2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

WAS DRIVING INTERSTATE SPEEDS AND VEHICLE SHUT DOWN, WRENCH SYMBOL CAME ON DASH BOARD. HAS HAPPENED 3-5 TIMES SINCE, IN TRAFFIC OR AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. *TR

I HAD COME TO A STOP LIGHT AND WAS TURNING RIGHT WHEN THE CAR WENT INTO LIMP MODE. SECOND TIME ABOUT TWO WEEKS LATER I WAS TURNING ONTO A ENTRANCE RAMP TO AN INTERSTATE AND WAS ACCELERATING WHEN IT WENT INTO LIMP MODE. IT HAPPENED AGAIN TWO WEEKS LATER. ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO I WAS IDLING WHEN THE CAR TOTALLY CUT OFF. I RESTARTED IT DROVE 5 MILES AND IT WENT INTO LIMP MODE WHEN I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT. YESTERDAY IT HAPPENED WHEN I WAS DOING A STEADY 70 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE. TODAY WHEN I WAS DOING 65 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE. EACH TIME, I PULLED OVER, TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND RESTARTED THE CAR WHICH RAN NORMALLY AFTER THAT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A MODERATELY TRAVELED ROAD, MY VEHICLE LOST POWER WHERE WHEN I PUSHED ON THE ACCELERATOR (NOTHING HAPPENED). I WAS ABLE TO GET PULLED OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SOME WARNING LIGHTS APPEARED ON MY DASH. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT AND IT SEEMED TO BE OKAY (NO WARNING LIGHTS ON DASH) AND I PROCEEDED HOME. THE FOLLOWING MORNING IT HAPPENED AGAIN WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PULL AWAY FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT ON A BUSIER ROAD. I MANAGED TO GET OFF THE ROAD, TURNED IT OFF AND TRIED RESTARTING IT. ONCE I GOT IT RESTARTED, I HEADED STRAIGHT FOR THE DEALERSHIP. IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS BEING THE THROTTLE BODY. MY ISSUE IS THAT IT CAN COMPLETELY CATCH THE DRIVER OFF GUARD AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE IS NOT VERY OLD AND THE MANUFACTURER SEEMS TO BE CONTROLLING THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE PART (ONLY SO MANY RELEASED AT A TIME). IT TOOK OVER A WEEK TO GET MY CAR BACK FOR WHAT SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON ISSUE AS READ IN FORUMS FROM OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME TYPE OF VEHICLE. I BELIEVE THE ISSUE WITH THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED FOR A POSSIBLE RECALL. *TR

DURING INITIAL ACCELERATION THE CAR WILL LOSE POWER AND START SHAKING SPORADICALLY. THE CAR WILL NOT STALL BUT IT DOES NOT ACCELERATE EVEN WHEN THE GAS PEDDLE IS DEPRESSED. THE CAR HAS TO BE RESTARTED TO STOP BEHAVIOR. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED AFTER THE BEHAVIOR PERSISTED FOR ABOUT A WEEK. BROUGHT CAR TO AN AUTO ZONE FOR AN ODBII READING. THE CODES THAT WERE REPORTED ARE AS FOLLOWS: P2111: THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL SYSTEM - STUCK OPEN. P0457: EVAP SMALL LEAK DETECTED BROUGHT CAR TO FORD DEALER AS PROBLEM PERSISTED. FORD DEALER DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED. *TR

WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, WHEN MY 2010 FORD FUSION SE LOST POWER AND WAS JERKING FORWARD. I HAD TO PULL OVER TO SIDE OF HIGHWAY BECAUSE I COULD NOT ACCELERATE. INDICATOR LIGHT FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WAS ON. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND RESTARTED, AFTER WHICH THE VEHICLE RAN FINE AGAIN. HOWEVER, AFTER DRIVING FOR A FEW MORE MILES, CAR DID THE SAME THING. I AGAIN RESTARTED AND VEHICLE RAN FINE AGAIN, THIS TIME RUNNING LONG ENOUGH FOR ME TO GET HOME. WHILE DRIVING IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP, IT DID THIS AGAIN, THIS TIME AT SPEED OF ABOUT 60 MPH. VEHICLE WOULD DRIVE BUT WAS ONLY ABLE TO GO AT VERY LOW SPEEDS. DEALER SAID IT WAS AN ISSUE WITH THROTTLE BODY AND THAT THIS PART IS ON BACKORDER. *TR

