2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

DATE AND MILEAGE OF INCIDENT ARE GUESSES. HAS HAPPENED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY OR LOCAL ROADS, ENGINE STALLS AS IF IT HAD NO POWER, HOWEVER, THE TACHOMETER INDICATES ENGINE STILL RUNNING. EACH TIME THIS OCCURS, VEHICLE HAS TO BE STEERED ON TO SHOULDER. WHEN PULLING ONTO SHOULDER, IT VIBRATES TREMENDOUSLY. AFTER IT STOPS, YOU MUST PUT IT INTO PARK, THEN RESTART THE ENGINE. BROUGHT VEHICLE TO GOODYEAR WHERE IT WAS IDENTIFIED AS A P2111 FAULT. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT IT BE BROUGHT TO A LOCAL FORD DEALER FOR SERVICING. BROUGHT TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP A WEEK AGO. CONFIRMED AS P2111 FAULT. PART HAD TO BE ORDERED WHICH TOOK APPROXIMATELY 6 DAYS TO RECEIVE. AS OF THIS COMPLAINT, STILL WAITING ON SERVICE TO BE COMPLETED. *TR

DRIVING ON 295 N BOUND AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH THE ENGINE JUST STALLED...THE LITTLE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON ALONG WITH THE ENGINE LIGHT. I TRIED GIVING IT GAS BUT I COULD NOT GET IT TO GO SO I HAD TO FIGHT THE TRAFFIC TO GET OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND SHUT IT OFF. I ATTEMPTED TO START IT AND ON THE SECOND TRY IT DID BUT FELT LIKE IT WAS RUNNING ON 2 CYLINDERS.SO I LET IT SPUTTER ALONG THE SHOULDER TO THE EXIT WHERE I SHUT IT OFF AND LET IT SIT FOR A FEW MINUTES THEN TRIED IT AGAIN, IT STARTED AND I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO A ADVANCED AUTO PARTS STORE WHERE THEY PLUGGED IN THE TESTER AND GOT A THROTTLE ACTUATOR ERROR CODE.I GOT IT STARTED AND IT DROVE OK TILL I GOT HOME BUT HAVEN'T USED IT YET. THIS CAR DID HAVE A PROBLEM A FEW WEEKS AGO BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A GLITCH BECAUSE IT JUST RAN ROUGH AND THEN WENT BACK TO NORMAL. NOW I'M READING ABOUT OTHER FUSIONS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE BECAME RESISTANT TO ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATELY FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 65,000. *TR

VEHICLES UNEXPECTEDLY GOES INTO "LIMP HOME MODE" AT REDUCED POWER. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER ON JULY 17, 2013 AFTER REPEATED INCIDENTS. OWNER WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT THE THROTTLE CONTROL MUST BE REPLACED. THE DEALER WILL ORDER THE NEW THROTTLE CONTROL WHICH IS ON NATIONAL BACKORDER AND SHOULD ARRIVE IN 1-2 WEEKS. EVEN THOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS AND NEWS ARTICLES ABOUT THIS COMMON PROBLEM IN THE 2010 FORD FUSION, THE OWNER WAS QUOTED THAT THE COST TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE CONTROL WOULD BE $368 AS FORD HAS YET TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS OBVIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. *TR

I OWN A FORD FUSION 2010. THE CAR RAN GREAT UNTIL IT JUST UNEXPECTEDLY STOP WORKING WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON I-95 WITH MY SON [XXX]. I WAS DRIVING AT 60 MPH WHEN THE CAR JUST STOP ACCELERATING WHEN I HIT THE GAS. I INSTINCTIVELY HIT MY FLASHERS ON AND STARTED HONKING MY HORN TO ALERT OTHER CARS BECAUSE THERE WAS NO IMMEDIATE SHOULDER TO PULL ONTO. AFTER ABOUT 100 YARDS OF DRIVING AT ABOUT 5 MPH I FINALLY PULLED OVER ONTO THE SHOULDER. THE CAR STARTED SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY WHEN I STOPPED. I TURNED THE CAR OFF IN ORDER TO STOP THE SHAKING. THE EXPERIENCE WAS TERRIFYING ENOUGH THAT I WENT HOME TO DO RESEARCH. THE INFORMATION I FOUND FLOORED ME. THERE ARE LITERALLY HUNDREDS ON FORD FUSION 2010 OWNERS THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THE CAR JUST ABRUPTLY SHUTS DOWN BECAUSE OF A DEFECTIVE PART. THE PART IS THE THROTTLE BODY. IT IS MIND BOGGLING THAT FORD HAS NOT RECALLED THIS CAR. THEY ARE PUTTING MONEY AHEAD OF THE SAFETY OF THEIR CUSTOMERS. I AM APPALLED THAT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. I DEMAND THAT FORD MAKES THIS RIGHT BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS SERIOUSLY HURT. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHILE DRIVING CAR AT ANY SPEED, WILL LOSE ALL POWER, GO DOWN TO 20 MPH, PRESSING GAS PEDAL DOES NOTHING,HAVE TO GET TO SIDE OF ROAD, CAR WILL SHAKE VIOLENTLY TILL YOU SHUT IT OFF. TAKE AT LEAST 4 TO 5 TIMES TO START AGAIN AND HAVE POWER ENOUGH TO GET IT GOING AGAIN. ENGINE LIGHT AND WRENCH LITES COME ON, ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON BUT WRENCH LITE WILL GO OFF. HAD MY 3 GRANDCHILDREN IN CAR GOING OVER A SET OF 3 RAILROAD TRACKS AND CAR LOST POWER, WAS ABLE TO CRUISE OVER LAST TRACK AND GET OFF TO SIDE OF ROAD, JUST AS I DID RAILROAD GATES WENT DOWN DUE TO APPROACHING TRAIN. ALSO HAVE LOST POWER GOING THRU INTERSECTIONS, ON INTERSTATES, ROADS THAT HAVE VERY FEW PLACES TO PULL OVER. THIS HAS BEEN A TRUE NIGHTMARE DRIVING THIS CAR, I HAVE HAD MANY SITUATIONS THAT NOT ONLY HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS TO MYSELF BUT ALSO MY PASSENGERS AND MOST IMPORTANT MY GRANDCHILDREN. TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP BACK IN JANUARY, THEY REPLACED CHARCOAL CANNISTER WHICH HELPED FOR APPROX. 2 MONTHS. SINCE THEN PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED AT LEAST 3 TIMES EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT, TOOK BACK TO DEALERSHIP, THEY SAY TOUGH LUCK, NOT UNDER WARRANTY ANYMORE. HAVE RESEARCHED ON-LINE ABOUT THIS SITUATION AND LOOKS LIKE I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE. PLEASE HELP! *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ALL ACCELERATION POWER. I WAS FORCED TO PULL OFF THE ROAD FOR FEAR OF STALLING ON THE HIGHWAY. AFTER A COUPLE SEPARATE SIMILAR INSTANCES AND TRIPS TO THE AUTO REPAIR SHOP, THEY DETERMINED THE PROBLEM WAS A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY. AFTER REPLACING THE THROTTLE BODY, THE PROBLEM HAS NOT RECURRED. I DID SOME ONLINE RESEARCH AFTER THE PROBLEM WAS IDENTIFIED AND FOUND NUMEROUS OWNERS HAVE COMPLAINED OF A SIMILAR ISSUE WITH THE 2010 FORD FUSION. THE RESEARCH STATED THIS IS VERY COMMON WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL WHEN THE VEHICLE HAS BETWEEN 40,000 TO 60,000 MILES. *TR

THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRIC POWER-ASSISTED STEERING (EPAS) THAT CONSTANTLY FAILS WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED. IT IS A SAFETY CONCERN DUE TO THE FACT THAT WHEN THE POWER STEERING FAILS, IT IS HARD TO STEER AND CONTROL THE VEHICLE. SEVERAL BLOGS ARE DISCUSSING THIS ISSUE REGARDING THE SAME TYPE VEHICLE.

WHILE DRIVING ON AT LEAST 6 OCCASIONS, VEHICLE STOPPED PROPULSING AND HAD NO THROTTLE. A CODE APPEARED INDICATING A THROTTLE/ TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. I CONTACTED FORD, AND THEY INDICATED THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH MY MAKE AND MODEL, AND NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ONLINE THERE ARE SO MANY PROBLEMS, THE PART HAS BEEN BACK-ORDERED MONTHS AT A TIME, MORE THAN ONCE. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN NOTED IN THE 4 AND 6 CYLINDER ENGINES ALL TRIM LEVELS. I WAS GOING OVER A BRIDGE AND FEARED FOR MY LIFE. THEIR SHOULD BE A RECALL. THIS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE STOPS WITHOUT WARNING, AND A DRIVER COULD BE ANYWHERE. LEMON LAW? THANKS IN ADVANCE. *TR

THROTTLE BODY QUIT WORKING WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH. ENGINE DROPPED TO IDLE AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO ACCELERATOR PEDAL. WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AT INSTRUMENT PANEL. COASTED ACROSS 5 LANES OF HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC TO REACH THE ROAD SHOULDER. AFTER TURNING OFF THE CAR AND TURNING IT BACK ON THE THROTTLE STARTED WORKING AGAIN. DEALER SAYS THAT THERE IS A NATIONWIDE BACK ORDER FOR THE REPLACEMENT THROTTLE BODY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM BUT THERE IS NO RECALL ACTIVE. *TR