2010 FORD FUSION Engine Problems

DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC THE CAR LOST POWER GOING UP A HILL, AS IF THE GAS PEDAL HAD BEEN DISCONNECTED. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO AVOID BEING HIT AND PULLED OUT OF THE WAY. AFTER A FEW MINUTES THE CAR DID START AGAIN BUT THE SHIFTING IS STRANGE AND IT DIES A LOT. I CALLED FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATED IT WAS PROBABLY THE THROTTLE BODY AS THEY HAD BEEN REPLACING THEM LEFT AND RIGHT. THIS WOULD NOT BE COVERED BY ANY WARRANTY AND WOULD COST AROUND $500. I THEN HAD A PRIVATE MECHANIC LOOK AT IT. HE DROVE IT AROUND AND THE CAR DIED ON HIM 3 TIMES IN THIS ONE TRIP. SO AFTER CHECKING...HE CONFIRMED IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY BUT THE PART IS ON A NATIONAL BACK ORDER AND WOULD TAKE UP TO 6 WEEKS. THE MANAGER OF THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP IS VERY...

CAR ENGINE UNEXPECTEDLY JERKED AND RPMS LOCKED AT 1000 NO MATTER WHAT WAS DONE WITH GAS PEDAL. DID NOT RECOVER UNTIL TURNED OFF AND THEN ON. REPEATED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. ALSO ENGINE WOULD STALL WHEN TRYING TO IDLE. RESOLUTION WAS REPLACEMENT OF FAULTY THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE HWY, THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND DIED, EXCEPT THE POWER WAS STILL ON. I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE AND HAD TO PUT MY FLASHERS ON AND PULL OVER, ALTHOUGH THIS HWY DOESN'T HAVE A SHOULDER, JUST A GRASS MEDIAN. THERE IS A CURB SO I WAS STILL FORCED TO JUST COME TO A STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HWY BUT LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO GET IN THE LEFT LANE. AS THE CAR COMES TO A STOP, IT SHAKES. I HAVE TO TURN POWER OFF BY TURNING KEY, THEN TURN KEY TO START CAR AGAIN. IT TURNS OVER A COUPLE TIMES, THEN STARTS AND I'M ABLE TO DRIVE AGAIN. IT DID THIS AGAIN 2 MORE TIMES WHILE DRIVING THAT SAME EVENING. THE NEXT DAY, NOTHING, THEN THE THIRD DAY, SAME THING. NOW THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND REMAINS. OF COURSE...

THE MORNING OF JULY 8, 2013 I WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH ON A MAJOR INTERSTATE (WITH CONSTRUCTION) WHEN MY CAR STALLED. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS FLASHING AND THE THROTTLE CONTROL/TRANSMISSION WRENCH FLASHING. I AT LEAST HAD ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO GO ABOUT 100 FEET TO WHERE THERE WAS A SHOULDER THAT THEY WERE NOT DOING CONSTRUCTION ON. I ENDED UP SHUTTING MY CAR OFF AND WAITING A FEW SECONDS. I THEN TURNED MY CAR BACK ON TO SEE IF IT STILL HAD THE PROBLEM. EVERYTHING APPEARED TO BE WORKING FINE. I ENDED UP GETTING BACK ON THE INTERSTATE AND ABOUT 5 MILES DOWN IT HAPPEN TO DO THE SAME THING. AT THIS POINT I GOT OFF THE FREEWAY ' SHUT MY CAR OFF AGAIN. THIS TIME I TURNED MY CAR BACK ON AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL FLASHING. I WAS ABOUT ONE MILE FROM A FORD...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 53,000. *TR

LOSS OF POWER AT HIGHWAY SPEED. VEHICLE DECELERATED AND WOULD ONLY IDLE. WRENCH SYMBOL LIT. SHUT CAR OFF RESTARTED AND CAR WAS OK UNTIL NEXT INCIDENT. FAILURES BECAME MORE FREQUENT INCLUDING FAILURES IN RUSH HOUR HIGHWAY TRAFFIC. ADDITIONAL FAILURES OCCURRED AT SLOWER SPEED. DIAGNOSTIC AT THE DEALER WAS A THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. *TR

