2012 FORD FUSION Electrical System Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM FAILED TO BLOW ANY AIR FROM THE VENTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT THE MOTOR AND WIRES HAD BURNED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000.

WINDOWS ON DRIVER AND PASSENGER FRONT WINDOWS FOUND OPEN AFTER CAR CAME HOME, POWER TURNED OFF, AND LOCKED. I CAME HOME IN THE RAIN, SO I KNOW THAT I DID NOT OPEN WINDOWS. *TR

FRONT WINDOWS AND MOON ROOF HAVE SPONTANEOUSLY OPENED ON TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SHUTOFF, LOCKED, AND VACATED. THIS PROBLEM CAN ALLOW UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO THE VEHICLE AND EXPOSURE TO THE ELEMENTS POTENTIALLY DAMAGING THE INTERIOR. *TR

I WENT TO MY CAR ONE RAINY MORNING TO DISCOVER THE FRONT WINDOWS WERE DOWN AND THE MOON ROOF WAS OPEN, AND THE SEATS AND FLOOR WERE SOAKING WET. I FILED A POLICE REPORT THINKING IT WAS VANDALISM. THE OPEN WINDOWS AND MOON ROOF OCCURRED AGAIN THIS PAST WEEKEND AND BETWEEN GOOGLE AND THE OWNERS MANUAL, FOUND OUT THIS IS A "FEATURE" THAT HAPPENS IF THE UNLOCK KEY IS DEPRESSED FOR A SHORT TIME, AS CAN HAPPEN WHEN THE KEY IS IN YOUR POCKET. THIS COULD GIVE ANYBODY ACCESS TO THE GARAGE DOOR OPENER WHICH WOULD PUT MY FAMILY AND HOUSE AT RISK, AS WELL AS THE CONTENTS OF THE VEHICLE. THIS FEATURE WAS NOT DISCLOSED WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND IT CAN ONLY BE DISABLED BY THE DEALER. *TT

ON JANUARY 2ND, 2012 ON 2-SEPARATE OCCASIONS THE ENGINE ACCELERATED TO ALMOST 6000 RPM WHILE I WAS STOPPED OR NEARLY STOPPED WHILE PARKING THE CAR. THE CAR WAS IN DRIVE AND I HAD MY RIGHT FOOT ON THE BRAKE BUT THE ENGINE ACCELERATION HAPPENED VERY QUICKLY AND ON THE SECOND INCIDENT THE BRAKES WERE NOT HOLDING THE CAR. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE TRANS INTO NEUTRAL UNTIL THE ACCELERATION DIED DOWN TO THE NORMAL RPM. ON THE SECOND OCCASION I SHUT THE IGNITION OFF 2-TIMES BEFORE THE ACCELERATION STOPPED. I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH PRIOR CARS AND THE MANUFACTURERS HAVE HAD NO SYSTEM IN PLACE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AND BECAUSE IT IS A RANDOM EVENT IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO REPLICATE. BECAUSE OF LITIGATION IN ACCIDENT CASES I BELIEVE THE MANUFACTURERS ARE IN DENIAL OF THIS ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. *TR

DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY IN TORRANCE CA AT 65 MPH WHEN THE CAR BEGAN TO BUCK AND JERK AND SLOWED TO ABOUT 30 MPH. IT WOULD NOT TAKE ANY MORE POWER OR ACCELERATION. I WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE AND WAS ABLE TO EXIT AND PARK AND I THEN NOTED THE TEMP GAUGE SHOWED HOT ALTHOUGH THE ENGINE DID NOT APPEAR HOT. HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A FAULTY TEMP SENSOR THAT SHOWED THE ENGINE WAS OVERHEATING AND CAUSIG THE ENGINE TO GO INTO THE PARTIAL SHUT-DOWN MODE. THIS HAS HAPPENED OFTEN ENOUGH THAT FORD HAS A SERVICE BULLETIN OUT ON THE PROBLEM, BUT NO RECALL. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTER IF I HAD STILL BEEN IN THE LEFT OR DIAMOND LANE SO THERE SHOULD BE A MANUFACTURER RECALL TO HAVE THESE PARTS CHECKED OUT. APPARENTLY SOME ARE CORRODED. *TR