NHTSA Complaint #11287830 — 2015 FORD FUSION

ON JUNE 9TH 2019 THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON MY 2015 FUSION WHILE DRIVING IN THE CITY. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP ON JUNE 10TH FOR A OIL CHANGE AND NOTIFIED THEM THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. THEY PERFORMED THE 'WORKS' SERVICE AND TOLD ME THE LIGHT WAS NOT ON. THE LIGHT WAS ON WHEN I PULLED IN THE PARKING LOT SO IT IS MY BELIEF THEY CLEARED THE CODE WITHOUT PERFORMING A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. JUNE 29 THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. JUNE 30 I STOP AT AN AUTO PARTS STORE THAT DOES A FREE DIAGNOSTIC. THE RESULTS WERE MISFIRE ON CYLINDER 2. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP JULY 1ST AND PRESENTED THEM WITH THE INFORMATION FROM THE AUTO PARTS STORE. THEY CONFIRMED THE MISFIRE AND REPLACED THE COIL PACK AND THE SPARK PLUG. ON JULY 3 AFTER DRIVING 100+ HIGHWAY MILES I PARKED THE CAR AND SEVERAL HOURS LATER WHEN I RETURNED THE CAR STALLED WHEN I STARTED IT. IT TOOK 3 ATTEMPTS BEFORE THE CAR STARTED. THE ENGINE WAS SPUTTERING AND THE LIGHT CAME ON BRIEFLY. JULY 12TH, THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON WHILE ON THE INTERSTATE. THE CAR CONTINUED TO DRIVE NORMALLY. I PARKED THE CAR AT MY HOME. JULY 15TH STARTED THE CAR I COULD HEAR THE SOUND OF WATER RUSHING THROUGH THE DASH. I DROVE THE CAR 3 MILES TO THE DEALERSHIP AND NOTICED WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM THE TAILPIPE. I LEFT IT FOR A DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION. THE FOLLOWING WEEK THE DEALERSHIP CALLS TO TELL ME THE CAR NEEDS EXTENSIVE ENGINE REPAIRS HEADS, GASKETS, ETC. AUGUST COMES AND THE DEALERSHIP STILL HAS MY CAR. A FEW WEEKS LATER I'M TOLD THE PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER AND THERE IS NO EXPECTED ARRIVAL DATE. OCT 30 ALL PARTS ARE IN AND THE REPAIRS START. THE REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED AND THE ENGINE FAILED AT THE DEALERSHIP. I'M TOLD ON NOV 7 THEY ARE ORDERING A NEW ENGINE. THE ENGINE WAS INSTALLED AND REPAIRS WERE COMPLETE ON NOV 15TH, MORE THAN 4 MONTHS LATER! THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND FORD NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY!!