Axle seal on drivers side had failed. I had to have seal and axle replaced, leaking large amounts of transmission fluid next to tire. Axle was replaced with redesigned part at my cost.
2010 Ford Fusion transmission complaints
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Driving to work car had a thump then loss of power(couldn't accelerate ) and amber wrench light came on. Pulled over to side of highway as quickly and safely as I could. Engine was idling rough. Put in park and turned off car for 2 seconds, and turned back on. Car ran fine, until 3 days later when exact same problem occurred.
The transmission has been jerking since we bought it I believe in 2012. It jerks at 25 to 35 (est...) and not all the time. It also does it when you put it into drive coming out of reverse. I have nerves problems and I feel it more than most people. My husband it healthy and he is now seeing what I have been talking about. It is doing it pretty frequently now. Its april 2014. Going to the owners manual we found out it was replaced at 8000 miles (est) with prior owner. Also are tail lights edging keeps chipping or breaking off. I see it on most ford fusion. And lastly our gas tank lid is beyond loose. It is always blowing open. We hope it doesn't never get ripped off or that water doesn't in to the gas. Simple but major problems. This new of car should not keep having problems.
Driving highway speed with the cruise control active, on my way to work. Turned off the cruise and the car "bucked." the wrench warning light came on. It would lose RPM and then go back up again. Turned around and went home. I didn't want to be stranded at 4:30 in the morning. Got home, turned the car off, and restarted, and the light was off. Took it to the ford dealer and they said it's the throttle body. But...my car for some reason isn't covered under the extended warranty. I have a 6 speed manual. It uses the same throttle body as automatic transmission cars. What gives??
Hard shifting and gear slipping due to fluid leak.
I own a 2010 ford fusion se, I purchased it while my husband was deployed in 2010. It had 17 miles, when I bought it. I am the first owner. It seemed like a great car. In owning the car I have had to get the alternator changed- 2 years into owning the car. And recently the car has been riding "rougher" than usual. Also the RPM's will randomly go up and down. And when I am at a red night and my foot is on the pedal, the car kind of "jumps" a little bit... This should not be happening since my foot is on the brake. I don't know if this is transmission related or what- but ford really needs to get this recalled it is quite dangerous. This morning the car was really acting odd. I will be calling a mechanic today and see what are my options with this car. I am terrified that I will be driving with my two young children in the car and the car start acting up- especially since my husband is deployed once again to the middle east with us air force. Ford figure out the problem with this car before it causes accidents or worse fatalities!
Well I previously had a problem with the transmission shifting gears and jerking. Well come to find out it was from a low fluid level caused by a leaking drive shaft. One of more than 2000 known to have this problem. Ford needs to take care of this or I am going back to imports again.
When cold vehicle free revs before abruptly slamming into next gear this could cause damage to the automatic transmission or loss of vehicle control in adverse conditions. I have heard of numerous other complaints specific to this model. The manufacturer needs to address these concerns immediately!
Went to pull onto interstate and when tried to accelerate the vehicle wouldn't speed up. Also the engine RPM's would accelerate and cause hard shifts which has progressively gotten worse, the vehicle doesn't want to start when the fuel level gets low enough to turn the low fuel light on either. All of the above problems have gotten worse over the past month.
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.
Couple months ago the car started to have problems shifting from one gear to another. The main problems was from 1 to 2. At a time, on a red light, the car didn't move for a few seconds even though the accelerator was being pressed. Then the car suddenly jump and started going. The car started jump from one gear to another. Later there was a transmission oil leak. And the car is getting worse there is no smooth transition between the velocities and the dealer said we had to paid for labor and parts. It seems unfair to have to pay for a manufacturer's issue. The transmission on this model is defective and there should be a check-out to this problem.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford fusion. The contact stated that while driving approximately 75 MPH, the vehicle lost acceleration power. The vehicle was able to be restarted but the failure recurred three times over a period of one year. The vehicle was taken to a dealer but was unable to be diagnosed. The manufacturer was made aware of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 58,000.
Driving on highway and the transmission went out of gear, coasted to edge of highway, had power to engine/car though . Second time happen I was stopped dropping off wife and when I started to go, the car started to shake and sputter and the transmission went out of gear again. Had to coast to empty area. Both times, I shut of engine waited 30 seconds/minute and restarted and continued on without problem.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford fusion. The contact stated that while attempting to accelerate from a traffic light, the vehicle failed to accelerate over 5 MPH. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 5,000 and the current mileage was 5,300.
In a nut shell the car would not accelerate properly it kept dying out every time I would mash on the accelerator.went to autozone and had a scanner put on the vehicle and a number of codes came back pointing to the throttle accelerator control when looking for the part it came back as the entire throttle body. Then come to find out the part had to be ordered, then it could nto be ordered from any retailer, went to the dealer one day to get the part and it was purchaseable, went back the next day to find it was a recall on that part went to another dealer to have the recall honored and they gave me this spill about the cost of a diagnostic test, saying it had to be done before they could know for sure if it was the throttle body. Then later that day they call back saying it was some kind of air hose that a rat had chewed through. Sounds like a bunch of hoorah to me. Tell me what do you think.
Similar story to other postings regarding automatic transmission: increasingly prolonged shifting between low gears (running at increasingly higher rpms before shifting), car periodically jerks forward when accelerating from 0, and now transmission fluid is leaking from left half shaft seal. Will cost over $500 to replace seal, but will take a few days for the dealer to get the "kit," because there are 2000 back-orders!!!! Originally bought the car because of high ratings, and my disappointments with honda and toyota, and the rumor that ford stopped building crappy cars - guess some things never change (except, of course, how much they charge for crap). Would love to find a decent, reasonably priced car, but suspect they no longer exist.
My vehicle regularly "bucks" and has issues shifting. There is an apparent transmission problem and known leaking issue on this model of the ford fusion. There are over a 1000 complaints about this on the internet that I have found and ford refuses to do anything about it. This is a fault of theirs and they should be responsible for this fix!
I was driving at approximately 45 MPH, when suddenly the car started to violently shake and decelerated to 10 MPH. The "check engine" and wrench icon lights came on. I referred to my owner's manual, which directed me to take my car to the dealership. I drove slowly for 4 miles to the nearest ford dealership. They informed me that the issue was with the "throttle body" and said that is would need to be replaced at a cost of $550 (incl. Parts and labor). I had the part replaced at that time and the problem appears to be resolved.
Vehicle shifts very abruptly when cold and first starting out, almost stalling out when pulling out into oncoming traffic. Looks like there is transmission fluid leaking out from a seal.
This is the second time this happened. First time about 8 weeks ago....same thing, the car slowed down/stopped/vibrated..a picture of something looking like a wrench showed up on the dash. When I looked into the car manual it depicted a picture of a throttle control/transmission.
Transmission fluid leaks out of left side half shaft area. Ford has issue a tsb for the problem. My car is presently at a dealership waiting on parts. Parts are on national back order and ford presently cannot give me a date when parts will be available.
Car had a defective throttle body that caused the car to lose power and shake. Wrench light would come on.
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 has stalled out before a few times. This time, it chugged with the wrench light on, brown/grey exhaust. Shut it off, tried again. The same. I inched my way over to the side of the street. So glad I was not on the freeway going to work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Recall this car so we can get our money back, or give me big discount on new different car/truck. Poor workmanship on this year of vehicle. Car of the year? What a joke.
I was driving my kids home from school and as we were turning I pressed on the gas and it stalled, I pressed it again and nothing. Then today same thing in the middle of the intersection thank god there wasn't a lot of traffic.
We were stopped in heavy traffic in orlando 800 miles from home. The car would not accelerate so we limped into a gas station. A tow truck operator was at the gas station as well as a mechanic. They both said it is a very common ford throttle control failure. Ford quoted us $1000 to fix the problem but a mechanic fixed it for $450. Initially, he cleaned the throttle control and changed the spark plugs. It drove fine in test drive but failed again on our way to hotel. We purchased the part from greenway ford in winter park fl. They had 24 in stock because it is not uncommon to sell 12 a day since the problem is so common. The problem is now solved because we drove the car to toyota and traded it in.
The car on multiple occasions would suddenly stop and would stall out or not allow any acceleration . Battery would die while driving car would violently shake. Throttle body was replaced in the summer of 2013 in december of 2013 we started having similar problems again with the shaking and stalling out. The throttle body needs replaced for the second time in less then 1 year. No accidents occurred but I could see this leading to accident injury or even death if this occurred on a highway. Luckily we have always been on side roads when the engine has given out. Ford is aware of this issue on this model of car this needs to be addressed and a recall needs to happen I have read hundreds of reviews since I began having issues and almost every single one has the same complaint about the throttle body this is not fair to the consumers who might purchase this car unknowingly and risk their safety everyone else's safety on the road and pay out of pocket hundreds of dollars for a known defect!
Car going into "limp" mode many times. My mother drives this car and has almost been hit because of it going into "limp" mode. Throttle body assembly replaced at dealer to fix (had to pay for repair).
While on the interstate going 70 MPH I felt a loss of power in my fusion followed by a wrench light coming on. I was no longer able to accelerate and fortunately was on a stretch of the highway with a shoulder. After shutting off the car and restarting I was able to drive home. I had purchased an extended warranty and took it to have it looked at but since no lights were on no codes registered and I was told it was fine. The next day my car once again stopped working while I was on the interstate in the fast lane. Very scary and dangerous. Upon my second trip to the dealership it was determined the throttle body was defective and needed replaced. It appears this is a widespread problem that would have been nice to know about.
I was stopped at a traffic light and when the light became green I proceeded to turn right through the intersection. After driving about 25 yards the car lost almost all power and the engine began to vibrate. The car moved forward in a jerking manner with little power (10%). All the dashboard indicator lights came on and then went off except for the wrench light which stayed on. I shut the engine off and waited about a minute before restarting. All indicator lights were off and the engine was vibrating and jerky while driving the first few feet and then all went back to normal. I am very concerned that I would be in a dangerous situation if this were to happen on the highway at a high speed.
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