2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

I BOUGHT A SLIGHTLY USED (IT WAS A DEALER AUTO) 2010 FORD FUSION SEL. SINCE I FIRST PURCHASED IN FEBRUARY 2010, I HAVE EXPERIENCED VERY JERKY AND UNEVEN SHIFTING. I EVEN BROUGHT THE CAR BACK AFTER OWNING IT FOR ABOUT 1 WEEK, BUT THE DEALER MONACO FORD IN CT TALKED ME INTO KEEPING THE CAR, SAYING THAT IT IS DIFFERENT TYPE OF ENGINE (6 CYLINDER) THAN I WAS USED TO. BUT IT FELT WRONG AND ALWAYS HAS. THEN, I GOT A RECALL NOTICE IN THE MAIL OR SERVICE NOTICE NOTIFYING ME OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH THE MAKE/MODEL OF MY CAR. IT CAME FROM FORD AND I WAS INSTRUCTED TO BRING THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE. I DID, BUT NOTHING CHANGED. I LEARNED TO LIVE WITH IT, BUT OVER THE PAST MONTH, THE CAR HAS BECOME WORSE AND WORSE - SHIFTING HAS BECOME SO JERKY THAT I EXPERIENCED SEVERE JOLTS AND WHIPLASH ABOUT 5 TIMES. I BROUGHT THE CAR IN ON MARCH 7, 2011 AND THE TRANSMISSION IS DAMAGED DUE TO A BROKEN FRONT AXLE SEAL - I LOOKED ONLINE AND THIS SEEMS TO BE RELATED TO THE PROBLEMS WITH MY MAKE/TYPE OF VEHICLE. I NEED HELP - I CAN'T AFFORD TO KEEP A CAR THAT IS NOT SAFE. THE DEALER TOLD ME IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AND ALL REPORTS I HAVE READ STATE THAT THESE PROBLEMS ARE OFTEN NOT FIXABLE - WITH ONE PROBLEM AFTER ANOTHER RECURRING WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS IN THE AFFECTED VEHICLES. AS I BOUGHT THE CAR SLIGHTLY USED, I DON'T THINK I CAN SUE THROUGH THE LEMON LAW. I NEED HELP! *TR

AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 1.5 MILES FROM HOME, MY WIFE CAME TO A SET OF LIGHTS AND STEPPED ON THE BRAKE TO STOP. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT NEARLY TO THE FLOOR AND SEVERAL DASH LIGHTS CAME ON INCLUDING THE BRAKES & ANTI-SWERVE. THE VEHICLE SLOWED TO A STOP AS SHE ENTERED THE INTERSECTION. FORTUNATELY 2 THINGS WERE IN HER FAVOR, THERE WAS NO ONE AHEAD OF HER AND THERE WAS NO CROSS TRAFFIC AT THE LIGHT. EITHER COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. SHE DROVE THE VEHICLE BACK HOME SINCE SHE CONSIDERED THAT THE BRAKES HAD FAILED AND SHE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. SHE CALLED ME. I TOLD HER TO CALL THE DEALERSHIP. SHE LEFT THE VEHICLE RUNNING THINKING THAT PERHAPS AS IT WARMED UP IT WOULD WORK AND TESTED IT SEVERAL TIMES OVER AN HOUR'S TIME IN THE DRIVEWAY. SHE PULLED OUT THE CAR'S MANUAL TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING LISTED REGARDING THE BRAKE FAILURE. SHE READ IN ANOTHER PART OF THE MANUAL ABOUT RESETTING THE CAR'S COMPUTER BY SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE. WHEN SHE RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, THE DASH LIGHTS WENT OUT AND BRAKES RETURNED TO NORMAL. THE DEALER SAID THEY "NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM" AND SAID THE EARLIEST THEY COULD SEE THE VEHICLE WAS 5 DAYS LATER. WE DROPPED THE VEHICLE OFF THE NIGHT BEFORE WITH A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WAS EXPERIENCED. THE DEALER SAID THEY "COULD NOT VERIFY THE CONCERN" AND FORD DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY GUIDANCE REGARDING THE ISSUE. I WAS ABLE TO FIND QUITE OF FEW INSTANCES BY SIMPLY DOING A "GOOGLE" SEARCH INCLUDING A VIDEO BY 'CONSUMER REPORTS' WHO EXPERIENCED THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. FORD ASSURED THEM IT WAS A 'SOFTWARE' ISSUE AND CLAIMED THAT ALL 2010 FUSION HYBRID OWNERS WOULD BE NOTIFIED TO HAVE THE SOFTWARE UPDATED. MY CAR WAS A NEWER MODEL 2010 AND APPARENTLY NOT UNDER THIS NOTIFICATION SINCE WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANYTHING FROM FORD. THE 'FORD CUSTOMER CARE' SUGGESTED TAKING THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALER FOR SERVICE WHO SAID, "THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO."

TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT AROUND 20,000 MILES. AFTER IT WAS REBUILT THE CAR HAD NO POWER SO THEY REPROGRAMMED IT FOR THE 6TH TIME WITH THE THIRD DIFFERENT PROGRAM. NOW DRIVES WORSE THAN EVER. ROUTINELY SHIFTS BETWEEN 5000 AND 6000 RPM. GAS MILEAGE HAS DECREASED. I WAS TOLD THE NEW PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO MAKE THE CAR SHIFT HIGHER SO THE CLUTCH DOESN'T BURN OUT AGAIN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REPROGRAMMING OF THE COMPUTER FOR SHIFT MODIFICATION WAS AFFECTING THE OVERALL FUEL MILEAGE AND PERFORMANCE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT INFORMED THE DEALER WHO WAS NOT WILLING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE AND IGNORED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 32,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,000. UPDATED 04/15/11*LJ THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. UPDATED 11/18/11

I HAVE A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WHERE IT SLIP INTO NEUTRAL FOR A FEW SECONDS BETWEEN 1-2 AND 2-3 CAUSING AN ACCELERATION DELAY WHILE IN TRAFFIC. THE ENGINE JUST REVS AND THEN A SHUTTERED LURCH WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SLAMS INTO THE NEXT GEAR. I HAVE HAD THE CAR IN FOR REPAIR, WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION WAS FINE AND ALL IT NEEDED WAS A REPROGRAM. NOW I STILL HAVE THE ISSUE, I'M TAKING THE CAR BACK IN AND I'M DISMAYED TO HEAR THAT EVEN IF THEY NOW REBUILD THE TRANS, I'LL STILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM AS FORD DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT. AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP 'YOU CAN BRING IT IN AND WE'LL CHECK IT OUT BUT I DON'T THINK WE CAN FIX IT.' NHTSA HAS TO STEP IN, FORD OWNERS ARE IN JEOPARDY. *TR

THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED NINE TIMES AT DEALER WITH SYMPTOMS OF TRANSMISSION SLIPPING BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEAR. IT CONTINUES TO DO THE SAME WITH HARSH TRANSMISSION ENGAGEMENTS, SLIPPING CAUSING RPM'S GREATER THAN 5000. A VEHICLE EVENT RECORDER WAS INSTALLED INTO THE VEHICLE AND PROBLEM IDENTIFIED. VALVE BODY HAS BEEN CLEANED, NEW TRANSMISSION SOLENOID, "RE-FLASHED" 2 TIMES WITH NO CHANGES. FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE INVOLVED FROM BEGINNING. AT ONE POINT RECEIVED CALL FROM CUSTOMER SERVICE DISTRICT MANAGER STATING IT IS "NORMAL" FOR THE CAR TO SHIFT THIS WAY AND THERE IS NO PROBLEM EVEN AFTER THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. THIS CONTINUES TO BE A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AS THE CAR SLIPS AT ANY TIME IN ANY TRAFFIC. THERE HAS NOT BEEN A SOLUTION TO FIX THIS PROBLEM NOR ANY GUARANTEE. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE TO FIX THE PROBLEM THAT AFFECTS MANY OWNERS WITH THIS 6 SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. PREVIOUS COMPLAINT ODI 10369166.

