2018 FORD FUSION Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE REVERSING AND MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY LOOSE. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT YET DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE CONTACT ASSOCIATED THE FAILURE WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V167000 (STEERING) HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 67,000.

DRIVETRAIN WARNING LIGHT THEN A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. HAD THE CODES READ (P2119) CAME UP TOOK TO FORD SHOP AND WAS TOLD MY THROTTLE BODY ACTUATOR CONTROL SYSTEM WAS STUCK CLOSED AND HAD FAILED. MY VEHICLE HAS JUST OVER 41000 MILES ON IT. LUCKILY IT IS COVERED BY THE WARRANTY.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN A WRENCH SENSOR POPPED UP ALONG WITH THE AIRBAG SENSOR AND THE CAR STARTING DE-ACCELERATING AND SHAKING AND I HAD TO PULL OVER. I WENT TO A MECHANIC AND THEY SAID THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS DIRTY SO THEY CLEANED IT AND THEY CLEARED THE CODE BUT IT RECENTLY HAPPENED TWO MORE TIMES. WHEN IT HAPPENS IT MAKES THE CAR NOT ABLE TO START AS EASILY. IT'S REALLY DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT MAKES IT TO WHERE THE CAR WILL JUST NOT ACCELERATE AND IF YOU ARE ON THE HIGHWAY THERE ARE CARS FLYING RIGHT PAST YOU. THIS HAS HAPPENED A TOTAL OF 3 OR 4 TIMES.

GEAR DIAL STUCK IN PARK MODE. GEAR DIAL I WILL NOT MOVE. WHEN THE PROBLEM FIRST STARTED THEN TURNING THE CAR ON AND OFF AND TRYING OVER AND OVER I WAS ABLE TO GET IT INTO GEAR. THIS LAST TIME THAT DIDN'T WORK. ATTEMPTED TO GET THE CAR IN NEUTRAL USING THE NEUTRAL OVERRIDE METHOD BUT IT FAILED. CAR HAD TO BE WENCHED ONTO THE TOEING TRUCK WHILE STUCK IN GEAR. PROBLEM BEGAN OCCURRING AT 40,000 MILES. THE BATTERY IN THE CAR DIED FROM LEAVING THE LIGHTS ON AND THIS SEEMED TO 'RESET' THE PROBLEM AND NO ISSUES FOR 6 WEEKS. ORANGE WRENCH WARNING SIGN APPEARED AGAIN AND NOW THE CAR IS STUCK IN PARK AND HAVE TO TOW IT TO A FORD DEALER. I ALSO NOTICED THAT WHEN THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED THE BLUE ANTI THEFT LIGHT CONSTANTLY FLASHES. AFTER THE BATTERY DRAINED AND THE PROBLEM RESET THEN I ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE LOCK BUTTON TWICE AND THIS IS WHEN THE BLUE LIGHY STARTED FLASHING AGAIN AND I WAS UNABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK MODE. WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AT 40,000 MILES I WAS DRIVING THE INTERSTATE AND THE BLUE ANTI THEFT LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING AND THE CAR ALARM SOUNDED WHILE I WAS AT A 75 MPH SPEED. I HAD TO STOP THE CAR, TURN IT OFF, HIT THE UNLOCK BUTTON ON MY KEY FOB TO GET THE. ALARM TO STOP SOUNDING. I BELIEVE THE TWO ISSUES MAY BE RELATED AS THEY HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME. THE ORANGE WRENCH ONLY APPEARS WHEN THE CAR WILL NOT GO IN GEAR. WHEN THE CAR HAS EASILY GONE IN DEAR THE ORANGE WRENCH IS NOT PRESENT. AGAIN, I AM UNABLE TO ENGAGE THE NEUTRAL OVERRIDE BY USING THE KEY IN THE OVERRIDE SLOT. THE LIGHTS WILL FLASH ON THE DIAL BUT THE CAR WILL NOT GO INTO NEUTRAL, IT REMAINS STUCK. I HAVE TRIED MANY TIMES AND HAD OTHERS TRY IT AS WELL SO I KNOW IT'S NOT USER ERROR. CAR ALARM GOES OFF WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE.

GOT TOLD BY A CO-WORKER YESTERDAY THAT MY TRUNK WAS OPEN WHICH WAS STRANGE SINCE I HAD MY KEYS LAYING ON MY DESK WITH NOTHING ON TOP OF THEM. I DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT UNTIL TODAY UNTIL I PARKED MY CAR AFTER GETTING OFF WORK AND MY TRUNK OPENED AGAIN ON ITS' OWN. I DIDN'T PRESS THE BUTTON AND THERE WASN'T ANYTHING SITTING ON TOP OF IT BUT I COULD HEAR THE LATCH CONSTANTLY MAKING A NOISE AS IF THE LATCH WAS OPENING FOR THE TRUNK. MY KEYS WERE SITTING IN MY CUP HOLDER AT THAT TIME. LUCKILY BOTH TIMES MY VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY BUT I'VE READ UP ON THIS ISSUE AND IT HAS HAPPENED TO OTHER PEOPLE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION

PURCHASED 2018 FORD FUSION TITANIUM USED IN AUGUST 2019. IN DECEMBER 2020 MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I TOOK IT FOR SERVICE. SERVICE TOLD ME THAT THERE IS A TECHNICAL BULLETIN ON THE ECOBOOST ENGINE BECAUSE THERE IS A BAD CAST ON THE HEAD. THIS CAUSES COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE OIL. THE ONLY WAY TO REPAIR IS TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. FORD REFUSES TO STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT AND THE COST OF FIXING IT FALLS ON ME. THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR SMELT OF BURNING. WHITE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE EXHAUST.

2018 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, SIDE ROADS, AND THROUGH TOWN A ORANGE/ YELLOW WRENCH SYMBOL WOULD POP UP WITH 'SEE MANUAL.' LOOKED IN MANUAL AND SAID POWERTRAIN/ ENGINE FAULT. GOT THE VEHICLE SCANNED AT A SHOP AND CAME UP BRAKE TRANSMISSION SHIFT INTERLOCK(BTSI). THE LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF. BEEN TOLD MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS COMPLAINT AND STILL NO RECALL. GUY AT THE SHOP TOLD ME THEIR SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THEM AS HE THOUGHT IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS THEIR WAS. LOOKED IT UP AND BY WHAT IT SAYS ONLINE, THAT IT BASICALLY KEEPS IT FROM SHIFTING OUT OF PARK WHILE FOOT IS NOT ON BRAKE.

A WEEK AGO I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY @ 70 MPH AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN MY CAR STOPPED FOR NO REASON I LOOKED DOWN AND MY TURN KNOB SHIFTER WAS ON PARK, LUCKY FOR ME THERE WASN'T ANY VEHICLE CLOSE BEHIND ME. I PUT MY EMERGENCY FLASHERS ON AND TURNED MY CAR OFF AND BACK ON AND IT STARTED GOING AGAIN. THEN THE OTHER DAY I STARTED IT AND IT STARTED FINE PUT IT IN REVERSE AND IT SWITCHED TO PARK WHEN I STARTED BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND A WARNING SHOWED UP ON MY SCREEN AND SAID TO STOP SAFELY, SO AGAIN I TURNED IT OFF AND BACK ON AND IT STARTED AND BACKED UP AND DROVE FINE BUT THE WARNING SIGN WAS STILL THERE SO I PULLED BACK IN MY DRIVEWAY TURNED IT OFF LET IT SIT FOR ABOUT AN HOUR, STARTED IT AND THE WARNING SIGN WAS GONE AND IT RAN FINE.

PRECURSOR 1: CAR HAD THREE SHORT TRIPS WITH BRIEF BREAKS. AND ABOUT 1 MIN IN OFF/PARK BEFORE PROBLEMS OCCURRED. PRECURSOR 2: ENGINE DID NOT FULLY START AND VEHICLE GEAR DIAL WOULDN'T MOVE OUT OF PARK. RECEIVED A MESAGE ABOUT THE BRAKE. THOUGHT THIS WAS CAUSED BY NOT DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL ENOUGH. TURNED OFF ENGINE, FIRMLY PRESSED BRAKE PEDAL AND TURNED ON ENGINE, SAME PROBLEM. TRIED A 3RD TIME, SAME PROBLEM. ON, MAYBE 4TH ATTEMPT THE MAJOR PROBLEM OCCURRED (VEHICLE ENGINE NOT TURNING OFF). THE NOT STARTING - BRAKE CONNECTION PROBLEM HAD OCCURRED IN AUG 2019 AND FEB 2020. FORD DEALER COULD NOT IDENTIFY PROBLEM IN AUG. IN FEB, PROBLEM ACCOMPANIED BY "PARKING BRAKE FAILURE" MESSAGE AND FORD REPLACED IT. NOT SURE IF IT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM AGAIN. MAJOR PROBLEM: ON ABOUT THE 4TH ATTEMPT TO START THE CAR ENGINE, THE VEHICLE ENGINE WOULD NOT POWER DOWN AND WAS NOT DRIVEABLE. POWER ON/OFF BUTTON WAS NOT RESPONSIVE TO TOUCH, THE SMALL GREEN LIGHT ON POWER BUTTON BLINKED. TWO WARNING LIGHTS APPEARED WHEN THIS OCCURRED--THE BATTERY LIGHT AND TRIANGULAR WARNING LIGHT WITH THE EXCLAMATION POINT. TURNED OFF RADIO AND AC IN RESPONSE TO LIGHTS. COULD MOVE GEAR DIAL FROM PARK TO DRIVE AND BACK BUT THERE WAS NO POWER TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN FOR LONG TIME QUIETLY SEEMINGLY ON BATTERY ALTHOUGH PANEL DIDN'T SHOW IT WAS IN HYBRID MODE. WINDOWS AND LOCKS WORKED. WHEN OPENED DOOR, THE "DOOR AJAR" MESSAGE APPEARED THAT APPEARS ONLY WHEN ENGINE IS ON. WHEN TOW TRUCK DRIVER ARRIVED, HE WALKED LONG DISTANCE FROM CAR WITH KEY--ENGINE STILL RAN-- AND HE WAS UNABLE TO POWER DOWN THE ENGINE FROM INSIDE VEHICLE TOO. EVENTUALLY RESORTED TO DISCONNECTING THE SMALL BATTERY TO TURN OFF ENGINE; HOWEVER, THAT CLEARED OUT THE CODES FROM THE WARNING LIGHTS AND SO THERE'S NO DATA FOR FORD TO FIND OTHER THAN THE BATTERY CODES UPON RECONNECTING THE VEHICLE.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND GOT INTO A CAR ACCIDENT, I WAS GOING 60MPH AND WAS ONLY ABLE TO SLOW DOWN TO 40MPH. MY AIRBAGS DIDN'T EVEN GO OFF WITH SUCH A BIG IMPACT AND REAR ENDING SOMEONE, AND MY SEATBELT DIDN'T LOCK UNTIL AFTER I FLEW FORWARD HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL.