2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH WHILE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED THE VEHICLE FAILED TO INCREASE SPEED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED NUMEROUS TIMES BEFORE IT WOULD ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED NOR WAS THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,000.

THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MANY OCCASIONS, FROM DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC TO DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY. AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR SOME TIME, A WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON ON THE DASHBOARD, THERE IS NO FUEL GOING TO THE CAR AND WHEN I PULL TO THE SIDE, THE CAR STUTTERS LIKE IT WANTS TO GO AND THEN STOPS AGAIN. AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF AND STARTING IT AGAIN, THE CAR DRIVES LIKE NOTHING EVER HAPPENED. I HAVE GONE ONLINE AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME THING AND FORD HAS NOT RECALLED THE PART. I GUESS SOMEONE HAS TO DIE IN AN ACCIDENT FOR THEM TO TAKE ACTION. *TR

MY CAR HAD 2 PROBLEMS. FIRST, WAS THE POWERTRAIN TRANSMISSION. IT'S THE SAME SITUATION AS WHAT OTHERS DESCRIBED, BUT MY CAR STARTED MALFUNCTIONING ON THE MONTH WE BOUGHT NEW AND LESS THAN 100 MILES. I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFIC MILES AND DATES BECAUSE I'M RECALLING FROM 2009 AND IT'S NOW 2013. WHEN I TRIED TO CHANGE THE GEAR FROM DRIVE TO PARK IS WHEN I FIRST NOTICED THE PROBLEM. I FELT A STICKING ON THE GEAR AND A SLIGHT AWKWARD MOVEMENT OF THE CAR. I TOLD THE FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT WHERE I BOUGHT IT IN ELIZABETHTOWN, KY. NOT SURE WHEN, BUT NOT RIGHT AWAY AND THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. THEN, A FEW MONTHS LATER, THE CAR SEEM LIKE IT'S CHANGING GEAR ON IT'S OWN, BUT I WAS ON A FLAT ROAD AND HAVE NOT TOUCH THE GEAR SHIFT OR NOT PUSH THE GAS PEDAL ANY LESS OR MORE, OR BRAKED. IT DID THIS A FEW TIMES, SO I TOOK IT, BUT AGAIN, THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT DO ANYTHING. THEN, LATER, I MADE A RIGHT TURN TO A HIGHWAY WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC, BUT CLEAR WHEN I ENTERED. MY CAR ACCELERATED FOR A SECOND, THEN JUST WOULDN'T ACCELERATE ANYMORE, AND A CAR GOT PRETTY CLOSE. FINALLY, IT WENT. I TOOK IT AS SOON AS I CAN TO A DEALERSHIP IN COLUMBUS, GA. BECAUSE AN ACCIDENT COULD HAVE HAPPENED AND WAS SCARY. BUT, THEY ONLY CHECKED THE COMPUTER SYSTEM. NOTHING WAS DONE. THEN, SAME SCARY THING HAPPEN ON THE HIGHWAY AGAIN AND AGAIN. FINALLY, I TOOK IT IN 2012 AND TOLD THEM THEY HAVE TO FIX THIS BEFORE WE GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. FINALLY, THEY FIXED IT AFTER MANY TIMES OF TRYING AND BEFORE AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED. IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AND HAVE NOT HAD ANY PROBLEM SINCE 8-1-2013 AT AROUND 37,000 MILES ON IT. THIS TIME IT'S THE THROTTLE ASSEMBLY, BUT, THEY FIXED IT RIGHT AWAY HERE IN HAWAII. THIS TIME IT JUST LOSS ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROAD. THANKFUL THAT MY KIDS AND I MADE IT SAFELY ON THE SIDE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION. *TR

CAR JERKING AND DEPRESSED PEDAL CAR NOT GOING. FOUND THAT IT IS A THROTTLE BODY ISSUE. LUCKY I WASN'T ON THE FREEWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE MAIN HIGHWAY IN OUR TOWN GOING AROUND 45 MPH WHEN THE CAR STARTED BEEPING AND AN ERROR MESSAGE APPEARED ON THE DASH SAYING THAT THERE WAS AN ERROR WITH THE POWER ASSIST. AT THAT POINT, I ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL AND VERIFIED THAT I HAD NO POWER STEERING. I WAS ABLE TO FINISH DRIVING HOME AND LEFT THE CAR IN THE GARAGE OVERNIGHT. WHEN WE STARTED THE CAR THE NEXT DAY, THE ERROR MESSAGE WAS GONE AND THE STEERING WHEEL TURNED FREELY. *TR

