2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

DRIVING ALONG SUDDENLY DING DING..SERVICE ADVANCTRAC AND POWERSTEERING THE DISPLAY SAID AND THE STEERING BECOMES HARD AND PULLS. *TR

FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT 50MPH W/NO CRUISE SET. VEHICLE JERKED HARD AND ABILITY TO ACCELERATE WAS LOST. VEHICLE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AND WRENCH LIGHT WAS OBSERVED TO BE ON. SECOND INCIDENT W/ CRUISE SET AT 60MPH, VEHICLE JERKED AND CRUISE WAS AUTOMATICALLY DEACTIVATED. WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF SIDE OF ROAD AT WHICH POINT VEHICLE WAS OBSERVED RUNNING ROUGH AND WRENCH LIGHT WAS ON. TURNED VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED. VEHICLE BEGAN RUNNING FINE. THIRD INCIDENT OCCURRED HOURS AFTER SECOND INCIDENT WITH NO CRUISE ON AND VEHICLE TRAVELING AT 60MPH. VEHICLE JERKED HARD AND BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AS PULLING OFF SIDE OF ROAD. WRENCH LIGHT WAS OBSERVED ON AGAIN. UPON RESEARCH OF ISSUE, IT WAS NOTED THAT SEVERAL OTHER CONSUMERS WITH SAME VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SAME ISSUE (SOURCE: HTTP://WWW.FORDFUSION.NET). IN EVERY CASE THAT CONSUMERS POSTED ON THE FORUMS, THE THROTTLE BODY HAD BEEN FOUND FAULTY BY A FORD DEALER AND WAS REPLACED. SOME USERS ALSO NOTED THAT THEIR INCIDENTS OCCURRED ON BUSY POPULATED HIGHWAYS IN WHICH SAFETY COULD HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED. *TR

WE WERE DRIVING BACK FROM SHOPPING, HAD THE CRUISE SET AT 65 MPH. THE CAR LOST POWER AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I LOOKED DOWN AT THE DASH AND NOTICE THE WRENCH LIGHT HAD COME ON. WE PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND I NOTICE THAT THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND STILL WOULD NOT ACCELERATE EVEN AFTER PUTTING THE CAR IN PARK. WE WERE CONTEMPLATING WHO WE COULD CALL AT SUCH A LATE HOUR. I DECIDED TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND SEE IF WOULD RESTART, IT IN FACT DID AND THE ENGINE SEEM TO BE RUNNING NORMALLY. WE CONTINUED TO OUR DESTINATION WITH OUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE CAR HAS REMAINED IN THE DRIVEWAY SINCE THE INCIDENT. THIS IS THE FIRST PROBLEM WE HAVE HAD WITH THIS VEHICLE, WE BOUGHT IT USED IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR. IT HAD 29,700 MILES ON IT AND HAD NO ISSUES REPORTED TO CAR FAX. IT WAS A ONE OWNER VEHICLE AND THAT WAS A RENTAL CAR FROM INITIAL SALE OF CAR IN HAWAII. *TR

POWER STEERING INTERMITTENTLY GOES OUT FOR NO REASON WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING VERY UNSAFE SITUATION. DASH WARNING SAYS SERVICE ADVANCTRAC AND SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW. FORD DEALER RESETS THE CODE AND THEN IT WORKS FINE AGAIN UNTIL THE NEXT TIME(THIS TIME A MONTH LATER). FORD CHARGES $100 TO RESET THE CODE EACH TIME, THEN SAY THEY CAN'T FIND A REAL PROBLEM. THEY SUGGEST TO REPLACE A POWER STEERING UNIT FOR $1500, BUT THEY CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT IT WILL FIX THE PROBLEM. WHEN IT HAPPENS, IT IS PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN THE WHEEL WHEN CAR IS SITTING. EVEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, IT IS STILL VERY HARD TO TURN. I WON'T LET MY WIFE DRIVE THIS VEHICLE ANY LONGER. NO ADVANCE WARNING WHEN IT HAPPENS. THERE IS A LOT OF TRAFFIC ONLINE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, BUT THE FORD DEALER SAYS THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN OR HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM. THE CAR IS ONLY 2 YEARS OLD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE NOTICED A PUDDLE OF LIQUID NEAR THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY ADVISED THAT THERE WAS A HAIRLINE FRACTURE ON THE FUEL TANK, WHICH WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 165,000.

2010 FORD FUSION. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO THROTTLE PROBLEMS. * SMD THE CONSUMER STATED TWICE, WITHIN THE PAST TWO WEEKS, WHILE DRIVING AT SPEED, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY, AND WITHOUT ANY ACTION BY HIM, WENT TO IDLE. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAD NO EFFECT. FORTUNATELY, HE WAS ABLE TO COAST OUT OF TRAFFIC. AFTER A FEW MINUTES WAIT, THE ENGINE RESTARTED AND RAN FINE. THE LOCAL FORD DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS BEING IN THE THROTTLE BODY AND IT WAS REPLACED, PRESUMABLY WITH AN IDENTICAL PART. UPDATED 01/23/13 UPDATED 05/13/13

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN A MONTH THAT WE HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE THROTTLE BODY REPAIRED. THE FIRST TIME, THERE WERE ERROR CODES THAT COULD BE USED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BUT IN LESS THAN A MONTH THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED AND THIS TIME THE ENTIRE THROTTLE BODY HAS TO BE REPLACED. WHILE DRIVING THE CAR LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE AND ALL PROPULSION SYSTEMS DID NOT WORK. THE BRAKES WORKED FINE BUT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE CAR WHEN I PRESSED DOWN ON THE ACCELERATOR. THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE FIXED AND A RECALL SHOULD BE ORDERED. I HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR THIS PROBLEM 2X AND COULD HAVE BEEN HURT WHEN I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE ON THE HIGHWAY AND JUST ABLE TO GET OFF THE ROAD IN TIME. *TR

