I was driving 35mph when the vehicle lurched a couple of times and decelerated on its own to 2mph. No matter how much I pressed on the gas or let off on the gas, the vehicle stayed at 2mph. The "wrench" icon illuminated on the dash. The engine stayed mid-way between hot and cold, but the RPM's never got above 1 & 1/2. Took the car to a dealer and found out that the throttle body is going out. I was so thankful I was not driving on the interstate at 70mph (or turning into traffic) when the deceleration suddenly occurred. I was powerless.
2011 Ford Fusion transmission complaints
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Started the vehicle and began driving, the throttle died in the middle of an intersection. Had to restart car in intersection. The throttle returned momentarily. Slowly drove the vehicle at < 5mph (as all it would allow) to autozone. Received p2112 code: throttle control stuck shut. Had to tow home. Relevant to this article and investigation: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2013/02/25/probe-ford-cars-suvs-stalling/1945799/ have since paid for ford to replace the throttle body. Am awaiting recall for reimbursement.
Driving 70 MPH down the highway and the motor simply cut off. Was fortunately able to make it to the emergency lane and come to a stop safely. Turned ignition off. Then turned the ignition on and the car immediately cranked back up. Drove to nearest gas station thinking maybe being low on gas with about 40 miles to empty was the issue. Filled up with gas and proceeded home. The next day, as we were beginning to take a trip, after turning onto the on ramp and started to accelerate to get onto the highway, the engine turned off again. Fortunately was able to get stopped before being hit from behind by the cars closely behind me that were accelerating to get on the highway as well or by the flowing traffic on the highway itself as I entered the busy highway, thus endangering the lives of my whole family and those persons of the vehicles that may have come in contact with my vehicle. Cranked car right back up and slowly proceeded to the ford dealership. Where I was told that the mfi throttle body and motor assembly had to be replaced to correct the problem. This is failure is a danger to every fusion driver and their occupants, as well as, anyone that is driving near them that could hit them in the rear or possibly hit them in the door killing the driver or occupants because the car will not accelerate though an intersection or onto a highway.
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.
Vehicle stalled out during highway speeds. Took car to ford and they said it was the throttle body and it was not covered under warranty.
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.
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 merging from one interstate to another and had accelerated to 65 MPH. The car automatically started decelerating and shaking. Thank goodness I was in the right lane and was able to pull off. I turned it off and it started again. I was able to drive it a short ways. It did it 2 other times while I attempted to drive it to the ford dealership and when it did it the 3rd time I pulled off the road and had to get towed. It was extremely scary and had I not been in the right lane to pull over at each time it happened, I don't know what would've happened!
I made a complaint on 8/25/13 about the throttle body. I called the ford dealership to have it checked to see what was wrong with it. They called back and said it was definitely the throttle body and that the part would not be in for 4-6 weeks because the part was back ordered due to high demand. There are so many cars that need to have this replaced. I couldn't believe it. I am now without a car because I am afraid to drive it for fear I will get hit. I am still having to make a payment and no car to drive. No warranty so when I do get it fixed I will have to pay out of my pocket. Hopefully they do the right thing and have the fusions that are affected recalled.
While driving the car shuddered, lost power, had no gas peddle response and ran very rough. Put car in park and shut off. Turned ignition, car turned over for 10-15 seconds as if starving for fuel. Finally caught and ran for about 2 miles, then happened again. In a span of 4 miles it did this three times. A few days later it did the same thing 3 times in a matter of about 10 miles. That time was on the highway doing 65 MPH.
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.
We were driving on the interstate and all of a sudden we lost power and the tool light came on. We slowly got off on the side and drifted to a rest area. We turned the car off and attempted to start again. We were not sure if it was going to start. After it started it ran fine until the next day and the same thing happened. I have just be lucky to be able to find a place to pull off and have avoided getting hit.
Car just seemed to go out of gear. Coasted to side of road turn ignition off and it did the same thing again coasted to side and called road side assistance.
This is a known issue with 2011 and other model ford fusions and other model ford cars. According to the media, on oct 2nd 2012 the federal safety agency created a defect petition to open an investigation on escape and fusion vehicles. I was traveling on over the chesapeake bay bridge on i50 in morning traffic ata ~ 60 MPH when all of a sudden my fusion lost complete power. This caused a hazardous situation. I then had to 'limp' over a mile up the to the top of the bridge at less than 5 MPH until I could put the vehicle in neutral and coast down the other side. Myself and numerous other vehicles were subjected to a hazardous condition when this occurred. Later troubleshooting revealed my problem was the well known 'fusion throttle body issue' currently under investigation. Local ford dealer al packard in white marsh md service dept confirmed the issue as the '2111' fault and problem. After reading all of the details on this problem on the internet, I discussed the matter at length with local and national ford customer service people. Although this is a well known issue, ford has no customer warranty program in place for this dangerous problem, nor is it covered until their power train warranty. There needs to be a recall warranty program and have this problem fixed before more people get hurt. In my case I witnessed numerous unsafe conditions while I was limping up the bridge for 20 minutes. The situation could have caused a terrible accident on the chesapeake bay bridge. I work as a flight safety product support manager for a major aircraft engine manufacturer. Any loss of thrust control issue is handled as a safety issue and recall programs are put in place. The same needs to occur here. My brother who also owns a 2010 fusion had a similar issue where he has lost complete power while traveling ~65 MPH in interstate traffic.
