2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

DRIVING AT 70 MPH, LOST POWER, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE WRENCH ICON ON DASH ALSO LIT UP. COASTED TO STOP AND IT RAN VERY ROUGH BUT WOULDN'T MOVE. IF YOU TURNED IT OFF AND RESTARTED IT, IT WOULD RUN FOR A COUPLE OF MILES AND THEN IT WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN. DIAGNOSTIC CODE 2111 SHOWED MEANING THROTTLE BODY MALFUNCTION. THE FORD DEALER,[XXX] (TAMPA) REPORTED THAT FORD IS HAVING WIDESPREAD THROTTLE BODY MALFUNCTIONS ON THE 2010, 2011 AND 2012 2.5 LITER CARS. THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE PART IN STOCK AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS ON BACK ORDER AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHEN TO EXPECT IT. THEY SAID FORD HAS ORDERED IT'S SUPPLIER TO MAKE AT LEAST 1,000 REPLACEMENT THROTTLE BODIES TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM APPARENTLY FOR CARS STILL UNDER WARRANTY.. I'M READING THAT THE FORD ESCAPES ARE HAVING THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM. TOO. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN, A BUSY INTERSECTION AT 30MPH.MY 2010 FORD FUSION JUST STOPPED, RPMS WENT DOWN WRENCH CAME ON AND CAR STARTED SHAKING BAD,THANK GOD NO ONE WAS BEHIND ME COULD OF BEEN HIT FROM BEHIND THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 5 TIMES THIS MONTH ALONE...FORD SHOULD RECALL THESE FUSIONS BEFORE THEY GET HIT WITH A LAW SUIT...AM GRATEFUL WAS BY MYSELF...I USUALLY HAVE MY GRANDCHILDREN...FORD NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THIS BACK UP YOUR NAME... *TR

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. WE WERE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT ABOUT 65 MPH WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON BUT NOT SET (ICON WAS YELLOW AND NOT GREEN). WE CHANGED LANES AND HIT A ROUGH PLACE IN THE ROAD, PERHAPS A SLIGHT POTHOLE ON THE FREEWAY. SUDDENLY THE CHIME WAS HEARD AND THE MESSAGE SERVICE ADVANCE TRAC, THEN SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW. THE SLIDE ICON ALSO APPEARED. WE DID NOT SLOW DOWN AND DROVE AT LEAST A HALF HOUR AT HIGHWAY SPEED. WE STOPPED AND PARKED THE CAR AT WALMART. WHEN THE CAR WAS RESTARTED, NO POWER STEERING AT ALL. MY GENTLEMAN FRIEND IS A FARMER. HE DROVE THE CAR HOME WITHOUT THE POWER STEERING, FOUGHT THE STEERING FOR MILES. WE WILL TAKE IT IN TO THE DEALER TO RESET IT. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED, I WAS DRIVING AROUND 75 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED BUT NOT SET (YELLOW ICON, NOT GREEN). I MANEUVERED A BROAD TURN ON THE FREEWAY AT SPEED, AND THE SLIDE ICON APPEARED. THEN QUICKLY THE SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW MESSAGE APPEARED. I CONTINUED DRIVING FOR A MILE, EXITED THE FREEWAY AT MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT, AND AS I PULLED INTO THE PARKING SLOT, REALIZED THAT THE CAR WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER. LATER, WHEN I RESTARTED THE CAR, NO POWER STEERING. HAD IT TOWED, AND THE FORD DEALER RESET THE COMPUTER. THIS WAS 4 MONTHS AGO. I WONDER IF THERE IS A CONNECTION BETWEEN CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGEMENT AND ADVANCETRAC. CAN ADVANCETRAC BE DEACTIVATED?? *TR ## VIN FAILED ##

TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH WHEN VEHICLE ABRUPTLY STOPPED MOVING FORWARD. ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING, BUT WHEN ACCELERATOR WAS PUSHED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. PUT VEHICLE IN PARK AND THE ENGINE STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. TURNED IGNITION OFF AND IMMEDIATELY TURNED HAZARD LIGHTS ON. VEHICLES BEHIND ME HAD TO SWERVE TO MISS ME. I THEN TURNED THE IGNITION AND CAR STARTED. PUT CAR IN DRIVE AND VEHICLE REPEATED THE SAME PROCESS AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED TO DEALER. DEALER EXAMINED VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS DEFECTIVE. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE. I FELT THAT MY LIFE WAS ENDANGERED DUE TO THIS ISSUE. I BELIEVE THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. *TR

WHEN I PULLED OUT INTO TRAFFIC LEAVING WORK, THE ENGINE WENT IDLE AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. LOST ALL ACCELERATION. FROM ALL THE COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE THROTTLE BODY, REALLY HOPE THIS GETS RESOLVED.. *TR

MY CAR'S ENGINE CUT OFF AT 70 MPH GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS HARMED AS I WAS ABLE TO DRIFT WITH MY FLASHERS TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I CALLED MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP, AND THEY STATED THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THE FUSIONS. MY CAR HAS CUT OFF SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING AROUND TOWN ALSO. IT'S EXTREMELY SCARY AND DANGEROUS TO HAVE NO ACCELERATION IN 65 MPH TRAFFIC. *TR

