2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

I'M ALSO HAVING THROTTLE BODY PROBLEMS IN MY 2010 FUSION. THE CAR HAS REPEATEDLY LOST POWER WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD AT 60+ MPH. THE WRENCH AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON. IT DID IT 4 TIMES IN ONE DAY. FORD CUSTOMER CARE ACKNOWLEDGED THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THE THROTTLE BODIES ON THESE CARS BUT REFUSES TO REPLACE THEM UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

CAR APPEARS TO STALL FOR NO REASON. APPARENTLY (ACCORDING TO FORD) THE CAR WAS NOT COMPLETELY STALLING BUT INSTEAD GOING INTO A "LIMP HOME MODE" WHEN CAR COMPUTER DETECTED AN ENGINE PROBLEM. CAR WAS BROUGHT TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY WHICH CORRECTED THE PROBLEM (OVER $400). THIS "STALLING" EFFECT OCCURRED ON INTERSTATE 95 IN WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA, WHERE SPEED LIMIT IS 65MPH, WHICH PUT US AND OTHERS AT CONSIDERABLE RISK OF CRASH AND INJURY. I SUBSEQUENTLY READ THAT THIS COMPONENT DEFECT AND STALLING SYMPTOMS WAS A FORD FUSION "EPIDEMIC". *TR

THE CARS STALLS WHILE ACCELERATING. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS WHILE DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY 8 MONTHS AGO AT 50MPH . THE CAR ALL OF THE SUDDEN STOPPED ACCELERATING A WRENCH ICON APPEARED AND HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER, TURN THE IGNITION OFF AND THE CAR STARTED AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE OFF WITH NO PROBLEMS. THE SECOND TIME WAS WHILE DRIVING ON STREET AT 25MPH, HAD TO REPEAT THE PROCESS. ON 6/25 IT HAPPENED AGAIN AFTER BEING STOPPED ON A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND TURNED LEFT ACCELERATED AND CAR STALLED AGAIN AT 50MPH HAD TO PULL OVER ONCE AGAIN. THIS TIME THE ENGINE LIGHT APPEAR. I HAD TO DRIVE 5 MILES TAPPING THE GAS PEDAL TO PREVENT THE CAR FROM STALLING. AFTER THAT I WAS NOT ABLE TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. *TR

I WAS PULLING OUT ONTO A HIGHWAY AND AS I GAVE THE CAR THE GAS, IT SUDDENLY WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE CAR LOST ALL POWER BUT CONTINUED TO RUN AND I NOTICED A LIGHT ON MY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER OF A WRENCH. I PULLED OVER AND STOPPED THE CAR. I TURNED THE KEY OFF AND LET THE CAR SIT FOR A MINUTE OR TWO AND STARTED IT BACK UP. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE. A COUPLE OF TIMES THIS HAS OCCURRED AND I WAS MOVING AT A CONSIDERABLE PACE WITH OTHER VEHICLES BEHIND ME. *TR

CAR QUIT ACCELERATING (DIDN'T SHUT OFF) AND RAN ROUGHLY. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO EASILY PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND RESTARTED THE CAR. IT STARTED WITH NO PROBLEMS THE REST OF THE DAY. INCIDENT HAPPENED FIVE MORE TIMES OVER THE NEXT FOUR DAYS (COULDN'T GET CAR TO THE DEALER UNTIL THEN). ON THE 4TH OF JUNE, I WAS TAKING THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND IT STARTED ACTING UP AGAIN, ONLY THIS TIME, I WAS ON THE FREEWAY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. I HAD TO MOVE OVER TWO LANES TO THE BREAK DOWN LANE. I WAS ALMOST INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, BECAUSE I COULDN'T ACCELERATE. I WAS CLOSE TO THE DEALER AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR, TO GET IT THERE. I WAS INFORMED IT WAS PROBABLY THE THROTTLE BODY AND WOULD BE TWO OR THREE WEEKS BEFORE THEY WOULD RECEIVE THE PARTS AS THEY WERE ON BACKORDER. I WAS FORTUNATE, THAT THEY EVENTUALLY RECEIVED THE THROTTLE BODY ON THE 8TH OF JUNE. IT COST $515 PLUS $220 FOR THE RENTAL CAR. I KNOW THIS REPAIR AND THE COTS ARE BETWEEN ME AND FORD, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE TO TURN TO, IN ORDER TO EXPRESS MY FEELINGS THAT I WAS RIPPED OFF BY FORD.

