2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

MOVING ALONG AT 40MPH WHEN CAR SUDDENLY JERKS AND LOSES POWER. ORANGE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON BUT MY CAR STALLED OUT IN TRAFFIC. TURNED KEY OFF AND BACK ON-CAR STARTED AND LIGHT WAS OFF. A MINUTE DOWN THE ROAD AND CAR DID SAME THING AGAIN. THIS CONTINUES TO HAPPEN 5 DAYS LATER. VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE CAR LOSES THROTTLE POWER COMPLETELY. I DO NOT DARE GO DOWN INTERSTATE WITH THIS PROBLEM. *TR

PUSHING HARD ON THE BRAKE PEDAL CAUSES IT TO GO BELOW THE GAS PEDAL LETTING MY FOOT PUSH BOTH THE GAS AND BRAKE PEDALS AT THE SAME TIME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED BUT THE TECHNICIANS WERE UNABLE TO GENERATE A FAILURE CODE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE 21,000.

FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED IN MAY 26 2012- WAS EXITING FREEWAY, LET OFF GAS AND CAR WENT INTO "LIMP MODE" PULLED CAR OVER AND TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED 5 MIN LATER SECOND INC. MAY 26 2012 - SAME AS ABOVE. THIRD INC. AUG 3 2012 - SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT, WHEN LIGHT TURNED GREEN HIT THE GAS THEN IT SWITCHES TO "LIMP MODE" IDLE, WE COASTED THROUGH THE LIGHT TO PARK ON SIDE OF ROAD. IT STARTED BACK UP FINE A FEW MINUTES LATER. FOURTH INC. AUG 3 2012 - DRIVING DOWN FREEWAY AT 65MPH WHEN LET OFF THE GAS CAR SWITCHED TO "LIMP MODE" AGAIN. HAD TO TURN CAR OFF THEN TURN BACK ON. FEW MINUTES LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND TURNED CAR OFF AND ON AGAIN, WOULD NOT GO OUT OF "LIMP MODE" AND HAD TO DRIVE HOME IN IDLE ON SIDE OF FREEWAY. *TR

I STOPPED THE CAR TO CLOSE THE GAS FILL LID, ENGINE RUNNING, WENT TO GET BACK IN AND ALL DOORS WERE LOCKED, THEY LOCKED THEMSELVES. IT WAS OVER 90 DEGREES OUT, LUCKY I HAD MY CELL PHONE TO CALL MY WIFE TO BRING HER KEYS SO I COULD GET BACK IN. IF MY GRANDKIDS HAD BEEN THE CAR, IT COULD HAVE BEEN A SCARY PROBLEM. *TR

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY THE ACCELERATOR STOPPED WORKING. PULLED THE CAR OFF THE ROAD AVOIDING ACCIDENT. TURNED CAR OFF. TURNED CAR BACK ON WORKING NORMALLY. 1 MILE LATER SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED. THIS HAPPENED 12 TIMES IN 12 MILE STRETCH. THROTTLE BODY IS BAD. THIS IS COMMON PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. *TR

WAS DRIVING AT LOW SPEED (APPROX 20 MPH) AND CAR JERKED VIOLENTLY AND WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. RPMS WERE THEN STUCK ~1000 AND CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN GAS PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. COASTED TO A STOP, SHIFTED TO PARK, AND TURNED OFF THE CAR. TRIED TO RE-START THE CAR IMMEDIATELY AND IT WOULD NOT TURN OVER. AFTER THE CAR SAT FOR APPROX 5 MIN, STARTED FINE AND DROVE FINE. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM. ALSO EXPERIENCE A STRONG JERKING MOTION REGULARLY WHEN FIRST START CAR (IT IS COLD) WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK INTO DRIVE/REVERSE). AND HAVE OCCASIONALLY EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE REVVING AT HIGHER SPEEDS (40 MPH). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING 50 MPH WHILE THE CONTACT WAS SITTING IDLE. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE LID TO THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG COMPARTMENT EXPLODED AND BORE A HOLE THE SIZE OF A FIST THROUGH THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED NECK, BACK, CHEST AND RIB INJURIES FROM THE IMPACT. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED WITH THE MANNER IN WHICH THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

DRIVING ON FLORIDA TURNPIKE, JUST GOT ON HIGHWAY AND AT HIGH SPEED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, DIAGNOSED AS CODE P2111, THROTTLE STUCK OPEN BY DTC READER. IMMEDIATELY LOST POWER AND ABOUT GRINDED TO A HALT, HAD TO PULL OFF ROAD AND LIMP TO NEXT EXIT. VEHICLE STUCK IN IDLE UNTIL RESTARTED AND HAD NO FURTHER PROBLEMS FOR A FEW MILES BUT KEEPS COMING UP. CANNOT DRIVE CAR ON HIGHWAY FOR FEAR OF ANOTHER DANGEROUS FAILURE. FORD SAYS THROTTLE BODY IS BAD, NO WARRANTIED AFTER 36,000 MILES. *TR

CAR CAME TO A CHUGGING STOP AND A WRENCH SYMBOL APPEARED ON THE CONSOLE. AFTER SHUTTING OFF THE CAR FOR A FEW MINUTES, THE CAR STARTED UP AND THE SYMBOL WAS GONE. I AM TRYING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH FORD. I HAVE FOUND OUT ON THE NET THAT THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM WITH THE FORD FUSION. THIS IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE IT HAS HAPPENED TO HUNDREDS OF FUSION OWNERS. I HAVE 20 PAGES OF TESTIMONIALS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I THINK IT IS TIME FOR A RECALL OF THIS PROBLEM! *TR