2014 FORD FUSION Complaints

THE BUSHING SHIFTER HAS CAUSED THE GEAR TO BE IN PARK WHILE THE DASHBOARD SAYS REVERSE. THE CAR WON'T START AND WITHOUT EMERGENCY BREAKS IT ROLLS. IT HAS BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS EXACT ISSUE ALONG WITH 3 OTHER RECALLS. THE CAR WAS IN A RESTAURANT PARKING LOT.

FROM COLD START, POWER STEERING FAILURE. STEERING WHEEL IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN WITH ENGINE RUNNING. INSTRUMENTATION WARNING LIGHT AND MESSAGE: "STEERING ASSIST FAULT...SERVICE ADVANCE TRAC." VEHICLE NOT DRIVABLE. 72,715 MILES ON VEHICLE.

TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING REALLY BAD. IT STALLS WHILE DRIVING AND TRYING TO ACCELERATE. IT ALSO SHIFTS OUT REALLY ROUGH. THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM STAYS ON EVEN WHEN THE CAR IS OFF I'VE ALREADY REPLACED REFURBISHED TRANSMISSION AND THE WHEEL BEARING. I FEEL VERY UNSAFE AND DON'T ALLOW MY KIDS TO RIDE IN CAR FOR NOT KNOWING WHAT COULD HAPPEN. EVEN WHILE CAR IS IDLING THERE A LOUD KNOCK

THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THERE WAS A CLUNK FROM THE POWERTRAIN AND THE ENGINE LIGHT AND "HAZARD DO NOT DRIVE" LIGHT CAME ON. I PULLED OVER AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. THERE HAD BEEN A ODD, SORT OF HARD TO HEAR WHINING NOISE WHEN DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR COMING FROM SOME PART OF THE POWERTRAIN FOR AROUND 20,000 MILES OR SO. I DIDN'T THINK A WHOLE LOT ABOUT IT SINCE THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS OR ENGINE LIGHTS ON AND BESIDES THE WHINING NOISE THE VEHICLE RAN NORMAL. I HAD THE VEHICLE TAKEN TO A FORD DEALERSHIP FOR A REPAIR ESTIMATE AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED WITH A BRAND NEW ONE AT THE COST OF ALMOST WHAT THE VEHICLE'S RESALE VALUE WAS. I LATER HAD IT TAKEN TO A TRANSMISSION REPAIR SPECIALIST WHERE THEY WOULD REMOVE THE TRANSMISSION THEN REPAIR THE INTERNAL COMPONENTS IN THE TRANSMISSION AT A LESSER COST THAN REPLACING IT WITH A BRAND NEW ONE. I WAS TOLD THE "TRANSFER GEAR BEARING" FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED A LONG WITH OTHER "FAIL POINTS" KNOWN TO FAIL IN THIS PARTICULAR MODEL TRANSMISSION.

VEHICLE SHUTTERING SHIFTING HARD INTO SECOND OR THIRD GEAR FROM FIRST JUST STARTED

VEHICLE'S GAS PEDDLE BECOMES UNRESPONSIVE/LOCKS WHILE IN OPERATION. TWICE THIS HAS OCCURRED AT TOP SPEEDS OF 65 ON MAJOR HIGHWAYS AND THANKFULLY, IN SITUATIONS WHERE I COULD PULL ONTO A MEDIAN. THAT SAID, THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION REGARDLESS AND SHOULD SUBSTANTIATE AN INVESTIGATION AS IT'S APPARENT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO'S EXPERIENCED THIS. IN ADDITION TO THIS, THE VEHICLE REFUSES TO TURN OVER WHEN FILLED WITH GASOLINE.

MY CAR, A 2014 FORD FUSION SE, WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY ON 1/2/2021, EVERYTHING WAS FINE ON 1/3/2021 I STARTED THE CAR AND MY POWER ASSIST DID NOT WORK AND AN ERROR OF "STEERING ASSIST FAULT SERVICE REQUIRED", "SERVICE ADVANCETRAC", "HILL ASSIST OFF" AND MY TRACTION LIGHT CAME ON STATING IT IS OFF. THIS CAR HAS 74036 MILES AND HAS NEVER HAD A PROBLEM. I CALLED THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THERE ARE NO RECALLS FOR THIS. THE CAR WAS STATIONARY WITH NO REASON FOR THESE PROBLEMS.

START THE VEHICLE A FAULT IS DISPLAYED ON DASHBOARD STEERING ASSIST FAULT. THE STEERING WHEEL DOES NOT TURN, CAN NOT DRIVE THE CAR.

TIRE IN FOR SERVICE, FIRESTONE REP STATED LUG NUTS NEED TO BE REPLACED, THEY ARE "MUSHROOMING" WHICH COULD CAUSE AN INABILITY TO REMOVE THE LUG NUTS IN CASE OF ROADSIDE EMERGENCY.

BACK UP CAMERA WOULD BE IN PARK. AS SONN AS I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE THE SCREEN WOULD GO BLACK OTHER TIMES IT WOULD GO IN AND OUT. SUNROOF SEAL IS LEAKING!!! ENGINE- I NOTICES WHEN IM AT THE STOP LIGHT TURNS GREEN MY VEHICLE TAKE A FEW SECONDS TO ACCELERATE, IT MAKES A HORRIBLE PULL STRAIGHTFORWARD MOTION. I NOTICES THE BODY PAINT CHIPS HORRIBLE IN ODD PLACES ON THE VEHICLE.