UPON STARTING MY CAR, I'M GETTING A POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT MESSAGE AND CANNOT TURN THE WHEEL. ONCE I RESTART MY CAR, THE MESSAGE GOES AWAY AND I'M ABLE TO STEER. I'M AFRAID IT COULD REOCCUR WHEN DRIVING OR NEVER GO AWAY AFTER A RESTART.
2010 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 2010 record →
2010 FORD FUSION ELECTRIC STARING WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY. THEY RECALLED 2011 TO 2014 THE FIRST YEAR I CAME OUT WAS 2010. FORD IS NOT HELPING WITH THIS ISSUE.
OVER THE PAST YEAR THE POWER STEERING HAS STOPPED WORKING SEVERAL TIMES, BUT NEVER WHILE IN MOTION. ALWAYS WHEN THE CAR IS FIRST STARTED. SHUTTING THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTING HAS SOLVED THE PROBLEM. THIS PAST WEEK, HOWEVER, IT WENT OUT AND HAS NOT COME BACK ON.
I WAS DRIVING ON A ROAD AT 50 MPH AND WHEN I SLOWED DOWN TO TURN ONTO A SIDE STREET THE STEERING WAS NOT WORKING. I WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO A FAMILY MEMBERS DRIVE WAY AND THAT IS AS FAR AS I HAD GOTTEN. I HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOED 45 MILES BACK TO MY HOUSE TO GET IT SERVICED. THIS HAPPENED ON A SATURDAY WHILE I WAS VISITING FAMILY. THERE WAS MY WIFE,GRANDDAUGHTER AND MYSELF IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. I HAD TO HAVE IT REPAIRED BECAUSE THE RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE IS NOT ON MY SPECIFIC VEHICLE. THERE ARE RECALLS OUT FOR THE SAME PROBLEM BUT THE DEALER SAID THIS IS VEHICLE SPECIFIC RECALLS. I DO NOT UNDER STAND WHY THIS ISSUE IS ONLY RELATED TO SPECIFIC VEHICLE WHEN THE SAME ISSUE SHOWS UP IN THE SAME CAR AS THE RECALLED CARS? I HAVE UPLOADED THE RECEIPT FOR THE REPAIR.
MY 2010 FORD FUSION HAD THE SERVICE POWER STEERING LIGHT COME ON WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, AND THEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND THE SERVICE ADVANCETRAC CAME ON. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND EVEN THOUGH MY CAR HAS TWO OPEN RECALLS FOR AIRBAGS AND FUEL TANK, ALONG WITH AN EXTENDED ONE ON MY THROTTLE BODY, THEY CAN'T GET MY CAR IN UNTIL NEXT MONTH. I'VE TRIED DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY TERMINALS, AND REPLACED THE BATTERY IN HOPES THAT IT WOULD RESET THE COMPUTER AS THE CAR DOES NOT HAVE A POWER STEERING PUMP AND IS CONTROLLED BY A COMPUTER CHIP.
WE HAD DRIVEN TO A FOOTBALL GAME, WHEN WE RETURNED TO THE CAR IT WOULD NOT START. ALL THE LIGHTS WORKED, IT TURNED OVER PERFECTLY EVERY TIME, BUT IT WOULD NOT START. HAD IT TOWED TO THE MECHANIC IN THE MORNING AND IT STARTED FOR THEM. HOWEVER, AFTER MULTIPLE TEST THEY WERE ABLE TO GET IT TO STOP STARTING. CHECKED THE CODES AND IT SAID O2 SENSOR. REPLACED O2 SENSOR. CAR DIED ON MY WAY HOME FROM THE MECHANIC WHILE PULLING OUT ONTO THE HIGHWAY FROM A STOP SIGN WHERE VEHICLES ARE TRAVELING 60MPH WITH MY TWO SMALL CHILDREN IN THE CAR. TERRIFYING! I BARELY CHUGGED ACROSS THE LANES AND GOT THE NOSE OF MY CAR ON THE SHOULDER. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND AFTER A FEW TRIES IT RESTARTED. WHEN I GOT HOME, I TOOK THE BATTERY CABLES OFF THE BATTERY FOR THE WEEKEND AS I READ THAT COULD HELP THE FAULTY COMPUTER ISSUE. SO FAR, I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THIS ISSUE AGAIN. A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE THIS, I NOTICED THAT AT SPEEDS OF 50 MPH THE CAR FELT LIKE IT WAS SPEEDING UP AND SLOWING DOWN REALLY FAST LIKE PULSING.
DELAYED EXCLAMATION WHEN I PRESS THE GAS PEDAL AND SLOWING DOWN FOR NO REASON WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE TIE ROD BREAKS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I'VE HAD IT FIXED 5 TIMES IN ONE YEAR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE ADVANCETRAC, POWER STEERING, AND ABS WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. ROWE FORD AUBURN (LOCATED AT 699 CENTER ST, AUBURN, ME 04210, (207) 784-2321) WAS CALLED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER ASSIST AND ADVANCETRAC WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED IN HIS DRIVEWAY. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: CAS24283885. EAGLE RIVER FORD (1050 E WALL ST, EAGLE RIVER, WI 54521, (715) 479-4401) DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING CONTROL MODULE WITHIN THE STEERING RACK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT WAS WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INFORMED TO WORK OUT AN ARRANGEMENT WITH THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS GETTING A SECOND OPINION FROM AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 147,272.
YESTERDAY WHEN COMING HOME FROM PICKING UP MY GRANDDAUGHTER I WAS TURNING INTO MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE STEERING SEEMED TO LOCK UP. I LIVE NEAR THE WATER AND THERE'S WATER ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD TURNING ONTO MY STREET. I HAD TO SLAM ON MY BRAKES TO KEEP FROM GOING INTO THE WATER. I CALLED FORD AND THEY SAID THAT THERE'S NO RECALL OR WARRANTY COVERAGE ON THE POWER STEERING. MY REPAIR ESTIMATE IS $2200 AND I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR IT. I'VE ALMOST GOT THIS CAR PAID OFF AND NOW THIS. WE ARE ALL SCARED FOR MY GRANDDAUGHTER TO RIDE IN MY CAR NOW AND THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO BUT DRIVE IT LIKE IT IS. IS THERE ANY HOPE FOR HELP? I'M TERRIFIED TO DRIVE IT, BUT I HAVE TO GO TO WORK.
BOUGHT USED FORD FUSION ON 9/16/19 FROM FRED BEAN CADILLAC- BUICK IN DOYALSTOWN PA. AFTER ABOUT DRIVING IT FOR 950 MILES ON 10/04/19 AN YELLOW WRENCH ICON APPEARED ON THE DASH BOARD AND THE CAR SEEMED TO LOSE POWER. THE CAR WAS PARKED AND THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF, ONCE THE CAR WAS RESTARTED THE WRENCH ICON DISAPPEARED. MADE APPOINTMENT WITH DEALER WHERE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED FROM AT 7:30AM ON 10/05/19 TO HAVE THE CAR LOOKED AT. WAS TOLD NO ERROR CODE WAS FOUND, BUT LATER THAT SAME DAY WHILE DRIVING HOME AROUND 2:00PM THE WRENCH ICON REAPPEARED AND THE LOSS OF POWER HAPPENED TURNING OFF FROM RT 332 (YARDLEY-NEWTON RD SPEED 55MPH) ON TO STONY HILL RD SPEED 40MPH. ONCE I GO TO A RED LIGHT AT STONY HILL AND YARDLEY LANGHORNE RD INTERSECTION I TURNED CAR OFF, THEN RESTARTED CAR AND WRENCH ICON DISAPPEARED.
