2010 Ford Fusion Cruise Control Problems

Electronic Throttle Body Car lost power on busy, construction road Manufacturer issued secret warranty to owners and did not send out notice Multiple certified mechanics have inspected the vehicle Check engine, ABS, service advance trac, and power train lights were on and i am uncertain when they first came on

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle went into Limp Mode and stalled with the check engine warning light illuminated. The contact was able to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the contact was informed that the vehicle could not be properly diagnosed until the warning light was illuminated while diagnosing the vehicle. Additionally, the contact stated that he received a recall notice on the electronic throttle body and was concerned that while driving the vehicle would stall again. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 123,000.

While driving my 2010 Ford Fusion, on five separate occasions (two times less than a week apart) and over the last five months, while stopping for traffic lights, traffic or pedestrians the brake pedal travelled just inches from the floor and extra effort was needed in attempt to activate the brakes hoping to come to a complete stop. On two jarring instances collision was avoided only by swerving the vehicle to keep from hitting a wayward pedestrian and the other instance was with another vehicle backing out in a mall shopping center. On all five occasions there was an associated amber ABS light on the dash, a sudden drop in brake pressure and severely degraded to no braking power during application. The brake fluid reservoir is appropriately filled with the manufacturer specified DOT 3 brake fluid and there are no leaks in the system whatsoever. I’ve been told at the Ford dealership that my vehicle will not be able to be inspected or seen by appointment for a little over 2 months (late Oct 2022). I’ve contacted Ford’s customer service at 1-866-436-7332 and they stated that my VIN# is not included in the recall: 19S54. It’s apparent that my vehicle is experiencing all of the identical issues which prompted the Ford recall 19S54. Please assist so the Ford Fusion community can resolve this issue before another catastrophic event occurs.

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle lost motive power and would not accelerate more than 40 mph. The accelerator pedal would go to the floorboard when depressed however, the vehicle would not accelerate. The contact was able to restart the vehicle as the failure occurred intermittently. The contact had a code reader reading with the failure code P112 - throttle actuator body control stuck closed. The dealer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that he needed to pay for replacement of the throttle body and calibration. The vehicle was not diagnosed by the dealer nor repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that there were no recalls relating to the failure. The failure mileage was 144,866.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HER SON WAS DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE LOSS MOTIVE POWER, SPUTTERED, AND STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TOWN AND COUNTRY FORD LOCATED AT 7800 E. LLOYD EXPY, EVANSVILLE, IN 47715, TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

I HAVE A FORD FUSION 2010 WE PURCHASED LAST YEAR AND APPARENTLY IT HAD THROTTLE ISSUES THAT WE COVERED A FEW YEARS AGO OUR CAR IS STARTING TO ACT UP WITH THIS TO WHERE LAST WEEK I COULD HAVE DIED ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY IN PA CAUSE I LOST ENGINE POWER AND YOUR COMPANY IS REFUSING TO FIX THE PROBLEM IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO ME OR MY FAMILY I WILL SUE FORD BECAUSE YOUR COMPANY IS REFUSING TO HELP FIX MY CAR BECAUSE IT'S PAST THE 10 YEARS OR 150,000 IT SHOULD NOT MATTER. I KNOW IT'S THE THROTTLE CAUSE BOTH THE ENGINE LIGHT AND THE WRENCH WILL COME ON AND IT SHAKES BAD PLEASE I WANT THIS FIXED BY FORD AT NO CHARGE

I HAD ALREADY GOTTEN MY THROTTLE BODY REPAIRED THE YEAR BEFORE MY CAR STARTED JOLTING AS IF IT WAS MALFUNCTIONING AGAIN. THIS TIME THOUGH THE VEHICLE WOULD JUMP WHEN I TRIED ACCELERATE FROM STOP, RPMS WOULD GO ALL THE WAY UP TO 5 BEFORE SWITCHING GEARS AND THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD MOVE UP AND DOWN WHILE ELECTRICAL LIGHTS FLICKERED. TOOK IT TO FORD AND NOTHING WAS FOUND SO I GOT AN OIL CHANGE AND TRANSMISSION FLUSH. THAT SAME DAY THE CAR STARTED DOING IT AGAIN. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO FORD THEY OFFERED TO CLEAN THE THROTTLE BODY AND RETURNED THE CAR THE NEXT DAY. NOT EVEN 24HRS AFTER STARTED THE SAME PROBLEM. I TOOK CAR TO AUTO ZONE THEY IMMEDIATELY FOUND AN ERROR FOR THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. BROUGHT CAR BACK TO FORD WHERE THEY HAD ME LEAVE IT FOR TWO DAYS FOR THE TRANSMISSION TECH TO LOOK AT IT. THEY THEN SAID OIL HAD LEAKED ONTO THE SENSOR CAUSING THE CAR TO DRIVE THAT WAY. REPLACED THAT AND THE HEAD THAT WAS LEAKING. CAR WAS STILL JOLTING AND DRIVING AS IF THROTTLE BODY WAS MESSED UP BUT WORSE. I BROUGHT MY CAR BACK THAT SAME WEEK THEY FOUND A SENSOR THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED IN THE TRANSMISSION. THIS WHOLE WHILE I WAS 8-9 MONTHS PREGNANT AND ENDED UP SPENDING 1200 DOLLARS ON SOMETHING THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN FIXED THE FIRST TIMR AND IN MY OPINION A SIDE EFFECT FROM THE CAR HAVING A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY FOR SO LONG BEFORE THEY ALLOWED IT TO BE FIXED.

INTERMITTENTLY MY BRAKES WILL GO OUT, MOST OFTEN THIS HAPPENS AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN OFF AND I TURN IT OFF AND TRY TO REVERSE THOUGH IT ALSO HAPPENS WHEN IN DRIVE. IT HAS HAPPENS ON ACCESS ROADS, THE HIGHWAY, MY DRIVEWAY AND MOST OFTEN IN PARKING LOTS. MY CAR WILL ROLL AND BE COMPLETELY UNRESPONSIVE TO THE FACT THAT I HAVE MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES SOFT AND I CAN PRESS IT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. MY BRAKE LIGHT, ABS LIGHT, ETC ON THE DASHBOARD ALL LIGHT UP AND MY CAR KEEPS ROLLING. I TRY TURNING MY VEHICLE ON AND OFF AS SOMETIMES EVEN THE EMERGENCY BRAKE OR PUTTING THE CAR IN PARK WILL NOT GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP. I HAVE ALMOST HIT OTHER CARS AND PEDESTRIANS BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE AND IT IS HIGHLY DANGEROUS AND COME TO FIND OUT A KNOWN GLITCH FOR SOME 2010 FORD FUSIONS.

MIDDLE OF FREEWAY DRIVING, CAR DEACCELLERATED AND WENT INTO LIMP HOME MODE. SAFELY STOPPED AND ERROR CLEARED ON RESTART. DEALER REPLACED ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY, TECHNICIAN INDICATED THE TEST GRAPH HAD A SPIKE UPON TESTING. LIKELY UNIT OF FAILURE.

RAPID DECELERATION: WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY RAPID DECELERATION OCCURRED. CAR SLOWED TO ABOUT 25MPH AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN GAS PEDAL WAS PUSHED. EXITED FREEWAY.. TURNED ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTED. CAR OPERATED NORMAL. NO ERROR ICONS SHOWED. ABOUT A HALF MILE FROM HOME PROBLEM REOCCURRED CRAWLED HOME AT 10MPH. NEXT SEVERAL DAYS PROBLEM DID NOT REOCCUR. ABOUT A WEEK LATER SAME PROBLEM REOCCURRED WHILE DRIVING HOME ..10MPH. SPOKE TO FORD SERVICE TO SEE IF THEY WOULD COVER REPAIRS AND THEY DECLINED. TOOK IT TO MY REPAIR SHOP AND THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. $600. VERY SCARY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN THIS OCCURS ON THE FREEWAY.

