2013 FORD FUSION Engine Problems

PURCHASED VEHICLE NEW IN FEB 2013. HAS SHUT DOWN 4 TIMES WHILE IN MOTION. 3 WERE IN TOWN AT SLOW SPEEDS FIRST TIME WAS AROUND SUMMERTIME THE FIRST OR SECOND YEAR, BUT THE LAST WAS 12/24/2015 ON THE INTERSTATE RUNNING A STEADY 75 MPH IN THE INSIDE LANE IN VERY HEAVY TRAFFIC. ONLY BY THE GRACE OF GOD WAS I ABLE TO MANEUVER IT TO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT GETTING RUN OVER! EACH TIME THE DASH GOES BLACK AND ENGINE (AND POWER STEERING/BRAKES) SHUTS OF. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS BEFORE OR AFTER THE SHUT DOWN. ONLY THING STILL WORKING WAS THE RADIO. (IT NORMALLY PLAYS UNTIL YOU OPEN THE DOOR ANYWAY) EACH TIME IT STARTED RIGHT UP AFTER STOPPING. HAS BEEN IN FOR REPAIR 3 TIMES. NO FAULT CODES PRESENT AND SERVICE TECH "COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM", SO NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE, OTHER THAN THE NUMEROUS RECALLS THAT HAVE...

I HAVE NOTED THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY (ETB) MALFUNCTION AFFECTING FORD FUSION 2009-2013 MODELS WITH 2.5/3.0L ENGINES AND THE RELATED NHTSA INVESTIGATION PE 13-003, ALONG WITH FORD'S CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 13N03. I HAVE ALSO NOTED THE POWER LOSS ISSUE DESCRIBED IN ANOTHER 2013 FORD FUSION OWNER'S EXPERIENCE (NHTSA COMPLAINT ID #10810590. BOTH SEEM TO BE RELATED TO THE PROBLEM I AM NOW HAVING WITH MY 2013 FORD FUSION SE, WHICH IS THE ECOBOOST MODEL WITH THE 1.6L TURBO CHARGED ENGINE. AFTER GETTING AN OBD WARNING ALONG WITH ROUGH ENGINE OPERATION AND LOWER-THAN-EXPECTED FUEL EFFICIENCY, THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE CANISTER PURGE VALVE AND NOTED THAT THE OIL MINDER WOULD NOT RESET. THAT REPAIR WAS PERFORMED UNDER WARRANTY DURING THANKSGIVING WEEKEND 2015. SOON AFTER, ON DECEMBER 6TH, THE CAR EXPERIENCED POWER LOSS ON TWO OCCASIONS UPON LEAVING PARKING LOTS; IN OTHER WORDS, THE FAILURE OCCURRED AT LOW SPEED WITHIN A MINUTE OF...

SUDDEN POWER LOSS, MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HER 2013 FUSION CHANGING FREEWAYS AND THE CAR LOST POWER, SLOWED TO A CRAWL, NO ACCELERATION. VERY DANGEROUS. HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM, MY WIFE TOLD THEM THEY BETTER FIND THE PROBLEM, SHE WAS SCARED TO DRIVE IT. THEY KEPT IT A LITTLE LONGER SAID THEY CHANGED OUT SOME MODULE BUT INSISTED NOTHING WAS SHOWING BAD. SO SHE PICKED IT UP AND ABOUT A WEEK LATER SHE WAS GOING DOWN THE FREEWAY AND HER WAZE APP TOLD HER TO GET OFF THE FREEWAY THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT UP AHEAD, SO AS SHE IS GETTING OFF THE CAR DID THE SAME THING, SUDDEN POWER LOSS. THIS TIME SHE WAS OFF CRENSHAW IN LA, NOT A GOOD PART OF CALI. SHE WAS MORE FRIGHTENED THAT TIME. WE HAD IT TOWED TO A DIFFERENT FORD DEALER. SAME THING...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE DID RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,000.

(TAKATA RECALL) I HEREBY STATE THAT I WAS IN A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT WITH THIS VEHICLE WITH NO FAULT OF MY OWN. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT 03/15/2014 THIS VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN TOTALED OUT BUT WAS NOT DONE SO.THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WITH THE WAY AND THE IMPACT THAT I WAS HIT BY OTHER PARTY. I THAN TOOK THIS VEHICLE NUMEROUS OF TIMES TO HASTING FORD IN GREENVILLE NC WHERE THEY WAS SUPPOSE TO HAVE RESEARCHED AND PROPERLY CHECKED AND FIXED EVERYTHING DETAILED. I AM YET TO THIS DAY STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE SHIFTING GEARS CAUSED BY ACCIDENT,BODY IS COMING APART, CAMARA IS NOT WORKING AND I AM STILL SUFFERING FROM THE BODILY INJURIES OF MY HIP BEING SHIFTED FROM ACCIDENT. I AM SEEKING LEGAL ATTORNEYS AT THIS TIME DUE TO I FEEL THAT FORD COULD HAVE TAKEN BETTER CARE AND REPLACED THIS VEHICLE KNOWINGLY...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE OVERHEATED AND LEAKED FLUID INTO THE WIRES CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000.

FIRST PROBLEM WITH THE CAR WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH FIRST STARTING IT IN THE MORNING WITH IT ACTING AS IF IT WASNT GETTING GAS UNTIL I STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR WHILE IN PARK, DEALERSHIP CLAIMED IT WAS A CRACKED WATER PUMP. THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING, THEY REPLACED HEAD GASKET AND INTAKE GASKET DUE TO THE CODE FROM THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THEN THE CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING ON THE INTERSTATE AND WHEN I PULLED OVER AND TURNED IT OFF IT MADE LOUD CRACKING NOISES AND WOULDNT START. DEALERSHIP SAYS A PIECE UNDERNEATH THE WATER PUMP FELL OFF THEY BELIEVE IT WAS DEFECTIVE BECAUSE THE BOLT WAS HALF THE SIZE IT WAS SUPPOSE TO BE AND RUINED THE ENGINE. FIRST PROBLEMS STARTED IN MAY UNTIL MOST RECENT ONE IN SEPT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY VIBRATE AND THEN STALLED. THE TRANSMISSION WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED AND THE MOTOR MOUNTS WERE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, WHILE IDLING, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED UNINTENTIONALLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,900.

THE TRANSMISSIONS SHUTTERS AT ALL SPEEDS. THE CAR STALLS ON RED LIGHTS. THE CAR STALLS GOING AROUND CURVES. THE CAR STALLS GOING BOTH UP AND DOWN HILLS. FORD PUT OUT AND "EXTENDED WARRANT" BUT DOES NOT HAVE THE PARTS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. WE HAVE TALKED TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS AND A REGIONAL MANAGER FOR FORD, BUT NOTHING IS GETTING DONE.

THIS IS A CASE OF MULTIPLE INCIDENTS, FIRST INCIDENT WITH SIGNIFICANT ISSUE WAS ON 12/11/2014. AS I WAS PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND REVERSING ACROSS TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC, MY CAR TURNED OFF AND SAID "PRESS BRAKE TO START" (I HAVE THE PUSH-START-IGNITION). THE CAR TURNED OFF AS I WAS REVERING ACROSS THE STREET, I HAD TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK IN ORDER TO RESTART THE CAR. I RESTARTED THE CAR AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHICH THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS ISSUE AND SAID THEY COULD NOT GET ME IN FOR AN APPOINTMENT UNTIL 12/15. ON 12/14/2014, AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT ~25MPH, MY CAR STARTED TO ACT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO QUIT, BEFORE I COULD PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THE CAR TURNED OFF AND SAID "PRESS BRAKE TO START" I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR...

I WAS DRIVING SW BOUND ON HWY 20 IN LOGANVILLE, GA WHEN MY CAR SURGED AND POWERED OFF AT 50 MPH 'THE VEHICLE TURNED OFF ON A VERY BUSY ROAD. I JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR LAST YEAR. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED THIS FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED FORD REPLACED MY ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN. I HAD ZERO STEERING CAPABILITY, THE ENGINE WAS OFF AND UNRESPONSIVE AND ALL OF MY ELECTRONIC PANELS WENT DARK EXCEPT FOR A MESSAGE SAYING "TRANSMISSION IS NOT IN PARK" AND THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT (YELLOW) CAME ON. I WAS ABLE TO HIT THE HAZARD LIGHTS AND BARELY INCH TO THE RIGHT SIDE ON THE HIGHWAY. THERE WAS A TRUCK BEHIND ME THAT HAD TO MAKE AN EVASIVE LANGE CHANGE MANEUVER TO THE LEFT IN ORDER TO AVOID COLLISION. ONCE I CAME TO A STOP I IMMEDIATELY TURNED MY VIDEO CAMERA ON MY PHONE AND...

2013 FORD FUSION SE 2.0LT ECOBOOST ENGINE - BOUGHT MARCH 2014 ABOUT 33,000 MILES. MY ISSUES STARTED AROUND THE END OF MAY 2014. 1. WHEN COMING TO AN IDLE MY CAR ALWAYS ACTS LIKE IT IS GOING TO STALL. IT IDLES REALLY HARD AND THE RPMS ALWAYS JUMP REAL LOW. THERE ARE NEVER ANY WARNING LIGHTS/MESSAGES THAT APPEAR. 2. EXTREMELY POOR GAS MILEAGE - THIS IS A 4 CYLINDER AND AN ECOBOOST THAT SHOULD BE GETTING A HELL OF A LOT BETTER GAS MILEAGE - CITY AND HIGHWAY! MY 2012 FUSION V6 HAD WAYYYY BETTER MPG. I HAVE READ IN FORUMS ABOUT BOTH OF THESE 2 ISSUES AND FOUND RELATED PROBLEMS. FORD WANTED $180.00 JUST TO 'LOOK' AT MY DRIVEABILITY. JUST TO PLUG MY CAR COMPUTER INTO THEIR SCANNER. THERE ARE NO RECALLS ON THIS FOR MY SPECIFIC CAR EVEN THOUGH I AM FINDING A LOT OF THE SAME ISSUES...

