2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

MY DAUGHTER WAS RETURNING FROM A VACATION IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND WAS DRIVING THROUGH OPP, ALABAMA, WHEN HER 2010 FUSION STARTING JERKING BADLY. THE CHECK ENGINE AND THROTTLE CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. SHE PULLED OVER, TURNED THE ENGINE OFF, WAITED A FEW MINUTES, AND RESTARTED. AS SOON AS SHE PUT IN GEAR, THE CAR STARTING SHAKING AND SHE WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. SHE HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP IN ELBA, ALABAMA. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A BAD THROTTLE BODY. SHE WAS INFORMED THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER AND THAT IT COULD TAKE A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO RECEIVE. WITH NO OTHER OPTION, SHE WAS FORCED TO RENT A CAR TO CONTINUE HER TRIP HOME. THE RENTAL CAR OPTIONS WERE SLIM AND IT APPEARS THIS EPISODE WILL COST HER ALMOST $900 INCLUDING RENTAL CAR COSTS (WITH A $200 ONE WAY FEE). THIS DOESN'T EVEN INCLUDE THE COSTS TO RETURN TO THE DEALERSHIP TO PICK UP THE CAR WHEN IT'S REPAIRED. BASED ON RESEARCHING AND THE LEARNING OF MANY OTHER SIMILAR EXPERIENCES THAT OTHER FUSION OWNERS ENCOUNTERED WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM, IT IS CLEAR FORD HAS A DEFECTIVE PART AND SHOULD ADDRESS WITH A RECALL. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE ALL POWER AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE ACCELERATION PEDAL. IT WOULD REQUIRE PULLING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SHUTTING THE ENGINE OFF FOR 3-5 MINUTES BEFORE BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE. THIS HAPPENED 7-10 TIMES IN THE SAME DAY. THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT FINALLY CAME ON AND STAYED ON. WE TOOK IT INTO THE NEAREST AUTO PARTS STORE WHO RAN IT THROUGH THE COMPUTER AND IT WAS THE "THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR" WHICH REQUIRED REPLACING THE ENTIRE "THROTTLE BODY". THIS NEARLY CAUSED A WRECK EVERY TIME IT HAPPENED. *TR

I WAS ACCELERATING FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I HAD NO RESPONSE FROM MY GAS PEDAL AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS ABLE TO COAST UNTIL I COULD PULL OVER OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED OFF, SO I THOUGHT MAYBE I'M OKAY. BUT, ONCE I GOT UP TO SPEED AGAIN, THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I WAS ABLE TO GET MY CAR BACK HOME BY DRIVING ON BACK STREETS AT 25 MPH. USING MY ODB-II READER, I RETRIEVED CODE P2112 FROM MY CAR. THIS POINTS TO THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY. *TR

CAME OFF THE HIGHWAY AND WAS WAITING AT A RED LIGHT. WENT TO ACCELERATE AND THE CAR WOULD NOT GO. THE CAR DID NOT STALL BUT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. TOOK TO MIKE BASS FORD IN SHEFFIELD OH AND THEY DIAGNOSED THAT IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY. TOOK APPROX 12 DAYS TO FIX. THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMED THAT FORD HAD RUN OUT OF THE PART. *TR

WHEN DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY, SUDDENLY THE ENGINE SEEMED TO LOSE POWER AND SLOW DOWN, AND THE WRENCH ON THE DASHBOARD LIT UP. SWITCHED THE TRANSMISSION TO NEUTRAL AND WAS ABLE TO PULL ONTO THE SHOULDER. UPON PUTTING THE CAR INTO PARK, THE ENGINE WOULD RACE AND SLOW DOWN CONTINUOUSLY. AFTER TURNING OFF THE CAR, WAITING A FEW MINUTES AND THEN RESTARTING, WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING WITHOUT INCIDENT FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR SO. WASN'T ABLE TO EXTRACT ANY FAULT CODES FROM THE ECU LATER THAT DAY. PURCHASED AN OBD READER AND WAS ABLE TO GET ERROR CODE P2112 NEXT TIME THE ISSUE HAPPENED. DEALER REFUSES TO COVER THE EXPENSE AS I AM OUT OF THE BUMPER-TO-BUMPER WARRANTY PERIOD, AND THE PART IS ON BACKORDER FOR WEEKS. COMPLAINED TO FORD CORPORATE WHO TOLD ME THEY WOULD "LIKELY" MAKE AN EXCEPTION AND TO BRING THE CAR TO THE DEALER TO DIAGNOSE. DEALER CONFIRMED THE ISSUE, CALLED FORD CORPORATE TO CONFIRM IT WOULD BE COVERED AND THEY DENIED IT. COMPLETE WASTE OF MY TIME, AND SHOCKING THAT FORD DOESN'T DO A RECALL FOR SUCH A DANGEROUS ISSUE. I'M LUCKY I DIDN'T GET IN AN ACCIDENT ANY OF THE 5 TIMES OR SO THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME. *TR

