NHTSA Complaint #10520040 — 2011 FORD FUSION

I PURCHASED A 2011 FORD FUSION ON 2/28/13 WITH JUST 24,320 MILES. APPROXIMATELY 1 MONTH LATER I WAS HAVING TROUBLE STARTING MY VEHICLE DUE TO CONTINUAL STALLING. INITIALLY, THE VEHICLE WILL START (COLD ENGINE) IN THE MORNING WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM OCCURS PRIMARILY WHEN THE ENGINE IS WARM AND ALMOST DAILY. IF I LEAVE WORK AT LUNCHTIME TO RUN AN ERRAND (4 HOURS LATER) THE VEHICLE WILL STALL NUMEROUS TIMES AND IS FOLLOWED WITH IDLING VERY HIGH RPM?S (2,000). THERE IS ALSO A VERY STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE PRESENT. I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMED THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED AND I AGAIN WENT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. THE DEALERSHIP KEPT MY VEHICLE FOR 1 WEEK AND ACKNOWLEDGED THE STALLING PROBLEM AND CLAIMED THAT THIS IS MOST LIKELY DUE TO THE CHANGE OVER FROM WINTER GAS TO SUMMER GAS. ON 6/15/13 I COULD NOT GET THE VEHICLE TO START WITH THE SMELL OF GAS PRESENT ONCE AGAIN. AFTER 2 HOURS OF SITTING IN THE GARAGE I TRIED ONCE AGAIN AND THE VEHICLE STARTED UP. I WAS SO EXCITED WHEN I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE AND NOW I AM MUCH STRESSED, FRUSTRATED AND WANTING A NEW OPERABLE VEHICLE. *TR