NHTSA Complaint #11340757 — 2016 FORD FUSION

LEAKING ENGINE COOLANT INTO ENGINE CYLINDER 3, CAUSING ENGINE TO OVERHEAT AND A CRACK IN THE LONG BLOCK. RESULT: COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE. PRESSURE TEST INDICATED A 4LBS DROP IN 4 MINUTES, WHICH SHOULD NOT OCCUR IN THAT SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. THROUGH THE ECC TEST INDICATED ERROR CODES P0304 AND P0316 AS WELL AS THAT CYLINDERS 3 AND 4 HAVE MULTIPLE MISFIRES. CONTINUED DIAGNOSIS DISCOVERED THAT COOLANT WAS COMING OUT OF THE TAILPIPE WHICH INDICATES AN INTERNAL LEAK IN THE ENGINE AND THAT CYLINDER 3 PRESSURE DROPS DURING POWER BALANCE TEST. CRACK IN ENGINE BLOCK DUE TO OVERHEATING. COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE RECOMMEND NEW ENGINE. THIS A MFG DEFECT AND IS THE SAME AS THE DEFECT DESCRIBED IN SAFETY RECALL 17S09 THAT INCLUDES 2013- 2014 FUSIONS. FORD NEVER FIXED THE PROBLEM. RECALL NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE 2015-2019 MODELS. DEFECT PRESENTS A FIRE HAZARD IF CYLINDER HEAD CRACKS IT MAY RESULT IN A PRESSURIZED OIL LEAK RESULTING IN A FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT