2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK, THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT IN THE CAR AT 55 MPH AS I ENTERED A TURN MAKING IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO BRING THE CAR SAFELY TO A STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. VERY UNSAFE! THIS MODEL YEAR SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE EXISTING 2011 THROUGH 2012 RECALL.

DRIVING DOWN A EXIT, RAMP, LOST ALL ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. I IDLED TO THE PARTS STORE, HAD THE CHECK ENGINE CODE READ, IT INDICATED A THROTTLE BODY MALFUNCTION. I ORDERED AND THEN REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY AND IT FIXED THE PROBLEM

THE POWER STEERING QUIT, WHICH MADE STEERING THE VEHICLE BY MY 21 Y/O DAUGHTER NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. FORTUNATELY, IT QUIT JUST AS SHE ENTERED A PARKING PLACE A SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW, MESSAGE APPEARED AT THE MOMENT IT FAILED.

TAKATA RECALL - RECEIVED FIRST NOTICE IN JULY 2016, AT OLD ADDRESS - FORWARDED TO NEW ADDRESS; CALLED LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHO INDICATED PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. CALLED OFTEN STILL NOT AVAILABLE - RECEIVED NOTICE 12/17 THAT PARTS AVAILABLE SPRING OF 2017 AND NOT TO DRIVE WITH PASSENGERS IN FRONT ROW; CALLED FORD - THEY TOLD ME THAT PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE BY LATE MAY OR EARLY JUNE 2018 . FINALLY FORD APPROVED A RENTAL CAR BUT I CANNOT TAKE IT OUT OF MY HOME STATE. MY CAR HAS SAT FOR ALMOST A YEAR. I TRAVEL OUT OF STATE - HATE TO FLY BUT DRIVE TO VISIT AND CONSULT. I AM 75 AND MAKING CAR PAYMENT ON A CAR I CANNOT DRIVE.

THE INTERIOR DOOR LATCH ON THE DRIVERS SIDE NO LONGER OPENS THE DOOR. YOU MUST ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW AND REACH OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE TO OPEN THE DOOR. THIS OCCURRED JUNE 2018 AS I WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET OUT OF MY CAR AT MY HOME. WHILE DOING RESEARCH ON THIS PROBLEM I NOTICED THAT MANY FUSION OWNERS HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM. ADDITIONALLY, OTHER FORD VEHICLES(2013-15 FORD CMAX & FORD ESCAP, 2012-15 FORD FOCUS, 2015 FORD MUSTANG & LINCOLN MKC AND 2014-16 FORD TRANSIT CONNECT) HAVE A DOOR LATCH RECALL BUT NOT THE FUSION. IT IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE WHEN YOU ARE UNABLE TO OPEN THE CAR DOOR IN A NORMAL WAY.

THE CAR IS SUBJECT TO NHTSA RECALL NUMBER 18V046. IT IS MY MOTHER'S CAR WHO NO LONGER DRIVES, AND SO I WASN'T AWARE OF THE RECALL UNTIL I ATTEMPTED TO TRADE IT IN THIS MONTH. I CALLED THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT OLATHE FORD IN OLATHE KS AND WAS TOLD THE CAR IS SAFE TO DRIVE AS LONG AS NO ONE SITS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. I FOUND THIS REMARK TO BE RATHER LUDICROUS AND ASKED TO SPEAK WITH A MANAGER. THE "MANAGER" RUDELY STATED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE REPLACEMENT PARTS. I ASKED TO SPEAK WITH THE DEALERSHIP GENERAL MANAGER AND THE PERSON PROMPTLY HUNG UP. COINCIDENTALLY, I HAD THE CAR APPRAISED AT CARNAX IN MERRIAM KS IN APRIL 2018 AND THEY MADE AN OFFER WITHOUT MENTIONING THE AIRBAG RECALL.

POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT. LOST ALL POWER STEERING AFTER STARTING THE CAR. THE FAULT INDICATOR CAME ACROSS THE DASH. 2011-2012 WERE RECALLED BUT NOT THE 2010 ACCORDING TO INTERNET LOTS AND LOTS OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING OF SAME ISSUE

TAKATA RECALL, RECALL LETTER TELL YOU THAT YOU SHOULD NOT DRIVE THE CAR IT MY CAUSE DEATH TO PASSENGERS. THEY PUT YOUR NAME ON A LIST, I WAS TOLD I WAS 20 ON THE LIST AND IT IS TAKING 3 TO 4 DAYS PER PERSON TO GET A CAR THAT IS 60 DAYS.

POWER STEERING WENT OUT DURING DRIVING MAKING IT UNABLE TO TURN WHEEL 2010 SHOULD BEEN ADDED TO THE RECALL

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK THE MORNING OF JUNE 28, 2018 THE POWER STEERING IN MY CAR STOPPED WORKING. I ALMOST COULDN'T CONTROL MY CAR. WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO THE MECHANIC THAT AFTERNOON, WHO THEN INFORMED ME THAT THE ENTIRE EPS SYSTEM HAD FAILED AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. I THEN GOT A CALL THE NEXT DAY STATING THAT IN ORDER TO REPLACE IT THAT I ALSO HAD TO REPLACE BOTH TIE RODS DUE TO THE BEING ATTACHED TO THE EPS SYSTEM. AFTER SPEAKING TO SOMEONE AT A FORD DEALERSHIP THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY THOUGHT THIS WAS ALREADY UNDER RECALL. LUCKILY WHEN I WAS DRIVING I WAS ONLY GOING 25 MPH IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, IF I WERE GOING ANY FASTER IT COULD HAVE CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.