POWER STEERING FAULT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH WITH KIDS IN THE CAR
UPON STARTING 2010 FORD FUSION, THE "STEERING DEFAULT ASSIST" LIGHT COMES ON AND THERE IS NO POWER. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES, ONCE WHILE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHILE I HAS PASSENGERS AND WAS TRYING TO MAKE A TURN. IT WAS A STRUGGLE TO CONTROL THIS VEHICLE AND MAINTAIN CONTROL. I HAD TO FIND A SPOT TO STOP TO TURN ENGINE OFF AND ON AGAIN TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. MY GRANDDAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THIS MORNING (9/27/209) AND ALMOST LOST CONTROL TAKING DAUGHTER TO BUS STOP. PREVIOUSLY I HAD TAKEN CAR TO DUNCAN FORD DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THERE WAS NO RECALL??? BESIDES THIS INCIDENT (WHICH IS SCARY IN ITSELF), IT HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES WHEN STARTING CAR IN DRIVEWAY, HAVE TO TURN IGNITION OFF AND ON TO CLEAR WARNING AND REGAIN POWER STEERING. ALSO, HAPPENED ABOUT A YEAR AGO WHEN I HAD PASSENGERS IN THE CAR AND WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND FOUGHT FOR CONTROL OF VEHICLE. I HAD TO FIND A PLACE TO STOP AND RESTART CAR TO REGAIN CONTROL OF STEERING!! NOT ACCEPTABLE. PLEASE RECALL THIS VEHICLE. I CAN'T AFFORD THE $1800 TO FIX PROBLEM, NOR SHOULD I HAVE TO PAY FOR YOUR DEFECT.
POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT LIGHT APPEARED. CAR EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER. MY 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HERSELF AND HER YOUNGER BROTHER TO SCHOOL ON A CITY STREET.
THERE IS A MASS PROBLEM WITH FUSIONS AND THE AC. FORD DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE FIX IS, THE DEALERS DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FIX IS. THEY JUST KEEP REPLACING STUFF. THE PROBLEM IS THE AC BLOWS COLD..THEN STOPS AND BLOWS HOT. FREON IS FULL, COMPRESSOR WORKS FINE, NO LEAKS, NO CODES REPORTED WHEN CODES ARE READ. THIS GUY ON YOUTUBE HAS DOCUMENTED THE PROBLEM AND A WORK AROUND HE FOUND. THIS SHOULD NOT BE A WORK AROUND AND FORD SHOULD GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT IS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM AND STOP CHARGING PEOPLE FOR UNNECESSARY REPAIRS THAT DON'T FIX THE PROBLEM. MY DEALER HAD MY CAR FOR 3 DAYS TESTED EVERYTHING, COULDN'T FIND ANY PROBLEMS GAVE MY CAR A GREEN BILL OF HEALTH..DROVE OFF THE LOT AFTER THE GREEN BILL OF HEALTH ON A HOT DAY. AC STOPPED WORKING ON THE WAY HOME WITH EXACT SAME SYMPTOMS I TOOK IT IN FOR. THE FORD DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN TRYING TO FIX THIS ON MY VEHICLE FOR 1.5 YEARS AND HAVE YET TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. HERE IS THE VIDEO OF THE WORKAROUND. HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=KQ9INUNWKPW
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED, WHICH CAUSED THE CONTACT TO SLAM ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO YORK'S OF HOULTON (315 NORTH ST, HOULTON, ME 04730, (207) 532-6534) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RACK AND PINION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED ALONG WITH THE AIR BAGS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.
STARTED THE VEHICLE AND RECEIVED "POWER STEERING FAULT". THERE IS NO POWER STEERING NOW THIS WAS PART OF A RECALL BUT MY VIN WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL, WHY IS THIS?
