2010 FORD FUSION Engine Problems

WHILE GOING 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY I EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUES. MY CAR STALLED OUT SHUT OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL AND STARTED SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLE. I SHUT OFF THE CAR AND WAITED ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AND STARTED IT BACK UP DROVE MAYBE ANOTHER TEN MILES AND IT STARTED AGAIN. ON THE FOLLOWING DAY I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED IT FROM AND THEY MADE IT SEEM AS IF I HAD NO IDEAL OF WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. ONCE THEY REALIZED I KNEW THAT IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY THAT WAS THE PROBLEM I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS NOT A PART THAT WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY SO I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT OUT OF POCKET. I TOOK THE TIME TO TALK TO SEVERAL REPS AT FORD AND I WAS TOLD THAT IF THE MECHANIC DID NOT THINK IT WAS DEFECTIVE THEN THERE WAS...

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 65 MPH. THE ENGINE LOST POWER AS THE ENGINE LIGHT AND WRENCH LIGHT WENT ON. PRESSING ON THE ACCELERATOR HAD NO RESPONSIVE. I HAD TO NAVIGATE FREEWAY TRAFFIC WITH NO ENGINE POWER TO GET OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AS I CAME TO A STOP THE CAR JERKED A BIT BEFORE I PUT IT IN PARK. I TURNED IT OFF AND LET IT SIT FOR A WHILE. AFTER TURNING THE CAR BACK ON I GOT BACK ON THE ROAD, ONLY TO HAVE IT HAPPEN AGAIN A FEW MILES LATER. *TR

DRIVING THE CAR SUDDENLY SLOWED INTO A LIMP MODE. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. THE FINAL TIME WAS ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY AT 55MPH. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER THE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BEFORE GETTING REAR ENDED BY TRAFFIC FROM BEHIND. THIS IS DANGEROUS CONDITION! AFTER VISITS TO 2 FORD DEALERS, THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY BY MILEAGE, (NOT TIME), SO WE ENDED UP PAYING OUT ALMOST $500 FOR THE REPAIR AND CAR RENTAL. *TR

AS I WAS LEAVING WORK AND PULLING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT, THE ENGINE SPUTTERED, CHOKED, WHEEZED AND EVENTUALLY WOULD NOT GO OVER 10-15 MPH. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND VEHICLE DIED. HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED THE NEXT DAY TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THAT I HAD A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY THAT HAD CAUSED THE PROBLEM AND ALSO HAD CREATED A LOT OF DEBRIS IN THE FUEL INTAKE SYSTEM. CLEANING OF THE FUEL INTAKE SYSTEM AND REPLACEMENT OF THE THROTTLE BODY WAS AROUND $700. I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT AT THE TIME UNTIL I SAW ON THE NEWS THAT NHTSA HAD OPENED AN INQUIRY INTO THIS POSSIBLE DEFECT ON THE FUSIONS, SO I WANTED TO ADD THAT I HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM AS WAS BEING INVESTIGATED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS AND TURNING LEFT. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 86,500.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE ENGINE RPM INCREASED AND THE VEHICLE JERKED WITHOUT WARNING . THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 21,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 61,000.

WHILE DRIVING ON A MAJOR ROADWAY AT 50 MILE PER HOUR,THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUTS DOWN, ALMOST STALLING, AND I AM UNABLE TO START VEHICLE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. *TR

DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE ABOUT 55 MPH AND WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON ENGINE LOST ABILITY TO ACCELERATE I.E. WENT INTO SAFE MODE AND HAD TO MANEUVER THROUGH TRAFFIC TO THE SHOULDER. THIS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES FROM JULY THROUGH AUGUST 2012 ON VARIOUS TYPES OF ROADWAYS (HIGHWAY, NEIGHBORHOOD ROADS) UNTIL THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED BY A FORD DEALERSHIP. CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM ACCORDING TO THE INVOICE WAS THE THROTTLE BODY. THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY AND THE PROBLEM HAS GONE AWAY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT A STEADY SPEED WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE GAS PEDAL STOPPED RESPONDING, ALMOST AS IF I WAS IN NEUTRAL. I WAS ABLE TO GET OVER TO THE SHOULDER. IT TOOK A FEW TRIES OF RESTARTING THE CAR IN ORDER TO GET IT GOING. THE SAME INCIDENT HAPPENED AGAIN THE NEXT WEEK. *TR

