2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

AFTER COMING TO A STOP AT A RED LIGHT, WE TRIED TO ACCELERATE, WHEN THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR LOST POWER, BUT DID NOT SHUT OFF. WE COULD NOT ACCELERATE, RPMS DROPPED AND, LUCKILY WE COASTED TO A SAFE STOP. I PUT IT PARK AND TURNED IT OFF. AFTER A MINUTE OR TWO, STARTED IT UP AGAIN, THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS OFF. WE WENT A COUPLE OF MILES AND IT DID IT AGAIN. WE DECIDED IT WAS UNSAFE SO WE BROUGHT IT HOME. *TR

TODAY I WAS DRIVING THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AT ABOUT 20 MPH. MY CAR SLOWLY STARTED TO LOSE POWER. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF A ROAD IN A PARKING LOT WHERE THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND TURNED THE CAR OFF IMMEDIATELY. UPON RESTARTING, I WAS ABLE TO BEGIN TO DRIVE AND THE CAR DROVE FOR SEVERAL MILES AS NORMAL. THEN, THE CAR SEEMED TO LOSE POWER AGAIN, QUICKER THIS TIME, AND SHAKE VIOLENTLY. I WAS ON A BUSY ROAD WITH ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC AND COULD VERY NEARLY HAVE BEEN REAR ENDED. IT APPEARS TO BE THE THROTTLE BODY, AS SO MANY OTHER REVIEWERS HAVE CLAIMED. WHAT IS NOT UNDERSTANDABLE IS THAT THE PART IS BACK ORDERED. EVEN THOUGH MY HUSBAND CAN REPAIR IT HIMSELF, WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE PART AND WAIT TO HAVE A CAR BACK. AS A FULL TIME TEACHER, I AM NOT SURE HOW FORD HAS NOT RECALLED SUCH A CONSISTENT ISSUE THAT TAKES AWAY FROM THE RELIABILITY OF THEIR AUTOMOBILES. I HOPE SOMEONE CAN ADDRESS THIS ISSUE IMMEDIATELY AND PLACE A RECALL ON THIS PART. I AM SO DISAPPOINTED IN FORD PRODUCTS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2010 FORD FUSION ON HIGHWAY 31, IT WAS VERY CLOUDY AND HARD RAIN WAS COMING DOWN FAST. I REACHED 40 MILES AN HOUR AFTER ALMOST PUSHING MY FOOT SO HARD ON THE PEDDLE. ALL THE SUDDEN THE CAR STARTED LOSING POWER, SLOWLY GOING DOWN. WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON, VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING, AND RIGHT AT THE BEST TIME I HIT THE BRAKE AND THE CAR TURNED OFF, IT WOULD NOT TURN BACK ON. I HAD TO HAVE MY VEHICLE TOWED TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP A TOTAL OF 4 TIMES AND THIS PROBLEM IS STILL NOT FIXED, I AM SO UNEASY WHEN DRIVING MY CAR, HOPING IT WILL NOT TURN OFF AND LEAVE ME STRANDED. I AM VERY SCARED TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE, IT IS THE ONLY WAY OF TRANSPORTATION FOR ME. I AM VERY UPSET ABOUT EVERYTHING AND IT STILL IS NOT FIXED. TERRIBLE VEHICLE, TERRIBLE SERVICE FROM THE FORD SERVICE PEOPLE. TOTALLY DEVASTATED THAT I MAKE A CAR PAYMENT ON MY VEHICLE WHICH IS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND I AM IN HARM. *TR

FORD SHOULD RECALL THE 2010 FORD FUSION. MANY INCIDENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED OF IT, THE FUSION, NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCELERATE WHILE DRIVING. DOES SOMEONE NEED TO BE HURT OR, WORST BEFORE FORD ADDRESSES THIS WITH SOMETHING OTHER THAN A BULLETIN TO REPAIR SHOPS. I LOANED MY FUSION TO MY DAUGHTER AND THIS HAPPENED TO HER AT VERY BUSY INTERSECTIONS IN CHICAGO TWICE IN ONE DAY. IT HAPPENED ONE OTHER TIME FOR A TOTAL OF THREE TIMES WITHIN A ONE MONTH PERIOD. I LOOKED IT UP ON LINE AND FOUND OUT, I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE BUT ONE OF MANY. WITH THAT SAID FORD SHOULD TAKE ACTION ON THIS MATTER. *TR

THE CAR BEGAN TO STALL ON THE FREEWAY, SO I HAD TO DRIVE IT OFF THE FREEWAY AFTER IT HAD TURNED OFF TWICE. THE FIRST TIME, IT WENT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY AS I LUCKILY VEERED TO THE SIDE AND NO ONE WAS HURT. I TOOK IT TO BE SERVICED. IT TURNS OUT THERE WAS A FAULTY THROTTLE CONTROL: THE THROTTLE ACTUATOR WAS STUCK CLOSED (P2111), AND ALSO WOULD GET STUCK OPEN (P2112). THIS MUST HAVE HAPPENED WHILE I WAS ON THE FREEWAY. THE AUTO SERVICE CENTER RAN THE TESTS AND TESTED MY VEHICLE AFTER REPLACING THAT THROTTLE ASSEMBLY AND NOW MY CAR RUNS BACK TO NORMAL. ALSO, MY REAR PARKING AID BACK UP TONE IS OUT OF ORDER. SOMETIMES IT JUST BEEPS CONSTANTLY AND THERE IS NOTHING BEHIND THE VEHICLE. IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING IN ORDER, BUT ONCE IN A WHILE IT DOES THAT. *TR

