NHTSA Complaint #10370431 — 2010 FORD FUSION

ON OCT 24, 2010 WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75-80 MPH (LEFT LANE) OF A MAJOR FREEWAY, TACHOMETER REVVED TO 4,000 RPM AND STUCK THERE. VEHICLE RPM'S WOULD NOT GO UP OR DOWN AND TRANSMISSION APPEARED TO BE SLIPPING IN 6TH GEAR. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED AT 27,522 MILES. MANAGED TO GET CAR TO SIDE OF ROAD, WHERE RPM'S RETURNED TO NORMAL FOR IDLING CONDITION. AT THIS POINT, THE LITTLE "WRENCH" LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASH. THE CAR WAS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED IN AN ATTEMPT TO RESET THE CODE. ALL APPEARED WELL, AND I PROCEEDED TO RE-ENTER THE FREEWAY. AT APPROXIMATELY 27,533 MILES (11 MILES LATER), THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING. PLEASE NOTE THAT ON JUNE 14, 2010 THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP AND THE "CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM (PROGRAM NUMBER 10B15) WAS PERFORMED ON VEHICLE (MILEAGE: 19,936 MILES). AS IT APPEARS THAT SOMETHING IS MAJOR WRONG WITH THIS TRANSMISSION, THE VEHICLE WAS ONCE AGAIN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP (OCT. 29, 2010: MILEAGE: 27,760 MILES) TO HAVE THIS ISSUE RE-EVALUATED. AT THIS TIME, THE DEALERSHIP PERFORMED TSB 10-21-9. THERE WAS A NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE IN THE SHIFT QUALITY OF THE VEHICLE. THIS SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN ON DEC. 1, 2010 (MILEAGE: 30,138 MILES) WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH; THE TRANSMISSION APPEARED TO SLIP AND RPM'S REVVED UP TO 4,000 RPM. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AT THIS TIME AS PROBLEM IS NOT REPRODUCIBLE AND IS UNPREDICTABLE. THIS IS A POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD AS TRANSMISSION COULD FAIL AT ANY TIME WHILE TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY. *TR