2014 FORD FUSION Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS IN REVERSE, THE BACK OVER CAMERA BECAME INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED AND QUOTED OVER 700.00 TO REPAIR. COGSWELL MOTORS (1900 E MAIN ST, RUSSELLVILLE, AR 72801, (479) 968-2665) WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,000.*DT*JB*DT CONSUMER STATED HE DID HIT SOMETHING AND AT THE TIME VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY. DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER CAMMERA WAS FINE.*JB

MY BACK UP CAMERA CONTINUOUSLY STOPS WORKING. IT HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. FROM A SITTING POSITION WHEN PLACED IN REVERSE MOST TIMES THE BACK UP CAM WILL COME ON AND STAY ON FOR A FEW SECONDS, THEN GO TO A BLACK SCREEN AND SOMETIMES STAY BLACK AND OTHER TIMES CRAZY IMAGES WILL COME UP. IT ALMOST APPEARS TO HAVE SOME SORT OF SHORT IN IT CAUSING THIS TO OCCUR. FOR SEVERAL YEARS IT WORKED PROPERLY, NOW EVERY TIME I PLACE IN REVERSE IT IS A GUESSING GAME AS TO WHETHER IT WILL WORK AT ALL.

BACK UP CAMERA MALFUNCTION. CAMERA DISPLAY WILL EITHER BE BLACK OR ZOOMED IN AND MIRRORED. HAS GOTTEN WORSE TO THE POINT THE CAMERA FAILS 99% OF THE TIME DUE TO THE HEIGHT OF THE REAR SEATS VISIBILITY IS GREATLY AFFECTED. HAPPENS WHEN PLACING CAR IN REVERSE.

I HEARD A NOISE IN MY VEHICLE IN JULY. I HAD THE SERVICE MANAGER TAKE A DRIVE. HE THOUGHT IT WAS A WHEEL BEARING. ON SEPTEMBER 2 I TOOK IT IN TO BE FIXED. THE MECHANIC SAID IT WAS NOT A WHEEL BEARING. IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AND IT WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. I CONTACTED FORD DIRECTLY. THEY TOLD ME THIS WAS A KNOWN ISSUE AND I NEEDED TO FILE THIS COMPLAINT. I HAVE ATTACHED THE WORK ORDER FROM THE DEALERSHIP DOCUMENTING THIS FACT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FLAMMER FORD OF SPRING HILL (3335 COMMERCIAL WAY, SPRING HILL, FL 34606) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE LUG NUTS ON THE FOUR WHEELS WERE SWOLLEN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HAD NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A REPAIR NEEDING TO BE PERFORMED ON ANY VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING 30 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITH THE POWER STEERING ASSIST WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO STEER. THE CONTACT'S WIFE DROVE THE VEHICLE TO AN UNKNOWN DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE STEERING GEAR PMI MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V632000 (STEERING) AS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO THE FAILURE HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT, PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 98,000.

I HAVE TAKEN GREAT CARE OF MY CAR AND HAD IT SERVICED REGULARLY. ALL OF A SUDDEN IT STARTED HAVING STARTUP ISSUES WITH WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM THE EXHAUST AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS INDICATING MISFIRE ON THIRD CYLINDER AND RANDOM MISFIRES ON STARTUP. SHORTLY AFTER THESE SYMPTOMS PRESENTED, THE CAR RAPIDLY OVERHEATED WHILE IN MOTION AND LEFT ME STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I TOOK IT TO TWO SHOPS AND BOTH CONFIRMED IT IS RELATED TO A KNOWN ISSUE WITH MY ENGINE (1.5 ECOBOOST) FOR WHICH FORD HAS RELEASED MULTIPLE CORRECTIONS IN THE FORM OF TSBS, FSAS, AND CSPS. THE DESIGN OF THE SHORT BLOCK AND THE ENGINE PROGRAMMING HAVE CAUSED THE COOLANT TO PREMATURELY DEGRADE THE HEAD GASKET WHICH LEADS TO COOLANT INTRUSION INTO THE ENGINE CYLINDERS. IN MY SPECIFIC CASE, THE ISSUE HAS PRESENTED IN CYLINDER 3. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF THIS ISSUE BY THE DEALER FORD OF PORT RICHEY OR THE MANUFACTURER AND IT WILL NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY DESPITE THE CAUSE OF THE ISSUE ORIGINATING AT THE MANUFACTURER FROM THE DESIGN OF THE SHORT BLOCK COOLANT PASSAGES AND THE ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING OF THE ENGINE. THIS SHOULD BE HANDLED AS A RECALL CONSIDERING IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE A VEHICLE THAT IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO SPONTANEOUSLY OVERHEAT UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS, LEAVING A DRIVER AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