MY BRAKES GOES ALL THE WAY THE FLOOR WHEN STOPPING....FROM TIME TO TIME
INTERMITTENTLY MY BRAKES WILL GO OUT, MOST OFTEN THIS HAPPENS AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN OFF AND I TURN IT OFF AND TRY TO REVERSE THOUGH IT ALSO HAPPENS WHEN IN DRIVE. IT HAS HAPPENS ON ACCESS ROADS, THE HIGHWAY, MY DRIVEWAY AND MOST OFTEN IN PARKING LOTS. MY CAR WILL ROLL AND BE COMPLETELY UNRESPONSIVE TO THE FACT THAT I HAVE MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES SOFT AND I CAN PRESS IT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. MY BRAKE LIGHT, ABS LIGHT, ETC ON THE DASHBOARD ALL LIGHT UP AND MY CAR KEEPS ROLLING. I TRY TURNING MY VEHICLE ON AND OFF AS SOMETIMES EVEN THE EMERGENCY BRAKE OR PUTTING THE CAR IN PARK WILL NOT GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP. I HAVE ALMOST HIT OTHER CARS AND PEDESTRIANS BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE AND IT IS HIGHLY DANGEROUS AND COME TO FIND OUT A KNOWN GLITCH FOR SOME 2010 FORD FUSIONS.
POWER STEERING WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING 3 MONTHS AGO, HAD IT REPLACED AT A HEFTY PRICE. THIS MORNING AS I'M DRIVING KIDS TO SCHOOL THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT AGAIN!!! NOW MY CAR IS STUCK BY THE ROAD IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE BC I CAN'T TURN THE WHEEL TO GET INTO THE DRIVEWAY. THIS IS BEYOND RIDICULOUS! WISH I HAD KNOWN WHAT A POS CAR THIS WAS BEFORE I BOUGHT IT.
WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY WITH A SPEED LIMIT OF 75 MPH THE CAR'S POWER STEERING QUIT WORKING MAKING IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL THE CAR. IT WAS A NEAR MISS AVOIDING A COLLUSION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. CARS WARNING SYSTEM SAYS POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND THE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY. IN ADDITION, THE STEERING WHEEL HAD TO BE TURNED WITH FORCE. THE CONTACT CALLED CHAMPION FORD LINCOLN (706 US-74 BUS, ROCKINGHAM, NC 28379, (866) 676-6023) AND WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 283,000.
POWER STEERING HAS GONE OUT. I SAW THAT THERE ARE OVER 900 OTHER REPORTS OF THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SAME CAR. I'M HOPING THIS WAS REVEALED AND THAT FOR DINNER HAS TO FIX IT FOR ME
TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING BAD FROM FRONT OF BELL HOUSING WHEN IN ANY GEAR. L/H AXLE SEAL WENT BAD 3 YEARS AGO, FIXED THAT BEEN FINE UNTIL THIS. A LOT OF TBS ON THIS PROBLEM, TIME FORD DID SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
THE CAR STALLS AND SHIFTS GEARS AFTER STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT OR STOP SIGN THEN AFTER MOMENTS OF PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL IT SPINS OFF AND JERKS REALLY HARD ON A FREEWAY IT RIDES VERY WELL IT ONLY STALLS AFTER WAITING AT A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN OR TAPPING ONTO THE BREAK ALSO THE CAR HAS NEW BREAK PADS BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING IS SCRUBBING AND WHILE I WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING LOT THE CAR MADE A HUGE POPPING AND THREW ME BACK WHILE MY FOOT WAS ON THE BREAK IT SCARED ME SO I GOT OUT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED AND I DIDN'T HIT ANYTHING NOR DID ANYTHING HIT ME SO I TRIED TO DRIVE HOME AND THE CAR JERKED THE ENTIRE WAY HOME ALMOST
MIDDLE OF FREEWAY DRIVING, CAR DEACCELLERATED AND WENT INTO LIMP HOME MODE. SAFELY STOPPED AND ERROR CLEARED ON RESTART. DEALER REPLACED ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY, TECHNICIAN INDICATED THE TEST GRAPH HAD A SPIKE UPON TESTING. LIKELY UNIT OF FAILURE.
