2010 FORD FUSION HYBRID Complaints

TAKATA RECALL-DROPPED MY 2010 FUSION OFF ON WEDNESDAY AFTER 4 MONTHS WAITING FOR THE PART TO BE IN. ASKED TO HAVE AN OIL CHANGE DONE WHILE IT WAS BEING WORKED ON. I GO TO PICK IT UP SATURDAY AND DROP OFF THE RENTAL ONLY TO FIND MY VEHICLE WITH NO POWER STEERING, POWER STEERING FAULT, SERVICE ADVANCE TRAC SYSTEM. I RECENTLY HERNIATED A DISC IN MY BACK AND DO NOT POSSESS THE STRENGTH TO TURN THE WHEEL, RENDERING THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE WITHOUT POWER STEERING. MY FUSION NEVER LEFT THE SERVICE BAY. I GET A CALL MONDAY FROM SHEEHY FORD SERVICE, TELLING ME THAT I NEED A NEW RACK AND PINION TO THE TUNE OF $2400, DUE TO THE ELECTRONIC STEERING BEING AN ENCLOSED UNSERVICEABLE SYSTEM. SHEEHY REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY CAUSED THIS FAILURE DURING THE COURSE OF MY OIL CHANGE AND RECALL REPLACEMENT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. THEY QUOTED ME $1049 FOR AN AFTER MARKET RACK AND OFFERED TO PAY FOR IT IF I COULD PROVE THAT IT WAS SOMETHING THEY DID TO CAUSE THE FAILURE. AFTER HOURS OF SPEAKING TO THE SERVICE MANAGER AND ASSISTANT MANAGER THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY STOPPED PAYING FOR THE RENTAL WHEN I DID NOT DRIVE MY UNSAFE VEHICLE HOME. BY WEDNESDAY WAITING FOR A RETURN PHONE CALL ABOUT ANY OTHER OPTIONS AND CALLING FORD BECAUSE THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE POWER STEERING ON 11S AND 12S, AS SUGGESTED BY THE SERVICE MANAGER, I TOLD THEM TO GO AHEAD AN ORDER THE AFTER MARKET RACK. THURSDAY THEY CALL TO TELL ME ITS READY. AS I RUN HOME TO GRAB THE KEYS FOR THE RENTAL, LEAVING IT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE WITH MY PHONE, COMPUTER, AND OTHER ITEMS STILL INSIDE, FORD HAD SENT A TOW TRUCK TO REPOSSESS THE RENTAL. COUNTY POLICE BEING CALLED, RENTAL TOWED, CAB TO THE DEALER, PAY THE $1049, AND END UP GETTING CHARGED OVER $300 BY THE RENTAL COMPANY SINCE FORD REFUSED TO PAY WHILE THE POWER STEERING ISSUE WAS BEING ARGUED. UNSAFE AND ABSOLUTELY APPALLING BY SHEEHY AND FORD.

THIS RECALL GOES BACK TO 2016 AT LEAST. FORD HAS SENT LETTERS IN 2016, 2017 AND 2018 WARNING ABOUT THIS RECALL AND THEY WILL NOTIFY ME WHEN PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. HOW LONG CAN FORD POSTPONE A SAFETY RECALL? APPEARS FORD IS WAITING FOR THIS ISSUE TO EXPIRE OR THE CAR TO BE SCRAPPED.

WHEN MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND WARNING LIGHTS WENT ON. THOSE WARNING LIGHTS WERE: SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW AND SERVICE ADVANCETRAC. MY WIFE COULD NOT DRIVE THE CAR AND NEEDED TO GET IT TOWED TO A LOCAL SHOP.

TAKATA RECALL - I HAVE BEEN WAITING 11 MONTHS SINCE FIRST LEARNING OF THIS RECALL TO HAVE THE AIRBAGS REPLACED. FORD HAS NOT YET ANNOUNCED WHEN THIS ISSUE WILL BE CORRECTED.

