TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. THE CONTACT STRUCK A CURB TO STOP THE VEHICLE. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE ENGINE REVVED HIGHER THAN NORMAL. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 300.
2008 Ford Fusion complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2008 record →
2006 FORD FUSION FAILS TO START OR EVEN CRANK TRYING TO START. BEEN TO 3 DIFFERENT FORD DEALERSHIPS IN 3 STATES, OHIO, MD., AND NOW ILLINOIS. ALL SAY THAT THE COMPUTER TESTING SHOWS NOTHING WRONG, AND CONSEQUENTLY, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. BUT THE PROBLEM REMAINS. CAR DID NOT START AT THE MD DEALERSHIP AND HE PUT ON A FUEL PUMP BUT SAID THAT WOULD PROBABLY NOT FIX IT. THEY SAY THEY CAN'T FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM BUT YET THE PROBLEM CONTINUES EVEN ACKNOWLEDGING PERSONALLY WITNESSING THE PROBLEM. SO FORD SAYS LIVE WITH THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. TOTALLY UNSATISFACTORY. NEW CAR BUT CAN'T BE RELIED TO START EVERYTIME AND FORD DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT. WE WANT TO GIVE THE CAR BACK EARLY ON ITS LEASE, REPLACE CAR, GIVE LOANER TO KEEP CAR ON THEIR LOT TO HAVE TIME TO FIGURE OUT PROBLEM, TAKE CAR TO MORE SOPHISTICATED TESTING AREA TO FINALLY FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS CAR. *TR
ACCELERATED FROM STOP SIGN AND ACCELERATOR STUCK AT HALF WIDE OPEN. HAD TO USE BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THIS CAR WOULD NOT DECELERATE AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO STOP. NO CRUISE CONTROL WAS ON EITHER. *TR
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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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