2010 FORD FUSION HYBRID Engine Problems

THE VEHICLE NO LONGER ACCELERATES UNDER BATTERY POWER. TIME DELAY IN ACCELERATION DUE TO DECREASED BATTERY POWER, CAUSING A SAFETY ISSUE.

Mileage: 145,000

THE VEHICLE NO LONGER OPERATES IN ELECTRIC MODE, USING THE HIGH VOLTAGE BATTERY TO POWER THE ELECTRIC MOTOR. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN SINCE THERE IS NO ASSIST FROM THE ELECTRIC DRIVE MOTOR. WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A DEAD STOP, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT LAG BEFORE THE GASOLINE MOTOR ENGAGES AND PROVIDES ENOUGH POWER TO MOVE THE CAR. THIS IS ESPECIALLY PRONOUNCED WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN AGAINST TRAFFIC.

Mileage: 125,000

THE VEHICLE WILL NO LONGER OPERATE IN ELECTRIC MODE. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN SINCE THERE IS NO ASSIST FROM THE HIGH-VOLTAGE BATTERY POWERED ELECTRIC DRIVE MOTOR. UPON ACCELERATING FROM A DEAD STOP, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT LAG BEFORE THE ICE KICKS IN AND PROVIDES ENOUGH POWER TO MOVE THE VEHICLE.

Mileage: 100,000

CAR WARNING LIGHT PLEASE PULL OVER SAFELY AND THEN CAR LOOSES ALL POWER HAS HAPPED A TOTAL OF 19 TIMES IN 4 MONTHS. STOPPED ME IN MIDDLE IF INTERSECTION TODAY. TWICE. HAPPENS WHEN DRIVING OR STARTING TO DRIVE FROM STILL POSITION.

Mileage: 150,000

WHILE DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON A HOT (90 DEGREE) DAY IN PHOENIX AZ A RED TRIANGLE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND SAID TO STOP IMMEDIATELY, THEN THE ENGINE QUIT. I WAS FORTUNATE TO HAVE A PLACE TO COAST TO AND STOP. I TURNED OFF THE IGNITION AND RE-STARTED THE CAR. IT RAN FINE FOR A FEW MILES, THEN IT STOPPED AGAIN. WHEN TROUBLESHOOTING, THE CODE, POA7C CAME UP. (MOTOR ELECTRIC OVERTEMP) THE WATER PUMP FOR COOLING THE ELECTRIC DRIVE MOTOR WAS REPLACED APPROXIMATELY A YEAR AGO BECAUSE OF THE SAME CODE, BUT THE ENGINE DIDN'T QUIT AT THAT TIME. I NOTICED ONLINE THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM WITH FORD HYBRID CARS. I CALLED A FORD DEALER, AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM ON MY VEHICLE.

Mileage: 161,000

MY CAR LOST POWER WHILE TRAVERSING A BUSY INTERSECTION AND I HAD TO PULL OVER. COULD RESTART, BUT THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN. TOWED TO DEALERS, $500 TO REPLACE THROTTLE BODY AND PURGE VALVE. DROVE 1 DAY AND SIMILAR EVENTS OCCURRED. DEALER UNABLE TO GET HELP FROM FORD COMPANY. VERY DANGEROUS TO HAVE A CAR JUST QUIT WHILE DRIVING. ON A HIGHWAY THIS COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ON LINE OF A SIMILAR NATURE WITH FORD FUSIONS FROM MULTIPLE YEARS AND I AM VERY FRUSTRATED THAT FORD HAS NOT ADDRESSED A POTENTIALLY DISASTROUS SAFETY ISSUE. AND I STILL DON'T HAVE A CAR!

Mileage: 137,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE SERVICE VEHICLE SOON WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND, ONCE RESTARTED, RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (KISTLER FORD SALES INC., 5555 CENTRAL AVE, TOLEDO, OH 43615, (419)-531-9911), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000.

Mileage: 93,000

THROTTLE BODY DEFECT. VEHICLE LOST POWER ON HIGHWAY AND WOULD NOT GO OVER 50 MPH. THE VEHICLE WENT INTO SAFETY MODE, ALSO KNOWN AS "LIMP HOME MODE". DEALER REPLACED THROTTLE BODY, WHICH SOLVED THE PROBLEM. THE FORD "CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM" INVOLVING THE DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY DOES NOT COVER HYBRID VEHICLES LIKE MINE, EVEN THOUGH IT HAS THE SAME DEFECTIVE PART. I COMPLAINED TO FORD AND THEY CREATED CASE #CAS15334188.

Mileage: 60,750

THE 2010 FORD FUSION HYBRID KEEPS GOING INTO "LIMP" MODE EVEN ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS CAUSES POWER LOSS AND LOSS OF ACCELERATION. THIS CAN BE AT ANYTIME. THIS KEEPS HAPPENING MORE AND MORE AND FORD DOES NOT KNOW THE CAUSE OR RESOLVE.

Mileage: 110,000

THE CAR STOPPED WHILE DRIVING THROUGH THE FREE WAY@55 MPH. DO NOT ACCELERATE. THE ENGINE VIBRATE AND CAR SHAKING. AFTER TURN OFF AND TURNED ON THE ENGINE FEW TIMES, THE CAR WAS PERFORMING FINE. THE DEALER CHECKED. NO MALFUNCTION CODE WAS DETECTED. THEY TOLD THAT 95% IT IS DUE TO THE CLOGGING OF ELECTRONIC THROTTLE VALVE. SO REPLACED. I ASKED AND THEY SHOWED THE OLD ONE. I OBSERVED NO CLOGGING OR GREASE ON THE VALVE. IT WAS CLEAN. THIS PARTS/OR THROTTLE VALVE SYSTEM WAS FUNCTIONING. THE CAR HAS 85,000 MILE.I SPOKE TO FORD ABOUT THIS SAFETY ISSUE. THEY DON'T DO ANY BECAUSE THE WARRANTY EXPIRE.