ON 3 SEPERATE OCCASIONS I HAVE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN RAPID ACCELERATION WITH MY AUTO. FIRST WHILE SLOWLY ACCELERATING FROM A PARKING SPOT IN A CROWDED DEPARTMENT STORE PARKING LOT. SECOND WHILE SLOWLY MOVING FORWARD IN A FAST FOOD DRIVE THRU LINE. BARELY MISSING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. AND THIRD WHILE SLOWING DOWN APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AGAIN MOVING SLOW EXITING A PARKING LOT. ALL THREE TIMES I'VE HAD TO ALMOST STAND ON THE BRAKE TO STOP AND SHIFT TO NEUTRAL AND KILL THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE IS A 2010 FORD FUSION WITH APPRX 130,000 MILES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. WHILE REVERSING INTO A PARKING SPACE, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY REVVED VERY HIGH BEFORE THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. AFTER TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTING THE ENGINE, THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED APPROXIMATELY FOUR HOURS LATER. WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO REV VERY HIGH AND THE ENGINE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED FORWARD AND CAUSED THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER SHIFTED INTO PARK TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS A CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND A CAR IN BACK OF ME. CAR VIOLENTLY SHOOK AND SPED FORWARD AT A FAST SPEED. CAR VEERED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND WENT UP OVER THE CURB. CONSUMER'S FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE THE WHOLE TIME. CONSUMER PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED. ENGINE WAS RACING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO JD BYRIDER (1561 WEST LIBERTY AVE, PITTSBURGH, PA) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE MOTOR MOUNT WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. *BF*JB

I BOUGHT THE CAR USED THE END OF JULY 2018 FOR MY DAUGHTER TO DRIVE. SHE INFORMED ME TODAY THAT FROM TIME TO TIME IT AS IF THE CAR STALLS OUT WHEN DRIVING IT OR WHEN SHE TRIES TO ACCELERATE. I DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. SEE THE LINK ATTACHED: HTTPS://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/FORD/FUSION/2010/ENGINE/SUDDEN_DECELERATION_LOSS_OF_POWER.SHTML THIS WAS JUST FROM ONE WEBSITE AND THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. MY QUESTION IS IF THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION, WHY WOULD YOU NOT DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT? NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCELERATE WHEN IN TRAFFIC CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND COULD LEAD TO CAR ACCIDENTS. SHE IS LIVING IN ATLANTA AND I AM IN ORLANDO SO SHE JUST MENTIONED IT TODAY WHEN I TALKED TO HER BUT SHE SAID IT HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES SINCE SHE HAS HAD IT THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

TAKATA RECALL I WAS DRIVING AND THE CAR BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN RAPIDLY. I WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL WHERE I WAS GOING AND UNABLE TO ACCELERATE OR DECELERATE. I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE WHEN THIS HAPPENS. IT IS NOT AN ALL THE TIME PROBLEM, BUT DOES HAPPEN VERY OFTEN. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON WHEN IT HAPPENS AND THE CAR ACCELERATES BRIEFLY BEFORE INSTANTLY SHUTTING OFF. THE WRENCH SYMBOL ALSO COMES ON BEFORE THIS ALL TAKES PLACE. I COULD BE USING CRUISE CONTROL OR JUST NORMAL DRIVING AND IT HAPPENS IN BOTH SITUATIONS. THE VEHICLE TENDS TO DO IT NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE SUCH AS A HIGH WAY OR ON A REGULAR CITY STREET. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE CHECKED OUT NUMEROUS (SIX) TIMES TO SEE WHY IT DOES THIS. THE MECHANIC HOOKS IT UP TO THE COMPUTER EVERY TIME AND STATES THERE IS NOTHING WRONG BUT THEN RESETS THE SYMBOL LIGHTS SO THEY GO OUT. THE CAR WILL BE FINE FOR A WEEK OR SO AND THEN DO IT AGAIN! IT IS SCARY WHEN IT HAPPENS AND I TRY NOT TO DRIVE THE CAR DUE TO THIS ISSUE. HOW CAN YOU FIX SOMETHING THE MECHANICS STATE IS NOT BROKEN? SOMETHING ISNT RIGHT WITH THE VEHICLE AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED TO SEE WHY IT DOES THIS! IT CAN NOT ONLY BE MY CAR!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED, IT OPERATED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER CLONINGER FORD (1241 US HWY 70 SE, HICKORY, NC 28602), BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000.

THE WRENCH LIGHT COME ON AND I LOST ACCELERATION. VERY HAZARDOUS SITUATION. THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDS REPLACING. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL.

MY CAR WHILE I WAS DRIVING HAD AN ISSUE WHERE IT DECELERATED ON ITS OWN AND THERE WAS NO GAS PEDAL....THROWING A THROTTLE ACTUATOR CCONTROL SYSTEM CODE SAYING WAS STUCK OPEN...THIS HAS HAPPENED A COUPLE TIMES NOW BUT CODE CLEARED BEFORE COULD LOOK AT...TOOK TO LES STUMPF FORD THEY ARE TELLING ME THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING TIL THE CODE STASYS ON FOR THERM TO TEST....SO I AM SUPPOSED TO DRIVE AN UNSAFE VEHICLE FOR A KNOWN PROOBLEM THAT THE COMPANY WAS SUED ABOUT AND CREATED A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION EXTENDED WARRANTY INSTEAD OF RECALLING IT UNTIL IT DOES IT AGAIN....AND I AM AT ABOUT 142000 AND ONLY COVERS TIL 150000

DRIVING...SPEED ALL OF A SUDDEN DROPPED TO AROUND 2 MPH...WOULD GO NO FASTER....YELLOW WRENCH LIGHT APPEARED ON INSTRUMENT PANEL ALONG WITH CHECK ENGINE SOON LIGHT, IF I HAD BEEN IN TRAFFIC THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A FATAL ACCIDENT...BY ALL INDICATIONS ...THE THROTTLE BODY IS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM..READ VARIOUS REPORTS OF OTHER 2010 FORD FUSION OWNERS WITH THE IDENTICAL PROBLEM...THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED WITHOUT DELAY...

ON MAY 25, 2017 I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT OVER A SPEED BUMP AND ROUNDED A BUILDING PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE. FROM THE SPEED BUMP TO THE PARKING SPACE THE SLOW SPEED IS PERFECT FOR PULLING IN THE SPACE. I WAS BRAKING TO A STOP WHEN MY CAR LURCHED FORWARD ONLY STOPPING WHEN IT STRUCK THE BUILDING. MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE THE ENTIRE TIME, AS WITNESSED BY MY PASSENGER. I'M 4'10" TALL AND UNLIKE PUTTING MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, I HAVE TO STRETCH TO REACH THE ACCELERATOR - SO THERE IS NO MISTAKING THE TWO. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME WE HAD EVER EXPERIENCED A LURCHING ACTION IN OUR FUSION. WE HAD EXPERIENCED THIS ACTION IN OUR FREESTYLE AND HAVE MANAGED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM IN THAT VEHICLE, BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST AND LAST TIME TIME IT HAPPENED IN THE FUSION. THE PREVIOUS OWNER MENTIONED A RARE TRANSMISSION "HICCUP" HIS MECHANIC COULD NEVER FIND. WE HAD BEEN DRIVING THE FUSION SINCE OCTOBER 2016 AND IT DROVE BEAUTIFULLY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE WRENCH WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING. WHEN THE CONTACT TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, IT RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DID NOT QUALIFY FOR THE WARRANTY EXTENSION. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND THE THROTTLE BODY WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 245,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE WILL STALL, THE ORANGE WRENCH COMES ON ON THE DASH BOARD. THE CAR WILL REMAIN RUNNING WHILE IDLING ROUGHLY. AFTER RESTARTING THE CAR A FEW TIMES IT WILL START AND APPEAR FINE WITH NO SYMPTOMS AND NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS ON. HOWEVER, THE CAR WILL DO THE EXACT SAME THING RANDOMLY, IT MIGHT BE THE NEXT DAY OR AN HOUR FROM THEN. I CHECKED THE CODE WHILE THE ORANGE WRENCH LIGHT WAS ON AND GOT A P2111 CODE (THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL SYSTEM). CALLED FORD TO HAVE THEM REPAIR IT SINCE IT IS UNDER WARRANTY, AND I WAS TOLD THAT SINCE THE ORANGE WRENCH LIGHT ISN'T ON RIGHT THIS MOMENT, THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO TRY TEST DRIVING IT LONGER TO GET IT TO ACT UP BEFORE FORD WILL ALLOW THEM TO REPLACE IT. THE VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALERSHIP NOW.

SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION, MY CAR UNEXPECTEDLY SHOOK AND WENT TO "LIMP" MODE IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION WITH THE WRENCH LIGHT COMING ON. I PULLED INTO THE CLOSEST DRIVEWAY AFTER PUTTING ON MY HAZARDS AND, AFTER TURNING OFF THE ENGINE, RESTARTED THE CAR, WHICH TOOK ABOUT ABOUT 5 SECONDS OF TRYING TO TURN OVER THE IGNITION. SINCE THAT TIME, THE SAME PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST TWO DOZEN TIMES, SOMETIMES SEVERAL TIMES IN A ROW; AND THE REST OF THE TIME, THE RPMS FLUTTER IN AN IRREGULAR WAY. I DO MOSTLY CITY DRIVING AND HAVE THANKFULLY BEEN ABLE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT WHEN HAVING TO PULL OVER AND RESTART; BUT IN EACH CASE, IT IS NOT A GOOD SITUATION. BY ALL ACCOUNTS ONLINE, THIS IS A VERY FREQUENT PROBLEM AND DUE TO A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY. NOTABLY, THE PROBLEM WITH MY CAR BEGAN TO OCCUR AT AROUND 45,000 MILES, WHICH IS TYPICAL FROM WHAT I'VE READ OF OTHER COMPLAINTS. THIS SEEMS MUCH TOO EARLY, MUCH TOO COMMON, AND MUCH TOO DANGEROUS OF A PROBLEM FOR IT NOT TO BE COVERED UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY OR RECALL. THERE WAS, IN FACT, AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT IT EXPIRED IN EARLY 2015. I WAS TOLD BY THE LOCAL DEALER THAT IT WOULD COST $600 TO REPAIR.

ON 6/2/15 WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY AT 70 MPH, CAR STARTED SHAKING, SPEED DROPPED, COULDN'T ACCELERATE. I WAS ABLE TO GET CAR TO SIDE OF ROAD. SHUT CAR OFF. AFTER FEW MINUTES STARTED CAR AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT AT 25 MPH TO GET IT OFF FWY BUT WAS OPERATING IN LOW POWER MODE. DROVE IT TO DEALER IN LOW POWER MODE. THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED AND COVERED UNDER FORD RECALL. NOW ON 8/19/16 THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME ON WAY TO WORK. AGAIN HAD MY HUSBAND FOLLOW ME TO DEALER IN LOW POWER MODE. DEALER COULD NOT DIAGNOSE PROBLEM BECAUSE CAR WAS NOT HAVING PROBLEM BY THE TIME THEY GOT AROUND TO IT. THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE PROBLEM SO NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THIS IS THE SAME THING THAT HAPPENED TO ME 1 YEAR AGO SO I FEEL IT IS RELATED TO THE THROTTLE BODY WHICH THEY REPLACED UNDER FORDS RECALL, BUT THEY INSIST IT IS NOT THE THROTTLE BODY. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WHICH FORD KNOWS ABOUT IT BECAUSE THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE FOR THIS ISSUE. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO BE SERIOUSLY HURT FOR THEM TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. I HAVE NEVER IN MY LIFE HAD THIS HAPPEN WITH ANY OTHER CARS I HAVE OWNED OVER THE YEARS.

SUDDEN STALLING OR ACCELERATION. ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF DEPENDING ON HOW MANY TIMES I START THE CAR. MY CAR STALLED OUT AND DIED I WAITED FIVE MINUTES AND RESTARTED IT AND IT SEEMED FINE. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE. NOW MY CAR SUDDENLY STALLS AND I HAVE NO CONTROL ON THE THROTTLE. WHEN I GIVE IT GAS IT JUST CREEPS ALONG. LIMP HOME MODE. I WAS IN OTION ON A CITY STREET AND BARELY HAD ENOUGH CONTROL TO GET OVER ON A SIDE STREET SAFELY WITH MY CHILD IN THE CAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE CONTROL BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION, IT LOST POWER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE ROLLED AS IF IT WERE SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY FAILED AND NEEDED TO REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,180.

MY SON WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR LOST POWER AND HE COULD NOT ACCELERATE. HE HAD TO CROSS LANES TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER. TURNED THE CAR OFF AND THEN RESTARTED. CAR RAN OKAY. I CALLED FORD AFTER THIS HAPPENED TWICE. THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE CAR WAS OVER THE MILEAGE ALLOWED AND WAS NOT COVERED. THEY SAID THEY SENT OUT A CSP#13N03. I DID NOT RECEIVE THIS LETTER. I THINK THAT THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL AND NOT JUST A BULLETIN. HE ALMOST GOT HIT BOTH TIMES WHEN THIS HAPPENED.

WILL APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT ON GODDARD AND FORT ST. CAR ACCELERATED WHILE MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE STARTED ACROSS FORT ST AGAINST RED LIGHT WHILE I WASH PLAYING DODGEM CARD ONLY WAY TO STOP CAR WAS TO SLAM IT IN PARK AND TURN IT OFF THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME I STARTED CAR AND MOTOR RACING TURNED OFF TO STOP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING 68 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST ACCELERATION INTERMITTENTLY AND A REPAIR SERVICE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER, SHUT OFF, AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

2010 FORD FUSION. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY RECALL REPAIRS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HER SON'S VEHICLE BROKE DOWN AND HAD TO BE TOWED. THE PROBLEM, WAS WITH A PART THAT HAD BEEN RECALLED. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE NEVER RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION REGARDING A RECALL. *JB

THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE BEYOND 5. - 10 MPH, WHILE IN MOTION, NO MATTER HOW FAR THE ACCELERATER WAS DEPRESSED. IT WAS DRIVEN TO THE CLOSEST REPAIR SHOP AND WE WERE TO,D IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY. THE REPAIR HAS WORKED TO DATE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE COMPUTER REFLASH NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE CONTACT RETURNED TO THE DEALER WITH THE DIAGNOSIS, BUT THE TECHNICIAN REFUSED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,363. UPDATED 1/15/16 *CN

WHILE DRIVING, THE CAR WILL SUDDENLY LOSE ALL ACCELERATION AND THE MAINTENANCE WRENCH LIGHT WILL COME ON. THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, AND WHILE GOING 60 MPH DOWN THE HIGHWAY. THE ONLY WAY TO RESET IT IS TO RESTART THE CAR. IF THE CAR IS NOT RESTARTED, IT WILL SHAKE VIGOROUSLY AS IF IT IS GOING TO STALL ON ITS OWN. ONCE RESTARTED, ACCELERATION IS RESTORED TO NORMAL UNTIL IT DOES THE SAME THING AGAIN.

