2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

I WAS SLOWING DOWN AS THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TURNED RED. THE ENGINE STALLED AND CUT OUT. THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. IT TOOK SEVERAL TRIES TO GET THE CAR STARTED. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS, THE CAR STALLED WHILE WE WERE DRIVING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY IN TRAFFIC AT 45 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. WE TOOK THE CAR TO A FORD DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A SHORT CIRCUIT IN THE THROTTLE BODY AND MOTOR ASSEMBLY. THEY REPLACED THE PARTS AT A COST OF $438.64. WE HAVE SINCE LEARNED OF OTHER FORDS OF THE SAME AGE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

AT APPROX. 52K WHILE DRIVE APPROX. 40MPH, ALL FUEL POWER WAS LOST AND 'WRENCH' LIGHT CAME ON. HAD TO COAST TO A STOP, CAR SPUTTERING. PUT IN PARK AND KILLED THE ENGINE. WAITED A MINUTE, CAR STARTED WITH SOME HESITATION. RAN DIAGNOSTIC, NOTHING. ABOUT AN HOUR LATER, RAN SOME B-12 THROUGH FUEL; CURED. TWICE AGAIN AT APPROX. 56K, SAME THING (ONCE AT 70MPH ON THE INTERSTATE AND THE OTHER AT 55MPH ON A BUSY HIGHWAY); RAN B-12 BOTH TIMES. ON THIRD EVENT, IT FINALLY GAVE A READING - THROTTLE BODY STUCK IN OPEN POSITION. BROUGHT VEHICLE TO FORD DEALERSHIP, THEY GOT THE SAME READING AND CHANGED THE THROTTLE BODY TO THE TUNE OF $350. FORD STATED THERE WAS NO TECHNICAL SERVICE MANUAL INDICATION OF PROBLEM FORCING A POSSIBLE RECALL. HOW LUCKY FOR ME AND MY KIDS THAT WE WEREN'T IN A HIGH-TRAFFIC SITUATION AND I COULD SAFELY MANEUVER TO THE SHOULDER...ALL THREE TIMES! *TR

HAD MY OIL CHANGED JAN 2013 AND WAS TOLD MY TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS COMPLETELY EMPTY AFTER HAVING IT CHANGED PRIOR 3 MONTHS BEFORE AND TOLD IT WAS FINE. THEN NOTICED FEB 09 ISH 2013 THAT THERE WAS A GOOD AMOUNT OF TRANSMISSION FLUID ON MY GARAGE FLOOR. WAS TOLD THIS HAPPENS ALOT ON THE 2010 FUSION AND IT NEEDS TO BE A RECALL WITH THE PROBLEMS IT CONTINUES TO HAVE. *TR

I WAS PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP SIGN WHEN MY 2010 FORD FUSION LOST ALL POWER AND STALLED. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH MY HAZZARD LIGHTS ON. THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH ILLIUMNITATED (BATTERY, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, OIL PRESSURE). I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND WAITED A MINTUE THEN I RESTARTED THE CAR AND IT WAS A LITTLE ROUGH TO START UP BUT ONCE IT DID IT SEEMED TO WORK FINE. I HAVE SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT MANY, MANY PEOPLE REPORT THE SAME PROBLEM AND IT SEEMS THAT IT IS RELATED TO THE THROTTLE BODY PART. I DON'T KNOW THIS FOR SURE BUT THAT IS WHAT OTHER POSTS ARE SAYING. I AM AFRAID THAT THE DEALERSHIP WON'T BE ABLE TO REPOLICATE THE PROBLEM AND THEREFORE WON'T FIX IT. I WISH THAT FORD WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE WITH THE FUSION AND ISSUE A RECALL, THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM WHEN YOUR CAR LOSES POWER WITHOUT WARNING. *TR

I HAVE A I4 2010 FUSION, STARTED TO NOTICE IN THE CITY THAT IT WANTED TO CHUG FORWARD. STARTED TO GET WORSE AND WORSE AND THEN THE LIGHT CAME ON, ONCE THE LIGHT CAME ON TOTALLY DOWN WILL. WHEN I WAS SITTING AT THE LIGHT I WOULD JUST TAKE IT OUT OF GEAR BECAUSE THE CAR WAS SHAKING VIOLENTLY. I DID LOOK ONLINE AND SOMEONE MENTIONED UNPLUGGING THE BATTERY AND LETTING IT RESET. WELL IT ACTUALLY WORKED FOR A LITTLE BIT AND ITS STARTING TO DO IT EVERY NOW AND THEN. *TR

STARTED DRIVING TO GET HOME FROM WORK AND SUDDENLY THE SERVICE ADVANCETRAC LIGHT CAME ON, DIDN'T NOTICE ANYTHING UNTIL I DID A TURN. THE STEERING FELT STIFF, NOT REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO THE PROBLEM GOT HOME SHUT OFF THE CAR. THE NEXT MORNING HEADING TO WORK TURNED ON THE CAR AND THEN THE SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW LIGHT HAD COME ON AS WELL. AFTER THAT THE POWER STEERING WAS GONE, I COULDN'T TURN THE WHEELS. DID SOME RESEARCH AND A LOT OF FUSIONS ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM AND SO FAR NO RESULTS WITHOUT SPENDING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AT THE DEALER. *TR

