NHTSA Complaint #10356179 — 2010 FORD FUSION

2010 FORD FUSION REFERENCE ODI # 10351655 SINCE THE FIRST REGISTERED COMPLAINT OF ROUGH AND ERRATIC SHIFTING (ODI 10351655) MY TRANSMISSION HAS COMPLETELY FAILED. THE FORD SERVICE MANAGER WHERE WE ARE WAITING REPAIR SAID HE HAD NOT SEEN ONE IN SUCH A PHYSICAL STATE, ANYTHING THAT COULD HAVE MELTED WAS MELTED. FORD HAS A PROBLEM WITH THIS TRANMISSION AS IT IS RECOMMENDED FOR RECREATIONAL TOWING. THE UNIT HAD BEEN ADJUSTED AND "FIXED" TWICE BEFORE ACCORDING TO FORD SPECIFICATIONS AND THE INFORMATION IN BULLITEN (FORD TSB 09-20-13) WAS FOLLOWED. WHILE TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 62 MPH THE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED AND BECAME TOTALLY DISABLED. IF WE WEREN'T TOWING THIS VEHICLE SECURELY BEHIND A MOTORHOME BUT RATHER DRIVING AT THAT RATE AND THE CARS TRANSMISSION SELF-DESTRUCTS WHAT POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO LIFE AND PROPERTY MIGHT HAVE OCCURRED???? THIS FAULTY TRANSMISSION IS NOT THE ONLY ISOLATED INCIDENT! OTHER DEALERS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR WEEKS FOR REPLACEMENT PARTS TO REBUILD TRANSMISSIONS AS A REMEDY TO THE PROBLEM. I'VE BEEN ASSURED THAT I WILL BE RECEIVING ANOTHER TRANSMISSION (POSSIBLY A REMANUFACTURED UNIT) THAT HAS RECEIVED MODIFICATIONS FOR FLAT/ RECREATIONAL TOWING. I WOULD HOPE YOUR AGENCY INVESTIGATES THIS SITUATION THOROUGHLY BEFORE ANYONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED AS A RESULT OF A MALFUNCTIONING TRANSMISSION IN THE FORD FUSION AND 2009-2010 ESCAPE ALONG WITH THE MERCURY 2010 MILAN AND 2009-2010 MARINER. I WAS ALSO LEAD TO BELIEVE THAT FORD HAD DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION THROUGH THEIR FMC DEALER NETWORK CONCERNING THE REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION UNITS THAT HAD BEEN MODIFIED FOR FLAT TOWING. IF THIS INFORMATION IS NOT RELEASED PUBLICALLY ANYONE IS AT RISK, WHETHER DRIVING THE VEHICLE OR TRAVELING ON THE ROADWAYS ALONG WITH VEHICLES THAT HAVE THE DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS. PLEASE CONTACT ME AT [XXX] REGARDING THIS MATTER. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR