NHTSA Complaint #11266480 — 2015 FORD FUSION

2015 FORD FUSION 1.5L ECOBOOST ENGINE. ENGINE COOLANT LEAK - BLOWN INNER COOLER ASSEMBLY AND COOLANT INTAKE MANIFOLD ASSEMBLY. PROBLEM INITIALLY NOTICED WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY. ENGINE TEMPERATURE GUAGE MOMENTARILY SPIKED WHILE DRIVING. NO SMOKE OR UNUSUAL NOISE NOTICED WHILE DRIVING. PULLED OVER AND NOTICED COOLANT OVERFLOW TANK NEAR EMPTY. COOLANT REFILLED AN DRIVEN HOME. THIS HAPPENED ON 9/28/2019. TOOK TO NTB NEXT DAY ON 9/29/2019 TO HAVE PRESSURE TEST ON COOLANT SYSTEM. CAR SAT TILL MONDAY 10/30. NTB MISDIAGNOSED ISSUES STATING OVERFLOW RESERVOIR HAD SLOW LEAK. ON 10/1 NTB IDENTIFIED THAT THERE WAS A BLOWN GASKET SOMEWHERE ON THE CARS ENGINE THAT CAUSED COOLANT TO LEAK INTO ENGINE. 3 OF 4 SPARK PLUGS SATURATED WITH ENGINE COOLANT AND CAR WOULD NOT START. ON 10/1 CAR IMMEDIATELY TOWED TO NEAREST FORD MOTOR SERVICE CENTER. ENGINE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT ENGINE INNER COOLER ASSEMBLY AND INTAKE MANIFOLD ASSEMBLY HAD BLOWN AND COOLANT ENTERED THE ENGINE. THIS RESULTED IN NEARLY $1,400 WORTH OF INITIAL REPAIRS AND POSES A SAFETY HAZARD. FORD ENGINE TECHNICIAN STATED HE HAS SEEN A SIMILAR ISSUES ON QUITE A FEW OF THESE CARS. UPON INVESTIGATION I HAVE FOUND THAT IN 2017 THE 2013-2014 FORD FUSION HAD A RECALL FOR RELATED ISSUES THAT CAUSED COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE ENGINE AND MAY POSSIBLY CAUSE THE ENGINE TO START ON FIRE. CURRENTLY MANY CUSTOMER REPORTS ON THE 2015 FUSION AS WELL BUT NO ACTION ON FORD MOTORS BEHALF.