2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT AND TRACTION FAULT AT 125,000 MILES. POWER STEERING FAILED AND CAR COULD BARELY BE STEERED. DANGEROUS CONDITION. ENTIRE ASSIST PART NEEDED REPLACEMENT FOR $1600. UNACCEPTABLE. TURNING ON THE STREET, ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENT.

TAKATA INFLATORS. WE WERE MAILED AN "IMPORTANT SAFETY RECALL" LETTER ON JUNE 15, 2016 AND RECEIVED ANOTHER ONE IN JULY 2016. THIS IS OCTOBER 2017 AND OUR AIR BAG RECALL SITUATION HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN CARE OF! WHEN I HAVE CALLED OUR LOCAL FORD DEALER, WHERE WE PURCHASED OUR CAR, TO ASK WHEN THIS WOULD BE REPAIRED, I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE IS NO REMEDY YET, BUT TO BE ASSURED, I WOULD BE THE "FIRST ONE CALLED WHEN THERE IS," AND THIS STATEMENT WAS INSIGNIFICANT TO ME, EVEN USELESS. EVERYONE WITH THIS PROBLEM, GIVEN THE WARNINGS, SHOULD BE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST, NOT JUST INSTRUCTED TO SIMPLY "NOT USE THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT" UNTIL THE AIRBAG IS REPLACED! I WAS STRONGLY URGED TO NOT HAVE ANYONE SIT IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT UNTIL THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. MY FORD FUSION HAS BEEN THE FAVORITE CAR I HAVE OWNED! IT'S PRIMARY PURPOSE IS FOR MY HUSBAND AND I TO TRAVEL AND TO SPEND TIME WITH OUR GRANDCHILDREN AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS. RIDING "CHAUFFEUR" STYLE WITH MY HUSBAND WHEN WE TRAVEL IS NOT WHY WE PURCHASED THIS CAR! I COULD UNDERSTAND A WEEK OR TWO, OR POSSIBLY A MONTH, BUT 16 MONTHS WITH NO END IN SIGHT IS RIDICULOUS! WHEN I WANT TO HAVE A DAY OUT WITH MY FRIEND, IT IS EMBARRASSING TO ASK HER TO SIT IN THE BACK SEAT FOR HER SAFETY. THIS ISSUE HAS STRONGLY AFFECTED MY DESIRE TO PURCHASE ANOTHER FORD PRODUCT, AND WE HAVE PURCHASED MANY FORD VEHICLES! MY FATHER-IN-LAW RETIRED FROM FORD MOTOR CO. PLEASE CORRECT THIS PROBLEM ASAP! THE DATE I HAVE ENTERED BELOW AS "DATE THIS HAPPENED" REFERS TO THE FIRST DATE THAT WE WERE ISSUED NOTICE THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAG RECALL WAS IN PLACE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORTS TO CORRECT THIS SITUATION FOR US IMMEDIATELY, SAFELY, CORRECTLY. P.S. WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE RECALLS ON VARIOUS PARTS OF OUR 2010 FORD FUSION.

FOLLOWING A BRAKING EVENT THAT ENGAGED THE ABS SYSTEM, THE BRAKES FELT SOFT OR SPONGY. AFTER DEPRESSING THE PEDAL FULLY A FEW TIMES, THE ISSUE SEEMED TO RESOLVE. ANOTHER ABS EVENT OCCURRED A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND THIS TIME DEPRESSING THE PEDAL DID NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THE SOFT BRAKE FEELING HAS PERSISTED FOR WEEKS. WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THERE IS INITIALLY A SMALL AND BRIEF DECELERATION OF THE CAR, FOLLOWED BY AT LEAST 1 INCH OF BRAKE PEDAL TRAVEL THAT DOES NOT SEEM TO CAUSE ANY FURTHER BRAKING. FINALLY, WHEN THE PEDAL IS ALMOST FULLY DEPRESSED, THE BRAKES ENGAGE AND THE CAR DECELERATES. THE RESISTANCE FELT IN THE DURING THE TRAVEL OF THE BRAKE PEDAL SEEMS TO CHANGE AS THE CAR WARMS UP, OR AS THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE CHANGES. THE RESULT IS THAT BRAKES FEEL UNRELIABLE AND UNPREDICTABLE EVERY TIME THEY ENGAGE. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROBLEM BEING INVESTIGATED AS A PART OF NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: PE16017.

