2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON, CAR KICKS OUT OF GEAR INTO IDLING MODE, WILL NOT ACCELERATE, SHAKES VIOLENTLY. PULL OVER, TURN IT OFF, RESTART IT WITH NO PROBLEMS. SLUGGISH GEAR CHANGES (AUTOMATIC) HAPPENS AT TOWN AND HIGHWAY SPEED. *TR

I PULLED OUT OF MY WORKS PARKING LOT AND GOT 50 FT. CAR BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN, SHAKE/ VIBRATE VIOLENTLY, AND EMERGENCY WRENCH LITE LIT UP. WHILE DRIVING AND WHILE IN PARK, IT SHOOK. I WENT TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE RODE SAFELY. THANK GOOD NESS I WAS ON A DOWNHILL AND COULD COAST TO A SIDE ROAD (BUT STILL NOT SAFE WHERE I WAS). ONCE I WAS PULLED OFF MAJOR ROAD, I PUT THE CAR IN PARK. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND WAS TOO AFRAID TO DO ANYTHING ELSE. I CALLED FOR A TOW. 24 HOURS LATER, I WAS TOLD MY CAR'S COMPUTER CODE SAID IT HAD A BAD THROTTLE BODY. IT WAS REPLACED WITH A BRAND NEW, REVISED THROTTLE BODY - UNDER WARRANTY WHICH ENDS IN 37 DAYS. IT HAPPENS TO MANY FORD FUSIONS. IT'S TIME FOR FORD TO OWN UP AND SEND OUT THE RECALL NOTICES BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT/KILLED. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY CAR STOPPED GETTING POWER WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS. A YELLOW WRENCH WARNING DASH LIGHT CAME ON, THE CAR STARTED SHAKING AND HAD NO POWER WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE TO GET OVER A LANE TO GET OFF THE ROAD TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. I LUCKILY GOT OVER WITH MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON AND COASTED TO THE SHOULDER WHERE THE CAR FINALLY STOPPED BUT DID NOT SHUT OFF OR DIE. THE CAR IDLED AND CONTINUED TO SHAKE SO I POPPED THE HOOD AND CHECKED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LEVEL. THE LEVEL WAS SLIGHTLY LOW WHICH WAS STRANGE CAUSE I HAD TO ADD HALF A QT OF TRANS FLUID THE MONTH BEFORE BECAUSE THE SHIFTING WAS ROUGH. THE FLUID WAS VERY DARK COLORED AND SMELLED SCORCHED. I SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND LET IT SIT FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES THEN I CHECKED THE OIL, OK. I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON, ADDED A LITTLE MORE TRANS FLUID AND THE CAR SEEMED TO BE OK TO GET ME THE REST OF THE WAY TO WORK. I LEFT IT IN A PARKING LOT FOR THE NIGHT AND RETURNED TO CHECK IT OUT IN THE LIGHT. I JACKED IT UP AND FOUND SOME FLUID SLOWLY COMING OUT OF THE PLACE WHERE THE AXLE GOES INTO THE TRANSMISSION. I CALLED THE FORD SERVICE CENTER, EXPLAINED WHAT HAPPENED AND EXPLAINED WHAT I FOUND. I HAD THE RECALL FOR THE TRANSMISSION DONE IN 2011 FOR FORD FUSION 2010S BUT THE ROUGH SHIFTING HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE I BOUGHT IT. I HAVE HAD CONSTANT TROUBLE WITH THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTING ROUGH AND NOW LOSING ALL POWER WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 55MPH. IT ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. MY CAR IS NOW AT 76,800 MILES AND FORD SERVICE REP SAYS THE BILL IS ON ME CAUSE THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY IS UP AND THE RECALL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM DOESN'T COVER ME ANYMORE. I WANT MY CAR FIXED WITH THIS PROBLEM AND I CANT AFFORD TO KEEP GOING TO THE SHOP EVERY TIME THIS KEEPS ACTING UP. FORD NEEDS TO FIX THE PROBLEM WITH THEIR TRANSMISSIONS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT BY THIS. LUCKILY MY 1YR OLD DAUGHTER WAS NOT WITH ME THIS TIME. *TR

I RECENTLY BOUGHT A 2010 FORD FUSION WITH 45000.00 MILES ON IT. AFTER HAVING OWNED IT FOR ONLY ABOUT 2.5 MONTHS I AM HAVING PROBLEMS. WHILE DRIVING DOWN A 4 LANE HIGHWAY AT 55 MILES PER HOUR IT ALMOST STOPS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE. IT DOES THIS WITH NO WARNING. I AM ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND THE CAR BEGINS TO SHAKE AS I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. ONCE I TURN THE CAR OFF THE WRENCH LIGHT GOES OUT I AM ABLE TO START IT BACK UP. IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL MORE TIMES. TODAY IT HAPPENED IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION. THE FORD DEALERSHIP IN MY AREA WHEN I CALLED SAID IT WOULD BE HARD TO DIAGNOSE BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. BY READING THE COMPLAINTS FROM EVERYONE ON THE 2010 FORD FUSION THIS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. THE ISSUE SEEMS TO BE THE THROTTLE BODY. MY FEAR IS THAT SOMEONE WILL SLAM INTO MY CAR NOT REALIZING IT HAS STOPPED IN THE ROAD. I REALLY THINK IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND CANNOT BELIEVE WITH BEING SUCH A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM FORD HAS NOT DONE SOMETHING TO CORRECT IT BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED FROM WHAT APPEARS TO BE A DEFECTIVE PART THEY HAVE PUT ON THEIR CARS. *TR