I was driving my 2011 ford fusion sel to work this morning and experienced the following.... While accelerating from second to third gear my car would slightly jerk. Suddenly my car stopped accelerating and the wrench light comes on. The car is still running but I cannot accelerate. It was a good thing I was able to pull over because this could have caused a serious accident. Once I pulled over, I placed my car in park and restarted it within 2 minutes. This all happened in the morning during morning traffic. Fortunately, my office was less than a mile away and I managed to make it. During my lunch break, I had a co-worker follow me to the goodyear about 4 miles away. The same situation happened twice during the drive there. I officially received the cause of the problem, a defective throttle body with the code being p2111. The repair will cost 510.00... I did not realize that there are so many others that has had this issue. Lives could be lost over this. I thank god that I was in the position to get over. The federal safety agency please address this with ford. Lives should not have a price.
While pulling out of a parking lot onto a busy road my car began to stall and not run properly, it would not keep even 1000 RPM. The only dashboard light that lit up was an orange wrench. I looked at the temp and it was normal so I slowly crossed the intersection and immediately pulled over and shut it off. I did not try to restart it.
Drive out of town on a single lane road going 55 MPH and without warning the car showed a wrench symbol and lost all throttle response at the foot pedal. Had to pull over on a highway without a shoulder and turned off the car. Restarting the car cleared the wrench symbol and I had throttle response. Tried to drive the 10 miles that I had left to get home and the issue happened 4 more times. Internet search pointed to a bad throttle body and it looks like a major issue on multiple ford cars/suvs. Ford dealer ship has a new part number for this throttle body with a 2 month backorder with around 6,534 units on backorder! Ordered a new part number from ebay and seems to be working. I did the replacement in 10 minutes, but have read online that people are paying around 500 dollars at the dealership to replace this part. That alone should be a law suit! I was lucky that this did not cause a crash since I had my kids in the car with me when this happened. [xxx] I have the removed part if you need it.
Vehicle lost power three times over a 10-mile stretch. Check engine light came on. We called aaa for a tow to the ford dealership since we felt like it was too unsafe to risk a trip on the interstate to get to the dealership. Was found to be a throttle body failure.
On june 10, 2013 I was driving on a side street and stopped at an intersection. I went to accelerate to advance into the intersection and it was as if I had lost power. I was able to get the car to the side of the road. The wrench was illuminated on the dash. I turned off the car and started it and it seemed fine. A few weeks later,around july 18th, I was backing out of my driveway and the same thing happened. I limped to the side of the road and turned off the engine and it started fine. On august 9 I was on the highway in the slower speed lane and I felt the car hesitate. It was as if the engine wasn't getting any gas. The car had only enough power to get to the side of the road, a local ford dealership was close by so we brought the car there. We were told it is the throttle body and air bypass and that the part is on backorder and they can't estimate when the part will be in. Searching the web I found this is a known issue with the 2009-2011 fusions and there could be a recall. The ford dealership never said a word about a known problem. We have only owned the car for a year.
Driving down road and lost all power and acceleration. Wrench light came on and when I attempted to crank car it sounded like it was constantly trying to crank. Turned car off and trued again. It started and allowed me to reach my destination, which was a mile down the road. The next day it did the same thing. Took it to the ford dealership service area and it was the throttle body. Of course it wasn't covered under warranty even though it is a part of the power train. The concern is that this is happening a lot to these cars and had I been on the interstate my family and I could have died due to the loss of everything. I was not able to get car off the road and it stopped extremely fast and sudden. I was out of town and had no other choice to but get it repaired where I was.
