2010 FORD FUSION HYBRID Complaints

BRAKES STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET. EXTREME PRESSURE ON THE PEDAL WAS REQUIRED TO SLOW THE CAR.

THE CAR WAS MOVING AT 40 MPH IN A STRAIGHT LINE ON A FLAT ROAD AND THE RTT LIGHT AND TWO WRENCHES CAME ON AND SPEED DROPPED TO 30 MPH AND NO MATTER WHAT, SPEED WOULD NOT INCREASE. STOPPING AND TURNING THE KEY ON AND OFF SOLVED PROBLEM FOR A SHORT TIME THEN HAPPEN AGAIN. FORD HAS RECALL FOR THROTTLE BODY EXCEPT FOR HYBRIDS WHY? CAR HAS 83,000 MILES

I GOT A SLOW FLAT WHILE DRIVING MY 2010 FORD FUSION HYBRID, WHICH ENGAGED THE "LOW TIRE PRESSURE" WARNING ON THE IN-DASH MESSAGE CENTER. SOON AFTER THAT NOTIFICATION APPEARED THE "SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW" (IN RED TEXT, SO DEFINITELY NOT GOOD) AND "SERVICE ADVANCETRAC" (IN YELLOW) MESSAGES FOLLOWED. I PULLED INTO A GAS STATION TO CHECK THE TIRE, AND UPON RESTARTING THE CAR REALIZED I NOW HAD NO POWER STEERING. AFTER CHANGING THE TIRE THE MESSAGES REMAINED AND POWER STEERING WAS STILL GONE. I DROVE THE HOBBLED CAR (LUCKILY IN A STRAIGHT LINE) TO THE NEARBY HUNTERSVILLE FORD DEALERSHIP, WHERE IT SITS IN THE OVERNIGHT LOT NOW AWAITING THE BAD NEWS. HOW IS SUCH A DANGEROUS ISSUE, ALREADY IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE SAME PRODUCT LINE AND GENERATION, NOT BEING DEALT WITH EQUALLY ACROSS THE LINEUP?

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION HYBRID. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V384000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT CALLED VISTA FORD LINCOLN WOODLAND HILLS AT (818) 884-7600 (LOCATED AT 21501 VENTURA BLVD, WOODLAND HILLS, CA 91364) WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

MY FORD FUSION HYBRID 2010 STALLED WITHOUT ANY WARNING IN THE 5TH LANE OF I-85 IN ATLANTA. MY WIFE, THE RESPONDING POLICE OFFICER, AND MYSELF WERE IN GRAVE DANGER BECAUSE OF THIS. WE WERE BLESSED AND FORTUNATE THAT AN OFFICER HAPPENED TO BE VERY CLOSE WHEN OUR CAR SUDDENLY DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSTATE. THE INTERSTATE TRAFFIC WAS HEAVY - BUT SLOW MOVING DUE TO CONSTRUCTION. THE OFFICER RESPONDED - LITERALLY - WITHIN SECONDS SINCE HE SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENING. HE PLACED HIS CAR BEHIND OURS WITH HIS LIGHTS FLASHING. THE THE OFFICER AND I HAD TO PUSH MY VEHICLE OFF TO THE SIDE. WE WERE ALL IN GRAVE DANGER! AS THE OFFICER WAS CALLING FOR HELP AND A WRECKER, MY CAR SUDDENLY BEGAN WORKING AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES. THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I THEN RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET AFTER I RETURNED HOME ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT MANY OTHER FORD FUSION OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM OF RANDOM STALLING. THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE! WHAT IS FORD WAITING FOR TO RECALL THIS VEHICLE?? I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE DRIVING THIS CAR NOW. IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL A TRAGEDY OCCURS BECAUSE OF THIS. (IF IT HASN'T HAPPENED ALREADY)

A TIRE GOT LOW AND THEN OUR POWER STEERING FLUID WENT OUT. THE CAR WAS PARKED. I NOTICED THE TIRE WAS GOING FLAT SO I WENT TO START IT, BUT THE STEERING WAS SO STIFF THAT I COULDN'T EVEN TURN OUT OF THE PARKING SPOT.

STARTING IN LATE JULY, 2017, THE CAR STALLS WHEN BEING DRIVEN RELATIVELY SLOWLY. SOMETIMES A WHEEZING NOISE CAN BE HEARD AT THE TIME OF STALLING. OVER THE LAST APPROX. 2+ WEEKS, THE FREQUENCY OF STALLING HAS INCREASED, BUT IT SEEMS ERRATIC OR RANDOM. THE CAR DOES START RIGHT UP AGAIN AFTER SUCH AS STALL, BUT I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. UNFORTUNATELY, THE FORD DEALER TO WHOM I TOOK IT COULD NOT REPRODUCE OR DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AND DOESN'T WANT TO CONSIDER LOOKING INTO IT.

MY 2010 FORD FUSION HYBRID SUDDENLY LOST POWER STEERING ON 08/10/2017. THE 'SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW' WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. MY SON WAS FORTUNATELY IN A PARKING LOT AND NOT A HIGHWAY WHEN THIS OCCURRED AS HE LOST ALL ABILITY TO TURN THE VEHICLE. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP. I READ UP ABOUT RECALLS BUT THE DEALERSHIP SAID THIS WAS ONLY FOR 2011 AND 2012 FORD FUSIONS. THE CAR HAS BEEN OPERATED ON ROADS AND HIGHWAYS THROUGHOUT AND NEVER TAKEN OFFROAD. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS I HAVE TO REPLACE THE THE STEERING GEAR AND RACK ASSEMBLY AT A COST OF $2000. THIS IS A FAULTY PART AND THE CAR CANNOT BE DRIVEN WITHOUT A REPLACEMENT. I KNOW THERE IS AN OPEN NHTSA INVESTIGATION THAT HOPEFULLY WILL BE CONCLUDED SOON. I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR AND HOPE FOR REIMBURSEMENT FROM FORD FOR THIS FAULTY PART LATER.

FORD HAS YET TO NOTIFY THAT PARTS ARE READY FOR THE AIRBAG RECALL. LETTER DATED 2016 JULY 16? WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO? DRIVE IT UNTIL IT EXPLODES . A YEAR SHOULD BE MORE THAN ENOUGH TO GET REPLACEMENT PARTS.

HAD TO REPLACE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS 1000+ AFTER ONLY 80,000 MILES. ADDITIONALLY, HAD TO REPLACE A SPEAKER FOR THE BACK UP SYSTEM. WHAT KIND OF IDIOTS ARE THEY. SAFETY ISSUE: I ALSO TO HAVE THROTTLE BODY WORK DONE 2 YEARS AGO AND THE LAST 10 DAYS, 31 JULY TO 9 AUG, HAVE HAD 6 EPISODES OF THE WRENCH LIGHT COMING ON WITH TWO OF THEM RESULTING IN SUDDEN DECELERATION ON THE FREEWAY.