2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

TRANSMISSION IS SHIFTING VERY HARD AND SLIPPING. IT WILL JERK THE WHOLE CAR AND SOMETIMES NOT MOVE AT ALL AND REV UP TO 4000RPM. I HAVE CALLED MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP TO SETUP AN APPOINTMENT AND THEY WONT EVEN LOOK AT IT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING WHEN THE "SERVICE POWER STEERING" "SERVICE ADVANCETRAC" NOTICE CAME ON. I PARKED MY CAR AND WHEN I CRANKED IT BACK UP AN HOUR LATER, THE CAR WOULD NOT STEER. I COULD NOT MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL AT ALL. IT HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND UPON DIAGNOSIS WAS TOLD IT IS A BAD MODULE IN THE STEERING RACK, THUS HAVING TO REPLACE THE STEERING RACK! ALL IN WITH PARTS AND LABOR $ 2076. OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE.. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE UPON ENGAGING THE PEDAL. THE ENGINE AND WRENCH SYMBOL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON TWO OCCASIONS. THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY AND ACTUATOR WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,645. ...UPDATED 06-19-13 *BF UPDATED 06/28/2013 *JS

VEHICLE WAS TRAVELLING APPROXIMATELY 20-25 MPH WHEN POWER WAS ABRUPTLY REDUCED AND THE ENGINE WENT INTO A ROUGH IDLE. THE WRENCH LIGHT ON THE DASH ILLUMINATED. THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES WERE NOT AFFECTED. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. UPON RESTARTING, THE CAR RAN FINE AND I PROCEEDED HOME WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE NEXT MORNING, THE CAR STARTED FINE, BUT A HALF MILE LATER THE CAR'S POWER WAS AGAIN REDUCED WITH A ROUGH IDLE. THE WRENCH LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN. I STOPPED SAFELY AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. I RESTARTED THE CAR SEVERAL TIMES; EACH TIME POWER WAS REDUCED AND THE CAR WAS SHAKING AND SHUDDERING. I LIMPED BACK HOME AND CALLED A TOW COMPANY TO TOW THE CAR TO THE DEALER. THE DIAGNOSIS WAS A FAILED THROTTLE BODY. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THROTTLE BODY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. THEN I NOTICED IT READ " ADVANCED TRAC NEEDS SERVICE" AND " SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW." I HAD NO WARNING PRIOR TOO THIS. IT COST AT LEAST $100 JUST TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT MAY COST BETWEEN 200.00 TO 1000.00 + DOLLARS TO FIX IT. I NOTICED SEVERAL COMPLAINT ABOUT THIS AND I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED AND UPSET THAT THIS DOESN'T HAVE A RECALL BY NOW. *TR

TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 70-75 MPH ON US HIGHWAY VEHICLE LOST POWER AND ENTERED INTO A LIMITED POWER "LIMP HOME" MODE, DROPPING ENGINE TO IDLE SPEED AND CAUSING A WRENCH LIGHT TO ACTIVATE ON THE DASH AND ACTIVATION OF "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT. VEHICLE LOSING POWER NEARLY RESULTED IN MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION WITH OTHER VEHICLES. AFTER MOVING TO SHOULDER OF ROADWAY AND SHUTTING OFF VEHICLE AND TURNING IT BACK ON THE PROBLEM CORRECTED FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES WHERE ISSUE OCCURRED AGAIN, THIS TIME AT SPEEDS APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH. AFTER SHUTTING OFF AND POWERING BACK ON VEHICLE THE PROBLEM AGAIN CORRECTED FOR LESS THAN A MILE. VEHICLE CONTINUED SAME PROBLEM AFTER SHUTDOWN ANOTHER 8 TIMES WITHIN 5 MILES. ONLY ROADSIDE CORRECTION TO ISSUE WAS TO REMOVE NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLE TO RESET COMPUTER. AFTER COMPLETING THIS TASK VEHICLE WOULD RUN NORMALLY FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES WHERE ISSUE WOULD RETURN. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SHOP WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTER SHOWED CODES OF P2112 AND P2111, THROTTLE ACTUATOR STUCK OPEN AND THROTTLE ACTUATOR STUCK CLOSED. REQUIRED REPAIR APPEARS TO BE COMPLETE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY. *TR

