2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE WRENCH WARNING ICON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE VACUUM SOLENOID HAD FAILED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ENGINE VACUUM SOLENOID HOWEVER THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 70MPH USING CRUISE CONTROL, WHEN THE WRENCH SYMBOL APPEARED ON THE DIAL AND THE CAR SLOWED WAY DOWN AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. WE WERE ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, WAITED A FEW MINUTES TO RESTART AND WERE ABLE TO DRIVE AWAY AT NORMAL SPEEDS. THIS HAPPENED TWO MORE TIMES WITHIN THE 2 HOUR TRIP. WE SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALERSHIP AND WERE TOLD THE PROBLEM WAS THE THROTTLE BODY AND THAT IT HAD TO BE REPLACED, BUT THERE WERE NO PARTS AVAILABLE IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY AND THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER UNTIL PERHAPS 2 MONTHS. WE WERE TOLD THIS IS A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM, BUT THERE WAS NO RECALL FORTHCOMING. I BELIEVE THIS IS POTENTIALLY A LIFE-THREATENING PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY THE COMPANY. I'M GETTING MY CAR BACK FROM THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE I NEED TRANSPORTATION AND HAVE NOT BEEN OFFERED A LOANER FOR THE DURATION OF THE TIME IT WILL TAKE TO GET THE NEW PART. I WILL BE LIVING IN CONSTANT FEAR THAT THE PROBLEM WILL RECUR AND I COULD BE LEFT STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AT SOME POINT WHEN THE CAR WILL NOT RESET. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LAMP AND THE WRENCH WARNING ICON WERE ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY SENSOR WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 44,300.

2010 FORD FUSION / 2.5L SE. ONE THE FREEWAY AT A SPEED OF 70MPH AND ENGINE RPM AT 2100 AND TRANSMISSION IN D THE THROTTLE STOPPED RESPONDING AND THE VEHICLE SPEED BEGAN TO RAPIDLY DECREASE. THE ENGINE RPM DROPPED TO 900. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION BECAUSE OF FREEWAY TRAFFIC AND NO SHOULDER. AFTER VEHICLE THROTTLE STOPPED RESPONDING PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL (NOW GLIDING DOWN THE FREEWAY) AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTED. THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM, ENGINE RPM RETURNED TO 900 AND NO THROTTLE CONTROL. WAS NEARLY HIT WHILE TRYING TO GLIDE TO THE RIGHT LANE BY TRAFFIC. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS GLIDED TO A STOP SHUT THE CAR OFF AND REMOVED KEY AND WAITED A FEW MINUTES AS SEMI'S CAME WITHIN INCHES OF MY VEHICLE AT 70MPH. RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND THROTTLE RESPONDED. AFTER TWO MINUTES OF DRIVING THE ISSUE REPEATED AGAIN. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT APPROX 60 WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR WAS RUNNING BUT WHEN I PUSHED ON THE GAS NOTHING HAPPENED... AND THE WRENCH ON THE DASHBOARD CAME ON.... THE CAR COASTED TO A STOP FINALLY... I THEN SHUT OFF THE CAR AND RESTARTED IT.. AND NO PROB THEN ON.. SO FAR... *TR

THE CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED ACCELERATING AND THE ENGINE WOULD ONLY PRODUCE ABOUT 800 RPM. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT AND THE PROBLEM REPEATED THE NEXT DAY AT A LOWER SPEED (30 MPH). THE DEALER DIAGNOSED IT AND SAID IT DUE TO A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR WHICH WOULD COST $475 AND IS NOT COVERED UNDER ANY WARRANTY. *TR