VEHICLE GOES INTO "LIMP-HOME" MODE SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY. HAPPENED ON I-95 AND WAS LUCKY I COULD PULL OVER WITHOUT GETTING KILLED. DEALER COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM ALTHOUGH THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN WELL-KNOWN TO THEM BY THEN. HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE AND GOT WORSE AND NOW CAR IS IMMOBILE AND TOO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. APPARENTLY A PROBLEM WITH FUEL INJECTION THROTTLE BODY WHICH FORD IS WELL AWARE OF AND PART IS BACK-ORDERED 7-10 DAYS (THEY SAY). NHTSA INITIATED AN INVESTIGATION OF PROBLEM IN FEB 2013 BUT FORD HAS NOT INFORMED CUSTOMERS OF THIS VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION NOR OFFERED ANY FIX. SEEMS UNCONSCIONABLE TO ME. WHAT DOES NHTSA PROPOSE TO DO ABOUT THIS AND WHY HASN'T IT DONE SO? THIS SITUATION IS LITERALLY WITHOUT EXAGGERATION A DANGER TO HUMAN LIFE AND THE MANUFACTURER DOES NOTHING. WHAT IS NHTSA FOR? *TR

FAULTY THROTTLE BODY HAS CAUSED SEVERAL ENGINE STALL EVENTS ON AND OFF HIGHWAY. CAR IN SHOP AWAITING REPLACEMENT PART. FORD SERVICE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THIS IS A WELL KNOWN DEFECT WITHOUT A RECALL YET ANNOUNCED. THEY ADVISED NOT DRIVING THE CAR AGAIN UNTIL PART IS REPLACED AS THAT WOULD BE "VERY DANGEROUS." WHY WOULD THIS NOT BE A RECALL YET? *TR

I WAS AT A LEFT TURN LIGHT AND WHEN I DROVE THROUGH THE LIGHT TO MAKE THE LEFT TURN MY CAR STARTED SHAKING AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME OUT. WHEN I WAS HITTING THE GAS IT DIDN'T GO SO I PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. I WAITED A WHILE AND TURNED IT ON AND IT STARTED UP FINE. SO I STARTED DRIVING A LITTLE MORE AND IT DID IT AGAIN. I TURNED THE CAR OFF FOR A WHILE AND I TURNED IT BACK ON AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT HOME SINCE I LIVED CLOSE BY. THE WRENCH LIGHT TURNED OFF BUT THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON. I GOT UP THAT MORNING AND DROVE IT TO A NEIGHBORHOOD SHOP AND THEY SAID THE ONLY THING WRONG WITH IT WAS A SECURITY ERROR AND THAT IT WAS FINE. I PICKED IT UP FROM THE SHOP AND I WAS ABLE TO GET DOWN THE STREET WHEN MY CAR CUT OFF. RADIO AND ALL THE INTERIOR LIGHTS WERE ON BUT THE CAR ITSELF CUT OFF AND THE BATTERY LIGHT SHOWED UP. I WAS ABLE TO AGAIN DRIVE IT HOME. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE WERE HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE AND THEY SAID IT'S THE THROTTLE BODY WHICH WOULD COST ABOUT 600 - 800 DOLLARS TO FIX. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS BECAUSE THIS IS HAPPENING TO WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE AND THIS IS A THREE YEAR OLD CAR. I HAD MY DAUGHTER IN THE CAR BOTH TIMES. *TR

I WAS IN THE PARKING LOT AT WORK GOING ABOUT 10 MPH WHEN I FELT A SUDDEN JERK AND I SAW WRENCH WITH NO ENGINE LIGHT COME ON AND I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE I WAS ONLY ABLE TO COME TO A STOP AND TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND WAS ABLE TO START IT UP AGAIN WITHOUT A PROBLEM. I TOLD MY HUSBAND THINKING IT WAS JUST A FLUKE BUT THEN 3 DAYS AGO HE EXPERIENCED THE SAME THINK WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. AFTER PAYING FOR A DIAGNOSTIC WE FOUND OUT IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY. WE CONTACTED OUR DEALERSHIP AND THEY CANNOT ORDER THE THROTTLE BODY KIT SINCE IT IS ON BACK ORDER. NOW WE ARE BEING FORCED TO EITHER TAKE A CHANCE AND DRIVE THE VEHICLE WHILE WAITING WHO KNOWS HOW LONG FOR A PART OR PURCHASE A DIFFERENT VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY DECELERATED. THE CONTACT SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND WAS ABLE TO PROCEED WITHOUT FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. *TR