2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST ACCELERATION POWER AND THEN STALLED. THE THROTTLE/ TRANSMISSION WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS MOVED TO THE SHOULDER WHILE STILL IN DRIVE BUT FAILED TO PROPERLY ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT DOWN AND TOOK OVER A MINUTE TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE CONTACT PERSONALLY REPAIRED THE VEHICLE BY REPLACING THE THROTTLE BODY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE TRIED TO EXIT THE VEHICLE BUT THE DOOR FAILED TO OPEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE DOOR LATCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,500.

THERE WAS A POOL OF OIL ON FLOOR, UNDER CAR ( LEFT FRONT SIDE) COMING FROM THE BUSHING OF THE HALF SHAFT AXEL ASSEMBLY. THE LEAKING WAS FROM THE HALF SHAFT SEAL. REPAIR WAS PERFORMED BY FORD PER TSB 12-11-6 FORD REPLACED HALF SHAFT SEAL AND BUSHING. ALSO JOINT AND STUB SHAFT ASSEMBLY. *TR

AFTER DRIVING MY CAR A FEW MINUTES, THE CAR STARTED TO STALLED AND I COULD NOT ACCELERATED. THE CAR JUST STARTED SHAKING AND FINALLY STOP RUNNING WITH THE WRENCH LIGHT COMING ON. I HAD TO TURN THE ENGINE OFF COMPLETELY AND TRIED TO STARTED IT AGAIN, BUT THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS STILL ON AND KEPT ON SHAKING AGAIN. I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND WAITED APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE AND IT STARTED AGAIN. I WAS LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO PULL OVER, BUT I AM ASKING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE FORD FUSION PROBLEMS WITH THEIR "THROTTLE BODY" THAT HAS MULTIPLE TROUBLES REPORTS FROM FORD FUSION OWNERS. HOW CAN THE GOVERNMENT ALLOW VEHICLES THAT ARE DANGEROUS TO DRIVERS WHEN THE VEHICLES START STALLING ON THE ROAD AND ESPECIALLY ON THE FREEWAY. PLEASE DEMAND FORD RECALL THEIR FUSION TO REPLACE THE "THROTTLE BODY" STALLING PROBLEMS AND REIMBURSEMENT THE OWNERS FOR THEIR COST ASAP. *TR

THE 2010 FORD FUSION WILL, AT RANDOM, LOSE POWER. ACCELERATOR IS NON RESPONSIVE AND THE THROTTLE BODY/TRANSMISSION INDICATOR LIGHT COMES ON. IT BEGINS TO IDLE ROUGH AT APPROX. 1000RPM AND WILL NOT RESPOND TO THE ACCELERATOR. I'VE HAD THE CAR FOR JUST OVER 1 YEAR AND THIS INCIDENT HAS HAPPENED DOZENS OF TIMES. IT HAS HAPPENED WHILE AT FREEWAY SPEEDS, AS WELL AS TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP LIGHT. I'VE HAD NUMEROUS CLOSE CALLS AND LITERALLY FEAR FOR MY SAFETY WHILE DRIVING THE CAR. THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMS TO NOT BE ABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER AS SOON AS I'VE PICKED IT UP FROM THEM ITS DONE IT WITHIN SEVERAL MILES, ONLY FOR ME TO TAKE IT BACK TO THEM AND GET THE SAME RESPONSE A WEEK OR TWO LATER. FORD NEEDS TO SOLVE THIS HUGE PROBLEM BY ISSUING A RECALL AND THEY NEEDED TO DO IT LAST YEAR. I'VE LITERALLY SEEN THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN FORUMS WITH THIS SAME EXACT PROBLEM, YET NOTHING SEEMS TO BE DONE ABOUT IT. IT'S ALMOST AS IF THE ONLY THING THAT WILL OPEN FORD'S EYES WILL BE A SERIOUS TRAGEDY TO OCCUR. ISN'T THE POINT OF A RECALL TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY DECELERATED TO 2 MPH. THE CONTACT HAD TO SHUT OFF AND RESTART THE ENGINE IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO BECOME RESPONSIVE TO ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS. THE RANGE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE DEALER PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC, BUT WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE A FAILURE CODE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 53,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

