2006 Ford Fusion: stuck in gear or won't shift

Filed Nov 8, 2014 · Acceleration, Engine · 55,000 miles · OH

This vehicle lose power and slows down, it happened on the express way more than 5 times. I was almost rear ended by a semi truck. I only drive it on side streets now. It pops into gear very hard, the wrench light and the check engine light is on. It gets stuck in second gear and burns a lot of gas. It started soon after the warranty ran out. I had a lot of repairs done and the power train and engine is not working right as of yet, something is wrong with this ford fusion 06 and a lot of people are having the same problems with it. Why does it take the deaths of many innocent people first before there's a recall?

Filed Mar 13, 2014 · Transmission · 65,000 miles · OH

I was going home on highway (65 MPH) and the traffic started to slow down and so I put on my brake and lost my power. It was in limp mode. Fortunately, I was in low speed lane and could get over to the side of highway and managed to pull off. After 5 minutes I was able to restart car and get home. The throttle body had to be replaced. This is a safety concern. I feel I was very lucky I did not get slammed into and someone did not get hurt.

Filed Aug 28, 2013 · Electrical, Engine · 100,000 miles · UT

Car started misfiring while accelerating about a month ago. Sometimes the kick was so much it felt like getting rear ended. Twice (both incidents within the same week) the vehicle went into limp mode. The first time was during accelerating to move around a slow vehicle to avoid hitting it and the second time the car would misfire everytime it reached 65 MPH. I stopped at a red light and when the light turned green the car wouldn't respond to the gas pedal. I turned off the car and turned it back on and it started working again. The check engine light never came on. Ford diagnosed it as the throttle body being stuck open or closed. This same problem tends to happen with this same throttle body in a number of vehicles.

Filed Jun 4, 2012 · Electrical, Transmission · 40,000 miles · NJ

Bought the car used with approx. 45,000 miles on it from ford dealership. Within a week I was back at the ford dealership I bought it at. The car would not accelerate, stuck in gear, jerk violently. They gave me a loaner car to drive, another 06 ford fusion. They told me there was nothing wrong with the car and it was the way I drive. I told them I didn't have any problems with the loaner car or any other car I've ever driven or owned. They insisted I was wrong. Over the next month I brought the car back to the dealership and encountered the same resistance. The problem got progressively worse and dangerous to drive to the point where I would be going 60+ MPH on a highway and the car went into neutral. The transmission completely failed in 2010, at that time I had it replaced, costing $3,000. May 31, 2012 - approx 65,000 miles. Similar problems again. Car would not accelerate, very hesitant, entire car shakes violently while driving. Check engine like came on. I took the car to my mechanic, he tested and determined three coils went bad. Looked in the car and discovered the coils had actually melted. With research, determined the computer system had failed. Coils and computer system need to be replaced. Approx cost (so far) - $1500.00.

Filed Dec 15, 2011 · Transmission · 60,000 miles · MN

I have been having transmission problems with my car but the service light has never come on! I have also had the key stuck in the ignition! These problems are getting ridiculous and to have ford not cover them is just not acceptable! The transmission is slipping, not shifting when it is supposed to, downshifting hard. Anytime I try to accelerate to pass, or speed up it bangs and jerks really hard I've almost driven off the road a few times because of how hard it bangs. It just keeps getting worse, to the point my kids ask me "mom, what was that?" this is a complete hazard to drive on the road cause you never know if or when it is going to happen. Let alone having my kids in the car! I have been almost rear-ended a couple of times because the transmission slips and won't go into gear, all it does is rev the engine and if you take your foot off the gas to try and get the RPM's to go down, you really slow down and could cause an accident! Is this what ford needs?! Is for someone to get into a bad accident and get seriously injured or die in order to get this recalled?! This is happening to sooo many ford fusions and it is all over the internet with the exact same problems!! Something needs to be done about this! There is no reason why they can recall the transmissions on the newer ford fusions but not the very first year it was out!! They know something is going on with these transmission, they just don't want to spend the money to fix them all and I find that absolutely ridiculous!! My kids should not have to ride in a car that could be the cause of an accident all because ford doesn't want to acknowledge there is a serious problem! It's not fair that I paid 20k for this car and when it has about 60k miles on it for the transmission to start to mess up and they want me to pay for it!! This is giving ford a bad name!!! I will never recommend a ford to anyone ever!!!