AS I CAME TO A FULL STOP AT A SIGNAL THE CAR COMPLETELY DIED - NO LIGHTS DISPLAYED ON THE DASH. SECOND TIME I WAS MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN AT APPROX 5-10 MPH AND IT DIED AS I CAME OUT OF TURN. BOTH TIMES IT STARTED RIGHT BACK UP. FORD DEALER DID COMPLETE CHECK AND EXTENDED ROAD TEST ON 2-5-13 BUT COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG AND THERE WERE NO COMPUTER ERRORS GENERATED. BOTH INCIDENCES THE FAILURE OCCURED DURING HEAVY TRAFFIC ON MAJOR STREETS WITHIN THE CITY. MY CONCERN (OTHER THEN IT DYING) IS THAT NOTHING LIT UP OR DISPLAYED ON THE DASH TO INDICATE THE ENGINE WAS NOT RUNNING. IT WASN'T UNTIL I PUT ON FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL I REALIZED IT WAS NOT RUNNING. *TR

VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH. SECOND OCCURRENCE. FIRST WAS APPROXIMATELY 1 YEAR EARLIER. IMMEDIATELY RESTARTS AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED. EACH TIME, TOOK TO DEALER, WHO READ CODE AND REPROGRAMMED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON I-49 SO., APPROX. 60 MPH IN PEAK MORNING TRAFFIC, THE ENGINE STALLED. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER. NOTICED A "WRENCH" ICON LIT ON DASH. TURNED OFF ENGINE AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES, RE-STARTED ENGINE. ALL CLEAR ON DASH, SO CONTINUED ON TO WORK. CALLED HUB CITY FORD AND BROUGHT CAR IN THE NEXT MORNING. THE "THROTTLE BODY" WAS CHANGED. NO OTHER WARNING OR LIGHTS CAME ON. *TR

I WAS ON THE FREEWAY WHEN ENGINE SPEED SUDDENLY WENT TO IDLE. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE LANE AND ALMOST GOT INTO A CRASH TRYING TO GET TO THE ROAD SIDE. WHEN I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE FORD DEALER THEY SAID THE THROTTLE BODY WAS BAD AND IT COST ME $500.00 THEY SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY,GO FIGURE. ALSO THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT DOWN SHIFT PROPERLY AFTER HEAVY ACCELERATION,THEY SAID IT WAS NORMAL. IT'S NO WONDER WHY PEOPLE SHY AWAY FROM SO CALLED AMERICAN CARS,IT WILL BE MY LAST. *TR

DRIVING 55-60 MPH ON FREEWAY WHEN CAR SUDDENLY LOST ALL POWER. IT DID NOT STALL. IT WOULD JUMP AHEAD INCHES AT A TIME IF I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR BUT VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS CARS BEHIND ME HAD NO WARNING THAT I WAS GOING TO SUDDENLY JUST STOP. IT TOOK ME 10 MINUTES AT LEAST TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY AND THIS ONLY BECAUSE A LONG HAUL TRUCKER FINALLY REALIZED WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND BLOCKED TRAFFIC FOR ME TO LIMP TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. THIS HAPPENED ON 9/25/12, THEN AGAIN ON 9/26/12. THE ONLY IMMEDIATE FIX IS TO TURN THE CAR OFF,LET IT SIT A FEW MINUTES THEN START IT UP AGAIN. IT SEEMS TO RESET WHATEVER IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. THROUGH PRIVATE CONTACTS I WAS PUT IN TOUCH WITH A FORD PLANT MANAGER WHO HAD ME GO TO A CERTAIN DEALERSHIP AND HAD A...

I PURCHASED MY CAR USED WITH ABOUT 43000 MILES ON IT AND AFTER ONLY A WEEK OF HAVING IT I WOULD OCCASIONALLY NOTICE THAT WHILE I WAS ACCELERATING THE ENGINE WOULD SEEM TO JUMP AT CERTAIN POINTS WHERE IT WOULD LIKE PULL YOU UP OUT OF YOUR SET AS IF YOU HAD A LIGHT PUSH FROM BEHIND YOU, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN A LOT IT ALSO VARIES AT WHAT SPEEDS IT HAPPENS AT. I DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT AT THE TIME BUT IT SEEMS TO DO IT EVERY SO OFTEN WHERE IT WILL JUMP AFTER I TAKE MY FOOT OFF OF THE GAS PEDAL OR WHILE I AM STILL ACCELERATING. *TR

3.0L ENGINE STALLING OUT. HAD TO REPLACE THROTTLE BODY FOR $355.78. *TR

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY GOING TO WORK AND THE ENGINE KEPT LOOSING POWER TOOK IT TO FORD ONCE AND THEY SAID IT WAS A BAD FUSE GOT IT BACK AND DROVE IT TO WORK AGAIN AND THE ENGINE STALLED OUT 7 TIMES WITHIN 2 MILES I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED BACK TO FORD AND THEY SAID MY THROTTLE BODY BROKE AND NEEDED REPLACED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING HOME THE VEHICLE LOST ALL ACCELERATION AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. THE RPMS DROPPED TO BELOW 1000. I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY PULL OVER WHERE THE CAR SHOOK AND DIED OUT. I ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND IT WOULD NOT START. I WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND WAS ABLE TO GET IT STARTED. *TR

HAD MY OIL CHANGED JAN 2013 AND WAS TOLD MY TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS COMPLETELY EMPTY AFTER HAVING IT CHANGED PRIOR 3 MONTHS BEFORE AND TOLD IT WAS FINE. THEN NOTICED FEB 09 ISH 2013 THAT THERE WAS A GOOD AMOUNT OF TRANSMISSION FLUID ON MY GARAGE FLOOR. WAS TOLD THIS HAPPENS ALOT ON THE 2010 FUSION AND IT NEEDS TO BE A RECALL WITH THE PROBLEMS IT CONTINUES TO HAVE. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY GOING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH AND MY ACCELERATOR BECAME UNRESPONSIVE. THE RPM'S DROPPED TO IDLE, ENGINE DID NOT STOP RUNNING BUT WOULD ONLY COAST. THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT ICON CAME ON AND LATER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I COASTED TO A STOP AND PUT THE CAR IN PARK WHICH IS WHEN THE CAR BEGAN JERKING. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND PUT ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON THE HIGHWAY. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR, BUT IT WAS A ROUGH RESTART. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE OFF AND IT APPEARED TO RUN FINE. I DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND FOUND THAT MANY OWNERS OF THE FORD FUSION HAVE HAD THIS RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THEIR THROTTLE BODY. THIS ALSO IS AFFECTED BY OTHER MODELS OF 4 CYLINDER ENGINES. MY FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE STATED THAT THEY HAD NO CUSTOMER SERVICE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM....

WHILE TURNING LEFT ON A GREEN ARROW MY ACCELERATOR BECAME UNRESPONSIVE, ENGINE DID NOT STOP RUNNING BUT WOULD ONLY COAST @ ABOUT 2 MPH, WRENCH LIGHT ICON AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE CAR WAS JERKING DURING THIS SLOW COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION. I HAD TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND COMPLETELY SHUT IT OFF.(AS I WAS HITTING MY HAZARD LIGHTS AND PRAYING I DIDN'T GET HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC AS THE LIGHT HAD CHANGED BY THIS TIME.) AFTER A ROUGH RESTART, IT APPEARED TO RUN FINE. I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND HAD MY FUEL SYSTEM CLEANED, BUT AFTER DOING RESEARCH AND FINDING MANY OWNERS OF THE FORD FUSION HAVE HAD THIS RECURRING PROBLEM, SEEMINGLY WITH THEIR THROTTLE BODY, I AM VERY AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR AS THIS PROBLEM OCCURS WITH NO WARNING BEFOREHAND AND AT ALL DIFFERENT SPEEDS. I DID NOTIFY...

