2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND THE MOTOR CUT OFF ON ME, I WAS LUCKY BECAUSE I HAD JUST GOT OFF OF THE INTERSTATE , I MANAGED TO BE ABLE TO PULL ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD SET THERE FOR A FEW MINUTES AND STARTED THE CAR. IT STARTED AND THE LIGHT WENT OFF AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME. TOOK VEHICLE TO FORD DEALER AND THEY CHECKED AND SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND ANY FAULT CODES. THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE THROTTLE BOTTLE AND I HAD IT REPLACED, HAVEN'T DROVE IT YET TO SEE IF THAT TOOK CARE OF THE PROBLEM. I GOT ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT OTHER PEOPLE WERE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I THINK THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM AND SOME ON COULD GET INJURED OR WORST. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT TATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE THROTTLE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000.

THROTTLE CONTROL IS DEFECTIVE. I HAVE READ SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE. THE THROTTLE CONTROL GOES BAD AND THEN THE CAR WILL ABRUPTLY LOSE POWER AND STOP IN TRAFFIC. WE WERE LUCKY THAT WE WEREN'T ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. IN ORDER TO MOVE YOU HAVE TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND SHUT IT OFF AND TURN IT BACK ON. I HAD TO HAVE MINE REPLACED YESTERDAY. THE CAR IS ONLY TWO YEARS OLD AND ONLY HAS 50,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

TODAY MY 2010 FORD FUSION LOST ACCELERATION ON I35 SURROUNDED BY SEMI-TRUCKS AT 70MPH. THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND WE COULD NOT GET OUT OF THE WAY OF THE TRUCKS BEHIND US. FORTUNATELY THE TRUCKS WERE ABLE TO GO AROUND US AND THE TRAFFIC BEHIND US WAS ABOUT A COUPLE OF MILES AWAY. WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE THREE LANE HIGHWAY WITH MY 18 MONTH OLD SON IN THE BACK SEAT, SO I'M ASTONISH THAT FORD COULD BUILD SUCH A CAR AND NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE SAFETY ISSUE. WE WERE ABLE TO COAST TO SO THE SHOULDER AND TURN THE CAR OFF. THE CAR CAME BACK ON WITH NO ISSUES INDICATED ON THE DASH. WE THEN STARTED OUR WAY DOWN I35 AND THE CAR LOST ACCELERATION AGAIN AT 70MPH. THIS TIME I WAS PREPARED AND EASILY COASTED ONTO THE SHOULDER. THE CAR WAS ROUGH IN IDLE, BUT WHEN WE TURNED IT OFF AND ON AGAIN IT WAS FINE. I MADE THE DECISION NOT TO HIT 70MPH BUT TO GO ONLY 60 UNTIL WE GOT HOME. TODAY WE WENT TO SEA WORLD AND ON THE WAY HOME WE ALMOST BECAME ANOTHER STATISTIC BECAUSE OF THE FORD COMPANY. I WILL GO TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT THE FUSION FROM TO SEE HOW THEY CAN HELP. *TR

HAD NOTICED SEVERAL TIMES THAT THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO ACCELERATE AFTER PUSHING THE GAS. LATER THAT AFTERNOON, WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOPLIGHT, THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING AND LOST ALL POWER. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE INTO A PARKING LOT AND TURNED IT OFF. WHEN I RESTARTED, THE ENGINE SEEMED TO RUN NORMALLY BUT STILL HESITATED TO GO WHEN THE GAS WAS PRESSED. I GOT THE CAR TO A DEALERSHIP AND THEY EXPLAINED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS BAD - "A COMMON THING ON THESE CARS". FORD IS REFUSING TO COVER THE REPLACEMENT UNDER WARRANTY, CLAIMING THAT THIS IS NOT PART OF THE DRIVE TRAIN - THOUGH ADMITTING THAT THE CAR WILL NOT FUNCTION WITHOUT THE PART. *TR