PURCHASED USED 8/1/14, WAS NOT INFORMED OF ANY RECALLS OR ISSUES BY DEALERSHIP. APRIL 2017 AFTER LEARNING BY SEARCHING ON GOOGLE THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON FUEL TANK/SYSTEM. SPOKE WITH FORD CORP. WHICH EMAILED THE RECALL PROCESS STEP BY STEP, WAS INFLUENCED TO MENTION THE THROTTLE BODY WHICH WAS COVERED UNDER EXT. WARRANTY. TOOK TO DEALER IN TUCSON, AZ JIM CLICK FORD. AFTER 3 HOURS OF POSSESSING VEHICLE I RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT FUEL TANK/ SYSTEM AND THROTTLE BODY WERE NOT AFFECTED AND NO WORK WAS REQUIRED AND EVEN AFTER AGREEMENT BY FORD CORP. AND THE SALES REP. THAT NO DIAGNOSTICS FEE WOULD BE CHARGED. I SPENT 3 HOURS ARGUING THAT IT WAS COVERED BY WARRANTY AND RECALL. FOUND OUT LATER THROTTLE BODY IS RECALLED ISSUE, THAT'S WHY EXT. WARRANTY. ISSUES WITH FUEL/ AIR INTAKE REQUIRED INSPECTING THROTTLE BODY. DISCOVERED EXTENSIVE CARBON BUILD UP AND THE FUEL TANK HAD EVIDENCE OF RUSTING. JIM CLICK FORD OF TUCSON DAMAGED VEHICLE FROM DRIVER SIDE TO PASS. SIDE IN CENTER OF VEHICLE INCLUDING MAIN FRAME. CHANGES TO THE SYNC AND COMPUTER BECAME NOTICEABLE DUE TO UPGRADED OPTIONS THAT HAD NEVER BEEN USABLE. IGNITION SWITCH HAD BEEN REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH CHEAP RUBBER, LIGHTING NO LONGER EXISTED( LIGHT FOR ON/OFF, ACC), WAS TOLD SPARK PLUGS AND BOOTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THEY HAD BEGUN WORK (WITHOUT PERMISSION). LATER THAT WEEK PLUGS HAD BEEN PULLED ND INSPECTED, ONLY ONE PLUG WAS NO GOOD (HAD THEM REPLACED IN DECEMBER BY CLOSE FAMILY FRIEND WHO OWNS MECHANIC SHOP 40+ YEARS. EMPLOYEES LEFT BOX OF APPROX 50 NEW JIM CLICK COFFEE MUGS, FOOT PRINTS ON PASSENGER DOOR, STOLE DEBIT CARD, THREW GIRLFRIENDS UNDERWEAR AND BRAS OUT OF BAG AND SPREAD OUT IN TRUNK.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING SEIZED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN 45 MPH. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 45,000.

STARTED THE CAR AND STARTED BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT WHEN POWER STEERING ASSIST WENT OUT. THE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AFTER IT STOPPED STEERING. PARKED THE CAR WAITING ON A RETURN CALL FROM THE FORD DEALERSHIP.

POWER STEERING. I HAVE HAD MY CAR FOR ONLY 7 MONTHS WHEN THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPEN . IT HAD AFTER ABOUT A MONTH OF ME HAVING MY CAR WHEN THE SERVICE ADVANCE TRAC. CAME O I DID LET THE DEALERSHIP KNOW AND ALL THEY TOLD ME WAS I HAD PUSH A BUTTON. WELL IT DID GO OFF UNTIL A BOUT A MONTH AGO WHEN IT CAME BACK AS I WAS DRIVING AND ALSO THAT'S WHEN MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT AT THE SAME TIME. I THEN AGAIN TOLD THEM. WELL SINCE THEN I'M STILL TRYING TO GET IT FIX ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER MAJOR RECALLS THAT ARE ON MY CAR. I DID TELL THEM ABOUT IT AND ALL THEY TOLD ME WAS THERE ARE NO RECALLS ON MY CAR. THIS IS VERY FRUSTRATING. FORD DOES NEED TO DO A RECALL ON THE 2010 FORD FUSION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. WHEN THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE AND SHIFTED THE GEAR INTO REVERSE, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING BECAME STIFF AND REQUIRED EXCESSIVE FORCE IN ORDER TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER (CLASSIC FORD LINCOLN, 8540 TYLER BLVD, MENTOR, OH 44060) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,800. .UPDATED 11/09/17 *BF CONSUMER STATED SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING UPDATE 7/25/18*JB

TAKATA RECALL: RECEIVED SAFETY RECALL IN JULY 2016. STILL WAITING FOR REPLACEMENT. FORD SEEMS TO BE DRAGGING THEIR FEET..

POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT- THIS WARNING OCCURS RANDOMLY AND THE POWER STEERING FAILS WHEN TURNING ON THE CAR. OFTEN I CAN REMEDY THE ISSUE BY RESTARTING THE CAR, BUT IT HAS BEEN OCCURRING MORE FREQUENTLY AND RESTARTING THE CAR WON'T FIX IT. I'VE READ MANY ACCOUNTS OF THIS HAPPENING WHILE DRIVING AND REPRESENTS A SAFETY HAZARD. TIME TO ISSUE A RECALL ON 2010 MODELS AS FORD HAS FOR OTHER MODELS.