RAPID DECELERATION: WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY RAPID DECELERATION OCCURRED. CAR SLOWED TO ABOUT 25MPH AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN GAS PEDAL WAS PUSHED. EXITED FREEWAY.. TURNED ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTED. CAR OPERATED NORMAL. NO ERROR ICONS SHOWED. ABOUT A HALF MILE FROM HOME PROBLEM REOCCURRED CRAWLED HOME AT 10MPH. NEXT SEVERAL DAYS PROBLEM DID NOT REOCCUR. ABOUT A WEEK LATER SAME PROBLEM REOCCURRED WHILE DRIVING HOME ..10MPH. SPOKE TO FORD SERVICE TO SEE IF THEY WOULD COVER REPAIRS AND THEY DECLINED. TOOK IT TO MY REPAIR SHOP AND THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. $600. VERY SCARY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN THIS OCCURS ON THE FREEWAY.
TAKATA RECALL IS THE POWER STEERING IS NOT WORKING .
INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE IS NOT WORKING, PULLING THE HANDLE DOES NOT OPEN THE DOOR. PLEASE VIEW THIS VIDEO FOR EXPLANATION: HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=PJJQOFTCOGM
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY ON THE INTERSTATE AT A SPEED LIMIT OF 60MPH IN MOTION ON MY WAY HOME AND IT STARTED GETTING HARD TO TURN MY STEERING WHEEL WHICH MADE IT HARD FOR ME TO MAKE A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN WHEN I WAS EXITING THE EXIT. THE SERVICE POWER STEERING POPPED UP ON MY DASHBOARD AND ADVANCE TRAC. SO THEN IT ENDED UP CHANGING TO SAY SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW WHICH IT MADE IT VERY HARD AND DIFFICULT TO EVEN BE ABLE TO DRIVE MY CAR PERIOD. I GOT A ESTIMATED OF $1811.94 FOR MY CAR TO BE REPAIRED AT WYNNE FORD AT 1020 W. MERCURY BLVD HAMPTON VA 23666 AND FOR ME TO GET A ESTIMATE OF THAT PRICE I CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY THAT IT'S LIKE BUYING A USED CAR AT THAT PRICE. I JUST FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT IT'S A RECALL ON A 2011-2012 FORD FUSION BUT NOT A 2010 WHEN THE SAME EXACT DEFECT IS GOING ON WITH THAT SAME CARJIS A DIFFERENT YEAR. WHICH BASICALLY I WOULD BE PAYING TO GET A ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING RACK AND PINION IN ORDER FOR MY CAR TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE AND FUNCTION CORRECTLY.
A FEW MONTHS AGO I WAS DRIVING ON A MAJOR STREET IN AUSTIN, & TURNING INTO A STORE PARKING LOT & MY POWER STEERING FAILED! STEERING WHEEL TOTALLY LOCKED UP ON ME! VERY SCARY-ALMOST HIT 2 ONCOMING CARS! POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT LIGHT WAS ON & MINUTES LATER ANOTHER WARNING ABOUT ADVANCE TRAC FAULT. TURNING STEERING WHEEL IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME.(I'M 5'3" 130 LBS & NOT A BODY BUILDER!). I MANAGED TO DRIVE IT 3 BLOCKS TO A MECHANIC. THEY CHARGED ME $100 FOR ESTIMATE OF $2400 TO REPAIR!! I DO NOT HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY!! IS THERE A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT I CAN JOIN OR SOMETHING ELSE TO VOICE MY COMPLAINT? ALSO I AM ONLY 10 MINS FROM MY WORK SO IT'S POSSIBLE I COULD DRIVE IT JUST TO GET TO MY JOB BUT THE INSPECTION HAS EXPIRED! DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THEY WILL PASS INSPECTION WITHOUT POWER STEERING? I'VE HEARD DIFFERENT STORIES! THANK YOU! FRUSTRATED! CHERYL
THROTTLE BODY RECALL I HAVE A 2010 FORD FUSION THAT I JUST PURCHASED LESS THEN A YEAR AGO. ONE DAY MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I RETURNED THE CAR THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY. THEY REPLACED IT AND 3 MONTHS LATER IT WENT AGAIN. I LOOKED UP THE RECALLS AND THEY SAID THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS ONE OF THEM. IT HAS ALREADY BEEN FIXED 4 TIMES IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. NOW MY CAR IS STALLING AND SHUTTING OFF IN TRAFFIC. HOW DO I GO ABOUT GETTING THIS FIXED OR SOMETHING NEW. I LOOKED UP THE RECALLS AND IT SAIDS IM SUPPOSE TO HAVE A 10 YEAR EXTENDED WARRANTY OR 150,000 MILE WARRANTY. BUT NO ONE IS GIVING ME ANY ANSWERS. THIS CAR IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR ME AND MY FAMILY TO BE DRIVING IN. WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE..