WHILE DRIVING NORTH ON I-25 WITH CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 75MPH, SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE STOP FORWARD ACCELERATION AND INSTANTLY BEGAN DECREASING SPEED. IMMEDIATELY, I STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR TO NO AVAILABLE POWER. THE ENGINE REFUSED TO COMMUNICATION WITH THE ACCELERATOR AS THE RPM WOULD JUST INCREASE BUT NO ACTUAL POWER WAS GIVEN TO THE VEHICLE. I TRIED MULTIPLE TIMES TO GET THE VEHICLE TO RESPOND BUT EVENTUALLY HAD TO PULL OVER BECAUSE NO POWER WAS AVAILABLE. EVEN AFTER SOMEHOW AVOID 3 LANES OF CONSTANT TRAFFIC, I ATTEMPTED TO START DRIVING AGAIN WITHOUT SHUTTING THE VEHICLE DOWN. DURING THIS POINT ALL THAT WOULD STILL HAPPEN WAS THE VEHICLE WOULD REV THE RPM'S, BUT NOT PROPULSION WAS AVAILABLE. I HAD TO SHUTDOWN THE CAR COMPLETELY ON THE HIGHWAY SHOULDER IN ORDER TO GET THE CAR TO RESPOND TO ANY TIME OF GAS DEMANDS. I HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE THROTTLE BODY ISSUE MANY...

WHILE DRIVING AT SLOW SPEEDS (0-10 MPH) THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN. SOMETIMES WHEN PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR THE VEHICLE DOESN'T RESPOND, CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO FURTHER PRESS THE ACCELERATOR, AND WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY RESPONDS, IT RAPIDLY ACCELERATES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED UNEXPECTEDLY. THE FAILURE WAS SPORADICALLY RECURRING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,700. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 12,999.

I WAS DRIVING MY 2013 1.6 LITER FORD FUSION ON 10/23/2013 AND THE ENGINE OVERHEATED. MY VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. I LOOKED UP MY VIN NUMBER ON FORD BECAUSE AFTER THIS ALL HAPPENED I HEARD ABOUT FUSIONS BEING RECALLED FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. ACCORDING TO FORD MY VIN NUMBER MY WAS NOT UNDER THE RECALLED FORD FUSIONS THAT HAD THE OVERHEATING PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THE COOLANT HAD LEAKED INTO THE ENGINE AND HAD CAUSED IT TO OVERHEAT. THIS SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE THE RECALL TO ME. I HAD NO IDEA ABOUT THE RECALL UNTIL AFTER THIS HAPPEN TO ME SO I DIDN'T GET OUT OF MY CAR. MY CAR COULD OF HAD AN ENGINE FIRE LIKE SOME OF THE RECALLED ONES HAVE HAD. I AM VERY UPSET WITH FORD. I BELIEVE THAT THEY STILL HAVE A PROBLEM AND MORE FUSIONS NEED TO BE RECALLED. IT...

I WAS DRIVING TO AN APPOINTMENT, AND RAN LATE BECAUSE OF THE FAILURE. I STOPPED AT A STOPLIGHT, AND TRIED TO TAKE OFF, BUT THEN THE CAR WENT INTO "LIMP HOME" MODE. I HOBBLED THE CAR ACROSS THE INTERSECTION, AND THEN BEGAN TO USE MY OBD II CODE READER THAT I PURCHASED FOR A DIFFERENT VEHICLE, AND READ THE CODE. IT WAS P2011, AND CLEARED IT THE CAR RAN FINE FOR A WHILE, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS STILL THERE. I WENT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY, PURCHASED THE NEW "UPDATED" THROTTLE BODY. I GOT IT OVER TO MY UNCLE'S SHOP, WERE I REPLACED THE OLD THROTTLE BODY WITH THE NEW ONE. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING WITH THE NEW THROTTLE BODY, AND HAVE NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS SINCE. *TR

