2010 Ford Fusion complaints

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 60 MPH, MY 2010 FORD FUSION UNEXPECTEDLY LOST POWER AND SUDDENLY SLOWED. IT DID NOT ACCELERATE WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS, HOWEVER, THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING. I HAD TO PUT ON MY EMERGENCY FLASHERS AND COAST TO PULL OFF ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHILE OTHER CARS AND TRUCKS TRAVELING FAST WERE COMING UP ON ME. AFTER I PULLED OFF, I RESTARTED THE CAR AND IT RAN OKAY FOR A WHILE. HOWEVER, THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED A TOTAL OF 4 TIMES. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR UNTIL THEY FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE WRENCH WARNING ICON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY HAD FAILED. THE DEALER CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 39,000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE WRENCH ICON AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 63,000. *TR

YESTERDAY I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 40 AND ALSO LOST ACCELERATION BUT STILL HAD POWER, IT WAS WEIRD THE CAR WAS STILL ON, BUT THE YELLOW "WRENCH LIGHT" CAME ON INDICATING IT WAS A THROTTLE CONTROL TRANSMISSION PROBLEM! I PULLED OVER PUT THE CAR IN PARK, TURN OFF THE IGNITION, AND RESTART THE CAR WITH OUT A PROBLEM. ITS ONLY 2010 FUSION SO WE SHOULDN'T BE HAVING THIS ISSUE. *TR

I WAS PULLING OUT ONTO A HIGHWAY AND AS I GAVE THE CAR THE GAS, IT SUDDENLY WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE CAR LOST ALL POWER BUT CONTINUED TO RUN AND I NOTICED A LIGHT ON MY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER OF A WRENCH. I PULLED OVER AND STOPPED THE CAR. I TURNED THE KEY OFF AND LET THE CAR SIT FOR A MINUTE OR TWO AND STARTED IT BACK UP. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE. A COUPLE OF TIMES THIS HAS OCCURRED AND I WAS MOVING AT A CONSIDERABLE PACE WITH OTHER VEHICLES BEHIND ME. *TR

THE CARS STALLS WHILE ACCELERATING. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS WHILE DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY 8 MONTHS AGO AT 50MPH . THE CAR ALL OF THE SUDDEN STOPPED ACCELERATING A WRENCH ICON APPEARED AND HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER, TURN THE IGNITION OFF AND THE CAR STARTED AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE OFF WITH NO PROBLEMS. THE SECOND TIME WAS WHILE DRIVING ON STREET AT 25MPH, HAD TO REPEAT THE PROCESS. ON 6/25 IT HAPPENED AGAIN AFTER BEING STOPPED ON A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND TURNED LEFT ACCELERATED AND CAR STALLED AGAIN AT 50MPH HAD TO PULL OVER ONCE AGAIN. THIS TIME THE ENGINE LIGHT APPEAR. I HAD TO DRIVE 5 MILES TAPPING THE GAS PEDAL TO PREVENT THE CAR FROM STALLING. AFTER THAT I WAS NOT ABLE TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. *TR

CAR APPEARS TO STALL FOR NO REASON. APPARENTLY (ACCORDING TO FORD) THE CAR WAS NOT COMPLETELY STALLING BUT INSTEAD GOING INTO A "LIMP HOME MODE" WHEN CAR COMPUTER DETECTED AN ENGINE PROBLEM. CAR WAS BROUGHT TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY WHICH CORRECTED THE PROBLEM (OVER $400). THIS "STALLING" EFFECT OCCURRED ON INTERSTATE 95 IN WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA, WHERE SPEED LIMIT IS 65MPH, WHICH PUT US AND OTHERS AT CONSIDERABLE RISK OF CRASH AND INJURY. I SUBSEQUENTLY READ THAT THIS COMPONENT DEFECT AND STALLING SYMPTOMS WAS A FORD FUSION "EPIDEMIC". *TR

I WAS DRIVING AT 55 MPH AND THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER ALL IT WOULD DO WAS IDLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES I CHECKED THE CODES WITH MY SCAN TOOL IT GAVE TWO CODES FOR STUCK THROTTLE BODY ONE FOR STUCK CLOSED AND THE OTHER ONE FOR STUCK OPEN. *TR

I'M ALSO HAVING THROTTLE BODY PROBLEMS IN MY 2010 FUSION. THE CAR HAS REPEATEDLY LOST POWER WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD AT 60+ MPH. THE WRENCH AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON. IT DID IT 4 TIMES IN ONE DAY. FORD CUSTOMER CARE ACKNOWLEDGED THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THE THROTTLE BODIES ON THESE CARS BUT REFUSES TO REPLACE THEM UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

COMING HOME FROM WORK MY CAR STARTED TO HAVE DIFFICULTIES KEEPING SPEED. SOON AFTER MY CAR LOST ENGINE POWER. THIS HAPPENED TWICE WHILE ON MY WAY HOME WITHIN 15 MINUTES OF EACH OTHER. WHEN I BROUGHT MY CAR IN THE REPORT I WAS GIVEN SAYS "CODE P2111 PRESENT" WHEN MEANS THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I HAVEN'T EVEN HAD MY CAR FOR A YEAR. *TR

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY I LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE, AND THE CAR WENT TO A QUICK DECELERATE. LUCKILY THERE WAS NOT MUCH TRAFFIC, AND I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CAR ALMOST STALLED ONCE I GOT COMPLETELY STOPPED. I TURNED THE CAR OFF FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS, AND RESTARTED IT. IT STARTED UP A LITTLE SLOW, BUT WAS QUICK TO GO BACK TO NORMAL. THIS WAS ON TUESDAY MORNING. ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON THE SAME SYMPTOMS (NO ACCELERATION, AND A QUICK DECELERATION) BUT THIS TIME I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH IN HEAVIER TRAFFIC. I WAS IN THE LEFT LANE, AND MY ONLY OPTION WAS TO PULL OFF TO THE LEFT, BECAUSE I WAS NOT TRAVELING FAST ENOUGH TO TRY AND GET THROUGH THE TRAFFIC TO THE RIGHT. TURNED IT OFF, ABOUT A MINUTE LATER I STARTED IT AGAIN, AND I WENT ON MY WAY. THEN THIS MORNING (06/25/13) IT HAPPENED 2 TIMES ON MY WAY TO WORK. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING IN THE RIGHT LANE, JUST IN CASE IT HAPPENED AGAIN, AND IT IS A GOOD THING I DID. I CONSIDER THIS TO BE A SAFETY HAZARD, AS TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEEDS, AND NOT BEING ABLE TO SAFELY GET PULLED OVER PRESENTS A LOT OF DANGER FOR MYSELF AND OTHER DRIVERS. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE REPAIR SHOP TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT THE CODE, AND THEY TOLD ME IT POINTS TO A THROTTLE BODY ISSUE. AFTER READING NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SIMILAR SITUATIONS AND SYMPTOMS, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. *TR

THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME IT HAS HAPPENED. FIRST TIME, REPLACED BATTERY ($100). CAR SUDDENLY DIES AND LOSES ALL POWER. ABLE TO RESTART, BUT WITH DIFFICULTY. VERY DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY WITH A THREE-YEAR OLD! WAS DRIVING TO THE DEALER TO GET IT LOOKED AT AND WAS GOING 60 MPH AND IT JUST DIED, LUCKILY WAS BY AN OFF-RAMP SO COULD EXIT FREEWAY. AFTER LOOKING IT UP ONLINE (CAR IS AT THE DEALER AS WE SPEAK AND THEY HAVE NO CLUE ON WHAT'S WRONG), I DETERMINED IT'S A THROTTLE BODY ISSUE. VERY DANGEROUS!!!!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK AND LUNGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE FLUSHED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. TWO DAYS LATER WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE VEHICLE FAILED TO CHANGE GEARS, SLOWED DOWN INDEPENDENTLY, AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE MORE THAN 25 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. SIX MONTHS LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 124,000.

VEHICLE STALLED, WRENCH LIGHT ON DASH LIT. I WENT TO SIDE OF ROAD, DEPRESSED ACCELERATOR BUT ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND. IDLED ONLY, IDLE WAS ROUGH , ENGINE JERKED. AFTER 2 MINUTES I TURNED ENGINE OFF THEN STARTED THE ENGINE WITH NORMAL RESULT, WRENCH LIGHT WAS OFF AND VEHICLE IDLED NORMALLY. I DROVE 20MILES HOME. WILL TAKE VEHICLE TO DEALER 6/26, I BELIEVE THIS IS A DANGEROUS OCCURRENCE AS STALLING AT A HIGHER SPEED IN TRAFFIC COULD BE DEADLY. *TR

WE WERE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 30 MPH ON A MODERATELY BUSY STREET. ALL OF A SUDDEN OUR CAR LOST POWDER. IT WOULD BARELY MOVE. LUCKILY WE WERE NOT ON A BUSY FREEWAY OR WE WOULD HAVE BEEN HIT BY ON COMING CARS. WE WERE ABLE TO GO CHUG, A CHUG OVER TO A NEARBY PARKING LOT. WE TURNED OFF THE IGNITION AND TRIED TO DECIDED WHAT WE SHOULD DO. MY HUSBAND STARTED THE CAR AGAIN AND IT SEEMED TO BE WORKING. WE MANAGED TO GET HOME. WE DROVE IT AROUND LOCALLY FOR THE WEEKEND WITHOUT A PROBLEM. ON TUESDAY I WAS ON A CURVING TWO LANE ROAD AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I WAS ABLE TO GO CHUG, A CHUG UNTIL I REACHED A LOCATION WHERE I COULD PULL OVER TO TURN OFF THE IGNITION. WE IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT OUT TO A FORD DEALER. THEY SAID IT NEEDED AN ENTIRE THROTTLE POD. THEY REPLACED IT FOR $685.00. DRIVING HOME WE REALIZED THAT THE ENGINE DIDN'T RETURN TO IDLE AFTER TAKING OUR FOOT OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE RPMS WERE SET TOO HIGH FOR SAFE DRIVING. THE CAR CREEPS EXCESSIVELY AT STOPS. THE ENGINE CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE. AT TIMES, WHEN WE DO PRESS ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THEN REMOVE OUR FOOT, THE CAR HAS CONTINUED TO ADVANCE FOR EIGHT BLOCKS WITH NO FOOT ON THE PEDAL. WE TOOK THE CAR BACK AND WERE TOLD THE CAR WAS SET THAT WAY FROM THE FACTORY BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE A "HILL ASSIST" AS THE 2013 CARS HAVE. THESE PROBLEMS ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FOR SAFE DRIVING. *TR

THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN I WAS CROSSING A BUSY INTERSECTION AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. I HAD TO DRIVE ONTO THE MEDIAN TO AVOID TRAFFIC, TURN MY CAR OFF AND BACK ON, AND THEN IT RAN LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS. THE SECOND INCIDENT, SAME THING, I WAS DRIVING ALONG AND THE CAR COMPLETELY LOST POWER AND I HAD TO PULL OFF OF ROAD AND RESTART THE VEHICLE. EACH TIME, THE WRENCH LIGHT FLASHED ON AND THE CAR SHUTTERED AS I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. AFTER THE FOURTH TIME, SAME SCENARIO, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT POPPED ON AND HASN'T DISAPPEARED. IT HAS NOW HAPPENED AT LEAST ONCE A DAY FOR THE PAST 3 DAYS WITH NO LUCK GETTING IT INTO A MECHANIC FOR ANOTHER WEEK. AFTER RESEARCHING, I DISCOVERED THAT IT IS PROBABLY THE THROTTLE BODY AND IS A VERY COMMON AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM IN FORD FUSIONS. I AM DISGUSTED AND DISAPPOINTED THAT THERE ARE SO MANY COMPLAINTS AND NOTHING BEING DONE. THE PART NEEDS RECALLED! THIS IS MY SECOND 2010 FORD FUSION AFTER PRAISING MY FIRST ONE FOR SAVING MY LIFE IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. HOWEVER, AFTER BEING TERRIFIED FOR STALLING OUT OF NO WHERE AND POSSIBLY BEING IN ANOTHER LIFE THREATENING ACCIDENT, I AM TEMPTED TO NEVER BUY FORD AGAIN. *TR

MY 2010 FUSION IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME LOSS OF POWER ISSUES (COMPLETE LOSS OF ACCELERATOR RESPONSE, FOLLOWED BY THE WRENCH LIGHT APPEARING) RELATED TO THE DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY CONTROL. WHILE SPORADIC AT FIRST, THE FREQUENCY OF THE INCIDENTS HAS INCREASED TO WHERE FAILURE NOW HAPPENS ALMOST EVERY TIME THE CAR IS DRIVEN (THE 25+ FAILURES HAVE OCCURRED IN ALL SITUATIONS, AT ALL SPEEDS: AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, ON SIDE STREETS, ACCELERATING UP HILLS, PULLING AWAY FROM STOPLIGHTS, ETC). I HAVE STOPPED DRIVING THE CAR BECAUSE THE LAST THROTTLE FAILURE OCCURRED AS I CROSSED A BUSY 4 LANE HIGHWAY AND COULD'VE RESULTED IN A DEADLY ACCIDENT. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO HAVE THE PROBLEM FIXED IN APRIL, MY LOCAL DEALER CLAIMED FORD HAD PLACED A "HOLD" ON ALL THROTTLE BODIES AND THAT A NEW DESIGN OF THE THROTTLE BODY PART WAS BEING SHIPPED FROM THE SUPPLIER IN MID-MAY. (THE DEALER ALSO INFORMED ME THAT, DESPITE THIS BEING A PART OF THE ENGINE, THE THROTTLE BODY IS NOT COVERED BY THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY.) WHEN MY "NEW" THROTTLE BODY ARRIVED AT THE DEALERSHIP IN MID-JUNE AND I CAME IN TO HAVE THE PART REPLACED, I WAS TOLD FORD HAD PLACED ANOTHER "HOLD" ON THE PART AND MY CAR COULD NOT BE SERVICED AT THIS TIME. IF FORD WILL NOT FIX THIS PROBLEM ON THEIR OWN, IT IS IMPERATIVE THE NHTSA PROTECT CONSUMERS BY FORCING THE COMPANY TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM AND TO DO SO AT NO COST TO THE CAR OWNERS. FOR OWNERS WHO ARE FORCED TO DRIVE THIS CAR, THIS IS A LIFE AND DEATH ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH THE ENGINE AND THROTTLE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS ENGAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND WITHIN FIFTEEN MINUTES THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. A CERTIFIED MECHANIC PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST THAT DETECTED A TROUBLE CODE RELATED TO THE THROTTLE BODY. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED IT; THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO OPERATE AS DESIGNED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 77,000.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE JUST STARTED COASTING, I COULD NOT ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE ANYMORE, LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE, OUT OF TRAFFIC, THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON, THE RPM STARTED MOVING BACK AND FORTH AND THE CAR STARTED JUMPING, AND THE WRENCH APPEARED. THE FIRST TIME I TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, IT WOULD NOT START, I WAITED A COUPLE OF SECONDS AND IT EVENTUALLY STARTED AND THEN AFTER ABOUT 2 MILES, IT CUT-OFF AGAIN. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. I HAVE HAD THREE OR FOUR CARS FROM FORD, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM LIKE THIS. IN ADDITION, FORD NEEDS TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES. IF FORD DOES NOT RECALL THESE VEHICLES, MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT MR. STEVEN KENNER, GLOBAL DIRECTOR, WHO FEELS THAT THERE IS NO UNREASONABLE RISK, PLACE HIS FAMILY INTO THESE FORD VEHICLES AND LET THESE VEHICLE STOP ON THEM AT NIGHT, OR ON THE EXPRESSWAY, OR WHERE EVER THEY MAY BE. IT IS EXTREMELY RIDICULOUS THAT A SEMI-NEW CAR THAT BARELY HAS MILES ON IT WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM SUCH AS THIS. AS OF THE DATE, OF MY COMPLAINT, I AM LOOKING AT 907 COMPLAINTS. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT AND THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY CONTROL WARNING LIGHT BECAME ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR AN INSPECTION, WHO INSTALLED A NEW RELAY FOR THE FUEL PUMP AND LOCATED A FAILURE WITH THE CATALYTIC ASSEMBLY. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 29,000. UPDATED 08/06/13*LJ UPDATED 08/06/2013 *JS

THE ENGINE SURGES WHEN STOPPED AT A LIGHT OR THE BRAKE IS APPLIED. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. I ALSO ALMOST RAN INTO ITEMS IN THE GARAGE AS I PULLED IN SLOWLY AND THEN IT SURGED. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT INSPECTED AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR AND THROTTLE BODY HAVING CARBON BUILD UP. *TR

