2010 Ford Fusion complaints

THROTTLE STOPPED WORKING AND WRENCH SHOWED IN DASH BOARD. *TR

EVER SINCE 80,000 MILES ON MY CAR HAS HIT I'VE BEEN HAVING THROTTLE BODY ISSUES. AT FIRST IT WAS ONLY ONCE IN A WHILE WHEN SHIFTING BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD MY RPM NEEDLE WOULD BOUCE AND FEEL THE GEARS HAVING TROUBLES CHANGING. AT THAT POINT WHEN THE CAR WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT THE MECHANIC LIGHT WOULD TURN ON AND DISENGAGE MY CAR NOT ALLOWING ME TO USE THE GAS. AFTER PULLING OVER THE CAR WOULD STILL REV AND SHAKE TO MOVE FORWARD. UPON PUTTING THE CAR IN PARK AND TURNING OFF ALL WAS NEEDED WAS TO RE-START THE CAR AND WOULD BE GOOD. ONLY UNTIL RECENTLY THE PROBLEM ONLY INCREASED. I HAD A 30 MINUTE COMMUTE THAT TOOK 1 HOUR AND SINCE THE CAR WOULD DISENGAGE I HAD TO SWERVE AND VEAR TRAFFIC JUST TO PULL OVER INTO A SAFE LOCATION. MY CAR DURING MY LAST TRIP STALLED A TOTAL OF 19 TIMES IN 1 TRIP, PLEASE DEMAND A RECALL AS I CAN SEE PER THE INTERNET I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE. *TR

VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED WHILE AT 25-30 MPH, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SAFELY MOVE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS OCCURRED ON A CITY STREET, BUT HAD IT OCCURRED ON A MULTI-LANE FREEWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. VEHICLE EVENTUALLY CAME TO A SPEED OF 2-3 MPH. AFTER RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, IT WAS ABLE TO REACH 10 MPH WHILE DRIVING FOR SERVICE. LATER THAT SAME DAY, THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO RE-CREATE THE SCENARIO. THE NEXT DAY, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ENCOUNTER ROUGH ACCELERATION FROM IDLE, WAS BROUGHT BACK TO THE SAME MECHANIC, WHO ENCOUNTERED THE ROUGH ACCELERATION, AND DIAGNOSED AN ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. PART WAS REPLACED, BUT MECHANIC NOTED IT WAS ON "CRITICAL NATIONWIDE BACK-ORDER" BECAUSE OF WIDE-SPREAD FAILURES OF THIS SAME PART ON FUSIONS AND OTHER FORD MODELS. SITUATION APPEARS TO BE RESOLVED. *TR

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY GOING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH WHEN MY CAR ACCELERATION SEIZE TO ACCELERATED. THE WRENCH LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I COASTED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY WERE I PUT MY HAZARDS ON. I SHUT THE CAR OFF WAITED 5 MINUTES THEN STARTED BACK UP. I TURNED AROUND DROVE HOME. THIS HAPPEN TWO TIMES BEFORE ON THE SAME DAY. I READ A FORUM OF OTHER FUSIONS OWNERS WHO THIS HAPPEN TO. THEY ALL SAID IT WAS THE FULL THROTTLE BODY. I REPLACED THE PART AND NOT HAD A PROBLEM SINCE. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING IN THE MIDDLE LANE ON I-77 AT 65 MPH, THE CAR SUDDENLY DECELERATED TO A STOP. THE CAR WAS RUNNING BUT THE CAR WAS UNABLE TO MOVE. FORTUNATELY A BRAVE PASSERBY PULLED OFF ONTO THE LEFT MEDIAN, STOPPED TRAFFIC IN THE LEFT LANE, DIRECTED ME TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL & PUSHED MY CAR OVER THE LEFT LANE AND ONTO THE LEFT MEDIAN. A STATE HIGHWAY PATROLMAN, COINCIDENTALLY, CAME BY AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK. HE PUSHED ME FARTHER OFF THE ROAD, FEARING A REAR END COLLISION. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED. THE TOW COST OVER $80. IF I HAD NOT PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY THIS REPAIR WOULD HAVE BEEN OVER $700. THIS WAS A TERRIFYING INCIDENT AS THIS IS A HEAVILY TRAVELED STRETCH OF INTERSTATE. I CONSIDER MYSELF VERY UNFORTUNATE THAT I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. IF THE GOOD SAMARITAN HADN'T HELPED,I WOULD HAVE HAD TO EITHER STAY IN MY VEHICLE & RISK A REAR END COLLISION OR TRY TO LEAVE MY CAR IN THE MIDDLE LANE, CROSS THE LEFT LANE BY FOOT, AND WAIT FOR ASSISTANCE ALONG THE LEFT MEDIAN. I HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY DEFECT IN FORD FUSIONS HAS BEEN WELL-DOCUMENTED. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. I WORRY FOR MY NEPHEW & SON-IN-LAW WHO BOTH HAVE 2010 FUSIONS. *TR

IT 68000 MILES HAD TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY ON THIS 2010 FORD FUSION 2.5 .THIS IS NOT UNDER THE 80000 MILE COVERAGE,AND IT IS A PART OF THE FUEL SYSTEM THAT IS COVERED. *TR

WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 65 MPH AND THE CAR LOST ALL RESPONSE TO THE ACCELERATOR, PRESSING ON THE GAS DID NOT ACCELERATE THE CAR. PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE AND CAR RAN A ROUGH. TURNED THE CAR OFF, WAITED ABOUT A MINUTE AND RESTARTED. CAR RESTARTED FINE AND DROVE FINE AFTER THAT FOR THE REST OF THE TRIP. MY WIFE DROVE THE CAR THE NEXT DAY AND HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN WHILE SHE WAS ON THE HIGHWAY. SHE SAW THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON (I DON'T RECALL IT COMING ON, BUT MAY HAVE JUST MISSED IT). *TR

DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH, WRENCH LIGHT CAME OUT, CAR DIED DOWN TO 900 RPM AND FLUCTUATED ERRATICALLY WITH NO GAS PEDAL RESPONSE AT ALL. DODGED SEVERAL CARS TRYING TO AVOID REAR END COLLISION TO PULL OFF SIDE OF ROAD TO TURN OFF AND TURN CAR BACK ON, PROBLEM THEN WENT AWAY AND HAPPENED AGAIN ROUGHLY 20 MILES AGAIN DOWN THE HIGHWAY. CAR WILL NOT DRIVE PAST 20 MILES WITHOUT HAVING AN ISSUE. *TR

THIS CAR HAS A TENDENCY ON STALLING BECAUSE OF THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY. *TR

WHILE ALREADY IN MOTION ON THE HIGHWAY THE CAR BEGINS TO DECREASE IT'S SPEED, VIBRATE AND THEN STALL OUT. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. CORRECTIVE ACTION TAKEN AT TIMES OF EVENT IS TO PULL OUT OF TRAFFIC AS BEST AS POSSIBLE. TURN OFF THE IGNITION, PUT THE CAR IN PARK THEN AFTER APPROX TWO MINUTES, RESTART THE VEHICLE AND CONTINUE DRIVING. *TR

WE HAD JUST BOUGHT OUR 2010 FORD FUSION 10 DAYS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. I HAD JUST PICKED UP MY CHILDREN FROM SCHOOL AND WHEN I WAS LEAVING THE SCHOOL PARKING LOT I HAD TOO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP (WHICH IS ON A DOWNWARD SLOPE) WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE THE CAR LOST ALL POWER AND HAD SHUT OFF, I HAD NO CONTROL OF COURSE AND ROLLED RIGHT IN FRONT OF AN ONCOMING SCHOOL BUS THAT WAS IN OTHER LANE. THE BUS HAD TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP TO AVOID HITTING US. IT CRANKED RIGHT BACK UP BUT SEEMED A LITTLE SLUGGISH. MY LITTLE GIRL WAS SCREAMING FOR ME TO TURN (WHICH I WAS TRYING BUT COULD DO NOTHING) SHE WAS VERY UPSET AND CRYING. IT NEVER SHOWED ANY SIGN OF PROBLEMS BEFORE HAND. I CONTACTED THE DEALER WE PURCHASED IT FROM AND THEY SAID THEY COULD DO NOTHING IT WAS NOT A FORD DEALER IT WAS USED WHEN WE BOUGHT IT WITH 50000 MILES. I CONTACTED A FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID UNLESS IT SHOWED A SIGN THEY COULD DO NOTHING I HAVE TRIED OTHER MECHANICS AND NOTHING. WE DID HAVE THROTTLE BODY CHECKED AND IT WAS FINE. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL INCIDENTS OF IT SHUTTING OFF WITH NO WARNING AND IT IS A REGULAR BASIS IT SEEMS TO NOT WANT TO GO WHEN I PRESS THE ACCELERATOR.IT SEEMS SLOW TO RESPOND. THE SHUTTING OFF OF THE CAR ONLY SEEMS TO HAPPEN WHEN IM TRYING TO TAKE OFF FROM A STOPPED POSITION THEN IT WILL DIE RIGHT AFTER IT STARTS GOING. THIS MAKES ME VERY NERVOUS AND NOT WANT TO GO ANYWHERE. WE HAVEN'T HAD IT LONG SO WE CANT GET RID OF IT DUE TO THE NEGATIVE WE HAVE IN THE CAR AND CANT AFFORD HIGHER

