We were driving approximately 65 MPH when the car suddenly started to decelerate at a rapid pace and eventually stalled. We noticed a wrench light on the dashboard as we pulled the car over. After restarting the car we were able to drive a couple of miles before the same thing would occur. After a couple more times of having to pull over and restart the car the check engine light also came on. Thankfully we were able to get to a family members house as we were approx 90 miles from home. The code we pulled from the car was p2111.....indicative of this infamous throttle body problem in this make and model. We ended up having to get towed to the nearest dealership 35 miles away.....yet another 35 from our home. Thankfully this was covered under our extended warranty plan from ford. A coworker of mine had the exact same issue about 6 months ago....same make/model/year. Luckily the highway we were on wasn't busy at the time the car stalled repeatedly. I don't see how this can't be a recall......
2010 Ford Fusion electrical complaints
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While driving vehicle the speed became to rapidly decrease while the check engine light came on and the car begin shake and sputter. Tried driving again and realized that I was fine as long as I did not go over 40mph. Had to have me car towed home because of the distance between my job and home. Called around, had the code read on the car and it was a "p2112" error code which pointed to the throttle body failure. Contacted ford and was told that although this is a known issue, I would have to pay for my own part-labor. Paying $445 on tomorrow to have the car repaired. I just purchased the car in january 2013, and me paying for repairs on tomorrow means that I cannot pay my car note. This is horrible since the representative at ford customer assistance stated that this is a known issue. I've seen multiple posts online regarding the same thing. This is also a safety hazard, had I been going faster on the interstate (I had not made it on yet when the issue first started) myself or someone else could've been seriously injured or killed because of the sudden stop.
Car stalled then died started again and did the same thing in 200feet three times then I had it towed.
1st incident: I was driving down the freeway at 65mph. My RPM dropped for no reason. It felt like I lost power but the car kept moving. I took the next exit and while sitting at an intersection the wrench light came on and the car lost all power. I waited about 5 minutes and turned the key...the car started right up. 2nd: I was driving 40 MPH and noticed the RPM drop. When I stopped at a stop light the wrench light came on and the car lost power. 3rd incident: tonight, as I was driving 35 MPH down a winding road, the wrench light came on the car lost power and slowed to a roll. I pressed the gas pedal but it didn't work but the car kept crawling with a jerky motion. Cars were coming around the corner so fast. I turned on my flashers, put the car in park, turned the key off and restarted the car. I have had the car checked out by 2 ford dealers they say they don't know what the problem could be. They could not detect any codes from the car computer. They ruled out the battery and the alternator. I am taking it in again tomorrow to a different ford dealer. I took a picture of the dash showing the wrench light and I will show them the posts on this site.
While merging onto the interstate, the car's acceleration stopped and the car would not accelerate, found out the throttle body was failing.
System stalled out and entered "get home mode" ford dealer says it's a throttle body issue, and I saw that there is a pending investigation.
From a stopped position in my condo parking lot, I began to enter street and my car began to jerk/lunge. I noticed the yellow gold wrench warning light came on. Engine stopped. I was able to restart and chugged/eased into a plaza parking lot. Called ford dealership and was advised to call for a tow to their service department. There was no prior incident leading up to this event. It just happened. I feel lucky to have been entering a side street vice being stopped and trying to move through a congested intersection. The throttle body was replaced.
The car stalled in the middle of airport traffic. The wrench light came on and the check engine light. It occurred again on the fl turnpike traveling at 75 MPH. We no longer drive on the highways and it has happened 3 more times. Research says it is the throttle position sensor, and the only fix is to replace the throttle body.
As I was driving through an intersection taking a left hand turn, my car slowed down and was no longer responsive to my pushing the gas pedal. I had to roll through the intersection to safety and fortunately on coming traffic was far enough away that I was not hit. I had to turn off my car and turn it back on to fix the issue. I could have been seriously injured. My research showed me that many others are suffering from this dangerous problem which seems to stem from the throttle body. I need this fixed immediately since this is a major issue but no place is selling this part. Very concerned about how this could turn out for others
I have a 2010 ford fusion se 2.5 and my check engine light came on along with a wrench light and my car went in to "limp mode" and my car lost power as I was turning left with traffic coming right at me, I was barely able to make it across the road without being hit!
While driving down the road, the car will suddenly jerk and the check engine (wrench) light will come on and I will immediately lose all ability to accelerate. After pulling the car over and putting the car in park, the car begins to shake until I turn off the car. When I turn the car back on, it takes a minute to turn over and then drives fine until it happens again.
I recently purchased the vehicle used with 43,000 miles on it. In order to get the vehicle registered in my state I had to have an emissions test done. At some point during the test the vehicle's electronic power steering system detected a fault that disabled the power steering. When I got back in the car I had no power steering and the trip computer listed the following errors: "service power steering now" and "service advanced trac". I immediately took the car to the ford dealer where they diagnosed the problem as being an internal electrical issue with the eps system. They stated this wasn't an issue that could be fixed other then replacing the whole power steering rack. The dealer is charging $1,854.52 for the job. I have looked up this issue online and it appears that many people have had this happen while driving. I wasn't driving the car at the time but the test did involve driving the car on a dynamometer up to speeds of around 60 MPH. If the system failed then, it could have happened at anytime. I don't understand why the system shuts off automatically when it detects an issue. Driving the car, and suddenly loosing power steering is a scary concept. These systems seem to be unreliable and put the passengers and other vehicles at risk. When reading in the owners manual about these error codes it states that the system will shut off when it detects a fault. But this is not a "normal" problem for cars. With a hydraulic system this would never happen.
After traveling on the highway @ 60 miles per hr, the car lost acceleration speed and was slowing down. The check engine light and a wrench was shown on the dash board.the car would not work. After I turned it off and was able to restart but no sooner it happened again, unable to accelerate. This happened to me a few weeks ago on my way to work. I was traveling 40mph when I lost power and could not accelerate.
I was driving down the highway at 65 MPH and heard what seemed like a loud pop and right away I noticed my car losing power and when I hit the gas the speedometer kept going down. Fortunately traffic was not too bad and I was able to pull off the road and call for a truck to tow me to the dealership. When they inspected the car they stated that I needed a new throttle body. The car gave absolutely no warning and had it been in different traffic conditions could have caused a serious accident.
While on my way out of town from columbia, mo to chicago, il on 08/09/2013 when the first throttle problem started. While my husband and I were on the road driving 60mph, the wrench light came on and while on the highway the car slowed all the way down with my doing it. I had to hurry over to the side of the highway in order to not get into an accident. The state trooper for missouri pulled behind us to find out what the problem was. We didn't know so we looked in our handbook. Then we noticed that it means that there was a problem with the throttle and to service it if the problem persist. During the week of 09/09/2013-0913/2013 while my husband was driving the same problem happened again. He took the car to the ford dealership where we bought it and they stated that they have received complaints but no recall order. Our mechanic estimated the cost to fix the throttle issue to be between $500-$600. Today 09/18/2013 while on the highway to go to work, the car stalled and stopped on me 3 times. I find this unacceptable especially because this has been a constant complaint with other owner of the vehicle and no recall or reimbursement has been made as of yet.
My car suddenly lost power and turned off 3 times in the past week. The first time at about 9pm I was driving on the freeway when my car suddenly shut off going at about 65 MPH. It was scary as the car seemed to jerk and swerve before shutting off. I had to cruise off to the right but with traffic blowing by so fast and my car dropping speed super fast I almost got into a car accident. I was able to turn the car back on about 10 min later and got off the freeway. About 5 miles later the car shut off again at a slower speed appx. 15mph. My check engine light came on and my car no longer started. I got towed home. Today 9/16/13 my car started and I drove to my nearest ford service center (sunrise ford north hollywood). While on my way my car shut off again. I waited 5 min. And it started again. My car was diagnosed ($150.00) and I was told that it was the electronic throttle body. Total cost of repair is going to cost me apprx $480. This includes diagnostic, parts and labor. Oh and I was told that this part is back ordered. Powertrain warranty does not cover this issue and my 3 year 36000 miles expired. I was having jerking problems with the car at about 36,000 miles, I was told that my warranty expired and that I had a bad battery.
While driving with my family (3 yr old , 6 month old and my husband) throttle sudden stopped functioning. We were driving on the freeway when this happened the first time and was very scary and dangerous to suddenly lose speed. When we pulled over and restarted the car the throttle response seemed back to normal. We have had this happen multiple times a day ( as this is my families only car) I am now scared to drive with my girls in the car.
Driving to work on a busy highway, going approximately 62 miles per hour, when my car just started to die. I went from 62 miles per hour, down to about 5 miles per hour in a few seconds, my wrench warning light and check engine light were on, I cannot believe that I was not rear ended or that I was not the cause of an accident. I pulled over to the side of the road as best I could, turned the car off. When I restarted it and tried to move, it chugged and there was not any power. I sat for about 15 minutes, and tried again, I was able to get another couple of miles to work. I took my car to the dealership and they stated that it was the throttle body, the cost is $425.00 plus tax to fix, made me sick. After seeing all of the complaints about this, I cannot believe that the throttle body is not a recall item, it is truly a safety concern. My car is a 2010 fusion, I had to spend $325.00 at 30,000 miles for new rotors, so this really is upsetting.
Ongoing issue with acceleration developed into a malfunction in the throttle body. I had noticed intermittent stutters during acceleration and deceleration. This time, the car lost power to accelerate, vibrated violently, and forced me to pull over for fear of causing an accident. Now it is recurring and although the code erases and it seems to be fine, it will suddenly fail to operate properly and cause me to cut out of traffic as quickly as possible.
The cars throttle body light comes on shuts down car. I was getting on the express way going about 60 miles per hour when the car begins to shake and my car shuts down and luckily I was able to control the car to the shoulder.
Vehicle stalled in motion. It happened several times, without any warning or any sign of malfunction.