Mileage: 85,000

STEERING WHEEL RECALL. CONSTANT STOP SAFELY NOW PROMPT CAUSING THE CAR TO BE UNSAFE ON THE HIGHWAY. IF I DRIVE FOR AN HOUR OR MORE THIS BEGINS HAPPENING AT SPEEDS OVER 60 MILES PER HOUR

Mileage: 72,532

STARTING JULY 2017 I NOTICED THAT MY THE GASOLINE ENGINE OF FUSION HYBRID HAD DEVELOPED A NOTICEABLY "ROUGH" IDLE WHEN IT CAME ON. IT ALSO RAN "ROUGH" AND HAD AN UNEVEN THROTTLE RESPONSE. A YELLOW WRENCH WOULD ALSO APPEAR OCCASIONALLY ON THE DISPLAY PANEL. THE OWNERS MANUAL INDICATED A "THROTTLE CONTROL/POWERTRAIN MALFUNCTION"AND RECOMMENDED CONTACTING THE AUTHORIZED DEALER. BILL COLLINS FORD IN LOUISVILLE ,KY CHECKED AND RAN DIAGNOSTICS BUT COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. ON SEPTEMBER 25, WHILE DRIVING TO WORK IN THE MORNING THE CAR EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN DRASTIC DROP IN SPEED GOING FROM ABOUT 65MPH TO ABOUT 30MPH. THE CAR BECOME UNRESPONSIVE TO THE THROTTLE. THE GASOLINE ENGINE HAD COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN AND THE CAR WAS LIMPING ALONG POWERED BY THE ELECTRIC ENGINE. BOTH THE WRENCH AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATORS LIT UP ON THE DISPLAY AND STAYED ON. LUCKILY I MADE IT OFF THE EXPRESSWAY AND GOT TO WORK. THIS WAS VERY SCARY AND I WAS LUCKY TO NOT BE REAR ENDED OR CRASHING THE CAR. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO RESTART AFTER ABOUT THREE HOURS THE THE GASOLINE ENGINE CAME BACK ON BUT WITH A VERY "ROUGH" IDLE. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP. THIS TIME THEY DIAGNOSED A PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY AND FOR ABOUT $600 REPLACED THE ETB, CLEANED THE "MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR" AND "REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER". HOWEVER, THE THE CAR CONTINUES TO IDLE "ROUGH" AND HAS POOR THROTTLE RESPONSE, WHICH WERE ISSUES THE CAR HAD LEADING INTO THE LOSS OF POWER ON THE EXPRESSWAY. THE DEALERSHIP DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS PROBLEM AND CLAIMS TO BE IN TOUCH THE FORD FACTORY ENGINEERS TO FIND A SOLUTION. THERE IS NO RESPONSE SO FAR. SEARCHING ON THE INTERNET, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH FORD FUSIONS PARTICULARLY THE 2010 MODEL YEAR. NHTSA MANDATED A RECALL PROBLEM FOR 2010 FUSIONS GASOLINE ENGINES BUT NOT HYBRID MODELS!

Mileage: 92,350

THE CAR WAS MOVING AT 40 MPH IN A STRAIGHT LINE ON A FLAT ROAD AND THE RTT LIGHT AND TWO WRENCHES CAME ON AND SPEED DROPPED TO 30 MPH AND NO MATTER WHAT, SPEED WOULD NOT INCREASE. STOPPING AND TURNING THE KEY ON AND OFF SOLVED PROBLEM FOR A SHORT TIME THEN HAPPEN AGAIN. FORD HAS RECALL FOR THROTTLE BODY EXCEPT FOR HYBRIDS WHY? CAR HAS 83,000 MILES

Mileage: 83,000

MY FORD FUSION HYBRID 2010 STALLED WITHOUT ANY WARNING IN THE 5TH LANE OF I-85 IN ATLANTA. MY WIFE, THE RESPONDING POLICE OFFICER, AND MYSELF WERE IN GRAVE DANGER BECAUSE OF THIS. WE WERE BLESSED AND FORTUNATE THAT AN OFFICER HAPPENED TO BE VERY CLOSE WHEN OUR CAR SUDDENLY DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSTATE. THE INTERSTATE TRAFFIC WAS HEAVY - BUT SLOW MOVING DUE TO CONSTRUCTION. THE OFFICER RESPONDED - LITERALLY - WITHIN SECONDS SINCE HE SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENING. HE PLACED HIS CAR BEHIND OURS WITH HIS LIGHTS FLASHING. THE THE OFFICER AND I HAD TO PUSH MY VEHICLE OFF TO THE SIDE. WE WERE ALL IN GRAVE DANGER! AS THE OFFICER WAS CALLING FOR HELP AND A WRECKER, MY CAR SUDDENLY BEGAN WORKING AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES. THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I THEN RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET AFTER I RETURNED HOME ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT MANY OTHER FORD FUSION OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM OF RANDOM STALLING. THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE! WHAT IS FORD WAITING FOR TO RECALL THIS VEHICLE?? I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE DRIVING THIS CAR NOW. IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL A TRAGEDY OCCURS BECAUSE OF THIS. (IF IT HASN'T HAPPENED ALREADY)

Mileage: 88,108

HAD TO REPLACE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS 1000+ AFTER ONLY 80,000 MILES. ADDITIONALLY, HAD TO REPLACE A SPEAKER FOR THE BACK UP SYSTEM. WHAT KIND OF IDIOTS ARE THEY. SAFETY ISSUE: I ALSO TO HAVE THROTTLE BODY WORK DONE 2 YEARS AGO AND THE LAST 10 DAYS, 31 JULY TO 9 AUG, HAVE HAD 6 EPISODES OF THE WRENCH LIGHT COMING ON WITH TWO OF THEM RESULTING IN SUDDEN DECELERATION ON THE FREEWAY.

Mileage: 85,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH YELLOW WRENCH LIGHT APPEARED AND VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER. THIS WAS ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED CAR. VEHICLE OPERATED SMOOTHLY. TWO DAYS LATER SAME ISSUE, NOW WITH YELLOW WRENCH AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE ABOVE 30 MPH. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO LOCAL AUTO PARTS STORE AND PULLED CODES MYSELF (115) DOLLARS CHEAPER THEN THE DEALERSHIP WOULD HAVE DONE IT. THROTTLE BODY CONTROL FAILURE. THIS IS THE SAME ENGINE THAT HAS EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR ALOT OF VIN NUMBERS BUT MY CAR HAS THIS ISSUE AMD ISNT COVERED.

Mileage: 137,060

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE EXPRESSWAY (475) THERE WAS A LOSS ON POWER AND THE CAR WENT INTO WHAT IS CALL THE "LIMP HOME MODE" WHILE TRAFFIC SURGED AROUND WE MAKING IT VERY DANGEROUS TO TRAVEL AT THIS SLOW SPEED. "WENCH" CODES WERE DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN. AFTER FINDING THE NEAREST EXIT I RESTARTED THE CAR WHICH PUT IT BACK INTO NORMAL DRIVING MODE AND DROVE HOME. DURING THE DRIVE HOME THE "CHECK ENGINE " CAME ON BUT CONTINUED NORMALLY. SAME THING HAPPENED THE NEXT DAY WITH LOSS OF POWER AND WRENCH CODES.

Mileage: 180,000

ENGINE LIGHT WARNING FOR THE CANISTER PURGE VALVE RECEIVED. FORD NEWS SITE (11/23/15) STATED A SAFETY RECALL TO BE ISSUE FOR 2010-11 FUSIONS FOR THIS ISSUE AND I BELIEVE WE SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED ONE AS OUR CAR FALLS IN THE DATES STATED. OUR VIN IS NOT LISTING THIS AS A RECALL AND WE ARE HAVING TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR A NOTED RECALL REPAIR. CAR WAS STATIONARY WHEN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON.

Mileage: 85,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE WRENCH WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED NORMALLY AND WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER THE FOLLOWING DAY, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

Mileage: 75,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE NORMALLY AND WAS VERY SLUGGISH. THE POWER TRAIN WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. AFTER RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, THE FAILURE WOULD GO AWAY, BUT WOULD RECUR SHORTLY AFTERWARDS. THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 131,000. ..UPDATED 10/28/16 *BF *TR

Mileage: 131,000

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY W/ CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED AT 65 MPH SPEED. SUDDENLY CAR LOSES COMPLETE ACCELERATION & PROPULSION ABILITY, RESULTING IN CAR TO SLOW DOWN RATHER SUDDENLY. I WAS ABLE TO PULL ONTO OFF RAMP IN MY CASE, BUT IF I WAS IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION, I WOULD HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION/SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I TURNED OFF VEHICLE AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE A FEW MINUTES LATER. PROCEEDED TO THE HIGHWAY AGAIN, EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM AGAIN, THIS TIME I WAS ONLY ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE LEFT SHOULDER, WHICH WAS QUITE NARROW TO BEGIN WITH."WRENCH SYMBOL" APPEARED THE SECOND TIME AND STAYED ON WITH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. CAR WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE FURTHER. THE CHECK ENGINE TROUBLE SHOOTING CODES I HAD WERE P2111 AND P2112. CAUSE OF THIS ISSUE IS KNOWN TO FORD MOTOR BUT THEY REFUSE TO INCLUDE HYBRID CARS IN THEIR "CONSUMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 13N03". THROTTLE BODY CONTROL MODULE SENOR, INCLUDING THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY IS DEFECTIVE AS FORD HAS AGREED TO REPLACE THIS ON MILLIONS OF CARS ACROSS VARIOUS MODEL YEARS, INCLUDING THE FUSION 2010, BUT NOT FUSION HYBRID VERSIONS. FORD STATES THEY WILL NOT REPAIR PROBLEM THAT I EXPERIENCED RECENTLY UNDER THIS ESTABLISHED PROGRAM WHICH NHTSA WAS PROPONENT FOR. THE DEFECTIVE PART IN QUESTION IS THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY AND SENSOR WHICH IS NO DIFFERENT THAN THE PART IN THE NON-HYBRID VERSION FOR THE SAME MODEL YEAR. REAL HAZARD TO DRIVER AND I WAS LUCKY THAT I WAS NOT REAR ENDED AS A RESULT OR IN A SERIOUS CAR ACCIDENT FROM THIS KNOWN DEFECTIVE PART. FORD MOTOR MUST BE REQUIRED TO NOTIFY ALL AFFECTED OWNERS WHO WILL/HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM TO HAVE IT REPAIRED AT THEIR EXPENSE, AS THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT MUST BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY GIVEN NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT ARE INVOLVED THAT WILL EXPERIENCE THIS. I EXPERIENCED THIS AT MILEAGE OF 75K BUT I HAVE READ THAT OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN AT MUCH LOWER MILEAGE.