WHILE DOING 50 MPH ON A HIGHWAY, THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER. THE MOTOR WAS STILL RUNNING, BUT IT WAS AS IF IT WAS IN IDLE. DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR DID NOTHING. I PULLED THE CAR OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND STOPPED. THE IDLE WAS EXTREMELY ROUGH. THERE WAS A 'WRENCH' INDICATOR LIGHT. I TURNED THE CAR OFF. AS I RESTARTED THE CAR, IT WAS VERY ROUGH TO START THEN AFTER A FEW SECONDS, IDLE WAS NORMAL. I DROVE WITHOUT A PROBLEM FOR ABOUT 20 MILES WHEN THE PROBLEM RE-OCCURRED IN THE EXACT SAME MANNER. WHEN I STARTED THE CAR THIS TIME, THE 'WRENCH' LIGHT WAS OFF, BUT THE 'CHECK ENGINE' LIGHT WAS ON AND REMAINED ON. THE FORD DEALERSHIP SAYS THE THROTTLE-BODY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, AND THAT THIS IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE POWER-TRAIN WARRANTY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE MAINTENANCE LIGHT. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000.

WE WERE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL KICKED OFF. I REALIZED THAT THE CAR HAD NO POWER, SO I WENT TO THE SHOULDER AND THE CAR WAS SHUDDERING AS I CAME TO A STOP. I TURNED THE CAR OFF, CHECKED TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING I COULD SEE WRONG IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CHECKED ALL FLUIDS, ETC. GOT BACK IN THE CAR AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP. WE WENT A LITTLE WHILE LONGER AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. ALL IN ALL, IT HAPPENED PROBABLY 8-10 TIMES IN A LITTLE OVER A 100 MILE TRIP. THE WRENCH LIGHT WOULD COME ON WHEN THE PROBLEM APPEARED, BUT ONLY THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD STAY ON AFTER RESTARTING.WHEN WE GOT BACK INTO TOWN, I WENT TO AUTO ZONE TO HAVE THE ENGINE CODE READ AND IT WAS P2111 (THROTTLE BODY). AFTER DOING SOME INVESTIGATING, I FOUND THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AMONG THESE CARS. I FOUND OUT THAT IT IS VERY EASY TO REPLACE, SO TRIED ORDERING ONE. THE PART THAT MOST SOURCES HAVE LISTED IS AROUND $170. BUT, THAT PART IS NOT AVAILABLE AND THE REPLACEMENT IS $324. I THINK FORD IS GOUGING THE CONSUMERS TO FIX A KNOWN PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE FIXED UNDER A RECALL. I HAVE A 4 YEAR OLD CAR THAT I DON'T DARE TAKE A TRIP WITH. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A SIDE STREET GOING ABOUT 25 MPH WHEN MY CAR LOST POWER, WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS THE CAR SHOOK AND STALLED OUT. I RESTARTED THE CAR AND MANAGED TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE STREET BEFORE IT STALLED OUT AGAIN. THE ENGINE LIGHT AND THE WRENCH LIGHT WERE ON WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY IMMEDIATELY TOLD ME "IT'S PROBABLY THE THROTTLE BODY" THEY TOLD ME THE REPAIRS COULD TAKE MONTHS BECAUSE THE PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER BECAUSE IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE FORD FUSION. PREVIOUS TO THIS INCIDENT MY CAR HAD BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS ACCELERATING IMPROPERLY AND WOULD STALL OUT WHILE STOPPED. THIS STARTED HAPPENING ABOUT 2 MONTHS BEFORE MY CAR NEEDED TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. *TR

