We had been driving for 175 miles on the highway with the cruise control set. The car suddenly lost power with no warning and started slowing down. The service engine light came on as did the symbol of a wrench. I pulled off to shoulder. The car was idling very rough. Stepping on the gas did not raise the engine speed. I shut the engine off and looked under the hood. There was nothing obviously wrong. I tried to restart the engine. It started and ran just fine. The warning lights were off. About 16 miles later the same thing happened. There was a small ford dealer a few miles away so I took it in. The person I spoke with was aware of this issue and indicated there was a service bulletin about it. Apparently the problem is with the throttle body. They did not have one available. He said the car should always restart and we should be able to make it home. We drove the next 300 miles wondering what would happen. The car was fine for the rest of the trip. When we got home I looked this up on the internet and found countless postings of the same issue. It is obviously well known. Given this, I think there should be a recall. This is very dangerous. We were on vacation (myself, wife, children) on a rural highway when the engine failed the first time. A semi truck was behind us and started catching up fast as I drifted off to the shoulder. They were blowing the air horn at me because there was another truck coming the other way and he could not move over.
2010 Ford Fusion acceleration complaints
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I was in a line of traffic to turn left at a turn signal. The cars in front of me went when the light turned green. When the light turned yellow, the truck in front of me stopped. I went from accelerating to braking, and the brake was pushed to the floor, but the car was still accelerating. I obviously rear-ended the car in front of me. He said he could see me and let off his brake when he realized my car wasn't stopping. Luckily, no one was injured. I have scheduled an appointment to have the car looked at tonight at a dealership. This has happened before without incident, and I thought I was just imagining it.
When our vehicle a 10'ford fusion sel sedan started this the vehicle would start to shake and die when the speed would exceed forty MPH then after a couple days of not bein able to drive over forty MPH the vehicle would not go at all it would start and jerk and die to the point that the vehicle could not be driven.
I was driving at 50 MPH when the engine stopped working, even as I floored the accelerator. The lights, radio and A/C stayed on. I had to coast across several lanes of at least 50 MPH traffic to the shoulder. As I turned off the engine, the car rumbled and shuddered for several seconds. I waited a minute, then restarted the car and was able to drive. Ford covered the problem under an "extended warranty" for a throttle body problem, but I feel that my safety was in jeopardy by not fixing the problem before my car engine suddenly quit at high speed. In this area, having a car suddenly dive from 50 MPH to almost nothing can get you killed. The throttle body problem should have been covered by a safety recall, rather than waiting to see who survives the problem to take the car in for service.
The throttle body failed on my 2010 ford fusion that I purchased last month. The car felt as if it simply stopped working and would not accelerate. Thankfully, it occurred at a low speed, though it was very frightening. Apparently, this is a known issue and ford says it isn't covered under the powertrain warranty. I am concerned about driving the car, and I feel as though this known defective part will fail again.
I was traveling on a secondary road at about 45 MPH when with out warning there was a sudden power failure. I was able to get off the road. I called the dealer service desk and was told it might be a "computer glitch". I started and drove the car about 3 miles back home without incident. I tried about 5 times in our long drive to duplicate the problem. Because I could not duplicate, I decided to continue on my errands. This time I traveled about 5 miles and the same power failure occurred. I had it towed to the dealer at my expense and after 36 hrs had my car back. They replaced the throttle body under a customer satisfaction program (13n03) at no expense to me. Luckily for me my experience happened on a rural road. Had it happened on a multilane, high speed road a very serious multicar accident may have occurred. I was assured that the new throttle body would not have the same problem.
While driving my vehicle it suddenly felt like it stalled, but it actually had not. Before I could safely pull off the road it began violently jerking the whole car. Gas and brake controls were effected and the car was difficult to get off the road safely and difficult to stop it from moving forward once I got off the road. I quickly put it in park and turned it off. The check engine light came on as well as a wrench light during this incident. After about 5 minutes I turned the car back on and it seemed to be running fine. I started to drive to the body shop I use and after a couple minutes it did it again in the middle of an intersection. The car was extremely difficult to control and I was scared I would be hit by another car. After making it off the road again, I turned the car off. I eventually did get it to my body shop, but the defective throttle body could have resulted in a serious accident. Ford should recall this part and fix it!