WE WERE DRIVING AROUND 50 MPH WHEN THE CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING AND WE SLOWED DOWN TO 5 MPH.THE WRENCH LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT LIT UP. LUCKILY, THERE WAS NOBODY ON THE ROAD BEHIND US OR WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN KILLED FROM THE SUDDEN CHANGE IN ACCELERATION. WE WERE TOLD BY OUR DEALER THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED REPLACING. THEY REPLACED IT BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS STILL ON. IT WAS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY (I WAS TOLD BY FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT NO WARRANTY COVERS THAT PART). HOW CONVENIENT THAT THEY SPECIFICALLY DON'T COVER A PART THAT IS CLEARLY DEFECTIVE. I AM NOT SURE IF ANYONE HAS DIED FROM THIS PROBLEM, BUT I HAVE TWO TEENAGE SONS WHO DRIVE THAT CAR AND I DON'T TRUST IT ANYMORE. AFTER READING ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE, AND ELSEWHERE, I DEMAND THAT AN INVESTIGATION BE DONE INTO THIS FAULTY PART BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED OR KILLED. THANK YOU. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY GOING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH AND MY ACCELERATOR BECAME UNRESPONSIVE. THE RPM'S DROPPED TO IDLE, ENGINE DID NOT STOP RUNNING BUT WOULD ONLY COAST. THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT ICON CAME ON AND LATER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I COASTED TO A STOP AND PUT THE CAR IN PARK WHICH IS WHEN THE CAR BEGAN JERKING. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND PUT ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON THE HIGHWAY. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR, BUT IT WAS A ROUGH RESTART. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE OFF AND IT APPEARED TO RUN FINE. I DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND FOUND THAT MANY OWNERS OF THE FORD FUSION HAVE HAD THIS RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THEIR THROTTLE BODY. THIS ALSO IS AFFECTED BY OTHER MODELS OF 4 CYLINDER ENGINES. MY FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE STATED THAT THEY HAD NO CUSTOMER SERVICE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I INFORMED THEM OF ALL THE COMPLAINTS ONLINE, THEY TOLD ME THAT THE THROTTLE WAS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY AND THIS WAS NOT A RECALLED PART. THIS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES AFTER THIS, RESULTING IN TWO NEAR TRAFFIC CRASHES AND ALMOST GETTING TBONED WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE VEHICLE WILL RUN FINE FOR A DAY OR SAY, BUT WITH NO WARNING STOP RUNNING, SOMETIMES AT THE MOST INCONVENIENT TIMES. I CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY, BUT IT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I PURCHASED A NEW THROTTLE BODY FROM MY DEALERSHIP FOR $185 WITH TAX AND REPLACED THE PART MYSELF BECAUSE IT WAS VERY SIMPLE. I AM IN NO MEANS A MECHANIC, I AM A COP AND IT TOOK ME ONLY 5 MINUTES TO REPLACE IT. I HOPE FORD IDENTIFIES THIS PROBLEM BEFORE A TRAFFIC CRASH OCCURS DUE TO THE VEHICLE STALLING WITHOUT WARNING. *TR

MORE DETAIL ON COMPLAIN 10496424. A FRACTURED LUG NUT OR STUD WAS DETECTED ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL ON APRIL 26, 2011. VEHICLE WAS AT 49000 MILES. A NEW LUG NUT/STUD WAS INSTALLED. ON FEBRUARY 4, 2013 THREE LUG NUTS/STUDS WERE FOUND MISSING ON THE SAME WHEEL. IN ADDITION, ANOTHER LUG NUT/STUD IS MISSING ON THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT WHEEL. VEHICLE'S VIN IS NOT INCLUDED IN RELATED RECALLS. *TR

WHILE TURNING LEFT ON A GREEN ARROW MY ACCELERATOR BECAME UNRESPONSIVE, ENGINE DID NOT STOP RUNNING BUT WOULD ONLY COAST @ ABOUT 2 MPH, WRENCH LIGHT ICON AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE CAR WAS JERKING DURING THIS SLOW COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION. I HAD TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND COMPLETELY SHUT IT OFF.(AS I WAS HITTING MY HAZARD LIGHTS AND PRAYING I DIDN'T GET HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC AS THE LIGHT HAD CHANGED BY THIS TIME.) AFTER A ROUGH RESTART, IT APPEARED TO RUN FINE. I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND HAD MY FUEL SYSTEM CLEANED, BUT AFTER DOING RESEARCH AND FINDING MANY OWNERS OF THE FORD FUSION HAVE HAD THIS RECURRING PROBLEM, SEEMINGLY WITH THEIR THROTTLE BODY, I AM VERY AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR AS THIS PROBLEM OCCURS WITH NO WARNING BEFOREHAND AND AT ALL DIFFERENT SPEEDS. I DID NOTIFY FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAD NO CUSTOMER SERVICE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. WHEN I INFORMED THEM OF ALL THE COMPLAINTS ONLINE, THEY EXPLAINED THAT THEY ONLY ACKNOWLEDGE "OFFICIAL FORD WEBSITES". I PRAY THAT FORD WILL ISSUE A RECALL AND FIX THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEBODY DIES. *TR