DRIVING ALONG AND VEHICLE GOES INTO LIMP MODE. CANNOT ACCELERATE. PULL OVER TURN OFF CAR AND RESTART. CAR STARTS UP AND RUNS FINE UNTIL IT HAPPENS AGAIN WHICH HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES NOW AND MORE FREQUENT. CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY DEALER SO I HAVE TO BUT THE PART AND INSTALL IT MYSELF. NO CODES SHOW UP JUST A WRENCH. TALKED TO THE DEALER AND THEY ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PROBLEM AND TOLD ME WHAT TO REPLACE BUT IF I TAKE IT TO THEM THEY WILL CHARGE A FEE FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC EVEN THOUGH THEY KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, THEN THEY CHARGE ANOTHER FEE FOR REPLACING THE PART. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH THE VEHICLE DECELERATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED THREE DIFFERENT TIMES INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURE WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,000. *TR

I WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE THROUGH THE INTERSECTION THE CAR ACTED LIKE IT WAS GETTING NO GAS. IT WAS A RAINY DAY AND I ASSUMED THE UNDERCARRIAGE HAD GOTTEN IT WET. I STUTTERED THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND WAS ABLE TO PULL THE CAR OVER AND STOP THE CAR. AFTER SITTING FOR 5 MINUTES I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR AND GET OFF THE ROAD INTO A PARKING LOT. I THEN LET IT SIT FOR AN HOUR AND WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME THE 10 MILES WITHOUT INCIDENT. I DROVE THE CAR FOR 2 MORE DAYS WITHOUT INCIDENT, THEN ON 7-5-2013 DURING A 30 MILE TRIP IT DID THE SAME THING. STOPPED AT A LIGHT AND SUDDENLY THE CAR ACTED LIKE IT COULD GET NO GAS. WE PARKED IT FOR AN HOUR AND MADE IT HOME. THE FOLLOWING DAY WHEN TRYING TO TAKE IT...

AS I WAS DRIVING THE CAR THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON THIS HAPPENED AT LEAST 10 TIMES IN A 24 MILE DRIVE (TO AND FROM WORK) AUTO ZONE SAYS IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY STICKING. I WENT TO CARCOMPLAINTS.COM AND MY CAR IS NOT THE ONLY 2010 FUSION EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE I FEEL FORD NEEDS TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES AND FIX THE THROTTLE BODY BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. *TR

TRAVELING IN CENTER LANE OF FIVE LANE EXPRESSWAY, I-85 IN ATLANTA. CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND STARTING SHAKING, DRIFTED OVER THROUGH TRAFFIC TO CURB AND SHUT OFF. THERE WERE MULTIPLE WARNING LIGHTS ON BUT WHEN I CRANKED IT UP IT RAN OK AGAIN FOR SEVERAL MILES THEN DID IT AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED A TOTAL OF FOUR TIMES ON MY 38 MILE COMMUTE HOME. *TR

ENGINE APPEARED TO CUT OUT AT 2 DIFFERENT INSTANCES TODAY. FIRST TIME WAS WHEN TURNING RIGHT OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE 2ND TIME WAS WHEN MERGING WITH TRAFFIC. IN BOTH CASES, THE CAR LOST ALL POWER AND DID NOT SEEM TO EVEN COAST WELL. I HAD A BLINKING WRENCH ON THE DASH AND WAS LUCKY TO HAVE NOT BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. CAR WAS ABLE TO RESTART AFTER PULLING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND PUTTING IT INTO PARK. THIS HAS BEEN A SPORADIC ONGOING ISSUE FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS AND WILL EVENTUALLY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT UNLESS IT IS FIXED. *TR

WE LOST ALL ACCELERATION WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE STORE PARKING LOT. WE TURNED OFF THE CAR,STARTED IT UP AGAIN AND IT DID THE SAME THING WHILE TURNING LEFT INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. LUCKILY NO TRAFFIC BEHIND OR ONCOMING WHILE MAKING THESE LEFT TURNS. WE GOT IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY, NOT UNDER WARRANTY, NOT ON RECALL, ADVISED AGAINST DRIVING OUR CAR, DID NOT HAVE A CAR FOR US TO DRIVE, WOULD NOT PAY FOR A RENTAL, AND THE PART WAS ON NATIONWIDE BACK ORDER FOR A MONTH! WE CALLED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE TOLD THEM OUR SITUATION (MY WIFE IS SIX MONTHS PREGNANT WITHOUT A VEHICLE FOR A MONTH). THEY AGREED TO PAY FOR A RENTAL CAR AND PUT US ON AN EXPEDITED LIST. HOWEVER, WE HAVE YET TO HEAR WHEN THAT PART IS COMING IN. *TR

I STARTED TO PULL INTO AN INTERSECTION AFTER GETTING THE GREEN LIGHT AND THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST ACCELERATION. I LET OFF THE GAS AND TRIED AGAIN AND THE CAR VIBRATED A LITTLE AND ROLLED TO A STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. I PUT IT IN PARK AND TURNED IT OFF AND BACK ON AND IT STARTED AND PULLED AWAY ANOTHER 50 FEET BEFORE IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I WAS ABLE TO COAST OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC. IT WAS TOWED TO A FORD DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY THE NEXT DAY. AFTER LEAVING THE SHOP IT HAD ONE JOLT DURING ACCELERATION BUT NO FURTHER ISSUE THAT DAY. THE FOLLOWING MORNING I TRIED TO START THE CAR AND IT HAD NO ELECTRICAL POWER AT ALL. THEY STILL DON?T KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE IS. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH ON A BUSY 4 LANE HIGHWAY,AND MY ENGINE LOST ALL POWER. IT SLOWED TO ABOUT 3 MPH AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AT ALL, NEARLY CAUSING A MAJOR CRASH. I HAD TO PROCEED FOR A DISTANCE TO FIND A PLACE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. I TURNED THE CAR OFF FOR MAYBE 5 MINUTES THEN RESTARTED THE CAR AND IT SEEMED TO BE OVER THE PROBLEM. I CONTACTED THE LOCAL DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE "THROTTLE BODY" THAT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM AND THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY ON STOCK SINCE THEY HAVE BEEN REPAIRING OTHER VEHICLES WITH THIS PART... THE PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED 3 MORE TIMES NOW AND BECAUSE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE I NEED TO REPLACE THE PART MYSELF AND NOT WAIT FOR FORD. MY CAR HAS NOW PASSED 36,000 MILES AND IS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ENGAGED INTO LIMP MODE WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH. THE VEHICLE BECAME RESISTANT TO ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS AND WAS POWERED OFF. THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMALLY ONCE RESTARTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC OR REPAIRS PERFORMED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

2010 FORD FUSION SE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON AND THE CAR STOPS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY,STREET AND IN AN INTERSECTION. THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON AND THE CAR LOSES ITS ACCELERATION COMPLETELY. THE CAR WILL START TO STALL AND SHAKE.THE DEALERSHIPS CAN'T FIND OUT WHY THIS IS HAPPENING. FORD WILL NOT CALL A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE AND FORD STATED THE PART FOR THIS VEHICLE IS ON BACK ORDER WITH NO ETA. I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON WITH THIS KNOWN ISSUE. IF YOU GOOGLE THE WRENCH LIGHT YOU WILL SEE A NUMBER OF 2010 FUSION OWNERS HAVE THIS PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM IS GROWING AT A RAPID RATE AND FORD HAS YET TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS SITUATION. WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR SOMEONE TO GET KILLED BEFORE FORD MOTOR COMPANY TAKE THIS ISSUE SERIOUS. *TR

WAS ACCELERATING TO ENTER FREEWAY WHEN ENGINE WENT TO IDLE AND CAR BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN. PULLED ONTO MEDIAN AND TRIED TO REV ENGINE BUT NO RESPONSE. TURNED ENGINE OFF AND BACK ON AND THE CAR DROVE FINE FOR A FEW MINUTES BEFORE EXHIBITING SAME BEHAVIOR. THIS TIME PULLED OFF FREEWAY AND WAITED FOR SOMEONE TO COME GET THE CAR. AFTER 30 MINUTES OR SO WE TRIED THE CAR AGAIN AND IT DROVE FINE ALL THE WAY TO THE DEALERSHIP. ONCE THERE THEY DETERMINED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS BAD AND CHARGED US QUITE A BIT TO REPLACE IT. *TR

JUNE 10TH, 2013 THE CAR DECREASE FROM 45 TO 5 MILES WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN CROSSING TWO LANES OF ON COMING TRAFFIC. WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. I SWITCHED OFF CAR AND RESTARTED. LIGHT DISAPPEARED. WE PUT A CALL INTO DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND REPORTED TO FORD MOTOR. NO REPLY BACK FROM STAMFORD DEALERSHIP. LIGHT DID NOT COME BACK ON AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE CAR HOME. *TR

MY DAUGHTER WAS RETURNING FROM A VACATION IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND WAS DRIVING THROUGH OPP, ALABAMA, WHEN HER 2010 FUSION STARTING JERKING BADLY. THE CHECK ENGINE AND THROTTLE CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. SHE PULLED OVER, TURNED THE ENGINE OFF, WAITED A FEW MINUTES, AND RESTARTED. AS SOON AS SHE PUT IN GEAR, THE CAR STARTING SHAKING AND SHE WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. SHE HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP IN ELBA, ALABAMA. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A BAD THROTTLE BODY. SHE WAS INFORMED THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER AND THAT IT COULD TAKE A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO RECEIVE. WITH NO OTHER OPTION, SHE WAS FORCED TO RENT A CAR TO CONTINUE HER TRIP HOME. THE RENTAL CAR OPTIONS WERE SLIM AND IT APPEARS THIS EPISODE WILL COST HER ALMOST $900 INCLUDING RENTAL CAR COSTS (WITH A $200 ONE WAY FEE). THIS DOESN'T...

DRIVING ON MY WAY HOME. A WRENCH LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN THE DASH AND THE CAR LOST IT POWER INSTANTLY. SLOWING DOWN TO A COMPLETE STOP. MY LATEST INCIDENT WAS MUCH SCARIER. I WAS ON THE CROSS ISLAND PARKWAY IN THE BRONX GOING WITH THE TRAFFIC. THANK GOD I WAS IN THE SHOULDER, IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THE CAR WAS GOING ABOUT 60 MPH AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I WAS ABLE TO GET ON THE SHOULDER WITH OUT ANYONE RUNNING INTO THE BACK OF ME. THE CAR CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND WAS JERKING LIKE CRAZY. I TURNED IT OFF AND IT STARTED BACK UP AND I WENT FROM BRONX NY TO EASTERN LONG ISLAND SCARED AS HELL IN THE RIGHT LANE JUST IN CASE IT HAPPENED AGAIN. AND THERE ARE OTHER TIMES AS WELL. *TR

WHEN DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY, SUDDENLY THE ENGINE SEEMED TO LOSE POWER AND SLOW DOWN, AND THE WRENCH ON THE DASHBOARD LIT UP. SWITCHED THE TRANSMISSION TO NEUTRAL AND WAS ABLE TO PULL ONTO THE SHOULDER. UPON PUTTING THE CAR INTO PARK, THE ENGINE WOULD RACE AND SLOW DOWN CONTINUOUSLY. AFTER TURNING OFF THE CAR, WAITING A FEW MINUTES AND THEN RESTARTING, WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING WITHOUT INCIDENT FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR SO. WASN'T ABLE TO EXTRACT ANY FAULT CODES FROM THE ECU LATER THAT DAY. PURCHASED AN OBD READER AND WAS ABLE TO GET ERROR CODE P2112 NEXT TIME THE ISSUE HAPPENED. DEALER REFUSES TO COVER THE EXPENSE AS I AM OUT OF THE BUMPER-TO-BUMPER WARRANTY PERIOD, AND THE PART IS ON BACKORDER FOR WEEKS. COMPLAINED TO FORD CORPORATE WHO TOLD ME THEY WOULD "LIKELY" MAKE AN EXCEPTION AND TO BRING THE CAR TO THE DEALER TO DIAGNOSE....

CAME OFF THE HIGHWAY AND WAS WAITING AT A RED LIGHT. WENT TO ACCELERATE AND THE CAR WOULD NOT GO. THE CAR DID NOT STALL BUT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. TOOK TO MIKE BASS FORD IN SHEFFIELD OH AND THEY DIAGNOSED THAT IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY. TOOK APPROX 12 DAYS TO FIX. THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMED THAT FORD HAD RUN OUT OF THE PART. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE ALL POWER AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE ACCELERATION PEDAL. IT WOULD REQUIRE PULLING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SHUTTING THE ENGINE OFF FOR 3-5 MINUTES BEFORE BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE. THIS HAPPENED 7-10 TIMES IN THE SAME DAY. THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT FINALLY CAME ON AND STAYED ON. WE TOOK IT INTO THE NEAREST AUTO PARTS STORE WHO RAN IT THROUGH THE COMPUTER AND IT WAS THE "THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR" WHICH REQUIRED REPLACING THE ENTIRE "THROTTLE BODY". THIS NEARLY CAUSED A WRECK EVERY TIME IT HAPPENED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT 45MPH THE CAR JERKED AND LOST THRUST. THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND I COASTED AS FAR AS I COULD GET. THE ENGINE DID NOT SEEM TO BE RUNNING SO I TURNED THE KEY OFF AND WAITED 20 SECONDS OR SO AND ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE. THE CAR CRANKED MANY TIMES BUT THEN STARTED BACK UP AND WAS FINE FOR THE NEXT 5 DAYS. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE FORD DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY NEEDED TO CHECK IT OUT. TWO DAYS LATER THEY STILL HAD NOT LOOKED AT IT SO I TOOK THE CAR BACK. 5 DAYS LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN BUT I CAME TO A STOP JUST AROUND A CORNER AND WAS CONCERNED ABOUT BEING REAR ENDED. I BROUGHT THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER A SECOND TIME AND THIS TIME THEY LOOKED AT IT. THEY SAID...

