2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

I WAS JUST LEAVING MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND JUST GOT DOWN TO THE END OF THE ROAD, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I FEEL THIS REALLY BAD SHAKING, HAD NO ACCELERATION WHEN PRESSED ON GAS AND CAR KEPT JERKING UNTIL I FINALLY HAD TO SHUT IT OFF. I DID RESEARCH ON IT IMMEDIATELY AND FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A THROTTLE BODY ISSUE THAT HAS BECOME VERY RELEVANT WITH MY CAR MAKE/MODEL. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS! IF I WAS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC OR GOD FORBID HAD KIDS IN THE CAR, THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT! THIS RECALL NEEDS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND ADDRESSED FAST!!!! *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND SUDDENLY I WAS LOSING POWER. THE CAR WAS ON BUT STEPPING ON THE GAS PEDAL DID NOTHING. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE LITTLE WRENCH CAME ON. I COASTED INTO A PARKING LOT AND PUT THE CAR IN PARK. IT STARTED TO VIBRATE AND MAKE NOISE. I SHUT IT OFF AND TRIED TO RESTART IT. IT SEEMED NORMAL SO I STARTED TO DRIVE HOME. I GOT ABOUT 3 MILE AND IT DID IT AGAIN. IT HAS STEADILY DONE THIS ABOUT 2-3 TIMES A WEEK NOW. ONE TIME I WAS GOING 65-70 ON THE EXPRESS WAY AND HAD TO COAST OFF. THE LAST TIME I WAS TURNING LEFT AND I HAD THE GREEN LIGHT I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. MY LIGHT TURNED RED I COULD HAVE BEEN PLOWED INTO AND KILLED. I BOUGHT THIS CAR MAY 2011. I HAVE ONLY HAD THIS CAR FOR 1 YEAR IT HAD 65000 MILES, I HAVE NO WARRANTY ON THIS CAR AND CAN NOT AFFORD TO HAVE IT FIXED. THIS IS DANGEROUS ARE THEY WAITING FOR DEATHS TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT? I HAVE INSTRUCTED MY FAMILY IF THAT HAPPENS TO SUE FORD. FORD KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS AND SHOULD FIX IT.

I WENT FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND LOCAL CENTER. THE REP REQUESTED I COME OVER TO THE CAR AND SEE SOMETHING. THE BATTERY ACID COVERED THE ENTIRE TOP OF BATTERY. IT METALIZED THE CABLES CORRODED THE BATTERY PAN. THE CAR IS 2 YEARS OLD AND 22K MILES. ALL WERE REPLACED BY FORD UNDER THE WARRANTY. I WOULD NOT NORMALLY COMPLAIN ABOUT A BATTERY BUT THIS IS MY SECOND FORD TO HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. I HAD FORD EDGE PRIOR WHICH THE SAME THING HAPPENED BUT I WAS PAST 36K IN MILES SO THEY CONSIDERED IT WEAR AND TEAR. I HAD TO REPLACE ALL WIRE, BATTERY PAN, AND BATTERY. FORD NEEDS TO REVIEW THE BATTERY MANUFACTURER THEY ARE USING IN THERE NEW CARS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR AT 55MPH I LET MY FOOT OFF THE GAS AND THEN WENT TO ACCELERATE AND THE CAR LOST ALL POWER. WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE THE GAS PEDAL CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND WRENCH LIGHT WERE ON. CAR DIED IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE WITH 3 LANES AND NO SHOULDER. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. I PULLED CAR TO RIGHT LANE TURNED CAR OFF AND ON CAR CONTINUED ON. TOOK CAR TO DEALER. ADVISED NO MESSAGE WAS MARKED IN COMPUTER. THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG COULD NOT REPEAT PROBLEM. 5 DAYS LATER WHILE DRIVING HOME IN TRAFFIC THE CAR ONCE AGAIN LOST ALL POWER WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE GAS PEDAL, CHECK ENGINE AND WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. I PUSHED CAR TO THE SHOULDER, TURNED CAR OFF AND ON CONTINUED 100 FEET CAR DIED AGAIN 17 MORE TIMES. I HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALER. DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION CONTROL. CAR NOW SHIFTS HORRIBLY, AND HAS A JUMP WHEN YOU LET OFF GAS. CAR HAS STALLED NUMEROUS TIMES. FORD NEEDS TO RECALL FOR THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. FORD NEEDS TO ADMIT THERE IS ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS IN THE V6 FUSIONS. I HAD SIMILAR TRANSMISSION ISSUES WITH MY FORD EDGE AND MERCURY SABLE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR ON A SUNNY DAY ABOUT 35 MPH THE CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN ABRUPTLY TO 5 MPH. THE ADVANCE TRACK LIGHT CAME ON AND SERVICE ADVANCE TRACK IMMEDIATELY MESSAGE WENT ACROSS THE MESSAGE CENTER. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER. LIGHT AND MESSAGE WERE ON WHEN I DROPPED OFF THE CAR TO THE DEALER. DEALER STATING COULD NOT REPEAT PROBLEM. *TR

MULTIPLE TIMES THE ENGINE JUST DIES DUE TO A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY - YOU MUST COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND PUT THE CAR IN PARK TO RESTART. WE HAVE A FLEET OF THESE AND LOTS OF THEM HAVE THIS VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. PLEASE HELP... *JS