I am a california highway patrol officer. I depend on ford vehicles. My life, literally depends upon it. That being said, I will never own a ford vehicle again. I own a 2010 ford fusion with 93,xxx miles on the odometer. As I was traveling to work, my fusion lost all power, and forced me to the right side shoulder of the highway. This action nearly resulted in a major injury, rear end collision. All this occurred during the hours of darkness, on a major highway, in the greater san francisco bay area. How this problem has not yet required immediate attention by the ford motor company // u.s government, is beyond belief. I purchased a replacement throttle body from an outside retailer, (not a ford factor part) installed it in my garage, and have had no issues as of this posting. How the ford motor company can justify $400 to $500 dollars to replace this problem part, is beyond my understanding. How is this not yet a government recall?? I may be forced to drive ford vehicles in order to do my job, but to reiterate, my family will never again purchase a ford vehicle. Every cloud has a silver lining. I am grateful my fusion shut down rather than accelerate. I guess the ford motor company must have learned something from the toyota motor company. Now it just takes the useless government morons to force ford motor company to admit to, and fix this obvious problem.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford fusion. The contact stated that while driving approximately 55 MPH, there was a sudden loss of engine power. The contact mentioned that the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the throttle body needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 50,000 and the current mileage was 53,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford fusion. The contact stated that while merging into traffic, the vehicle decelerated and the wrench warning lamp illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure and current mileage was 88,000.
While driving on the highway the engine started to shake and shudder and I had to pull over in heavy traffic. Turning the car off, then on again helped for a bit then engine started stumbling again. Diagnostic equipment revealed error code p2111, throttle actuator control system -stuck open. Ford has a customer satisfaction campaign (13n03) for this issue that is not advertised to consumers unless they research this issue. This could have easily caused an accident as the car completely lost power when this event occurred.
Ford issued an extended warranty for the throttle body for my 2010 ford fusion. I received multiple letters in the mail letting me know that my car was receiving this warranty. Yesterday, my car suddenly stopped acceleration and made an extreme jerk multiple times on the freeway- this could have killed myself, my passengers and anyone who may have hit me. Today, I was told that because my vehicle has a salvaged title, ford would not fix the throttle body component. I am not covered for their stupid extended warranty program. Ford needs a full recall for the throttle body, for people like me who are beyond warranty coverage. They already conned me into an unnecessary $1400 repair before, now I feel that I am only being conned again. Own up to your mistakes ford! I'm tired of having my safety at risk because of you!
Letter from congresswoman bonamici on behalf of constituent re concerns for the drivers of ford vehicles who may experience a failure in the throttle body resulting in decreased speed down to 5 MPH. (attn: joyce fleming). *smd the letter the consumer received, stated a malfunction may occur, due to possible contamination of the internal motor contacts in the throttle body resulting in reduced vehicle speed.
I was no longer able to accelerate. The car was running but while I was driving the car stalled in the middle of the road and as I tried to give the car gas it just increased RPM's but didn't move the car. I pulled off into a parking lot turned the car off and on and it began to run again, but lost all computer information so the mechanic couldn't figure out the problem. It has happened multiple times since then.
My husband was driving on the interstate highway at about 75 MPH and the wrench light came on and the car suddenly lost acceleration and would not accelerate with the gas pedal. It shuddered as he drove, and he was only able to drive at a very low speed. He was very worried that he would get hit by other faster cars. He got it towed to the closest ford dealership, and they replaced the throttle body. We are registering this complaint because we understand that this is a problem with ford cars generally.
Traveling on a road in orlando fl and lost speed and then eventually loosing power and had to drift off the side of the road. Finally was able to start the car just to be able to get it back to my home. Had to get the vehicle towed to the ford dealership and found that the throttle body had went bad. Had to get it replaced. This is very dangerous when driving at a good speed and all of a sudden you loose power, thank god I didnt get in a accident. I see that there is a recall on this part with ford but my VIN is not included.
Driving to work car had a thump then loss of power(couldn't accelerate ) and amber wrench light came on. Pulled over to side of highway as quickly and safely as I could. Engine was idling rough. Put in park and turned off car for 2 seconds, and turned back on. Car ran fine, until 3 days later when exact same problem occurred.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford fusion. The contact stated that while decelerating, the vehicle erroneously accelerated. The contact was able to stop the vehicle by forcefully applying the brakes. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated that the throttle body needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was contacted about the failure. The failure mileage was 37,000 and the current mileage was 38,000.
