2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

EARLIER THIS MONTH, I STARTED MY CAR [FORD FUSION 2010 SE] AFTER HAVING IT PARKED [NEVER HAVING THIS SITUATION BEFORE] MY CAR STARTED VIBRATING AFTER I TURNED THE CAR ON AND BARELY DRIVING IT. I PLACED THE CAR IN PARK AND POPPED MY HOOD AND LOOKED AT THE ENGINE, THE ENTIRE THING WAS VIBRATING SO I TURNED THE CAR OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES AND RESTARTED, THE PROBLEM WAS THEN GONE AND I THOUGHT HMM.. MAYBE ITS JUST A MINOR ISSUE. THIS SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN A FEW DAYS AFTER AND THEN A FEW TIMES WITHIN THE SAME WEEK UP UNTIL NOW. SO I'LL BE DRIVING AND THE CAR WOULD JUST SLOW DOWN AND MY ENGINE WOULD BE VIBRATING. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE SHOP [BARELY MAKING IT THERE] I WENT TO "BROAD & JAMES AUTO CARE LOCATED AT 3288 E BROAD ST COLUMBUS, OH 43213" AFTER HAVING A DIAGNOSTICS DONE I WAS ADVISED THAT I HAD A THROTTLE BODY FAILURE AND THEY CONTACTED FORD KRIEGER IN COLUMBUS OH AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER AND THAT THERE ARE NO SPECIFIC DATE OF RECEIPT. UPON RESEARCH I'VE FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE FOR THIS VEHICLE. NOW MY CAR CAN'T BE DRIVEN AT ALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE WRENCH WARNING ICON ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER HOWEVER, THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 53,600. *TR

THE FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS WHEN I WAS BEGINNING TO ACCELERATE AT AROUND 50 MPH. THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND MY ENGINE AND WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE ENGINE JUST HIGH RPM'S AND NO MOVEMENT. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. WHEN I RESTARTED THE CAR, THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON BUT THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS OFF. I CONTINUED TO DRIVE BUT ABOUT 20 MILES DOWN THE ROAD IT DID IT AGAIN. AT THE TIME I THOUGHT I HAD GOT A BAD BATCH OF GAS. I HAD FILLED UP THAT MORNING. THE ENGINE LIGHT WENT OUT AND I DROVE FOR ANOTHER 10,000 MILES BEFORE IT HAPPENED AGAIN IN DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC. NOW THE CAR WILL ONLY GO ABOUT 2-3 MILES BEFORE THE IT GOES INTO THE LIMITING MODE. I TALKED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY. THEY ARE ON AT LEAST A WEEK BACK-ORDER BECAUSE THEY CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND OF THE FAULTY PART. *TR

APPROXIMATELY 3 WEEKS AGO I NOTICED A SMALL BUCKING TYPE SYMPTOM WHILE SITTING AT AN IDLE AT STOPS LIGHTS. TODAY WHILE PULLING OUT FROM MY STREET ONTO THE MAIN ROAD MY CAR BEGAN BUCKING VERY BAD AND STALLED. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT RESTARTED AND CONTINUED ON TO WORK. IT HAPPENED TWICE MORE AT STOP LIGHTS WHILE TRYING TO CROSS A MAJOR HIGHWAY! I CALLED MY MECHANIC AND TOOK IT IN IMMEDIATELY. THEY JUST CALLED TO TELL ME IT WAS THE FUEL BODY AND THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THESE CARS AND THE PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER! CONSIDERING THE SEVERITY OF THIS ISSUE AND THE FACT THAT SOMEONE COULD BE SERIOUSLY INJURED IN A ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE I WOULD DEMAND THAT FORD ISSUES A RECALL FOR THESE PARTS IMMEDIATELY! *TR

I HAD JUST LEFT THE DEALERSHIP AFTER GETTING AN OIL CHANGE. AFTER DRIVING LESS THAN 1 MILE THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND MY CAR DECELERATED. I IMMEDIATELY WENT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY RAN A TEST AND SAID THAT IT PASSED, BUT IT MY BE THE THROTTLE BODY. THEY TOLD ME TO TRY AGAIN AND IF I HAVE PROBLEMS TO CALL. I LEFT AGAIN AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I CALLED THE SERVICE ASSOCIATE AND THEY HAD ME BRING IT BACK. THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED. *TR