I WAS TRAVELING AT 60 MPH AND THE LOST ALL POWER. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THREE LANES SO IT PROVED DIFFICULT TO GET TO THE RIGHT BREAK DOWN LANE. I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND AFTER ABOUT TEN SECONDS I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE AND RETURN TO THE HIGHWAY. THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN ABOUT A HALF A MILE FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD. ONCE AGAIN I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTED IT. THE PROBLEM DID NOT HAPPEN AGAIN THAT DAY. I HAD THE PROBLEM LOOKED AT LATER THAT AFTERNOON AT A LOCAL FORD DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED IT AS A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY. THE CAR WAS 3,000 MILES OUT OF WARRANTY. FORD CORPORATE CUSTOMER SERVICE DID NOT FEEL THEY SHOULD PAY FOR THE REPAIR. THIS HAS OCCURRED TWICE IN THE PAST IN DECEMBER AND EACH TIME I WAS TRAVELING 60 MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THIS...

MY 2010 FORD FUSION FAILED ME AND MY FAMILY YESTERDAY IN HIGHWAY TRAFFIC. THE CAR WENT INTO AN IDLE MODE AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I HAD TO COAST ACROSS THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC AND RUN UP THE CURB TO GET MY FAMILY TO A SAFE AREA. I TURNED THE CAR OFF, AND THEN BACK ON AND THE CAR STARTED. THE PROBLEM WAS THE THROTTLE BODY AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE FAILED UNIT AT MY COST. I SEE ON THE WEB, THAT A FAILED THROTTLE BODY IS A RECURRING PROBLEM FOR THE FORD FUSION. THE VEHICLE WAS ONLY 15 DAYS OR 5000 MILES OUT OF WARRANTY. MY COST OF THE REPAIR WAS $328.50. *TR

FIRST EVENT WAS WHILE EXITING A MALL PARKING LOT; STEPPED ON GAS PEDAL, AND INSTEAD OF ACCELERATING THE CAR SEEMED JUST ABOUT TO STALL. I GOT OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND BEFORE SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE NOTICED THE "WRENCH" SYMBOL ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. I WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND STARTED THE CAR, NOTING THE "WRENCH" WAS NO LONGER ON, PUT IT IN GEAR AND DROVE OFF. THE CAR RAN FINE UNTIL 12/28/12, WHEN WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROX 70MPH ON I-90 THE ENGINE BEGAN TO AGAIN DOWN SHIFT AND LOSE POWER. THE THIRD OCCURRENCE WAS THE MORNING OF 12/29/12; IN EACH ABOVE INCIDENT I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE TRAFFIC WAY, PARK, SHUT OFF THE CAR, RESTART IT AND DRIVE AWAY. THE WRENCH WAS ILLUMINATED EACH TIME. ON 01/03/13 MY CAR WAS SERVICED BY THE DEALER FROM WHERE I PURCHASED IT, AND THEY SAID THE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 -60 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND THEN STALL WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WOULD RECUR ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS LATER CONTACTED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 55,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 63,000.

VEHICLE WOULD LOSE ALL RESPONSE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. IT WOULD HAPPEN AT ANY TIME WITHOUT WARNING, BUT FIRST HAPPENED AFTER SPEEDING UP AFTER GOING OVER A SPEED BUMP. THE NEXT DAY IT HAPPENED 3 TIMES. ON THAT LAST DAY, THE DAY OF THE APPOINTMENT AT THE DEALERSHIP, IT HAPPENED 4 TIMES. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT REACT TO THE INPUT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. YOU WOULD HAVE TO PULL OVER, ASSUMING THERE WAS A SAFE PLACE TO PULL OVER, AND SHUT THE CAR OFF IN PARK THEN RESTART IT. EVERYTHING WOULD BE NORMAL UNTIL IT ACTED UP AGAIN, ANYWHERE FROM 1 MILE TO 5 MILES LATER. OBVIOUS SAFETY ISSUE, YOU CAN'T POWER THE VEHICLE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC IT WERE TO HAPPEN ON A TURN OR MERGING ON A FREEWAY. A WRECK COULD VERY EASILY HAVE HAPPENED FROM THIS FAILURE. IT ENDED UP BEING A...

