2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT MESSAGE SHOWED UP ON DASHBOARD AND POWER STEERING WAS LOST WHEN CAR WAS TURNED ON AFTER BEING PARKED IN A PARKING LOT FOR A FEW MINUTES.

CRANKED CAR AFTER PARKED IN HOME GARAGE OVERNIGHT AND THE SERVICE ADVANCETRAC MESSAGE APPEARED. ABA, BRAKE, AND ADVANCE TRAC LIGHTS ARE ON HUD. CAR ALSO HAS NO POWER STEERING. THE CAR HAS 120400 MILES ON IT AND HAS ALREADY BEEN REPAIRED FOR THIS ISSUE ONE TIME BY A FORD DEALERSHIP. THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD 2 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR FROM A DEALERSHIP AS CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED WITH 67508 MILES.. THE FIRST REPAIR WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. DEALER REPAIR NOTE FROM 1ST INCIDENT: SERVICE DIAG & REPLACE STEERING GEAR & REPROGRAM PSCM & PERFORM ALIGNMENT & TEST OK

THE POWER STEERING OF THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN OUT FOR OVER A YEAR. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS SAME POWER STEERING FAULT ON 2011 FORD FUSION AND NEWER. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDED TO THE 2010 MODELS AS WELL. MY POWER STEERING MODULE NEEDS TO BE COMPLETELY REPLACED THE POWER STEERING DOES NOT WORK AND MAKES THE CAR INOPERABLE. THIS WENT OUT ON ME WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING FAILED TO FUNCTION AND THE STEERING WHEEL TIGHTENED UP AND WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION. THE EPS WARNING INDICATOR WAS NOT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER (AUTONATION TOYOTA PINELLAS PARK, 8501 US HIGHWAY 19 N, PINELLAS PARK, FL 33781, (727) 231-1323) INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THE GEAR IN THE STEERING COLUMN AND WIRING HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A POWER STEERING RECALL EVEN THOUGH ONE HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR OTHER YEARS OF THE SAME MODEL. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

THE POWER STEERING ASSIST HAS BEEN GOING OUT INTERMITTINGLY FOR SOME TIME, HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON IT CORRECT ITSELF. TODAY (JUNE 26, 2018) IT HAS FAILED AND WILL NOT CORRECT ITSELF. THIS HAS HAPPENED BOTH WHEN THE CAR WAS MOVING AND WHEN IT HAS BEEN PARKED.

THE POWERSTEARING ASSIST FAILED WHILE DRIVING ALMOST WRECKED MY CAR IN TRAFFIC...IT'S A OPEN RECALL ON THE 2011-2012 FORD FUSION BUT NOT ON THE 2010

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON AS WELL AS CHECK FUEL FILL INLET MESSAGE. OBD CODE SHOWS SMALL EMISSIONS LEAK. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL OCCASIONALLY DISAPPEAR ON ITS OWN AND THE CHECK FUEL FILL INLET MESSAGE WILL ALSO GO AWAY, BUT BOTH ALWAYS REAPPEAR EVENTUALLY. THIS CAR HAS THE CAPLESS FUEL INLET.

SERVICE ADVANCETRAC MESSAGE POPS UP RANDOMLY ON DASH. POWER STEERING FAILURE OCCURS RANDOMLY, ESPECIALLY WHILE TURNING AT SLOWER SPEEDS, AND IS ACCOMPANIED BY POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILURE MESSAGE. THE CAR IS VERY HARD TO STEER AT THIS TIME, BUT SO FAR THAT ISSUE IS RESOLVED IF I AM ABLE TO SHUT OFF THE CAR FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN RESTART. THIS STARTED ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO BUT MOST RECENT WAS 6/20/18.

MY FAMILY HAS HAD THIS CAR SINCE IT WAS BRAND NEW WITH THIS PROBLEM REOCCURRING BOTH AT START UP AND DRIVING IN MOTION! MY SON WAS JUST DRIVING DOWN THE STREET WHEN THE STEERING WENT OUT WHILE HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GO AROUND A CORNER AND ALMOST HIT SEVERAL PEDESTRIANS AND OTHER CARS! THEN IT CAME BACK ON LATER THEN WENT OUT AGAIN ON THE HIGHWAY WHICH ARE MTN. ROADS WHERE WE LIVE AND ABOUT WENT OFF A CLIFF! I HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCE DOING THE SAME THING WITH ME, (A VERY EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONAL DRIVER) DRIVING WITH NEAR MISSES DUE TO SAME THING HAPPENING THEN GOING AWAY WITH NO PROBLEM FOR MONTHS IF NOT YEARS. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND UNREAL THAT THERE ARE THIS MANY COMPLAINTS AND ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES DUE TO THIS PROBLEM AND NOTHING DONE TO FIX IT! THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND OTHER YEARS 2011 AND 2012 WITH THE SAME PROBLEM GOT RECALLED EXCEPT FOR THE 2010, ALL WITH THE SAME PROBLEM! IF NOTHING IS DONE ABOUT THIS I WILL BE INCLINED TO MAKE THIS VERY PUBLIC AND HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO SO! THIS IS NEGLIGENCE ON FORD'S PART AND AND THE NHTSA'S PART FOR NOT ACTING APPROPRIATELY TO THIS WELL KNOWN PROBLEM!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD WHEN DEPRESSED. CARUSO FORD LINCOLN IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBLE LEAK IN THE MASTER CYLINDER OR THE BRAKE BOOSTER WAS FAULTY. THE DEALER PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND STATED THAT THE HYDRAULIC ABS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 122,000.