Pe13-003 my 2009-2011 ford escape, fusion, mariner and milan electronic throttle body malfunction 21-feb-2013 my 2010 ford fusion 4 cylinder has malfunctioned twice in two days with sudden power loss and the wrench icon of the gauge cluster. Each time, the engine would drop to 800 RPM and crawl at less then 20 MPH. The first incident was near hunt auto as leaving a 4-way stop on sunday with near 90 degree heat. The second was monday while on I-65 n near millersville at 68 MPH. Scary. Both times I had to pull over, inspect the idle behavior, turn the car off, wait 30 seconds then turn-on again fine with normal behavior. After research, this appears to be under investigation by the federal safety agency since feb 2013 as likely throttle body issues of this engine type. I have sent this info to my local ford dealer www.huntauto.com. Please advise and assist as possible.
Driving on a busy interstate highway when suddenly my car looses power and goes into limp mode. Absolutely no throttle response. Wrench light indicator came on. I pulled over to the side of the road and my car shuttered a bit as I slowed down. Turned the car off and waited a minute before restarting. Restarted sluggishly. Began driving again and no more than 5 minutes later, the same thing happened. This time the check engine light came on. Once again, turned car off, restarted and began driving again. Made it into a local brake/muffler shop where they were kind enough to diagnose the problem for me. Error code p2112 came over with a description about the throttle body actuator being stuck closed. They informed me they've seen this problem many times and it seems to be a common issue. It made sense to me because, leading up to this event, I had been experiencing a lagging throttle. It has happened to me twice more since this initial occurrence.
Driving 55 MPH lost power, car shook violently, wrench light turned on, rolled off country road & turned car off. Restarted & drove home 600 miles without incident. Then on december 3, 2012 (2 weeks later) while driving 60 MPH on busy highway at rush hour same thing happened...no power, wrench light, violent shaking. Fortunately, was in a busy downtown area with multiple exit ramps. Was able to "roll" off highway , turn off car & restart. Needed to do this several times. Got to destination ( I was shaking more than car) and same thing happened all the way home. Took to dealer who eventually replaced throttle body& haven't had an incident since. I feel this should be a recall problem after reading all the identical stories & expect my $100 deductible returned as I did have the extended warranty.
Like many others, I'm experiencing increasingly frequent acceleration failures (no acceleration with visual cue as well as acceleration surges) consistent with (and identified by dealer as) a malfunctioning etb. Additionally, it seems that the throttle body may be affected by both proximity and stress sensors, as the failures (and generally fairly dramatic drops in speed) tend to occur most frequently at high speeds in heavy traffic. Per ford's response to the safety investigation (inrl-pe13003-57050p), the manufacturer submits that the resulting fmem mode (always the most severe of "good luck with that" in my vehicle's case) allows for safe maneuvering. While this may be true on the test courses in dearborn, I'd gladly volunteer my vehicle to allow my neighbors to re-evaluate this claim in actual lansing traffic.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford fusion. The contact stated that while driving 75 MPH, the advance track warning system illuminated followed by every light on the instrument panel illuminating. The speedometer and the air conditioner also failed. The contact stated that he pulled the vehicle over, disconnected the battery to reset the computer and the vehicle functioned properly after the battery was reconnected. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection where they stated that they could not diagnose the cause of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 32,000.
Basically the car shut down driving down the pennsylvania turnpike on friday morning at 65 MPH, the car totally shut down. This happened 2 times at 65 MPH and one time at about 25 MPH while entering the turnpike. I was very lucky that the tractor trailer behind me going about 70 MPH, saw something was wrong with my car and had time moved over into the passing or he would have hit my car and killed me. This happen one more time during my morning commute at that speed. I took my car yesterday to the ford dealer and he repaired the throttle body motor assembly. I have notified ford customer service case # cas-#[xxx], but I believe this is an immediate life & health safety recall issue. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
I drive approximately 80 miles per day, 5 days a week. While driving on the highway at normal speeds of 45-60 MPH, my fusion lost all acceleration power. This has happened 3 times in the last week alone. Each time, the wrench warning light appeared on the dashboard so I had to coast to the side of the highway and restart my vehicle before I could return safely to the road. During each incident, I was in several lanes of traffic, and losing all power certainly creates a dangerous environment for me and other drivers around.
My 18 year old son was getting ready to get on the freeway and the vehicle suddenly slowed to 30 MPH. We took the vehicle to the dealer and they replaced the throttle body at our expense. This issue is so common that ford is having a hard time producing enough throttle bodies. The part is on national back order and this particular dealer had a car in the shop that had waited 1 month for this part. This is a serious safety issue. One minute later and my son would have been doing 65mph on the freeway. Imagine if he was in traffic and suddenly could not travel faster than 30 MPH. In addition, since this event the ford sync and bluetooth features no longer work.
My fiance was driving on I-26 to work 40 miles away. The car started jerking and stalling and losing power a semi blew the horn at her and swerved around her. She pulled over on the side of the road and cut the car off. When she started it back up and ran for a few more miles at a reduced speed but it kept doing the same thing. I took it to ford dealership and they said that it was the throttle body and that they were common for this. Its so common that throttle bodies are on backorder. The only place you can get them is a ford dealership for around $450 installed. I investigated on the internet and found out that it is a common problem but ford refuses to do a recall. What is it going to take; for someone to die before they do one. If that semi had not been watching, my fiance may have been the one.
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