Mileage: 75,000

MY 2010 FUSION HYBRID BEGAN A NO-START/STALLING CONDITION. IT HAS HAPPENED SIX TIMES NOW. FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS AFTER FUELING AT LOW SPEED AFTER ENTERING STREET. SECOND OCCURRENCE WAS WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH. THIRD OCCURRENCE WAS WHILE EXITING THE INTERSTATE. FOURTH OCCURRENCE WAS AT LOW SPEED. FIFTH OCCURRENCE WAS IMMEDIATELY AFTER REFUELING WHILE STILL IN PARKING LOT. AND SIXTH OCCURENCE WAS ALSO IMMEDIATELY AFTER REFUELING JUST AFTER LEAVING GAS STATION AT LOW SPEED. FOUR OF THE SIX OCCURRENCES WAS A FAILURE FOR THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE TO START AFTER THE ELECTRIC MOTOR HAD ALREADY BEGAN MOVING THE VEHICLE. THE OTHER TWO OCCURRENCES WAS WHILE COASTING. IN ALL INSTANCES THERE WOULD BE A RED TRIANGLE WARNING MESSAGE TO PULL OVER SAFELY, NO CODES WERE THROWN ACCORDING TO THE ENGINEERING REPORT, NO ISSUES REPORTED VIA THE VEHICLE HEALTH REPORT, THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING IN A MOSTLY LEVEL AND STRAIGHT LINE, AND THE VEHICLE WOULD USUALLY RESET AND RUN NORMALLY AFTER THE FIRST OR SECOND ATTEMPT AT RESTARTING ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER.

Mileage: 53,000

JULY 29, 2016 DRIVING HOME FROM WORK I WAS DRIVING UPHILL WHEN I NOTICED THE CAR LOSING POWER, NO AMOUNT OF PUSHING DOWN ON THE ACCELERATOR MADE A DIFFERENCE. THE CAR DID NOT STALL BUT IT COULD NOT GAIN MOMENTUM. THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I HAD TO STOP IN THE RIGHT LANE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO SHOULDER AND THE ENGINE HAD STARTED MAKING A VERY LOUD/ROUGH SOUND. I WAITED 5 MIN AND STARTED THE CAR AGAIN. EVERYTHING LOOKED FINE, THE INDICATOR LIGHT HAD CLEARED AND ENGINE SOUNDED NORMAL. I DROVE THE REST OF THE WAY HOME WITHOUT INCIDENT. OVER THE WEEKEND THE CAR OPERATED NORMALLY. ON MONDAY 8/1/2016 ON MY WAY TO WORK THE PROBLEM STARTED AGAIN. THE CAR REMAINED OPERATIONAL BUT COULDN'T GO MORE THAN 20-30 MPH. THE HYBRID BATTERY WOULD DRAIN VERY QUICKLY AND THE REGENERATION MOTOR RAN CONSTANTLY AND SOMETIME VERY ROUGH. I MANAGED TO DRIVE IT TO MY MECHANIC. HIS DIAGNOSTIC REPORT SHOWED A P2112 CODE (THROTTLE BODY STUCK CLOSED). HE PROPOSED CLEANING THE VALVE AS A FIRST STEP BUT HE DIDN'T THINK THAT WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. WE TRIED THAT BUT TWO DAYS LATER THE PROBLEM CAME BACK. MY MECHANIC ADVISED THAT WHILE HE COULD REPLACE THE ETB, HE WAS NOT EQUIPPED TO CALIBRATE IT AND THAT ONLY FORD COULD DO THIS WORK. HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT WHILE RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM HE'D COME ACROSS INFORMATION THAT MY PROBLEM MIGHT BE COVERED BY AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. I CALLED FORD ABOUT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THEY TOLD ME THAT HYBRIDS ARE NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT NHTSA DROPPED THE BALL ON THIS IF THE SAME PROBLEM IS HAPPENING TO HYBRID OWNERS AS IS TO NON-HYBRID OWNERS FOR VEHICLE MODELS OF THE SAME YEARS. MY VEHICLE HAD ABOUT 58,700 MILES WHEN TROUBLE STARTED. NO ONE I SPOKE TO AT FORD COULD TELL ME WHY HYBRIDS ARE NOT COVERED BY THE ETB EXTENDED WARRANTY. SEEMS TO ME NHTSA NEEDS TO RE-OPEN THEIR INVESTIGATION ON THIS ISSUE!

Mileage: 58,700

ON JUNE 7, 2016, MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 2010 FORD FUSION HYBRID ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY WHEN THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME UP AND THE CAR LOST POWER AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO NORTH CENTRAL FORD WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED BY REPLACING THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY AND REPROGRAMMING THE PCM. THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 58,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. WHY DOES FORD EXCLUDE HYBRIDS FROM THIS KNOWN PROBLEM AND ITS ASSOCIATED CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 13N03, POPULATION OF HYBRIDS TOO SMALL? IT MAKES NO SENSE. THE PART, FAILURE SYMPTOMS AND FIX ARE THE SAME AS THOSE IN THE FORD CARS COVERED BY 13N03. AND WHY DID THE NHTSA ALLOW FORD NOT TO HAVE A RECALL FOR THE DEFECTIVE PART, POLITICS? CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE.

Mileage: 57,983

WHEN OPERATING THE CAR ON THE FREEWAY, THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND ONLY COULD ACHIEVE 45 MPH IN SPITE OF THE ACCELERATOR BEING FLOORED. WHEN EVENTUALLY STOPPED, THE ENGINE WOULD SURGE AND SHUDDER PERIODICALLY. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. PULLING THE TROUBLE CODE REVEALED P2112 WHICH IS A THROTTLE BODY ERROR.

Mileage: 65,000

ON 2 DIFFERENT DAYS, DRIVING ON FREEWAY, MY 2010 FORD FUSION HYBRID, DID NOT RESPOND TO ACCELERATOR DEMAND, I.E. FAILED TO SPEED UP AS COMMANDED, THE WRENCH LIGHT ILLUMINATED BUT NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THIS PROBLEM SEEMS INTERMITTENT, DEALER CANNOT PIN POINT THE PROBLEM BUT REPLACING THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY(ETB) FIXED THE PROBLEM. I FOUND MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ONLINE. NHTSA ACTION NO. PE 13003 WHICH IDENTIFIES CARS MODELS AFFECTED INCLUDES MY CAR, AND THE ACTION RESULTED IN A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM THAT EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THE ETB. HOWEVER, FORD CLAIMS MY VIN IS NOT INCLUDED. I HAVE FOUND OTHERS IN THE SAME SITUATION AND HAVE FILED COMPLAINTS, E.G.NHTSA ID NUMBER 10778131, AND CARCOMPLAINTS.COM.

