2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON AND THE CAR LOSES ITS ACCELERATION COMPLETELY. AS I PULL OVER THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND BRAKE, THE CAR WILL START SHAKING. THE ONLY WAY TO FIX IT IS TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN. THE WRENCH LIGHT WILL DISAPPEAR AFTER THAT AND IT'LL START DRIVING NORMALLY AGAIN. FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE WITH MY THREE YEAR OLD IN THE CAR WITH ME. ONE UNHAPPY MOMMA!!!! THE CODE IT READ P2111 WHICH I HAVE BEEN TOLD IT IS A DEFECT IN THE THROTTLE BODY. HOPE THEY ARE RIGHT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 70 MPH. THE CAR SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN AND STARTED COASTING. PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL DID NOTHING. THE THROTTLE CONTROL/TRANSMISSION WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. I COASTED OFF OF THE HIGHWAY AND TURNED OFF MY CAR. I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON, WARNING LIGHT WAS GONE, CAR DROVE FINE THE REST OF THE WAY TO MY DESTINATION. NEXT MORNING THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED. STOPPED AT AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP. THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. GOT BACK ON THE HIGHWAY AND MADE IT TO MY DESTINATION WITHOUT INCIDENT. *TR

ON 8/2/2013, I WAS DRIVING ON I-68W NEAR ROCKY GAP, MD. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN, THE CAR'S RPMS JUMPED UP TO 4000 RPMS FROM ITS NORMAL 2000 RPMS. I TRIED APPLYING THE BRAKES AND PUMPING THE GAS TO TRY TO GET THE CAR TO OPERATE NORMALLY. AFTER 30 OR 40 SECONDS, THE CAR RETURNED TO 2000 RPMS. THIS REPEATED A COUPLE TIMES OVER THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. EVENTUALLY, I WAS GOING UP A MOUNTAIN,WHEN THE CAR'S RPMS DROPPED TO 1000. THE CAR DECELERATED AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL SAFELY OVER TO THE SHOULDER. THE AMBER WRENCH SYMBOL WAS LIT. I LET THE CAR SIT FOR A FEW MINUTES THEN STARTED IT BACK UP AGAIN. AT THIS POINT, THE CAR WORKED NORMALLY BUT ACCELERATION WAS SOMEWHAT SLUGGISH. WHEN I RETURNED HOME, I CHECKED TO SEE IF ANY VEHICLE ERROR CODE WERE PRESENT. NONE WERE. INITIALLY, I THOUGHT THE CAR WASN'T USED TO THE MOUNTAIN DRIVING. A FEW DAYS LATER, I WAS DRIVING ALONG MD-100W (A VERY FLAT ROAD) AND THEN PULLED INTO A LOCAL SHOPPING CENTER. WHILE DRIVING THROUGH THE PARKING LOT, THE CAR LOST POWER. I IMMEDIATELY HOOKED UP A CODE READER AND GOT A P2112. I GOOGLED THIS ERROR CODE AND IT SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD FUSIONS. IF THIS LOSE OF POWER OCCURRED AT THE WRONG TIME, IT COULD EASILY CAUSE A BAD ACCIDENT. *TR

CAR WAS RUNNING BUT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AFTER A STOP. GAS PEDAL WAS INOPERATIVE. ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY. *TR

1 MORNING TRAFFIC, HEAVY STOP AND GO, TOOL LIGHT CAME ON, CAR STALLED, SHAKE AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. 2 ANOTHER WHEN I WAS WITH CHILDREN AND STEADY SPEED OF 65MPH ON THE FREEWAY AND ON FAST LANE AND CAR NO WARNINGS SHUT DOWN ACCELERATIONS AND TOOL LIGHT CAME ON. 3 DRIVING WITHOUT TRAFFIC COMING OFF A STOP LIGHT TURNING ON A MAIN STREET AND CAR SHUTS DOWN AGAIN AFTER NO WARNING . TOOL LIGHT COMES ON AND ENGINE LIGHT AS WELL. MANY OTHER INCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED AND FINALLY AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS THE ISSUES THE MECHANIC HAD A CODE OD P2111 THROTTLE BODY SYSTEM WAS THE CAUSE. VERY DANGEROUS AND WHAT IS WORSE THE CAR TESTS ITSELF AND MAKES THE ISSUES GO AWAY FOR A SHORT TIME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. AFTER MERGING TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND SHUTTING THE ENGINE OFF THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE FAILURE SHORTLY RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED BECAUSE THE PART WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000. *TR