FORD FUSION 2012 3.0L V6 SEL GOES INTO "LIMP-MODE" WITHOUT WARNING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. A SLIGHT SHUDDER IMMEDIATELY BEFORE TRIPPING THE "LIMP-MODE" WHERE THE ACCELERATOR BECOMES DISABLED. NO OR MINIMAL POWER IS AVAILABLE TO PULL OUT OF TRAFFIC SAFELY. WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON, HOWEVER, THE ENGINE IS STILL RUNNING. ONCE THE CAR TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED, THE CAR RUNS NORMALLY UNTIL THE SYMPTOM HAPPENS AGAIN. NO OTHER SYMPTOMS ARE PRESENT PRIOR TO GOING INTO "LIMP-MODE". BROUGHT THE CAR TO A MECHANIC AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY SAVED ENGINE CODES AND COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. NO WORK WAS DONE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM DUE TO NO EVIDENCE OF IT IN THE COMPUTER. HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, WITHOUT ANY WARNING, AND CREATES A HAZARDOUS DRIVING EXPERIENCE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR TO GET ON FREEWAY IT BOGGLED DOWN LIKE IT WAS GOING TO TURN OFF AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON AND WRENCH SYMBOL SO PULLED TO THE SIDE AND CAR WAS SHAKING AS IF IT HAD NO GAS SO TURNED OFF FOR 3 MIN AND TURNED BACK ON AND DROVE NOT EVEN A MILE DOWN THE ROAD AND IT DID THE SAME THING SO TURNED OFF AND ON AGAIN AND IT RAN AS IF WAS FINE NOT EVEN A MONTH LATER STARTED DOING THE SAME THING ONCE YOU DRIVE AND IT STARTS TO ACCELERATE IT BOGGLES DOWN AND LIGHTS COME ON. GOT IT CHECKED AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY WHICH IS HAPPENING IN A LOT OF FORD FUSION 2010 CARS. *TR

WE WERE DRIVING BACK FROM SHOPPING, HAD THE CRUISE SET AT 65 MPH. THE CAR LOST POWER AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I LOOKED DOWN AT THE DASH AND NOTICE THE WRENCH LIGHT HAD COME ON. WE PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND I NOTICE THAT THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND STILL WOULD NOT ACCELERATE EVEN AFTER PUTTING THE CAR IN PARK. WE WERE CONTEMPLATING WHO WE COULD CALL AT SUCH A LATE HOUR. I DECIDED TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND SEE IF WOULD RESTART, IT IN FACT DID AND THE ENGINE SEEM TO BE RUNNING NORMALLY. WE CONTINUED TO OUR DESTINATION WITH OUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE CAR HAS REMAINED IN THE DRIVEWAY SINCE THE INCIDENT. THIS IS THE FIRST PROBLEM WE HAVE HAD WITH THIS VEHICLE, WE BOUGHT IT USED IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR. IT HAD 29,700 MILES ON IT AND HAD NO ISSUES REPORTED TO CAR FAX....

TELL US WHAT HAPPENED: MY HUSBAND AND I HAD PURCHASED A 2010 FORD FUSION IN JULY 2012. ABOUT 20 SOME DAYS AFTER PURCHASE. I GOT INTO THE CAR AND STARTED THE CAR TRYING TO GO UP MY DRIVEWAY AND THE CAR LOST ALL ACCELERATION AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP EXPLAINED WHAT HAPPENED THEY PICKED THE CAR UP AND GAVE US A LOANER TO DRIVE. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. AROUND AUGUST OF 2012 MY HUSBAND, MY GRANDSON AND I WERE DRIVING AND WENT TO MAKE A TURN ONTO THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT WARNING THE CAR LOST ALL ACCELERATION AGAIN PLACING MY FAMILY IN A DANGEROUS SAFETY SITUATION. WE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND TOLD THEM WHAT HAPPENED AND THEY PICKED UP THE CAR AGAIN. THIS TIME THEY MENTIONED THERE WAS ISSUE WITH WIRING AND THE PCV VALVE WHICH ALSO DEALT WITH THE THROTTLE BODY WAS...

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD MY CAR STARTED SHAKING REALLY BAD AND HAD NO POWER PUSHING ON THE GAS AND WOULD DO NOTHING I HAD NO WHERE TO PULL OFF FINALLY COASTED TO A DRIVE AND SHUT IT OFF AND STARTED BACK UP AND IT RAN FIND FOR ABOUT A MONTH THEN AS I WAS GOING ACROSS THE HIGHWAY I GAVE IT GAS AND IT WOULD DO NOTHING AND I NEARLY GOT HIT BY A SEMI TRUCK. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME TROUBLE AND FORD WON'T PUT A RECALL ON IT. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED. I'M CURRENTLY TRYING TO GET THEM TO FIX IT AFTER MY WARRANTY JUST RAN OUT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE AND HOPE FORD RESOLVES THIS ISSUE. *TR

