2007 FORD FUSION Engine Problems

I HAD PURCHASED MY 2007 FORD FUSION NEW AND HAD A FEW ODDITIES DURING THE COURSE OF OWNERSHIP. WITHIN TWO YEARS OF OWNERSHIP I HAD A BATTERY SHORT OUT. AT THREE YEARS I HAD TO HAVE A HEFTY BRAKE SERVICE DONE BECAUSE OF A CLICKING NOISE WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. I NOTICED AT FOUR YEARS THAT WHEN I WOULD REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION AND OPEN THE DOOR, THE CAR WOULD CHIME AS IF THE KEY WAS STILL IN IT. THE DEALER HAD NO IDEA WHAT CAUSED THE CHIMING AND IT HAPPENED SPORADICALLY. THE BIGGEST ISSUE WAS IN LATE NOVEMBER OF 2011, I WAS MERGING ON TO THE HIGHWAY AND GOING TO PASS A VEHICLE; MY CAR BEGAN TO REV REALLY HIGH, BUT I WAS NOT ACCELERATING THAT MUCH. I SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL THEN BACK TO FIFTH GEAR STILL NO ACCELERATING. AT THAT MOMENT THE CHECK ENGINE CAME...

LOST POWER WHILE TRYING TO PASS A CAR HAD NO THROTTLE AND ALMOST HAD A HEAD ON COLLISION GOT GOT HOME HAD A AIR INJECTION CODE P0491 IN THE SYSTEM. FOUND A BAD AIR INJECTION PUMP LOADED WITH WATER REPLACED THE AIR PUMP AND THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED I SEE FORD HAS A LOT OF ISSUES WITH WATER GETTING INTO THESE PUMPS BUT REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.CONTACTED FORD WITH NO RESPONSE. I WORKED IN FORD DEALERSHIPS FOR OVER 25 YEARS SO I KNOW HOW TO DIAGNOSE THESE PROBLEMS. I AM NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE MONEY FOR FIXING THIS PROBLEM I JUST FEEL THE ISSUE SHOULD BE CORRECTED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR KILLED. PLATE # NEW YORK [XXX] VIN #[XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN MY SIDE STREET (25MPH RESIDENTIAL ROAD) WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LAG. IT EVENTUALLY STALLED TO WHERE I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE STREET. VEHICLE TURNED OFF AND WOULD NOT START. IT WOULD TURNOVER BUT WOULD BEGAN TO IDLE ERRATICALLY AND WOULD SHUT OFF WITHIN 5-15 SECONDS. I TRIED A FEW TROUBLE SHOOTING TECHNIQUES BUT EVENTUALLY GAVE UP AND TOOK IT TO AN AUTO SHOP. THEY CONNECTED THE CODE READER AND FOUND 3 DIFFERENT FAULTS WITH THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY. I WAS TOLD THAT THESE ARE ON BACK ORDER UNTIL JUNE 18TH. *TR

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON HIGHWAY, THERE WAS A SUDDEN ERROR LIGHT FLASH AND THEN VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. MOTORIST WAS ABLE TO PULL VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. UPON MECHANIC'S INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT AN ENGINE COIL WAS BLOWING A FUSE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN. *TR

I WAS DRIVING WITH MY FIANCE WHEN WE HEARD A LOUD METAL SNAPPING SOUND WITH A FEW DINGING SOUNDS. APPARENTLY THE IDLER PULLEY SNAPPED OFF AND BOUNCED AROUND CAUSING ME TO LOSE MY POWER STEERING. IT WAS A GOOD THING I WASN'T DRIVING TO FAST OR IT WASN'T TWO DAYS LATER AS WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DRIVING TO FORT KNOX, BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WORSE WITH IT SNAPPING OFF LIKE THAT GOING 70MPH. HAD A FRIEND HELP ME GET IT HOME WHERE I FOUND THE IDLER PULLEY WITH THE BOLT SNAPPED 3/4 OF THE WAY DOWN AND THE SERPENTINE BELT WITH A FEW MARKS ON IT FROM WHERE THE BOLT RUBBED AGAINST THE BELT. I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THAT HAS BEEN HAPPEN FOR AWHILE NOW WITH OTHER FORD FUSIONS. SOME SAID THAT THEY HAD THIS ISSUE FIXED AND IT HAPPEN AGAIN. I REALLY THINK TO...

SAME VEHICLE AS PREVIOUS COMPLAINT (WRONG YEAR SELECTED ON PREVIOUS COMPLAINT). THE VEHICLE IS A 2007 FORD FUSION SE V6 WITH SIX SPEED AUTOMATIC. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MERGE, ANOTHER DRIVER WAS BLOCKING ME BY SPEEDING TO GET ALONGSIDE ME WHILE I WAS ON A MERGE LANE. THE OTHER DRIVER THEN MATCHED MY SPEED. I HIT THE BRAKES BECAUSE THE FUSION WILL NOT SLOW DOWN OTHERWISE. I THEN HIT FLOORED THE ACCELERATOR TO PREVENT ANOTHER VEHICLE FROM CLOSING THE GAP, AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DO. THE CAR DID NOTHING FOR ABOUT 3 SECONDS EVEN THOUGH THE ACCELERATOR WAS ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THE RPM DID NOT CHANGE, THE SPEED DID NOT CHANGE AND I HAD TO HOLD THE ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR HOPING THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD RESPOND BEFORE THE NEXT CAR TRIED TO CUT ME OFF AND I RAN OUT OF MERGE LANE. DO NOT CALL, I...