2013 FORD FUSION Complaints

ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, DRIVING AT SPEEDS OVER 60MPH FOR MORE THAN 50 MILES, CAUSES A SYSTEM ALERT THAT SAYS STEERING ASSIST FAULT AND THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT. THE FIRST TIME I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER BEFORE THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. THE NEXT TIME, MY BOYFRIEND WAS DRIVING AND HE HAD TO VEER ONTO THE SHOULDER. MOST RECENTLY, MY GRANDMOTHER DROVE MY CAR TO THE AIRPORT AND WAS UNABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE OUT OF TRAFFIC TURNING INTO THE AIRPORT AS SHE WAS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO MANEUVER THE CAR INTO THE PARKING LOT. I REGULARLY KEEP UP WITH ALL NECESSARY MAINTENANCE AND HAVE BROUGHT THE CAR TO MODICA BROTHERS AS WELL AS A LOCAL MECHANIC AND THEY HAVE BOTH TOLD ME IT IS BOLT CORROSION AS THEY ASSESSED ALL OTHER POSSIBILITIES. UPON RESEARCH, I FOUND A RECALL FOR FORD FUSIONS MANUFACTURED IN HERMOSILLO IN 2013 UNDER RECALL #19S26. I CONTACTED FORD ABOUT HAVING MY CAR ADDED TO THE RECALL AND WAS ADVISED TO REACH OUT TO NHTSA. AS THIS IS A BIG SAFETY HAZARD, I WISH TO HAVE THIS ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY.

MY VEHICLE WAS SERVICED FOR A WIDE SPREAD FAULTY DOOR LATCH RECALL IN 2016 AND WAS REINSPECTED AGAIN THIS YEAR FOR THE ANOTHER DOOR LATCH RECALL. NOW MY PASSENGER FRONT DOOR LATCH IS FAULTY CAUSING MY DOOR TO NOT CLOSE AT ALL. THE CUTTER FORD DEALER ON OAHU IS TELLING ME EVEN THOUGH MY DOOR LATCH IS FAULTY, IT'S NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL AND I WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT TO BE REPLACED. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? AFTER HAVING MY DOOR LATCHES REPLACED FOUR YEARS AGO DUE TO A RECALL, THEY ARE NOW FAULTY AGAIN FOUR YEARS LATER. DOES ANOTHER RECALL NEED TO BE ISSUED TO REPLACE THE DOOR LATCHES USED IN THE ORIGINAL RECALL. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND CORRECTED BY THE FORD DEALER FREE OF CHARGE.*DT CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED.*JB

WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT A SLOWER SPEED AROUND TURNS GOING UPHILL THE POWER STEERING ASSIST CONTROL LIGHT FLASHES ON AND THEN BACK OFF. IT HAS DONE THIS AT LEAST 5 TIMES

REAR SEATS GET STUCK WHEN LOWERED DOWN AND WILL NOT RELEASE TO RETURN BACK UP. TO BE SPECIFIC, THE LEFT BACKSEAT AND CENTER SEAT (AS THEY ARE ATTACHED) ARE THE ISSUE.

WHILE DRIVING I SMELLED A FAINT WHIFF OF GASOLINE, MOMENTS LATER THE CAR BEGAN FILLING UP WITH SMOKE THAT SPILLED IN THROUGH THE HEATER VENTS. THERE WAS ALSO SMOKE THAT WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. MY HUSBAND & I JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR TO RUN TO SAFETY AND I SAW FIRE UNDER THE FRONT END OF THE CAR. ONCE THE FIRE FIGHTERS ARRIVED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE WE WERE TOLD IT LOOKS LIKE THE ENGINE HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE.

MY VEHICLE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON , SCANNED IT AND THE CODE GENERATED WAS P1450 WHICH IS THE UNABLE TO BLEED UP FUEL TANK VACUUM. THIS HAS HAD A AFFECT ON MY CAR WHILE DRIVING IT HAS STALLED AT HIGH SPEEDS ON THE HIGHWAY, AND HAS STALLED AT LOWER SPEEDS AS WELL AND MAKING A TURN . IT MAKES A LOUD VACUUM NOISE AND YOU CAN HEAR THE WHINING OR WHISTLING OF THE PUMP OR HOSE NEAR THE FUEL TANK UNDER THE DRIVER DOOR AND UNDER THE HOOD . I LOOKED UP SIMILAR INFO ON THE FORD RECALL SITE AND SEEN THIS RECALL # 18S32 . SO I CALLED MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THE INFORMED ME THAT IT DON'T COVER MY FORD VEHICLE , BUT THERE'S A RECALL FOR THIS , SO I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY IT DON'T APPLY TO MY VEHICLE.

SHIFTER LINKAGE BUSHING FAILED, CAUSING THE CAR TO BECOME STUCK IN REVERSE. A SHORT SEARCH REVEALED THAT THERE IS ALREADY A RECALL OUT FOR THIS VERY THING, EXCEPT MY VIN "DOESN'T HAVE THIS ISSUE"

CAR VIOLENTLY SHOOK WHEN APPLYING ACCELERATOR AT LOW SPEEDS. THE CAR WAS SHAKING SO VIOLENTLY THAT I HAD TO STOP DRIVING AND CALL FOR A TOW TRUCK. ONLY DROVE APPROX. 1/4 MILE FROM WHERE IT WAS PARKED ON A SUBURBAN ROAD. CAR NEARLY UNDRIVEABLE. SPARK PLUGS AND WIRES HAD JUST BEEN REPLACED BY MECHANIC RECOMMENDATION THE DAY BEFORE. ENGINE MISFIRING.

GEAR SHIFT CABLE DISCONNECTED, CAUSING INABILITY TO MOVE CAR. NO POWER TO ACCELERATOR REGARDLESS OF GEAR POSITION (COULD NOT GO FORWARD OR REVERSE). VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY, AND HAD JUST COMPLETED A 30 MINUTE DRIVE.

PREVIOUSLY HAD ENGINE REPLACED BY LOCAL FORD DEALER DUE TO RECALL OF COOLANT SYSTEM CAUSING OVERHEAT OF THE ENGINE. LESS THAN 2 YEARS FROM TIME OF REPLACEMENT THE ENGINE FAILED FOR THE EXACT SAME REASON THE ORIGINAL RECALL WORK WAS DONE. AM BEING TOLD THAT THIS REPAIR WILL NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY OF ORIGINAL WORK OR RECALL.