2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

DRIVING 55 MPH LOST POWER, CAR SHOOK VIOLENTLY, WRENCH LIGHT TURNED ON, ROLLED OFF COUNTRY ROAD & TURNED CAR OFF. RESTARTED & DROVE HOME 600 MILES WITHOUT INCIDENT. THEN ON DECEMBER 3, 2012 (2 WEEKS LATER) WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ON BUSY HIGHWAY AT RUSH HOUR SAME THING HAPPENED...NO POWER, WRENCH LIGHT, VIOLENT SHAKING. FORTUNATELY, WAS IN A BUSY DOWNTOWN AREA WITH MULTIPLE EXIT RAMPS. WAS ABLE TO "ROLL" OFF HIGHWAY , TURN OFF CAR & RESTART. NEEDED TO DO THIS SEVERAL TIMES. GOT TO DESTINATION ( I WAS SHAKING MORE THAN CAR) AND SAME THING HAPPENED ALL THE WAY HOME. TOOK TO DEALER WHO EVENTUALLY REPLACED THROTTLE BODY& HAVEN'T HAD AN INCIDENT SINCE. I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL PROBLEM AFTER READING ALL THE IDENTICAL STORIES & EXPECT MY $100 DEDUCTIBLE RETURNED AS I DID HAVE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY.

I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 71 AND THE CAR FELT AS IF IT WAS LOOSING POWER. THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. I WAITED A MINUTE AND STARTED THE VEHICLE. IT STARTED AND I ACCELERATED AND I PULLED ONTO THE INTERSTATE. ABOUT A MILE DOWN THE ROAD THE SAME THING HAPPENED AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. I PULLED OVER, WAITED AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. I AGAIN PULLED ONTO THE INTERSTATE AND THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO BE OKAY TO DRIVE ALTHOUGH THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON. I DROVE IT DIRECTLY TO JOHN NOLAN AUTO SERVICE. THEY CHECKED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THE EEC. DIAG. P02111 STORED IN THE COMPUTER FOR THROTTLE BODY STUCK OPEN. THEY REMOVED AND REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY ASSY AND RE-PROGRAMMED THE PCM.

I WAS COMING HOME FROM WORK AND I HAD JUST TURNED LEFT ON TO [XXX] AND THE CAR START SLOW DOWN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE BUT THE CAR SLOWED TO ABOUT 2MPH AND THE ENGINE JUST STARTED TO SHAKE BADLY IT WOULDN'T EVEN PULL THE HILL GOING TO MY HOUSE SO PULLED OVER IN A NEIGHBORS YARD AND CALLED MY FATHER HE TOLD ME TO JUST CUT IT OFF AND WAIT A COUPLE MINUTES THEN RETRY IT AND AFTER I WAIT IT STARTED FINE AND THE WRENCH LIGHT WENT OFF SO DROVE IT TO MY HOME ABOUT A MILE AWAY AND IT DID IT AGAIN WHEN I WAS PULLING IN MY DRIVE WAY IF THIS HAD HAPPENED WHEN I WAS TURNING ON TO MY ROAD I COULD OF BEEN HIT BY ANOTHER CAR THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BEFORE SOME ONE GETS HURT OR KILLED. WISE UP FORD IT YOUR CHEAP CHINA PARTS THAT'S CAUSING THE PROBLEMS. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) *TT

LOOSING POWER AND ACCELERATION CAPABILITY. ENGINE CONTINUES TO RUN HOWEVER QUITE THE HAZARD ON A CONGESTED FREEWAY WHEN YOU SUDDENLY LOOSE POWER AND SPEED. DIAG IS THAT IT IS A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY. COSTLY REPAIR JUST AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRATION NOT TO MENTION HIGHWAY HAZARD AND TOWING EXPENSE. *TT

GOING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH, ENGINE JUST DIES ON ME, FORCING ME TO PULL OVER, IT LOOSES ALL POWER BUT IT GOES TO A VERY LOW RPM'S FOR A WHILE, ENGINE SHAKES AND AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES JUST TURN OFF, I TURN IT BACK ON AND IT RUNS LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED. I WAS OUT OF TIME APPROXIMATELY 200 MILES AWAY FROM HOME, THIS CONDITION HAPPENED TO ME FOR ABOUT 15 TIMES IN A 100 MILES RANGE. SOME TIMES IT TAKES PLACE JUST AFTER LEAVING A PARKING LOT, SOME OTHER TIMES AT 20 MPH SO IT IS VERY UNPREDICTIBLE BUT AT THE SAME TIME PRETTY DANGEROUS. EVERY ONCE ON A WHILE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT GOES OFF, THEN IT IS NOT THERE. *TT

LIKE MANY OTHERS, I'M EXPERIENCING INCREASINGLY FREQUENT ACCELERATION FAILURES (NO ACCELERATION WITH VISUAL CUE AS WELL AS ACCELERATION SURGES) CONSISTENT WITH (AND IDENTIFIED BY DEALER AS) A MALFUNCTIONING ETB. ADDITIONALLY, IT SEEMS THAT THE THROTTLE BODY MAY BE AFFECTED BY BOTH PROXIMITY AND STRESS SENSORS, AS THE FAILURES (AND GENERALLY FAIRLY DRAMATIC DROPS IN SPEED) TEND TO OCCUR MOST FREQUENTLY AT HIGH SPEEDS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. PER FORD'S RESPONSE TO THE SAFETY INVESTIGATION (INRL-PE13003-57050P), THE MANUFACTURER SUBMITS THAT THE RESULTING FMEM MODE (ALWAYS THE MOST SEVERE OF "GOOD LUCK WITH THAT" IN MY VEHICLE'S CASE) ALLOWS FOR SAFE MANEUVERING. WHILE THIS MAY BE TRUE ON THE TEST COURSES IN DEARBORN, I'D GLADLY VOLUNTEER MY VEHICLE TO ALLOW MY NEIGHBORS TO RE-EVALUATE THIS CLAIM IN ACTUAL LANSING TRAFFIC. *TT

VEHICLE STALLED AND DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE RESTARTED ONCE IT WAS PULLED OFF THE ROAD. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED INTO THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TT

DRIVER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SHAKING WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING IT AND SHE WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. SHE WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE PULLED OVER AND TURN IT OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES AND GET IT RESTARTED. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TT

DRIVER WAS COMPLAINING THAT THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING ROUGH WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE STALLED A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO GET IT RESTARTED AND DRIVE IT INTO THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP. IT WAS DETERMINED AFTER DIAGNOSTIC THAT IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY THAT HAD GONE OUT AND NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE SHOP TOLD US IT WOULD BE A MINIMUM OF 3-4 DAYS BEFORE THEY RECEIVED THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY BEFORE THEY WOULD EVEN BE ABLE TO START THE REPAIRS. *TT

DRIVER WAS DRIVING WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSE POWER AND WAS GETTING SLOWER AND SLOWER. WHEN THE DRIVER PULLED OVER THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING AND RUNNING ROUGH. THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE DRIVER TRIED TO RESTART IT AFTER LETTING IT SIT FOR A FEW MINUTES. SHE WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STATE BACK UP, BUT IT KEPT STALLING. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TT