TELL US WHAT HAPPENED: MY HUSBAND AND I HAD PURCHASED A 2010 FORD FUSION IN JULY 2012. ABOUT 20 SOME DAYS AFTER PURCHASE. I GOT INTO THE CAR AND STARTED THE CAR TRYING TO GO UP MY DRIVEWAY AND THE CAR LOST ALL ACCELERATION AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP EXPLAINED WHAT HAPPENED THEY PICKED THE CAR UP AND GAVE US A LOANER TO DRIVE. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. AROUND AUGUST OF 2012 MY HUSBAND, MY GRANDSON AND I WERE DRIVING AND WENT TO MAKE A TURN ONTO THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT WARNING THE CAR LOST ALL ACCELERATION AGAIN PLACING MY FAMILY IN A DANGEROUS SAFETY SITUATION. WE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND TOLD THEM WHAT HAPPENED AND THEY PICKED UP THE CAR AGAIN. THIS TIME THEY MENTIONED THERE WAS ISSUE WITH WIRING AND THE PCV VALVE WHICH ALSO DEALT WITH THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED AND ASSURED ME THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. LAST WEEK MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING THE CAR ON A HIGHWAY AND PROCEEDED TO PASS AN EIGHTEEN WHEELER WHEN OUT OF NOWHERE THE CAR LOST ALL ACCELERATION, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON FOR ABOUT 15 OR 20 SECONDS AND THANKFULLY WENT BACK INTO GEAR. MY HUSBAND WAS GOING OVER 70 MILES AN HOUR AND LOST ALL ACCELERATION WITHOUT WARNING! THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SAFETY CONCERN. THIS NOW WOULD BE THE SECOND TIME IT PLACED OUR LIVES IN DANGER. WE NO LONGER HAVE THE CAR BUT I FEAR THAT SOMEONE ELSE WILL BUY THIS CAR AND SOMETHING WORSE COULD HAPPEN THE THROTTLE BODY IN THIS CAR WAS REPLACED THREE TIMES. ONCE THROUGH THE MANUFACTURE, CAR FAX REPORTED IT REPLACED, AND ONCE WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THESE VEHICLES VERY SOON BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. MY CONCERN IS IT IS VERY LIKELY THIS CAR WILL BE SOLD AGAIN TO SOMEONE ELSE SINCE WE TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE WE PURCHASED IT FROM WITHOUT HAVING THIS ISSUE FIXED. *TR

POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AS POWER STEERING WAS LOST. LUCKILY I AS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND PARK VEHICLE SINCE I WAS ONLY TRAVELING 35 MPH. HOWEVER, THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN SINCE THERE WAS BASICALLY NO NOTICE BEFORE LOSING ALL POWER STEERING. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN FREEWAY, MY SPEED AROUND 65 MPH. THE CAR STARTING STALLING, THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE GAS PEDAL. I MANAGE TO GET MY CAR TO THE SHOULDER AFTER CROSSING 4 LANES. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND THE CAR EVENTUALLY STALLED OUT. I RESTARTED THE CAR; IT TOOK A FEW EXTRA SECONDS THAN USUAL. THE CAR DROVE FINE TO WORK. IT HAPPEN AGAIN WHEN I LEFT WORK AT AN INTERSECTION (PRETTY SCARY) 35MPH. I PULLED TO THE RIGHT LANE AND PUT CAR IN PARK, SHUT DOWN SPUTTERING ENGINE. I RESTARTED AND MADE IT HOME THROUGH RUSH HOUR. THE NEXT DAY, FRIDAY MORNING, I PULLED OUT OF MY GARAGE THE STALLING STARTED WITHIN 20 YARDS FROM GARAGE AT 5MPH. THEN AGAIN WHEN I GOT OFF WORK BUT THIS TIME IT OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES; ONCE AS I WAS ENTERING THE FREEWAY ON RAMP. STALLED 3 TIMES ON FREEWAY, I MANAGE TO GET OFF THE FREEWAY ON NEXT OFF RAMP AFTER 3 RESTARTS. THE CAR KEPT STALLING OVER AND OVER NO RESPONSE FROM GAS PEDAL EVERY FEW FEET I HAD TO RESTART. THERE WAS NO WAY I WAS GOING TO MAKE IT HOME. I DIDN'T TRUST MY CAR FOR SAFE DRIVING. I MANAGED TO GET MY FORD FUSION TO A FORD DEALERSHIP CLOSE BY. THE FORD PERSONNEL SAID THEY NEVER HEARD OF FORD FUSIONS STALLING. THEY PUNCHED IN MY VIN IN THE COMPUTER AND FOUND NO RECALLS. SINCE IT?S A HOLIDAY WEEKEND, CAR WON?T BE LOOKED AT UNTIL TUESDAY. NO LOANERS CARS AVAILABLE FROM FORD, I HAD TO RENT A CAR FOR THE TIME BEING. I GOGGLED 2010 FORD FUSION STALLING AND IT POPPED UP RIGHT AWAY. I FOUND OUT THAT IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR QUIT AWHILE TO FORD FUSIONS. MANY OTHER FORD FUSION OWNERS ARE DESCRIBING EXACTLY WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO MY 2010 FORD FUSION. I?M SURPRISED FORD HAS NOT COME OUT WITH ANY RECALLS. SOMEONE CAN GET HURT OR EVEN KILLED IN TRAFFIC IF THIS DISCREPANCY ISN'T ADDRESSED BY FORD. *TR