I was merging onto the highway and when I hit approximately 65 MPH, I felt the lose momentum and by the time I looked down, I was around 55-60 MPH. I then tried to give it gas while watching my RPM's and saw that it was erratically jumping around between the 1000 and 1500 marks. So I pull over to the should and off the road and as I start coming to a stop, my car beings to shake violently. So I throw it in park and immediately turned off the car. After about 10 minutes on the phone with the closest ford dealer I know, I turn on the car and it's running like nothing ever happened. However, it did take a little long to start, like as if the battery was on the verge of dying. I managed to get my car to the ford dealership where I had them run a diagnostics test on it and sure enough, they didn't find a code. They even had me come out and watch the test be done, and everything was showing a passing mark.
2010 Ford Fusion transmission complaints
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While driving on the interstate at 60 MPH, my car started to decelerate. My car dropped to 1100 rpms and was unresponsive to the accelerator. I was able to coast to the side of the road before getting ran over. The check engine light was not on, but the wrench light was lit up. Once I turned off the car for 3 seconds and restarted my car, the car started to work again. When I called the dealership they informed me this is a common problem, but no recall has been issued and its not part of the power train warranty. The power train warranty on covers the block, heads and transmission. The cost to have this fixed is about $450. I never expected to be doing this types of repairs on a car with only 39,500 miles.
Car lost all engine power and would not accelerate going down the interstate. Car was jerking and shaking. The car had a "wrench" light on the dash. Engine codes were p2111 and p 2112. After researching online, the issue is the throttle body. It is a sealed unit and must be replaced.
Car idling rough, engine stalls multiple times when at idle or slow (parking lot) speeds. Multiple occurrences over several days. Read that it was a very common problem with these ford fusion cars, being the throttle body. Verified with mechanics. No trouble codes given by on board computer. Several days later, engine stalled while driving on the interstate at speeds of 65-70mph. This has continued happening from time to time, even after cleaning of the throttle body that is on national backorder. Idle issues also continue. Still no trouble codes given by the on board computer.
I was turning left into a driveway and my car lost acceleration but did not quit running. I pulled over to the side of street and turned the car off for a few minutes and the car started back up with no problem. There was no check engine light or any other indicator that something was wrong. It happened again same day same thing. It worries me that I might be killed the next time. I called the ford dealership and was told this has happened to several of their customers but no recalls are on record. This is very dangerous and ford should take a close look at this before someone is killed or seriously injured.
While driving upon four occasions, the engine stopped, resulting in a loss of speed and pulling over to the side of the road amid traffic or a driving lane closest to the curb. I was unable to accelerate, turned on my hazards and slowly maneuvered to a stop. The "wrench" light immediately illuminated, which normally indicates a powertrain issue; however, during the 4th occasion, the wrench light went off and then the "check engine" light illuminated. After speaking with several service personnel members and receiving guidance, it has been determined to be the electronic throttle body. While questioning my vehicle's service concerns, I encountered another individual at my dealership with the same car and issue, which was solved by replacing the electronic throttle body. After the first incident, I let the car rest for 5 minutes, started the car back up with ease and without the same issue for 7 days. The subsequent incidences occurred within a 3 hour period. Although not on the highway each time, I feared a severe accident and stuck to city streets.
While driving approximately 40mph on a six lane divided road, the wrench caution light appeared (indicating transmission/throttle malfunction). The engine RPM immediately dropped and began fluctuating around 1,000 and the vehicle began to shake violently. There was absolutely no response to accelerator inputs. The driver was able to maneuver the vehicle clear of traffic. The maximum speed that could be attained at the fluctuating RPM was 14 MPH. It is a miracle the vehicle was not in rear end collision as the posted speed limit was 45mph. Car was allowed to idle at the reduced RPM while driver inspected the engine and pressed the accelerator. The car was turned off and back on (with a little bit of trouble turning over). The incident occurred once on 26aug2013, four times on 13sep2013, and once on 14sep2013. The car has not been driven since the last occurrence. The vehicle was taken to a mechanic who recommended taking it to a ford dealership due to only having 1,400 miles left on the powertrain warranty. The service department was able to pull p2111 code. After receiving an exorbitant quote for the repair ($230 for part, $280 for labor) with no estimated delivery date for the backordered part, the repair was denied to allow for further research. The dealer has absolutely no qualms releasing the car with a known malfunction, presenting a hazard to the driver and others on the road. A car that immediately decelerates should be considered as dangerous as an uncommanded acceleration. To prevent serious injury/death, ford should issue and immediate recall for the failing throttle body.