2010 FORD FUSION ON NOV 8 2012 DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 67 MILES PER HOUR WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON AND SET, VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ALL ENGINE POWER. REPAIR LIGHT (LIGHTED WRENCH) CAME ON, CRUISE CONTROL WENT FROM GREEN TO AMBER. ENGINE REMAINED ON BUT ACCELERATOR NO LONGER WORKED. WHEN ACCELERATOR DEPRESSED, ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND. VEHICLE COASTED TO A STOP. BRAKES, STEERING, AND LIGHTS STILL WORKED. ONCE STOPPED, SHIFTED TO PARK AND DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR AND STILL NO RESPONSE FROM THE ENGINE. TURNED CAR OFF. RESTARTED CAR. RESTART TOOK A FEW EXTRA SECONDS BUT DID START. CAR OPERATION RETURNED TO NORMAL. CRUISE CONTROL WORKED. NO FURTHER ISSUES. WEATHER WAS CLEAR, NO RAIN OR WIND, ROAD WAS SMOOTH. *TR

WHILE STARTING A LEFT TURN INTO AN INTERSECTION CAR LOST ABILITY TO GO MORE THAN 2-5 MPH. AFTER MANAGING TO COAST DOWN SMALL HILL. CAR HAD TO BE TURNED OFF AND STARTED AGAIN. DID SIMILAR LOSS SPEED, TWICE IN SAME DAY. SUSPECTED PART THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED IS ON BACK ORDER!!!! *TR

EACH TIME (8 TIMES) TRAVELING AT 40-67 MPH AND WITH TRAFFIC AROUND AND WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON ALONG WITH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT; CAR THEN LOSES SPEED RAPIDLY TO ONLY A FEW MILES PER HOUR. BARELY ABLE TO PULL OVER BEFORE COMPLETELY STOPPING. BEEN IN SHOP TWICE AND BOTH TIMES, CODES DO NOT SHOW ANYTHING NOR HAVE THEY SEEN THE WARNING LIGHT AND IT HAPPEN TO THEM AFTER DRIVING IT FOR A TOTAL OF 150 MILES TESTING IT. AFTER EACH TIME IT HAPPENS ABLE TO SIT FOR 10-15 MINUTES AND IT START BACK UP AND RUN. VERY CONCERNED FOR MY FAMILY'S SAFETY AS WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL NEAR MISS ACCIDENTS DUE TO THE CAR DRASTICALLY DROPPING SPEED (OUT OF OUR CONTROL) WITH EACH OCCURRENCE. AFTER RESEARCH ON INTERNET READING SEVERAL STORIES OF EXACT SCENARIO (BLAMING THROTTLE BODY)AND FORD HAS DONE NOTHING ABOUT IT. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE RECALL THE PARTS AND PREVENT...

THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. IT DID NOT LOSE ITS BRAKING OR STEERING, BUT WE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO PULL OVER. *TR UPDATED 11/07/12*LJ UPDATED 11/15/12

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME CAR LOST POWER AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON ALSO SHUDDERED PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND RESTARTED THE CAR. FAULT CLEARED AFTER THIS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2010 3.0 FORD FUSION ON SECONDARY ROADS, THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER. AFTER 5 MINUTES, IT COULD BE RESTARTED AND DRIVEN BUT AFTER APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS, IT WOULD LOSE POWER AGAIN AND COAST TO A STOP. IT STRANDED MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER UNTIL TOWED TO A DEALER. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED A BAD THROTTLE BODY, AND CHARGED APPROXIMATELY $700.00 TO REPLACE THE PART AND PERFORM A RECOMMENDED FUEL SYSTEM CLEANING. REPEATED EMAIL TO FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE RESULTED IN A DENIAL OF RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE THEY WERE UNDER NO WARRANTY OR RECALL OBLIGATION. I SPOKE WITH A SERVICE WRITER WHO TOLD ME THAT THIS PROBLEM APPEARED TO BE CONSISTENT FOR FUSIONS. *TR