WHILE TURNING INTO A PARKING LOT AT A SPEED LESS THAN 25 MPH MY FORD FUSION 2010 STALLED AND BEGAN SLOWING DOWN DESPITE PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL AND THE WRENCH LIGHT APPEARED. THE CAR WAS PUT INTO PARK AND TURNED OFF. WHEN THE CAR WAS TURNED BACK ON, THE LIGHT WAS GONE AND BEGAN RUNNING NORMAL. CAR WAS THEN PARKED. AFTER 45 MINUTES THE CAR WAS STARTED AGAIN AND DRIVEN AT 25 MPH FOR ABOUT 1 MILE, AFTER STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN AND THEN TURNING ONTO A 2 LANE ROAD THE CAR ENCOUNTERED THE SAME PROBLEM AND WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE DESPITE PRESSING THE GAS. THE CAR WAS AGAIN TURNED OFF AND BACK ON, WITH ALL LIGHTS DISAPPEARING AND RUNNING NORMAL. I BEGAN DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD TO MOVE OUT OF TRAFFIC, THE CAR THE ENCOUNTERED THE SAME PROBLEM 3 MORE TIMES IN LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE. A TOW TRUCK WAS CALLED AND CAR WAS TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP. THE FOLLOWING DAY THE FORD DEALERSHIP CALLED TO INFORM US THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE FUEL THROTTLE BODY THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THEY INFORMED US THAT THE PART NEEDED TO BE ORDER BUT DID NOT KNOW WHEN IT WOULD BE IN. LATER IN THE DAY UPON TALKING TO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN THEY INFORMED US THAT THIS PARTICULAR PART WAS CURRENTLY ON BACK ORDER UNTIL JUNE 18TH/ INDEFINITELY. *TR

1ST INCIDENT: PULLED INTO TRAFFIC, LOST ALL POWER. CAR BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. COASTED TO SIDE ROAD TO PULL OFF. AFTER SAT IDLE FOR 5 MINUTES, CAR STARTED AND DROVE FINE. FORD CLAIMED COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. 2ND INCIDENT (5/21/2013): LOST ALL POWER WHILE IN PASSING LANE GOING 75 MPH ON I-75, JUST SOUTH OF OCALA, FL. AFTER SAT IDLE FOR 5 MINUTES, CAR STARTED AND DROVE FINE REMAINDER OF TRIP. DID NOT TAKE CAR IN. 3RD, 4TH & 5TH INCIDENTS (5/24/2013), LOST ALL POWER WHEN DOING IN-TOWN DRIVING. RAN VEHICLE HEALTH REPORT SAID ISSUE WITH TROTTLE CONTROL (?). AGAIN SAT IDLE A FEW MINUTES RESTARTED CAR AND DROVE FINE FOR SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 4TH & 5TH INCIDENTS HAPPENED IN 15-20 DRIVE TO DEALERSHIP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ACCELERATION POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS MOVED TO THE SHOULDER WHERE IT WAS SHUT DOWN AND RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE THEN FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE CLEANED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,600.

I WAS DRIVING MY 2010 FORD FUSION HOME FROM WORK LATE AT NIGHT AND IT STARTED SPUTTERING AND SLOWING DOWN. THE CAR SHUT DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF AN AROUND ABOUT, THANK GOD A POLICEMEN WAS BEHIND ME, BECAUSE IF NOT I WOULD HAVE BEEN HIT FROM BEHIND. I WENT THE NEXT DAY TO HAVE THE CODE PULLED FOR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND FOUND OUT THE THROTTLE BODY IS STICKING OR GOING BAD. UPON MY RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET I FOUND OUT THAT IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THE 2010 FORD FUSIONS AND FORD HAS REFUSED TO ISSUE A RECALL ON THIS PART. I CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE CAR BECAUSE I DIDN'T EXPERIENCE ANYMORE PROBLEMS UNTIL AGAIN I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK, LATE AT NIGHT AND THE CAR DID IT AGAIN THIS WAS 5/21/13, DID I MENTION I AM 6 MONTHS PREGNANT. I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BECAUSE THE CAR SLOWED NOW IN THE MIDDLE OF A 2 LANE ROAD AND THEN CAME TO AN COMPLETE STOP. I TURNED MY FLASHERS AND THE CAR THAT WAS BEHIND WENT AROUND, I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND WAIT ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND THE CAR STARTED BACK UP BUT IT WAS STILL SPUTTERING LIKE IT WANTED TO CUT OFF, BUT I WAS ABLE TO MAKE LESS THAN ONE MILE TO MY HOME. THIS PART GOING BAD ON THESE FORD FUSION IS AN SERIOUS ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESS BY FORD, AN RECALL NEEDS TO BE ISSUED. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND NOW THAT I AM READY TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY IT IS ON BACKORDER HERE IN GA AND THE DEALERSHIPS HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THEY WILL RECEIVE ANY SHIPMENTS. PLEASE ISSUE A RECALL FOR THIS PART AND MAKE FORD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FINANCIAL COST OF THESE REPAIRS. *TR