DRIVING ON EXPRESSWAY THE CAR QUICKLY AND RANDOMLY LOST ACCELERATION AND JERKED VIOLENTLY. I WAS DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE LANE AND NEARLY WAS REAR ENDED BY VEHICLE BEHIND ME. I WAS ABLE TO PUT CAR IN NEUTRAL AND MOVE OVER TO THE SHOULDER. TURNED CAR OFF, THEN BACK ON AND THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO BE FIXED. CALLED FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT SOUNDS LIKE MY ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL AS THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE IN MY VEHICLE. THIS FIX IS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY OR RECALLED BY FORD. NOT ONLY THAT BUT I WAS NOT NOTIFIED BY FORD THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND SHOULD GET IT FIXED (AS IT NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT ON EXPRESSWAY). TWO DAYS LATER SAME ISSUE HAPPENED AGAIN. LUCKILY NO TRAFFIC WAS NEARBY AS THIS MAY HAVE CAUSED YET ANOTHER ACCIDENT. *TR

STARTED TO ACCELERATE AFTER BEING STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT WHEN THE CAR MADE A LOUD NOISE, SHUDDERED, AND THEN LOST ALL POWER AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE NO MATTER HOW HARD THE GAS WAS PRESSED CAUSING ME TO BE STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. A WRENCH LIGHT INDICATING A TRANSMISSION FAILURE WAS INDICATED ON THE DASH. I WAS ABLE TO LIMP ALONG AT <5 MPH TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. TURNING THE CAR OFF AND THEN RESTARTING CLEARED THE ERROR CODE ON THE DASH AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE REMAINING 0.5 MILES TO WORK. CALLING FORD THEY INDICATED THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE THE ERROR CODE WAS CLEARED. *TR

JUST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED ON APRIL 15, 2013. I HAVEN'T EVEN MADE THE FIRST PAYMENT. I GET OFF WORK AT 11:15 P.M. AND GO TO GET IN THE CAR AND IT WON'T START. THANK GOODNESS FOR SOME CO-WORKERS THAT WERE HANGING OUT. THEY TRY TO JUMP IT BUT IT WASN'T THE BATTERY. I AM A SINGLE MOM WITH NO FAMILY AROUND AND I WAS EXTREMELY STRESSED AT THAT POINT. THEY MESSED WITH IT FOR A BIT AND IT HAPPENED TO BE THE SOLENOID (SPELLING) OR STARTER. I GOT HOME AND TRIED TO CRANK IT THIS MORNING AND AGAIN IT WOULDN'T START. I AM IN COMPLETE PANIC AS THIS IS MY ONLY CAR AND I HAVE TO WORK. I'M NEW TO THE AREA AND HAVE NO FRIENDS OR FAMILY SO I AM REALLY HOPING SINCE I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED BACK TO DEALER THAT IT IS COVERED AND THEY GET IT FIXED TODAY. THIS IS HORRIBLE. I SHOULD HAVE STUCK WITH MY TOYOTA BUT I WILL SAY THAT I HAVE ENJOYED THE CAR SO FAR. JUST HOPE NOTHING MORE IS WRONG WITH IT BECAUSE I CAN NOT AFFORD ANY OF THIS. *TR

WAS DRIVING FOR ABOUT 1 MILE, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN CAR WAS STILL RUNNING BUT NO THROTTLE ON A VERY BUSY ROAD LUCKY WAS ABLE TO GET PULL OVER . I FEEL THAT A CAR WITH ONLY 45,504 MILES SHOULD NOT DONE THAT . I KEEP MY MAINTENANCE UP TO DATE. AND WAS NOT COVER UNDER MY WARRANTY. THAT'S $ 450.00 I DIDN'T HAVE { THROTTLE BODY} THAT'S IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE FELT UNSAFE DRIVING MY CAR. FOR BEING A WOMAN THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ON THE INTERSTATE AT A FASTER SPEED IT COULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTER FOR EVERYONE . THANK YOU. *TR