYBE A FEW FEET SOMETIMES A FEW MILES THEN IT STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO BE SERVICED AND THEY IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AS THE THROTTLE BODY.