2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

I HAD THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE LIGHT (WRENCH) COME ON TWICE DRIVING HOME YESTERDAY. THE FIRST TIME WAS FROM A STOP LIGHT AND THEN TURNING LEFT. THE CAR SHUDDERED, THE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR WENT INTO LIMP MODE AND WOULDN'T GO MORE THAN 5MPH. AFTER PULLING OVER AND TURNING THE CAR OFF, I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR AFTER 2-3 TRIES. UPON RESTART THE LIGHT CLEARED AND I WAS ABLE TO START DRIVING HOME. ABOUT 2-3 MILES LATER, ON THE HIGHWAY, THE PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN, TRAVELING AROUND 65 MPH. SAME SYMPTOMS, THE CAR WENT INTO LIMP MODE, I HAD NO ACCELERATION AND COULDN'T GO MORE THAN 5MPH. THE CAR SHOOK AND SHUDDERED. AFTER PULLING OVER ( ON THE HIGHWAY! ) I WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT AND LIMP HOME. I TOOK THE CAR TO A DEALER AND THEY SAID THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THEY CURRENTLY HAVE 7 FUSIONS ON THEIR LOT WITH THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM AS THE CAR UNEXPECTEDLY LOSES ALL ACCELERATION AND WOULD SEEM LIKELY TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO PULL OVER AND RESTART THE CAR, BUT WILL NOT BE DRIVING THE CAR UNTIL IT IS FIXED AS IT IS A SEVERE SAFETY HAZARD. ONE FORD SEEMS TO KNOW ABOUT, HAVING RELEASE A TBS, BUT NEEDS TO GO FURTHER AND ISSUE A RECALL. *TR

EVER SINCE I HAVE PURCHASED MY 2010 FORD FUSION I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH IT. MY LUG NUTS JUST BREAK OFF. FORD PERFORMED A RECALL ON THE LUG NUTS AND SINCE THE RECALL I HAVE HAD MY LUG NUTS CONTINUE TO FALL OFF FOUR MORE TIMES. THE DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING AND THE CORPORATE OFFICE REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING EACH BLAMES THE OTHER INSTEAD OF TRYING TO FIND OUT WHY ITS HAPPENING. *TR

I WAS GETTING UP TO SPEED ON THE HIGHWAY AFTER BEING IN STOP & GO FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES. THE "WRENCH" ICON WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, THE REVS DROPPED AND THERE WAS NO THROTTLE RESPONSE FROM THE ENGINE. PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. SHUT DOWN AND RESTART. IDLE WAS LOW AND ROUGH, STILL NO THROTTLE RESPONSE. SHUT DOWN AGAIN AND CALLED AAA FOR A TOW. WHILE ON THE PHONE, I TURNED THE ENGINE BACK ON (NOT RUNNING YET) AND NOTICED THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS OFF. STARTED THE CAR AGAIN, AND THIS TIME EVERYTHING WAS BACK TO NORMAL. MECHANIC FOUND NO ENGINE CODES, SUSPECTS BAD EGR VALVE OR BAD THROTTLE BODY. *TR

I AM HAVING AN ISSUE WITH MY 2010 FORD FUSION (V-6 ENGINE). FIRST THE CAR BEGAN IDLING ROUGH, WITH THE ENGINE OCCASIONALLY SURGING GEARS SHIFT (AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). ON A SECOND INCIDENT, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE SITTING AT IDLE, AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER, WHO WAS UNABLE TO IDENTIFY A PROBLEM BUT CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY. ON A THIRD INCIDENT THE CAR LOST THROTTLE WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MILES PER HOUR. DEALER INDICATED (BASED ON COMPUTER CODES) THE NEED FOR A REPLACEMENT OF THE THROTTLE BODY. *TR

TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY THIS MORNING, WHEN MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY SLOWS TO A CRAWL, AND I LOSE POWER TO THE GAS PEDAL. I JUST MISS BEING HIT BY A SEMI-TRACTOR WHICH HAD BEEN BEHIND ME. I WAS ABLE TO MOTION MY CAR ACROSS THREE LANES TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. AFTER SHUTTING THE VEHICLE OFF, AND RESTARTING THE VEHICLE IT SEEMED TO RUN NORMAL UNTIL ABOUT 50 MILES DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR AT THIS POINT. DEALERSHIP CLAIMS THEY ARE NOW SURE WHAT THE CAUSE IS, BUT HAVE SEEN THIS NUMEROUS TIMES. *TR