WHILE MY 18-YEAR DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE 2010 FORD FUSION WITH MY 16-YEAR SON, THE CAR SHUT OFF AND THE WRENCH LIGHT TURNED ON. SHE PULLED OVER, WAS UPSET AND CALLED ME. SHE RESTARTED THE CAR AND IT SEEMED FINE. THEN ON JUNE 18TH, WHILE DRIVING AROUND 55 MPH, THE CAR SHUTTERED AND SHUT DOWN ON ME. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND RESTARTED THE CAR. TODAY, JUNE 24TH, WHILE DRIVING AROUND 35 MPH, THIS HAPPENED TO ME AGAIN, THE CAR SHUTTERED, I COULD NOT ACCELERATE AND I HAD TO PULL OFF AND RESTART THE CAR. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE ON LINE AND HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS SIMILAR STORIES. THEY ALL POINT TO THE THROTTLE BODY/ THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED. PLEASE RECALL THE THROTTLE BODY /THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR CAR AND GET FIXED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AS THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 40,000. *TR

I HAVE A 2010 FUSION THAT HAS ACTED UP PREVIOUSLY BUT QUIT AND NOW ITS DOING IT CONSISTENTLY. THE CAR THROWS A LIGHT THAT'S A WRENCH SPITS SPUTTERS AND WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY FUEL NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU PRESS THE THROTTLE. I AM A FORD LOVER AND BOUGHT THIS CAR FOR MY FIANCE FOR A RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION AND NOW IM REALLY WORRIED THAT THIS VEHICLE IS GOING TO CAUSE HER TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. IT PRETTY MUCH SHUTS DOWN ON YOU WITH NOT ALLOT OF WARNING AND ALL YOU CAN DO IS COAST AND HOPE THAT YOU CAN PULL ON TO THE SHOULDER. I HAVE A FRIEND THAT WORKS FOR FORD THAT HAS INFORMED ME THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS YEAR MODEL FUSION AND THAT ITS ABOUT $550 TO FIX. I AM I HAVE A DECENT JOB BUT I HAVE A WEDDING COMING UP IN JUST A MONTH AND A HALF AND MY SOON TO BE WIFE IS ABOUT TO START BACK COLLEGE AND WILL NOT BE HELPING ME FINANCIALLY I JUST CAN NOT AFFORD THE PARTS AND LABOR. IF THIS IS SUCH A COMMON PROBLEMS WITH THIS CERTAIN MODEL AND YEAR WHY HASN'T THERE BEEN A RECALL FOR THIS PART IT HAS OBVIOUSLY NOT BEEN VERY WELL BUILT AND IM CONCERNED IF I DO PAY THE $550 THAT THIS PART WILL JUST DO THE SAME THING. PLEASE HELP ALL OF US THAT ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT IN LIFE AND RECALL A VERY POOR DESIGN. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AND ALL OF SUDDEN MY CAR STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. A WRENCH SYMBOL DISPLAYED ON THE DASH AS I TRIED TO ACCELERATE ON THE GAS BUT COULD NOT MOVE. I TO HURRY UP AND PULL OUT OF TRAFFIC BEFORE I GOT IT. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND WAITED A FEW MINUTES STARTED IT BACK UP DRIVE TWO BLOCKS AND IT DID IT AGAIN. I ONLY HAD THE CAR LESS THAN A YEAR AND COULD HAVE A CAUSED A BAD ACCIDENT WITH THE CAR STALLING IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. I THANKS GOD FOR WATCHING OVER ME. IM A SINGLE PARENT AND NEED A VEHICLE AND DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR COSTLY REPAIRS. *TR

CAR QUIT ACCELERATING (DIDN'T SHUT OFF) AND RAN ROUGHLY. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO EASILY PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND RESTARTED THE CAR. IT STARTED WITH NO PROBLEMS THE REST OF THE DAY. INCIDENT HAPPENED FIVE MORE TIMES OVER THE NEXT FOUR DAYS (COULDN'T GET CAR TO THE DEALER UNTIL THEN). ON THE 4TH OF JUNE, I WAS TAKING THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND IT STARTED ACTING UP AGAIN, ONLY THIS TIME, I WAS ON THE FREEWAY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. I HAD TO MOVE OVER TWO LANES TO THE BREAK DOWN LANE. I WAS ALMOST INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, BECAUSE I COULDN'T ACCELERATE. I WAS CLOSE TO THE DEALER AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR, TO GET IT THERE. I WAS INFORMED IT WAS PROBABLY THE THROTTLE BODY AND WOULD BE TWO OR THREE WEEKS BEFORE THEY WOULD RECEIVE THE PARTS AS THEY WERE ON BACKORDER. I WAS FORTUNATE, THAT THEY EVENTUALLY RECEIVED THE THROTTLE BODY ON THE 8TH OF JUNE. IT COST $515 PLUS $220 FOR THE RENTAL CAR. I KNOW THIS REPAIR AND THE COTS ARE BETWEEN ME AND FORD, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE TO TURN TO, IN ORDER TO EXPRESS MY FEELINGS THAT I WAS RIPPED OFF BY FORD.