Filed Jun 27, 2011 · Transmission · 123,000 miles · NV

06 ford fusion doesn't shift - I was traveling with my daughter from nv to az. After having driven 2 hours I exited the highway, stopped at a stop sign and was able to travel approximately a 100 feet when out of no where the engine revved up to 5000 rpms and stopped moving. The vehicles behind me were caught off guard because of my sudden stop in the middle of the road. I tried pushing the gas pedal to get us to the roadside before being rear-ended. The engine kept revving up and creeping toward the side. I pulled to the side of the road to let the cars behind me pass and waited 5 minutes before deciding I was not going to have my daughter and I in the middle of the night stranded on the side of the road. I pushed the gas pedal and got the car to very slowly accelerate and move without shifting but catching speed. Once the car was moving at 60 MPH there weren't any problems, but if I had to slow down or come to a stop the car would take forever to begin catching speed. I was able to get us to a safe place 25 mins away and parked the car until the next day. Because it was a small town and a saturday there were no mechanics available until monday. I had to stay the weekend waiting for a mechanic. While waiting I did a google search and discovered the horrifying fact that ford is fully aware of this issue caused by them purchasing transmissions with faulty valve's. I am a single mother and it is unbelievable to me that ford can get away with selling a faulty product. I am taking my car to a transmission mechanic that was referred by a friend where I am going to determine if this issue can even be fixed. I only have 10 payments left on the car and am dumbfounded that I might have to spend 1/2 of what I owe on the car to fix a problem that ford caused. What does it take to get a recall like they did with the 2010 fusions?

Filed Jun 15, 2011 · Transmission · 63,000 miles · SD

I was driving on a highway at 65 miles per hour when all of sudden my car just started slipping out of gear. I have 70,000 miles on my car and it started with about 63,000 miles. I was just recently at a 2 way stop with the non stop being a highway of 64 miles per house in south dakota. I stopped and seen no cars coming and starting going across the intersection and my car wouldn't go into gear. I sat in the middle of the intersection trying to get it to go and finally after about 15 seconds I got it to run and luckily there was no traffic coming or I would had to get out of my car and run to the side because it wouldn't start going. I don't have the kind of money to go into a repair shop and spend 5000 dollars on a new transmission when I know that is what it is. It occurs probably once a day.

Filed Apr 24, 2011 · Transmission · 125,240 miles · SC

Transmission will not shift,this is the second time this has happened. The first time we took it to a repair shop and a rebuilt transmission was put in. Then 9000 miles later it happened again.

Filed Feb 24, 2011 · Transmission · 76,000 miles · VA

When driven in town car will stall for about 10 to 15 second then jerk forward around speed between 25- 40mph with a sudden increase in speed up to 10mph. When entering highway and merged into traffic. I began speeding up to 60 MPH the transmission hesitatedthe stall for 10 seconds then jerked,like it finally shifted but then turn around and stall gain. The car would not respond to the gas pedal and was stuck in 2nd or 3rd gear one of them. I took the car to the dealer several times and the don't know what the problem, this sudden increased in speed is very dangerous during rush hour with traffic I nearly hit the car infront of me, the car stalling is very flighting when entering highway. This can cause a major highway accident.

Filed Feb 18, 2011 · Transmission · 63,000 miles · IL

Entered highway and merged into traffic. Began speeding up to around 55 MPH and transmission hesitated and jerked, causing me to slow down to around 45 MPH. The car would not respond to the gas pedal being pushed and was stuck in 2nd or 3rd gear. I coasted to the next exit where I exited the highway and drove to a safe place to stop. The trasmission light came on and I had the car checked at a nearby autozone to see if safe to drive. They could not duplicate problem but after stopped and restarting car, it did not happen again and transmission light went out. 63,000 miles on the vehicle...I had my 3 children, all under 5 yrs old with me...definitely a serious safety issue.

Filed Nov 13, 2010 · Transmission · CO

Transmission slips in and out of gear while driving at any speed. These are very hard gear shifts and the entire car shakes. Sometimes it won't go into any gear at all, including reverse. The car has unusually high RPM during some gear shifts...particularly when shifting gets "stuck" between 4th & 5th gears. My car was stuck in the middle of an intersection because the transmission froze and wouldn't shift gears. The car cannot accelerate at a normal speed anymore which doesn't allow for normal highway driving, and is dangerous due to the fact that the transmission is slipping gears or sticking in a gear.

Filed Sep 23, 2010 · Transmission · 52,879 miles · WV

On the interstate and gave car the gas to go around a truck and the car revved the engine and the tachometer went all the way down. Let off the gas and the car was stuck in high gear and would not shift to a lower gear. Had to drive the car that way in stop and go traffic in able to pull off the road. Once the car was turned off and restarted it reset itself and had lower and upper gears in transmission. The car still jerks and doesn't want to go into different gears when driving. Took car to dealer shop and was told that it had a tsb bulletin about the transmission valve body. There is a problem with this and they would not admit to a problem with the transmission. Searching the internet I am not the only one with this problem (100's of people).