I HAD THIS ISSUE WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT THE CAR. DRIVING ON THE HWY GOING 65 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR LOST ACCELERATION AND SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND STALLED OUT. THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE WENT INTO STEALTH MODE. THIS HAPPEN AGAIN ON 07/16/2012, MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE CAR. THEN IT HAPPEN AGAIN ON 07/28/2012. I TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY DID NOT GET ANY OF THE CODES, I GUESS BECAUSE WE TURNED THE CAR OFF. AT THIS POINT, I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO. *TR

ALL OF A SUDDEN THE RPM'S IMMEDIATELY DROPPED TO A ROUGH IDLE. ALL THROTTLE RESPONSE WAS LOST, I PULLED OVER ON THE HIGHWAY, WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS IN LIMP MODE WITH THE CHECK ENGINE AND WRENCH LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE ENGINE WAS IDLING VERY ERRATICALLY AND SHAKING, THERE WAS NO RESPONSE WHEN PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR. AFTER SHUTTING DOWN THE CAR, IT RESTARTED OK AND DROVE. IT SUDDENLY DID THE SAME THING 2 MORE TIMES BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO GET HOME. THE OBD2 CODE WAS P2111, THE DRIVE BY WIRE THROTTLE BODIES ON THESE CARS ARE FAULTY. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. *TR

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROX. 55 MPH, MY CAR LOST ACCELERATION, THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND MY VEHICLE WENT INTO A LIMP MODE. I WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE HIGHWAY AND PULL INTO A PARKING LOT. AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES, I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR. IT NOW RAN AS IF NOTHING HAD HAPPENED AND THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS NO LONGER ON. I BROUGHT IT TO MY FORD DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AS NO CODES REMAINED. IT HAPPENED AGAIN SEVERAL DAYS LATER. I CALLED FORD AND WAS INFORMED NOT TO SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTART IT AS THIS ACTION CLEARED THE VEHICLE OF ALL DIAGNOSTIC CODES. I MADE ANOTHER APPT. WITH MY DEALER. THE VERY NEXT DAY IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS TIME I DID NOT SHUT THE CAR OFF, BUT LIMPED @ 5-6 MPH TO MY DEALER AND SHOWED THEM THE WRENCH LIGHT AND THE FACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND LEFT THE VEHICLE WITH THEM. I ALSO TOLD THEM NOT TO RESTART IT UNTIL THEY READ THE CODES. AFTER RESEARCH ON THE WEB, I FOUND THAT THIS PROBLEM IS QUITE RAMPANT IN FORDS AND HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THE PROBLEM IS A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY. MY DEALER FOUND THE CODE THAT I GAVE THEM WHEN THEY CHECKED MY CAR. I HAD TO HAVE IT FIXED AS I NEED THE CAR FOR WORK. FORD REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM. ARE THEY WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO GET SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED? THEY SHOULD STOP PUTTING THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR AHEAD OF THE LIVES OF PEOPLE. *JS

WAS BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND GOT A WARNING LIGHT THAT SAID THE POWER STEERING NEEDED SERVICED AND THEN THE STEERING GOT HARD...IM A GROWN MAN AND IT IS SO HARD FOR ME TO DRIVE AND TURN THE WHEELS.THIS IS MY WIFE'S CAR AND IM SO THANKFUL SO WASN'T DRIVING IT WHEN THIS HAPPENED THERE'S NO WAY SHE COULD HAVE CONTROLLED IT.VERY BAD DESIGN AND A SAFETY ISSUE. *JS

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE AFTER STOPPING FOR A STOP SIGN OR LIGHT, THEN IT JERKS, MOVES FORWARD AND THE RPM'S REV UP RAPIDLY. THEN IT RESUMES NORMALLY. I AM CONCERNED MY VEHICLE HAS A FAULTY TRANSMISSION OR THE THROTTLE BODY ISSUE THAT I HAVE READ ABOUT. I HAVE ONLY 17,000 MILES ON THIS CAR AND WILL TAKE IT IN FOR SERVICE, HOPEFULLY WITH RESOLUTION. I SURE HOPE A RECALL IS ISSUED SOON SINCE THIS SEEMS TO BE A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR