Vehicle was getting up to speed at about 40-50 MPH and upon depressing gas pedal combined with shifting of gears (automatic), engine stalled. Occurred twice with 5 miles on busy highway. Engine light and wrench light came on each time. After shutting down engine on shoulder, it started right back and ran fine for a while. Was fortunate with no traffic incident/accident either time. Occurred three more times before getting to dealership. Dealership service informed me that it was a throttle body issue and replaced the throttle body part it at my cost as the extended warranty did not cover it.
2011 Ford Fusion acceleration complaints
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While accelerating car goes into limp mode....diagnosed as throttle body stuck open.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 ford fusion. The contact stated that while driving 65 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact was able to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnosis where it was stated that the fuel filler needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was notified. The approximate failure mileage was 64,000. Updated 10/31/13*cn the vehicle was repaired at a cost of $390. Updated 11/12/13
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 ford fusion. The contact stated that while driving 65 MPH, the vehicle decelerated without manual force with the illumination of the maintenance warning light. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnosis where it was stated that the throttle body needed to be repaired. The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was notified. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000.
My wife and daughter was traveling down a busy highway when the vehicle went into limp mode. They were almost hit by another vehicle. This is definitely a safety hazard.
Increased RPM, then vehicle stalled on road giving transmission indicator. Shifting delay, and stalling. Reported to have internal problems with suggestion of transmission rebuild. Vehicle has less than 100,000 miles.
Car dies while driving, surges at times, had been happening on and off. Died part way through a large intersection on 7-13-13, luckily I just avoided a collision. It would start and go a few feet, then surge and die. Called crater lake ford in medford, or, they stated very busy that day and had not heard of the symptoms I described. Placed a call to dave's import service they said they would look at the car. Within 45 min they had diagnosed failed throttle body.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 ford fusion. The contact stated that while driving 55 MPH, the vehicle failed to accelerate while depressing the accelerator pedal. The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 44,000.
I left from my home in the early afternoon. The car had not been used since the previous evening. About 2 miles from my house I got onto a state route and started to go up a slight hill. I had accelerated up to approximately 45 MPH and the engine started running really rough, then stalled. The check engine light lit up. It seemed to go down to idle with no response from engine while pushing the pedal. I glided to the side of the road and crested the hill, then let the engine sputter at around idle as I was able to put it in neutral and let gravity take me to the bottom of the hill where I could glide around the corner into a safe parking lot. I shut the car down, waited a minute and it started back up as though nothing had happened. The check engine light was clear. I have not tried to check to see if it stored any codes yet. I had experienced 2 previous events in the previous 2 weeks with this car. The car has been serviced regularly.
Drove a mile from our home to pick up pizza. Went into the shop for about 5 minutes, came out and started the car. Backed out of the space and pulled across a divided road to head home and the car sputtered and lost power so that I had to pull over to the side. The check engine light was lit. I shut down the car and it started right up and the check engine light was clear. It repeated this issue again about 1 week later on the highway for my wife though recovered. Then again for me while accelerating up a state route but did not recover.
I have been sensing a surge in engine power for several months in my 2011 fusion. I suspected a throttle body problem and googled for information. I found all of the information on the federal safety agency website about throttle body problems for this car as well as information in other forums. It was a good thing as I was prepared for what happened today. I had just left my house when the dreaded (and expected) loss of engine power with the wrench light being illuminated. I experienced the same symptoms reported by so many complaints logged for this issue: loss of power, rough idle, just enough power to barely move the car, certainly not enough to limp anywhere, much less home, even though the engine was in "limp home" mode. I had my code scanner with me and was able to retrieve the p2111 (throttle stuck open) code before I restarted the car to restore full power. This only worked enough to get the car turned around when limp home was triggered again. I restarted again and was able to get within a block of my house when limp home triggered once more. The third time I was able to get to my house. I called the dealer and then roadside assistance to get my car towed to the local ford dealer after verifying that they had a throttle body in stock. The car was towed there and a defective throttle body was diagnosed and replaced. This is not a case of if the failure will happen, but rather when. I was fully expecting it any day and sure enough, it happened. I was extremely fortunate as I was less than a mile from home, knew what to expect and how to deal with it, and my car was still in warranty, but only by 1,806 miles! Any other situation would have resulted in me being in a very dangerous predicament with a car that was basically dead in the water. I was almost to the point of purchasing a new throttle body on my own in the interest of being proactive rather than being stranded.
This is my second occurrence: I was driving at a level speed of about 45 with the flow of traffic (in-city road, speed limit 45). When I heard my car seem to shift out of gear, and start stalling and slowing down and the wrench icon on the dash was lit up. I was in the left lane of a four-lane street. I got to quickest upcoming shoulder, and turned my vehicle fully off and back on. This stopped my car from stalling and shaking. But I am starting to feel very unsafe in my vehicle because there is no warning when my car will stall out and I do a lot of highway traveling. This was the second time in a 2 week period that this has happened.
Traveling on the highway doing 70mph and the car stalled. Brought it to ford and they said the throttle body is defective and needs to be replaced. Car had stalled several times 2 days earlier while at a red light, had to have one foot on brake and one foot on gas to keep it from stalling again. Ford does not cover this defect.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 ford fusion. The contact stated that while driving 20 MPH, the vehicle stalled as the wrench warning icon illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the technician diagnosed that the throttle body was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The failure and current mileage was 29,000.
This is my second occurrence: I was driving at a level speed of about 45 with the flow of traffic (in-city road, speed limit 45). When I heard my car seem to shift out of gear, and start stalling and slowing down and the wrench icon on the dash was lit up. I was in the left lane of a four-lane street. I got to quickest upcoming shoulder, and turned my vehicle fully off and back on. This stopped my car from stalling and shaking. But I am starting to feel very unsafe in my vehicle because there is no warning when my car will stall out and I do a lot of highway traveling. This was the second time in a 2 week period that this has happened.
My 11 fusion died in gear (lemp mode they call it) in the middle of an intersection where I was almost hit and stopped traffic for a good amount of time due to it being in gear and unable to move. After being towed to a dealer and being told it was my battery; I left the dealer paying for the tow, diagnostic and a battery. I went back a week later for an oil change and was told my car was in good running condition. Around the corner from the dealership is the on ramp to go home. As I was accelerating up the on ramp to highway speed it went into lemp mode again leaving me with no power entering onto the highway. Thank god the semi and other vehicles behind me were paying attention and avoided rear ending me at high speed. I was again towed around the block from to the dealer where they have informed me that it is my throttle body position sensor and is not covered under my extended warranty, or the federal emissions warranty. $600.00 later; I am trading this car in because it is not safe to be driving with this possibility of losing all power at a critical time. Some one needs to have them account for this error and get these cars off the road. I was close to being killed because of this and sooner or later this will cause a death.
While driving at low speed, the vehicle slowed and stopped, requiring me to pull off the road. The engine remained running, but at a very low RPM - applying gas did nothing to rev the engine. After turning the vehicle off, I was able to restart it and limp it home. The next time I drove it, approximately 3 days later, it acted similarly, threatening to cut off when not applying gas. I took it to the ford dealer for diagnosis and was immediately told this was probably a "throttle body" problem. The dealer confirmed this the next day and placed an order for the part. The part is on back order, I suppose due to the demand for correction on this part. I left the vehicle with the dealer for the 5-7 business days needed to get the part as I was not comfortable driving the vehicle without the repair. Thankfully it is still under warranty. I understand this is a $500+ part.
I own a 2011 ford fusion. On 8/16/2013, on city streets, traveling less than 20 MPH, the car engine cut off, the wrench light came on. I was able to steer, but all of my dash indicator lights were functioning as well as A/C and radio. However, there was no response from the accelerator. At less than 5 MPH, she began to shudder/balk like I was just learning to drive a stick shift. On 9/2/2013, the same thing happened at two separate times, except during the first I was driving on a toll road at 55 MPH. The second incident I was again traveling at 55 MPH on an access ramp that leads onto the interstate. In all 3 incidents, the wrench light came on and I did have control of the steering wheel and was able to safely get my vehicle out of the main thoroughfare. I then shut off A/C, radio and ignition; waited a short time and restarted the car. Each time she hesitated ever so slightly before starting and I was then able to drive on to my destination.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 ford fusion. The contact stated that while driving approximately 65 MPH, the vehicle was hesitant to accelerate. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnosis. The technician stated the throttle would have to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 76,500.
I was driving on I-5 on my way home from running errands with the family. I was driving between 70-75 MPH , in the fast lane, when the car jerked and the wrench light came on. My car lost acceleration. I was losing speed fast. My husband kept me calm and helped me get the car to the side of the freeway. When we were safely on the side of the freeway the engine was still on but running rough. I turned the car off. I called for a tow truck. I had my father come and pick my son and I up and my husband waited with the car. We had the car towed to harrold ford. The part was on back order and I was without my car for 10 days. Thank goodness my car is still under warranty and a rental car was included. This is the scariest thing that has ever happened to me in my 25 years of driving. I am so thankful that my husband was with me to keep me calm and help me get our family safely off the freeway. I am so nervous driving my car now, I just pray that nothing like this happens again.
I was not in an accident. However, my car lost power (engine) while turning on a busy road! I had to turn my car off and restart the engine several times just to get my children and to a safe location. I finally parked the car and we walked home. It could have been worse as we were almost hit turning (when it first went out). The car was towed and I am being told my ford that the throttle body needs to be replaced and my PCM need to be reprogrammed. The issue is the fact that I have been complaining about the car feeling like transmission is slipping but was told it was ?normal? For a ford. Now that it is out of warranty and almost cost my children and I our lives?it?s not covered. I have only had this car 2 years and call ford company. Well, while speaking to them I do some research and see that this is an issue and decided to send an email. This is very dangerous and needs to be addressed. Not to mention costing us to have it get fixed. Ford nor my dealership does not have any records of my complaints. The only one they see is from a month ago when the car first stopped on me. I tried to get it seen but no dealership had a transmission clerk that could se my car for a month!!!! Then when I went to turn on the car to check the miles, the engine was off and I was told the error would not read. Ford is not helpful and this issue needs to be resolved.
I was driving doing 60-65 MPH in a construction zone and all of a sudden I just lost power. I pushed the gas pedal to the floor and there was nothing. The engine and radio were still running and the light came on the dash that looked like a wrench. I coasted off the road and stopped and shut the car off, waited a minute or so and restarted the car. I proceeded down the freeway and within 10 minutes the same thing happened again (still in the construction zone), this time the check engine light came on and stayed on after I restarted the car. My husband, son and I were on our way to utah from idaho. It didn't do it again for the remainder of the trip so the check engine light went off because it reset itself. My car is still under factory warranty and I need a reliable car maybe the fusion isn't as reliable as they claim it is.
My car had just over 52000 miles on it when this incident occurred. I was driving on the highway around 70 MPH when my car lost throttle control. It felt like the transmission pulled itself out of gear and I was unable accelerate. I had very little control over my car. When this issued occurred the "wrench" icon on the dashboard had turned on. I was able to pull over to the shoulder, and when I put the car in park the car began to mildly jerking. Frantic, I turned off the vehicle to stop the jerking. After about 10 seconds, the car was finally calm and I attempt to restart the car. When car was restarted there was no longer any jerking coming from the vehicle, the wrench icon was gone, and I had control of my gas pedal again.
Was driving down the road today, and upon taking off at a green light, a wrench icon came on and the RPM started fluttering and the car wouldn't accelerate. So I pulled over and turned the car off and waited a minute and turned the car and it did fine. About five minutes later, I was on the enter ramp to the interstate and it did it again. Pulled over in the shoulder and turned it off and on again and it ran okay.. As soon as I hit the gas, it did it again. So I turned it off and on again and made it to an autozone to have the engine light read (which came on after the third occurrence.) engine light read p2111 and that the throttle body actuator was stuck open. Called my dealer and they said the whole throttle body would have to be replaced. Then I called my warranty, and they said its not covered. I'm extremely irritated at this situation.. And once I googled it, I noticed quite a few people have had the same problem.. So there should definitely be a recall..
