Myself and two passengers (including 10 month old) were riding northbound on the interstate at approximately 65 MPH. Our 2010 ford fusion suddenly went into safe mode (aka "limp home mode") where the car continues to have power (steering, brakes, HVAC systems) but it does not respond to pressing on the accelerator. We were traveling along at ~3-5mph with other traffic still traveling full speed. Extremely dangerous situation in an extremely dangerous vehicle. A ford dealer had just performed recall 13b17 on the vehicle, which recalibrated the powertrain. Unfortunately they did not install a new throttle body, which is covered on this vehicle in satisfaction program 13n03.
2010 Ford Fusion fuel system complaints
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Driving on fwy at 65 MPH when engine dies in my 10 fusion! Pushing gas pedal resulted in no action RPM gauge to 0 as I moved to shoulder. My god was watching over me as I have no idea how I made it to the shoulder avoiding cars all around me and not causing a wreck or getting hurt. Car started up after 5 minutes of prayers and drove to dealer who was less than 1 mile away. Car died again 200 yards from dealership but started up and made it to dealer. They recognized the problem-throttle body issue and ford had extended warranty to 150k on car for this reason via "customer satisfaction program 13no3". Issue was fixed next day, car is fine now. Had received notification from ford indicating that the "throttle body may develop contamination..." the fact that the car died as I was driving on the fwy at fwy speeds and did not get hurt or hurt anyone else is a miracle. Ford recognized the problem and chose to not act but chose to wait until a mechanical failure occurs before acting. I have this question for ford executives, knowing that the "throttle body may be contaminated...." would you allow your sons and/or daughters to drive a ford? Ford will spend millions of $'s promoting their vehicles instead of proactively correcting the throttle body issue. My son will be 16 next year and he wants an f150, my daughter will be 16 in 3 years and she wants a mustang. They will not be driving ford products. I will ensure that all my family/friends/peers and acquaintances hear of my near death experience driving my fusion while ford knew that there may be an issue and did not act. Here's a recommendation to ford - remove me from your mail advertising list and save some $. Here's a better recommendation proactively correct this issue before someone gets hurt or dies driving a ford that "may develop contamination..."
I was driving at a low speed of approximately 20-25 MPH behind a large truck. Truck pulled over to let people pass, and when I tried to accelerate, nothing happened and the speed dropped to 5mph and did not respond to accelerator pedal. An "orange wrench, repair needed" indicator light was on as I coasted off road and turned off ignition. Waited 10 minutes, restarted car and drove home without incident. There was also another incident that seemed insignificant at the time: about 2 months ago, when accelerating to go up a hill, the car did not respond and crawled extremely slow uphill, but was ok when back on flat ground. Recently received letter from ford about a recall repair for problem with throttle body,causing car to lose power, and to bring it in for a calibration upgrade. Upgrade is to give slightly more power if you should have problem, but does not correct problem since not all cars will experience loss of power. Went to dealer after I had lost power, asking for replacement of throttle body since I had an "incident" as described in recall. They only did a calibration upgrade since they could "not duplicate the problem" at repair shop.computer diagnostics did not record a problem with throttle body. Said "no codes in PCM. Re-flashed PCM, return to customer". The incident that happened to me was real, and potentially very dangerous. Had I been out on the busy highway, it could have been fatal. I feel that if ford knows there is a problem and refuses to correct it when a problem is reported, they are being negligent. I wanted to somehow document what happened to me, since I feel the car is unsafe to drive, and this problem will likely happen again.ford knows about the problem, but if they can't trust what is being reported by a customer,the safety of anyone who owns one of these cars is being compromised. This is a very dangerous issue.
It started out that when I filled up my fuel tank I would try to start the vehicle and it would not start, I would have to try several times then it would start. It then started shaking and idling rough when I came to a stop. Then as I was driving on the interstate it just died. I would pull over and start again then would die. I had to have it towed to dealer and they told me it was the vapor lock that went bad which in turn caused gas to get into my oil. They also stated that this part caused fuel to get into the vapor canister. Research has showed me that several ford fusion with the cap less fuel has caused several problems. They have since stated they have upgraded the cap less gas tank but what about the 2010. It ended up costing me 700 for both parts but the issue that caused the problem is still there. Please help.....