DROVE MY 2014 FUSION WITH APPROX 141,800 MILES ON IT TO WORK (APPROX 30 MILES) THE NIGHT OF 8/25/2020 WITH NO ISSUES OR WARNING LIGHTS UPON PARKING IN THE PARKING GARAGE AND EXITING THE VEHICLE. WHEN I CAME OUT THE NEXT MORNING IT FAILED TO START WITH THE REMOTE. WHEN I GOT IN AND TRIED TO START IT, IT STILL WOULD NOT START AND IT PROVIDED NO WARNING LIGHTS. HAD SOMEONE ATTEMPT TO JUMP IT WHICH OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T WORK, SO WAS IT TOWED TO A NEARBY FORD SERVICE CENTER. THE SUMMARY OF THEIR DIAGNOSTICS WAS AS FOLLOWS: THERE WAS NO COOLANT (WHICH I HAD PUT SOME IN ABOUT 3 WEEKS PRIOR, AFTER THE CAR DID PROVIDE A WARNING THAT IT WAS OVERHEATING. I HAD PRESUMED THAT THE FORD QUICK LANE FORGOT TO CHECK MY COOLANT LEVELS WHEN IT WAS THERE 5/13/20 AND AT THIS TIME IT WAS LOW BUT NOT EMPTY), SPARK PLUG NUMBER 2 HAD COOLANT ON IT, CYLINDER #2 ALSO HAD COOLANT IN IT, AND AFTER CLEANING ALL SPARK PLUGS AND REINSTALLING THEM WHITE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE TAIL PIPE WHICH SMELLED LIKE COOLANT. IT WAS REQUESTED THAT I REPLACE THE BATTERY AND GET A NEW ENGINE AT WHICH THEY GAVE ME A QUOTE OF $6526.86. AFTER DOING RESEARCH AND ASKING A NON-FORD MECHANIC, HE AGREED IT WAS A FORD DEFECT. FORD WAS NOTIFIED VIA PHONE AND A CASE NUMBER WAS PROVIDED, BUT SAID THEY COULD NOT HELP WITH THIS MATTER. THIS IS THE SAME ISSUE THE 1.6L AND 2.0L HAD THAT WAS RECALLED AND FORD ACKNOWLEDGES THE ISSUE WITH THE 1.5L IN SSM 48106. REALLY SUCKS BECAUSE THE CAR RUNS GREAT OTHER THAN THIS ISSUE AND IS CURRENTLY PARKED WHILE MAKING A DECISION TO FIX OR SELL. NOTE: ALL ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WORK ON THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN DONE BY FORD.

2014 FORD FUSION HAD NO PRIOR PROBLEMS AND NEVER INDICATED ANY OVERHEATING. AT 60K MILES THE DASH INDICATED ENGINE OVERHEATED. PARKED THE CAR IMMEDIATELY AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP ADVISED THE COOLANT ENTERED THE ENGINE CYLINDER HEADS AND THAT THE ENTIRE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

I WAS INVOLVED IN A MAJOR COLLISION ON THURSDAY 8/27 AT APPROXIMATELY 3:30PM. WHILE APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN, I REMOVED MY FOOT FROM THE GAS AND ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE, BUT RATHER THAN SLOW DOWN, MY CAR ACCELERATED. WHEN I PRESSED THE BRAKE ALL THE WAY DOWN IT STILL CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE UNTIL I HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE WHICH FINALLY STOPPED MY CAR. I AM LUCKY NO ONE INCLUDING MYSELF DIED- THIS IS ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE. FORD CONTINUES TO HAVE THESE ISSUES AND THEIR NEGLIGENCE IS GOING TO HARM MORE PEOPLE!