2010 FORD FUSION - POWER STEERING THE POWER STEERING FAILED AS I WAS COMING OFF THE INTERSTATE IN THE MIDDLE OF A HARD RIGHT TURN/CIRCLE. IT BECAME IMPOSSIBLE TO FULLY CONTROL THE STEERING AND COMPLETING THE RIGHT TURN. I ALMOST RAN OFF THE ROAD/EMBANKMENT WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I CAN'T FIND ANY INFORMATION ON A RECALL?
STEERING WANDERS WHILE DRIVING UNCONTROLLABLE AT TIMES .EPAS PLUS MAKES RUBBING NOISE WHEN TURNING
ELECTRIC STEERING GOES OUT AND THE CAR BECOMES EXTREMELY HARD TO STEER. WARNING LIGHT COMES ON. STOPPING AND LETTING IT RESET WORKS SOMETIME. THE CAR IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. AN INEXPERIENCED DRIVE COULD HAVE A CATASTROPHIC WRECK BECAUSE OF THIS MANUFACTURER PROBLEM. IT SEEMS EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT THIS MALFUNCTION ( FORD TECHNICIANS RECOMMEND I FILE THIS COMPLAINT ) BUT I RECIEVED NO HELP FROM FORD .
WHILE DRIVING MY 2010 FORD FUSION THE POWER STEERING FAILED COMPLETELY..COULD NOT STEER THE CAR...MESSAGE SAID "POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT". FORTUNATELY WE WERE ON A CITY STREET AND NOT ON RT.9 ..THE VERY BUSY HIGHWAY WE USUALLY TRAVEL ON. AFTER A FEW MINUTES I SHUT THE CAR OFF..WAITED A MINUTE AND STARTED IT AGAIN..IT WAS OK TO DRIVE BUT ONLY ABOUT A MILE AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN..WE WERE ABOUT 6 MILES FROM HOME...THIS HAPPENED TWO MORE TIMES BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GOT HOME! IT WAS A VERY SCARY EXPERIENCE AS THE POWER STEERING FAILED AS I WAS DRIVING AND I WAS ON A CURVE ON A BUSY STREET...WE SAT THERE WITH THE FLASHERS ON HOPING THAT NO ONE WOULD RUN INTO US! CAR IS NOW BEING TOWED TO FORD GARAGE FOR REPAIR...AND FROM WHAT WE WERE TOLD COULD BE VERY COSTLY. WE'VE BEEN INFORMED THAT FORD HAS RECALLED MANY CARS FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM BUT NOT THE 2010 FUSION WHICH MANY HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH! I FIND IT ABSOLUTELY AMAZING THAT FORD HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND DID NOT RECALL THE 2010 FUSION. DRIVING A CAR THAT SUDDENLY LOSES IT'S STEERING IS DEFINITELY LIFE THREATENING...NO BETTER REASON THAN THAT FOR FORD TO RECALL AND REPAIR THIS ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE 2010 FUSIONS!!
COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT FAILURE. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOORBOARD. THERE WAS NO COLLISION AND THE VEHICLE CAME TO REST ON THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY.CHECK BRAKE SYSTEM HE CAR HAS NO BRAKE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING AND "POWER STEERING DEFAULT" APPEARED. WHEN THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL, POWERED OFF THE ENGINE, AND RESTARTED THE ENGINE, THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE NORMALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. EACH TIME, THE CONTACT HAD TO POWER OFF AND RESTART THE ENGINE IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO DRIVE NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AUTONATION HYUNDAI TEMPE (8050 S AUTOPLEX LOOP, TEMPE, AZ 85284, (480) 505-4247) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT A FAILURE CODE COULD NOT BE FOUND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE VEHICLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,600.
