NHTSA Complaint #11529198 — 2017 FORD FUSION

I purchased a Ford “Reclaim” from a dealership that said the vehicle was in good working order and that Ford had fixed all prior issues and I was ensured by the dealer that Ford can not put an “unsafe” reclaim back out on the market. After starting to have issues with the vehicle myself (at approx 50k miles). I located the previous warranty claims on the vehicle. At 33k miles the previous owner had the short block engine repaired in 2020 due to coolant leaking into cylinder 3. In October of 2022 I took the 2017 Ford Fusion 1.5L into a independent shop with concerns that it was blowing white smoke out of the tailpipe. A chemical test was ran and “no indication of a blown head gasket”. I was advised to take it to the dealer. I did, they were unable to run diagnostic at that time but put a mark on the coolant reservoir. In May 2023 the car was still blowing white smoke from tailpipe on start up, I had lost approx 2” of coolant from reservoir and oil was reading overfilled but no milkiness. I took it back to dealer who did diagnostic and coolant was once again leaking into a cylinder; they said repair was possibly covered under a ford CSP program as long as I was under 84k miles. I was at 80150. They are replacing the short block (for the second time) under the CSP, however this should be an investigation or even a full recall as so many people have reported this issue and fords “all access” to this CSP only lasted 4 months, and now has a mileage cap. This 2017 Fusion has needed two engines block replacements in less than 84k miles. I am fortunate I did not sustain an accident or injuries due to engine failure.