AS I DROVE MY 2010 FORD FUSION SE 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION UP TO A SPEED OF 50 MPH, I WAS NOTICING A COUPLE JERKS OF ACCELERATION AND THEN COMPLETELY LOOSING POWER.I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER, COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTART IT. APP-ON RESTARTING I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO AUTO ZONE WHERE I WAS INFORMED THAT MY FUEL INJECTORS PROBABLY NEEDED A GOOD CLEANING. SO I BOUGHT SOME CLEANER AND RAN I THROUGH MY ENGINE. THAT SEEMED TO HAVE WORKED UNTIL 3 DAYS LATER I WAS COMING HOME WITH MY SISTER AND HER FRIEND ON THE FREEWAY, DURING RUSH HOUR DRIVING 75MPH THIS TIME, AND MY CAR DIDN'T ONLY STALL ONCE, BUT THREE TIMES ON MY DRIVE HOME. HOWEVER, THIS TIME MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON SO WHEN I ARRIVED BACK HOW AND DROPPED OF MY SISTER AND HER FRIEND I DROVE TO AUTO ZONE AND ADVANCED AUTO PARTS TO GET AN OBD II READING. BOTH READINGS WERE P2111, MEANING THAT MY THROTTLE ACTUATOR WAS STUCK OPEN AND NOT RESPONDING TO THE GAS PEDDLE. NOW BOTH COMPANIES SUGGESTED THAT I JUST CLEAN MY THROTTLE BODY AND THAT WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. BEFORE I DID THIS I CALL MY FORD DEALER TO SEE IF THIS PART WAS UNDER WARRANTY OR ANY KIND OF RECALL AND WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY OR RECALL. THEY ALSO SUGGESTED THAT I JUST CLEAN THE THROTTLE BODY AND THAT WOULD FIX MY PROBLEM. SO I CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY, BUT NOW THE CAR IS STALLING MORE THAN BEFORE. I TRIED LOOKING UP THE PART SO THAT I COULD REPLACE IT BUT FOUND OUT THAT FORD HAS ALREADY DISCONTINUED THAT PART AND

THE ENGINE STALLS AND THROTTLE BECOMES ON RESPONSIVE . WHEN THE VEHICLE IS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED IT IS FINE FOR A WHILE . THIS OCCURED THREE TIMES IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS . I DO ALOT OF HIGHWAY DRIVING AND THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM . *TR

WAS RIDING ON INTERSTATE WHEN CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING. CAR BEHIND ME HAD TO MOVE TO SHOULDER TO AVOID HITTING ME. I PULLED OVER TO SHOULDER TURNED OFF ENGINE AND STARTED BACK UP WITH NO PROBLEM. WENT TO AUTO PLACE TO GET IT CHECKED THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT CHECK WITHOUT ENGINE LIGHT ON. CAR RAN FINE UNTIL 6/21/13, GOING 45 MPH AND CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING. I PULLED ON SIDE OF ROAD RESTARTED AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE BUT ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. WENT TO AUTO PLACE TO GET CHECKED AND IT GAVE A CODE OF P2111 THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL SYSTEM STUCK OPEN. AFTER RESEARCHING CODE I FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. I KEEP THINKING ABOUT WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED ON THAT INTERSTATE. NOW I AVOID THE INTERSTATE UNTIL I CAN AFFORD REPAIRS. *TR

THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL INCIDENTS OVER THE PAST 2 DAYS. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN, I TRIED TO ACCELERATE BUT THERE WAS NONE. THE ENGINE FELT LIKE IT WAS SHAKING. I PULLED OVER AFTER FINALLY GETTING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION, TURNED OFF THE CAR AND THEN AFTER A FEW MINUTES, RESTARTED IT AND IT RAN FINE. THAT EVENING ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND IT DID THE SAME THING. A WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH DISPLAY. THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED 6 TIMES. ITS ALMOST LIKE IT RESETS ITSELF IF I TURN THE CAR ON AND OFF. THE WRENCH LIGHT ALSO TURNS OFF ONCE I TURN THE CAR ON AND OFF. *TR

THROTTLE BODY IS APPARENTLY DEFECTED...WHEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE THE CAR SHUTS OFF AND YOU LOSE THROTTLE. YOU HAVE TO STOP AND RESTART THE CAR TO REGAIN ANY SPEED. THIS HAPPENED 8 TIMES IN A 3 MILE AREA. TAKEN TO HAVE THE PROBLEM LOOKED AT AND WAS GIVEN CODES P2112, P2111, PO685. APPARENTLY ON LINE THIS IS A REAL ISSUE WITH FORD FUSIONS AND THE PART IS ON BACK ORDER WITH FORD DEALERSHIPS. THIS IS A REAL SAFETY HAZARD AS DRIVING IN TRAFFIC JUST SHUTS OFF AT ANY GIVEN TIME. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON A BUSY ROAD WHEN MY CAR STOPPED. I PUSHED THE GAS AND IT WOULD NOT GO. I BARELY PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES IT RESTARTED. I ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED THE FOLLOWING DAY BECAUSE IT DID THE SAME THING ON A HILL. I HAD TWO SMALL CHILDREN IN THE CAR THIS TIME. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT IS A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY. THEY SAID IT WOULD COST ME OVER $500 TO FIX AND THE PART WOULD TAKE SEVERAL DAYS TO COME IN DUE TO IT BEING ON BACK ORDER FROM IT HAPPENING SO OFTEN. I ALMOST GOT HIT WITH MY THREE YEAR OLD AND 6 MONTH OLD IN THE CAR. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. IT HAPPENS OUT OF NO WHERE AND AT ANY SPEED. THANK GOODNESS I WASN'T ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MY CHILDREN!!! FORD NEEDS TO STEP UP AND MAKE THIS A SAFETY RECALL!! THE DEALER SAID HE IS SEEING IT IN MOSTLY ALL 2010-2012 FUSIONS. *TR

WAS ON THE INTERSTATE, WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON, CAR LOST POWER AND BEGAN JERKING. I COULD NOT ACCELERATE. IN THE PAST 2 MONTHS, MY ORIGINAL THROTTLE BODY WENT BAD, NUMBER 2 WAS BAD, AND NUMBER 3 WAS BAD. NOW I AM ON THROTTLE BODY NUMBER 4, WHICH I BOUGHT NEW FROM A DEALERSHIP IN CALIFORNIA. IT TOOK DAYS TO FIND IT, AS NEW THROTTLE BODIES ARE ON A NATIONAL BACK ORDER. I WONDER WHY? *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE LOST POWER AND WOULD ONLY GO 5 MPH. THE ENGINE TROUBLE (WRENCH) SIGNAL CAME ON. WE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. DEALER RAN DIAGNOSTIC TESTS AND DETERMINED THROTTLE BODY WAS BAD AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PART ORDERED AND IS ON BACKORDER - MAY BE 3 WEEKS BEFORE PART IS AVAILABLE. THE LOSS OF POWER AND SUDDEN DECLINE IN SPEED COULD HAVE CAUSED A NASTY ACCIDENT. *TR

I PURCHASED A USED 2010 FORD FUSION WITH 59674 MILES ON 4/4/13. ON THE DRIVE HOME I EXPERIENCED A LURCHING OCCASIONALLY WHEN ACCELERATING FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND 2ND TO 3RD GEARS. (IT IS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION.) THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS LIT. THE LURCHING CONTINUED TO GET WORSE. IT BUCKED AND IDLED ROUGH. IT DIED SOMETIMES (MOSTLY WHILE IDLING), LEAVING ME BLOCKING TRAFFIC, TILL I COULD PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND RESTART. THE LURCHING WAS THE MOST CONCERNING, BECAUSE THE CAR BECAME HARD TO CONTROL. I HAD TO WORK HARD TO KEEP FROM GETTING IN AN ACCIDENT. I FOUND THIS SITE AND OTHERS DESCRIBING THE THROTTLE BODY PROBLEMS AND I RECOGNIZED THAT WAS THE EXACT PROBLEM I WAS HAVING. I CALLED TWO FORD DEALERSHIPS, BOTH OF WHOM SAID THEY COULDN'T GET THE THROTTLE BODY BECAUSE SO MANY ARE FAILING THAT THERE IS NOT ENOUGH SUPPLY. ONE DEALER SAID THAT PEOPLE WERE JUST BRINGING IN THEIR FUSIONS AND PARKING THEM AT THE LOT UNTIL A THROTTLE BODY WAS FOUND. AT THE DEALERSHIP, THE CLERK WAS ON THE PHONE WITH THEIR PARTS DEPARTMENT UNHAPPY THAT SHE HAD TO TELL A ANOTHER CUSTOMER IT WOULD BE 3-4 WEEKS BEFORE THEY WOULD GET A THROTTLE BODY FOR THEIR 2010 FORD FUSION (NOT MINE). I BEGRUDGINGLY I AUTHORIZED THE $95 DIAGNOSIS FEE. I WAITED 3 HOURS. THEN SHE TOLD ME THEY SAID IT WAS A FAULTY MAF SENSOR AND WOULD COST $500. I REMEMBERED READING THE COMPLAINTS HERE THAT OTHERS WERE TOLD THE SAME THING, ONLY TO HAVE THE PROBLEM REOCCUR AND THEN HAVE TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY. I CHOSE NOT TO HAVE THE WO

DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OR EVEN AT LOWER SPEED (CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME), FEEL A SHUDDER AND HAVE NO THROTTLE RESPONSE. VERY VERY DANGEROUS WHEN IN TRAFFIC!!!!!! A WRENCH LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH. ONLY COASTING, I WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND PUT IT IN PARK. CAR HAD A VERY SHAKY IDLE, LIKE IT WAS ABOUT TO STALL. I TURNED OFF THE IGNITION AND WAITED FOR ABOUT 1 MIN, THEN STARTED VEHICLE BACK UP., BUT ONCE IT WAS BACK ON IT SEEMED FINE. WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING TO MY DESTINATION WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THOUGHT IT WAS BAD GAS. 1 MONTH OR 2 LATER AFTER FIRST INCIDENT, SAME EVENT OCCURRED AGAIN, MULTIPLE TIMES. I WAS GOING TO MY SONS BASEBALL TOURNAMENT AND MISSED FIRST INNING CAUSE OF THIS SAFETY ISSUE. SINCE FORD DEALER WOULD NOT GET IT IN QUICKLY AND DID NOT TELL ME THIS WAS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM, I TOOK TO ADVANCE AUTO AND RAN THE OBDII SCAN TOOL. WHAT DO YOU KNOW FAULT P2111 AND P2112. CALL FORD DEALER BACK AND PART IS ON BACKORDER. 7 PEOPLE AHEAD OF ME FOR SAME ISSUE. WENT ON INTERNET. THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM AND A SAFETY ISSUE ALL THE WAY. SOMEONE NEEDS TO GET THIS RECALLED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT!!!!! SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HIT OR CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AND PEOPLE WILL GET HURT. RIDICULOUS. FORD GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER AND DO THE RIGHT THING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE CONTACT DROVE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. AFTER RESTARTING THE VEHICLE THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE NORMALLY WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND AFTER IT WAS DIAGNOSED THE DEALER STATED THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG; HOWEVER, THE IDENTICAL FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER, BUT IT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 47,000. *TR