WHILE MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE CAR ON 12/25/12, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME STIFF AND WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. ON 12/29/12, WENT TO CHECK CAR AND COULD NOT DRIVE IT AT ALL. YOU COULD NOT TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE POWER STEERING RACK HAD TO BE REPLACED. THEY SAID SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE WIRING. I ALSO SAW ONLINE THERE WERE MANY COMPLAINTS CONCERNING THE SAME ISSUE. BECAUSE OF THIS, IT THOUGHT THERE COULD BE A POSSIBLE DEFECT. THE CAR IS ONLY THREE YEARS OLD WITH LOW MILEAGE. I MOSTLY USE THE CAR TO DRIVE BACK AND FORTH TO WORK, WHICH IS 6 MILES AWAY. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS, BECAUSE YOU COULD NOT STEER THE CAR ONCE THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. *TR

GOT OFF THE EXPRESSWAY AND WHILE STOPPED AT LIGHT SMELLED "SOMETHING". 3 BLOCKS LATER AT MY HOUSE I FELT THE HEAT FROM THE REAR WHEELS ON MY LEGS AND REALIZED THE SMELL WAS FROM REAR BRAKES. JACKED UP BOTH REAR WHEELS AND FOUND THE WHEELS ALMOST IMMOVABLE. REAR PADS WORN DOWN TO 2-3MM! FRONT PADS STILL HAD 10MM OF PAD REMAINING ON ALL FOUR PADS! NO PROBLEM (OR USE OF) WITH PARKING BRAKE. CALIBERS HAD BEEN STICKING - DRAGGING FOR QUITE SOME TIME TO WEAR DOWN TO ALMOST NOTHING WHILE LEAVING FRONT BRAKES WITH YEARS LEFT ON THEM. CAR WAS STILL IN WARRANTY. *TR

WE WERE THREE HOURS FROM HOME IN THE LATE AFTERNOON WHEN THE POWER STEERING SERVICE SOON LIGHT CAME ON. WE HAD ONE MORE STOP TO MAKE SO WE DID AND TRIED TO CHECK THE POWER STEERING FLUID NOT KNOWING THAT THIS VEHICLE HAD ELECTRIC ASSIST STEERING. WHEN WE GOT BACK IN THE VEHICLE TO GO TO THE AUTO PARTS STORE AND THE ALARM CAME ON AND THE READING ON THE DASH SAID POWER STEERING SERVICE NOW AND THE VEHICLE THEN WAS VERY HARD TO STEER. AFTER FINALLY FIGURING OUT THAT WE HAD THE POWER ASSIST STEERING AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT WE COULD DO ABOUT IT AT THAT TIME. THE SALESPERSON TOLD US THAT WE COULD STILL DRIVE IT BUT IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. WE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO TRY TO MAKE IT HOME AND PRAISE THE LORD WE DID GET HOME SAFELY. WE TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND HE SAID THAT THE PART TO REPLACE IT WOULD BE AROUND $1,000.00 NOT INCLUDING LABOR. IN DOING RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET I FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON COMPLAINT FOR THIS VEHICLE BUT THAT THERE IS NO RECALL AS OF YET FOR IT. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTER THIS COMPLAINT SO THAT FORD WILL LOOK INTO MAKING THIS DEFECT A RECALL AND HELP THE CONSUMERS THAT HAVE PURCHASED THESE VEHICLES. MY HUSBAND AND I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE LESS THAT 6 MONTHS AGO AND WE LOVE IT BUT THIS PROBLEM HAS REALLY BEEN A DISAPPOINTMENT NOT TO MENTION THE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IT HAS PLACED ON US. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *TR

MY 2010 FORD FUSION FAILED ME AND MY FAMILY YESTERDAY IN HIGHWAY TRAFFIC. THE CAR WENT INTO AN IDLE MODE AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I HAD TO COAST ACROSS THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC AND RUN UP THE CURB TO GET MY FAMILY TO A SAFE AREA. I TURNED THE CAR OFF, AND THEN BACK ON AND THE CAR STARTED. THE PROBLEM WAS THE THROTTLE BODY AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE FAILED UNIT AT MY COST. I SEE ON THE WEB, THAT A FAILED THROTTLE BODY IS A RECURRING PROBLEM FOR THE FORD FUSION. THE VEHICLE WAS ONLY 15 DAYS OR 5000 MILES OUT OF WARRANTY. MY COST OF THE REPAIR WAS $328.50. *TR