I WAS AFFECTED BY THE THROTTLE BODY THING. I GOT IT FIXED AT JIM CLICK FORD IN TUCSON. I'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING HEAVY ACCELERATION AND THROTTLE RESPONSE PROBLEMS SINCE. I HAD MY TRAMS FLUID LEAK FROM THE CAP. NO LEAKS IN ANY OF MY HOSES. MY RPMS STAY BETWEEN 1700-2700 REGARDLESS OF WHAT SPEED I'M GOING. I TOOK IT BACK TO JIM CLICK, EVEN THO SHOWING NO ERRORS. AND IT'S ALWAYS WHINING, MY ENGINE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S CAUSING THIS, BUT I DEFINITELY TAKE CARE OF MY CAR. AND FUSIONS BEEN HAVING A LOT OF PROBLEMS. AND PEOPLE TELL MY MY CAR MAKES REALLY LOUD NOISE WHEN TURNING. I'VE NEVER HEARD IT OR FELT IT, BUT I'VE BEEN TOLD BY MULTIPLE PEOPLE.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AT APPROX 70MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE MADE A SLIGHT JERK, AND LOST PROPULSION. I HAD TO CROSS SEVERAL LANES OF TRAFFIC OFF TO THE EDGE OF THE ROAD. THERE WAS NO RESPONSE TO PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL. ONCE STOPPED AND IN PARK, THE ENGINE IDLED VERY ROUGHLY, SHAKING THE ENTIRE CAR. I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, WAITED ABOUT A MINUTE, AND RE-STARTED THE CAR. IT HAD TO CRANK FOR A FEW SECONDS BEFORE TURNING OVER AND STARTING. IT THEN DROVE FINE FOR ABOUT ANOTHER 10 MILES BEFORE QUITTING AGAIN. I AGAIN STOPPED, THEN RESTARTED THE CAR, AND LIMPED IT HOME ON SIDE ROADS, OFF THE FREEWAY. IT DID NOT DRIVE SMOOTHLY, BUT MADE IT THE OTHER 15 MILES HOME WITHOUT QUITTING AGAIN. I TOOK THE CAR TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO RESEARCHED AND FOUND A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE BODY, CAUSING THESE EXACT SYMPTOMS, AND HAS REFERRED ME TO A FORD GARAGE FOR AN IN-WARRANTY REPAIR. THE APPOINTMENT FOR THAT IS TOMORROW.

I BELIEVE THIS CAR IS ALSO AFFECTED BY THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY ISSUES PLAGUING FORDS. I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE WHEN IT SUDDENLY LOSES POWER AND THE "WRENCH" LIGHT APPEARS. THE VEHICLE LOST SPEED AND DID NOT RESPOND TO THE GAS PEDAL. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND RESTART THE VEHICLE WITH TEMPORARY RESOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM. THIS HAS BEEN A GRADUALLY WORSENING PROBLEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER, JERKED, AND HESITATED BEFORE ACCELERATING. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS NOT ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE SERVICE VEHICLE SOON AND SECURITY LOCK WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BATTERY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,801.

WHILE DRIVING THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS UP WITH AN ORGANGE WRENCH AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. I AM UNABLE TO ACCELERATE AND NEED TO GET OFF THE ROAD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.WHEN I PRESS ON THE GAS PEDAL NOTHING HAPPENS. IT SOUNDS AND APPEARS LIKE THE CAR IS ABOUT TO STALL.THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 8 TIMES IN THE LAST WEEK.I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MY MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME IT IS THE TROTTLE BODY AND THAT A FORD DEALER WOULD FIX IT. I DROPPED IT OFF ONLY TO PICK IT UP 2 DAYS LATER AND THEY TOLD ME NOTHING WAS FOUND. SINCE IT DIDNT OCCUR WHILE THEY WERE DRIVING IT THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE THE PART. I HAVE NO OTHER OPTION BUT TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE CAR AS I AM A SINGLE MOTHER WITH NO OTHER MEANS FOR TRANSPORATION AND THE MECHANICS AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT WAS "SAFE." THE CAR ENGINE STOPS RESPONDING AT HIGH SPEEDS.. HOW IS THAT SAFE?! UPDATED 9/21/15 *LN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND IDLING, IT SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, IT FAILED TO ACCELERATE OVER 10 MPH. THE CONTACT SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT EXCESSIVE FORCE WAS REQUIRED ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IN ORDER TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 155,000.

DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, WRENCH INDICATOR CAME ON AND MY CAR STARTED LOOSING SPEED. PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE TURNED OFF THE CAR AND WAITED ABOUT A MINUTE. TURNED IT BACK ON AND EVERYTHING WAS WORKING FINE AND WRENCH ICON WAS GONE. THIS HAPPENED TWICE IN THE LAST 4 DAYS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2010 FORD FUSION. WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO A FLAG POLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

I TAPPED THE GAS AFTER I STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN & THE CAR REVVED REALLY HIGH BUT DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE. THEN THE 2ND TIME I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY THE CAR REVVED REALLY HIGH AGAIN & AGAIN WENT REALLY SLOW, LIKE SOMETHING WASN'T CATCHING. I'M GLAD THE HIGHWAY WAS EMPTY BECAUSE I COULD'VE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGH WAY AND MY CAR LOST ALL ACCELERATING CAPABILITY AND ALMOST CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. MY CAR WAS PREVIOUSLY TAKEN IN THREE MONTHS AGO BECAUSE IT WAS STALLING BUT I WAS TOLD BY FORD WITHOUT ANY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING. I EVEN DID SOME ONLINE RESEARCH BEFORE I WENT TO FORD AND SUGGESTED THE THROTTLE BODY POSITION SENSOR AND THEY SAID IT WOULDN'T CAUSE MY CAR TO DO THAT.

CAR HAD SUDDEN DECELERATION, LOSS OF POWER, WAITED ABOUT 30 SECONDS AND TRIED TO RESTART. CAR RESTARTED AND PARKED DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS. DID SOME RESEARCH TO FIND THAT NHTSB IS FAILING TO ISSUE RECALL BUT FORD HAS VOLUNTARILY AGREED TO FIX AND EXTEND WARRANTY. THE DEALER IS PLAYING DUMB ABOUT IT BEING THROTTLE BODY ISSUE EVEN THOUGH IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE FIXED FREE UNDER FORD CSP# 13N03 AND HAD THE EXACT SYMPTOMS AS DESCRIBED. THIS ITEM SHOULD BE RECALLED AS IT IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD ON THE VEHICLE. *TR

ON 04/13/2015 I EXPERIENCED RAPID DECELERATION WHILE DRIVING HOME FORM WORK ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE PROBLEM LOOKED AT ON 04/15/2015. WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON 04/16/2015 THE PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN SO I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND MADE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT ON 04/17/2015. AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR THEY COULDN'T FIND ANY ERROR CODES AND FAILED TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE. THEY TOLD ME TO DRIVE THE CAR AND HOPE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. SINCE THEN THE PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED ON THE FOLLOWING DATES: 04/18,4/19,4/21. I ORDERED THE PART MYSELF AND WILL DO THE REPAIRS MYSELF SINCE I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL A COMPLETE FAILURE HAPPENS. THAT WOULD INCREASE THE CHANCES OF CAUSING A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR

UPON ACCELERATING FROM A FULL STOP AT A RED LIGHT THE CAR ENTERED "LIMP" MODE (WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, BUT I COULD STILL STEER AND THE ENGINE WAS STILL ON) AND THE WRENCH LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASH. I ALREADY HAD THE DEALERSHIP PERFORM THE THROTTLE FIX OF THE 2014 RECALL ON VARIOUS FORD MODELS OF 2009-2012. *TR

DRIVING THE CAR HOME FROM THE DEALERSHIP CRUISING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND SUDDENLY THE CAR JUST WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ANY MORE. SCARY FEELING WHEN YOUR CRUISING AT 55 AND SUDDENLY THE CAR WOULD NOT STAY AT HIGHWAY SPEED. IT WOULD STILL IDLE BUT IT IDLED ROUGHLY. YOU COULD PUSH DOWN ON THE PEDAL BUT IT WOULD DO NOTHING. IT JUST LOST ALL POWER SO I HAD TO QUICKLY PULL ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. GOOD THING NO ONE WAS FOLLOWING ME TO CLOSE. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY SENT OUT A TOW TRUCK. I HAD TO GET A RIDE HOME AND THE CAR WENT BACK TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. TURNS OUT THAT THE THROTTLE BODY SENSOR QUIT WORKING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT A HIGH SPEED, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND LOST POWER AS THE SERVICE VEHICLE SOON WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED EXCESSIVELY WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHERE THE FLOOR MAT WAS REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE REOCCURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE FLOOR MAT. THE CONTACT REFERENCED A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, IT ACCELERATED WITHOUT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND ACROSS FOUR LANES. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A BRICK WALL. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,000.

I FILED AN ORIGINAL COMPLAINT REGARDING SUDDEN FAILURE OF MY VEHICLE TO MOVE OR PRODUCE ANY POWER BACK ON 10-05-2013 UNDER NHTSA ID NUMBER 10546865. AT THAT TIME I DESCRIBED THE FOLLOWING: SUMMARY: I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT. THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND I BEGAN TO ACCELERATE TO ABOUT 10 MPH WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AND I COULD NOT INCREASE SPEED. IT SLOWED DOWN TO ABOUT 3 MPH AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND NO MATTER HOW FAR I PUSHED THE PEDAL IT WOULD NOT MOVE PAST 700 RPM. THIS REPEATED ITSELF SEVERAL TIMES MORE THAT DAY. DID IT AGAIN AND IT SEEMED IT WAS INCREASING IN FREQUENCY. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THE THROTTLE BODY FAILED AND THAT IT IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE. IT HAD AN ERROR CODE OF P2111. FILED ORIGINAL COMPLAINT BECAUSE I WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A LARGE NUMBER OF THESE FAILING PREMATURELY AND TO DOCUMENT MY VEHICLE. I PAID THE REPAIR IN OCTOBER 2013 FOR EXACTLY SAME SYMPTOMS P2111 AND SAME CONDITIONS AS ALL OF THE OTHER VEHICLES IN THIS INVESTIGATION WERE EXPERIENCING. I KEPT TRACK OF NHTSA'S INVESTIGATION CAME TO FIND OUT THAT FORD HAD ISSUED A "CUSTOMER SERVICE CAMPAIGN" EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THE THROTTLE BODY TO 10 YEARS/150K MILES AND A LETTER WOULD BE SENT OUT. I NEVER RECEIVED ONE. CONTACTED MY DEALERSHIP WHO SAID THEY DID NOT SEE ANYTHING UNDER MY VIN BUT WOULD SEND THE REQUEST TO FORD. FORD SAYS THAT NHTSA DETERMINES WHICH VEHICLES FALL UNDER THE ISSUE. SO JUST CONTACTED NHTSA VIA TELEPHONE SPEAKING TO [XXX] WHO SAID THAT SINCE I ALREADY FILED A COMPLAINT WITH NHTSA THAT SHE COULD NOT HELP ME BUT SAID FOR ME TO GO ONLINE AND UPDATE MY COMPLAINT SO THAT THE NHTSA ENGINEERS WOULD INVESTIGATE FURTHER. IN WARRANTY DATABASE I FOUND MANY 2010 FORD FUSIONS PRODUCED BEFORE AND AFTER MINE (**/**) WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I WOULD LIKE A CALL FROM A NHTSA ENGINEER PLEASE. THANK YOU. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

CAR WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP. ENGINE BEGAN TO RACE (SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION). CAR BEGAN TO LURCH FORWARD. APPLYING BRAKE FULL PRESSURE WOULD NOT STOP - HAD TO PLACE IN PARK. INCIDENT CONTINUED FOR 30 SECONDS. HAD HAPPENED OVER 20 TIMES SINCE JULY OF 2014. TOOK CAR TO LOCAL DEALER AND RAN DIAGNOSTIC ON ECS. NO CODES REPORTED. FILED CASE WITH FORD MOTOR COMPANY. THEY WILL NOT ADDRESS PROBLEM BECAUSE NO FAULT CODES ARE BEING REPORTED. HAVE CASE NUMBER BUT DID NOT INCLUDE AS COULD BE SECURITY RISK. INCIDENT HAS NOT OCCURRED SINCE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND JERKED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000. ..UPDATED 12/11/14 * BF

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH USING THE CRUISE CONTROL, THE VEHICLE STALLED AS THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT AND THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS MERGED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE IT WAS RESTARTED. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,000.

THROTTLE BODY FAILED AND REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND THERE IS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE PART, BUT BECAUSE THE REPAIR WAS DONE AT A PRIVATE SERVICE CENTER AND NOT A FORD DEALERSHIP, FORD REFUSES TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. GUESS I WON'T BE BUYING A FORD EVER AGAIN! *TR

SUDDEN LOSS OF THROTTLE RESPONSE AT 30MPH DRIVING SPEED. VEHICLE SOON STALLED LOSING ENGINE POWER. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. FORD OBD CODE P2111, THROTTLE ACTUATOR STUCK OPEN. REPLACED FAULTY THROTTLE BODY WITH NEW TO REMEDY SITUATION. ERASED OBD CODES. NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. THIS COMPLAINT WILL ALSO BE FORWARDED TO FORD CONSUMER RELATIONS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY LOST POWER UNDER ACCELERATION. I TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALER AND THEY FIXED IT FREE OF CHARGE. THEY SAID THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE ISSUE, BUT HAVE NOT HAD TIME TO SEND OUT A RECALL YET. *TR

ON 8/15/14 CAR SPUTTERED WHILE DRIVING AT 30-35 MPH AND SLOWED TO A STOP. WOULD NOT RE-START IMMEDIATELY BUT EVENTUALLY DID AFTER 10 MINUTES. IT THEN SPUTTERED AND STOPPED A COUPLE TIMES WITHIN A MILE OR TWO. THE AUTO MECHANIC DID NOT FIND ANY BAD COMPUTER CODES. HE DID CLEAN THE THROTTLE BODY AND REPLACED THE AIR FILTER. THE CAR RAN WELL WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM FOR 3 WEEKS AND 1,100 MILES. ON 9/11/14 THE CAR AGAIN SPUTTERED AND SLOWED TO A STOP. MY WIFE WAS ABLE TO RE-START IT. THE AUTO MECHANIC AGAIN FOUND NO BAD COMPUTER CODES. HE COULD NOT EXPLAIN THE CAUSE. WEB SEARCH REVEALED MANY OTHER DRIVERS WITH SIMILAR ISSUES WITH 2010 FORD FUSION FUEL SYSTEM. DEFINITELY A DANGEROUS CONDITION. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY WENT INTO IDLE AND IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO ACCELERATE. I WAS FORTUNATELY ABLE TO MAKE MY WAY OVER TO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT BEFORE THE CAR CAME TO A SHAKING HALT. THIS THEN HAPPENED 3 MORE TIMES AS I MADE MY WAY ON LOCAL ROADS TO A FORD DEALER. ALSO FORTUNATELY, THE DEALER REPAIRED MY CAR (REPLACED THROTTLE BODY AND REPROGRAMMED), WHICH WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, FREE OF CHARGE. I DON'T KNOW WHY SUCH A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING DEFECT HAS NOT BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A RECALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS VIOLENTLY JERKING AND WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE. THE SENSOR ILLUMINATED FOR THE THROTTLE BODY ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED AND REPLACED THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,212. UPDATED 10/8/14*CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE MODEL WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. UPDATED 3/26/2015 *JS

I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT APPROX. 55 MPH, WITH CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DEACTIVATED T HE CRUISE CONTROL AND STARTED SLOWING DOWN. WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON, AND IT STOPPED RESPONDING TO PRESSING OF THE ACCELERATOR. I STEERED THE VEHICLE OFF THE INTERSTATE AND ON TO AN EXIT RAMP, WITH BRAKES AND STEERING UNAFFECTED. WHEN I PUT IT IN PARK, THE ENGINE WAS SPUTTERING AND THE CAR SHAKING. AFTER SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTING, THE VEHICLE RAN NORMALLY WITHOUT WARNING LIGHTS. REPAIR SHOP EMPLOYEES SAID IT WAS PROBABLY THE THROTTLE BODY, BUT BECAUSE THE CAR COMPUTER HAD NOT RECORDED THE CODES, THEY WEREN'T SURE. *TR

2010 FORD FUSION. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE THROTTLE BODY MALFUNCTION. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED IF THE THROTTLE BODY MALFUNCTIONED, IT COULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO STALL. *JB

MYSELF AND TWO PASSENGERS (INCLUDING 10 MONTH OLD) WERE RIDING NORTHBOUND ON THE INTERSTATE AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH. OUR 2010 FORD FUSION SUDDENLY WENT INTO SAFE MODE (AKA "LIMP HOME MODE") WHERE THE CAR CONTINUES TO HAVE POWER (STEERING, BRAKES, HVAC SYSTEMS) BUT IT DOES NOT RESPOND TO PRESSING ON THE ACCELERATOR. WE WERE TRAVELING ALONG AT ~3-5MPH WITH OTHER TRAFFIC STILL TRAVELING FULL SPEED. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION IN AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS VEHICLE. A FORD DEALER HAD JUST PERFORMED RECALL 13B17 ON THE VEHICLE, WHICH RECALIBRATED THE POWERTRAIN. UNFORTUNATELY THEY DID NOT INSTALL A NEW THROTTLE BODY, WHICH IS COVERED ON THIS VEHICLE IN SATISFACTION PROGRAM 13N03. *JS

WHEN I START MY CAR AND DRIVE OUT OF PARKING IT SPUTTERS FOR A BIT. THEN LATER ON I WILL COMPLETELY LOOSE THE ACCELERATION. I HAVE TO TURN OFF AND RESTART THE CAR. IT WILL WORK FOR A LITTLE BIT AND THEN I LOOSE ACCELERATION AGAIN. HAS HAPPEN ON THE HIGHWAY, AT A INTERSECTION, AND SIDE ROADS. I HAD THE THROTTLE REPLACED AND IT STILL HAPPENS...... *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IN THE LEFT HAND LANE, THE VEHICLE LOST ALL ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. WHILE ALL OTHER CONTROLS REMAINED (STEERING, BRAKING, HVAC), THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE OR MAINTAIN HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE SERVICE WRENCH LIGHT ACTIVATED ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE VEHICLE INDICATED A TRANSMISSION ERROR. THIS WAS A DANGEROUS SITUATION AS NOT HAVING THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE WHILE ON THE INTERSTATE MAKES IT VERY HARD TO POSITION THE VEHICLE SAFELY ON THE ROADWAY. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A FORD GARAGE WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE BODY. WHILE IT WAS A KNOWN ISSUE, FORD ONLY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THE ITEM AND DID NOT RECALL THE VEHICLE. GIVEN THE DANGER ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOSS OF ACCELERATION, THIS VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED BEFORE THE VEHICLE LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE WHILE ON AN INTERSTATE. *TR

I WAS IN A LINE OF TRAFFIC TO TURN LEFT AT A TURN SIGNAL. THE CARS IN FRONT OF ME WENT WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED YELLOW, THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME STOPPED. I WENT FROM ACCELERATING TO BRAKING, AND THE BRAKE WAS PUSHED TO THE FLOOR, BUT THE CAR WAS STILL ACCELERATING. I OBVIOUSLY REAR-ENDED THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. HE SAID HE COULD SEE ME AND LET OFF HIS BRAKE WHEN HE REALIZED MY CAR WASN'T STOPPING. LUCKILY, NO ONE WAS INJURED. I HAVE SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE CAR LOOKED AT TONIGHT AT A DEALERSHIP. THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE WITHOUT INCIDENT, AND I THOUGHT I WAS JUST IMAGINING IT. *JS

I WAS DRIVING AT 50 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE STOPPED WORKING, EVEN AS I FLOORED THE ACCELERATOR. THE LIGHTS, RADIO AND A/C STAYED ON. I HAD TO COAST ACROSS SEVERAL LANES OF AT LEAST 50 MPH TRAFFIC TO THE SHOULDER. AS I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, THE CAR RUMBLED AND SHUDDERED FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. I WAITED A MINUTE, THEN RESTARTED THE CAR AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE. FORD COVERED THE PROBLEM UNDER AN "EXTENDED WARRANTY" FOR A THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM, BUT I FEEL THAT MY SAFETY WAS IN JEOPARDY BY NOT FIXING THE PROBLEM BEFORE MY CAR ENGINE SUDDENLY QUIT AT HIGH SPEED. IN THIS AREA, HAVING A CAR SUDDENLY DIVE FROM 50 MPH TO ALMOST NOTHING CAN GET YOU KILLED. THE THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BY A SAFETY RECALL, RATHER THAN WAITING TO SEE WHO SURVIVES THE PROBLEM TO TAKE THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING ON A SECONDARY ROAD AT ABOUT 45 MPH WHEN WITH OUT WARNING THERE WAS A SUDDEN POWER FAILURE. I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE ROAD. I CALLED THE DEALER SERVICE DESK AND WAS TOLD IT MIGHT BE A "COMPUTER GLITCH". I STARTED AND DROVE THE CAR ABOUT 3 MILES BACK HOME WITHOUT INCIDENT. I TRIED ABOUT 5 TIMES IN OUR LONG DRIVE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. BECAUSE I COULD NOT DUPLICATE, I DECIDED TO CONTINUE ON MY ERRANDS. THIS TIME I TRAVELED ABOUT 5 MILES AND THE SAME POWER FAILURE OCCURRED. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER AT MY EXPENSE AND AFTER 36 HRS HAD MY CAR BACK. THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY UNDER A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM (13N03) AT NO EXPENSE TO ME. LUCKILY FOR ME MY EXPERIENCE HAPPENED ON A RURAL ROAD. HAD IT HAPPENED ON A MULTILANE, HIGH SPEED ROAD A VERY SERIOUS MULTICAR ACCIDENT MAY HAVE OCCURRED. I WAS ASSURED THAT THE NEW THROTTLE BODY WOULD NOT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE MERGING INTO TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND THE WRENCH WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 53,000.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE ENGINE STARTED TO SHAKE AND SHUDDER AND I HAD TO PULL OVER IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. TURNING THE CAR OFF, THEN ON AGAIN HELPED FOR A BIT THEN ENGINE STARTED STUMBLING AGAIN. DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT REVEALED ERROR CODE P2111, THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL SYSTEM -STUCK OPEN. FORD HAS A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CAMPAIGN (13N03) FOR THIS ISSUE THAT IS NOT ADVERTISED TO CONSUMERS UNLESS THEY RESEARCH THIS ISSUE. THIS COULD HAVE EASILY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AS THE CAR COMPLETELY LOST POWER WHEN THIS EVENT OCCURRED. *TR

LETTER FROM CONGRESSWOMAN BONAMICI ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT RE CONCERNS FOR THE DRIVERS OF FORD VEHICLES WHO MAY EXPERIENCE A FAILURE IN THE THROTTLE BODY RESULTING IN DECREASED SPEED DOWN TO 5 MPH. (ATTN: JOYCE FLEMING). *SMD THE LETTER THE CONSUMER RECEIVED, STATED A MALFUNCTION MAY OCCUR, DUE TO POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF THE INTERNAL MOTOR CONTACTS IN THE THROTTLE BODY RESULTING IN REDUCED VEHICLE SPEED. *JB

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 75 MPH AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST ACCELERATION AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WITH THE GAS PEDAL. IT SHUDDERED AS HE DROVE, AND HE WAS ONLY ABLE TO DRIVE AT A VERY LOW SPEED. HE WAS VERY WORRIED THAT HE WOULD GET HIT BY OTHER FASTER CARS. HE GOT IT TOWED TO THE CLOSEST FORD DEALERSHIP, AND THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. WE ARE REGISTERING THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH FORD CARS GENERALLY. *TR

I WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO ACCELERATE. THE CAR WAS RUNNING BUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE CAR STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND AS I TRIED TO GIVE THE CAR GAS IT JUST INCREASED RPM'S BUT DIDN'T MOVE THE CAR. I PULLED OFF INTO A PARKING LOT TURNED THE CAR OFF AND ON AND IT BEGAN TO RUN AGAIN, BUT LOST ALL COMPUTER INFORMATION SO THE MECHANIC COULDN'T FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM. IT HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE THEN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DECELERATING, THE VEHICLE ERRONEOUSLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY FORCEFULLY APPLYING THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 38,000.