ENGINE BEGAN SHUTTING DOWN WHILE MOVING IN MORNING RUSH HOUR. ALSO SURGES FORWARD AND RUNS THRU MULTIPLE GEARS WHILE IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC WITH LIGHT, IF ANY THROTTLE APPLIED. ON 6-8-12 ENGINE WENT INTO FAILSAFE MODE, 1100 RPM WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH. NO RESPONSE FROM THROTTLE, HAD TO MANIPULATE THRU TRAFFIC TO BEACH CAR UPON SHOULDER OF ROAD. AFTER SHUTTING OFF KEY AND RESTARTING, VEHICLE SEEMED FINE, BUT SAME SITUATION HAPPENED TWICE MORE WITHIN MINUTES. DROVE CAR TO NEAREST FORD DEALER WHO "CLEARED THE OLD CODES" AND TEST DROVE, FINDING NO FURTHER ISSUE. BILLED ME UNDER ESP SERVICE AGREEMENT, AND CONTINUED ONTO WORK. LEAVING WORK TO MAKE DELIVERIES, CAR INITIATED EXACTLY SAME RESPONSE AS EARLIER (5 TIMES), AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, AND AGAIN, HEAVY TRAFFIC. TOOK TO DEALER I BOUGHT CAR FROM, WHO IMMEDIATELY CLAIMED IT NEEDED A NEW THROTTLE BODY, WHICH ARE ON NATIONAL BACK-ORDER, DELIVERY DATE UNKNOWN. REFERRED TO ANOTHER DEALER WHO HAD OPEN BAYS AND A THROTTLE BODY IN STOCK, BUT FOR SOME REASON WAS UNINTERESTED IN EVEN LOOKING AT THE CAR. OFFERED TO LEAVE CAR, ESP OFFERS RENTAL, SO I COULD RETURN TO WORK, BUT THAT PART HAS BECOME UNCOVERED BY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, AND THEY STILL HAD NO INTEREST IN FIXING CAR AFTER I AGREED TO PAY MYSELF. TRANSMISSION HAS A QUIRKY PROBLEM OF DOWNSHIFTING AGGRESSIVELY WHEN TRAVELING DOWNHILL, UP-SHIFTING RAPIDLY IN SLOW MOVING TRAFFIC, AND NOW A THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM WHICH CAUSES CAR TO GO INTO A NO POWER SITUATION WHILE AT SPEED. *JS

GEARS JUST DROPPED OUT AND CAR SIMPLY IDLED. HAD TO PULL OVER INTO LEFT TURN LANE AND TURN OFF VEHICLE AND RESTART. CAR WORKED FINE AGAIN FOR TWO WEEKS WHEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN. IT HAPPENED MOST RECENTLY ON 06/06/12 THREE TIMES IN ONE DAY. ONCE ON THE WAY TO THE OFFICE, ONCE ON THE WAY HOME FROM THE OFFICE, AND ONCE ON THE WAY BACK FROM MY FINANCIAL ADVISOR'S OFFICE WHEN I HAD MY FIANCE IN THE CAR. *JS

WITHOUT WARNING THE CAR LOST ALL ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. THIS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF TWO DAYS, SOMETIMES AT SPEEDS UP TO 70 MPH. THE CAR JERKS, WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON, AND THERE IS NO POWER FROM THE GAS PEDAL. A/C AND RADIO WORK FINE. AFTER NAVIGATING THRU TRAFFIC WITHOUT POWER, WE TURN CAR OFF AND BACK ON, AND IT'S GOOD TO GO. BUT FOR HOW LONG? COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS, RECALL IS NECESSARY. DEALER SAYS 2010 FUSIONS ARE "NOTORIOUS" FOR THIS THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM AND CHARGED $502 TO CORRECT IT. *TR

I HAVE A 2010 FORD FUSION WITH A SIX CYLINDER ENGINE. WHILE DRIVING , I STARTED SPEEDING UP FROM AN INTERSECTION, ONLY TO EXPERIENCE A COMPLETE AND TOTAL LOSS OF POWER, THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME, THE ENGINE STARTED MISFIRING (ROUGH IDLE AT LESS THAN 700 RPM), BUT ALL SYSTEMS WHERE STILL WORKING. PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL PRODUCED NO RESULTS. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, STOP THE ENGINE, LET THE CAR SIT FOR ABOUT 45 SECONDS, AND THEN RESTARTED IT. WHEN THE ENGINE RESTARTED, THE CAR STARTED UP AND RAN LIKE NOTHING HAD HAPPENED. LAST THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, THE FUSION DID THE EXACT SAME THING, I HAD A CATASTROPHIC LOSS OF POWER, THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN, THE ENGINE WAS MISFIRING (ROUGH IDLE), THE REST OF THE SYSTEMS CONTINUED WORKING. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD, STOP THE CAR , AND THEN RESTART. THIS IS THIRD TIME I TAKE TO THE DEALER, AND STILL RECEIVED NOT DIAGNOSTIC. ACTUALLY THIS VEHICLE IS IN THE DEALER WORKSHOP (AUTOMOVILISTICA VERACRUZANA SA DE CV. AV LAFRAGUA 2100 TEL 011 52 229 9231920 VERACRUZ, MEXICO) . THE FIRST AND SECOND VISIT TO THE DEALER THE DIAGNOSTIC WAS NO PROBLEM. *TR