AT 11:45 PM, I WAS TRAVELING WEST ON I-64, AT 68 MPH, WHEN MY CAR QUICKLY DECELERATED. DESPITE MY APPLYING MORE GAS, MY CAR CONTINUED TO LOSE POWER RAPIDLY AND BEGAN SHUDDERING. IT WAS THEN THAT THE "WRENCH" WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNED MY VEHICLE OFF AND PUT MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON. I WAITED FOR A 5 MINUTES BEFORE STARTING THE CAR AGAIN. THE CAR STARTED ROUGHLY BUT DID NOT HAVE ANY POWER AND COULD/WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT BOTH THE WRENCH AND ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. AGAIN I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND WAITED. AFTER ANOTHER 10-15 MINUTES, I TURNED THE CAR ON AGAIN. THIS TIME IT STARTED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT DID NOT COME BACK ON BUT THE ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON. I KEPT MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON AND REMAINED IN...

I PULLED OUT OF MY WORKS PARKING LOT AND GOT 50 FT. CAR BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN, SHAKE/ VIBRATE VIOLENTLY, AND EMERGENCY WRENCH LITE LIT UP. WHILE DRIVING AND WHILE IN PARK, IT SHOOK. I WENT TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE RODE SAFELY. THANK GOOD NESS I WAS ON A DOWNHILL AND COULD COAST TO A SIDE ROAD (BUT STILL NOT SAFE WHERE I WAS). ONCE I WAS PULLED OFF MAJOR ROAD, I PUT THE CAR IN PARK. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND WAS TOO AFRAID TO DO ANYTHING ELSE. I CALLED FOR A TOW. 24 HOURS LATER, I WAS TOLD MY CAR'S COMPUTER CODE SAID IT HAD A BAD THROTTLE BODY. IT WAS REPLACED WITH A BRAND NEW, REVISED THROTTLE BODY - UNDER WARRANTY WHICH ENDS IN 37 DAYS. IT HAPPENS TO MANY FORD FUSIONS. IT'S TIME FOR FORD TO OWN UP AND SEND OUT...

I WAS DRIVING MY 2010 FUSION DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE CAR BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE RPM'S INCREASED WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL, BUT THE CAR CONTINUED TO SLOW DOWN. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER. AFTER SHUTTING THE CAR OFF AND WAITING A MINUTE, I WAS ABLE TO RESTART AND CONTINUE WITH NO ISSUES. IT HAPPENED AGAIN 2 DAYS LATER. AFTER RUNNING A GOOGLE SEARCH, I FOUND THAT THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER FUSION OWNERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. I HOPE FORD IS ABLE TO RECTIFY THIS ISSUE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. *TR

THE CAR BASICALLY STALLED WITHOUT TURNING OFF. THE "WRENCH" LIGHT TURNED ON AND THE CAR LOST ALL POWER AND THE ACCELERATOR WAS UNRESPONSIVE. THE CAR WOULD ONLY GO 2 MPH. ONCE STOPPED AND PLACED IN PARK, THE CAR IDLED VERY ROUGH. THEN TURNED OFF THE CAR. WHEN RE-STARTING THE CAR IT STARTED POORLY, BUT ONCE STARTED THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS OFF. THE CAR THEN DROVE NORMALLY. THIS HAPPENED 3X THAT DAY. I AM LUCKY I DID NOT GET INTO AN ACCIDENT WHEN I LOST ALL POWER AND HAD TO PULL OVER. FORD WILL NOT FIX IT CITING THEY CANNOT SEE THE CODE. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR FOR FEAR OF AN ACCIDENT. *TR *JS

WAS DRIVING IN MORNING TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR LURCHED AND STALLED. CAR WAS DEAD AND ACCELERATOR WOULD NOT WORK. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, MY ENGINE LOST POWER. RPMS WENT DOWN, AND THE ACCELERATOR WAS NOT RESPONSIVE. I PULLED THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND PUT IT IN PARK. THE ENGINE IDLED VERY ROUGHLY. I SHUT OFF THE CAR, WAITED 5 SECONDS AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART. THE ENGINE DID RESTART AFTER SOME EFFORT BY THE STARTER. I DROVE DOWN THE ROAD, AND THE CAR BEHAVED NORMALLY. THIS SEEMINGLY ISOLATED INCIDENT INCREASED IN FREQUENCY IN THE FOLLOWING WEEKS. SOMETIMES UP TO 5 TIMES A DAY. I TOOK MY CAR TO AN AUTHORIZED FORD DEALER, AND THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY. COST OF REPLACEMENT IS $355. I RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM ONLINE AND NOTICED THAT THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE FAIRLY COMMON AMONG 2010 FORD FUSION OWNERS. THE ONLINE COMPLAINTS ABOUT FUSION THROTTLE BODY PROBLEMS WERE EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE SYMPTOMS I EXPERIENCED. THE...

WE WERE TRAVELING ON BUSY I-80 AT APPROXIMATELY 70 M.P.H. DUE TO BUSY VEHICULAR TRAFFIC ON THE INTERSTATE HI-WAY, I WAS NOT USING THE CRUISE-CONTROL. WHEN WE EXPERIENCED THE INCIDENT, I HAD PRESSED ON THE GAS PEDAL TO MAINTAIN SPEED ON AN UPHILL SECTION. ON THE UPHILL SECTION, I NOTICED THE VEHICLE DID NOT ACCELERATE AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WARNING LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING. EVEN WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC, I WAS ABLE TO NEGOTIATE MANEUVERING THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER. AS I WAS COASTING ON THE SHOULDER, I SHIFTED THE TRANSMISSION TO NEUTRAL AND TRIED TO START THE ENGINE (EV SYSTEM DID NOT RESPOND EITHER) WITH NO AVAIL. AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP, I SHIFTED THE TRANSMISSION TO PARK, TURNED-OFF THE CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM AND THE AND RADIO. I REMOVED THE IGNITION KEY AND RE-INSTALLED IT AND PROCEEDED TO START THE VEHICLE, THE PROPULSION SYSTEM (EV MODE) RESPONDED. WE ACCELERATED ON...

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR ON THE EXPRESSWAY THE WRENCH LIGHT TURNED ON FOLLOWED BY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THE CAR STARTED REDUCING SPEED EVEN THOUGH I WAS PRESSING THE GAS. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE AND THE CAR STARTED SHAKING. I HAD AN OBD II MACHINE IN MY CAR AT THE TIME AND RAN A DIAGNOSTIC. CHECK ENGINE CODE P2111 CAME UP. AFTER RESEARCHING THE CODE IT SAYS IT HAS TO DO WITH THE THROTTLE BODY. I ALSO NOTICED THAT THERE ARE SO MANY DISCUSSION FORUMS OUT THERE WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. *TR

WHLE DRIVING MY 2010 FORD FUSION, THE CAR WILL JUST STALL AND CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING WITH NO WARNING, THE ENGINE LIGHT AND THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON, I WILL TURN OFF THE CAR, WAIT A FEW MINUTES AND IT WILL RESTART, THIS HAPPENS CONSISTANTLY SOMETIMES AS MUCH AS 4 TIMES A DAY, THIS IS DEFINITIELY A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE ONE TIME WHEN THE CAR STALLED, I WAS ALMOST HIT FROM BEHIND. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER TO THE SHOULDER IN ORDER TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN TO RUN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE WHEN IT WAS SHIFTED IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,000.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN I NOTICED THAT I COULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. I COASTED TO A STOP, THE CAR SHAKING AS IT CAME TO A STOP. I PLACED THE CAR IN PARK, TURNED THE CAR OFF, AND RESTARTED. IT STARTED UP FINE, AND THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN ABOUT 10 MINUTES LATER. AFTER A MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, I THOUGHT IT WAS PERHAPS "BAD GAS" AND MOVED ON. TWO WEEKS LATER, IT HAPPENED TWICE, ONCE STOPPING ME IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION (BECAUSE THIS TIME I WASN'T GOING 60MPH THIS TIME). THE DIAGNOSIS FROM FORD: A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY SENSOR. THE CAR IS BARELY THREE YEARS OLD, IT HAS A SIGNIFICANT DEFECT (NOT CAUSED BY WEAR-AND-TEAR OR USER-ERROR), BUT IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER THEIR WARRANTY. THE MECHANIC AT FORD SAYS THAT THEY SEE A LOT OF THESE SITUATIONS. THEY ARE GROSSLY NEGLIGENT...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED FREQUENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 59,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.