2011 Ford Fusion: headlights failing or too dim

Filed Jan 23, 2022 · Brakes, Steering · OH

I have owned car for almost 4 + years I was roughly at 128,000 when I purchase I gave 159,xxx miles on now. In the past 4 years tires replaced 2 times. I keep having issues with tires needing plugged in front. My brakes have been replaced 3 times rotors 2 times plus struts ball joints tie rod u name it repaired suspension system sucks. I’m sick of having same issues repair. I have thousands of dollars front suspension then always have to fix tires stop for air replace. Ridiculous. Everything has gone wrong with the suspension system. Shocks bad ball bearings. The premium aluminum rims eroding away. I think that is what cause tire issues non stop I’m sick of getting air!!! I can’t afford to keep repairing the steering has became awful pulls yes I’ve had alignments it’s all over the place feels loose makes all kinds of banging clunking noises the wheel locked up had smoke rolling out from front driver side. Smelled terrible car shaking all over around 45 mph . I have more in the front than car is worth transmission jumps all over or jerks hard into drive or reverse I had look at and repaired once all ready Door handles in side don’t work!! Check engine light always on the cap less fuel area is junk the ring came off. When pumping gas it doesn’t stop it now. So gas is usually on ground running down car side Headlight are always getting loose knocking out my headlights. for only have 30,000 from buying it I have spent as much buying the car the equals the cars repairs almost. Chunks of paint in front falls off below grille brakes/steering have defaulted and I have slid across intersection in winter I could have been seriously injured and of course another tire issue today I want my money back and the repair money!!! Paid 7,000 put $ into all the time invested roughly 12,000 all together for same [XXX] issues. Car value 3,000 Wtf. Make it right FORD!!!! Yr cars are junk on certain models recalls never knew they better be getting fix for free. INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM

Filed Nov 2, 2020 · Electrical · 70,000 miles · MN

Multiple times now this has happened... I'll give you the most nerve wracking experience, where I honestly was scared for my life. It was 10:30pm, I was driving out of town on my way back home from a friends, on a tiny 2 lane road going 55, all of a sudden all of my power cut out! No radio, headlights, hazard lights wouldn't even work!!! I had to slow down in the pitch black darkness, hoping to god there wasn't any deer. On top of that... Just waiting for another car to turn down the road I was on, barreling at me at 55mph. I was terrified! My battery and alternator are fine. The electric finally came back on after a few minutes... But this could have had a very different ending.

Filed Jul 5, 2019 · Lights · IL

Low beam headlight dim. The projector glass is fogged. The headlight has very poor illumination through the projector.

Filed Oct 25, 2017 · Lights · 67,100 miles · OH · crash

The headlight selector switch on the car dashboard was on automatic and the head lights were off as it was in the middle of the afternoon on a bright sunny day when I entered a tunnel on the blue ridge parkway in north carolina. The head lights did not come on and the tunnel was long, not lighted, and had a slight bend. I was in completed darkness and could see nothing. I scrapped the side of my car against the tunnel wall before another car from the other direction provided enough light that I was able to steer my car out of the tunnel to safety. There is no police accident report. I had the car patched up enough to safely drive it home to cincinnati, oh but haven't yet filed an insurance claim or taken it in for repairs. The consumer stated the vehicle has a hidden feature that delays the automatic headlights. The consumer believes this feature should be disabled.

Filed Dec 20, 2016 · Lights · 76,000 miles · VA

I replaced a rear tail light bulb that was not working and found that the socket appeared to have sustained damage from an overheat condition. This caused the new bulb to not fit securely in the socket and not make solid contact. I checked the other tail light and found the same condition. Both sockets were discolored, brown to black near the bulb, apparently from being over heated. Several days later I replaced the right low beam headlight and found that the socket had melted, requiring the socket to be replaced. I don't think the tail light and headlight events are directly related, but I feel that this excessive heat is a potential fire hazard and is indicative of a serious engineering defect with the fusion. To the best of my knowledge the bulbs I replaced were original and no prior modification or repair has been done to any of the vehicle's lighting. I am not including pictures of the tail light socket at this time because if I attempt to remove them to take a picture there is a strong likelihood they will stop working. I have included pictures of the melted headlight connector.

Filed Nov 7, 2014 · Lights, Steering · 52,353 miles · CA

As I was making a left turn after stopping at a stop sign, the steering wheel locked as I was midway through the turn. I could not move the steering wheel at all. I was able to stop the car thus avoiding a crash. At the suggestion of the motorist behind me who stopped to ask what the problem was, I then turned off the engine and restarted the car. The steering then worked. A day later, as I was driving at night, the headlights would not turn to bright. The next day, the problem did not reoccur.

Filed Jul 12, 2012 · Body, Electrical · OH

2011 ford fusion. Consumer states safety issues with vehicle related to driver controls and distractions, battery failure and loss of electric power steering capability *tgw the consumer stated there was no warning that the steering was about to freeze while driving. The consumer also stated it was difficult to read the instrument panel. The headlight control was located in an inconvenient place, the obstruction of the left side plastic molding inside the steering wheel prevented a clear view of object.

Filed Feb 21, 2012 · Lights, Visibility · NJ

Low beams dangerously inadequate. Low beams illuminate a pattern of only 18 ft. In front of vehicle. At 25 miles per hour a vehicle travels 36.6 feet per second, which means the driver has less then a half of one second to react to anything in or on side of the road. Had the vehicle to the dealer twice regarding this but not until the salesman and service manager took a night time ride did they believe my complaint. After the night ride time they both agreed, "they would not drive a car like that". Service checked four other fusions and discovered they too had this pattern of light. Since the beams are within the owners manual specks and ford has not addressed/acknowledged this issue as of yet (waiting for a fatality?) the dealer could not help me and suggested installing after markets and registering the VIN# with the federal safety agency. Purchased piaa 75's and had their service dept install. This did not fix the 18 ft. Visibility pattern problem.