I HAVE A 2010 FORD FUSION I BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW IN JULY 2010, ALREADY I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE MANUFAC WARRANTY. THERE IS SLOTS IN THE GRILL OF THE CAR PRETTY BIG THEY TOLD ME A ROCK MUST OF WENT THRU THERE WHEN I WAS DRIVING AND MADE THE HOLE IN THE RADIATOR MY INSURANCE HAD TO PAY AND I PAID MY 300 DEDUCTIBLE . FOR A COUPLE WEEKS PRIOR TO THAT I HEARD A GURGLING SOUND UNDER THE DASH BOARD. GOOD THING I WENT TO THE DEALER THE DAY I DID BECAUSE THE HEAT WAS BLOWING COLD AIR. MY RADIATOR WAS BONE DRY AND THE NOISE UNDER THE DASH WAS REAL LOUD AT THIS POINT . WELL ANYWAY I WENT TO PICK THE CAR UP AND THEY SAID IT WAS FIXED BUT I HEARD THE GURGLING SOUND STILL UNDER THE DASH {NEAR THE GLOVE COMP} I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DID{THE GUY TRIED TO TELL ME IT WAS NORMAL AT FIRST UNTIL HE HEARD THE NOISE HIMSELF} WELL ANYWAY HE BROUGHT IT BACK INTO THE SERVICE DEPT QUIRK CHEVROLET IN QUINCY MASS AND THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM. BUT WHAT I AM GETTING AT IS I THINK THERE IS A HUGE DEFECT IN THE SLATS IN THE GRILL THAT IT WOULD ALLOW ANYTHING IN TO HURT THE RADIATOR I HAVE OWNED MANY CARS IN MY LIFE AND THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE. ALSO THE DOOR HANDLE IS FALLING OFF ALREADY ON THE DRIVERS] INSIDE] DOOR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION HYBRID. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE IGNITION WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIANS REPLACED THE BATTERY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED A SECOND TIME AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIANS WERE ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE BUT COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,700. UPDATED 04/15/11*LJ UPDATED 5/2/11 *CN UPDATED 05/13/11 UPDATED 12/28/2011 *LN

2010 FORD FUSION 6000 MILES EXPERIENCING TRANSMISSION SHIFTING ISSUES SINCE 3000 MILES. DEALER SAYS THEY DON'T NOTICE ANYTHING AND NO TSB'S BUT THERE ARE TONS OF WEB POSTS ABOUT DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS AND RECALLS NOTING THE SAME ISSUES, HARD SHIFTING , DELAYS, ETC. *TR

TRANSMISSION SHIFTING PROBLEMS IN 2010 FORD FUSION, 4 CYL, 6 SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION REPLACED AT 12,000 MILES BY FORD UNDER WARRANTY. VEHICLE NOW HAS 36,000 MILES AND SHIFTS ERRATICALLY ON A RANDOM BASIS. TYPICALLY VEHICLE MUST BE DRIVEN AT LEAST 8 MILES BEFORE PROBLEMS OCCURS. COMMON PROBLEM INVOLVES 1-2 SHIFT AND 2-3 SHIFT. TRANSMISSION WILL SHIFT HARD OR WILL SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL. FORD DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTERS INDICATE TRANSMISSION IS OPERATING PROPERLY. INTERNET SEARCH REVEALS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. DANGEROUS CONDITION PRESENTED WHEN VEHICLE DRIVEN IN TRAFFIC, UP HILLS, AND WHEN ENTERING INTERSTATE SYSTEM. *TR