Ok so I was on my lunch break, entering a well known busy intersection, when I tried to cross over into the median. My car all of a sudden w/no warning sign failed to accelerate further, this almost caused me to get hit by a 16 wheeler truck. Now my car didn't cut off which was surprising, it only stalled and when pressing on the gas pedal I was unable to move. I eventual turned the car off and once cranked up the car hesitated b/4 finally cranking up and allowing me to move on. This issue happened 6x on tues 8/20/2013 before my car eventually just wouldn't let me move at all.. Took the car up top auto-zone and was adv. And still have the print out of the issue which was the throttle stuck open/stuck closed.. Took the car to ford who fixed the issue for $520+, and advised me that the issue was related to the throttle. I asked if there was a recall, ford company told me no, that there is no recall as of yet, however the part was out of stock nationwide.. And after completing my resaearch I have noticed that I am not the only person experiencing this issue.. This issue has been really irritating for me especially since I travel over 45 miles to work everyday. However the isue is resolved now b/c I paid $520+ to get my car fixed, however w/ no warning signs and almost getting hit and possibly fired b/c my transportation issues.. I am just glad the problem for now is fixed. However would love reinbursement especially if this is recalled.. Thanks for your time lavon harper.
My 2011 ford fusion, which I purchased only a few months ago... Lost speed while driving home from work today. I'm still shaky and upset. I was a very busy 2lane up/2lane down avenue when my vehicle lost speed! I was in the inner lane and had to decide if I wanted the delivery truck to hit me from behind or risk side swiping someone in hope of getting off the road before I slowed completed. Through the grace of god I was able to make two hard rights before my fusion began to stop, shake, and sputter. The first hard right was into the right lane in front of another car then onto the side street. My goodness never been so scared in life except the next two time it did while still trying to make it home. This time though, I knew to stay in the left lane. I also relied on the fact that once you get to a safe place and turn the engine off and on again it starts back up!!! I'm scared of my car! And scared for my life and others that this vehicle malfunction may affect during my commutes. I'm going on the record as saying if I die in my 2011 ford fusion during an accident single/multi vehicle please do a forensic check on the throttle!
On thursday 8/22/13, I was driving about 55 MPH on the highway and I experienced what seemed like an engine stall. My 2011 fusion would not accelerate so I pulled off the side and my car started shaking so I turned it off. I waited a bit and started it back up and kept driving. I could still feel a lag when I stepped on the gas. I had a mechanic look at the car but he could not find any issues. On saturday 8/24/13, the same issue happened to me 3 times within a 4 hour span. I poured in some seafoam to rule out any moisture that may be in the engine. I did some research online and discovered others have had similar issues that have all been linked to a faulty throttle body. On sunday 8/25/13, the issue happened twice during the day. Today I finally took my car to the ford dealership and told them what I was experiencing and told them that I think it is the throttle body. The guy told me that they would not know until the computer displayed the error code. Several hours later I received a call from the dealership telling me it is a faulty throttle body and the repair would cost $650. If this is a known issue, why hasn't a recall been issued?
When turning left, lost throttle control. Auto stayed powered but attempts to apply acceleration via the gas pedal were unsuccessful. Coasted to a stop, put in park and restarted vehicle ok. The 'wrench' signal came on when the issue occurred but went off upon restart.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 ford fusion. The contact stated that while driving 70 MPH, the vehicle decelerated independently and failed to accelerate. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnosis and the contact was informed that the throttle body assembly would need to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure and current mileage was 70,000.
The engine shook violently. The wrench light and check engine light suddenly appeared. The speed of the car went from 45 MPH to 0 in an instant. Then the entire car powered off. I managed to pull over to the shoulder as this happened and not being able to accelerate at all. I turned the car on again with keys in ignition. Started to drive and the same series of events happened again and my car completely powered off. I got my car towed to ford malcolm cunningham on 8/26/13. They confirmed it was the throttle body that caused the issues. I purchased extended warranty on my car which only covered the actual part and not the labor to replace the throttle body. The dealership service rep, [xxx], said that they recommended I also flush the engine because they have seen this is related to the throttle body issue. She also said the throttle body issue is a common problem with fusions and escapes, as she had another person in there for the same issue on an escape. Ford needs to realize this is extremely unsafe and issue a recall asap! I cannot believe my car is practically new and I'm out of pocket $400, while ford doesn't take any responsibility. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
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