WHILE SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT, THE CAR STARTED ACCELERATING FASTER AND FASTER. HAD TO TURN THE CAR OFF TO GET IT TO STOP. NEXT LIGHT, THE SAME THING. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY, AND THEY REPLACED IT. (RECALL?) WORKED OK UNTIL 3/27/2014 AND PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT, WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN, THE CAR STARTED ACCELERATING AGAIN. I TURNED THE CAR OFF TO GET IT TO STOP. GLAD I WASN'T ON A HIGHWAY OR INTERSTATE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. GOING BACK TO DEALERSHIP TOMORROW, AS I CONSIDER THIS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM. *TR

2010 FORD FUSION. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 45 MPH. SHE HEARD WHAT SHE THOUGHT WAS A LIGHT POP, AND THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY STARTED LOOSING POWER, AND NO MATTER HOW HARD SHE APPLIED THE ACCELERATOR, IF HAD NO EFFECT ON THE VEHICLE. *JB THE CONSUMER STATED SHE EXPERIENCED ANOTHER FAILURE ON MARCH 15, 2014. UPDATED 04/02/14

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL, THEN PARK AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED THE FOLLOWING WEEK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE ENGAGED INTO NEUTRAL INDEPENDENTLY AND STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,200. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL FUNCTION ONCE RESTARTED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS A CONCURRENT INVESTIGATION FOR THE FAILURE UNDER NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: PE13003 (ENGINE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

WHILE DRIVING LOOSE POWER, HAVE TO STOP AND SHUT OFF AND RESTART VEHICLE TO GET THROTTLE RESPONSE BACK. HAD TO HAVE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED. THERE ARE SEVERAL CASES OF THIS LISTED ON INTERNET. SHOULD BE THE SAME ISSUE AS IN YOUR INVESTIGATION PE13003. I WOULD LIKE TO BE KEPT INFORMED IF THIS TURNS INTO A RECALL, AS I WOULD LIKE FORD TO REIMBURSE ME FOR THE COST OF REPLACING THE THROTTLE BODY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY WHEN THE THROTTLE WOULD NOT ENGAGE. I TRIED TO ACCELERATE BUT IT WOULD NOT, THE CAR JUST LOST POWER BUT DID NOT STOP RUNNING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE ONTO THE HIGHWAY, THE WRENCH WARNING ICON ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION, WHO ADVISED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY AND ENGINE GASKET WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 72,000. UPDATED 3/28/14*CN

WAS DRIVING 70 MILES AN HOUR ON INTERSTATE 64 E AND THOUGHT CAR DIED SO I PULLED OVER AS FAST AS I COULD TO GET OUT OF HARMS WAY, DOZENS OF CARS FLYING BY AND HONKING, HAD A HARD TIME GETTING TO A SAFE PLACE TO PULL OVER AND FIGURED OUT MY CAR DIDN'T DID DIE AFTER ALL, IT WAS RUNNING. AND IT WOULDN'T ACCELERATE AND A WRENCH LIGHT WAS ON. I SHUT MY CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT AND IDLED ROUGH FOR A MINUTE AND WRENCH LIGHT WENT OUT SO I PROCEEDED ON AND IT DID IT AGAIN ABOUT 60 MILES FURTHER UP THE ROAD SO I TURNED AROUND AND HEADED HOME. NOT A GOOD SITUATION TO BE IN, VERY UNSAFE. READ REVIEWS ON THIS CAR AND LOOKS LIKE I M NOT THE ONLY PERSON WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM AND FORD SHOULD DO SOMETHING TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM . VERY WELL COULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT AND THEY KNOW ABOUT IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000. ...UPDATED 01-30-14 *BF UPDATED 01/30/14

ON MY WAY TO WORK DOING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH WHEN CAR LOST POWER. THE ROUTE I TAKE HAS A HIGH VOLUME OF SEMI TRUCK TRAFFIC. AFRAID THAT I WOULD BE REAR ENDED I COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT AND WAS ABLE TO PROCEED. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT MONTH UNTIL I COULD NOT GET IT TO MOVE HAD IT TOWED THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY IN DEC. OF 2012. IT IS NOW DEC. OF 2013 AND THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN AT 48000 MILES. THIS IS NOT ONLY DANGEROUS BUT COSTLY. *TR

I'VE ONLY HAD THIS CAR (FORD FUSION 2010) FOR 7 MONTHS SINCE THEN I'VE ONLY HAD PROBLEMS AFTER PROBLEMS. THE DEALER WARRANTY WAS ONLY GOOD FOR 2 MONTHS AND WITHIN THE TWO MONTHS I'VE TAKEN IT BACK TO THE THAT SOLD ME THIS CAR AT LEAST 3 TIMES FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. AS OF TODAY I HAD TO TAKE THE CAR TO FORD DEALERSHIP TO HAVE SERVICE DONE WHICH COST ME $543.69. THE THROTTLE BODY AND MOTOR ASY NEEDED TO BE REPLACE. SO NOT HAPPY WITH THIS CAR AT ALL.. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED A CONSISTENT AND VIOLENT VIBRATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,520.

THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED TWICE WITHIN THE PAST 3 DAYS. AT THE FIRST OCCURRENCE, WE WERE DRIVING RATHER SLOWLY, APPX. 35 MPH. THE CAR LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING, AND STARTED MISFIRING VIOLENTLY. DEPRESSING THE FUEL PEDAL HAD NO EFFECT. THE YELLOW WRENCH WARNING ICON ON THE DASH WAS LIT. WE WERE GOING DOWN A SLIGHT HILL ON SIDE STREET, SO IT WAS EASY TO DRIFT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WE PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND ALLOWED IT TO RUN FOR A FEW MINUTES, BUT IT CONTINUED TO MISFIRE AND SEEMED STARVED FOR FUEL. IT DID KEEP RUNNING FOR ABOUT 5-10 MINUTES MORE BEFORE WE SHUT IT OFF. WHILE WAITING FOR THE TOW TRUCK, MY HUSBAND TRIED RESTARTING THE CAR. IT STARTED IMMEDIATELY AND RAN FINE WITH NO WARNING LIGHTS. THE NEXT DAY THE MECHANIC CHECKED IT BUT COULD FIND NO ISSUE OR RECORD OF AN ERROR CODE. HE ADDED "DRY GAS" IN CASE THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO WATER FREEZING IN THE FUEL LINE. THE WEATHER IS QUITE COLD. THE THIRD DAY (TODAY) I FILLED THE FUEL TANK AND ADDED ANOTHER BOTTLE OF "DRY GAS". I DROVE APPX 35 MILES (IN SEVERAL SEGMENTS) THEN THE PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS TIME I WAS IN TRAFFIC, GOING APPX 55 MILES PER HOUR. THE BEHAVIOR WAS IDENTICAL: PRONOUNCED MISFIRING, NO POWER, FUEL PEDAL HAD NO EFFECT, WRENCH WARNING LIGHT ON. I WAS FORTUNATE TO HAVE BARELY ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO GET MOST OF THE WAY OFF THE HIGHWAY. THIS TIME I RESTARTED THE CAR AFTER ABOUT 10 SECONDS. AGAIN, IT STARTED RIGHT UP AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE FINAL 6 MILES OF MY COMMUTE. IN RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM, IT SEEMS THAT THE CAUSE MAY BE THE THROTTLE ASSEMBLY. WE WILL BE TAKING THE CAR BACK TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO REPORT BACK ON THE RESOLUTION. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AT 50MPH, SUDDENLY THE CAR WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A PULL OFF SECTION ON SIDE OF ROAD. TOOL LIGHT CAME ON. TURNED CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON AND WAS ABLE TO KEEP GOING. THROTTLE BODY IS CAUSE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, HE ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE BUT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SUNK INTO THE FLOORBOARD. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DISENGAGE THE PEDAL BY TAPPING IT TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 26,000. UPDATED 3/5/14*CN UPDATED 03/21/14

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF ACCELERATION POWER AS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE WRENCH WARNING ICON ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 53,000.