Mileage: 38,500

I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE INCIDENTS WITH MY 2010 FORD FUSION HYBRID WHERE I HAVE BEEN DRIVING AND THE ENGINE WILL SUDDENLY LOSE POWER AND THE THROTTLE BECOMES UNRESPONSIVE. SOME OF THESE INCIDENTS OCCURRED DURING FREEWAY DRIVING. WHEN THIS HAPPENED, AN ORANGE WRENCH WOULD APPEAR ON MY DASH DISPLAY, SOMETIMES ACCOMPANIED BY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, I FOUND THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY ISSUE. PER NHTSA ACTION NUMBER : PE13003, FORD HAD ISSUED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY PROGRAM TO COVER REPLACEMENT OF THIS DEFECTIVE PART, BUT THEY ELECTED TO EXCLUDE THE FUSION HYBRID. UPON CONTACTING FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SPEAKING WITH A SUPERVISOR. I WAS ADVISED THAT FORD WAS EXCLUDING THE HYBRID MODEL BECAUSE ITS 2.5L ENGINE IS DIFFERENT THAN THE 2.5L ENGINES IN THE NON-HYBRID MODELS. WHILE THERE MAY BE DIFFERENCES IN THE ENGINE, THIS IS STILL THE SAME DEFECTIVE PART NUMBER THAT IS IN ALL OF THE OTHER FORD VEHICLES THAT RECEIVED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, AND ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I HAD THE CAR SERVICED, THE CAR INCORRECTLY RETURNED THE SAME ERROR CODE (P2112, "THROTTLE BODY STUCK CLOSED") THAT THE COVERED VEHICLES RETURNED. THE SERVICE MANAGER ADVISED THAT IT MAKES NO SENSE THAT MY VEHICLE WOULD BE EXCLUDED AND ADVISED THAT I CONTACT FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE. I WAS ADVISED BY CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT EVEN THOUGH THE PART IS DEFECTIVE WHEN INSTALLED ON SOME VEHICLES, IT MAY NOT BE DEFECTIVE WHEN INSTALLED ON OTHERS. THAT SAID, THE PART DISPLAYED THE SAME PATTERN OF FAILURE, THE SAME SYMPTOMS AND THE SAME ERROR CODES AS THE PART COVERED UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. IT'S THE SAME DEFECTIVE PART. IT MAKES NO SENSE THAT 1.6 MILLION THROTTLE BODIES MAY BE FAULTY ON NON-HYBRID VEHICLES, BUT THE SAME PART HAPPENS TO BE OKAY ON ALL 60,000 FUSION HYBRIDS. I WAS FORCED TO MAKE THE REPAIR OUT OF POCKET.

Mileage: 105,000

WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE WRENCH INDICATOR LIGHT ("LIMP HOME" MODE) SUDDENLY STARTED FLASHING, AND THE GAS PEDAL ABRUPTLY BECAME UNRESPONSIVETHE VEHICLE WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE AND COULD ONLY COAST. THE ABRUPTLY DECELERATING VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED ACROSS MULTIPLE LANES OF TRAFFIC TO THE SHOULDER AND TURNED OFF. UPON RESTARTING THE VEHICLE AFTER A MINUTE, IT WAS ABLE TO RESUME NORMAL OPERATION FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES, WHEN THE PROBLEM REOCCURRED, AND THE SAME STEPS WERE TAKEN. IT OCCURRED AGAIN 90 MINUTES LATER. SYMPTOMS CORRESPOND TO OTHER ACCOUNTS OF ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY ISSUES, BUT FORD SAYS THAT THE VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED UNDER ANY RECALLS, EXTENDED WARRANTIES, OR CUSTOMER SAFETY PROGRAMS.

Mileage: 34,400

WHILE DRIVING AT SPEED CAR SUDDENLY SLOWS WITH A JERK. A WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON THE DASH. THROTTLE CONTROL/POWERTRAIN MALFUNCTION LIGHT AND ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATES. CAR GOES INTO "LIMP MODE". CAN'T GO OVER LOW SPEEDS. CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE.

Mileage: 122,000

DURING HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE CAR SUDDENLY DECELERATED TO AROUND 20 MPH AND SHOWED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WHICH LATER SCANNED TO BE THE DTC P2112 THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL SYSTEM STUCK CLOSED. THE NHTSA HAS ACTION NUMBER PE13003 WHICH IS THE SAME ISSUE AND WAS CLOSED. FORD HAS ISSUED A CSP 13N03 BUT IT DOES NOT INCLUDE MY VIN NUMBER BUT SHOULD. I CALLED FORD AND THEY CONFIRMED THAT MY VIN IS NOT INCLUDED BUT GAVE NO REASON WHY.