CAR LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING. WE WERE TRAVELING ON A TWO LANE ROAD GOING DOWNHILL. COASTED TO SIDE OF ROAD AND RESTARTED. WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME. THROTTLE BODY REPLACED AT DEALER. WE HAVE TWO 2010 FUSIONS IN OUR HOUSEHOLD. OTHER CAR FAILED IN SAME MANNER EXCEPT IT HAPPENED ON THE FREEWAY. THIS THROTTLE BODY HAS ALSO BEEN REPLACED. THIS CAR HAD 55000 MILES. SPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY MORNING COMMUTE DOING ABOUT 65 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN THERE WAS A CLUNKING TYPE NOISE FROM THE ENGINE AND THEN THE CAR JUST WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER, PUT IT IN PARK AND TURNED IT OFF. I THEN RESTARTED THE CAR AND IT DROVE JUST FINE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THAT MORNING AND AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE ALL DAY I WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG AND JUST RESET THE COMPUTER BECAUSE THEY SAID THERE WAS PROBABLY A MALFUNCTION WITH THE COMPUTER THAT SENT A SIGNAL TO THE ENGINE WHICH CAUSED THIS TO HAPPEN. THAT COST ME $103 TO JUST RESET THE COMPUTER. THEN 4 DAYS LATER IT HAPPENS TO ME AGAIN WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 60 MPH ON A HIGHWAY. I DID THE SAME THING BY PUTTING IT IN PARK, SHUTTING IF OFF AND THEN RESTARTING IT. AT THAT POINT I DECIDED TO DROP IT OFF AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR THEM TO CHECK THE NEXT MORNING BEINGS IT WAS AFTER HOURS AND THEY OBVIOUSLY DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM THE FIRST TIME. ON THE WAY TO DROPPING IT OFF AT THE DEALERSHIP IT HAPPENED AGAIN WHILE GETTING ON THE INTERSTATE. I GUESS WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT LAME EXCUSE THEY COME UP WITH THIS TIME. *TR

DRIVING TO WORK ON 8/5/13 AT AROUND 40MPH WHEN MY VEHICLE STARTS TO AUTOMATICALLY SLOW DOWN AND SHAKE. I LOOKED DOWN AT THE DASHBOARD AND NOTICED A "WRENCH" WAS LIT UP FOR A WARNING, BUT IT WAS NOT THERE WHEN I STARTED THE CAR BEFORE GOING TO WORK. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND STOP FOR A FEW MINUTES. I STARTED THE CAR AGAIN WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS, AND THE "WRENCH" SIGN WAS NOT LIT. I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO WORK, WHICH WAS ANOTHER 5-10 MILES AWAY, BUT I DROVE AROUND 25MPH IN CASE I NEEDED TO PULL OVER AGAIN. LATER THAT SAME DAY, THE SAME EXACT THING HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ON AN INCLINE AT A SPEED OF 50MPH. I WAS ALMOST HIT FROM BEHIND BECAUSE THE CAR STALLED IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT WARNING AND THE DRIVER BEHIND ME COULD NOT TELL THAT MY CAR WAS SLOWING DOWN IMMEDIATELY. LUCKILY I WAS NOT HIT AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND STOPPED THE CAR FOR A FEW MINUTES. AGAIN, I RE-STARTED THE CAR WITHOUT THE "WRENCH" SIGN LIGHTING UP. I DROVE STRAIGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO LOOK AT IT THAT DAY, SO I HAD TO LEAVE THE CAR OVERNIGHT AND GET A RENTAL. I RECEIVED A CALL THE NEXT DAY FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A FAILURE OF THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY. TOTAL OUT OF POCKET COST OF ALMOST $690. MY VEHICLE IS ONLY A LITTLE OVER 3 YEARS OLD AND ONLY HAS 52,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING ON THE HWY GOING HOME. THE LITTLE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON THE DASHBOARD WITHOUT WARNING OR ANY KIND OF NOTICE AND I COULD NOT ACCELERATE AT ALL. WHEN I TRIED TO PRESS THE GAS PEDAL IT WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING AT ALL. I MANAGED TO PULL OVER TO THE MEDIAN. I TRIED SHUTTING OFF THE VEHICLE AND THEN RESTARTING IT. THIS SOLVED THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY. THIS HAPPENED TO ME THREE TIMES THE REST OF MY WAY HOME. WITHOUT WARNING THE LIGHT COMES ON AND YOU HAVE NO ACCELERATION. I'M BEING TOLD IT COULD BE THE THROTTLE BODY. *TR