I WAS SLOWING TO A STOP WHEN MY CAR SHUDDERED AND THE ENGINE SEEMED TO DIE. I HAD A ERROR SYMBOL FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND THE ENGINE HAD NO MORE POWER. IT WAS STUCK IN IDLE NOW EVEN THOUGH I WAS JUST DOING 35 MILES PER HOUR COMING TO A STOP. AS I FINALLY BRAKED TO A STOP THE ENGINE WAS SURGING, BUT WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL, NOTHING HAPPENED TO THE ENGINE, IT WAS AS IF IT WAS JUST TURNED ON AND PLACED IN DRIVE ONLY. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, I HAD TO GET THROUGH 2 INTERSECTIONS ON IDLE SPEED ONLY. I FINALLY PULLED OVER PAST THE INTERSECTIONS AND TURNED MY CAR COMPLETELY OFF. I THEN TURNED IT BACK ON AND IT WAS WORKING NORMALLY. I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP, WHO TOLD ME THIS IS COMMON AFTER A NEW BATTERY IS PLACED IN THESE FUSIONS. THEY NOTICED MY RECENTLY PURCHASED USED CAR (PURCHASED ABOUT A MONTH BEFORE THIS) HAD A BRAND NEW BATTERY IN IT. THEY TOLD ME WITH A NEW BATTERY, THE CARBON BUILDS UP DRAMATICALLY AND DAMAGES THE THROTTLE BODY. SO I NEED TO BUY A NEW THROTTLE BODY AND HAVE THE CARS ACCELERATION COMPUTER REPROGRAMMED. AND THIS MIGHT HAPPEN EVERY TIME I GET A NEW BATTERY? PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS OCCURRENCE WITH OTHER FORD DEALERSHIPS. I HAVE READING THIS SAME STORY ALL OVER THE WEB. WHY DOESN'T FORD DO SOMETHING TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE? *TR

I HAVE A 2010 FUSION. I PURCHASED THE CAR AS A CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED. THE CAR STALLED 6 TIMES ON THE WAY HOME LAST NIGHT. THE WRENCH LIGHT WOULD GO ON AND THERE WAS NO THROTTLE RESPONSE. THE CAR WOULD SHAKE AND SPUTTER. I WOULD SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTART AND COULD PROCEED FOR A SHORT DISTANCE. THE LAST TIME IT STALL ON THE FREEWAY ON RAMP. I TOOK IT IN AND LET THE DEALER KNOW WHAT HAD OCCURRED AND THEY CALLED BACK INDICATING IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY. I AM OUT OF MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY. THE COST IS $500. THE POWER TRAIN SYSTEM IS COVERED BUT THE THROTTLE BODY IS NOT (EVEN THOUGH THE THROTTLE BODY CAUSES THE POWER TRAIN TO GO INTO STALL)? AT WHAT POINT WILL THEY MAKE THE CHOICE THAT THE THROTTLE BODY THAT IS IN THESE CARS ARE NOT UP TO PAR AND A SAFETY HAZARD AND MAKE IT A RECALLED ITEM? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT WAS IN TRAFFIC AND NEITHER THE BRAKE PEDAL NOR THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL FORWARD. IMMEDIATELY, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED TO 35 MPH. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO CONTROL THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION BUT THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE BRAKES HAD BECOME OPERABLE. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN THE CONTACT PROPERLY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A FRACTURED TOE, A BRUISED STERNUM AND BRUISING TO THE FOREHEAD. THE POLICE REPORTED TO THE SCENE AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL VIA AMBULANCE. THE POLICE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE BUT COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A COLLISION CENTER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT AN ENGINEER WOULD BE SENT TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. PRIOR TO THE CRASH, THE CONTACT NOTICED SLIGHT SURGING AND HAD TAKEN TO THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE THE TECHNICIAN RECALIBRATED THE COMPUTER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000.

I WAS DRIVING MY 2010 FUSION DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE CAR BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE RPM'S INCREASED WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL, BUT THE CAR CONTINUED TO SLOW DOWN. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER. AFTER SHUTTING THE CAR OFF AND WAITING A MINUTE, I WAS ABLE TO RESTART AND CONTINUE WITH NO ISSUES. IT HAPPENED AGAIN 2 DAYS LATER. AFTER RUNNING A GOOGLE SEARCH, I FOUND THAT THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER FUSION OWNERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. I HOPE FORD IS ABLE TO RECTIFY THIS ISSUE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE WHILE DECELERATING. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE AS THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE COULD BE RELATED TO THE THROTTLE BODY HOWEVER, A DIAGNOSTIC WAS NOT PERFORMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 74,300.

ON WAY HOME FROM WORK, DRIVING FOR 30 MILES, GOING 50 MPH, UPON CHANGING LANES, THE ACCELERATION DIED. WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER ON THE HIGHWAY. THANKFULLY, JUST GOT THROUGH THE EIGHT MILES OF CONSTRUCTION WITH NO SHOULDER AND ONLY ONE LANE. IF IT HAPPENED THEN, I COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT OR AT LEAST ANGERED QUITE A FEW PEOPLE ON THEIR WAY HOME FROM WORK BY STOPPING TRAFFIC WITH NO WAY TO GET AROUND ME. AS THE CAR WAS IDLING, THE TACH WAS JUMPING ALL OVER THE PLACE, SO I PUT IT IN PARK AND SHUT THE CAR OFF. WAITED A FEW MINUTES, STARTED THE CAR AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE ADDITIONAL MILE HOME. CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THIS CHECKED OUT. CANNOT GET IN FOR SEVERAL DAYS. HOLDING MY BREATH DRIVING IT BACK AND FORTH TO WORK ON MAJOR HIGHWAYS UNTIL THEN. MY FIRST MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT WITH FORD FOR NOT RECALLING THIS ISSUE. *TR