2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

DOOR HANDLE ESPECIALLY DRIVERS INSIDE LATCH HAS BROKE TWICE LEAVING ME UNABLE TO EXIT THE CAR. ALSO WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO LOCK THE CAR. HAPPEN IN 2015 AND NOW 2018.

WHEN I STARTED MY FORD FUSION 2010 IN MY GARAGE A WARNING APPEARED POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT. I COULD NOT STEER THE CAR AT ALL. TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED SAME MESSAGE AND NOT ABLE TO STEER AT ALL. NEXT START WORKED. DROVE THE CAR ABOUT A MILE. CAR RESTED. RESTARTED THE CAR IN PARKING LOT AND SAME MESSAGE AND NO STEERING. TRIED A COUPLE OF TIMES EVENTUALLY WORKED. I CONSIDER THE CAR COMPLETELY UNSAFE AND UNRELIABLE AT THIS POINT IN TIME. I WAS VERY SURPRISED WHEN I READ ON LINE THAT THE FORD FUSION 2011 HAS BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS REASON AND THE 2010 HAS NOT EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE MORE INCIDENTS REPORTED IN THE 2010.

WHILE DRIVING I RECEIVED A MESSAGE ON MY DASH STATING THAT THERE WAS A POWER STEERING FAILURE. SINCE THAT MESSAGE I'VE HAD NO POWER STEERING. SINCE I'VE CONTINUED DRIVING IT, AFTER BEING ASSURED THAT WAS OKAY TO DO, MY VEHICLE HAS BEGUN MAKING A GRINDING NOISE. ADDITIONALLY WHEN I'M CORRECTING THE STEERING RIGHT AND NEED TO CENTER OR BEGIN TO CORRECT LEFT THE VEHICLE NOW JERKS IN THAT DIRECTION WHEN CORRECTING THE POSITIONING. DOES NOT FEEL SAFE TO DRIVE AND MY BACK IS SORE, AND I'M OVER THIS VEHICLE. IF THEY RECALLED THE 2011 THAT USES THE SAME STEERING SYSTEM AS THE 2010, WHY THE DEBATE? THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED YEARS AGO. I WOULD NEVER FEEL SECURE PURCHASING A FORD AFTER THIS EXPERIENCE.

WAS DRIVING AND THE STEERING LOCKED UP. THERE A KNOWN FACTORY RECALL BECAUSE FORD MESSED UP SOMEWHERE WITH THE STEERING FROM THE FACTORY. I NEED MY CAR REPLACED.

MY SON'S POWER STEERING FAILED WHILE HE WAS DRIVING AND WENT OUT COMPLETELY. LUCKILY HE HAD JUST EXITED THE HIGHWAY. SERVICE POWER STEERING COMES UP ON THE SCREEN. IT'S A 2010 FORD FUSION AND I HEARD RECALLS ONLY FOR 2011 AND 2012 FORD FUSIONS BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE BECAUSE IT'S THE EXACT SAME ISSUE WITH THE 2010 FORD FUSION. MY SON COULD HAVE GOTTEN HURT BADLY.

TAKATA RECALL. STATIONARY VEHICLE. POWER STEERING LOCKED. TURNED OFF AND CAME BACK FEW HOURS LATER, TURNED ON AND IT WORKED PERFECTLY. AGAIN IN STATIONARY VEHICLE, STARTED ENGINE AND POWER STEERING LOCKED. TURNED OFF AND CAME BACK FEW HOURS LATER , TURNED ON ENGINES AND IT WORKED PERFECTLY. I DECIDED THAT THIS WAS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND DROVE TO FORD DEALER. MESSAGE ON SCREEN WAS 'POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT' BOTH TIMES. THEY GAVE ME AN ESTIMATE FOR $2600 + TO REPLACE LOWER CONTROL ARMS AND RACK AND PINION ASSEMBLY WITH NO MENTION OF ANY REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT OF POWER STEERING ASSEMBLY. AND FORD HAS A RECALL OUT FOR 2011 AND 2012 FUSIONS WITH THE EXACT SAME POWER STEERING ASSEMBLY, HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS.

2016 FORD FUSION. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO HEAD GASKET AND EXHAUST MANIFOLD ISSUES. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED TWICE, THE POWER STEERING AND VARIOUS SENSORS WERE REPLACED TWICE AS WELL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT COULD NOT DETERMINE THE FAILURE. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN AND THE POWER STEERING FAULT INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE LOCAL DEALER (SHOTTENKIRK SUPERSTORE, 309 S GEAR AVE, WEST BURLINGTON, IA 52655, (319) 758-5900) AND WAS INFORMED TO CALL THE LOCAL DEALER IN TEXAS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 136,000. *DT *JS

THE VEHICLE WILL, WITHOUT WARNING, LOSE POWER STEERING CAPABILITY AND THIS HAS ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. I'M AWARE THE 2011 FUSION HAD THE SAME ISSUE BUT WAS PROVIDED A RECALL, BUT THE 2010 WAS NOT, THIS NEEDS TO BE EXTENDED TO COVER 2010'S. MY VEHICLE ONLY HAS 130K MILES ON IT AND THIS SHOULD NOT BE FAILING IN A WAY THAT COULD CAUSE A FATALITY.

ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2018 I STARTED MY VEHICLE AND AN ALARM CAME ON STATING "POWER STEERING ASSIST SENSOR" SOMETHING LIKE THAT APPEARED. MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL. I TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE WAITED 5 MIN. TURNED IT BACK ON THE ALARM WENT OFF AND I COULD MOVE THE WHEEL TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT. I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO CHECK FOR RECALL AND NOTHING SHOWED UP. NOW, I AM AFRAID THIS MAY HAPPEN AGAIN WHILE PARKED OR AS I AM DRIVING. THEREFORE, I AM SERIOUSLY THINKING OF BUYING ANOTHER VEHICLE. I AM NOT FINANCIALLY ABLE TO PURCHASE ANOTHER VEHICLE. THIS IS VERY UNSETTLING EVERY TIME I TURN ON THE VEHICLE OR AS I AM DRIVING I AM NOT SURE WHAT TO EXPECT. I DON'T FEEL SAFE.