GASOLINE IS LEAKING THROUGH WELDED SEAM OF GAS TANK. *TR

CAR LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, VEHICLE SLOWLY COASTED TO A STOP DESPITE PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR, ONLY WORKED AFTER TURNING VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTING WITH THE KEY. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND ONCE AT ABOUT 45MPH. THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE WRENCH ICON AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 66,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

I HAD JUST STARTED AND WAS EXITING A RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT. I WAS DRIVING DOWN A SLIGHT INCLINE APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT WHEN THE CAR STARTED SHAKING AND DRAMATICALLY LOST SPEED. THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON WHICH ACCORDING TO THE MANUAL INDICATES A POSSIBLE POWERTRAIN/TRANSMISSION ISSUE. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND THEN RESTARTED (IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD) AND DROVE TO A SAFE LOCATION. I WAS LUCKY THAT AT THE TIME I WAS DRIVING AT A SLOW SPEED AND APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT. IF A CAR HAD BEEN BEHIND ME SOMEONE WOULD HAVE BEEN INJURED. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. PULLED OVER SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND IN ABOUT 30 SECONDS RESTARTED THE ENGINE AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE OFF WITH NO ISSUES. *TR

CAR LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES OF DRIVING. IT WOULD NOT RESPOND TO ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE WRENCH LIGHT WENT ON. I PULLED OFF TO SIDE OF ROAD; CAR RESTARTED AFTER 2-3 TRIES; DROVE WITHOUT INCIDENT FOR NEXT 1500 MILES. SINCE THEN HAS STALLED THREE TIMES, USUALLY WITHIN A FEW MINUTES OF INITIAL START DRIVING AT 30-40 MPH. EACH TIME, RESTARTS WITH ONE OR TWO TRIES AND RUNS OK, BUT FEELS SLUGGISH. *TR

THREE OUT OF FOUR INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES HAVE BROKEN. THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WILL NOT LOCK. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE WRENCH AND CHECK ENGINE WARNING LAMPS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

MY 2010 FORD FUSION HAS STALLED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOPPED POSITION. SEVERAL TIMES IT HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION WHEN TURNING LEFT, STOP WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY FREEWAY, AND QUICKLY ACCELERATE WHEN MY FOOT HAS BEEN ON THE BRAKE PEDDLE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING IN MORNING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND THE CAR SUDDENLY JERKED AND THEN JUST STOPPED. IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND I WAS BARELY ABLE TO MOVE THE CAR OFF THE ROAD. I SHUT IT OFF AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR. HOWEVER THE CAR WAS ACTING THE SAME. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY FAILED (CODE PEWEE). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS ENGAGED AND FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. AFTER WAITING A FEW MOMENTS THE ENGINE WAS RESTARTED AND THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY. THE MALFUNCTION RECURRED TWO TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED MY 2010 FORD FUSION SE DECELERATED AND WENT INTO "LIMP MODE" WITH NO WARNING. I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO SIDE OF ROAD AND TURN ENGINE OFF THEN BACK ON CAR WAS RUNNING OK THEN. THIS SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN ON 8 /12/13.I HAVE SEEN WHERE THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION INTO FAULTY THROTTLE BODY ON THIS MODEL.THE DESCRIPTION FROM OTHER COMPLAINTS I HAVE READ IS THE EXACT SAME AS MY INCIDENTS. I WAS TRAVELING AT AROUND 60 MPH BOTH TIMES , THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED THANK YOU.

CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER AT HIGHWAY SPEED, HAD TO PULL OVER, ROUGH IDLING; AMBER WRENCH LIT UP. CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM BUT SOUNDS LIKE THROTTLE BODY FAILURE AS DESCRIBED OVER INTERNET AND BY ANOTHER DEALERSHIP'S SERVICE MANAGER. ADVISED TO SEE IF OCCURS AGAIN. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME AT A SPEED OF 70 FROM WORK ON THE FREEWAY WHEN THE CAR POWERED DOWN ALL OF A SUDDEN. A WRENCH LIGHT TURNED ON AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DID NOT WORK I HAD TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY WHEN I STOPPED MY CAR THE CAR FELT AS IF IT WAS TREMBLING SO I TURNED IT OFF FOR A FEW SECONDS THEN TURNED IT BACK ON SURPRISINGLY THE WRENCH LIGHT TURNED OFF AND THE CAR WORKED FINE AGAIN. I KEPT DRIVING CAREFULLY AT A SPEED OF 60 NOW AND 20 MILES LATER IT STALLED AGAIN. MY CAR AT THE MOMENT IS AT 43,000 MILES I BOUGHT IT NEW IN JUNE 2010. I TOOK IT TO O'REILLYS SO THEY CAN TROUBLESHOOT AND FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH MY CAR AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY. I CONTINUED TO CALL A FORD DEALERSHIP SINCE I STILL HAVE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY WHICH COVERS THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE SALES REP. SAID IT DID NOT COVER THE THROTTLE BODY. AT THE DEALERSHIP TO FIX THIS PROBLEM WILL COST ME $93.00 TO FIND THE PROBLEM, $150.00 FOR THE SERVICE AND $400.00 FOR THE PART. I AM A NMSU STUDENT LIVING IN TEXAS AND DRIVE 30 MILES EVERYDAY TO SCHOOL AND SADLY CANNOT AFFORD THIS KIND OF EXPENSE. I'M AFRAID TO KEEP DRIVING IT CAUSING TO GET REAR ENDED WHILE THE CAR STALLS OR EVEN WORST CAUSING A CAR INCIDENT LEAVING INJURIES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE POWER STEERING CONTROL SOFTWARE WAS CORRUPT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

DRIVING 40-60MPH, CAR SUDDENLY LOSES THROTTLE CONTROL, WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON. AFTER IT HAPPENED I TOOK IT FOR SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THERE WERE NO ERROR CODES. IT HAS HAPPENED 6 MORE TIMES, AND I WAS ALMOST IN AN ACCIDENT ON THE HIGHWAY TODAY. CAR CONTINUES TO IDLE AFTER LOSING SPEED, BUT RUNS ROUGH. TURNING THE CAR OFF, AND BACK ON- AND IT RUNS NORMALLY AGAIN. AFTER WEB SEARCH IT SEEMS THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH DEFECTIVE THROTTLES AND NHTSA IS INVESTIGATING. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AND THE CAR POWER SHUT OFF AND THEN THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN I HAD TO RESTART THE CAR, IT TOOK A WHILE BUT IT CAME ON AND RAN GOOD FOR A FEW MONTHS AND IT HAPPENED 4 TIMES AFTER THAT. EVERY TIME THE DEALER SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND AN ISSUE. THIS LAST TIME IT HAPPENED THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON AND I HAD TO GET THE CAR TOWED AND WAS TOLD IT WAS MY THROTTLE BODY ISSUE THAT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM BUT NO RECALL. *TR

AS I ACCELERATED THE CAR WOULD NOT INCREASE IN SPEED. I CONTINUED TO COAST UNTIL THE CAR CAME TO A STOP ON THE EXPRESSWAY! THIS HAPPENED A SECOND TIME 5 DAYS LATER WHILE DRIVING 55 ON A TWO LANE ROAD. *TR

WAS GOING 60 IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR AND CAR JUST WENT TO NOTHING IN SECONDS. HAD MY 14 MONTH OLD SON WITH ME. SCARED ME. CAR WAS PUTTERING WOULDN'T GO OVER 10 MILES AN HOUR. DIDN'T KNOW I COULD SHUT IT OFF AND BACK ON. FOUND OUT LATER BY DOING RESEARCH IT COULD BE THE THROTTLE BODY. TOOK TO SHOP AND THEY SAID THAT IS WHAT IT IS. COSTING ME 600 DOLLARS TO FIX AND THEY CONSIDER IT A HAZARD. NOTICED AFTER DOING RESEARCH THAT THIS IS HAPPENING ON ALOT OF 2010 - 2012 FORD FUSIONS. NOT SURE WHY A RECALL HASN'T BEEN DONE. I WOULD LIKE MY MONEY BACK IF THERE IS WAS OR GONNA BE ONE.. *TR

