2013 FORD FUSION HYBRID Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FUSION HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER STEERING. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE VEERED OUT OF THE LANE AND THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE TRACTION CONTROL, HILLSIDE START ASSIST, AND STEERING ASSIST WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER; HOWEVER, A DIAGNOSIS WAS NOT PROVIDED. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V250000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,000.

THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR LATCH FAILED AND THE DOOR SWUNG OPEN WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOVEMENT. THE DOOR STILL DOES NOT CLOSE AND THE LATCH WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. NHTSA ACTION NUMBER EA15002 ADDRESSED THIS EXACT ISSUE ON SIMILAR VEHICLES, BUT MY PARTICULAR VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED BY FORD ON THE RECALL THAT RESULTED FROM THAT ACTION.

WHEN EVER I STOP FOR GAS THE CAR HAS TROUBLE STARTING.IT ALSO STOPPED RUNNING AT A RED LIGHT. AFTER A FEW MINUTES IT TURNED OVER. CAR MAKES A STRANGE NOISE WHEN DOING 40 MPH OR MORE.I DON'T FEEL ANYTHING DIFFERENT. BUT IT MAKES A LOUD NOISE EVERY COUPLE SECONDS.

CAR LURCHES FORWARD WHEN BRAKING AS IF THE REGENERATIVE BRAKING SHUTS OFF MOMENTARILY AND TURNS BACK ON. HAPPENS WHEN GOING OVER SOME BUMPS AND DURING TURNS. IT IS MOST NOTICEABLE WHEN MAKING LEFT TURNS IN A TURN AROUND IN A SEPARATED HIGHWAY WITH A MEDIAN, WHERE YOU NEED TO SLOW DOWN QUICKLY, MAKING A LEFT TURN AND BRAKING AT THE SAME TIME, SO LESS THAN MAYBE 30 MPH. IT IS FRIGHTENING WHEN IT HAPPENS, AND I'M AFRAID I WILL RUN INTO SOMEONE IN FRONT OF ME. I'VE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER FEB 4, 2016. THE DEALER COULD NOT REPRODUCE. I DON'T BELIEVE THEY PUT MUCH TIME INTO FINDING IT AS THE MILEAGE IN AND OUT ARE THE SAME. THE DEALERSHIP DID A PCM UPDATE BUT THAT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. I READ A COMPLAINT FROM ANOTHER OWNER AND IT DESCRIBES THIS PROBLEM WHICH PROMPTED ME TO FILE MY OWN COMPLAINT. THIS IS A DAILY OCCURRENCE. IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR AT LEAST A YEAR. DOES NOT SEEM TO BE GETTING WORSE.

ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, I HAVE EXPERIENCED A MOMENTARY LOSS OF CONTROL OF MY CAR WHEN BRAKING. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN DECELERATING AROUND A CURVE (LEFT OR RIGHT), DRIVING DOWNHILL, OR WHEN DECELERATING OVER A BUMP OR OTHER AREA OF RAISED PAVEMENT. THESE INSTANCES HAVE OCCURRED ON CITY STREETS, AT SPEEDS UNDER 40 MPH. WHEN IT OCCURS IT FEELS AS IF THE CAR IS SKIDDING, EVEN ON DRY PAVEMENT. I WOULD ALSO DESCRIBE THE FEELING AS A SURGE, EVEN THOUGH THE CAR IS BRAKING, AND SHOULD BE SLOWING. I HAVE ALSO DESCRIBED THIS AS A FEELING THAT THE BRAKES SLIP OR STOP WORKING MOMENTARILY AND THEN RE-ENGAGE. THE EXPERIENCE IS FRIGHTENING, AND I AM CONCERNED THAT THE CAR COULD SURGE FORWARD WHILE I AM BRAKING AND RESULT IN A COLLISION OR INJURIES. I PURCHASED THE CAR NEW IN 2013, AND HAVE DRIVEN THE CAR FEWER THAN 20,000 MILES. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE REGULARLY. THESE SURGES RECENTLY HAVE SEEMED LONGER IN DURATION MORE RECENTLY. I HAVE NOTED THIS CONCERN TO MY FORD DEALER TWICE IN THE LAST 12-15 MONTHS, AND ASKED THEM TO CHECK THE BRAKES FOR PROBLEMS. EACH TIME, THE DEALERSHIP HAS TOLD ME THAT THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE SURGE OR SKIDDING SENSATION. MOST RECENTLY, THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE EXPLAINED THAT I WAS PROBABLY NOTICING THE GASOLINE ENGINE KICK BACK IN AFTER THE CAR WAS IN BATTERY/ELECTRIC DRIVE. THIS EXPLANATION DOES NOT SQUARE WITH MY EXPERIENCE. I CAN DETERMINE WHEN THE CAR SHIFTS FROM BATTERY TO ENGINE OPERATION, AND THAT IS NOT THE CAUSE OF THESE BRAKING EVENTS. I READ THE COMPLAINTS OF A FEW OTHER FUSION 2013 HYBRID OWNERS WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM, AND I WANTED TO ADD THAT THIS PROBLEM IS OCCURRING IN OTHER VEHICLES. THIS IS NOT A SAFE CONDITION. I WILL AGAIN BE TAKING MY CAR IN FOR SERVICE, AND ASKING FOR FORD TO INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM.