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 started smelling gasoline every time I would get out of my car or walk towards it. I was under the impression I had "spilled some", but on 6/9/2014 I noticed a puddle of something in my driveway. I proceeded to smell it and noticed it was gasoline. So I looked under my car and realized that it had a gas leak. I then started looking online to see if there was a recall for this, but unfortunately only the 2013 models have been recalled for this issue. My car is not a 2013, but it is a 2010 and it appears to have the same issue that these cars have had. This problem needs to be looked into for the safely of the consumer. I have scheduled an appointment with a local dealer, but it worries me that I have been driving with my life just one little spark away from my car catching on fire.
I am filing this complaint in hopes that ford will be forced to issue a recall regarding the dangerous acceleration issue the fusions are having. My car will lose power when driving. I have to press the gas pedal almost to the floor to get the car to accelerate once I have lost power and the car jerks and sputters. The issue began on june 3, 2014 and worsened today, june 4, 2014. I do not have any check engine lights or wrenches. I have only traveled back roads and have not driven the car at a high speed due to fear of having an accident. I have read multiple complaints regarding a throttle body issue. So, I am taking my car to a ford dealership on tomorrow, june 5th to have my similar issue diagnosed. I am concerned because the service advisor said that the extended warranty will only be for an update to my power train system; which is not what I read in the letter. I want to have my throttle body replaced and the power train update so to prevent any future and more dangerous failures. I am also fearful because of the 'one-time' repair program, I will be out of luck and a bunch of money should my throttlebody fail after the power train update.
The gas tank hisses and the car begins to die when the car is sitting idol. The manual states to shut the car off and relieve the pressure by pushing the cap of where you would put the fuel in this does not fix the issue. When gas is put into the car to refill the tank the car does not start instantly. The ignition cont. To turn over and it takes several times of turning the key to get the car to start. After gas is put in the car the car runs slow the service engine light stays on and the car continues to jerk and die when the car stops for lights or to turn.
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!
While driving at 65 MPH the engine drops to idle. You have to pull over on the shoulder and restart the car.
As I was driving I suddenly lost power and there was no response when I pushed on the gas peddle. The car was shaking and making noises. I was able to continue driving after I put the car in park and removed the key for a few seconds. A few days later this happened a second time. I was driving about 10 miles an hour and the car again lost power and was shaking and making noises. Again I removed the key and waited a few seconds and was able to start the car and drive normally. The third time this happened the car suddenly accelerated and lurched forward. I had the car towed to my mechanic and he said he cleaned the throttle. He could find nothing else wrong.
Traveling on I-10 near beaumont tx, with cruise control on when the car suddenly lost power/speed. I pulled off the freeway, tachometer jumping and with brakes and steering working. I could not get idle to steady, wrench light on; so I shut down engine. Restarted was slow but I was able to continue normal driving. Next morning took it to kinsel ford dealer, they checked it out friday and found no issues. Yesterday may 3rd it happened again. Knowing the posted throttle body issues, kinsel should not have sent me on a 7 hour trip back to dallas!!! This almost got me killed.
Approximately two years ago, I was driving down rt 28 in fairfax, va. I was going about 60 MPH when my car turned off. No power steering, no brakes, to speed. The car behind me slammed on his brakes and narrowly missed rear ending me. I made it over to the shoulder. I took my car to koons ford sterling, they told me it was the throttle body. I called ford motor customer relationship center and told them what happened and also told them that I goggled it and found many other people complaining about the same thing. I was told that ford had no knowledge of problems with the throttle body. I paid to have the work done. Fast forward...............three weeks ago we received a letter from ford telling us that the throttle body was now being recalled and if we have already had the work done, we should take the receipt up to the dealership for our refund. Well that was on april 1. Still nothing. Each time I call I'm told that it's still under review. Aside from the fact that I probably will never get a refund, I'm wondering how many people died from this. It took ford 2-3 years to do this recall.
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.
After driving for ~20 minutes and the engine warming up, the engine will surge when coming to a complete stop after braking. There is also a smell of gas. Immediately after refueling, the engine is difficult to start. Once started it runs rough for a few seconds and wants to lurch away.
Smelled gas and saw leak from top of tank down side of tank by passenger side rear wheel. Mechanic dropped the tank and said a split occurred on a seam through no fault of corrosion. He believes it to a manufacturer defect. All the vehicles I have owned never had a leaking gas tank from corrosion or otherwise.
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.
Driving in far left lane at highway speed. The car had been on for about 10 minutes after sitting in parking lot all day. It was 96 degrees. Car started to vibrate and slow down. I noticed that the tool light was on. Obviously I had entered into limp mode and found a way to cross four lanes of rush hour traffic to make it to the emergency lane. Once stopped engine loped erratically and would not accelerate. Engine was non-responsive to pedal changes. Put car in park and shut the engine off. I waited 30 seconds and started the car again and drove home (26 miles) without further incident. It should be noted that I have experienced surging in the engine this past week. Symptoms point to the throttle body; but this is speculation as I have not had the car diagnosed by a professional. I am aware that there is a current investigation into this matter. This event happened at highway speeds and could have been disastrous. Driving can be inherently dangerous and parts do break; but, the fact that this has been a known issue for quite some time warrants an additional report.
After gas fill up. Car difficult to start. Takes several tries to get it going and then stumbles and runs rough for a while. When car was new it did it a few times. Incident occurred more and more as miles increased. By 90,000 miles, it almost always happens.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford fusion. The contact stated that he noticed a leak underneath the rear end of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated that the fuel tank was corroded and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the defect. The failure mileage was 140,000. Updated 04/22/14 ma updated 04/24/14
Wife was driving down 4 lane highway when car stalled and died due to bad throttle body. Cars behind her had to change lanes, one truck had to slam on brakes. The red wrench light came on. I've heard other complaints on the very same issue with nothing being done. I'm reporting now because I've got another issue with the driver side axle leak. Also another issue I've seen multiple reports on. I bought extended warranty but have been out $200 for deductible. These are issues that ford needs to step up and make recalls. The bad thing is I've had to wait for the parts both times because its such a bad issue that everything is on backorder. Please get these things taken care of before someone gets seriously hurt. My wife was very close to getting hit by a big truck. I think people that have been out money for these things should also get refunded. There needs to be a recall on both issues. Thank you..
Car started to lose power and speed while driving. Pressing the gas barely made it go for a few hundred feet, then it died. On busy highway, but was able to make it to side street and push past a drive way. Restarted and was able to drive another couple of miles. After about 1.5 hours of waiting, it died 2x while driving about 2 miles home. This has happened before (a couple of years ago) to this same vehicle (taken to dealer at least 2x for the problem). Based on what I read today online, it sounds like the "throttle body". Trying to get the car to the dealer tomorrow.
My 2010 ford fusion stalled many times last weekend. I pulled the car over to the side of the road, put it in park, and turned it off and back on, and it ran fine to get me home. I had no further problems with it until today, roughly a week later. It stalled on me twice at speed, and I had to pull over, turn it off, and restart the engine, upon which it ran fine. Each time it stalled, the wrench icon lit up on the dashboard after it stalled, but did not stay on once the engine was restarted. Today after the third stall, I noticed the car was kind of jerking as I pulled it to a stop, but as I pressed the gas nothing happened. I was told by ford that this is the throttle position sensor (tps). This switch almost got me killed in heavy traffic more than once and it's a matter of time before someone get killed because ford has yet to recall this part!!!
Traveling at speed in heavy traffic, the car shook and I lost all power. I was able to make it to the side of the road although several people had to swerve around me as I was going uphill and lost speed quickly. The "wrench" warning light was on. While the car would idle, nothing would happen when I pressed the accelerator. I shut off the car and was able to restart it. Everything seemed fine and no warning light. I made it home safely with no more incidents and discovered many other people have experienced the same issue. I will be calling the dealer tomorrow to determine options for part replacement. I am very lucky that I was able to make it to the side of the road and not cause an accident considering the traffic situation. This should be a recall item!
The vehicles engine acts as if it were going to shut down or stall, and goes into "limp mode." this has happened several times. This has happened several times intermittently without warning. Once on a 2 lane highway where we were nearly struck from behind!