WE WERE DRIVING ALONG A CITY STREET HEADING TOWARD A BUSY FREEWAY. WE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. WHEN THE LIGHT CHANGED MY WIFE ACCELERATED (PUSHED THE PEDAL) TO GET GOING THE CAR TRAVELED ABOUT 500 FEET. IT LUNGED AND SLOWED TO ABOUT 2 - 3 MPH. WHEN MY WIFE TRIED TO ACCELERATE AGAIN THE CAR WOULDN'T SPEED UP. WE PULLED THE CAR OVER TO THE CURB AS BEST WE COULD. THE CAR WOULDN'T START RIGHT AWAY. A YELLOW WARNING WRENCH LIT UP SHOWING THIS TO BE A POWERTRAIN PROBLEM. THE CAR DID START AFTER ABOUT A 5 MINUTE WAIT. WE DROVE IT HOME AND PARKED IT. I AM AFRAID TO GET IN IT UNTIL IT IS CHECKED OUT BY THE DEALER. THUS, I AM HAVING IT TOWED TO THE DEALER THIS MORNING. I HAVE READ ONLINE OF A SIMILAR INCIDENT HAPPENING TO OTHER OWNERS OF THE 2010 FORD FUSION. HAD WE REACHED THE FREEWAY AND HAD IT STALLED LIKE THIS WE COULD'VE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT INVOLVING OTHER VEHICLES. *TR

WHILE DRIVING TO MY BROTHER-IN-LAW'S HOUSE MY CAR ABRUPTLY SHUT OFF NOT ALLOWING ME TO PUSH IN THE GAS AT ALL. THE RPMS WERE AT 1. I CAME TO A ROLLING STOP AND SHUT THE CAR OFF. I RESTARTED THE CAR AN DROVE 1/4 MILE FURTHER AND THE CAR DID THE SAME THING. LUCKILY MY HUSBAND WAS WITH ME AND FELT IT HAPPEN, HE WAS ABLE TO LIMP IT TO THE CLOSEST FORD DEALER WHERE THEY TOLD ME MY THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A RIDICULOUS COST. MY EXTENDED WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER THIS AND AFTER READING ENDLESS THINGS ABOUT THROTTLE BODIES ON FORD VEHICLES THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. I AM SO VERY THANKFUL THAT MY CAR DIDN'T SHUT OFF ON THE INTERSTATE WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE ENDLESS NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR SUCH A CRITICAL PART OF OUR VEHICLE TO HAVE TO BE REPLACED. IN MY OPINION A RECALL SHOULD BE IN PLACE BECAUSE WHAT IS HAPPENING IS NOT A SIMPLE PROBLEM, IT IS VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT 70MPH ON THE FREEWAY, I SUDDENLY LOST ALL THROTTLE CONTROL, REQUIRING ME TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY AND STOP THE VEHICLE. THE AMBER "WRENCH" WAS ILLUMINATED. I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF, AND THEN RESTARTED, WHICH CLEARED THE AMBER "WRENCH" LIGHT, AND THE ENGINE/THROTTLE RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATION. I DROVE HOME WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. FORTUNATELY, TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. *TR

CAR STALLS WHILE DRIVING, MY HUSBAND THOUGHT IT WAS BAD GAS AND WE LET IT GO THEN IT STALLED AGAIN WHILE DRIVING 60MPH. I SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND IT SEEMS A LOT ARE DOING THAT, PARTS ON BACKORDER, THERE ARE SO MANY. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET A RECALL. SOMEONE TO DIE.??????????? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING, THE ADVANCED TRAC AND POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,000.

AFTER ACCELERATING TO APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, LEAVING OFF THE ACCELERATOR, ENGINE LOST POWER. HAD TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. ENGINE WAS AT SLOW ROUGH IDLE. AFTER SHUTTING ENGINE OFF AND TURNING BACK ON, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. *TR

ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, THE CAR COMPLETELY LOST POWER. IT COMPLETELY CEASED TO FUNCTION WITHOUT WARNING. FORTUNATELY, MY DAUGHTER WAS NOT INJURED. HOWEVER, IF THIS WOULD HAVE OCCURRED AS SHE DROVE AT HIGHWAY SPEED, SHE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. AFTER DURING SOME RESEARCH, I DISCOVERED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS MOST LIKELY THE THROTTLE BODY. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED. THEY CONFIRMED MY SUSPICIONS. IT TOOK CLOSE TO A WEEK FOR THE PART TO COME IN - BECAUSE - THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME - THERE WAS A HUGE WAITING LIST FOR THIS PART BECAUSE THEY KEEP FAILING. (PLUS, SHE WAS WITHOUT A CAR.) HE TOLD ME THAT FORD REALLY DOESN'T SEE THE NEED FOR A RECALL AT THIS TIME, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PEOPLE COULD DIE. ON ONE OCCASION, HER CAR FAILED GOING DOWN A VERY STEEP AND WINDING HILL. FORTUNATELY, SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF OF THE ROAD. FORD'S ATTITUDE ABOUT THIS IS CRIMINAL. MY OTHER DAUGHTER ALSO HAS A FUSION. I WORRY DAILY ABOUT HER SAFETY. I AM CONSIDERING GETTING THE THROTTLE BODY CHANGED JUST TO KEEP HER SAFE. *TR

AFTER ACCELERATING TO APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, LEAVING OFF ACCELERATOR, ENGINE LOST POWER. HAD TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. ENGINE WAS AT A ROUGH IDLE. AFTER SHUTTING ENGINE OFF AND RE-STARTING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WOULD HAVE BEEN DANGEROUS IN TRAFFIC. *TR

SITTING AT A LIGHT AND THE VEHICLE STARTED IDLING VERY ROUGH - DIPPING BELOW 500 RPM AND SURGING TO ABOUT 1200 RPM. CAR WENT INTO LIMP MODE WHEN I HIT THE GAS. PULLED INTO A GAS STATION, SHUT CAR OFF, RESTARTED AFTER ABOUT 30 SECONDS. RAN FINE FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES. THEN PROCEEDED TO IDLE ROUGH AT THE NEXT THREE STOPLIGHTS - THIS TIME NOT SURGING. CAR EVENTUALLY STALLED AND HAD TO BE RESTARTED ALL 3 TIMES. SEEMED TO RUN OK ON THE HIGHWAY, BUT STALLED ONCE MORE AT A LIGHT AFTER GETTING FF THE HIGHWAY. IDLED IT IN DRIVEWAY WHEN I GOT HOME. IDLING VERY ROUGH BUT HASN'T SURGED OR STALLED NOW. *TR

DRIVING DOWN I-95 AT 70MPH WHEN THE THROTTLE CUT OUT. AN AMBER WRENCH TROUBLE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. PULLED OF TO THE SIDE OF THE HWY. ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR, BUT THE ENGINE CUT OUT AGAIN ABOUT 2 MILES DOWN THE ROAD. STARTED UP AGAIN AND LIMPED TO A PARKING LOT. THIS TIME THE AMBER, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. CALLED DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE A THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM. I WAS ABLE TO LIMP HOME FOR 15 MILES. HAD TO MAINTAIN THE ENGINE AT 1500 RPM OR BELOW. AS SOON AS I WENT ABOVE 1500 RPM, ENGINE WOULD CUT OUT OR START CHOKING AND HAD NO THROTTLE. *TR

8/11/13 DRIVING HOME AFTER CHURCH, TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES WHEN WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND VEHICLE LOST POWER. NO THROTTLE RESPONSE. COASTED OFF HIGHWAY AND AFTER THREE CRANKING CYCLES IT RESTARTED WITH NO LIGHTS ACTIVATED. DROVE NEXT 15 MILES HOME WITH NO PROBLEM. 8/12/13 DRIVING IN TOWN AFTER APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES THE SAME THING OCCURRED. AFTER THREE CRANKING CYCLES IT RESTARTED AND DROVE HOME WITH NO LIGHTS. PLUGGED SCANNER IN AT HOME AND FOUND CODE ON FREEZE FRAME OF P2111 INDICATING THROTTLE STUCK OPEN. LOOKED ONLINE IN FORD FUSION FORUM AND FOUND SEVERAL OTHERS WITH SAME ISSUE. FORD INDICATES THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDS REPLACING. I BELIEVE THIS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT FORD SHOULD RECALL AND REPAIR AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER. MY 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER DRIVES THIS CAR AND STALLING IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC OR LOSING THROTTLE RESPONSE IS NOT A SAFE SITUATION FOR HER TO BE IN, ESPECIALLY IF THIS OCCURS WHEN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC. *TR