WHILE CRUISING AT ABOUT 45MPH THE CAR SUDDENLY DECELERATED, THE ORANGE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. WHILE IDLING, THE ENGINE WAS SHAKING ABNORMALLY. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THIS HAS OCCURRED, ONCE AT 40MPH CRUISING, AND ONCE AT ABOUT 65MPH ACCELERATING. ALL THREE INCIDENTS HAVE HAPPENED ABOUT 200 MILES APART. ALL THREE TIMES I WAS (BARELY) ABLE TO PULL OVER AND RESTART THE VEHICLE. EACH TIME THE CAR TOOK LONGER THAN USUAL TO TURN OVER. PREVIOUS TO THIS, THERE WERE SEVERAL INCIDENTS WHEN DOWNSHIFTING FROM OVERDRIVE INTO A PASSING GEAR. WHEN THE CAR SHIFTED DOWN, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD THUMP AND SHIFT ABNORMALLY HARD. THE ORANGE WRENCH LIGHT WOULD THEN COME ON. I COULD STILL ACCELERATE BUT I WOULD HAVE THE SAME "HARD" SHIFT EVERY TIME I ACCELERATED FAST ENOUGH TO FOR THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION TO SWITCH INTO A PASSING GEAR. WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO A...

THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER.THE ENGINE IDLE DOES NOT ADVANCE WHEN THE AIRCONDITIONER IS PLACED IN SERVICE. WHILE STOPPED IN THE DRIVEWAY OR AT STOP SIGNS OR RED LIGHTES. ENGINE IDLES VERY ROUGH....YOU CAN FEEL IT IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE GEARSHIFT AND THE FLOOR PAN. HAVE COMPLAINED TO FORD AND THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS IS NORMAL,OR THERE IS NO CODE TO TELL THE SMART TECHIES WHAT TO LOOK FOR.A 25000 DOLLAR CAR THAT IDLES LIKE A MODEL T.I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN FORD FOR NOT AT LEAST TRYING TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM.TURN THE AIR OFF...ENGINE VIBRATION GOES AWAY.I JUST WONDERED IF ANYONE ELSE OUT THERE IN FORD LAND HAS THIS PROBLEM.LAST VISIT TO FORD DEALERSHIP WAS 7-25-13. NO JOY. *TR

ON TWO OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE SPONTANEOUSLY ACCELERATED WHILE BACKING OUT AND PULLING INTO THE GARAGE. THIS HAPPENED WITH 2 DIFFERENT DRIVERS AND CONDITIONS WERE SIMILAR WITH VERY LOW SPEEDS AND WE WERE ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BOTH TIMES BY APPLYING THE BRAKES. *TR

OK, I TRADED IN MY 2009 FUSION 6 CYL FOR THE 2013 1.8 ECCO BOOST. OBVIOUSLY WHEN I TEST DROVE IT I DROVE UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS. AT ANY RATE, WHEN YOU NEED TO PASS AND STEP ON THE GAS PEDAL THE CAR HESITATES AND SEEMS TO HAVE NO POWER AT ALL. THE GAS MILIAGE IS AROUND 22 MILE PER GALLON HIGHWAY. NO WHERE NEAR WHAT WAS ADVERTISED. I WAS TOLD THIS ENGINE WAS COMPERABLE TO MY V6. NO WAY! HAS ANYONE ELSE REPORTED THIS ISSUE? IN ADDITION THE SYNC SYSTEM KEEPS FREEZING UP ON PHONE CALLS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK ON THE HIGHWAY 65-MPH THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF WITHOUT WARNING, THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL STARTS ACTING UP AS IF YOU ARE TURNING ON AND OFF THE KEY. THEY FOUND A LOSE WIRE TO THE INSTRUMENTAL CLUSTER ON THE SECOND TIME THEY REPLACED THE INSTRUMENTAL CLUSTER. IT HAS BEEN TAKEN BACK SIX TIMES AND NOW THE DASHBOARD SHUTS DOWN AND I LOSE LIGHTS, SIGNALS, AND OTHER ELECTRONIC FEATURES. I HAVE LOST POWER STEERING AND BRAKES IN BETWEEN. THEY OFFERED ME AN EXTENDED WARRANTY??? IT IS A SHAME THAT A CONSUMER WHO BUYS A CAR FROM A DEALERSHIP HAS TO GO THROUGH THE GRINDER JUST TO GET OUT OF THEIR LEMON. I JUST WANT TO GET OUT OF THIS VEHICLE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY ROAD WITH MY FOOT ON THE GAS AT 35-40MPH, THE TRANSMISSION ERRATICALLY SHIFTED INTO A LOWER GEAR ON THE TRANSMISSION, CAUSING THE ENGINE RPMS TO NEAR INSTANTANEOUSLY TO GO FROM 1750-2000RPMS TO JUST OVER 4000RPMS. THROUGH THE RPM INCREASE THE VEHICLE MAINTAINED THE PREVIOUS 35-40MPH SPEED. ULTIMATELY, WAS FORCED TO BRAKE TO BRING THE ENGINE RPMS DOWN. *TR