Mileage: 117,000

I'VE EXPERIENCED THE "LIMP HOME MODE" PROBLEM DESCRIBED IN FORD'S CONSUMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 13N03. THIS HAS OCCURRED 4 TIMES NOW AND IS A VERY SCARY AND VERY UNSAFE PROBLEM. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER (DAVID MCDAVID) IN FORT WORTH. THEY DETERMINED THE PROBLEM IS A DEFECT IN THE THROTTLE BODY HOWEVER THEY WILL NOT FIX IT UNDER THE TERMS OF 13N03 AS FORD BELIEVES IT DOES NOT APPLY TO THE HYBRID. I CAN ASSURE YOU IT APPLIES. PERHAPS DUE TO THE LOW NUMBER OF FUSION HYRID'S ON THE ROAD THIS HAS NOT YET RECEIVED MUCH ATTENTION. PLEASE ADD THE FUSION HYBRID TO THE LIST OF MODELS EXPERIENCING THE LIMP HOME MODE ISSUE AND URGE FORD TO CORRECT IT AS PART OF 13N03 UPDATED 11/27/2017*CN

Mileage: 70,000

DURING NORMAL DRIVING, WRENCH LIGHT CAME ONE. SOON AFTER THE LIGHT CAME ON THE VEHICLE LOST ENGINE POWER. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO A FORD DEALER AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE A DEFECTIVE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY. AFTER A BIT OF RESEARCH I FOUND OUT THAT FORD HAS A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM ON THIS FOR CERTAIN VEHICLES BUT I WAS VERY UPSET WHEN I FOUND OUT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED ON THIS PROGRAM.

Mileage: 76,000

FIRST TIME, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY BUT NO APPARENT IMPACT TO CAR'S FUNCTIONING. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER. THEY SAID THAT THE SURGE VALVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $500 "TO START WITH", BUT THEY DIDN'T SEEM VERY SURE ABOUT IT SO I CHOSE NOT TO PROCEED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD GONE BACK OFF AND THE CAR WAS DRIVING FINE. ABOUT TWO WEEKS LATER ON A SATURDAY I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AGAIN, AT ABOUT 65 MPH, WHEN THE CAR SEEMED TO LOSE ACCELERATION. STANDING ON GAS PEDAL PRODUCED NO RESULT. EXITED AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE ON BATTERY POWER TO PULL OVER. AFTER WAITING FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES, TRIED AGAIN. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS BACK OFF AND CAR DROVE NORMALLY BACK HOME. TOOK TO MY REGULAR MECHANIC FIRST THING THAT MONDAY. THEY FOUND OIL IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AND QUESTIONED WHETHER I HAD TAKEN THE CAR ANYWHERE UNUSUAL FOR SERVICING, WHICH I HAD NOT, UNLESS YOU COUNT THE DEALER. DID REPAIRS AT A COST OF $2000. ONE WEEK LATER, EXACT SAME THING. CAR IS BACK IN SHOP, AWAITING RESULTS.

Mileage: 39,000

GAS ENGINE SPUTTERING AND ESSENTIALLY NO POWER WHEN STEPPED ON ACCELERATOR. TURNED CAR OFF/ON, STILL SPUTTERING AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. ABLE TO LIMP BACK TO GARAGE. TWO HOURS LATER ENGINE RUNNING BUT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STILL ON. INITIALLY AT MECHANICS RUNNING OK, BUT THEN SPUTTERED FOR THEM AS WELL. SYSTEM CHECK SUGGESTED ISSUE WITH FUEL INJECTORS, THOUGH GIVEN OTHER REPORTS OF THROTTLE BODY PROBLEMS WILL NEED TO FURTHER INVESTIGATE. *TR

Mileage: 53,000

MY HYBRID EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER ON 2 OCCASIONS.1ST WAS AT APPROXIMATELY 33,000 MI ON SEP 6, 2014. DRIVING 35MPH ON A PARKWAY WRENCHES APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD DISPLAY & THEN SUDDEN & IMMEDIATE LOSS OF POWER FOLLOWED.NO RESPONSE TO FULL ACCELERATOR PUSH. MOTOR POWER SHUT DOWN & ONLY ELECTRIC POWER ALLOWED US TO LIMP OFF THE ROAD, HEADED UPHILL AT MAX SPEED OF 10 MPH. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER WHO COULD NOT REPLICATE THE CONDITIONS OR "GET IT TO ACT UP" IN THE WEEK+ A HALF THE CAR WAS THERE.ODOMETER READING SHOWS 700 MI PUT ON PRESUMABLY IN EFFORT TO MAKE DIAGNOSIS.THEIR SUGGESTION WAS TO PICK UP THE VEHICLE SINCE NO DIAGNOSIS COULD BE MADE,DESPITE OUR PROTEST THAT THE CAR WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE.CALLED FORD CUST.RELATIONSHIP CTR 800# ON SEP15 TO SEEK ASSISTANCE.CASE WAS OPENED BUT NO ACTION TAKEN.THEY CONCURRED WITH DEALER THAT NO REPAIRS WERE TO BE MADE WITHOUT DIAGNOSIS.AGAIN,WE VOICED CONCERN THAT THE CAR WAS UNSAFE.DEALER SUSPECTED THROTTLE BODY ISSUE BUT WITHOUT DIAGNOSIS INSIST THAT REPAIRS WOULD BE AT OUR COST $400-$500. 2ND OCCURRENCE WAS OCT 2 2014.WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC EXPERIENCED IMMED & SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER,NO RESPONSE TO ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS,ELECTRIC POWERED LIMP OFF UPHILL ROAD AT MAX SPEED OF 10 MPH.WAS ADVISED BY DEALER NOT TO ATTEMPT STARTING THE CAR ONCE IT DIED IN EFFORT TO MAINTAIN ERROR REPORT IN SYSTEM. WE ADHERED TO THIS ADVICE AND HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER A 2ND TIME WITHOUT STARTING IT. DEALER WAS AT THE READY WITH THE PHRASE "THROTTLE BODY" AND ASKED IF WE HAD RECEIVED ANY LETTERS IN REGARDS TO SUCH.VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING CARBON BUILDUP THAT CAUSED THROTTLE BODY TO SHORT OUT. REPAIRS MADE AT OUR EXPENSE $709.NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ARE DOCUMENTED ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE OF THROTTLE BODY ISSUES! HYBRID OWNERS HAVE REPORTED AS WELL. OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR REPAIRS OF DEFECTIVE PARTS OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKET DESERVE COMPENSATION BY FORD. *TR