CAR LOSES POWER AND STALLS AT CITY OR HIGHWAY SPEEDS (HAVE TO PULL OVER). CAR SHUTS DOWN WHEN IDLING. FORD WAS CONTACTED BY OUR SERVICE CENTER AND WE'RE TOLD WE NEED A NEW THROTTLE BODY, BUT THEY ARE ON BACK-ORDER. THERE ARE AT LEAST 5000 ORDERS AHEAD OF US. SERVICE PERSON SAID HE IS NOT AWARE OF A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW. *TR

MY PREGNANT WIFE WAS DRIVING MY CAR HOME ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY DIED ON HER WHILE SHE IS IN THE FAST LANE. SHE PULLED THE CAR OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNS THE ENGINE OFF AND THEN BACK ON. ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER THE CAR DIES OUT AGAIN, THIS TIME THE SHOULDERS ARE NON EXISTENT AND SHE IS FORCED TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND ON IN THE FAR RIGHT LANE. MY WIFE AND UNBORN CHILD COULD'VE DIED LAST NIGHT AND IT SEEMS THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT FORD IS AWARE OF. WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO RECALL THESE FAULTY VEHICLES OR AT LEAST REPLACE THE FAULTY PARTS THAT THEY PUT IN THEM. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY ONE PENNY FOR THEIR MISTAKES. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AT 45 MPH AND THE CAR JOLTED THEN THE WRENCH SYMBOL CAME ON THE DASH. THE CAR THAN BEGAN TO SLOW AND THE RPM WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 1000. I PULLED OVER AND THE CAR WAS IDLING VERY BADLY. I TURNED THE CAR OFF WAITED A FEW MINUTES THEN TURNED IT BACK ON AND IT WAS FINE. MY HUSBAND HAS A CODE READER AND WHEN WE HOOKED IT UP AND THERE WERE NO CODES. I STARTED LOOKING ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND A LOT OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE THROTTLE BODY AND THAT FORD IS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR THIS. *TR

WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WITH CRUISE CONTROL SET. VEHICLE BEGAN DECELERATING AS IF CRUISE CONTROL HAD SHUT OFF. I ATTEMPTED TO RESUME THE CRUISE CONTROL WITH NO SUCCESS, AS THE CAR CONTINUED TO DECELERATE. I PUSHED ON THE ACCELERATOR IN AN ATTEMPT TO REGAIN SPEED, BECAUSE A VEHICLE BEHIND ME ALMOST STRUCK ME IN THE REAR. I HAD TO MANEUVER ONTO THE SHOULDER AND CAME TO A STOP, BECAUSE THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT. IT RAN ROUGH, BUT WOULD ACCELERATE AND I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE MY 85 MILE JOURNEY HOME. I HAVE SINCE LEARNED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2010 FORD FUSION 2.5 LITER ENGINE, AS THE THROTTLE BODY IS DEFECTIVE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY MY CAR WAS RUNNING BUT WHEN I PUSHED ON THE GAS NOTHING WAS HAPPENING AND THE YELLOW WRENCH LIGHT WAS ON IN THE CAR. I HAD TO COAST OUT OF THE WAY OF ALL THE TRAFFIC WITH BEING RAN INTO AND THANK GOODNESS IT WASN'T DURING RUSH HOUR. THIS HAS HAPPENED FIVE TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR USED AND IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE 65,000 MILES ON IT YET. I HAVE ALREADY TAKEN IT TO THE SHOP AND THEY DETERMINED IT WAS A CLOGGED FUEL INJECTOR. THAT WAS CLEANED IT THE CAR RAN FINE FOR HALF A DAY AND THEN IT DID THE SAME THING TWICE IN ONE DAY WITHIN FIFTEEN MINUTES OF EACH EVENT. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND TURN IT OFF AND TURN IT BACK ON AND ITS FINE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE BODY WHICH SEEMS TO BE THE ISSUE THAT IS ALL OVER THE INTERNET. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BECAUSE ITS A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE DIES OR GETS HURT WHEN THIS HAPPENS TO THEIR CAR. *TR