NHTSA Complaint #11268188 — 2014 FORD FUSION

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY AFTER DRIVING FOR 4 HOURS THE COOLANT OVERHEATING LIGHT FLASHED ON BUT WENT OFF THE TEMP GAUGE WENT FROM COOL TO HOT AND BACK TO COOL. CAR SPUTTERED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL I PUSHED ON GAS TO KEEP IT FROM CUTTING OUT BUT I HAD GAS PEDAL ALL THE WAY DOWN AND IT BARELY GAVE IT A BOOST CAR RELUCTANTLY KEPT MOVING UNTIL ABOUT 45 MIN DOWN THE ROAD THE COOLANT OVERHEATING LIGHT STAYED ON AND CAR SPUTTERED AND TOTALLY DIED. NEXT DAY WAS TOWED AND THEY REPLACED THE OXYGEN SENSOR. CAR WAS LOW ON COOLANT BUT THEY COULDN'T FIND A LEAK. WAS ABLE TO DRIVE FOR 2 DAYS BEFORE EVERYTHING HAPPENED AGAIN. OUR REPAIR MAN SAID WE NEED TO TAKE IT TO THE FORD DEALER WHICH WE WILL DO THIS WEEK WITH NOT MUCH HOPE DUE TO PREVIOUS VISITS WITH FORD. CODES ENGINE COOLANT OVER TEMPERATURE CONDITION, CYLINDER 4 MISFIRE DETECTED, MISFIRE DETECTED ON STARTUP( FIRST 1000 REVOLUTIONS)