MY FORD FUSION HAS BEEN HAVING ISSUES ACCELERATING FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN TO BE CHECKED OUT AND CAN'T SEEM TO FIND THE PROBLEM. THE NIGHT OF JUNE 30TH I HAD DROVE TO WORK, NOTICING IT RIDING RATHER ROUGH, BUT WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT OKAY. LEAVING WORK THOUGH I STOPPED AT A LOCAL STORE, WHILE I WAS PARKED AND IDLING THE CAR STALED WITH A BATTERY LIGHT ON. I HAD JUST PURCHASED A BRAND NEW BATTERY, WHICH WAS ANNOYING ENOUGH IN A 2010, JUST SIX MONTHS AGO SO I ASSUMED THE BATTERY WAS BAD AGAIN. I WAS GOING TO TRY TO JUMP THE CAR WHEN I REALIZED IT WOULD START AGAIN, I DROVE A FEW FEET AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. IT WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT ABOUT 30 MILES HOME LUCKILY BUT CONTINUED STALING THE WHOLE WAY HOME. IT EVEN STALED WHEN I WAS GOING 55 MPH. I GOT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT MORNING AND THEY CALLED TO TELL ME IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY THAT HAD GONE BAD AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, I CAME ACROSS A WEBSITE STATING THAT I WAS NOT ALONE IN THIS AND THAT MANY OTHER FORD CARS HAVE ALSO HAD THIS ISSUE. THIS PROBLEM HAS COST ME 500+ OVER THE PAST YEAR JUST IN COSTS TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT KIND OF MONEY I HAVE LOST IN GAS TOO. I WANTED TO SHARE MY INFORMATION SO SOMETHING MIGHT BE DONE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT FROM THIS PROBLEM WITH THE FORD THROTTLE BODY. *TR

THE CAR'S THROTTLE-BODY FAILED INSTANTLY, AND WITHOUT WARNING WHILE IT WAS BEING DRIVEN ON A MAJOR SECONDARY ROAD. THE FAILURE RESULTED IN A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER AND REQUIRED IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY ACTION TO GET OFF THE TWO TRAVEL LANES (DURING RUSH-HOUR IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA), AND NEARLY RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. I WAS ONLY 1/4 MILE FROM ENTERING INTERSTATE 66, WHICH DID NOT HAVE A SAFE SHOULDER DURING THE TIME OF THE FAILURE, AND WHICH WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A MUCH MORE DANGEROUS SITUATION. *TR

WHILE GETTING ONTO THE INTERSTATE THE ACCELERATOR FAILED THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SHUT THE CAR OFF RESTARTED IT DROVE ANOTHER 10 MILES AND AGAIN SAME ISSUE RESTARTED AND DROVE LESS THAN 5 MILES AND AGAIN RESTART DRIVE LESS THAN 1 MILE AND YET AGAIN I CALLED THREE DIFFERENT FORD DEALERSHIPS AND NONE OF THEM HAVE THE PART TO EVEN THINK ABOUT FIXING THIS PROBLEM THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED ASAP AS SOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE $400-$700 INCLUDING MYSELF TO SAY OK FORD HERE IS MY CAR FIX IT WHILE WAITING A WEEK TO A MONTH FOR IT. *TR

DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND LOST POWER, AS IF PEDAL WAS NOT CONNECTED TO ENGINE. THE TACHOMETER FELL TO IDLE RPM AND WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. PROCEEDED TO GLIDE OFF TO THE SHOULDER WHERE, WHEN STOPPED, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SHAKE AND SHUDDER. I TURNED OFF THEN RESTARTED MY CAR WHICH TOOK 4 SECONDS OF THE ENGINE TURNING OVER. STARTED UP AND ALL SEEMED OKAY BUT AS I WENT TO GET BACK ON THE INTERSTATE IT STALLED AGAIN. PROCEEDED TO TURN OFF AND ON AGAIN WITH NO PROBLEMS. VERY LUCKY I WAS NOT IN TRAFFIC ON THE INTERSTATE OR COULD HAVE BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR

CAR AUTOMATICALLY LOST SPEED GOING UP HILL TO STOP SIGN. WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. WENT DEAD. CARS WERE BEHIND ME AND PASSING ON BUSY STREET IN FRONT OF ME. TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP. DIDN'T CORRECT PROBLEM. HAD TO TAKE BACK. ON THE WAY, WENT DEAD PULLING OUT ONTO MAJOR HIGHWAY WITH MORNING TRAFFIC COMING. FINALLY GOT CRANKED. WENT ON TRYING TO GET TO DEALERSHIP AND WENT DEAD AGAIN IN MAJOR INTERSECTION. GOT TO DEALERSHIP. THROTTLE BODY PART ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. BEEN 8 DAYS AND PART STILL NOT IN. *TR