DRIVING VEHICLE AT ABOUT 25 MPH WHEN AN ALERT CAME UP TO CHECK STABILITY CONTROL AND POWER STEERING. POWER STEERING WAS SLIGHTLY TOUGHER BUT NOT HARD. DROVE FOR ANOTHER 20 MILES TO DESTINATION AND IT WAS FINE. A FEW HOURS LATER WHEN THE CAR WAS RESTARTED THE POWER STEERING WAS COMPLETELY GONE AND ALERT SAID TO CHECK POWER STEERING NOW
THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING & ALMOST CAUSED THE DRIVER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE WAS MOVING IN A PARKING LOT. UPON TURNING INTO A PARKING SPACE THE VEHICLE STEERING FAILED & ALMOST HIT THE CAR NEXT TO IT. A MECHANIC RAN DIAGNOSTIC & DETERMINED THE ELECTRONIC EPAS TORQUE SENSOR HAD FAILED.
I HAD A FLAT TIRE WHAIL THE TIRE WAS GOING FLAT THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND IT SEEMS TO BE A BIG PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS THE CAR WAS IN MOTION WHEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT I WAS ON A SIDE STREET
DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND THE POWER STEERING STOPS ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. I PULL OVER TURN THE CAR OFF AND RESTART IT AND IT WORKS FINE FOR ABOUT 2 MINUTES AND THEN IT STOPS WORKING AGAIN. IT SAYS 'POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT '. I LOOKED IT UP AND OVER 263,000 MODELS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AND OVER 2,200 COMPLAINTS. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE GETS INTO A ACCIDENT AND GETS SERIOUSLY HURT.
WARNING LIGHT APPEARED 3 DAYS AGO TO SERVICE POWER STEERING. WITHIN A COUPLE OF HOURS THE POWER STEERING QUIT WORKING - ALMOST COULD NOT GET IT PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY.DEALER BROUGHT OUT COMPUTER GOT THE STEERING UNLOCKED, SAID TO ADD SOME TRANSMISSION FLUID WHICH WE DID. THAT WAS 2 DAYS AGO, THE STEERING STARTED ACTING UP AGAIN AND BY THE TIME WE GOT HOME, IT WAS LOCKED UP AGAIN. GOT SOME TRANSMISSION FLUID BUT WAS UNABLE TO UNLOCK THE STEERING. IT DID LOOK LIKE SOME FLUID HAD BEEN LEAKING ON THE PAVEMENT. BUT THIS IS A TREMENDOUS SAFETY HAZARD - THERE WAS NO WARNING BETWEEN THE MESSAGE SAYING TO SERVICE IT AND WITHIN MINUTES THE POWER STEERING LOCKED UP AND IT TOOK A LOT OF STRENGTH TO GET IT HOME. FORTUNATLEY, BOTH TIMES WE WERE CLOSE TO HOME AND NOT ON A FREEWAY SOMEWHERE. THE FIRST TIME THE CAR LOT WE PURCHASED IT FROM CAME OUT WITH A SMALL COMPUTER AND GOT IT TO WORKING AGAIN, SAID TO ADD SOME TRANSMISSION FLUID BECAUSE THE TWO WORKED TOGETHER. WE DID THAT - WORKED ONLY 2 DAYS AND STEERING WENT OUT TODAY. IT IS MY GRANDDAUGHTERS CAR AND SHE NOR I REALLY HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX IT OR GET A NEW ONE AND SHE IS EXPECTING A BABY.
IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE SO FAR WHERE THE 'POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT' LIGHT COMES ON AND MY CAR WON'T TURN. THE FIRST TIME I WAS DRIVING AND HAD TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD (LUCKILY IT DIDN'T END IN A BAD WRECK!) AND TODAY IT HAPPENED WHILE TRYING TO DRIVE MY CHILDREN TO THEIR BUS STOP! THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BEFORE SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS!!
