While driving the gas pedal begins to shake and then the car shuts off completely. Have read several reviews/complaints about it being the throttle body, and that's what it is. $800, and warranty is expired, but brought the car in previously to ford with the same issues, they couldn't find any problems then. Don't feel I should pay for a mistake made by ford.
2010 Ford Fusion fuel system complaints
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Driving down interstate at 70 miles per hour in far left lane when vehicle unexpectedly loses power. Accelerator pedal completely unresponsive, and engine speed drops to approximately 800 RPM. I had to quickly maneuver across two lanes, which were occupied by tractor trailers to get to right shoulder. Came extremely close to having a major accident during heavy traffic which would have certainly involved 15-20 vehicles due to sudden onset and heavy traffic. Vehicle idled extremely rough upon stop. Vehicle would restart and operate normally for an unknown amount of time, then the same issue would happen again. This appears to be a very common problem for ford fusions built prior to late 2011 and ford escapes. This is a very dangerous malfunction, and a recall should absolutely be issued. Online research has a consensus that the problem is a bad throttle body. There are hundreds and hundreds, if not thousands, of the exact same problem from these vehicles. I have been very satisfied with this vehicle until this point.
When traveling down the road in typical conditions the power could cut out on the engine. Electrical power would still be on but no power would go to the engine forcing me to pull off the road and restart. This has happened several times and caused a minor bump with a traffic barrel. Ford lists this as service notice when it should be a recall, I could have been killed had I not had enough room to avoid the semi truck speeding behind me.
Was driving approximately 45 MPH car just went to idle throttle was unresponsive wrench light came on about got rear ended has done it several times since help.
Just adding to the list. Twice in the past two weeks my husband has experienced the same issue as everyone else posting a safety complaint about their 2010 ford fusion. He found himself not able to accelerate while driving on the highway. The first time he brought the car into a ford dealership. They found no issue, and apparently are not aware of the overall issue. This morning (after the second occurrence) he brought the car into a non-dealership auto mechanic - no word from them yet. I am worried about his safety, and frustrated that ford has not issued a recall given how wide-spread and long-known this problem is.
My daughter owns a ford fusion 2010 and has had multiple incidences of throttle body failure. We have taken it to the dealer, who diagnosed it and ordered the part. The part is back ordered due to so many failures on several types of ford cars and trucks. A little research on the part of the federal safety agency would show it is past time this part should have been recalled!!! Losing acceleration in the middle of pulling into traffic whether in town or highway is exceptionally dangerous, the federal safety agency and ford need to step up before deaths occur.
As I was driving to work november 28, 2012 the car died. Luckily I had already exited the highway and was only doing app. 30 MPH. I pulled to the side of the road and attempted to restart the car. I finally got it to run, but it was running terribly. I nursed the car to where I worked and called a tow truck. It was towed to kings ford in cincinnati (about 20 miles from where I work). The mechanic verified a "dtc p2112" code for a throttle body stuck. It was replaced by kings ford and although I was under the 36 month warranty period I was over the mileage (3 year/36,000). I was charged 442.81 for the repair. This is ridiculous for a car that was less than 3 years old. I complained to ford and was basically told "too bad". Not happy with any ford product now. I manage a 330 vehicle fleet where I work. Do you think I'll buy a ford again?
Throttle body is defective on vehicle. Causes vehicle to not get any gas and shuts down to an idle with the wrench light illuminating. Many people have this known issue. Driving in dallas I found this to be very unsafe with so much traffic. Could have been seriously injured as the vehicle would not move.
Car was idling in park. Put car in drive, started moving forward slowly and the engine started to shake, lost throttle control, check engine and wrench lights illuminated. Engine died within about 10 seconds. Turned the ignition off and restarted the car. It ran normally for about 25 feet and exhibited the same symptoms as before. Restarted the car again and was able to limp the car to a suitable parking space about 250 feet away. After sitting for a minute with the car off, I started it again and it ran normal for the rest of the day. I drove to the nearest autozone and had them scan the computer codes. Found p2111 - throttle actuator control.
Vehicle went into limp mode @ 70 MPH on interstate. Came very close to a collision before getting vehicle to the side of the road. Need a recall from ford now before it becomes so large like toyota and the death rate starts to climb. It is a defective part and ford knows it.what does it take 10 deaths or 100.
While accelerating up a hill or incline, the motor powered down to the point of stalling, whereby I was almost involved in an accident. This has happened twice today, and on one occasion in december 2012, but the specifics I cannot recall.
After stopping at bank, car went into creep mode after less than a block. Restarted and drove home. Nine days later the same thing occurred. Drove to mechanic next day ok. Needs throttle body for $440.00. Ford apparently not willing to fix although they've had this problem for years. Replaced ignition coil a few weeks earlier for $330.00. Same mo with ford.
I was driving to work yesterday morning and almost got rear ended by a semi when my car lost power. After work I took my car to the mechanic and he verified that there is an issue with the throttle body. After finding this out I did some research online and found that this appears to be a very common problem. I have read countless pages of complaints on this particular problem happening to other people. Without a doubt, I feel that there should definitely be a recall on this issue. I guess it takes someone to get killed before that will happen though. This is not the first time this has happened to me and probably won't be the last. I would hate to see someone get killed over this. It will bring a hefty lawsuit.
I was very worried when my car appeared to just turn off as I was slowing down from the interstate. I thought it was a fluke, bad connection and hoped it would never do it again. Car did start back up with no issues, that day. Unfortunately, it happened a lot on saturday 7/20/13. I parked the car and never drove it sunday. Called ford first thing monday - 7/22/13 and they were too busy to help. I had to take my car to a non dealership and they confirmed it was the throttle body. I had previously researched and wrote down the codes that would possibly come up. As the other company stated this is a known issue, I thankfully have an extended warranty to cover cost but I was advised that this is around $1,000. Ford is charging me my deductible for a known safely issue that has not been recalled? Why? When? Im hoping by adding to the list we can make sure they take care of their customers before they issue arises rather than after we are stuck on the side of the road. I've been without a car for 2 days and no concern of ford. I need a reliable car, as im still paying for it. All of the issues are exactly following these articles - http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2013/02/25/probe-ford-cars-suvs-stalling/1945799/ and http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/02/25/feds-probe-725000-limp-ford-mercury-vehicles-for-fault/ I've had horrible service from ford and would prefer a non partisan company to fix but I am forced to go back to them to take car of issue.
Stopped at red light, light turns green I push the gas pedal and the car has no power- I moved to the side of the street and it crawled along an inch at a time until I could safely pull into a church yard and turn it off, I lifted the hood to check everything and decided to crank the car to see if I could hear anything and it ran fine and has been fine for the past three days. Afraid to drive my car because of this.
While driving on city streets the gas pedal stopped responding. The car slowed and the engine surged.
I bought a 2010 ford fusion, 4 months ago in march, 2 months after purchase the car began shutting off while driving, the problem was only happening every once in a while, but has progressed more and more to the point that I was unable to drive at all. I took the car to the dealership, who sent it to be serviced. Then I find out that it is the throttle body and would cost me 600 dollars to get repaired and that it is not covered under warranty. I liked the fusion until I began having these issues, but I fear for the life myself and my kids in this vehicle and don't think that I should be having these problems right after the purchase of a new vehicle.
After coming to a stop at a red light, we tried to accelerate, when the wrench light came on and the car lost power, but did not shut off. We could not accelerate, rpms dropped and, luckily we coasted to a safe stop. I put it park and turned it off. After a minute or two, started it up again, the wrench light was off. We went a couple of miles and it did it again. We decided it was unsafe so we brought it home.
The car began to stall on the freeway, so I had to drive it off the freeway after it had turned off twice. The first time, it went off in the middle of the freeway as I luckily veered to the side and no one was hurt. I took it to be serviced. It turns out there was a faulty throttle control: the throttle actuator was stuck closed (p2111), and also would get stuck open (p2112). This must have happened while I was on the freeway. The auto service center ran the tests and tested my vehicle after replacing that throttle assembly and now my car runs back to normal. Also, my rear parking aid back up tone is out of order. Sometimes it just beeps constantly and there is nothing behind the vehicle. It seems to be working in order, but once in a while it does that.
Vehicle goes into "limp-home" mode suddenly and unexpectedly. Happened on I-95 and was lucky I could pull over without getting killed. Dealer could not find problem although this should have been well-known to them by then. Happened several times since and got worse and now car is immobile and too dangerous to drive. Apparently a problem with fuel injection throttle body which ford is well aware of and part is back-ordered 7-10 days (they say). The federal safety agency initiated an investigation of problem in feb 2013 but ford has not informed customers of this very dangerous situation nor offered any fix. Seems unconscionable to me. What does the federal safety agency propose to do about this and why hasn't it done so? This situation is literally without exaggeration a danger to human life and the manufacturer does nothing. What is the federal safety agency for?
Faulty throttle body has caused several engine stall events on and off highway. Car in shop awaiting replacement part. Ford service acknowledged that this is a well known defect without a recall yet announced. They advised not driving the car again until part is replaced as that would be "very dangerous." why would this not be a recall yet?
