2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

WAS DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY APPROX 40 MPH AND VEHICLE SHUT OFF, COASTED TO SIDE OF RODE, TURNED KEY TWICE, NO LUCK, THEN 3RD TIME IT CRANKED BACK UP, THEN DROVE SLOWLY ANOTHER MILE TO HOME.SCARED ME, HAVING RECENTLY BEEN IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT (NO FAULT OF MY OWN) COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN REAR ENDED AGAIN!!! MAYBE A THROTTLE BODY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED??? *TR

THROTTLE BODY! I HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES FOR A WHILE NOW. STARTED WITH THE CHECK FUEL INLET CAP LIGHT COMING ON. FYI, I HAVE NOT FUEL CAP FOR THIS CAR. HAD IT CHECKED, THOUGHT IT WAS A SENSOR PROBLEM. THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ONE. THEN THE ISSUES STARTED TAKING PLACE. HAD A FEW INCIDENTS WHERE I WOULD BE GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MILES PER HOUR AND THE WRENCH LIGHT WOULD COME ON IN THE CAR AND IT WOULD COMPLETELY LOSE ANY THROTTLE CONTROL. I WOULD HAVE TO PULL OVER TO SIDE, CAR WOULD STILL BE RUNNING, BUT ONCE STOPPED WOULD SHAKE AND SPUTTER, I WOULD TURN IT OFF AND THEN IT WOULD FIRE RIGHT BACK UP. SOMETIMES THIS WOULD TAKE PLACE MAYBE 3 TIMES BACK TO BACK AND THEN WOULD NOT DO IT ANYMORE. I KEPT BEING TOLD, WHEN IT HAPPENS BRING IT IN....THAT IS EASIER SAID THAN DONE. IT IS HAPPENING MORE OFTEN AND NOW AT LOWER SPEEDS AND AS OF LAST WEEK, AS I WAS PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. NOW IT IS PARKED, CAN'T GO 2 MILES WITHOUT IT SHUTTING OFF. I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY AND IT SEEMS THAT MANY OTHER ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES, YET THIS HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. FORD IS TELLING ME THE PART IS BACK ORDERED, AND THAT I MAY HAVE TO WAIT A MONTH FOR IT TO COME IN. I WORK AND HAVE TWO KIDS AND NOW FORD WOULD LIKE FOR ME TO WAIT TO GET IT FIXED. FYI.....A RENTAL CAL IS ABOUT $700 FOR A MONTH! UNACCEPTABLE! AND I OWE TOO MUCH ON IT TO BE WORTH MY WHILE TO TRADE IT IN. FRUSTRATED BEYOND BELIEF! *TR

I WAS ACCELERATING DOWN A STREET ON MY WAY TO WORK AT ABOUT 35-37 MPH WHEN THE CAR JUST STARTED SPUTTERING. I WAS ON A ROAD WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC AND NO SIDEARM. I STOPPED THE CAR AND RESTARTED IT. I MADE IT ABOUT 1 MILE FURTHER BEFORE IT DID THE SAME THING. I WAS ON PINS AND NEEDLES ALL DAY DRIVING IT. IT HAPPENED ABOUT A WEEK LATER AFTER NO FURTHER INCIDENT FROM THE FIRST OCCURRENCE. I TOOK IT IN TO A FORD DEALER WHO IDENTIFIED IT AS A THROTTLE PROBLEM. COST ME $500 SINCE IT IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY FOR MY CAR. UNACCEPTABLE OCCURRENCE. MAKING ME RETHINK ANY LOYALTY TO FORD. *TR

MULTIPLE TIMES ENGINE JUST WOULD DIE AND RESTART AFTER PULLING OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD AND RESTARTING. I JUST CHUCKED IT UP TO BAD GAS AS WE HAVE HAD A SLEW OF REPORTS ON THIS IN MY AREA. ON WED JUNE 12TH WHILE ON THE INTERSTATE AT 70MPH IN BUSY TRAFFIC I IN THE MIDDLE OF 3 LANES IT DECIDES TO AGAIN LOOSE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND IDLE...NO WHERE TO GO CARS ZOOMING UP ON ME AND HONKING AND SLAMMIN ON THERE BRAKES!. I PULL OVER FINALLY AND TURN KEY OFF AND RESTARTS EASILY. UPON GETTIN OFF INTERSTATE IT CONTINUES TO STALL AT WILL. PULLED INTO AUTOZONE AND HAVE IT CHECKED FOR ERROR CODE AND SAID WAS FAULTY THROTTLE BODY. UPON LOOKING UP ON LINE I WAS AMAZED THAT THIS IS SO COMMON WITH THE MOTOR TRENDS CAR OR THE YEAR IN 2010! AND STILL NO RECALL FROM FORD! I FEEL THIS IS AS BIG SAFETY ISSUE! WHAT IF THIS HAPPENS INTO A MERGE SITUATION? OR TURNIN INTO HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC???? PLEASE HELP. *TR

