2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

AT 65 MPH THE CAR ALL OF THE SUDDEN SHUTTERED AND WENT INTO LIMP MODE. PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE, WRENCH LIGHT WAS ON AND THE CAR SAT AN IDLED/SHUTTERED. TURNED IT OFF. WAITED ABOUT 30 SECONDS AND TURNED IT BACK ON, EVERYTHING APPEARED FINE, AND NO LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD. DID AN INTERNET SEARCH AND DISCOVERED MANY 2010 FUSION OWNERS HAVING SAME ISSUE...THROTTLE BODY. TOOK THE CAR TO DEALER AND CONFIRMED FAULTY THROTTLE BODY. WANTED $596 TO REPLACE THROTTLE BODY AND REPROGRAM PCM. WAY TOO MUCH FOR A PART THAT IS ABOUT $150 AND 10 MINUTES WORK. DANGEROUS SITUATION, AS HIGHWAY SPEED AND SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER DO NOT MIX. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING ON ROADWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHEN THROTTLE SUDDENLY STOPPED RESPONDING. I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR REPEATEDLY BUT ENGINE APPEARED TO STAY AT IDLE AND VEHICLE SLOWED TO A STOP. A WRENCH SYMBOL LIT UP ON DASHBOARD. SHUT VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED AND ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING NORMALLY. FORTUNATELY THERE WERE NO VEHICLES BEHIND ME OR INTERSECTING WITH ME WHICH I WOULD HAVE HAD TO AVOID. *TR

I WAS GOING TO A FRIENDS HOUSE. MY CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. IF I PRESSED ON THE GAS PEDAL THE TACT WOULD MOVE UP BUT THE CAR WOULDN'T. IT WAS SHAKING. IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE THROTTLE BODY WAS CHANGED. APPARENTLY THE THROTTLE BODY IS A DEFECTIVE PART THAT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. THE DEALER SAID THAT THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER. THEN LATER THAT DAY HE GOT 8 NEW THROTTLE BODIES IN. SEEMS LIKE A PROBLEM IF A LITTLE DEALER LIKE THE ONE I GO TO HAS TO HAVE 8 THROTTLE BODIES IN STOCK AT A TIME. PRIOR TO THIS I KNOW REALIZE MY CAR HAD AN ISSUE FROM THE BEGINNING. WHEN I WOULD BE TRAVELING WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ON GOING DOWN HILL, MY CAR WOULD DOWN SHIFT HARD AND THE TACT WOULD GO UP VERY HIGH. I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL. ALSO, WHEN I PUT MY CAR IN DRIVE OR REVERSE FROM PARKED IT WOULD JUMP INTO GEAR. IT HAS DONE THIS AGAIN SINCE I HAD THE THROTTLE BODY CHANGED. THIS IS VERY UPSETTING. I'VE DRIVEN FORDS ALL MY LIFE AND CAREER WITH FORD. I BELIEVE THIS IS A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. I'VE READ OF A LOT OF OWNERS OF 2010 FUSION HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WHEN GOING 60-75 MPH ON A HIGHWAY. SCARY. ALSO, IT SEEMS THE SAME PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED IN OTHER MAKES OF FORD VEHICLES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE MIL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE LOST ACCELERATION POWER. THE VEHICLE STALLED MOMENTS LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE THROTTLE BODY HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, AND THEY CLAIMED THERE WAS NO DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000. UPDATED 10/22/13*LJ

VEHICLE KEEPS SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING. FIRST HAPPENED ON JULY 18TH, SECOND JULY 19TH. JUST STARTED AGAIN ON JULY 31 & CONTINUES. I WAS TOLD ITS MY THROTTLE. *TR

THE VEHICLE LOST ACCELERATION AND STALLED. RESTARTED AND THE CONDITION RECURRED APPROXIMATELY IN 3 OR 4 MILES. AGAIN, I TURNED THE KEY OFF THEN RESTARTED AND AGAIN, THE CONDITION REPEATED AFTER SEVERAL MILES DOWN THE ROAD. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY AND NO CODE WAS AVAILABLE FOR THE MECHANIC TO DIAGNOSE. THE CONDITION DID NOT REOCCUR FOR SIX WEEKS AND RESURFACED AGAIN WITH IDENTICAL SYMPTOMS. RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THIS TIME THEY AFFIRMED THE THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. THE PART IS UNAVAILABLE AT THIS TIME BECAUSE OF HIGH DEMAND EXHAUSTED THE AVAILABILITY OF THE UNIT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND MY 2010 FUSION LOST POWER AT 75 MILES PER HOUR. THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AT THE TIME OF POWER LOSS. I COASTED THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERESTED ONCE I WAS STOPPED THE CAR WAS JERKING. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND ABOUT 3 MINUTES LATER I TURNED IT BACK ON. IT STARTED AND I WAS ABOUT A MILE FROM MY HOUSE WHEN IT DID IT AGAIN AT THE SPEED OF 40. I REPEATED THE FIRST STEP. I TOOK THE CAR INTO GET IT DIAGNOSED AND BECAUSE MY ENGINE LIGHT WAS NOT ON THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE BAD GAS .. THEN TODAY AUG 2 I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 75 AND IT DID IT AGAIN. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED OFF AND IT STARTED BACK EXCEPT THIS TIME I DID NOT EVEN GO A MILE AND IT DID IT AGAIN. THIS TIME MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I JUST LEFT A PLACE WHERE THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY PART.. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT NORMAL SPEED WHEN THE CAR ACTED AS IF IT WAS NOT GETTING FUEL CONNECTION. THE CAR THEN STARTED A JERKING MOTION AND I HAD TO STEER IT OFF THE ROAD IN ORDER TO GET IT OUT OF THE WAY OF ON MOVING TRAFFIC. I HAD TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND START IT BACK UP. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THE FIRST INCIDENT. *TR

DRIVING ~40 MPH, TOOK FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR, WRENCH INDICATOR LIGHT TURNED ON, COULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE, HAD TO ROLL ONTO BREAKDOWN LANE. TURNED ENGINE OFF, COULD NOT START CAR 1ST ATTEMPT. CAR STARTED ON 2ND ATTEMPT, AND THE LIGHT WENT OFF. HAS OCCURRED 4 TIMES NOW, 3 TIMES AT SPEEDS OF ~40 MPH AND ONE TIME WHILE SLOWING DOWN FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT. VERY SCARY FOR THE YOUNG DRIVERS IN MY FAMILY. *TR