NO ACCELERATION. GAS PEDDLE FULLY USED CAUSED NO ACCELERATION. THE CAR SHUTTERED AND RPM'S WERE SPORADIC. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE PLACED IN PARK TO TURN OFF ENGINE. AFTER MULTIPLE FAILED STARTS, THE CAR STARTED, BUT WOULD NOT STAY ON. WAS ABLE TO FINALLY GET THE CAR STARTED, BUT HAD NO ACCELERATION. AFTER A FEW STOPS AND STARTS OF THE ENGINE, WAS ABLE TO ACCELERATE. AT 3 MORE STOPS, THE CAR STALLED AND REQUIRED MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS BEFORE THE ENGINE WOULD REMAIN STARTED. I AM AWARE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH MY MODEL OF CAR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWN A 2010 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT LOST ALL POWER. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,640. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ~70 MPH, MY CAR STALLED - THE GAS WAS NO LONGER RESPONSIVE AND THE RPM WENT TO 1K. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO PULL OVER AND STOP MY CAR. BETWEEN THE SPEEDS OF 5 AND 0 ZERO MILES AN HOUR, THE ENGINE SHOOK VIOLENTLY (I HAVE WITNESSED THIS WITH THE HOOD UP - IT IS ABNORMAL) AND THE WRENCH SYMBOL TURNED ON AS WELL AS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE WITHIN MINUTES AND DRIVE NORMALLY. HOWEVER, THIS EVENT REPEATED ITSELF EVERY 30 TO 60 MILES ON A 300 MILE TRIP. AFTER THIS TRIP, THE VEHICLE WAS "FINE" FOR ABOUT SIX WEEKS, 1000-1500 MILES - CITY OR HIGHWAY. HOWEVER, THE BATTERY DIED AT ONE POINT. ALSO, THERE WERE TIMES WHEN THE GAS WAS NOT RESPONSIVE - IT WOULD HICCUP. OCCASIONALLY THE HICCUP WOULD OCCUR DURING ACCELERATION. ON 6/20, THE EVENT OCCURRED ONCE MORE, BUT AT LOW SPEED AND DURING DECELERATION - 30-40 MPH. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR TWICE AND DRIVE ANOTHER HALF A MILE TO A PARKING SPOT. FOUR HOURS LATER, I TRIED AGAIN. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HALF A MILE WITHOUT INCIDENT, BUT NEEDED TO RESTART THE CAR 5 TO 7 TIMES TO REACH A PARKING SPOT. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP WHERE ERROR CODE P2112 WAS PRODUCED. FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY THE TECHNICIANS SUGGESTED PART DS70-9E926-D, ALL OR PART OF THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY. TSB 10-21-6 ADDRESSES A SIMILAR PAIR OF PARTS IN 7T4Z-9E926-FA AND 8S4Z-9E926-B LABELED "ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY" AS WELL. THE PART IS CURRENTLY UNDER BACK ORDER WITH NO ETA ON THE BACK ORDER. THIS APPEARS TO

I WAS DRIVING NO FASTER THAN 25MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT FELT AS THOUGH MY CAR WAS ABOUT TO STALL, AND ACCELERATING MADE THE RPMS GO UP, BUT THE CAR WOULDN'T MOVE. I PULLED OVER, AND FELT MY CAR SHUDDER, SO I TURNED IT OFF. AFTER ABOUT 30 SECONDS, I RESTARTED, THE RESTART WAS IFFY, BUT THE CAR FINALLY WAS GOOD FOR THE LAST MILE OF MY JOURNEY. FAST FORWARD ABOUT 7 HOURS, COMING HOME FROM DINNER, AND SAME THING HAPPENED. IT'S VERY SCARY! AND TOMORROW I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT AN HOUR AWAY AND AM AFRAID IT WILL HAPPEN WHILE ON THE NJ TURNPIKE! MIND YOU, THE FIRST WEEK I OWNED THE CAR I HAD TO BRING IT IN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY SAID IT HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AND FORD HAD IT IN THEIR GARAGE FOR TWO WEEKS. I HADN'T REALLY HAD A PROBLEM SINCE THEN, BUT IT APPEARS THIS ISSUE HAS RESURFACED. VERY UNSAFE. IT'S TIME FOR A GOVERNMENT ISSUED RECALL SINCE FORD WILL NOT DO ONE VOLUNTARILY! *TR

I WAS DRIVING NO FASTER THAN 25MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT FELT AS THOUGH MY CAR WAS ABOUT TO STALL, AND ACCELERATING MADE THE RPMS GO UP, BUT THE CAR WOULDN'T MOVE. I PULLED OVER, AND FELT MY CAR SHUDDER, SO I TURNED IT OFF. AFTER ABOUT 30 SECONDS, I RESTARTED, THE RESTART WAS IFFY, BUT THE CAR FINALLY WAS GOOD FOR THE LAST MILE OF MY JOURNEY. FAST FORWARD ABOUT 7 HOURS, COMING HOME FROM DINNER, AND SAME THING HAPPENED. IT'S VERY SCARY! AND TOMORROW I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT AN HOUR AWAY AND AM AFRAID IT WILL HAPPEN WHILE ON THE NJ TURNPIKE! MIND YOU, THE FIRST WEEK I OWNED THE CAR I HAD TO BRING IT IN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY SAID IT HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AND FORD HAD IT IN THEIR GARAGE FOR TWO WEEKS. I HADN'T REALLY HAD A PROBLEM SINCE THEN, BUT IT APPEARS THIS ISSUE HAS RESURFACED. VERY UNSAFE. IT'S TIME FOR A GOVERNMENT ISSUED RECALL SINCE FORD WILL NOT DO ONE VOLUNTARILY! *TR

I WAS TRAVELING APPROX 60 MPH IN CROWDED TRAFFIC WHEN SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING THE CAR STALLED AND LOST ITS POWER. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO GUIDE THE CAR SAFELY TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE WRENCH LIGHT DID COME ON. AFTER ABOUT A MINUTE AND JUST PRIOR TO CALLING ROAD ASSISTANCE, I ATTEMPTED TO START THE CAR. IT DID SO SUCCESSFULLY AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP IMMEDIATELY. FOR TWO DAYS, THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT ATTEMPTED TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. NO DTC WAS PRODUCED. HOWEVER, AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION AND RESEARCH, THEY WENT AHEAD AND REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. SO FAR, THE PROBLEM HAS NOT RECURRED. *TR