I was driving home from work when my car stalled and a wrench light came on. I immediately pulled over to the side of the road, turned the car off and on, and drove to my mechanic. He drove around to try and re create the problem. After 100 or so miles it happened again and it turned out to be codes p2111 and p2112 which turned out to be throttle body codes. I had to pay to get the throttle body replaced because it is not covered under any warranty and is not a recalled part.
We were driving up a slight hill on a state highway with a 45 mi/hr speed limit when the car lost power and the yellow 'dogbone' wrench warning light illuminated. I pulled to the side of the road, turned the car off and restarted it, and continued to drive to our destination. Coming home, the car failed again, and so once each of the next three days. We took it to our dealer and had to wait a week for a new throttle body to be delivered.
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.
This is the third incident (different days) where I've been driving and the car starts to lose power. The wrench light came on and the car stutters and loses power. The past two times (different days), it happened once and I shut the car off and restarted and it was fine. Today I went 3-4 miles in the city and it happened 5-6 times in a short period. I have a scheduled appointment with the ford dealership in our area. They said they do this same repair (throttle) 2-3 times a week. I am very frustrated and disgusted with ford. There have been numerous reports and still no recall. Are they waiting until someone gets killed before they will do something? The dealership said it would cost about $500 and luckily they have the part in stock.
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.
Wrench light came on and vehicle immediately lost power. This happened twice on the freeway. Luckily we were able to pull over and no accident occurred. Managed to stop car / restart and made our way to the dealership. They replaced the throttle body. Vehicle was just past the 3 year/36000 warranty period. This is very dangerous and we were very lucky to not get slammed in the rear from these incidents. This is apparently happening with a lot of 2010 ford fusions.
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.
My car died out in the middle of the road after picking up my daughter from school. Luckily no one was injured... Yet. There are thousands of reports of this same problem and ford acknowledges the part as defective, although there has been no formal recall. Hopefully ford will do right by the american people before a horrible tragedy befalls a family due to their negligence.
I was traveling on interstate at 65-70 MPH, when my fusion's RPM's all of a sudden dropped to 1 and would not react to the gas pedal, luckily I was in the slow lane and managed to coast off the interstate. Fortunately for me this was during non-rush hour traffic, otherwise it could have been quite dangerous with not being able to get out of the way of continued interstate traffic. After turning the vehicle off and sitting for a few minutes, I was able to start the engine and continue to my point of destination. I googled the problem and found that the cause is a faulty throttle body. I called the local ford dealership, where I was advised the part was on a lengthy back order and due to me being just outside my warranty, the hefty repair cost of between $500 and $600 would be my responsibility. This is a known party failure on many fords and it appears they've even redesigned the part due to the issues. There is currently an open investigation with the federal safety agency on this issue. Hopefully it will not take something as serious as a fatality for ford to see they need to have an immediate recall. I have had the incident occur two more times since the original incident date. Once again on interstate at interstate speed and once in city driving, it occurred as I was pulling out from a parking lot, against traffic onto a major city thoroughfare. Again, fortunate for the lighter traffic time and the ability to coast to the center turn lane to turn the vehicle off and wait to restart. The dealer has scheduled to diagnose the vehicle and charge me $95 for what they have already advised me over the phone. As for resolution, I am among the many who are at the mercy of shipping schedules of this necessary, apparently, illusive part.
Car would stall while driving and the wrench and engine light would come on. Went to autozone to get a free engine check code. It was p2111. Upon further research, looks like ford had released a new throttle body part in its new versions without doing a recall on its past versions. Hopefully this can help saves lives incase someone gets stalled on the freeway going 70mph +.
While going to first to second gear the engine suddenly shudders and I lost power and the "wrench" symbol on the dash came on. The engine was still running, very roughly, but would not accelerate. The brakes still worked and I pulled over. I was able to restart the engine with some difficulty. This has happened four times. The first time I thought I was in too low of a gear and stalled it. But since I realized it has only happened while accelerating and going from first to second gear.
Second engine/power train failure within 4,000 miles of vehicle 36 month, 36,000 mile warranty expiration (first failure was a total power loss at high way speeds within 1,000 miles of warranty expiration). Vehicle suddenly began jerking, shuttering and hesitating upon first acceleration. Ford evaluated mass flow sensor to be faulty and replaced at $425 cost in addition to $50 rental car. Upon consultation with ford customer service, no costs were covered or reimbursed. My wife often travels alone with my children, so we purchase new cars specifically to avoid such break downs and maintenance problems. We paid cash for this vehicle, and could buy a new bmw 760il tomorrow free and clear. Instead, we bought a ford fusion to show support for the american auto industry. Understand that mechanical failures happen, but very disappointed with ford customer service for not reimbursing or issuing recalls for these known manufacturer defects occurring on essentially new first owner cars < 40,000 miles. Will never buy a ford again.
While driving on the highway, vehicle experienced immediate, sudden and complete loss of engine power (engine would not respond to throttle depression and remained at idle) with associated yellow maintenance wrench illuminated on instrument cluster. Driver had to execute a dangerous decelerating 4 lane change to stop vehicle on a limited and narrow shoulder. After restarting vehicle, the light disappeared, and the vehicle was able to be driven before same mechanical failure occurred after 1 mile. Vehicle was driven 10 miles to nearest ford dealer at slow speeds and back roads. Power loss occurred approximately 8 more times while enroute to dealer. Extremely dangerous and insidious mode of failure without warning. Could have easily resulted in a fatal crash if it had occurred during a highway merge or crossing traffic situation. Conspicuously convenient timing of failure 2 months and 1000 miles after warranty expiration. After dialogue with ford customer service, ford did not reimburse or cover any of repair costs.
I was traveling on I-65 at approximately 65 MPH in the far left lane when I lost acceleration. The throttle control/drivetrain malfunction light came on and I was rapidly slowing in dense traffic with nowhere to lull off on the left side. I was able to pull off to the right through 3 lanes of traffic as the car shut off. I called my mechanic who advised me to restart it and drive to safety if possible. I done so and the warning light was gone and the car ran normally. I took it to my father's who used a code scanner and found a saved code of p2111. This is the code for tac stuck open. After investigation I found that ford has numerous faulty throttle body units which require replacement. I believe the sheer volume of these issues are indicative of a bad product which produces a significant safety hazard. I could have stalled and caused a serious accident if I wasn't able to get to the right in time. This also could pose a risk if someone was turning left through traffic.
It first happened on tuesday september 3, 2013 while driving on a main road returning to my home. The speed was 50 miles per hour and all of a sudden a wrench tool light shines and my car just slows down to 5 miles and then stops. Luckily it was late at night and I was in the right hand lane and could turn into a driveway of a car wash. It was a scary thing and I was all alone. I turned off the car and sat for a minute and then turned it back on. I was able to go 1 mile to my home and park the car. I thought it might be a fluke. I didn't drive it again until thursday when it occurred on the same street close to the same place. I was almost rear-ended by a car behind me. On saturday, I was traveling the toll road and going 65 miles per hour trying to get to a bible study when it just slowed and quit. I had numerous cars roaring around me. I stopped the engine and started it again. It did it 3 more times before I got to my location. After my meeting I went directly to my ford dealer. I had to rent a car from the airport because their service was closing and they couldn't start on it until monday (today) september 9th. I found out it was the throttle body and that it wasn't covered under my power train warranty. With my senior discount it is costing me $595.84. I have only had this card for 16 months. It had 39k miles on it when I bought it. Now I see this thing has happened to many more cars. When is it going to stop? Ford must do something about this.
This is the second incident where I've been driving and the car started to lose power. The wrench light came on and the car started stuttering. I was able to pull over to the side of the road and shut the car off and restart. It started a little rough so I turned off the air, and it drove fine. I'm seeing a lot of comments from others that they are having the same problem and it ends up being the throttle. I'm now deciding my next step.
I was driving on the highway when my car starting losing power. The little wrench light and check engine light came on. I was able to pull over to the side of the road and shut off the car. I restarted the car, but turned off the air conditioning. After driving another 7-8 miles, I turned on the air conditioning and the same thing happened. When I restarted the car, I turned off the air and it drove fine. I took it to a mechanic because the book that came with my vehicle said to have the diagnostics checked, but the mechanic said no code is showing up.
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.
I was driving to work in rush hour traffic with cruise control on doing about 60mph and all of a sudden the car lost power.......engine began to run rough and would not accelerate above an idle (rough idle). There was no response to the throttle; the car would not go faster and could not maintain speed. It only decelerated. I immediately pulled out of traffic to the shoulder and limped to the nearest side street. I turned the car off, checked under the hood, and when I restarted, it ran perfectly fine. A check of the web and contact with the ford dealer indicated the throttle body was bad. The dealer indicated this was a common problem, that the part has been upgraded twice but my vehicle was not part of a service bulletin/recall. A new throttle body and about $500 later the car is fine its clear may drivers/customers are experiencing this same issue this was dangerous. When the issue happened I was being followed closely by a large truck. I had no warning and the only available option was to immediately pull out of lane and onto the shoulder.. Fortunately I was in the extreme right lane and could pull out of traffic without incident - it would have been a serious incident had I been in the center of left lane, or where there was no available shoulder.
While accelerating heard a clunk and lost all power to the transmission and throttle. Throttle light came on, car ran rough. Had to coast to the side of the road. Turned car off and back on. Car ran fine, light went off and I continued home. Now it happened again last week while going 65 on the interstate. Same scenario. It happened again yesterday and twice this morning. Cruise was set the last 3 times, going 68 on the interstate. Last time in addition to the throttle warning light the check engine light came on and stayed on even after restarting. This could have been bad on the interstate, but there wasn't much traffic. It is now at the shop waiting on the verdict.
Shortly after I purchased my 2010 ford fusion back in february of this year I noticed when I started my vehicle and hit the 20-25 MPH my car hesitates to go into gear and when it does it jerks. I took it into my dealership and at first I was told they found trans codes then I was told that was a miscommunication. I was told it did this because the car was cold. I have never owned a vehicle that did this when it was cold. Upon researching known issues with this vehicle I came across the throttle body issue and am wondering now if that is my issue without the stalling issue. Will continue to go back and forth with the dealership and ford motor company until my issue is taken care of.
Vehicle lost power and would not respond to accelerator, just prior to entering freeway on ramp. Wrench icon appeared on console. Fortunately, no one was following, so was able to pull over to side of road safely. Car began to shake. Turned off car - was able to restart and get home safely. Reviewed symptoms on line - consistent with throttle body issue, which appears to be a frequently reported problem with the fusion. Took the car to the dealer next day - confirmed it was defective throttle body. Service manager indicated this is a common issue with the fusion, and they see one or two a month at just this dealer. Part had been back ordered for some time, but luckily had just come in, so vehicle was repaired same day (out of warranty, of course - 3 year old car with 40000 mi). Seems like this is a known problem with potential safety implications that ford is well aware of - why isn't this the subject of a recall and replacement before this happens to someone at 70 MPH?
Driving on highway, traveling at appx 65-70 miles per hour - car started rattling and then slowed down considerably - car did not stall, but pressing on the gas pedal and the car did not accelerate. Was able to safely pull over, turned the car off, tried to drive, but the car wouldn't drive - engine worked fine, but car would not move forward or backward. Yellow wrench light came on. Had car towed to dealership. Was told it needs a new throttle body assembly.
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