Vehicle stalled without warning in heavy traffic. Pulled off, restarted. Resumed normal operation. Stalled again. Restarted again. Began stalling at lights. Had to trim gas pedal while stopped to keep running. Car stalls on acceleration b/w 2nd and 3rd gear (6 speed manual). When car stalls while underway, major shudder occurs. Has gone into limp mode but after restart will be normal operationally for a short time and then without warning cut out. Extremely dangerous situation, in particular when accelerating from a stop or into traffic or if successful doing that, stalling without warning at speed and with cars/trucks bearing down on you. At one of the above stalls, had tractor trailer bearing down on me without an ability to remove the car from road in that particular area. Throttle body codes p2111 and p2112 indicating bad throttle body. Very common occurrence apparently among the 2010 through 2012 ford fusions. Requesting a recall and reimbursement for throttle body which I have replaced.
I drive a 2011 ford fusion, and on august 8, 2013, I was driving on a highway at about 65 MPH and I went down to about 5mph. I had to pull over and turn off the car. The check engine light and wrench light came on when this happened. After I shut it off the wrench light went off, but the check engine light stayed on. This happened again after I started the car again. The car is now in the shop. This should be a recall part.
I was doing 55 MPH and my car stalled, the wrench and check engine light came on then the car stopped. After a couple attempts the car started and I was allowed to drive although I was scared and got off the freeway. I also have had a problem with my wheels knocking when I turn like one of the tires are going to come off. Now I have to replace the throttle body! I took the car to the mechanic and now all these things have to be fixed and have become quite costly, not to mention the car was made to not have a gas cap? Really? I'm starting to wonder if the ford fusion is the right car to have and the safety questions are always in my head because if a car stops on the freeway while doing 55 a serious accident can't be too far behind. I pray these issues all get addressed and recalled so no one gets killed! I did research on this website and found that the same issues have happened to many others but when I called ford's customer relations department I was told there are no recalls for my VIN. I can't imagine I am the only one having these troubling issues taking place but it only affected certain models. Seems to me all ford fusions should have these items recalled and replace regardless of what model. I now have to keep my receipt from the mechanic because it was not a ford dealer who fixed my car and hope that the recall on these issues will allow me to get my hard earned monies back one day soon. Frustrated ford fusion owner to say the least.
As we were driving down a 3 lane freeway, the car just all of a sudden lost all response in the gas pedal and the wrench light on the dashboard came on. Luckily we were able to get to the side of the road and no one was behind us when the car became unresponsive. We restarted the car and everything seemed fine, but as we were almost home, it did the same thing again. After this time, we called the ford roadside assistance to have it towed to the nearest dealership. The problem was reported to us as the throttle body and motor assembly.
While driving on I-95 south approximately 65-70 MPH in moderately heavy traffic, at exit 180, the car sounded like it dropped out of gear while accelerating. I was able to merge to the shoulder of the highway. The car continued coasting and the "wrench light" appeared. The car would not accelerate at all. When stopped, the car rattled and idled very hard and was shaking. The service engine light came on. I turned the car off and I waited a few minutes and cranked the car back and all was fine, wrench light and service engine light was off. This has happened 6 more times since july 8th 2013, yesterday it happened 4 times in the 1 hour, almost got slammed by two 18 wheeler trucks. This really should be a recall due to this type of situation can get people killed.
While driving at highway speeds, my ford fusion accelerator became unresponsive. It was as if the car shifted into neutral. There was no shoulder and I was forced to come to a complete stop on the highway. After a brief internet search, it was apparent this is a very big problem for ford fusions and ford has done nothing to fix the problem. The malfunctioning part was specifically the throttle body.
I was traveling down the road going 40mph when all of a sudden the car lost power and went into a limp mode I was getting no reaction from the gas pedal and had to pull off the road. At this time the wrench and service engine light came on when I turned the vehicle off and then back on it ran just fine and there were no lights. The next day it happened again 2 more times. The third day it happened 2 times just on the way to the mechanic 2 blocks away. They told me it was the throttle body box that needed to be replaced and that this is happening so much the part is actually on back order and would not be available for 3 weeks. Very upset and want this issue addressed by ford. They need to stand behind their product and if there is an issue take responsibility and just get it fixed before someone gets hurt when there traveling down the road and their vehicle suddenly loses power.
While driving at a highway speed of 65 MPH, vehicle suddenly lost all ability to accelerate and the wrench light on the dash became illuminated. Driver was in outer fast lane of the interstate and had to proceed to change several lanes with no acceleration in order to remove the vehicle from the highway as quickly as possible. When the vehicle came to a complete stop, the engine rpms started to rev up and down continuously.
Driving on the interstate when the wrench light came on and the engine stalled. Had to coast the car over to the roadside. Car was running very rough. Turned car off and restarted. Car idled normally. Drove about 1 mile and the car repeated the same problem. Problem occurred 4 times until I got off the interstate. Was able to drive the car to a safe place at about 30 miles an hour. Making arrangements to take car into dealer. Very dangerous situation as I was on a high speed interstate and could have been hit by oncoming traffic.
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