2008 Ford Fusion: engine failure

Filed May 28, 2014 · Electrical, Engine · 60,971 miles · CT

Traveled from ct to marathon, fl, arriving after noon. Within sight of the hotel destination the engine began to break down and run rough. I also smelled smoke. I managed to get to the hotel parking lot before the engine quit altogether. A local shop diagnosed the problem as two cylinder misfires and failed ignition coils. 57 mi from the dealer in key west and over 100 mi from miami, I elected to have a local ase certified shop replace the coils. Reflashing the PCM showed a new set of codes and that the PCM was failed and needed to be replaced. According to machado ford in miami, there were no pcms in ford's inventory in all of the us. Searched for remanufactured pcms was fruitless as well. Finally contacted armstrong ford in homestead and they said they could fix the car. $996.56 to the shop in big pine key. Transported the car to homestead on fri 2/21. Monday the dealer had located a PCM and replacement was completed under warranty tuesday afternoon. I picked up the car on wednesday and left for jacksonville in the afternoon. 120 mi north in jupitor, the engine failed again. We sat on the side of the fl turnpike's 70 MPH traffic until we could have the car transported to mullinax ford in west palm, arriving after the service dept had closed. The next day I learned that all three catalytic converters were plugged and needed replacement. Two converters were available and were replaced on 2/28. The third converter was back ordered with an expected availability of 3/31. Since the remaining unit had discharged its contents into the tailpipe and was discarded, I was able to drive back to ct. Tasca ford in berlin ct is still waiting for the replacement converter after numerous extensions of delivery dates from ford. The ford customer serv rep refused to return my calls. My total out of pocket expenses exceed $4000 to date.

Filed Sep 19, 2013 · Electrical, Engine · 84,000 miles · OH

On monday september 16, 2013 I began to hear knocking from my engine on my way home from work. When I arrived home, I checked the oil dipstick and it was dry. I put two quarts of oil in it and the knocking persisted. On tuesday I took the vehicle in to a local mechanic to tell me what the knocking was. He checked the dipstick and it was again dry and told me I needed a new engine. I then had the vehicle towed to the ford dealership where I purchased it. They told me the oil drain plug was only held in be three threads and that's why there was no oil in the car, thus causing the engine failure. At no time did any warning lights illuminate on the dashboard. The dealership doesn't want to cover the repair under my extended warranty because they say a "negligent repair" caused the engine failure. However, no one has an explanation as to why no warning lights ever alerted me that there may be a problem. The repair shop that changed the oil last says the oil was drained from the car quickly, and there was not a gradual leak because the "bottom of the vehicle is dry." assuming this was vandalism, no warning lights ever illuminated in the car saying that the oil was low or empty, and the check engine light never illuminated either. I'm still trying to get the engine repair paid for.

Filed May 7, 2013 · Engine · 85,000 miles · TX

While driving on the highway, the car began to shutter. The car would no longer accelerate and the engine died. At a very slow rate of speed was able to get off the highway on to a ramp. The car was no longer functional and was towed to a local ford dealership. The dealership indicated that the PCM, six ignition coils and spark plugs all needed to be replaced. This appears to be a known problem with ford fusion 2006-2008 and other ford products with 3.0l v6 engine.

Filed May 2, 2013 · Engine · 120,000 miles · FL

Engine oil level indicator (dipstick) indicates engine oil level ok even if very low (dipstick tube is also a drain for overhead cam body). Engine low oil shutdown also did not occur. This results in driver operating a vehicle that can have catastrophic engine failure at highway speeds leaving vehicle with no propulsion, power steering, power brakes and unable to navigate to a safe location and may also generate metallic engine debris on roadway posing a hazard to other drivers. A local dealer also indicated a vehicle operating under this condition could burst into flames.

Filed Jun 13, 2010 · Brakes · 15,000 miles · MI

2008 ford fusion 2wd 4 cyl one rear brake caliper has seized causing damage to rotor, now causing un-even breaking and rotor damage. 15,000 miles are on the vehicle.