2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

STARTED INDICATED "POWER STEERING FAULT IN PARKING LOT. POWER STEERING INOPERATIVE. DASH BOARD. SHUT DOWN AND RESTARTED STEERING NOW FINE. *TR

THE PARKING BRAKE FREEZES IN FREEZING WEATHER. YOU CAN STILL LOWER (RELEASE) THE PARKING BRAKE HANDLE, THE WARNING LIGHT IN THE DASH WOULD GO OFF, BUT THE REAR RIGHT BRAKE STAYS ENGAGED. THIS LEAVES THE DRIVER TO BELIEVE THAT THE BRAKE HAS BEEN RELEASED WHEN IN FACT IT HASN'T. THIS HAPPENED TO ME THIS PAST WINTER. THE CAR FELT SLUGGISH AS IF IT WAS DRAGGING SOMETHING. ABOUT 10 MINUTES INTO DRIVING WE SMELLED A BURNT SMELL AND HEARD A METAL POPPING NOISE FROM THE REAR RIGHT WHEEL. WE STOPPED AT A GAS STATION TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING. THE RIGHT REAR BRAKE WAS BURNING HOT, THE BURNT SMELL WAS VERY STRONG, AND IT CONTINUED TO MAKE THE METAL POPPING NOISE AS IT WAS EXPANDING DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE HEAT. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS TO DO WITH THE DESIGN OF THE PARKING BRAKE CABLE. WE WERE ALSO TOLD TO NOT USE THE PARKING BRAKE IN WINTER OR IT LIKELY WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT FORD NEEDS TO ADDRESS ON BECAUSE IT CAN LEAD TO THE CAR CATCHES FIRE. *TR

FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS I HAVE BEEN HAVING AN ISSUE WITH MY 3 YEAR OLD FORD FUSION (2010) STARTED STALLING OUT AT RANDOM TIMES FOR NO APPARENT REASON. WHEN THIS HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME I CALLED MY LOCAL DEALER AND ASKED HIM WHAT MAY BE WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE AND HE SAID THAT THERE WAS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE THROTTLE BODY, WHICH CAUSES THE CAR TO STALL OCCASIONALLY AND THAT IT WOULD COST ME AROUND $350 FOR THE PART ALONE. I BELIEVE THIS TO A MAJOR SAFETY PROBLEM BECAUSE ONE TIME THIS HAPPENED TO ME I WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 60MPH WITH A SEMI-TRUCK BEHIND ME AND THE TRUCKER CAME VERY CLOSE TO HITTING ME. I ALSO HAD THIS HAPPEN TO ME AT AN INTERSECTION WHILE TAKING OFF FROM A RED LIGHT, TURNING LEFT. I HAVE DONE SOME ONLINE RESEARCH ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND IT DOES SEEM TO BE A PROBLEM AMONGST MANY FORD FUSION OWNERS IN CARS THAT ARE ONLY 2 OR 3 YEARS OLD. IF THIS IS SUCH A COMMON OCCURRENCE THAT FORD DEALERS KNOW THAT THIS ISSUE EXISTS THEN I ASK WHY HASN'T THIS PART BEEN RECALLED? *TR