IN THE PAST MONTH ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE THROTTLE DID NOT WORK NOT ALLOWING ME TO ACCELERATE. THE ONLY WAY I COULD CORRECT IT WAS TO TURN THE MOTOR OFF AND RESTART THE CAR. IN A COUPLE OF THESE INSTANCES I WAS IN TRAFFIC AND COULD NOT MOVE THE CAR. I HAVE BEEN TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR (BUHLER FORD IN EATONTOWN NEW JERSEY) AND THEY HAVE TOLD ME THAT I NEED THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED BUT THEY ARE UNABLE TO GET THE PART SINCE THEY ARE ON BACK ORDER DUE TO THE NUMBER OF CARS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AWAITING THE PART. THIS IS A SERIOUS CONDITION THAT IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE AND UNSAFE. I WENT ON LINE AND HAVE FOUND OUT THAT HUNDREDS OF OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. FORD NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL ON THESE PARTS AND CHANGE THEM. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT WILL COST ME NEARLY $500 TO FIX BUT THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHEN THEY CAN GET THE PART. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHEN WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING AND BEGAN TO SHAKE AND THE WRENCH LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD LIT UP. THERE WAS NO INDICATION AT ALL THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG PRIOR TO THE DECELERATING AND SHAKING. THE RAPID DECELERATION CAUSED THE CAR BEHIND ME TO HAVE TO SWERVE INTO THE OTHER LANE TO AVOID HITTING ME. I HIT THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS TO WARN DRIVERS BEHIND ME AND WITH SOME DIFFICULTLY (DUE TO THE SHAKING) WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. ONCE I WAS SAFELY OUT OF TRAFFIC I TURNED THE CAR OFF. I WAITED A MOMENT TO CALM MYSELF AS IT WAS FRIGHTENING TO HAVE NO CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE ON A BUSY STREET. WHEN I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON THE DASH LIGHT WAS NO LONGER ON AND THE CAR PERFORMED NORMALLY. WHEN I GOT BACK TO MY OFFICE I LOOKED FOR SIMILAR INCIDENT ON THE WEB AND WAS HORRIFIED TO FIND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE VERY SAME THING. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ISSUE. HAVING NO CONTROL OF THE SPEED OF A VEHICLE IS LIFE THREATENING. HAD THIS HAPPENED ON A BUSY HIGHWAY IT WOULD VERY LIKELY HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. I CALLED FORD AND WAS TOLD TO TAKE THE CAR IN TO THE DEALERSHIP SO THEY COULD DIAGNOSE IT AND FIX THE PROBLEM. MY CONCERN IS THAT IF THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS PART THAT CAUSES THIS PROBLEM - WHAT GUARANTEE IS THERE THAT THE NEW PART WILL NOT DO THE SAME THING. I FIND IT DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE THAT AFTER ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM FORD DOES NOT THINK IT IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO RECALL OR AT THE VERY LEAST WARN THEIR FUSION OWNERS! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED FOUR TIMES WITHIN A THIRTY DAY PERIOD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 39,600.

THE FIRST TIME I WAS DRIVING WAS MAY 11, 2013 I WAS GOING 40 MILES AN HOUR. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR STARTING SLOWING DOWN TO ZERO AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON SO I PULLED OFF THE ROAD. I TURNED THE CAR COMPLETELY OFF AND RESTARTED THE CAR AFTER A FEW MIN. THIS TIME IT GOT ME HOME WITH NO ISSUES. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN TODAY JUNE 12, 2013. I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND IT JUST QUIT (THROTTLE POWER OUTAGE) SCARED THE DAY LIGHTS OUT OF ME ONCE MORE. AGAIN, I PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE CAR AFTER A PAUSE. I THEN DROVE IMMEDIATELY TO BO BEUCKMAN OF WEST COUNTY, ELLISVILLE, MO. THEY PUT A CALL INTO FORD HOTLINE. I WAITED FOR AN HOUR THEY STILL DID NOT RETURN A CALL. RANDY TOLD ME THAT HE THOUGHT IT MAYBE A THROTTLE ISSUE. HE CALLED FOR THE PART AND IT IS ON BACK ORDER. (THAT IS NOT A GOOD SIGN) I TOLD HIM I DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE DRIVING THE CAR---AFRAID SOMEONE MIGHT HIT ME IF IT STALLS AGAIN. HE COULD NOT GIVE ME A LOANER CAR OR SATISFACTION, JUST TOOK MY CELL NUMBER AND WILL CALL BACK WHEN HE HEARS FROM FORD. ON LINE, I SEE THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE. WHY WASN'T THERE A RECALL FOR REPLACING THE THROTTLE BODY. I AM VERY UPSET WITH FORD AND SCARED TO DRIVE MY CAR UNTIL THEY FIND OUT WHAT IT IS FOR SURE AND THE BACK ORDER ISSUE. PLEASE HELP ME. *TR

MY THROTTLE BODY WENT OUT IN MY CAR IT WOULD ALL OF A SUDDEN STOP IN TRAFFIC. *TR

WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT WILL SEEMINGLY RANDOMLY BRING THE ENGINE DOWN TO IDLE OR STALL THE CAR COMPLETELY AND SEND A P2111 OR P2112 ERROR CODE (THROTTLE BODY STUCK OPEN/CLOSE, RESPECTIVELY) AND THE CAR NEEDS TO BE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF IN ORDER TO BRING THE CAR BACK INTO A NORMAL RUNNING STATE. RESETTING THE CAR DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE ISSUE WILL GO AWAY, AND ABOUT 40-50% OF THE TIME THE CAR STALLS AGAIN RIGHT AFTER ATTEMPTING TO RE-ENTER TRAFFIC. THIS ISSUE WILL COMMONLY HAPPEN WHEN MAKING TURNS, ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT LIMITED TO THAT SITUATION. *TR