I WAS DRIVING AND ALL OF SUDDEN MY CAR STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. A WRENCH SYMBOL DISPLAYED ON THE DASH AS I TRIED TO ACCELERATE ON THE GAS BUT COULD NOT MOVE. I TO HURRY UP AND PULL OUT OF TRAFFIC BEFORE I GOT IT. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND WAITED A FEW MINUTES STARTED IT BACK UP DRIVE TWO BLOCKS AND IT DID IT AGAIN. I ONLY HAD THE CAR LESS THAN A YEAR AND COULD HAVE A CAUSED A BAD ACCIDENT WITH THE CAR STALLING IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. I THANKS GOD FOR WATCHING OVER ME. IM A SINGLE PARENT AND NEED A VEHICLE AND DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR COSTLY REPAIRS. *TR

I HAVE A 2010 FUSION THAT HAS ACTED UP PREVIOUSLY BUT QUIT AND NOW ITS DOING IT CONSISTENTLY. THE CAR THROWS A LIGHT THAT'S A WRENCH SPITS SPUTTERS AND WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY FUEL NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU PRESS THE THROTTLE. I AM A FORD LOVER AND BOUGHT THIS CAR FOR MY FIANCE FOR A RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION AND NOW IM REALLY WORRIED THAT THIS VEHICLE IS GOING TO CAUSE HER TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. IT PRETTY MUCH SHUTS DOWN ON YOU WITH NOT ALLOT OF WARNING AND ALL YOU CAN DO IS COAST AND HOPE THAT YOU CAN PULL ON TO THE SHOULDER. I HAVE A FRIEND THAT WORKS FOR FORD THAT HAS INFORMED ME THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS YEAR MODEL FUSION AND THAT ITS ABOUT $550 TO FIX. I AM I HAVE A DECENT JOB BUT I HAVE A WEDDING COMING UP IN JUST A MONTH AND A HALF AND MY SOON TO BE WIFE IS ABOUT TO START BACK COLLEGE AND WILL NOT BE HELPING ME FINANCIALLY I JUST CAN NOT AFFORD THE PARTS AND LABOR. IF THIS IS SUCH A COMMON PROBLEMS WITH THIS CERTAIN MODEL AND YEAR WHY HASN'T THERE BEEN A RECALL FOR THIS PART IT HAS OBVIOUSLY NOT BEEN VERY WELL BUILT AND IM CONCERNED IF I DO PAY THE $550 THAT THIS PART WILL JUST DO THE SAME THING. PLEASE HELP ALL OF US THAT ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT IN LIFE AND RECALL A VERY POOR DESIGN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AS THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 40,000. *TR

WHILE MY 18-YEAR DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE 2010 FORD FUSION WITH MY 16-YEAR SON, THE CAR SHUT OFF AND THE WRENCH LIGHT TURNED ON. SHE PULLED OVER, WAS UPSET AND CALLED ME. SHE RESTARTED THE CAR AND IT SEEMED FINE. THEN ON JUNE 18TH, WHILE DRIVING AROUND 55 MPH, THE CAR SHUTTERED AND SHUT DOWN ON ME. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND RESTARTED THE CAR. TODAY, JUNE 24TH, WHILE DRIVING AROUND 35 MPH, THIS HAPPENED TO ME AGAIN, THE CAR SHUTTERED, I COULD NOT ACCELERATE AND I HAD TO PULL OFF AND RESTART THE CAR. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE ON LINE AND HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS SIMILAR STORIES. THEY ALL POINT TO THE THROTTLE BODY/ THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED. PLEASE RECALL THE THROTTLE BODY /THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR CAR AND GET FIXED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT AND THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY CONTROL WARNING LIGHT BECAME ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR AN INSPECTION, WHO INSTALLED A NEW RELAY FOR THE FUEL PUMP AND LOCATED A FAILURE WITH THE CATALYTIC ASSEMBLY. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 29,000. UPDATED 08/06/13*LJ UPDATED 08/06/2013 *JS