WHILE I WAS DRIVING, MY FORD FUSION LOST MOST OF IT'S POWER. I WAS TOLD IT WAS DUE TO A BROKEN THROTTLE BODY (PART). IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WILL TAKE 3 WEEKS TO GET THE PART. I'M NOT SURE WHY IT IS TAKING SO LONG, ESPECIALLY SINCE MOST PEOPLE HERE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME PART. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING, I NOTICED THAT MY CAR SEEMED TO 'BUCK'- AND ALTERNATELY FEEL AS IF IT WAS LOSING POWER AND ABOUT TO STALL. THIS CONTINUED FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES, UNTIL MY CAR LOST POWER ENTIRELY, AND A 'WRENCH SHAPED LIGHT' APPEARED ON THE DISPLAY, FOLLOWED BY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. I SHUT THE CAR OFF, AND WAITED A FEW MINUTES, AND WAS ABLE TO START IT, BUT THE SAME LIGHTS AND STALLING REPEATED ITSELF IN LESS THAN ONE MINUTE. MY CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT IT NEW 3 YRS AGO. THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE CONTROL- AND REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY AT A COST OVER $400. THAT WAS 2 WEEKS AGO, AND THE PROBLEM IS REPEATING ITSELF, EXACTLY AS BEFORE. THE CAR IS GOING BACK IN ON THURSDAY. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, INVOLVING A PART WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE, AND THAT FORD CUSTOMERS SHOULD NOT BE PUT AT RISK, NOR EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO PAY FOR REPAIRS. *TR

LOST POWER AT HIGHWAY SPEED. PULLED ONTO SHOULDER AND RESTARTED ENGINE. LATER CHECKED THE CODE, WHICH WAS P2111. STOPPED DRIVING CAR: IN SOME SITUATIONS THIS LOSS OF POWER COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE. DEALER REPLACED THROTTLE BODY AT A COST OF $400. *TR

WE BOUGHT OUR 2010 FORD FUSION USED AND THE DAY WE PURCHASED THE CAR WE HAD A PROBLEM. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AND WHEN WE ASKED THE DEALERSHIP WE WERE TOLD IT WAS BECAUSE THEY HAD JUST CHANGED THE OIL AND NEEDED TO RESET THE COMPUTER. WE NOTICED THAT WHEN WE STOPPED THE CAR WOULD JUMP FORWARD AND STALL. WE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WERE TOLD TO BRING THE CAR BACK AND THEY WOULD FIX IT AND PROVIDE US WITH A LOANER IN THE MEANTIME. WHEN I CALLED BACK TO SCHEDULE THE SERVICE I WAS THEN TOLD THEY WOULD NOT FULFILL THERE STATEMENT. WE CALLED, SENT EMAIL AND NEVER RECEIVED AND RESPONSE. I HAD PRETTY MUCH GIVEN UP ON HELP UNTIL BY MISTAKE THEY HAD CALLED US ABOUT OUR RECENT PURCHASE AND THEY HAD STATED THEY HAD CALLED THE WRONG PERSON, I VOICED MY CONCERN AS THE CAR HAD BEEN GETTING WORSE AND THE STALLING, ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE WAS BECOMING MORE FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS. WE HAVE HAD THE CAR DIAGNOSED, AND SOME REPAIR. WE WERE RECENTLY INFORMED THAT THE PROBLEM IN THE THROTTLE BODY WHICH I HAVE FOUND OUT IS ON BACK ORDER AND WAS TOLD THE MANUFACTURER IS NO LONGER MAKING. I HAVE FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE ISSUE ON THE SAME MAKE/MODEL. THIS IS A BIG SAFETY HAZARD. UNFORTUNATELY WHEN YOU ARE A ONE CAR FAMILY YOU CANNOT JUST SET YOUR CAR ASIDE AND NOT GO TO WORK OR OTHER NECESSARY PLACES. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY AFTER AT LEAST 2 YRS OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE IT HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN CARE OF SO FAR. SOMEONE WILL, IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY BE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED DUE TO THIS PROBLEM FORD AND OTHERS ARE DEFINITELY AWARE OF THIS ISSUE SINCE IT CANNOT BE REPAIRED DUE TO NO PART. THESE CARS NEED TO BE RECALLED IMMEDIATELY,

2010 FORD FUSION: GOING DOWN THE FREEWAY AT 70 AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN STARTED LOSING POWER, NO ACCELERATION AND DOWN TO 55 AT WHICH TIME I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BEFORE IT DIED. I LET IT SIT A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND TRIED TO START IT - STARTED FINE. THE FORD GARAGE PUT IT ON THE DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE BUT I WAS TOLD BECAUSE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT COME ON THERE WAS NO MEMORY TO SHOW WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED. IT RAN FINE FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS AND THEN THE SAME THING HAPPENED. TOOK IT BACK TO FORD - BUT WAS TOLD AGAIN - NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE THE DIAGNOSTIC DOES NOT SHOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. AFTER MY OWN RESEARCH ON THE WEB I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS PROBABLY A PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY AND THAT FORD KNOWS ABOUT - BUT MY LOCAL GARAGE DOES NOT WANT TO FIX IT WITHOUT KNOWING FOR SURE THAT IS THE PROBLEM. I FEEL VERY UNSAFE IN THIS VEHICLE - MAYBE THE NEXT TIME I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET OFF THE FREEWAY/ROAD BEFORE IT COMPLETELY STALLS. *TR