REPLACEMENT OF A SIMPLE FRONT PARKING LIGHT IS ESTIMATED BY FORD SERVICE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE TO COST $250.00 BECAUSE THE FRONT BUMPER ASSEMBLY MUST BE REMOVED TO REPLACE THE SINGLE BULB.

REAR PASSENGER DOOR NOT CLOSING. THIS IS THE 3RD TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MY VEHICLE!

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY FEB 2 2016, THE FORD FUSION HYBRID 2013 MODEL, SUDDENLY LOST ITS ABILITY TO DELIVER POWER AND PROPULSION. LOSS OF POWER TO THE VEHICLE RESULTED IN LOSS OF LIGHT TO THE CONSOLE AND TO THE CAR'S PROPULSION SYSTEM SLOWING IT FROM FREEWAY SPEEDS OF 65 MPH TO WHAT SEEMS LIKE 5 MPH OR LESS, IN THE THE EVENING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC.ALL ATTEMPTS AT APPLYING THE GAS PEDAL HAD FAILED TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE, AS THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE POWER PROPULSION SYSTEM. I WAS ABLE TO CRUISE ON MOMENTUM TO A SOFT SHOULDER. THE CAR WAS TOWED OFF THE BRIDGE AND LATER TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP. NO CAUSE WAS FOUND BY THE FORD TECHNICIANS AND FORD REGIONAL CUSTOMER RELATIONS SAID MY CAUSE COULD NOT BE HELPED IF THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM, THUS I AM STUCK WITH A POTENTIAL CATASTROPHIC FAILURE THAT CAN HAPPEN AT ANYTIME DURING FREEWAY COMMUTE. THIS IS A POTENTIAL DANGER TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND FORD IS UNWILLING TO MITIGATE OR ADDRESS SUCH A SERIOUS LIFE THREATENING PROBLEM.

TWICE I HAVE TURNED RIGHT INTO MY DRIVEWAY AND MY CAR HAS SURGED FORWARDED AS IF HIT FROM BEHIND OR THE BRAKES FAILED. I AM OBVIOUSLY AT A LOW SPEED AND THE ROAD SLOPES DOWN SLIGHTLY. MY DRIVE IS GRAVEL. IT PROBABLY SURGED A GOOD CAR LENGTH BEFORE THE BRAKES ENGAGED, YET MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKES THE ENTIRE TIME. IT WAS SCARY AS HELL. THE FIRST TIME I THOUGHT I HAD BEEN HIT FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER CAR. THE DEALER LOOKED AT IT TODAY AND FOUND NO ISSUES. I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THIS WAITING TO HAPPEN AGAIN AS I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT SEQUENCE OF EVENTS CAUSED IT BEFORE. THE FIRST TIME WAS ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO AND THE OTHER TIME WAS ONE WEEK AGO.

WE OWN A 2013 FUSION HYBRID AND HAVE EXPERIENCED A VERY SCARY FEELING AS THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES FOR FEW SECONDS BEFORE IT COMES TO A STOP, AFTER APPLYING THE BREAK. FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME FROM PUTTING ON THE BREAKS TO THE VEHICLE STOPPING, IT FEELS LIKE WE HAVE LOST CONTROL OVER THE CAR. WE HAVE BEEN OBSERVING THIS AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK ON AN AVERAGE. LEFT THE VEHICLE WITH THE DEALER FOR A WEEK LAST YEAR, AND THEY CLAIM THEY COULD NOT OBSERVE THE SAME THING AFTER DRIVING FOR MILES. IT IS HARD TO KNOW IN WHAT SCENARIO THIS THING OCCURS, BUT IS DEFINITELY A SCARY EXPERIENCE.MY HUSBAND GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT A MONTH AGO WHERE TWO CARS IN FRONT OF HIM GOT INVOLVED. HE WAS AT A GOOD DISTANCE AND HE HIT BREAKS, BUT NEXT THING HE KNOWS IS THE AIR BAGS ARE BLOWN AND HIS FUSION HAD A GOOD AMOUNT OF DAMAGE IN THE FRONT. HE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT MOMENT, BUT IT MAKES ME THINK AND HOPE THAT IT WAS NOT THE SAME SCENARIO WHERE THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND HE LOST CONTROL OVER IT. IT IS UNFORTUNATE FOR ME TO SAY THIS, BUT I WORK FOR FORD THROUGH ONE OF THE VENDOR COMPANIES AND STILL CAN'T HELP WITH THIS SITUATION. WE DID WHAT WE COULD BY TALKING TO THE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THE DEALER, BUT COULD NOT GET ANY ANSWERS. I AM HOPING THAT MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE FACING THIS ISSUE WILL WRITE HERE AND THEY WOULD INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE. IT IS A SAD EXPERIENCE, AND HAVE TO LIVE WITH THIS SCARY THOUGHT AND HOPING NO ONE GETS HURT.