NHTSA Complaint #11309095 — 2015 FORD FUSION

MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND IT INDICATED LOW COOLANT AND MISFIRE IN CYLINDER 4. I HAD A COOLANT LEAK INTO CYLINDER 4 IN MY ENGINE AT APPROX 69,000 MILES AND WAS ADVISED I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE BLOCK... THEIR WERE 3 OTHER CARS AT THE DEALERSHIP WITH THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. I WAS TOLD IT WOULD COST APPROX 7500... AFTER COMPLAINING TO SERVICE DEPT THEY OPENED A CASE WITH FORD AND THEY AGREED TO DO IT FOR APPROX 2500 AS IT WAS JUST OUT OF 60,000 WARRANTY AND JUST OVER 3 YEARS OLD. SERVICE ADVISOR SAID FORD HAD A KNOWN ISSUE WITH HEAD GASKET APPARENTLY MOVING AND WEARING OUT WHICH CAUSED THE ISSUE. APPROX 8 MONTHS LATER EXACT SAME ISSUE AND I NEEDED ANOTHER ENGINE CHANGE. THIS TIME THE DEALERSHIP HAD 7 CARS IN SHOP WITH SAME ISSUE WAITING ON ENGINE CHANGES.AGAIN WAS TOLD FORD HAS ISSUES W HEAD GASKET MOVING AND WEARING OUT GASKET ALLOWING COOLANT TO LEAK INTO CYLINDER. SUPPOSEDLY FORD HAS UPGRADED THEIR GASKETS AND OTHER PARTS TO CORRECT ISSUE BUT I DONT BELIEVE THE CUSTOMERS SHOULD BEAR RESPONSIBILITY WHEN FORD HAS KNOWN ISSUE THAT COSTS CUSTOMERS SUCH A BIG AMOUNT. I KNOW IT WAS JUST PAST ORIG WARRANTY BUT THIS IS A FORD ENGINEERING PROBLEM THAT CUSTOMERS AND BEARING BRUNT OF COSTS. THE SECOND ENGINE CHANGE WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BUT IM CONCERNED ABOUT IT HAPPENING AGAIN OR THE LOSS OF VALUE FROM 2 ENGINE CHANGES IN LESS THAN 80K MILES. THE DATE ENTERED BELOW IS AN ESTIMATE. ENGINE WAS CHANGED TWICE IN 2019 AND LESS THAN 10K MILES IN BETWEEN.