I was driving northbound on interstate 5 in seattle when I suddenly felt a "tug" and lost all power to the engine and the "wrench" light came on. I was able to maneuver to the right-hand lane where the car lost all power to the engine and died in the middle of the high bridge. The electrical remained on. A state trooper pushed us off the highway and I had the car toward towed. My mechanic replaced the battery but a month later (dec. 15) the same thing happened again in nearly the same location (montlake exit of I-5 northbound). This time I was able to start it back up and drive it home. The dealer (autonation in bellevue) diagnosed a faulty throttle body. This is very similar to incidents being investigated by the federal safety agency per a report in USA today: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2013/02/25/probe-ford-cars-suvs-stalling/1945799/.
This is the second time this is happening on my sons car. It happened five times today while driving home from his university for christmas break. Each time it happens, the "wrench light" appears and then the car loses power. He had to pullover on the hwy each time and restart the car to get it to reset. This is very dangerous and it's happening to many ford fusions as I've been investigating this online. My son is only 19 yrs old and is not an experienced driver and I thought we were buying him a dependable car that we would not have to worry about him having problems like this. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
Driving at 70 m.p.h vehicle just shut down. Engine was at idle at 1000 RPM but vehicle would not pull off the roadway. Wrench light came on. Had to stop in the roadway put vehicle in park turn vehicle off then restart vehicle. Vehicle ran like nothing had happened. Then it started doing it over and over every 4-5 miles. N.c.c.c. Has filed complaint. Ford response in the most severe f.m.e.m. Mode failure driver had engine power to allow vehicle mobility to maneuver to a safe location. (this is not true ) vehicle will stop in the roadway it does not have the power to pull the vehicle it idles @ 1000 r.p.m but it will not move. If ford would drive my fusion they would buy something other then a ford to drive . Recall needs to come a.s.a.p. Before someone gets killed.
My wife was driving home on the freeway at 3:30 pm during heavy rush hour traffic. Without any warning the car quickly started jerking and slowed down from 55 MPH to less than 20 MPH. She tried to accelerate, but the car would not. Unfortunately, my wife was in the middle lane of heavy traffic and she had to quickly maneuver to the right shoulder where she placed the car in park and shut it off. Even when the car was initially placed in park it continued to jerk until the engine was shut-off. She indicated that the car ride felt similar to a mechanical bull with all the jerking motion. Needless to say my wife was petrified with driving our car and feared for her life with the heavy traffic! After a few minutes she started the car and it appeared fine for her to drive (10 miles) home. When she got home we called the local ford dealer and scheduled an appointment. They determined that it was a bad throttle body and cost over $600 for the repair which is outrageous since we have less than 26,000 actual mileage. This was a very scary and unsafe situation. We are so thankful that my wife didn't have a car accident. We are concerned that ford motor company is aware of this safety problem and they are not being proactive to correct it. Will this be another toyota camry tragedy with people getting hurt and / or killed in car accidents before this problem gets corrected??????????
This problem has happened twice within the past 3 days. At the first occurrence, we were driving rather slowly, appx. 35 MPH. The car lost power without warning, and started misfiring violently. Depressing the fuel pedal had no effect. The yellow wrench warning icon on the dash was lit. We were going down a slight hill on side street, so it was easy to drift to the side of the road. We put the car in park and allowed it to run for a few minutes, but it continued to misfire and seemed starved for fuel. It did keep running for about 5-10 minutes more before we shut it off. While waiting for the tow truck, my husband tried restarting the car. It started immediately and ran fine with no warning lights. The next day the mechanic checked it but could find no issue or record of an error code. He added "dry gas" in case the problem was due to water freezing in the fuel line. The weather is quite cold. The third day (today) I filled the fuel tank and added another bottle of "dry gas". I drove appx 35 miles (in several segments) then the problem happened again. This time I was in traffic, going appx 55 miles per hour. The behavior was identical: pronounced misfiring, no power, fuel pedal had no effect, wrench warning light on. I was fortunate to have barely enough momentum to get most of the way off the highway. This time I restarted the car after about 10 seconds. Again, it started right up and I was able to drive the final 6 miles of my commute. In researching the problem, it seems that the cause may be the throttle assembly. We will be taking the car back to the repair shop and I will be happy to report back on the resolution.
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