While sitting at a stop light, the car started accelerating faster and faster. Had to turn the car off to get it to stop. Next light, the same thing. Took it to dealership and they said it was the throttle body, and they replaced it. (recall?) worked ok until 3/27/2014 and pulling into a parking lot, with my foot on the brake to slow down, the car started accelerating again. I turned the car off to get it to stop. Glad I wasn't on a highway or interstate when this happened. Going back to dealership tomorrow, as I consider this a dangerous problem.
2010 ford fusion. Consumer writes in regards to throttle body failure. *smd the consumer stated while driving at a speed of 45 MPH. She heard what she thought was a light pop, and the vehicle immediately started loosing power, and no matter how hard she applied the accelerator, if had no effect on the vehicle. *jb the consumer stated she experienced another failure on march 15, 2014. Updated 04/02/14
I was driving the road around 50 MPH.,when suddenly my car was idling! I tried to push the gas but the car was no power I gear off to the side of the road. I put the car to park. After I restart my car and seems nothing was wrong with it.I took my car to ford dealer schwabengarage ag stuttgart-vaihingen germany / garage to look what is wrong with it, they didn't see anything wrong with it. So I drove my car again, my boyfriend search the problem and found out that the throttle body is not working right ,but the dealer couldn't see the problem. My boyfriend order the parts anyway because I can feel that my car is going to break down again. I was driving this morning with my two kids when my car lose power again. I turned it off and start again and after 100 meters it did the same again. I was terrified and pray hard that the other car will not hit us. I took my car to aafes / military installation car care with the parts we purchased and replaced the throttle body. I drove my car home today and got home safely. I found out that ford fusion has been having this problem.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford fusion. The contact stated that while driving approximately 70 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact shifted into neutral, then park and was able to restart the vehicle. The failure recurred the following week. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the technician diagnosed that the throttle body needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 67,000.
Couple months ago the car started to have problems shifting from one gear to another. The main problems was from 1 to 2. At a time, on a red light, the car didn't move for a few seconds even though the accelerator was being pressed. Then the car suddenly jump and started going. The car started jump from one gear to another. Later there was a transmission oil leak. And the car is getting worse there is no smooth transition between the velocities and the dealer said we had to paid for labor and parts. It seems unfair to have to pay for a manufacturer's issue. The transmission on this model is defective and there should be a check-out to this problem.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford fusion. The contact stated that while attempting to accelerate from a traffic light, the vehicle failed to accelerate over 5 MPH. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 5,000 and the current mileage was 5,300.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford fusion. The contact stated that while driving various speeds, the vehicle engaged into neutral independently and stalled without warning. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the throttle body needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 36,200.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford fusion. The contact stated that while driving 60 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle resumed normal function once restarted. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer, who stated that the throttle body would need to be replaced. There was a concurrent investigation for the failure under the federal safety agency action number: pe13003 (engine). The manufacturer was contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 35,000.
It is the typical throttle body issue everyone else is complaining about. It would randomly stall completely out on the main road. Occasionally, I could turn off the car and then turn it back on and it would drive me a few more miles before stalling out again. Car would randomly accelerate while applying the brakes. Car would violently "jump" like it was missing gears while accelerating. Almost impossible to accelerate speed without putting my foot to the floor. I bought a new throttle body for about $400 I think in september 2012 and within a year it was already doing the same things mentioned above. I just received an extended warranty from ford in the mail and will get a refund for my previous expense on a new throttle body. It pretty much seems like a recall but without actually saying it is. I don't know if there is any further action that can be taken but if so then please do. This is a dangerous car with a short shelf life. I almost got blasted from my side twice because I would be turning off a 4 lane route with plenty of distance from oncoming traffic and the car would stall. I was basically a sitting duck sideways hoping it would roll me fast enough to get out of the way. I hope this helps.
While driving loose power, have to stop and shut off and restart vehicle to get throttle response back. Had to have throttle body replaced. There are several cases of this listed on internet. Should be the same issue as in your investigation pe13003. I would like to be kept informed if this turns into a recall, as I would like ford to reimburse me for the cost of replacing the throttle body.
I was driving on a two lane highway when the throttle would not engage. I tried to accelerate but it would not, the car just lost power but did not stop running.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford fusion. The contact stated that while attempting to accelerate onto the highway, the wrench warning icon illuminated as the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was towed to a private mechanic for inspection, who advised that the throttle body and engine gasket would need replacing. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 71,000 and the current mileage was 72,000. Updated 3/28/14
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