2012 Ford Fusion: transmission slipping

Filed Jan 4, 2024 · Transmission · AR

The transmission seems to be slipping losing power and just plain failing if ford knew about this and stil put them out for years in different cars already had a recall on the transmission can we get this one recalled cause ain’t no way anyone should have to pay 2500 + to get a transmission replaced in a car with only 80000 miles on it .. and I’m still financing the car as well this just seems ridiculous they can get away with not fixing faulty parts they decided to go ahead and put in there and release the car anyway .. this lose in power has cause me to almost wreck or get hit a few times when I go to pull out and it wants to slug out into the intersection

Filed Apr 13, 2023 · Transmission · CA

Transmission slipping no warning lamp or code

Filed Sep 8, 2022 · Transmission · 97,000 miles · NC

The contact owns a 2012 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that the transmission warning light was illuminated. While driving at an undetermined speed, the transmission was slipping and failed to shift into the proper gear. The vehicle intermittently lost motive power. The contact called the local dealer who informed him about the diagnostic test and also about parts not being available. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and referred the contact to the federal safety agency Hotline. The contact stated that the failure was related to the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 13V523000 (Power Train). The failure mileage was approximately 97,000.

Filed Mar 23, 2020 · Transmission · TX

My 2012 ford fusion is revving high and shifting weird. Not like slipping but it's revving a lot if her then it should be. Also the tachometer shudders every now and then at 1600 RPM. My father told me there's a lot of problems with the ford fusions transmissions and I don't feel safe with my wife and kids driving it.

Filed Mar 22, 2020 · Transmission · 116,000 miles · TX

Transmission revs high before shifting? It isn't slipping but it isn't driving how it should be.

Filed Dec 4, 2019 · Transmission, Visibility · 63,000 miles · FL

When turning on the windshield wipers to low setting, they initiate at full speed with small breaks in between going to the correct set wiper speed. Have to turn off completely several times in order for the correct setting to register finally. Automatic transmission has hard slipping shifting going from 1st to 2nd gear when accelerating from a stopped position, very similar to the ford focus powershift transmission recall

Filed Oct 20, 2019 · Transmission · 150,000 miles · OH

Transmission has delayed gear shifting, gear slipping and the engine revs without the car accelerating. To put it simply the transmission has failed. Twice!

Filed Aug 15, 2016 · Transmission · 35,000 miles · WI

Harsh shifts between 1-2 and or 2-3, flares when accelerating at times..... Clutches seem to be slipping inside the tramsmission at times during hard acceleration....harsh downshifts... When slowing down for a traffic light but not coming to a complete stop and trying to accelerate the car acts "boggy" when the air is on. It seems like it can't decide which gear it should be in.

Filed Mar 20, 2016 · Transmission · 34,709 miles · OH

It normally happens when accelerating.sometimes it will happen while vehicle is already in motion. It feels like the transmission is slipping. It jerks very hard when shifting. I had this issue address at the ford dealer on 30 sep 2014 and they state they could not find the problem.dealer shows mileage in and mileage out as the same. Doesn't appear that they drove it to find the issue.

Filed Aug 18, 2015 · Engine, Transmission · 17,000 miles · NC

At first the RPM's would increase ( around 500 RPM's) when the car upshifted when it was cold. As the motor and transmission warmed up the increase in RPM's upon upshift lessened. It appeared to me that the transmission was "slipping" as it went through the gears...you could hear the engine speed up and watch the tach to confirm what I was hearing from the engine. I took car to dealer and they checked it out. They said everything was functioning normally however the car still does it. Note that the car was under the 3 year bumper to bumper warranty at the time and the service advisor said that the car has a 60k powertrain warranty anyway. I did not like his statement. The problem seems to be getting worse as it sometimes revs between shifts when it is warmed up. Ford should step up and review my problem further. I plan to take the car to another ford dealer to see what they say. Please advise.

Filed Oct 28, 2014 · Steering · 61,000 miles · MI

Taking off from being stopped at red light. Power steering assist light came on and my power steering failed. I pulled to safe spot off road while my wife checked vehicle manual. It instructed to turn off engine and wait 10 seconds. We did and vehicle steering was fine. Since my car was due for a 60,000 mile inspection I took the vehicle to the dealer. I explained what happened and they said it may be a computer module that would cost about $125 on top of the routine inspection charges. I was quite surprised and very angry when the dealer called and said it would cost about $2200.00. What really made me angrier was that the car was 1000 miles or so out of warranty and I just made the last car loan payment. The dealer said they see it with fusions but usually after they have hit pot holes. The fact that they said, it was something they see on fusions made me wonder why the company can't get out ahead of the problem, and recall them. I also had a transmission slippage problem when we first bought the car and they said we had a kit to fix it since it happens on the "new fusions". Because of these problems I am done with fords. My first one and last one!! Sorry to say this has once again soured me on american cars. I am going back to imports which I have never had problems with in 40 odd years. Thank you for your attention to this matter and I will look forward to progress on this issue in the future.

Filed Aug 20, 2014 · Tires, Wheels · 36,002 miles · CA

It all started with slipping and movement in the front left tire. It so happened to be the axle and steering knuckle. As I was doing a tire rotation I noticed that the rear left tire has a wavy inside pattern worn out and the right rear tire is worn out from the inside. From my understanding all the wheels have to be adjusted correctly because if I were to buy a new set of tires they will be worn out the same way I found the original set and all tires should be worn out evenly if there is not a problem with the alignment in all four wheels. I also noticed that the front right tire has huge slits/cuts inside the tire. This is uncommon and abnormal for being a 2012 vehicle and being the original manufacturer tires.