The first time the problem occurred I was a 4 lane with the cruise set a 65. The car lost all power and at the same time! The wrench light came on. I braked the car and pulled over off the road, the cars engine was running extremely rough so I turned of the ignition. After waiting a few minutes restarted the car got back to speed and the same thing happened- lucky for me no traffic around at the time. The forth try the car ran fine the rest of the 6 miles left to work. That night going home from work- same thing- loss of all power and wrench light- made it off the road again safely. Restarted the car and it ran fine- about 3 miles to home. Over the next few days it did the same thing several more times then ran fine for about a week. Turns out that was just the start of the fun! : [ now it started losing power at busy intersections in town, as I was pulling into traffic on a 4 lane that traffic was moving 55mph.
As I was driving to pick my wife up from work. The car suddenly lost all throttle control. I was not able to get any throttle response. There was no warning that this was about to happen, the incident just happened without warning. Since I was in the slow lane of traffic I was able to coast the car off the road. After a min. I was able to start the car and go another 2 miles when it happened again. The error code that came up was p2111. Ford is lucky that no one has been hurt or killed as a car just stops working with no warning.what if I was making a left turn on a busy road when this happened? All power to no power in a blink of a eye.
Cruise control on 65mph@2000rpm with no input from driver, RPM suddenly jumps to 3500 no speed change, loss of power or jerking of car. Turn off cruise control, RPM drops to 2000 smoothly,all seems fine. Turn on cruise control again, RPM jumps immediately to 2700, again smoothly. Turn off cruise control, RPM drops again to 2000. Drive home w/o cruise control no problem. On trip to dealer for diagnosis the wrench icon appears on dash when the accelerator becomes suddenly completely unresponsive. Motor runs smoothly but doesn't react to accelerator. Pull over, turn off motor, wait 1-2 min. Wrench icon is gone, all seems okay, drove on to dealer.
While accelerating, cruising or at idle, the engine stalls then dies. When restarting engine stumbles badly and dies. This happens in traffic, accelerating into intersections, at highway speeds, etc. Mil is now on constantly. Vehicle is completely unusable because it is past the warranty period. We will be replacing the throttle body at our own expense, but would like ford to reimburse us.
I was driving on my way to work when my car lost power I pulled over turned the car off. Upon restarting it the check engine light was on, I preceded to work. When I got off of work and went home the check engine light was off. A week later the symptoms happened again this time it was more then once. Close to a total of 10 times in a one hour period.
On several occasions, the vehicle has no throttle response will driving. The car must be safely pulled over to the side of the road, turned off, and then restarted to correct the problem. The wrench light comes on every time this occurs, and the check engine light comes on some of the time. This is very hazardous due to the driving conditions that may be evident at the time the problem occurs. The local ford garage diagnosed the problem as the need for the electric throttle body replacement, part #ds7z-9e926-a.
Date and mileage of incident are guesses. Has happened on multiple occasions. When driving vehicle on highway or local roads, engine stalls as if it had no power, however, the tachometer indicates engine still running. Each time this occurs, vehicle has to be steered on to shoulder. When pulling onto shoulder, it vibrates tremendously. After it stops, you must put it into park, then restart the engine. Brought vehicle to goodyear where it was identified as a p2111 fault. It was suggested that it be brought to a local ford dealer for servicing. Brought to the local ford dealership a week ago. Confirmed as p2111 fault. Part had to be ordered which took approximately 6 days to receive. As of this complaint, still waiting on service to be completed.
Driving on 295 n bound at approximately 70 MPH the engine just stalled...the little wrench light came on along with the engine light. I tried giving it gas but I could not get it to go so I had to fight the traffic to get over to the shoulder and shut it off. I attempted to start it and on the second try it did but felt like it was running on 2 cylinders.so I let it sputter along the shoulder to the exit where I shut it off and let it sit for a few minutes then tried it again, it started and I was able to get it to a advanced auto parts store where they plugged in the tester and got a throttle actuator error code.I got it started and it drove ok till I got home but haven't used it yet. This car did have a problem a few weeks ago but I thought it was just a glitch because it just ran rough and then went back to normal. Now I'm reading about other fusions having the same problem.
While driving car at any speed, will lose all power, go down to 20 MPH, pressing gas pedal does nothing,have to get to side of road, car will shake violently till you shut it off. Take at least 4 to 5 times to start again and have power enough to get it going again. Engine light and wrench lites come on, engine light stays on but wrench lite will go off. Had my 3 grandchildren in car going over a set of 3 railroad tracks and car lost power, was able to cruise over last track and get off to side of road, just as I did railroad gates went down due to approaching train. Also have lost power going thru intersections, on interstates, roads that have very few places to pull over. This has been a true nightmare driving this car, I have had many situations that not only have been very dangerous to myself but also my passengers and most important my grandchildren. Took car to dealership back in january, they replaced charcoal cannister which helped for approx. 2 months. Since then problem has occurred at least 3 times every time I drive it, took back to dealership, they say tough luck, not under warranty anymore. Have researched on-line about this situation and looks like I am not the only one. Please help!
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