ON JUNE 18, 2013 WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK I WAS STOPPED A YIELD SIGN WAITING FOR TRAFFIC TO CLEAR WHICH WOULD ALLOW ME TO ENTER A MAIN ROAD. WHEN TRAFFIC WAS CLEAR I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR AND BEGAN TO PROCEED. WITHIN ONE OR TWO SECONDS I LOST ALL POWER IN MY ACCELERATOR AND THE RPMS WERE NOT MOVING IN MY DASHBOARD. AS I STEERED MY VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD MY CAR BEGAN TO JERK AS I PUT MY VEHICLE IN PARK; ROUGHLY 100 FEET FROM WHERE I PULLED FROM. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE WRENCH ON THE DASHBOARD TURN ON WHEN MY VEHICLE CAME TO REST. I TURNED MY CAR OFF AND PUT MY HAZARDS ON. I WAITED SEVERAL SECONDS THEN TURN THE CAR ON. IT HAD TROUBLE STARTING BUT DID START. I NOTICED THE WRENCH ON AGAIN BUT IT QUICKLY TURNED OFF. IF THE ROAD WAS NOT CLEAR WHEN I PULLED FROM THE YIELD SIGN I WOULD HAVE CAUSED AND ACCIDENT AFTER STARTING MY VEHICLE AND PROCEEDING DOWN THE ROAD ABOUT 1 MILE THE VEHICLE HAD THE SAME SEQUENCE OF LOSING POWER IN THE ACCELERATOR AND JERKING TO A STOP AS I PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK. THIS TIME THE ROAD HAD WIDENED TO A TOW LANE ROAD OVERPASS OF AN INTERSTATE. MY VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP JUST BEFORE THE ENTRANCE TO THE INTERSTATE. THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT IS 35 MPH BUT PEOPLE TYPICALLY ACCELERATE TO 50 MPH PREPARING TO ENTER THE HIGHWAY. COMING TO A STOP BEFORE THE INTERSTATE ON RAMP THANKFULLY DID NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT BUT DID CAUSE A SMALL TRAFFIC SLOW DOWN AS I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AGAIN I WAS ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE WITH A LITTLE TROUBLE AND THIS TIME I NOTICED THE WRENCH AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. AFTER DROPPING MY VEHICLE OFF ON JUNE 19, 2013 I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE FORD DEALERSHIP ADVISING THE ISSUE WAS RELATED TO THE THROTTLE BODY AND THAT IT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. I AUTHORIZED THE WORK BECAUSE I NEED A RELIABLE CAR AND DO NOT WANT TO FEAR FOR MY SAFETY WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. *TR

4TH INCIDENT WITH MY 2010 FUSION SHUTTING DOWN WHILE DRIVING. I PICKED IT UP FROM THE FORD SERVICE 6/18 AND THEY SAID THEY FIXED IT, AGAIN. I DROVE TO WORK, NO PROBLEMS. GOT OFF WORK, DRIVING FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND THE CAR SPUTTERED, WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON AND WHEN I PRESS THE GAS, NOTHING HAPPENS. COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND IT SPUTTERED SOME MORE AND SHUTS OFF. FORD KEEPS MAKING REPAIRS TO MY CAR SAYING THEY'VE FIXED IT BUT IT'S NOT FIXED. NOW I HAVE $1,200 IN REPAIR BILLS AND NO CAR. I'M SCARED TO DRIVE MY CAR AND VERY STRESSED OVER THIS. NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO KEEP GOING THROUGH THIS DANGER OF DRIVING A CAR THAT KEEPS SHUTTING OFF! AND AS I SEE FROM OTHER FORD OWNERS, I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THIS IS HAPPENING TO. FORD NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS ISSUE, OR SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET SERIOUSLY HURT, OR KILLED!! I'VE COMPLAINED TO FORD MOTOR CREDIT CUSTOMER SERVICE AND FILED ANOTHER COMPLAINT WITH THE NHTSA. PLEASE DO SOMETHING TO RECALL THESE CARS TO FIX THE ISSUES!! *TR