THE CAR HAS CUT OFF IN TRAFFIC NUMEROUS TIME AND 3 CLOSE CALLS ON ACCIDENTS. THROTTLE BODY WAS THE PROBLEM.CALLED FORD AND THEY GAVE ME A CASE # AND SAID THAT THEY COULDNOT HELP KNOWING THAT THE HAVE A PROBLEM. FORD MECHS THAT I HAVE TALK TO HAVE SAID THAT THEY HAVE REPLACE ALOT OF THE THROTTLE BODYS AND FOR WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM PROBABLY UNTIL SOMEONE GETS KILLED OR INJURED WHILE THE CAR HAS COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN RUNNING 60MPH. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC WHEN SUDDENLY MY SPEED DROPPED TO 5 MPH. I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED OFF MY CAR. AFTER SITTING FOR A FEW MINUTES I STARTED THE CAR AND GOT BACK ON THE HIGHWAY. AFTER I TRAVELED FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE IT DID THE SAME THING AGAIN. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND RESTARTED IN A MINUTE OR TWO AND AGAIN WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE MY TRAVELS ON THE HIGHWAY. MY DESTINATION WAS ABOUT TWO MILES AWAY. I CALLED THE DEALER, GANLEY FORD, THAT I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM AND WAS ABLE TO GET MY CAR IN THAT DAY. THE DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM TO BE THE THROTTLE BODY. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD TAKE A WEEK FOR THE PART TO COME IN. TO MY SURPRISE IT ONLY TOOK THREE DAYS FOR IT COME IN. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE MANUFACTURER WARRANTY OR UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY. THIS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE AND I AM LUCKY THAT I WAS NOT HIT FROM BEHIND BECAUSE THERE WAS NO WARNING THAT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. MY SPEND JUST WENT FROM 65 MPH TO 5 MPH. I HAD THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR, BUT MY CAR WOULD NOT GO. I HAVE READ MANY FORD FORUMS AND BLOGS AND IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THAT THESE CARS SHOULD BE RECALLED AND THOSE OF US THAT HAVE ALREADY PAID TO HAVE THE PROBLEM FIXED SHOULD BE REIMBURSED. *TR

WAS HEADING HOME DOWN A NARROW BACK HILL WHEN MY CAR LOST ALL ACCELERATION. HAD TO COAST DOWN THE HILL & WHEN I REACHED THE BOTTOM I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR AND IT STARTED RIGHT BACK UP. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME I NEEDED TO CHANGE A FILTER & MY BATTERY WAS BAD. BOUGHT A NEW BATTERY AT SEARS DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY FOR THE FILTER (+PLUS I WAS TOLD THAT WAS PROBABLY NOT THE PROBLEM). LAST WEEK MERGING ONTO AN EXPRESSWAY RAMP @ 60MPH IT BOGGED DOWN TO 0 RPMS AND I THANKFULLY WAS ABLE TO GET OVER SO I WAS OUT OF THE WAY OF THE TRAFFIC SO I COULD SHUT THE CAR OFF AND ON (TOOK ME SEVERAL XS) SO I COULD FINISH MY ERRAND. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MY NUMEROUS TIMES NOW SO I AM HESITANT TO EVEN TAKE THIS CAR ON THE EXPRESSWAY. NOW I AM FINDING THROTTLE BODY PROBLEMS AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT MY CAR IS DOING. IF THERE ARE SO MANY OF THESE COMPLAINTS WHY IS FORD NOT MADE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM...Y DO WE HAVE TO SHELL OUT THE $500.00 TO FIX A CAR THAT IS 3 YEARS OLD. *TR

I AM HAVING AN ISSUE WITH MY 2010 FORD FUSION (V-6 ENGINE). FIRST THE CAR BEGAN IDLING ROUGH, WITH THE ENGINE OCCASIONALLY SURGING GEARS SHIFT (AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). ON A SECOND INCIDENT, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE SITTING AT IDLE, AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER, WHO WAS UNABLE TO IDENTIFY A PROBLEM BUT CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY. ON A THIRD INCIDENT THE CAR LOST THROTTLE WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MILES PER HOUR. DEALER INDICATED (BASED ON COMPUTER CODES) THE NEED FOR A REPLACEMENT OF THE THROTTLE BODY. *TR

TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY THIS MORNING, WHEN MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY SLOWS TO A CRAWL, AND I LOSE POWER TO THE GAS PEDAL. I JUST MISS BEING HIT BY A SEMI-TRACTOR WHICH HAD BEEN BEHIND ME. I WAS ABLE TO MOTION MY CAR ACROSS THREE LANES TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. AFTER SHUTTING THE VEHICLE OFF, AND RESTARTING THE VEHICLE IT SEEMED TO RUN NORMAL UNTIL ABOUT 50 MILES DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR AT THIS POINT. DEALERSHIP CLAIMS THEY ARE NOW SURE WHAT THE CAUSE IS, BUT HAVE SEEN THIS NUMEROUS TIMES. *TR

I WAS GETTING UP TO SPEED ON THE HIGHWAY AFTER BEING IN STOP & GO FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES. THE "WRENCH" ICON WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, THE REVS DROPPED AND THERE WAS NO THROTTLE RESPONSE FROM THE ENGINE. PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. SHUT DOWN AND RESTART. IDLE WAS LOW AND ROUGH, STILL NO THROTTLE RESPONSE. SHUT DOWN AGAIN AND CALLED AAA FOR A TOW. WHILE ON THE PHONE, I TURNED THE ENGINE BACK ON (NOT RUNNING YET) AND NOTICED THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS OFF. STARTED THE CAR AGAIN, AND THIS TIME EVERYTHING WAS BACK TO NORMAL. MECHANIC FOUND NO ENGINE CODES, SUSPECTS BAD EGR VALVE OR BAD THROTTLE BODY. *TR