2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP LIGHT. WHEN I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR THERE WAS NO RESPONSE YET THE CAR WAS RUNNING AND IN GEAR. THE WRENCH SYMBOL WAS ON THE DASH. I CUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED. THE PROBLEM WAS GONE. LATER THAT DAY I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 65 MPH AND THE CAR JUST CUT OFF. I PULLED OVER, TURNED OFF THE IGNITION AND RESTARTED AND EVERYTHING WAS AGAIN FINE. LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN WHILE PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP LIGHT. I SHUT THE ENGINE OFF MAD RESTARTED. THIS AGAIN WORKED BUT THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY IN THE MIDDLE LANE AT 65 MILES AN HOURS AND MY CAR STARTED JERKING AND SEEMED TO HAVE NO POWER, I WAS AT A PLACE WHERE 2 HIGHWAYS WERE COMING TOGETHER WHICH CAUSED GETTING THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD DIFFICULT! I WAS ABLE TO GET INBETWEEN THE 2 HIGHWAYS AND STOP THE CAR, I PUT IT IN PARK AND TURNED THE KEY OFF AND WAITED A FEW MINUTES THEN STARTED THE CAR AND IT SEEMED TO RUN FINE. THE IT HAPPENED AGAIN TO ME WHILE DRIVING ON A SUNDAY AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AGAIN STOPPED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED IT OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN. CALLED THE DEALER ON MONDAY TO GET IT INTO THE SHOP HAD AN APPOINTMENT ON TUESDAY MORNING TO TAKE IT IN, ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK AT 5:00 PM IT STARTED JERKING AND I ENDED UP HAVING TO STOP THE CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION AND TURN IT OFF AN ON AGAIN. THANK GOD I WAS NOT HIT IN EITHER INCIDENCE!! I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS MY THROTTLE BODY AND THAT THIS PART IS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER WHICH TELLS ME THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM. I AM BEING TOLD THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG IT WILL BE BEFORE THIS PART IS AVAILABLE AND I AM HAVING TO GET A RENT A CAR IN THE MEAN TIME. MY NEW CAR WARRANTY ENDED IN TIME APRIL 2013 AND I AM 3000 MILES OVER THE 30,000. I THINK THIS IS JUST WRONG TO HAVE THIS KIND OF PROBLEM WITH A NEWER VEHICLE!! *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT 45MPH THE CAR JERKED AND LOST THRUST. THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND I COASTED AS FAR AS I COULD GET. THE ENGINE DID NOT SEEM TO BE RUNNING SO I TURNED THE KEY OFF AND WAITED 20 SECONDS OR SO AND ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE. THE CAR CRANKED MANY TIMES BUT THEN STARTED BACK UP AND WAS FINE FOR THE NEXT 5 DAYS. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE FORD DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY NEEDED TO CHECK IT OUT. TWO DAYS LATER THEY STILL HAD NOT LOOKED AT IT SO I TOOK THE CAR BACK. 5 DAYS LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN BUT I CAME TO A STOP JUST AROUND A CORNER AND WAS CONCERNED ABOUT BEING REAR ENDED. I BROUGHT THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER A SECOND TIME AND THIS TIME THEY LOOKED AT IT. THEY SAID THAT THE THROTTLE BODY HAD TO BE REPLACED AND THAT I WAS LUCKY THAT THEY HAD JUST RECEIVED A SHIPMENT THAT DAY. THE SERVICE ASSOCIATE SAID THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THAT THESE THROTTLE BODIES HAVE BEEN ON BACK ORDER FOR WEEKS. I HAD TO PAY FOR THE DIAGNOSIS BUT IT SEEMS THAT THIS SERVICE SHOULD BE DONE AS A RECALL SINCE THERE ARE SO MANY PROBLEMS. THIS IS ALSO A SAFETY PROBLEM. *TR

DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY ALTERNATING IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC. AT ONE POINT THE TRAFFIC OPENS. I STEP ON THE GAS AND NOTHING HAPPENS. THE CAR SPUTTERS AND NEARLY STALLS. I'M ABLE TO COAST IT INTO THE BREAKDOWN LANE, WHERE IT SITS AND SPUTTERS. I SHUT THE CAR OFF, RESTARTED IT, AND IT SEEMS TO BE FINE. I DRIVE TO A RESTAURANT AND HAVE DINNER. THE CAR SITS FOR AN HOUR. I GET BACK IN AND THE CAR DRIVES FOR A FEW MINUTES, THEN STUTTERS, NEARLY STALLS, AND LIMPS ALONG AGAIN. I RESTART THE CAR AGAIN, AND AGAIN IT'S FINE. MY WIFE HAS ALSO INDICATED ENGINE RACING IN FIRST GEAR. INTERNET RESEARCH INDICATES THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH FORD'S THROTTLE BODIES OF THIS MODEL / TIMEFRAME. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45MPG MY CAR 'STALLED'. SUDDEN LOSS OF ACCELERATION BUT MOTOR WAS STILL RUNNING, WRENCH LIGHT POPPED ON. I PULLED OVER AND LET THE CAR SIT FOR A FEW MINUTES AND UPON RESTARTING IT THE CAR RAN OK. TOOK IT TO DISCOUNT AUTO AND PULLED NO CODES. THOUHT IT WAS A FLUKE. IT HAS HAPPENED 2 MORE TIMES IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS. THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS PUTTERING TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND WAS ALMOST HIT BY AN ONCOMING CAR. MY 3 CHILDREN AND HUSBAND WERE IN THE CAR. TOOK IT TO MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD I WILL NEED TO REPLACE THROTTLE BODY BUT IT IS ON BACK ORDER FOR 2-4 WEEKS, POSSIBLY MORE. IN THE MEANTIME I REFUSE TO PUT MY DAUGHTERS BACK IN THIS DEATHTRAP FORD CALLS A CAR. AND LIKE MOST PEOPLE WE CAN ONLY AFFORD ONE CAR SO THIS IS A HUGE INCONVEINCE TO US. HOW MANY MORE CASES NEED TO BE FILED, HOW MANY MORE TERIFFIED CONSUMERS WILL IT TAKE BEFORE A RECALL IS DONE?!? PLUS DRIVETRAIN WARRANTIES SUPPOSEDLY DO NOT COVER THESE REPAIRS. I COME FROM A LOOONG LINE OF FORD FAMILY BUT I AM COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS UNTIL I CAN GET OUT OF THIS CAR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,000. *TR

MY HUSBAND WAS SPEEDING UP TO PASS SOMEONE WHEN THE CAR LOST POWER AND STOPPED ACCELERATING. THE VEHICLE BEHIND HIM ALMOST HIT HIM BECAUSE THE CAR SLOWED DOWN SO RAPIDLY. WE CONTACTED FORD AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY. THEY'VE HAD THE CAR FOR ALMOST 2 WEEKS-THE PART IS ON BACK-ORDER. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2010 FORD FUSION ON THE INTERSTATE AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WHEN WITHOUT WARNING THE CAR BEGAN TO JERK AND DECELERATE. A WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS NOT ABLE TO ACCELERATE AT ALL. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR SAFELY OFF OF THE ROAD AT WHICH POINT IT SHUT OFF. UPON RESTARTING THE ENGINE THE CAR CONTINUED TO JERK AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I WAITED APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES AND RESTARTED THE CAR AGAIN. THIS TIME THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON BUT THE CAR WAS DRIVABLE AND I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME. I HAD MY CAR TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP JULY 1 AND WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR NEEDED A NEW THROTTLE BODY WHICH THE DEALERSHIP SAID WAS ON BACKORDER. UPON LEARNING THIS, I RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS SOME THING HAPPEN TO THEM. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD AND IT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED BEFORE SOMEONE IS NOT ABLE TO GET THEIR CAR OFF OF THE ROAD WHEN THIS SITUATION OCCURS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ACCELERATION POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS MERGED TO THE SHOULDER WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT DOWN AND RESTARTED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WITH MY CHILD WHEN MY CAR STARTED JERKING AND THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER. I HAD TO HURRY AND PUT MY FLASHERS ON AND TRY TO GET ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE JERKING CAUSED MY DRIVER SIDE SEATBELT TO PULL TIGHT AND LEFT MARKS ON MY SHOULDER. A WRENCH LIGHT BY THE PARK BUTTON CAME ON AND WAS LIGHTED UP. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND RESTARTED IT. THE CAR STARTED AND I PROCEEDED TO HEAD TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE CAR DID THE EXACT SAME THING BUT THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I PULLED OVER AND HAD MY CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THIS MORNING THEY CALLED AND SAID MY THROTTLE BODY NEEDS REPLACED. THE SERVICE DEPT TOLD ME THEY HAVE REPLACED SEVERAL OF THESE THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND THE PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER. HE SAID IT CAN BE 7-10 DAYS BEFORE THE PART COMES IN. THIS PART NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. ANY PASSENGER CAN GET SERIOUSLY HURT OR INJURED IF GOING HIGH SPEEDS ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN THIS PART GOES OUT. FORD NEEDS TO DO A VOLUNTARY RECALL BUT IF NOT, THE NHTSA NEEDS TO . *TR