DRIVING ALONG FINE AND THEN SUDDENLY NO THROTTLE AT ALL. HAD TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. CAR STILL IDLING ROUGH. HAD TO SHUT OFF AND RESTART THEN IT WAS OK. HAS HAPPENED 10 TIMES KNOW ON HIGHWAY AND ON SECONDARY ROADS. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE CAR ON OUR RESIDENTIAL STREET A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHEN THE CAR BEGAN SHAKING AND STOPPED. AFTER RESTARTING, CAR FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. THIS WAS DISMISSED AS AN ANOMALY THE FIRST TIME. ON 8.1 THE CAR DID IT TWICE IN THE 8 MILE TRIP HOME FROM WORK WITH MY SON AND WIFE. TODAY, MY WIFE AND I WERE IN THE CAR WHEN IT DID IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE DEALER WHERE WE BOUGHT IT (UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS SATURDAY AND THE GARAGE IS CLOSED) THEN WHILE I WAS WAITING IN FRONT OF PANERA A SHORT TIME LATER THE CAR JUST DIED. THERE AGAIN, EACH TIME THE CAR RESTARTED AND RAN NORMALLY. *TR

WHILE RESUMING TRAVEL AFTER STOPPING AT A STOPLIGHT THE ENGINE WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE. AS THERE WAS A LINE OF TRAFFIC BEHIND ME, I QUICKLY TURNED ON MY 4-WAY FLASHERS AND COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER SHUTTING OFF THE IGNITION AND WAITING FOR A FEW MINUTES, I TRIED RESTARTING THE CAR. THE ENGINE RESTARTED NORMALLY AND I WAS ABLE TO PROCEED WITH FULL THROTTLE FUNCTIONALLY. THIS SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED TO ME THREE MORE TIMES SINCE THE FIRST INCIDENT. I HAVE READ ON THE INTERNET THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM AND THAT FORD IS NOT ISSUING A RECALL TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 60 , IN A SECTION OF HIGHWAY WITH NO BREAKDOWN LANE AND MULTIPLE HIGHWAYS MERGING TOGETHER, THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST ALL THROTTLE POWER AND WRENCH LIGHT WENT ON. COASTED TO SIDE OF ROAD BARELY BEING MISSED BY SEVERAL OTHER VEHICLES AND TRUCKS. I SHUT CAR OFF AND STARTED AGAIN AND WAS OK AND ABLE TO GET OFF HIGHWAY. ONCE OFF HIGHWAY CAR KEPT LOOSING THROTTLE POWER EVERY MILE UNTIL I GOT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP SAYS THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH 2010 FUSIONS AND THAT PART IS NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL END OF OCTOBER! (ALREADY HAD THROTTLE BODY AND PLATE CLEANED A FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN IT HAPPENED ON A COLD START AND CODE CAME UP P2111 THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL STUCK OPEN. CAR WAS FINE UNTIL NOW.) *TR

WHEN LEAVING HOME TO GO TO THE STORE, ACCELERATOR PEDDLE STOPPED RESPONDING SHORTLY AFTER SHIFTING INTO DRIVE AFTER LEAVING THE DRIVEWAY. THE ENGINE IDLED VERY ROUGHLY, SO I SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND PULLED OVER. I PUT THE TRANSMISSION INTO PARK, TURNED OFF THE IGNITION AND THEN RESTARTED THE ENGINE. IT IDLED FINE, SO I CONTINUED ON MY TRIP. SHORTLY AFTER, STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN, THE SAME THING HAPPENED WHEN PULLING AWAY FROM THE STOP. I WAS TURNING LEFT, SO I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY TURN RIGHT AND PULL OVER TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. RESTARTED ENGINE AND CONTINUED TO MY DESTINATION. THE SAME BEHAVIOR OCCURRED AGAIN ON Y WAY BACK HOME WHEN STARTING ANOTHER LEFT TURN. *TR