2010 FORD FUSION HYBRID Complaints

VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND WAS UNRESPONSIVE. DASHBOARD INDICATED "DOUBLE WRENCH" WARNING. UPON COASTING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE REACTIVATED AND DROVE NORMALLY FROM THIS POINT. *TR

ON 9/1/13 I WAS TRAVELING HOME FROM VACATION ON I95 WHEN THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH. I WAS DRIVING 80 MPH WHEN THE LIGHT CAME ON AND SLOWED DOWN TO 70 MPH. THE LIGHT STAYED ON UNTIL WE MADE A STOP AND THE CAR WAS OFF FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES. WHEN WE STARTED THE VEHICLE AGAIN, THE LIGHT WAS OFF. AFTER TRAVELING FOR A WHILE THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME BACK ON AGAIN. THIS TIME I WAS GOING ABOUT 75 MPH. AND I SLOWED DOWN TO 70 MPH AGAIN. THE LIGHT STAYED ON FOR THE DURATION OF THE TRIP. ON 9/7/13 THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN ON A LONG TRIP ON THE INTERSTATE. I WAS GOING ABOUT 70 MPH. WE STOPPED AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES OF DRIVING TO GET SOMETHING TO DRINK. WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED UP AGAIN THE LIGHT WAS OFF. ONCE AGAIN AFTER DRIVING A WHILE THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME BACK ON AND STAYED ON UNTIL I GOT HOME. THE NEXT DAY WHEN I STARTED THE VEHICLE THE LIGHT WAS OFF. THE ONLY THING I CAN GATHER IS THAT IN HOT TEMPERATURES, DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE OR FASTER THAN 70 MPH, THIS PROBLEMS EXISTS. ON BOTH TRIPS THE MORNING DRIVING DID NOT SET OFF THE WRENCH LIGHT BUT THE AFTERNOON DRIVING DID. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS WHEN THE CAR LOST POWER AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIFT TO SIDE OF ROAD. WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. I WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND RESTARTED THE CAR. IT IDLED ROUGH AT FIRST BUT I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE THE DRIVE HOME WITHOUT INCIDENT. I RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET AND DISCOVERED THAT FORD FUSIONS OF MY YEAR AND MILEAGE WERE EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE. THE FIRST RECOMMENDED COARSE OF ACTION WAS TO USE A THROTTLE BODY CLEANER. I DID THIS AND THE CAR SEEMED TO OPERATE FINE UNDER CONDITIONS 25 MPH. I SET OFF TO WORK ON THE 6TH AND THE CAR SHUT OFF ON ME SIX TIMES BEFORE I COULD MAKE IT TWENTY MILES AND GET BACK TO THE HOUSE. THIS IS AN OBVIOUS MANUFACTURERS DEFECT AND NEEDS TO BE HANDLED APPROPRIATELY.

WHEN I AM ON MAJOR HIGHWAY DOING SPEED LIMIT ALL THE SUDDEN THE CAR ACTS LIKE IT WANTS TO STALL A YELLOW WRENCH SYMBOL COMES ON VERY SCARY HAPPENS QUIT FREQUENTLY LATELY. I GOOGLED THIS PROBLEM AND IT SEEMS QUITE A FEW OWNERS HAVE THE SAME SITUATION I AM READING ITS A BAD THROTTLE BODY AM HAVING IT SERVICED TO SEE IF THAT IS THE CASE SURE DOES SOUND LIKE IT. I LOOKED FOR A RECALL FOR IT BUT SEEMS THERE IS NONE AND THAT'S NOT SO GOOD. I LOVE THIS CAR BUT DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO HOCK MY HOUSE TO PAY FOR REPAIRS OR GET HURT BECAUSE OF A LIMP HOME NOTICE OR WORSE BE REAR ENDED. PLEASE LET ME KNOW OF ANY RECALLS SO I CAN GET THIS FIXED. *JB

DRIVING ON TWO LANE ROAD AT NIGHT MADE LEFT TURN AND LOST THROTTLE CONTROL OF CAR. CAR WOULD DRIVE 20 MPH UNTIL I COULD GET OFF ROAD ABOUT ONE MILE. LIGHT CAME ON DASHBOARD TO PULL OF SAFELY. I STOPPED TURNED THE CAR TO OFF AND RESTARTED, IT DROVE PERFECTLY TO DEALER ABOUT 20 MILES. DIAGNOSED AS BAD THROTTLE BODY. THIS COULD BE A CATASTROPHIC PROBLEM IF HAPPENS ON INSIDE LANE OF INTERSTATE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ALONG THE HIGHWAY VEHICLE LOST ALL GAS POWER AND BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN UNRESPONSIVE TO OPERATION OF THE GAS PEDAL. HAVE READ DIAGNOSTIC CODE WHICH INDICATES A FAILED THROTTLE BODY. *TR

WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MILES AN HOUR, A WRENCH LIGHT WENT ON IN THE CAR AND WITHIN SECONDS THE CAR LOST POWER AND I WAS ONLY ABLE TO GO 20-30 MILES PER HOUR. GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY, PULLED OVER AT A GAS STATION AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON (THINKING IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE WITH MY HYBRID BATTERY), THE CAR SEEMED TO WORKING OKAY BUT JUST TO BE SAFE I DROVE THE CAR 10 MILES TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER. THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOOK A QUICK LOOK AT IT AND AGREED THAT IT WAS THE BATTERY (SAID IT HAD PROBABLY GOTTEN TOO HOT) AND TOLD ME THE CAR WAS OKAY TO DRIVE. WENT TO GRAB LUNCH AND THEN 45 MINUTES LATER GOT BACK ON THE HIGHWAY AND AS SOON AS THE CAR GOT TO ABOUT 60 MILES, THE SAME THING HAPPENED. SO AGAIN I GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY AND GOING ABOUT 10 MILES PER HOUR WENT TO ANOTHER FORD DEALER TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT. THEY DETERMINED IT WAS A FAILED THROTTLE BODY AND REPLACED IT THE NEXT DAY. *TR

VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOSES POWER AND DECELERATES TO ABOUT 35 MPH. VERY DANGEROUS IN HIGHWAY DRIVING. HAVE HAD TO PULL OVER TO EMERGENCY LANE OF ROAD TO SHUT OFF ENGINE FOR A FEW MINUTES AND RESTART. AFTER DOING SO, SOMETIMES IT CONTINUES TO HAVE LOW POWER, OTHER TIMES IT IS OK. THIS MORNING I WAS ON AN INCLINE OF A BRIDGE AND THE CAR SUDDENLY DECELERATED FROM ABOUT 55 MPG TO 20 MPH. THERE WAS NOWHERE TO PULL OVER AND HAD TO TURN ON MY FLASHERS AS CARS AND TRUCKS RAPIDLY CAME UP BEHIND ME. *TR

CAR PERFORMING NORMALLY THEN WRENCH SYMBOL COMES ON DASH AND CAR ACCELERATOR WOULD NOT RESPOND. LIMPED CAR OVER TO FORD DEALER ON THE HYBRID BATTERY. DEALER WHO DID NOT HAVE STAFF ENOUGH TOO LOOK AT IT FOR 2 DAYS. TOWED OVER TO DEALER NEAR ME . HEARD TODAY IT IS A BAD THROTTLE BODY AND ASSOCIATED ELECTRONICS AND GOING TO COST $600-$700 TO REPLACE. LOOKING A THE INTERNET IT SURE SEEMS A LOT OF OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. THERE IS ACTUALLY A VIDEO NOW ON U-TUBE ON HOW TO REPLACE YOURSELF THERE ARE SO MANY OF THESE THROTTLE BODY'S FAILING. *TR

I WAS GOING DOWN A SLIGHT HILL AT APPROXIMATELY 20MPH WITHOUT BRAKES BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS STAYING AT A STEADY SPEED WITHOUT THEM. SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE STARTED ACCELERATING ON ITS OWN. I BRIEFLY APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THEN LET UP ON THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE AGAIN STARTED TO ACCELERATE. ABOUT THAT TIME I NOTICED A YELLOW WRENCH ICON (SIMILAR TO ENGINE LIGHT). WHILE I WAS LOOKING AT THE WARNING LIGHT THE VEHICLE CAME DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. THIS IS THE 4TH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH THIS VEHICLE OVER A PERIOD OF ABOUT A YEAR. BASICALLY THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES TO 30MPH AND STAYS THERE REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU DO WITH THE ACCELERATOR. IN ORDER TO STOP IT FROM ACCELERATING YOU NEED TO CONSTANTLY RIDE THE BRAKES. I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED AFTER EACH INCIDENT. THE FORD DEALERSHIP APPARENTLY HAS NO IDEA WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND HAS NO IDEA HOW TO PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. THE LAST TIME I WAS IN ALL THEY DID WAS CHANGE THE 12V BATTERY. *TR