TAKATA RECALL - I WAS NOTIFIED MONTHS AGO THAT MY PASSENGER AIRBAGS ARE NOT SAFE. LAST MONTH I FINALLY RECEIVED A LETTER FROM FORD SAYING THAT AIRBAGS WERE AVAILABLE TO FIX MY CAR. I CALLED MY FORD DEALER. THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT ORDER THE AIR BAGS AND I SHOULD TRY CALLING BACK IN A COUPLE WEEKS. I JUST CALLED MY DEALER AGAIN AFTER WAITING TWO WEEKS. THEY CONTINUE TO SAY THAT FORD WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO ORDER THE AIRBAGS FOR THE RECALL. IT IS UNACCEPTABLE THAT FORD MADE ME WAIT MONTHS FOR AIRBAGS TO FIX MY UNSAFE CAR. IT'S DOWNRIGHT UNETHICAL TO SEND ME A LETTER SAYING THAT AIRBAGS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR MY CAR WHEN THEY CLEARLY AREN'T.

I WAS DRIVING AND MAKING A TURN. BRAKES WENT VERY SOFT AND HAD TO PRESS BRAKE PEDAL TO FLOOR TO GET IT TO STOP. BRAKE WARNING LIGHT AND ANTI-SKID LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON DASHBOARD. TOOK A LONG TIME TO BRING CAR TO A STOP. THIS OCCURRED PRIOR TO TAKING THE CAR IN FOR THE TAKATA AIR BAG RECALL. THE CAR HAD BEEN SITTING AND THE BATTERY HAD DIED AND THEY SAID THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. INSTALLED NEW BATTERY, HAD AIR BAG REPLACED, AND THE ISSUE OCCURRED AGAIN. I AM STILL DRIVING THE VEHICLE BUT DO NOT FEEL THAT IT IS SAFE. WHEN WILL YOUR COMPANY AND FORD TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY? WHEN SOMEONE DIES LIKE WITH THE AIR BAG RECALL. THIS NEEDS TO BE DIAGNOSED AND FORD NEEDS TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS DUE TO ALL THE COMPLAINTS.

TAKATA RECALL I HAVE CALLED LINDSAY FORD IN WHEATON, MD, THREE (3) TIMES ABOUT REPLACING THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. THE LAST TIME I WAS TOLD THE PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN TWO WEEKS.

THROTTLE BODY STUCK CLOSED WHILE DRIVING FORCING ENGINE POWER TO BE REDUCED THEN TO ZERO. HAD TO PULL OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD. PART WAS REPLACED HOWEVER, NOTICED THAT THE HYBRID MODEL WAS NOT SUBJECT TO A RECALL AND WARRANTY WAS NOT EXTENDED. SYMPTOMS WERE THE SAME AS FORD LETTER ISSUED TO DEALERS ON MARCH 16, 2015

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION HYBRID. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V046000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. TED BRITT FORD OF FAIRFAX (11165 FAIRFAX BLVD, FAIRFAX, VA 22030, (703) 591-8484) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

I TURNED ON MY CAR AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I TURNED LEFT OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY ONTO THE MAIN ROAD GOING 10-15MPH. AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 5 SECONDS ON THE ROAD, MY ABS LIGHT, TRACTION LIGHT, ADVANCED TRACTION LIGHT, AND BRAKE LIGHT ALL WENT ON. I PULLED OFF TO THE RIGHT-HAND LANE AND PRESSED MY BRAKES TO STOP THE CAR. THE CAR DID NOT STOP AT ALL WHEN I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL. I SLAMMED MY PEDAL TO THE GROUND AND THE PEDAL FELT SOFT. THE CAR SLOWLY CAME TO A STOP RIGHT AS I CAME TO THE INTERSECTION. I TURNED AROUND AND WENT BACK INTO MY PARKING SPOT. I HAD TO PUSH THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR TO STOP THE CAR. I TOWED MY CAR INTO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE WHY THE BREAKS FAILED. THEY CHANGED THE BATTERY BUT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THAT WOULD CAUSE THE BREAKS TO FAIL.