HTTP://WWW.ABOUTAUTOMOBILE.COM/COMPLAINT/2010/FORD/FUSION/POWER+TRAIN TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE AT 55 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THE CAR LOST POWER AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON IT WAS ALL THAT COULD BE DONE TO AVOID A HIGHSPEED ACCIDENT. WHEN THE VEHICLE WA RESTARTED IT RAN FINE. HOWEVER IT CONTINUES DOING THIS. THE DEALER SAYS THE THROTTLE UNIT ($600) NEEDS REPLACED THIS AFTER THE TRANSMISSION WAS JUST REPLACED. WE CALLED THE FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE IT TOOK THREE WEEKS FOR THEIR REPRESENTATIVE TO RETURN THE CALL AND HE HAD THE NERVE TO ASK "WHAT DID WE EXPECT HIM TO DO"? WITH THE WEB THE COMPANIES CAN NO LONGER LIE THE DEALER AND FORD FIRST STATED IT WAS THE FIRST THEY HEARD OF THIS, YET THERE ARE LAWSUITS EVERYWHERE. *TR

DRIVING AT RELATIVELY LOW SPEED - 25-30 MPH - AND CAR LURCHED TO SLOW SPEED - COULD NOT ACCELERATE AT ALL. HAD TO PULL OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD, TURN VEHICLE OFF AND RESTART. DROVE 50 YARDS AND PROBLEM RECURRED. IT CONTINUED TO HAPPEN, FORTUNATELY NOT ON THE HIGHWAY UNTIL I CALLED THE FORD DEALER. HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT TO TAKE IT ON THE HIGHWAY. DEALER WANTED TO CHARGE ME OVER $500 FOR REPAIR AS VEHICLE WAS 3 MONTHS OUT OF 36 MONTH WARRANTY. I RESEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE "THROTTLE BOX" WHICH THE DEALER SHOULD HAVE BEEN WELL AWARE OF. DEALER DID "ASSISTED" ME WITH COST OF REPAIR - CHARGED ME $50.00. THE REPAIR SHOULD HAVE BEEN FREE. FORD NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. *TR

I WAS AT A STOP AT A RAILROAD CROSSING. UPON APPLYING THE GAS TO GO, I STARTED TO LOOSE ALL POWER WITH THE ENGINE STARTING TO SHAKE, AND THE CAR SEEMING TO STALL, BUT LIMPING ALONG. NOTHING HAPPENED AS I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL. I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE CAR OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN A PARKING LOT. THE DASHBOARD HAD A WRENCH LIGHT ON. THE CAR IN THE ENGINE AREA WAS STILL VIBRATING AND SHAKING, WITH NO POWER BUT TO LIMP ALONG. I TURNED THE CAR OFF. WAITING A FEW MINUTES AND THE CAR STARTED UP, BUT SHAKING AN SPUTTERING. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR TO MY JOB WITHOUT ANY FURTHER PROBLEM. I CALLED THE FORD DEALER AND MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE FOLLOWING MONDAY. WHEN GOING HOME, I DROVE AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. THE CAR LOST ALL POWER TWO MORE TIMES, STALLING AND LIMPING ALONG WITH THE WRENCH LITE ON. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND IT LIMPED TO MY HOME. AT THIS POINT, CAR WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AND THE NEXT DAY, AAA TOWED CAR FROM MY DRIVEWAY TO FORD DEALER. I MENTIONED THE THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM AND DEALER TOLD ME IT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN WHEN THEY TEST DRIVE IN ORDER TO HAVE PART CHANGED. THEY DID GIVE ME A LOANER AND REPORTED TO ME THAT CAR STALLED OUT AND LOST POWER ON THEIR TEST DRIVE. THROTTLE BODY PART WAS CHANGED AND CAR HAS PERFORMED WELL SINCE THAT TIME. $550 BILL AT FORD. THIS CAR WAS A DEATH TRAP TO DRIVE WITH THE THROTTLE BODY DEFECT. *TR

ENGINE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING. WE WERE AT LOW SPEED AND COULD GET OFF THE ROAD. DEALER HAS CLEANED THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY AND REINSTALLED IT. CONCERN IS WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE IF FAILURE IS IN A VERY DANGEROUS LOCATION. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THIS CONDITION. *TR