Mileage: 33,000

CAR LOST POWER WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO HAS TOLD ME THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THIS WILL COST ME ROUGHLY $500. THE THROTTLE BODY ISSUE IS WELL DOCUMENTED. IT HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED BY THE NHTSA (ACTION NUMBER PE13003). FORD DOESN'T WANT TO CALL IT A RECALL AND THE NHTSA DOES NOT CALL IT A RECALL. FORD HAS AGREED TO FIX ABOUT 1.6 MILLION CARS UNDER "CONSUMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM" 13N03. UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME, THE CONSUMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM IS VIN SPECIFIC. WHILE MANY 2010 FORD FUSIONS ARE COVERED, MY VEHICLE IS NOT. *TR

Mileage: 42,000

INTERMITTENTLY LOSE RESPONSE FROM THROTTLE. HAPPENS ON START UP AS WELL AS WHILE DRIVING. CAR WILL NOT GO OVER 45 MPH. YOU HAVE TO PULL OVER SHUT OFF THE CAR FOR 5 SECONDS TURN IT BACK ON AND IT WILL WORK UNTIL IT HAPPENS AGAIN. MAY GO DAYS BETWEEN INCIDENT BUT HAS HAPPENED 5 TIMES IN ONE DAY. I WOULD NOT FEEL SAFE WITH THE FAMILY IN THE CAR. THE WRENCH DOES COME ONE RIGHT BEFORE THIS HAPPENS. DEALERSHIP CONFIRMED BAD THROTTLE BODY. WILL NOT COVER THE COST OF REPAIR. CURRENTLY DISPUTING WITH FORD. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 30 MPH WHEN A YELLOW WRENCH LIGHT ICON CAME ON. THE CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING, AND IT SEEMED LIKE ONLY THE ELECTRICAL POWER FROM THE BATTERY WAS KEEPING IT GOING. I HAD JUST EXITED A BUSY FREEWAY WHERE PEOPLE WERE GOING 65 MPH AND HIGHER, AND IF I HAD NOT JUST HAPPENED TO EXIT I FEAR I WOULD HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH, THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND STARTED DECELERATING. A WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON IN THE DASHBOARD. I PULLED THE CAR ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND TURNED IT OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES. WHEN I RESTARTED THE CAR IT SEEMED FINE SO I CONTINUED TO DRIVE TOWARD MY DESTINATION. ALMOST FIFTEEN MILES LATER THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER AGAIN AND THIS TIME I WAS TRAVELING ON A TWO LANE ROAD GOING ABOUT 40 MPH. THIS TIME THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL AS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. AFTER PULLING OVER AND RESTARTING THE CAR THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON FOR THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP A FEW DAYS LATER AFTER THIS OCCURRED FOUR TIMES IN TWO WEEKS. WE LEARNED THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY THAT CAUSES THIS PROBLEM FOR THE FORD FUSION BUT NOT FOR THE HYBRID VERSION. THIS PART IS NOT PART OF THE HYBRID SYSTEM AND SHOULD BE REPLACED ON ALL HYBRIDS AS WELL AS REGULAR FUSIONS. WE PAID $509 FOR THE REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 67,000

VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND WAS UNRESPONSIVE. DASHBOARD INDICATED "DOUBLE WRENCH" WARNING. UPON COASTING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE REACTIVATED AND DROVE NORMALLY FROM THIS POINT. *TR

Mileage: 107,543

I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS WHEN THE CAR LOST POWER AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIFT TO SIDE OF ROAD. WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. I WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND RESTARTED THE CAR. IT IDLED ROUGH AT FIRST BUT I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE THE DRIVE HOME WITHOUT INCIDENT. I RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET AND DISCOVERED THAT FORD FUSIONS OF MY YEAR AND MILEAGE WERE EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE. THE FIRST RECOMMENDED COARSE OF ACTION WAS TO USE A THROTTLE BODY CLEANER. I DID THIS AND THE CAR SEEMED TO OPERATE FINE UNDER CONDITIONS 25 MPH. I SET OFF TO WORK ON THE 6TH AND THE CAR SHUT OFF ON ME SIX TIMES BEFORE I COULD MAKE IT TWENTY MILES AND GET BACK TO THE HOUSE. THIS IS AN OBVIOUS MANUFACTURERS DEFECT AND NEEDS TO BE HANDLED APPROPRIATELY.

Mileage: 94,500

WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MILES AN HOUR, A WRENCH LIGHT WENT ON IN THE CAR AND WITHIN SECONDS THE CAR LOST POWER AND I WAS ONLY ABLE TO GO 20-30 MILES PER HOUR. GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY, PULLED OVER AT A GAS STATION AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON (THINKING IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE WITH MY HYBRID BATTERY), THE CAR SEEMED TO WORKING OKAY BUT JUST TO BE SAFE I DROVE THE CAR 10 MILES TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER. THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOOK A QUICK LOOK AT IT AND AGREED THAT IT WAS THE BATTERY (SAID IT HAD PROBABLY GOTTEN TOO HOT) AND TOLD ME THE CAR WAS OKAY TO DRIVE. WENT TO GRAB LUNCH AND THEN 45 MINUTES LATER GOT BACK ON THE HIGHWAY AND AS SOON AS THE CAR GOT TO ABOUT 60 MILES, THE SAME THING HAPPENED. SO AGAIN I GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY AND GOING ABOUT 10 MILES PER HOUR WENT TO ANOTHER FORD DEALER TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT. THEY DETERMINED IT WAS A FAILED THROTTLE BODY AND REPLACED IT THE NEXT DAY. *TR

Mileage: 55,500

WHY HAS NOTHING BEEN DONE YET? I'M A FAIRLY POOR UPSTANDING MEMBER OF SOCIETY, AND I WAS TRYING TO BE GREEN. NOW I'M STUCK WITH A $16,000 GO CART THAT I CANT DRIVE ON A HIGHWAY BECAUSE IT CAN'T GO OVER 35MPH. I HAD 2 YELLOW WRENCHES ON MY DASH. I WAS STUCK IN A ONE LANE RODE WITH NO PLACE TO PULL OVER AND ABOUT 100 PEOPLE HONKING AT ME. I HAVE BEEN A FAITHFUL FORD OWNER FOR OVER 13 YEARS; I'VE BEEN TELLING MY FRIENDS AND CO-WORKERS HOW GREAT THEY ARE. NOW I HAVE TO BEG FOR THEM TO FIX MY CAR, OR I CAN GO GET RIPPED OFF BY MY LOCAL DEALER. PLEASE HELP. I THOUGHT YOU PEOPLE WERE BETTER THAN THIS. *TR

Mileage: 76,600

THE CAR STALLS AT VARIED SPEEDS WHICH IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. I OWNED A 2010 FORD FUSION PREVIOUSLY WITH MY COMPANY FLEET VEHICLE PROGRAM, AND HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND IT WAS FIXED WITHOUT QUESTION. AT THAT TIME I WAS UNAWARE OF THIS BEING PART OF A BIGGER PROBLEM. IN THE FALL OF 2011, I PURCHASED A DIFFERENT 2010 FORD FUSION FROM OUR FLEET AS IT WAS BEING TURNED IN, AND THIS IS THE VEHICLE THAT I AM DISCUSSING IN THIS FORUM. IT ONLY HAS 30000 MILES ON IT, BUT IS 6 MONTHS OUT OF THE 36 MONTH BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. THE CAR STALLED ONCE, A MONTH AGO, AND THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO RECTIFY ITSELF. THEN YESTERDAY, 6/19/2013, IT STALLED 6 TIMES. MY 17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER DRIVES THE CAR AND WAS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION. FOR ALMOST ONE MINUTE, THE CAR WOULD NOT RESTART, BUT FINALLY DID, AND SHE WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE INTERSECTION. AS I READ THE FORUMS, IT IS OBVIOUS TO ME THAT THIS IS A NATIONWIDE PROBLEM, LOOKING BACK, I'VE HAD 2 CARS WITH THE IDENTICAL PROBLEM. THE SERVICE MEN AT THE DEALERSHIP KNOW THAT THE PROBLEM IS SPECIFIC TO THE THROTTLEBODY, WHICH IS DEFECTIVE, AND THERE IS OVER A WEEK BACKLOG ON THE PARTS AS MORE AND MORE CARS ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM, TO LOSE POWER TO A VEHICLE IN MOTION AND FORD IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE, YET THEY ARE TAKING NO STEPS IN ADDRESSING THE ISSUE. IT IS GOING TO COST ME $600 TO HAVE THE PART REPLACED, AS IT IS OUTSIDE THE 3 YEAR WARRANT, YET FORD KNOWS THAT THIS WAS A MODEL WIDE ISSUE WITH A DEFECTIVE CAR PART. I AM DISAPPOINTED AND ANGRY THAT A GLARING PROBLEM SUCH AS THIS IS NOT BEING ADDRESSED DUE TO FORD ATTEMPTING TO LET THE PROBLEM HOPEFULLY JUST FADE AWAY AND NOT BE TAKEN TO TASK OVER THIS ISSUE. I PRAY THAT THE NHTSA WILL STEP IN, RIGHT A WRONG, AND IN THE PROCESS PREVENT A TRAGIC ACCIDENT BEFORE IT BECOMES A REALITY. *TR

Mileage: 30,000

I WAS ON THE LEFT LANE GOING 55MPH ON A FREEWAY UP A SLIGHT INCLINE WHEN I NOTICED I WAS LOSING SPEED. PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL A LITTLE HARDER THINKING I NEEDED TO COMPENSATE FOR THE INCLINE, BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I NOTICED A YELLOW WRENCH APPEAR ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DASH DISPLAY. I HAD THE GAS PEDAL TO THE GROUND AND CAR STILL WOULD NOT ACCELERATE BUT DECELERATED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 30MPH WHERE IT STOPPED DECELERATING AND MAINTAINED THIS SPEED. I HAD TO MANEUVER AT 30MPH OFF THE FREEWAY TO GET INTO THE RIGHT SHOULDER LANE. TURNED THE CAR OFF, THEN BACK ON. YELLOW WRENCH NO LONGER VISIBLE AND CAR OPERATED NORMALLY. THIS POSES A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. LUCKILY IT WAS NOT DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND THE CARS BEHIND ME YIELDED TO MY HAZARD LIGHTS AND LET ME GET TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER LANE. *TR

Mileage: 26,147

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND HAD JUST EXITED TO A SURFACE STREET. THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SLOWED DOWN AND WOULDN'T GO OVER 15 MILES PER HOUR. A RED TRIANGLE AND A MESSAGE APPEARED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. IT SAID SOMETHING LIKE YOU MAY NOW SAFELY PULL OVER AND COME TO A STOP. THANKFULLY I WAS NOT STILL ON A VERY CROWDED FREEWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY UNSAFE TO BE IN THE LEFT LANE OF ONE OF THE MOST CROWDED FREEWAYS IN THE COUNTRY AND THE CAR SUDDENLY WILL NOT GO MORE THAN 15 MPH. I TOOK THE CAR TO A FORD DEALER THE NEXT DAY AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THE DIAGNOSIS COST ME $200. I AM VERY HESITANT TO DRIVE THIS CAR NOW. *TR

Mileage: 77,300