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND IT LOST POWER AND AS SHE DESCRIBED "IT STARTED TO BUCK". THERE WAS LITTLE RESPONSE AND THE ORANGE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. SHE TURNED OFF THE CAR AND STARTED IT BACK UP. THE CAR WAS FINE AND A COUPLE MILES DOWN THE ROAD THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND IT DID IT AGAIN. SHE TURNED THE CAR OFF AND STARTED IT AGAIN. SHE WAS ABLE TO GET IT HOME. I LOOKED AT IT THE FOLLOWING DAY AND CONTACTED MY LOCAL FORD DEALER. SPEAKING TO A TECHNICIAN, HE TOLD ME A DIAGNOSTIC PROBABLY WOULDN'T BRING ANYTHING UP SINCE THE LIGHTS WERE NOW OFF AND THE COMPUTER HAD RESET ITSELF. ON SUNDAY JUNE 30TH, 2013, I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH WHEN I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR TO SWITCH LANES AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE ENGINE. THE ORANGE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND...

I WAS DRIVING MY 2010 FORD FUSION ON THE INTERSTATE AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WHEN WITHOUT WARNING THE CAR BEGAN TO JERK AND DECELERATE. A WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS NOT ABLE TO ACCELERATE AT ALL. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR SAFELY OFF OF THE ROAD AT WHICH POINT IT SHUT OFF. UPON RESTARTING THE ENGINE THE CAR CONTINUED TO JERK AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I WAITED APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES AND RESTARTED THE CAR AGAIN. THIS TIME THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON BUT THE CAR WAS DRIVABLE AND I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME. I HAD MY CAR TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP JULY 1 AND WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR NEEDED A NEW THROTTLE BODY WHICH THE DEALERSHIP SAID WAS ON BACKORDER. UPON LEARNING THIS, I RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS SOME THING HAPPEN TO THEM....

CAR STALLS WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. *TR

MY HUSBAND WAS SPEEDING UP TO PASS SOMEONE WHEN THE CAR LOST POWER AND STOPPED ACCELERATING. THE VEHICLE BEHIND HIM ALMOST HIT HIM BECAUSE THE CAR SLOWED DOWN SO RAPIDLY. WE CONTACTED FORD AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY. THEY'VE HAD THE CAR FOR ALMOST 2 WEEKS-THE PART IS ON BACK-ORDER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,000. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING TO THE STORE MY CAR STALLED, THERE WAS A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER. A WRENCH SYMBOL APPEARED AS WELL AS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. AFTER RESTARTING THE VEHICLE I WAS ABLE TO MOVE ANOTHER 200 FEET BEFORE IT HAPPENED AGAIN, REPEATEDLY I WOULD NEED TO PUT IT IN PARK, SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND BEGIN AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 10 TIMES SINCE LAST NIGHT. I AM NOT UNABLE TO SAFELY TRAVEL TO WORK OR ANY OTHER LOCATION DUE TO THIS SITUATION. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY @ 70 MPH WITH CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED, WITHOUT WARNING, THE CRUISE CONTROL DISENGAGED, THE ENGINE DECELERATED SUDDENLY, AND THE 'WRENCH' WARNING LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED. I COASTED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING AT VERY LOW RPM (500 - 600 RPM). THE CAR SHUDDERED WHILE THE A/T WAS IN DRIVE - THE SHUDDER STOPPED WHEN THE A/T WAS SHIFTED TO N OR PARK. THE ENGINE SPEED DID NOT RESPOND TO PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR. CUT OFF ENGINE AND SHUT OFF ALL ELECTRIC ACCESSORIES. CAR RESTARTED AND RAN THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. INCIDENT REPEATED ITSELF THE FOLLOWING DAY AT EXACTLY THE SAME LOCATION (AND THUS UNDER NEARLY IDENTICAL DRIVING CONDITIONS - THROTTLE, TORQUE, SPEED, ENGINE RPM, ETC). I REPLACED ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY (ETB) BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM MECHANIC, FORD DEALER SERVICE DESK, AND NUMEROUS ANECDOTAL ACCOUNTS FOUND ON SEARCH OF...

MY 2010 FUSION HAS A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND I GET THE ANSWER THAT ITS MY PROBLEM NOT THEIRS. I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A PART TO FIX THIS THAT HAS BEEN ON BACK ORDER SINCE APRIL BUT OF COURSE THIS WILL BE AT MY EXPENSE. I SEE THAT THIS PROBLEM IS EFFECTING HUNDREDS OF OTHER 2010 FUSIONS AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THIS WOULD NOT REACH RECALL STATUS? IT ALSO WILL ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN WHICH IN ITS SELF IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY AT 65MPH WHEN THE ENGINE JERKED AND CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO ONE TO THE RIGHT OF ME SO I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER. ONCE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THE CAR STARTED TO JERK VIOLENTLY EVEN WHILE IN PARK. I HAD IT TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY WAS DEFECTIVE. I COULD HAVE DIED! *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 45 MPH THE GAS PEDAL STOPPED WORKING. THE CAR ENGINE REMAINED RUNNING BUT WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE PEDAL. THE CAR SLOWED AND LUCKILY COULD BE PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WHEN THE CAR SLOWED TO A STOP IT STARTED BUCKING. AFTER TURNING THE ENGINE OFF, THE CAR WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED AND RAN OK FOR THE REST OF THE TRIP TO WORK. THE CAR HAD THE SAME FAILURE ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK AND ON THE WAY TO THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT MORNING. THE DEAL SERVICE HAS DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A BAD THROTTLE BODY AND THAT THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER. *TR

I WAS DRIVING IN HEAVY CITY TRAFFIC AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MILES PER HOUR, WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST ALL POWER. THE ENGINE FELT "DISCONNECTED" FROM THE TRANSMISSION. I COULD PUSH THE GAS PEDAL ALL I WANTED, BUT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE ENGINE. THE CAR CONTINUED TO ROLL UNDER IT'S OWN MOMENTUM, BUT BECAUSE OF THE SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER, I WAS VERY NEARLY REAR-ENDED BY THE CAR BEHIND ME. I WAS IN THE LEFT LANE, AND BECAUSE I WAS COASTING DOWN TO A STOP QUICKLY, MY ONLY CHOICE WAS TO PULL INTO THE CENTER TURN LANE OF THE 5-LANE ROAD. TRAFFIC CONTINUED TO SPEED PAST ME AS I STOPPED IN THE CENTER LANE. AS I STOPPED, THE ENGINE RAN INCREDIBLY ROUGHLY. IT WAS STUMBLING AND MISSING LIKE IT WASN'T GETTING ENOUGH AIR. THERE WAS A YELLOW WRENCH ICON ON MY DASHBOARD, BUT NO "CHECK ENGINE LIGHT". I SHUT...

I WAS DRIVING MY 2010 FORD FUSION ON THE INTERSTATE, AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MILES PER HOUR, WHEN I STARTED FEELING IT "SURGE". IT WAS IN CRUISE CONTROL AT THE TIME, AND IT FELT LIKE IT WAS SURGING UP A COUPLE OF MPH OVER THE SET POINT, AND THEN FALLING BACK A COUPLE OF MPH BELOW THE SET POINT. IT WAS LIKE THE CRUISE WAS HUNTING FOR THE SET SPEED. SUDDENLY, THERE WAS A LURCH AND I LOST ALL POWER FROM THE ENGINE. CRUISE DISCONNECTED AND I STARTED COASTING DOWN RAPIDLY. THERE WAS VERY NEARLY A REAR-END COLLISION WITH THE GUY BEHIND ME AS I WAS LOSING SPEED SO QUICKLY. THERE WAS A YELLOW WRENCH ICON LIT ON MY DASHBOARD, BUT NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. I MANAGED TO COST OVER TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER. WHEN I STOPPED AND PUT IT IN PARK, THE ENGINE RAN EXTREMELY ROUGHLY. IT STUMBLED AND MISSED...

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK WHEN SUDDENLY THE CAR LOST ALL FORWARD POWER. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION WHEN THE ENGINE CUT OUT, AND A COUPLE OF PEOPLE HAD TO MAKE SOME PRETTY SEVERE EMERGENCY MANEUVERS TO AVOID ACCIDENTS DUE TO MY ALMOST-STALLED CAR. I COULDN'T GET ANY POWER OUT OF IT WITH THE GAS PEDAL. WHEN I COASTED OFF INTO SOMEONE'S DRIVEWAY, THE CAR BARELY STAYED RUNNING. IT SHOOK AND MISSED LIKE IT DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH AIR. THERE WAS A YELLOW WRENCH ICON ON, BUT NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. I SHUT DOWN AND REFIRED, AND IT RAN PERFECTLY. I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL DEALER, AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NO STORED DATA TO ANALYZE, AND THAT IT DIDN'T DO IT TO THEM ON THE TEST DRIVE. THEY SAID THERE WASN'T A PROBLEM. 2 MINUTES OF GOOGLING SHOWS A HUGE PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE MALFUNCTION WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS EVENTUALLY ABLE TO BE RESTARTED AND WAS DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,000.

CAR STARTED JERKING AND THE THROTTLE LIGHT AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. LOST POWER AND ACCELERATION. HAD DIFFICULTY MANEUVERING IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WHERE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS FAILED THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY. *TR

SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE CAR IT WOULD OCCASIONALLY FAIL TO START ON THE FIRST TURN OF THE KEY. THE ENGINE WOULD CRANK FOR 5+ SECONDS UNTIL I TURNED THE KEY TO THE "OFF" POSITION, REMOVED THE KEY AND TRIED AGAIN. IT WOULD ALWAYS START ON THE SECOND TRY... JUST RECENTLY (BEGINNING OF JUNE 2013) I NOTICED MY TACHOMETER WAS GOING FROM 7000 TO 4000RPM AT STOP SIGNS AND TRAFFIC LIGHTS BUT THE CAR NEVER STALLED. ON 6/26/13 AFTER ACCELERATING FROM A STOP SIGN TO ABOUT 30 MPH THE CAR LOST POWER, THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON BUT THE CAR DID NOT STALL. I GRADUALLY PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH MY HAZARDS ON TRYING NOT TO CAUSE ALARM TO THE VEHICLES BEHIND ME. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK, TURNED THE IGNITION KEY OFF AND REMOVED THE KEY FOR 10-20 SECONDS AND RESTARTED THE CAR. EVERYTHING...

I WAS DRIVING ALONG ON A NEIGHBORHOOD ROAD WHEN MY CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND IDLED REALLY ROUGH. WHEN I WOULD PRESS THE GAS PEDAL, NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN. I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE CAR OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD DUE TO VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC AND CUT THE CAR OFF AND THEN RESTARTED IT. IT WORKED AT THAT TIME, BUT SINCE THEN HAS DONE THIS MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE DRIVING. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED, IT WOULD HAPPEN EVERYTIME I STARTED THE CAR FOR ABOUT 4-5 TIMES, BEFORE THE CAR FINALLY STAYED ON, AND I WAS ABLE TO GET HOME. LUCKILY EACH TIME THIS HAPPENED, TRAFFIC WAS SLOW, BECAUSE THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I HAVE BEEN LOOKING INTO THIS SITUATION AND HAVE FOUND MULTIPLE OTHER OCCURRENCES OF THIS SAME PROBLEM HAPPENING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, AND HAVE FOUND OUT THAT IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY AND...

2010 FORD FUSION SEL 2.5L AUTOMATIC PURCHASED IN YONGE/STEELES FORD LINCOLN IN CANADA. DURING NORMAL DRIVING, WRENCH LIGHT WILL SUDDENLY BE ON: - CANNOT ACCELERATE, SPEED CANNOT GO BEYOND 60KM/H, RPM CANNOT GO BEYOND 2000 - SOMETIMES VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY LOOSE POWER AND SLOW DOWN. ALMOST GOT REAR-ENDED A FEW TIMES. - MANAGED TO PULL OVER, STOP THE CAR, AND RESTART, SOMETIMES THE PROBLEM WILL DISAPPEAR AFTER RESTART, SOMETIMES THE PROBLEM COMES BACK IN A FEW MINUTES TOOK MY CAR TO MARKVILLE FORD LINCOLN ON JUNE 20TH, 2013, AND THEY CLAIMED IT WAS FIXED. ON THE REPORT, IT IS SAID: "DS12 DIAGNOSE ENGINE LIGHT CONCERN, LOCATE AND REPAIR WIRING TO ACCELERATOR, REPLACE SENSOR" "FTP FUEL INJECTORS & THROTTLE BODY SERVICE PLUS PCM REPROGRAM" 5 DAYS LATER ON JUNE 25, 2013, THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN. I WAS ALMOST REAR-ENDED, AND MY 3 YEAR OLD SON WAS SITTING IN THE...