MY 2010 FORD FUSION LOST ALL ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING 45 ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MY 12 YR OLD AND 1 MONTH OLD IN THE VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING MY STEERING SEIZED UP AND I HAD TO USE ALL EXTRA FORCE TO TURN OFF THE HIGHWAY. THANK GOD TRAFFIC WAS EASY AND I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE ROAD. THE DASH BOARD LIGHTS CAME ON SAYING TIRE PRESSURE LOW, SERVICE POWER STEERING AND ADVANCED TRAC WARNING. MANY COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN MADE ABOUT THE 2010 FORD FUSION. HOWEVER A RECALL HAS ONLY BEEN ISSUED FOR THE 2011-2012 MODEL FOR THE SAME EXACT ISSUE THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING WITH THE 2010 AS WELL. THIS IS A SERIOUS MATTER. IT CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS NOT ONLY TO US AS THE DRIVERS BUT EVERYONE ON THE ROAD. VERY UNSAFE! HOPEFULLY A RECALL IS GIVEN FOR THE 2010 MODELS AS WELL, BEING THAT IT IS THE SAME EXACT ISSUE FOR A YEAR LATER AND ABOVE.
SUN ROOF..ARMS THAT ARE HOLDING WINDOW ARE MADE OF PLASTIC AND ARE BREAKING DOWN...AFRAID THIS WILL CAUSE WINDOW TO FLY OFF CARS AND SERIOUSLY HURT SOMEONE.
TRANS. PROBLEM HAPPENING FOR A LONG TIME. SINCE 2015. TRANS JUMPS OUT OF GEAR, LOSES POWER AND LURCHES. EXPERIENCED 3 NEAR HE AD ON COLISIONS WHEN JUMPING OUT OF GEAR. I HAVE NOTICED SCORES OF COMPAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THIS IDENTICAL PROBLEM.ALL WITH VEHICAL IN MOTION.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE "POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT" WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE CONTACT HAD TO USE EXCESSIVE STRENGTH TO MAKE TURNS. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO KUNES COUNTRY FORD (1231 GENEVA ST, DELAVAN, WI 53115, (262) 728-9163) WHERE UNKNOWN REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,272.
MY 2010 FORD FUSION WITH 72231 MILES RECENTLY LOST ALL POWER STEERING WHEN STARTED, SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED AND IT CAME BACK. NEXT DAY IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND INCLUDES SERVICE ADVANCE TRAC WARNING AS WELL AS THE STEERING ASSIST FAILURE WARNING. IT WILL NOT CORRECT ITSELF BY RESTARTING AND IS PERMANENTLY DISABLED. THIS IS MY WIFE'S CAR WHOM IS 67 YEARS OLD, 110 LB. AND CANNOT PHYSICALLY DRIVE IT. HAD THIS HAPPENED TO HER WHILE DRIVING IT WOULD MOST DEFINITELY RESULTED IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT! I AM A RETIRED FORD DEALERSHIP EMPLOYEE AND HAVE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THE SUBJECT AND CAN'T BELIEVE THAT NHTSA HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL NOTICE ON THE 2010 FUSION BUT DID ON 2011 MODEL WITH EXACT SAME COMPONENT FAILURE AND SAFETY ISSUES! MY CAR IS UNDRIVABLE AND BEING DISABLED I AM UNABLE TO REPAIR MYSELF OR AFFORD PAYING DEALER FOR REPAIRS THAT SHOULD BE RESOLVED DUE TO THE SAFETY ISSUES.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING, AN UNKNOWN INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE INTO A FUEL STATION AND HAD IT TOWED HOME. MIDDLETOWN FORD (1750 N VERITY PKWY, MIDDLETOWN, OH 45042, (800) 556-1581) WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE FAILURE COULD EITHER BE CAUSED BY THE POWER STEERING OR THE GEAR SHIFT. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000.
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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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