2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

WE HAD JUST BOUGHT OUR 2010 FORD FUSION 10 DAYS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. I HAD JUST PICKED UP MY CHILDREN FROM SCHOOL AND WHEN I WAS LEAVING THE SCHOOL PARKING LOT I HAD TOO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP (WHICH IS ON A DOWNWARD SLOPE) WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE THE CAR LOST ALL POWER AND HAD SHUT OFF, I HAD NO CONTROL OF COURSE AND ROLLED RIGHT IN FRONT OF AN ONCOMING SCHOOL BUS THAT WAS IN OTHER LANE. THE BUS HAD TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP TO AVOID HITTING US. IT CRANKED RIGHT BACK UP BUT SEEMED A LITTLE SLUGGISH. MY LITTLE GIRL WAS SCREAMING FOR ME TO TURN (WHICH I WAS TRYING BUT COULD DO NOTHING) SHE WAS VERY UPSET AND CRYING. IT NEVER SHOWED ANY SIGN OF PROBLEMS BEFORE HAND. I CONTACTED THE DEALER WE PURCHASED IT FROM AND THEY SAID THEY COULD DO NOTHING IT WAS NOT A FORD DEALER IT WAS USED WHEN WE BOUGHT IT WITH 50000 MILES. I CONTACTED A FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID UNLESS IT SHOWED A SIGN THEY COULD DO NOTHING I HAVE TRIED OTHER MECHANICS AND NOTHING. WE DID HAVE THROTTLE BODY CHECKED AND IT WAS FINE. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL INCIDENTS OF IT SHUTTING OFF WITH NO WARNING AND IT IS A REGULAR BASIS IT SEEMS TO NOT WANT TO GO WHEN I PRESS THE ACCELERATOR.IT SEEMS SLOW TO RESPOND. THE SHUTTING OFF OF THE CAR ONLY SEEMS TO HAPPEN WHEN IM TRYING TO TAKE OFF FROM A STOPPED POSITION THEN IT WILL DIE RIGHT AFTER IT STARTS GOING. THIS MAKES ME VERY NERVOUS AND NOT WANT TO GO ANYWHERE. WE HAVEN'T HAD IT LONG SO WE CANT GET RID OF IT DUE TO THE NEGATIVE WE HAVE IN THE CAR AND CANT AFFORD HIGHER PMT. I WILL NEVER GO WITH FORD AGAIN NOT SAYING THAT ALL ARE LIKE THIS, BUT ONE BAD APPLE CAN SPOIL THEM ALL FOR ME. *TR

WHILE ALREADY IN MOTION ON THE HIGHWAY THE CAR BEGINS TO DECREASE IT'S SPEED, VIBRATE AND THEN STALL OUT. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. CORRECTIVE ACTION TAKEN AT TIMES OF EVENT IS TO PULL OUT OF TRAFFIC AS BEST AS POSSIBLE. TURN OFF THE IGNITION, PUT THE CAR IN PARK THEN AFTER APPROX TWO MINUTES, RESTART THE VEHICLE AND CONTINUE DRIVING. *TR

THIS CAR HAS A TENDENCY ON STALLING BECAUSE OF THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A SIDE STREET GOING ABOUT 25 MPH WHEN MY CAR LOST POWER, WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS THE CAR SHOOK AND STALLED OUT. I RESTARTED THE CAR AND MANAGED TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE STREET BEFORE IT STALLED OUT AGAIN. THE ENGINE LIGHT AND THE WRENCH LIGHT WERE ON WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY IMMEDIATELY TOLD ME "IT'S PROBABLY THE THROTTLE BODY" THEY TOLD ME THE REPAIRS COULD TAKE MONTHS BECAUSE THE PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER BECAUSE IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE FORD FUSION. PREVIOUS TO THIS INCIDENT MY CAR HAD BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS ACCELERATING IMPROPERLY AND WOULD STALL OUT WHILE STOPPED. THIS STARTED HAPPENING ABOUT 2 MONTHS BEFORE MY CAR NEEDED TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. *TR

WE WERE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL KICKED OFF. I REALIZED THAT THE CAR HAD NO POWER, SO I WENT TO THE SHOULDER AND THE CAR WAS SHUDDERING AS I CAME TO A STOP. I TURNED THE CAR OFF, CHECKED TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING I COULD SEE WRONG IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CHECKED ALL FLUIDS, ETC. GOT BACK IN THE CAR AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP. WE WENT A LITTLE WHILE LONGER AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. ALL IN ALL, IT HAPPENED PROBABLY 8-10 TIMES IN A LITTLE OVER A 100 MILE TRIP. THE WRENCH LIGHT WOULD COME ON WHEN THE PROBLEM APPEARED, BUT ONLY THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD STAY ON AFTER RESTARTING.WHEN WE GOT BACK INTO TOWN, I WENT TO AUTO ZONE TO HAVE THE ENGINE CODE READ AND IT WAS P2111 (THROTTLE BODY). AFTER DOING SOME INVESTIGATING, I FOUND THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AMONG THESE CARS. I FOUND OUT THAT IT IS VERY EASY TO REPLACE, SO TRIED ORDERING ONE. THE PART THAT MOST SOURCES HAVE LISTED IS AROUND $170. BUT, THAT PART IS NOT AVAILABLE AND THE REPLACEMENT IS $324. I THINK FORD IS GOUGING THE CONSUMERS TO FIX A KNOWN PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE FIXED UNDER A RECALL. I HAVE A 4 YEAR OLD CAR THAT I DON'T DARE TAKE A TRIP WITH. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE MAINTENANCE LIGHT. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000.

WHILE DOING 50 MPH ON A HIGHWAY, THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER. THE MOTOR WAS STILL RUNNING, BUT IT WAS AS IF IT WAS IN IDLE. DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR DID NOTHING. I PULLED THE CAR OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND STOPPED. THE IDLE WAS EXTREMELY ROUGH. THERE WAS A 'WRENCH' INDICATOR LIGHT. I TURNED THE CAR OFF. AS I RESTARTED THE CAR, IT WAS VERY ROUGH TO START THEN AFTER A FEW SECONDS, IDLE WAS NORMAL. I DROVE WITHOUT A PROBLEM FOR ABOUT 20 MILES WHEN THE PROBLEM RE-OCCURRED IN THE EXACT SAME MANNER. WHEN I STARTED THE CAR THIS TIME, THE 'WRENCH' LIGHT WAS OFF, BUT THE 'CHECK ENGINE' LIGHT WAS ON AND REMAINED ON. THE FORD DEALERSHIP SAYS THE THROTTLE-BODY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, AND THAT THIS IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE POWER-TRAIN WARRANTY. *TR

THREE OUT OF FOUR INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES HAVE BROKEN. THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WILL NOT LOCK. *TR

CAR LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES OF DRIVING. IT WOULD NOT RESPOND TO ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE WRENCH LIGHT WENT ON. I PULLED OFF TO SIDE OF ROAD; CAR RESTARTED AFTER 2-3 TRIES; DROVE WITHOUT INCIDENT FOR NEXT 1500 MILES. SINCE THEN HAS STALLED THREE TIMES, USUALLY WITHIN A FEW MINUTES OF INITIAL START DRIVING AT 30-40 MPH. EACH TIME, RESTARTS WITH ONE OR TWO TRIES AND RUNS OK, BUT FEELS SLUGGISH. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. PULLED OVER SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND IN ABOUT 30 SECONDS RESTARTED THE ENGINE AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE OFF WITH NO ISSUES. *TR