WAS HEADING HOME DOWN A NARROW BACK HILL WHEN MY CAR LOST ALL ACCELERATION. HAD TO COAST DOWN THE HILL & WHEN I REACHED THE BOTTOM I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR AND IT STARTED RIGHT BACK UP. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME I NEEDED TO CHANGE A FILTER & MY BATTERY WAS BAD. BOUGHT A NEW BATTERY AT SEARS DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY FOR THE FILTER (+PLUS I WAS TOLD THAT WAS PROBABLY NOT THE PROBLEM). LAST WEEK MERGING ONTO AN EXPRESSWAY RAMP @ 60MPH IT BOGGED DOWN TO 0 RPMS AND I THANKFULLY WAS ABLE TO GET OVER SO I WAS OUT OF THE WAY OF THE TRAFFIC SO I COULD SHUT THE CAR OFF AND ON (TOOK ME SEVERAL XS) SO I COULD FINISH MY ERRAND. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MY NUMEROUS TIMES NOW SO I AM HESITANT TO EVEN TAKE THIS CAR ON THE EXPRESSWAY. NOW I AM FINDING THROTTLE BODY PROBLEMS AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT MY CAR IS DOING. IF THERE ARE SO MANY OF THESE COMPLAINTS WHY IS FORD NOT MADE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM...Y DO WE HAVE TO SHELL OUT THE $500.00 TO FIX A CAR THAT IS 3 YEARS OLD. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC WHEN SUDDENLY MY SPEED DROPPED TO 5 MPH. I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED OFF MY CAR. AFTER SITTING FOR A FEW MINUTES I STARTED THE CAR AND GOT BACK ON THE HIGHWAY. AFTER I TRAVELED FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE IT DID THE SAME THING AGAIN. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND RESTARTED IN A MINUTE OR TWO AND AGAIN WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE MY TRAVELS ON THE HIGHWAY. MY DESTINATION WAS ABOUT TWO MILES AWAY. I CALLED THE DEALER, GANLEY FORD, THAT I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM AND WAS ABLE TO GET MY CAR IN THAT DAY. THE DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM TO BE THE THROTTLE BODY. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD TAKE A WEEK FOR THE PART TO COME IN. TO MY SURPRISE IT ONLY TOOK THREE DAYS FOR IT COME IN. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE MANUFACTURER WARRANTY OR UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY. THIS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE AND I AM LUCKY THAT I WAS NOT HIT FROM BEHIND BECAUSE THERE WAS NO WARNING THAT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. MY SPEND JUST WENT FROM 65 MPH TO 5 MPH. I HAD THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR, BUT MY CAR WOULD NOT GO. I HAVE READ MANY FORD FORUMS AND BLOGS AND IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THAT THESE CARS SHOULD BE RECALLED AND THOSE OF US THAT HAVE ALREADY PAID TO HAVE THE PROBLEM FIXED SHOULD BE REIMBURSED. *TR

THE CAR HAS CUT OFF IN TRAFFIC NUMEROUS TIME AND 3 CLOSE CALLS ON ACCIDENTS. THROTTLE BODY WAS THE PROBLEM.CALLED FORD AND THEY GAVE ME A CASE # AND SAID THAT THEY COULDNOT HELP KNOWING THAT THE HAVE A PROBLEM. FORD MECHS THAT I HAVE TALK TO HAVE SAID THAT THEY HAVE REPLACE ALOT OF THE THROTTLE BODYS AND FOR WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM PROBABLY UNTIL SOMEONE GETS KILLED OR INJURED WHILE THE CAR HAS COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN RUNNING 60MPH. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING APPROX 60 MPH IN CROWDED TRAFFIC WHEN SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING THE CAR STALLED AND LOST ITS POWER. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO GUIDE THE CAR SAFELY TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE WRENCH LIGHT DID COME ON. AFTER ABOUT A MINUTE AND JUST PRIOR TO CALLING ROAD ASSISTANCE, I ATTEMPTED TO START THE CAR. IT DID SO SUCCESSFULLY AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP IMMEDIATELY. FOR TWO DAYS, THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT ATTEMPTED TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. NO DTC WAS PRODUCED. HOWEVER, AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION AND RESEARCH, THEY WENT AHEAD AND REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. SO FAR, THE PROBLEM HAS NOT RECURRED. *TR

FROM A STANDING STOP I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR THE CAR SURGED THEN BUCKED, SURGED THEN BUCKED. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR OUT OF HEAVY TRAFFIC. THERE WAS NO WARNING AND THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE PROBLEM OCCURRED. DEALER TOLD ME PART WAS BACK ORDERED UNTIL MID JULY AS THIS IS A CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH THE FUSION WITH THOUSANDS OF FUSIONS SITTING IN DEALER LOTS WAITING FOR PART. *TR