While I was entering the highway my car lost power and I had to pull over on the shoulder. The throttle body needed to be replaced.
2010 Ford Fusion transmission complaints
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Was driving my fusion and the colder the weather gets the more the transmission messes up. I was told by the dealership on multiple occasions that this is normal and that there is a defect in the transmission that ford is unwilling to fix causing long pauses between first and second gear and second and third, with high rpms (3500-4500). I have done research and found that there are hundreds of people with the exact same problems I have. I live on a main road and a few days ago I went to pull out and it was slick and a truck almost hit me when my car paused before shifting gears so that I can go. This makes a very dangerous situation and I would love to see the transmissions get fixed before something terrible happens. As of right now the dealerships are saying that ford is not allowing any further servicing on the vehicles as a preventative measure.
While driving near my home at about 25 MPH my 2010 ford fusion suddenly decelerated to about 2 MPH and I had no control over the accelerator. Since I was only about 100 yds from home I let the car creep along and as I reached my driveway, it suddenly bucked and briefly accelerated. I parked on the side of the garage rather than drive inside as I was afraid it might accelerate inside the garage. I had it towed to the dealer the next day. There it was diagnosed as having a faulty electronic throttle body. A brief online search indicated that this is a rather common problem in the 2010 ford fusion. I was very fortunate that is occurred on a quiet side street with no other vehicular traffic. It could have had tragic consequences had this happened while driving on the highway.
I was driving at 65 MPH on the highway and the car lost all throttle response all of a sudden. I had to turn on my hazard lights and coast to a safe spot to pull off. This happened 3 times in 2 days. The dealership says it needs a new throttle body which is not under warranty. I have researched online and found that there have been several 2010 ford fusions with this same problem. This is a major safety problem! There needs to be a recall on this part. All 3 times this happened I had to coast to get out of the way of traffic moving at highway speeds. Had I been on a 4 lane highway in heavy traffic in a middle lane I would have had a hard time moving to the shoulder safely.
Transmission fluid leaks seal at left cv joint. I took it to have it serviced due to slipping/ jerking when changing gears. Total of repairs cost me over $500.00, 4 days later, seal is broken again and needs to be replaced again. Ford needs to recall this vehicle...after seeing hundreds of exact same issue!
The car jerked hard once while traveling at highway speeds. The car then lost power and the wrench dashboard light came on. The car had to be guided to the shoulder in heavy traffic with no power. The car jerked and bucked very hard. When turned off the car restarted and the check engine light came on. This exact pattern has repeated several times at various speeds over the past 24 hours.
We were traveling on highway at 65 MPH when suddenly lost power, car was shuttering and "wrench" light came on. Since we were going uphill at the time, we lost speed incredibly fast but managed to make it out of traffic lane and onto the shoulder. The car was turned off and then after a minute it restarted and ran ok but we're afraid that it isn't safe to drive until this problem is fixed. It would appear to be a faulty throttle body.
Driving to work approx 40 MPH, car began to sputter like it was running out of gas, but had 3/4 tank. Wrench light lit up and lost acceleration immediately in the middle of an intersection. Was able to coast to the side of the road. Put car in neutral and tried to rev the engine - thinking maybe dirt in fuel line or fuel filter. No luck. The car did not stall, so I put in back in gear and was able to limp at negligible speed thanks to a slight downgrade to a parking lot nearby. After shutting off and restarting the car it seemed to run normally but I didn't want to risk driving it and stalling somewhere more dangerous. Had it towed to the dealership. Awaiting their diagnostics. Sounds an awful lot like the other documented throttle body issues.
This vehicle was driven at highway speed of 50 MPH. The advanced trac light came on the instrument panel, saying to service the advance trac is needed, when the transmission down shifted harshly an the engine light came on, an would not go off even after cutting the vehicle off an restarting the vehicle an would not accelerate higher than 20 MPH in traffic on a sunday afternoon. I had to continue this procedure the entire commute to my work place which was a 50 mile commute one way. I parked the vehicle for 16 hours to hopefully reset the system. I came out to get in my vehicle to hopefully go home an the same actions started again on the highway. I turned the vehicle off an drove the vehicle to the dealership where I purchased this vehicle from with the engine light on the entire trip to the dealership. The dealership told me they would need to keep the vehicle to analyze what was wrong with the vehicle an had to take the transmission pan down to find out what was exactly wrong with the vehicle. The service was done the next morning an I found out the wiring harness was shaved with in the transmission an the part was not covered by the warranty or the extended warranty I purchased when I bought the vehicle. The cost was going to be at least 500 dollars to repair my vehicle. I know that other ford fusion owners must have encountered the same problem as I have on these vehicles an also I had the throttle body problem also on this same vehicle which cost me 600 dollars to repair this problem also in april of 2012. This was a severe safety issue since I am lucky to be alive now since if I had not been able to get off the road an restart the vehicle with the repeated problem.
My wife was driving home from work on interstate 85, she was in the middle lane, 70 MPH at rush hour, a wrench light came on and the car lost all power, she almost got rear ended, and could barely get the car to the side of the road, it did start again after a few minutes, she got it to the dealer, they told her it was the throttle body, which had gone bad.
I felt a jerk, like something may have hit me but there was no other vehicles around. I pulled over to the shoulder and as I did I notice a light had come on (little wrench) and the car just died. I sat for about 10 minutes and it restarted. Have called around and seems to be a common factor for ford fusion to have to replace the throttle bodies. If there is a problem, why have they not been recalled?
Driving about 40 MPH. Car jerked then shut off. Brought it to a mechanic and was told it was the full body throttle.
Accelerating from a complete stop at a stop light and the car started to shake violently and the wrench light came on, no acceleration occurred. Turned the car off and on again and everything was fine except for the occasional jerky acceleration now. Identified as probably the throttle body.
Driving down the street got up to 30mph when the wrench light came on. Once the wrench light came & I pressed on the gas pedal I could not accelerate. Turned the car off waited a few minutes turned the car back on started up fine. Didn't happen again until a week later, some problem happened again.
While driving the vehicle, it seems to lose power and the wrench light is displayed, sending the car into "limp home" mode. This has happened twice in the past week and a half. Luckily I was on backroads and was able to safely pull over both times the car lost power and ultimately shut down. I was able to restart the vehicle both times and the wrench symbol was no longer displayed. I had the vehicle towed to ford, where they determined (based on codes stored in the computer) it to be throttle body failure. From online research this seems to be a very common problem with these cars, and a highly dangerous one. I travel on the highway daily too and from work and this is an unacceptable problem to have to deal with! Hopefully there will be a recall/class action lawsuit so I can get some sort of reimbursement for the $550.00 this repair is going to cost. Of course this is not considered a "powertrain" issue, so it does not fall under my warranty.
At the end of an interstate on ramp, the ford fusion clunked,stalled, and the wrench light came on. It was in a very dangerous place. Lots of honking that I could do nothing about. After turning the car off and back on a couple of times, I was able to get it to a less dangerous place. Towed it to the ford garage where they replaced the throttle body.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford fusion. The contact was driving 50 MPH when the vehicle began to lunge and jerk. The vehicle failed to accelerate and stalled without warning. The vehicle was restarted however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was towed to a dealer for diagnosis but was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure and current mileage was 35,600. Updated 12/24/13*lj the throttle body failed. The consumer stated he purchased the part from a local ford dealer and installed it himself. There have been no further problems.
While traveling on the interstate at 70 miles per hour the car suddenly lost power. The wrench icon illuminated and the transmission felt as if it had disengaged from the engine. There was no throttle response. I was able to pull over to the side of the road without incident. I shut off the ignition. After about 3 minutes I restarted the engine. The wrench icon disappeared. The engine and transmission performed normally after that.
Last week while bringing my children to school my car all of a sudden began to shake the wrench light came on and then it just completely died. I am very thankful this happened while I was still on a side street in our neighborhood. After a few minutes I was able to get it running again and drove it right home. There was no way I was going on busy roads not knowing why it died...once the car was restarted the light was gone...had it towed to a ford dealer and they told me it was my battery. Only codes they could find were for low voltage...I argued it didn't make sense etc...had them change my battery picked up the car on thursday...happened again on sunday. Calling the dealer again tomorrow but again the light is off so they probably won't be able to pull a code..so frustrating and unsafe!
Driving down the road, my car looses power, the gas petal has no effect on the engine. I press the petal and it has no response, no RPM response. Each time I must pull over, put the car in park and shut the car off (reboot). It appears to be a throttle body issue - it continues to take place at variable speeds and with and without cruise control turned on. It's taken place several times on the interstate, causing me to cross 2 lanes of traffic to "reboot" my car. It's taken place for rthe past 10k miles - getting more frequent each week.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford fusion. The contact was driving approximately 55 MPH when the vehicle unexpectedly accelerated to 80 MPH. The brake pedal was engaged repeatedly until the failure ceased. In addition, the vehicle would sporadically and violently jerk. The failure was recurring. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer five times where several repairs were made which consisted of a transmission flush, torque converter replacement as well as other related components however, the failure recurred. The contact referenced the federal safety agency campaign 10v222000 (power train) but did not confirm if the vehicle was included in the recall. The contact stated that he no longer owned the vehicle. The manufacturer was notified of the defect. The approximate failure mileage was 39,936.
I was driving car three different time when the transmission shifts strangely and loses power then idles erratically and cannot accelerate, car displays error code on dash. I turn off car and restart and code goes away and runs good.
Driving 75mph on highway vehicle suddenly without warning or signals stalls. The vehicle dropped the speed from 75mph to 10mph as I continuously was trying to accelerate the speed but was unsuccessful. The code of p211 throttle body is defective & thank god no vehicle was behind me cause it could of caused a tremendous crash accident.
As I was driving on the freeway traveling about 70 MPH, the engine went into "limp" mode as I was in the fast lane. It had never happened to me before so I didn't know what was going on. Luckily, there was nobody behind me and I was able to pull three lanes over to pull onto the shoulder. If there was anybody behind me I don't know what I would have done. Ford tech told me it was an electronic throttle body and needed to be replaced. After research on the internet, I found many people having the same issue and cannot believe the part hasnt been recalled. Irresponsibility by ford, if you ask me.
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......
Car would not accelerate, wrench symbol displayed. Had to be towed. Dtc code p2111 (throttle body had to be replaced). 6 weeks out of warranty as not covered by powertrain extended warranty.
Was driving about 35 going to make a left hand turn and wrench light came on car sounded as it was getting no gas and stalled as turning in. I was almost in an accident.
I was on my way to my grandsons wedding when all of a sudden the cars power went off,fortunately was able to get off road but had I not been could have easily been in accident,turned off engine and was able to get the next few miles and then back home. However on my way to work monday the 14th of october 2013 the car did the same thing three times and I maneuvered to side and called mike fitzpatrick ford newnan georgia and they came and got me.only to be told it was throttle body which would cost me over 400.00. The car has a little over 26,000 miles,I mean really????? Meanwhile my daughter had already went on line and knew it was the throttle body and that several others had complained with the same thing in the 2010 fusion. So come on and insist on recall before a major accident. Could be one of your family members. I will not let this go.
Driving at highway speed when vehicle died, having complete loss of power. Wrench light and check engine light both came on. There was no shoulder to pull over onto and many large 18 wheelers driving by. I pulled over in someone's driveway, turned the vehicle completely off, inspected under the hood and around the vehicle with no findings, and then attempted to restart. The vehicle restarted but had difficulty turning over. I continued to drive for approx 5 more miles when the incident occurred a second time. On the second time the vehicle had loss of power but the engine remained running. There was no throttle response, from depressing the gas pedal. Once I pulled over on the shoulder the engine began rocking the car violently. I immediately turned off the vehicle and let it rest for 5 minutes. I restarted the car once again, this time without difficulty and drove it straight to an auto shop. The mechanic performing work on the car states the error code was p2111 and was the throttle body causing the problem.
My sixteen year old son was driving on the highway when a "wrench" light came on (in the dash) and the car looses all power and does not respond to the accelerator. Restarting the car after pulling over results in normal operation. Upon researching the issue it turns out the throttle plate needs to be replaced. This problem is not the result of abuse or difficult driving conditions and is an extreme safety hazard. I am confident it is only a matter of time before serious injury results from such loss of control without warning or indication. A search on the internet reveals hundreds (or more) of the same issue on the same car within the same mileage range - about 66,000. This problem should be subject to recall.
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