FRIDAY AUGUST 9, 2013 TURNING RIGHT ON GREEN LIGHT AND LOST ALL FORWARD POWER, BUT ENGINE DID NOT STALL CAR WOULD MOVE VERY SLOWLY ON ENGINE IDLE. TURNED KEY OFF THEN CAR STARTED BACK UP RAN OK. SUNDAY AUGUST 11, 2013 DRIVING IN TRAFFIC A 45MPH LOST ALL FORWARD POWER WAS ABLE TO STOP AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT BEING REAR ENDED IN TRAFFIC. MONDAY AUGUST 12, 2013 TURNING LEFT OUT OF DRIVEWAY INTO TRAFFIC LOST ALL FORWARD POWER WAS ABLE TO GET TO CURB BEFORE BEING T-BONED IN TRAFFIC. ON MONDAY AUGUST 12, 2013 HAD THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY REPLACED AT A COST OF $488.56. $324.34 FOR A PART THAT SHOULD LAST LONGER THEN 45,000 MILES. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR ON THE EXPRESSWAY AND SUDDENLY MY ENGINE DIED WITH NO WARNING AND THE RPMS DROPPED. I CAME VERY CLOSE TO AN ACCIDENT AND LUCKILY WAS ABLE TO GET IT OFF THE ROAD. PEOPLE DRIVE VERY FAST AND I FEEL LUCKY TO BE UNHURT. I HAVE A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY AND I CAN NO LONGER DRIVE MY CAR TILL IT IS FIXED. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. THEY SAY THE CIRCUIT BOARD IS FAULTY AND IS SENDING THE ENGINE THE WRONG SIGNAL. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED . PLEASE ADD THIS TO YOUR LIST OF OTHER COMPLAINTS. I BOUGHT MY CAR ON JULY 11, 2009 THANK U *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME DOING ABOUT 50 MPH, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR LOST POWER AND I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. THE CAR STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND IT FINALLY STOPPED DOWN TO ABOUT 2-3 MPH. I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND HAD TO PAY 824.00 TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY. FORD NEVER MENTIONED ANYTHING ABOUT THIS BEING A PROBLEM. I HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS NEWS STORIES ABOUT THIS VERY PROBLEM. *TR

THE FIRST TIME THIS ISSUE HAPPENED WAS JUNE OF 2011. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND MY CAR STALLED OUT AND I COULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. I TOOK IT TO FORD THAT DAY AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY AND THEY REPLACED IT. NOW IT'S AUGUST OF 2013 AND I'M HAVING THE SAME EXACT ISSUE AGAIN. THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON AND MY VEHICLE STALLS AND I CAN'T ACCELERATE. I HAVE TO TURN MY CAR OFF, WAIT A FEW MINUTES, AND TURN IT BACK ON TO CONTINUE DRIVING AND SOMETIMES THAT DOESN'T FIX IT. WHEN I CONTACTED MULLINAX FORD IN APOPKA, FL THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THERE HAS BEEN ISSUES WITH THAT CERTAIN PART AND THAT THEY HAVE THE MOST UPDATED VERSION OF THE PART THAT THEY SAID FORD HAS FIXED THE DEFICIENCY WITH IT. HOWEVER, THAT PART ISN'T COVERED UNDER ANY WARRANTY SO I WOULD HAVE TO PAY ALMOST $300 TO HAVE IT REPLACED YET AGAIN. *TR

I DRIVE APPROXIMATELY 80 MILES PER DAY, 5 DAYS A WEEK. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT NORMAL SPEEDS OF 45-60 MPH, MY FUSION LOST ALL ACCELERATION POWER. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES IN THE LAST WEEK ALONE. EACH TIME, THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD SO I HAD TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND RESTART MY VEHICLE BEFORE I COULD RETURN SAFELY TO THE ROAD. DURING EACH INCIDENT, I WAS IN SEVERAL LANES OF TRAFFIC, AND LOSING ALL POWER CERTAINLY CREATES A DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENT FOR ME AND OTHER DRIVERS AROUND. *TR

THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AFTER COMING TO A STOP. I PUSHED ON THE ACCELERATOR AND NO POWER. IT ALSO GOES FROM 60 AND DROPS DOWN INSTANTLY WHILE DRIVING ALMOST AS IF IT LOST POWER. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, AND THE ENGINE STOPPED. I COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND TURNED OFF THE KEY TO RESET THE ALARM CODE. THE CAR STARTED AND DROVE NORMALLY FOR ABOUT 2 MILES, THEN THE ENGINE STOPPED AGAIN. WITHIN 5 MILES THE CAR WOULD BARELY RUN AT ALL, THE ENGINE WAS MIS-FIRING AND CLUNKING ALONG AT 2 MPH AND STALLING EVERY FEW FEET. I HAD NO PREVIOUS INDICATIONS OF A PROBLEM. THE CAR WAS RUNNING FINE, AND THEN WITHIN 5 MILES IT WAS COMPLETELY UN-DRIVABLE. THE PROBLEM WAS FAILURE OF THE THROTTLE BODY, COST $525 TO REPAIR. THERE ARE MANY REPORTS OF THIS PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET. *TR