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 60 MPH, MY 2010 FORD FUSION UNEXPECTEDLY LOST POWER AND SUDDENLY SLOWED. IT DID NOT ACCELERATE WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS, HOWEVER, THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING. I HAD TO PUT ON MY EMERGENCY FLASHERS AND COAST TO PULL OFF ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHILE OTHER CARS AND TRUCKS TRAVELING FAST WERE COMING UP ON ME. AFTER I PULLED OFF, I RESTARTED THE CAR AND IT RAN OKAY FOR A WHILE. HOWEVER, THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED A TOTAL OF 4 TIMES. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR UNTIL THEY FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. *TR

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY I LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE, AND THE CAR WENT TO A QUICK DECELERATE. LUCKILY THERE WAS NOT MUCH TRAFFIC, AND I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CAR ALMOST STALLED ONCE I GOT COMPLETELY STOPPED. I TURNED THE CAR OFF FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS, AND RESTARTED IT. IT STARTED UP A LITTLE SLOW, BUT WAS QUICK TO GO BACK TO NORMAL. THIS WAS ON TUESDAY MORNING. ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON THE SAME SYMPTOMS (NO ACCELERATION, AND A QUICK DECELERATION) BUT THIS TIME I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH IN HEAVIER TRAFFIC. I WAS IN THE LEFT LANE, AND MY ONLY OPTION WAS TO PULL OFF TO THE LEFT, BECAUSE I WAS NOT TRAVELING FAST ENOUGH TO TRY AND GET THROUGH THE TRAFFIC TO THE RIGHT. TURNED IT OFF, ABOUT A MINUTE LATER I STARTED IT AGAIN, AND I WENT ON...

VEHICLE STALLED, WRENCH LIGHT ON DASH LIT. I WENT TO SIDE OF ROAD, DEPRESSED ACCELERATOR BUT ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND. IDLED ONLY, IDLE WAS ROUGH , ENGINE JERKED. AFTER 2 MINUTES I TURNED ENGINE OFF THEN STARTED THE ENGINE WITH NORMAL RESULT, WRENCH LIGHT WAS OFF AND VEHICLE IDLED NORMALLY. I DROVE 20MILES HOME. WILL TAKE VEHICLE TO DEALER 6/26, I BELIEVE THIS IS A DANGEROUS OCCURRENCE AS STALLING AT A HIGHER SPEED IN TRAFFIC COULD BE DEADLY. *TR

MY 2010 FUSION IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME LOSS OF POWER ISSUES (COMPLETE LOSS OF ACCELERATOR RESPONSE, FOLLOWED BY THE WRENCH LIGHT APPEARING) RELATED TO THE DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY CONTROL. WHILE SPORADIC AT FIRST, THE FREQUENCY OF THE INCIDENTS HAS INCREASED TO WHERE FAILURE NOW HAPPENS ALMOST EVERY TIME THE CAR IS DRIVEN (THE 25+ FAILURES HAVE OCCURRED IN ALL SITUATIONS, AT ALL SPEEDS: AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, ON SIDE STREETS, ACCELERATING UP HILLS, PULLING AWAY FROM STOPLIGHTS, ETC). I HAVE STOPPED DRIVING THE CAR BECAUSE THE LAST THROTTLE FAILURE OCCURRED AS I CROSSED A BUSY 4 LANE HIGHWAY AND COULD'VE RESULTED IN A DEADLY ACCIDENT. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO HAVE THE PROBLEM FIXED IN APRIL, MY LOCAL DEALER CLAIMED FORD HAD PLACED A "HOLD" ON ALL THROTTLE BODIES AND THAT A NEW DESIGN OF THE THROTTLE BODY PART WAS BEING SHIPPED FROM THE SUPPLIER IN MID-MAY. (THE DEALER ALSO INFORMED ME THAT,...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AS THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 40,000. *TR

AS I DROVE MY 2010 FORD FUSION SE 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION UP TO A SPEED OF 50 MPH, I WAS NOTICING A COUPLE JERKS OF ACCELERATION AND THEN COMPLETELY LOOSING POWER.I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER, COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTART IT. APP-ON RESTARTING I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO AUTO ZONE WHERE I WAS INFORMED THAT MY FUEL INJECTORS PROBABLY NEEDED A GOOD CLEANING. SO I BOUGHT SOME CLEANER AND RAN I THROUGH MY ENGINE. THAT SEEMED TO HAVE WORKED UNTIL 3 DAYS LATER I WAS COMING HOME WITH MY SISTER AND HER FRIEND ON THE FREEWAY, DURING RUSH HOUR DRIVING 75MPH THIS TIME, AND MY CAR DIDN'T ONLY STALL ONCE, BUT THREE TIMES ON MY DRIVE HOME. HOWEVER, THIS TIME MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON SO WHEN I ARRIVED BACK HOW AND DROPPED OF MY SISTER AND HER...

THE ENGINE STALLS AND THROTTLE BECOMES ON RESPONSIVE . WHEN THE VEHICLE IS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED IT IS FINE FOR A WHILE . THIS OCCURED THREE TIMES IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS . I DO ALOT OF HIGHWAY DRIVING AND THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM . *TR