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY GOING ABOUT 40MPH MY CAR FELT LIKE IT DIED, IT WAS STILL RUNNING BUT UNRESPONSIVE. THERE WAS HEAVY TRAFFIC AND I HAD TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LANE BECAUSE I WAS IN AN AREA WHERE THERE WERE NO SHOULDERS TO COAST TO. ONCE I STOPPED, I PUT IT IN PARK AND RESTARTED IT, IT RAN FINE AND ACTED NORMAL FOR A FEW DAYS, AND IT STARTED DOING THE SAME THING ON THE SAME STRETCH OF HIGHWAY THAT I USE EVERY DAY. ONLY THIS TIME IT KEPT HAPPENING ABOUT EVERY 15 TO 20 MIN. IT IS AT THE FORD DEALER NOW AND THEY ARE TELLING ME IT HAS A BAD THROTTLE BODY AND IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT THEY ARE REPLACING SO MANY RIGHT NOW THAT THERE IS A NATIONAL BACK ORDER AND I MIGHT HAVE TO WAIT 3 OR 4 WEEKS. SO NOT ONLY AM I OUT SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS BUT I DON'T KNOW WHEN ILL GET MY CAR BACK. FORD KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE BODY, THEY SHOULD BE REPLACING THIS FOR FREE. ITS A DEFECTIVE PART. AND IT IS NOT VERY CHEAP. PLUS THEY ARE CHARGING ME $130.00 AN HOUR TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM THAT SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE IS ALREADY AWARE OF. I AM HAVING THE EXACT SAME SYMPTOMS AS ALL THE OTHER THROTTLE BODY PEOPLE. *TR

VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND BOTH THE CHECK ENGINE AND MECHANIC WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON AND STARTED TO GO AGAIN. IF I TRIED TO MODERATELY ACCELERATE MY FORD FUSION WOULD LOSE POWER AGAIN. WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE POWER IT WOULD BEGIN TO VIBRATE ROUGHLY WHEN LOW IDLING. I USE A CODE CHECKER AND PULLED A P2111 CODE WHICH STATES THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS STUCK OPEN. THIS OCCURRED 4 MORE TIMES ALONG THE TRIP BACK HOME. *TR

DRIVING AND LOST POWER, CAR ENGINE DIED. WRENCH ICON CAME ON ON THE GER INDICATOR. SPUTTERED WHEN COMING TO STOP AND HAD TO SHUT CAR OFF AND RESTART. WHEN RESTARTED I HAD NO ODEMETER OR GAS MILEAGE INDICATOR ON DASH. DID ANOTHER 2 TIMES UNTIL I REACHED MY DESTINATION, APPROX 3 -5 MILES AWAY. I WAS OUT OF TOWN WHEN HAPPENED AND I CALLED MY FORD DEALER AND EXPLAINED AND THE SERVICE MANAGER STATED HE WAS 95% SURE IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY. HE ALSO STATED I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET FIXED RIGHT AWAY AS TO THE POSSIBILITY OF NO PARTS AVAILABLE AS A KNOWN ISSUE. HAD TO FINALLY STOP AT A FORD DEALER ON SUNDAY ON OUR RETURN TRIP AS KEPT HAPPENING, REPEATEDLY AND TOO UNSAFE TO DRIVE ANY FURTHER AS WE WERE NOT GETTING ANY FURTHER THAN 5 MILES APART BEFORE IT KEPT HAPPENING AND 2 OF US HAD TO STAY OVERNIGHT IN A HOTEL UNTIL THE FORD DEALER OPENED MONDAY AM. ON THE 4TH TIME THIS HAPPENED, A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FINALLY CAME ON..NOT PRIOR TO THIS THOUGH.THE FORD DEALER CONFIRMED IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY AND WE DID HAVE REPLACED AT THAT TIME. *TR