CAR DRIVING FINE WHEN IT SUDDENLY LOSES ALL THROTTLE RESPONSE. THE LITTLE ORANGE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON. PULLED CAR OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND TURNED OFF THE IGNITION. WHEN I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON, IT BEGAN WORKING AGAIN. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS A FEW WEEKS AGO. VERY DANGEROUS TO LOSE THROTTLE RESPONSE. UPON CHECKING INTERNET IT APPEARS THAT THIS PROBLEM IS NOT UNCOMMON. YOU NEED TO LOOK INTO THIS AND GET FORD ISSUE A RECALL. *TR

VEHICLE STALLED AND WENT INTO LIMP MODE CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER STOPPING AND RESTARTING THE CAR THE CAR DROVE FINE. CAR WAS DIAGNOSED AT A LOCAL FORD DEALER WITH A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY. *TR

DRIVER WAS DRIVING VEHICLE HOME FROM WORK WHEN THE ACCELERATION STOPPED WORKING WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING. DRIVER STATED THAT SHE HEARD A CLUNKING NOISE WHEN THE ACCELERATION STOPPED WORKING THAT SOUNDED ALMOST LIKE THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING OUT OF GAS, ONLY THE TANK WAS FULL AT THE TIME. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY HAD FAILED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ACCELERATION POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE THROTTLE BODY HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 37,000.

THE PROBLEM I AM ABOUT TO DESCRIBE HAS HAPPENED TWICE WITHIN 5 DAYS. TRAVELING DOWN THE INTERSTATE SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER WITH NO RESPONSE FROM THE THROTTLE. YELLOW WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON RPM'S WENT TO 1000 EACH TIME. AFTER PULLING OVER AND SHUTTING THE CAR OFF AND THEN RESTARTING THE ENGINE BOUNCED AND COUGHED AND THEN RAN NORMAL WITH NO YELLOW WRENCH. I HAVE CALLED FORD AND WILL HAVE THE PROBLEM TAKEN CARE OF TOMORROW. HOW COME THEY ALL KNOW IT'S A THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM BUT FORD IS NOT ADDRESSING THE SAFETY ISSUE WITH CUSTOMERS. IT IS ALL OVER THE INTERNET AN OBVIOUS KNOWN PROBLEM. TOYOTA GOT KILLED FOR SUDDEN ACCELERATION BUT FORD DOES NOTHING FOR SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE THROTTLE BODY HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 31,000. UPDATED 01/07/14*LJ UPDATED 01/09/14

CAR STALLED ON HIGHWAY- HAD TO PULL OVER TO SHOULDER AND RESTART AUTO RAN FOR AT ABOUT 5 MPH- DID NOT REACT TO ACCELERATOR. *TR

I WAS ABOUT TO DRIVE ONTO TO THE MAIN HIGHWAY AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN MY CAR STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY, DROPPED SPEED TO LESS THAN 10MPH, NO RESPONSE FROM ACCELERATOR, CAR WOULD NOT GO. I WAS TERRIFIED BECAUSE IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT AND BEING A FEMALE ALONE AT NIGHT WITH A CAR ACTING UP IS NOT COMFORTABLE. I PULLED OVER AFTER ALMOST BEING HIT AFTER THE DRASTIC DECELERATION, I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND WAITED A FEW MOMENTS AND RESTARTED IT. IT DROVE FINE ABOUT 2 MINUTES BEFORE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE, I WAS TRYING TO JUST GET HOME. THIS HAPPENED 4 MORE TIMES BEFORE I REACHED MY HOME WHICH WAS 10 MINUTES AWAY. I WAS ON MY WAY TO PICK UP MY CHILD AND AM THANKFUL THAT HE WAS NOT IN THE CAR AT THIS TIME. IS IT GONNA TAKE SOMEONE BEING SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED BEFORE FORD RECALLS ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES AND FIXES THE ISSUE. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A DIE HARD FORD SUPPORTER DRIVING NO OTHER MANUFACTURER BUT AFTER THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY BEING PUT IN JEOPARDY I AM SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING ANOTHER MANUFACTURER AND MOVE ON FROM FORD. THE ISSUE IS DETERMINED TO BE THE THROTTLE BODY. *TR

OWNER WAS DRIVING A 2010 FORD FUSION ON A MULTI-LANE HIGHWAY IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC APPROACHING A TWO LANE TUNNEL ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2013. VEHICLE WAS NON-RESPONSIVE WHEN PRESSURING THE ACCELERATOR, SO HAD TO PULL OVER ONTO SHOULDER OF HIGHWAY. EVEN AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF AND THEN RESTARTING THE IGNITION, CAR WOULD NOT MOVE WHEN PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR, ALTHOUGH IT BEGAN TO SHAKE. THE DASHBOARD LIGHT DISPLAYED AS WRENCH ICON, WHICH ACCORDING TO THE OWNER'S MANUAL MEANT A POTENTIAL TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. AAA TOWED CAR TO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. THE NEXT MORNING, SATURDAY NOVEMBER 2, A THIRD PARTY TOWING COMPANY HIRED BY FORD ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE ARRIVED TO TOW VEHICLE TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP. THE TOW TRUCK URGED DRIVER TO DRIVE THE CAR TO DEALERSHIP, AND FOLLOWED BEHIND. AFTER ABOUT 2 MILES OF DRIVING ON RESIDENTIAL SURFACE STREETS, CAR BECAME NONRESPONSIVE TO ACCELERATOR WHILE DRIVING AROUND 10 MI/HR. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER TOWED THE VEHICLE THE REMAINING DISTANCE TO FORD DEALERSHIP IN COLMA, CALIFORNIA. AFTER WAITING FOR AN HR, DEALER MECHANIC REPORTED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND ADVISED THAT THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY WAS INAPPLICABLE DESPITE VEHICLE BEING WITHIN THE 5 YR / 60,000 MI WINDOW. THE FORD DEALERSHIP PERFORMED THE REPAIR AND COLLECTED PAYMENT THE SAME DAY. AFTER RETURNING HOME WITH THE VEHICLE, I DISCOVERED THAT PG 19 OF THE 2010 FORD OWNER'S MANUAL SHOWED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS A COVERED PART THAT FORD SHOULD HAVE REPLACED AT NO CHARGE AS AN EMISSIONS-RELATED COMPONENT SO LONG AS THE VEHICLE WAS WITHIN 8 YRS / 80,000 MI. FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AGREED THAT PG 19 SHOWED THAT THIS PART SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. HOWEVER, THEY ADVISED THAT THEIR INTERNAL FORD COMPUTER DATABASE INDICATED THAT THIS PART WAS ONLY COVERED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES DESPITE THE WRITTEN MANUAL MAKING NO SUCH DISTINCTION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE CONTACT PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE PERFORMED NORMALLY ONCE RESTARTED BUT THE FAILURE LATER RECURRED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT SHE HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE JERKING AND FAILING TO INCREASE SPEED DESPITE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000.

THE FIRST TIME THE INCIDENT OCCURRED I WAS RIDING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND JUST OUT OF NO WHERE THE CAR CUTS OFF WITHOUT WARNING....IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC!!! THE ORANGE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND RESTART THE CAR. I WAS ABLE TO GET A DIAGNOSTIC TEST DONE AT OREILYS AND THE CODE P1121 (OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT) INDICATED THAT THE THROTTLE CONTROL WAS STUCK OPEN. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR ON WITHOUT INCIDENT. IT HAS CUT OFF SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THEN WITHOUT WARNING, BUT I CONTINUE TO DRIVE BECAUSE THIS IS MY ONLY FORM OF TRANSPORTATION. IT IS TOTALLY UNPREDICTABLE AND DANGEROUS!!! AFTER TALKING TO OTHER FORD OWNERS AND DOING MY RESEARCH ONLINE I SEE THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED PROBLEM. THIS IS UNSAFE AND THE PART SHOULD BE RECALLED!!!! I HAVE CONTINUED TO DRIVE AND MAKE SURE THAT I AM VERY CAUTIOUS AND I TRY NOT TO GO OVER 60MPH, BUT AFTER IT HAPPENED AGAIN YESTERDAY IN A VERY COMPROMISING SCENARIO... I'M GOING TO HAVE TO BUCKLE DOWN AND GET IT FIXED.$$$$$$$$$$ I WILL NEVER BUY A FORD AGAIN! *LN

1ST EVENT-WHEN I ACCELERATED AT A RED LIGHT THE CAR SHUTTERED AND BARELY MOVED. LUCKILY NO COLLISION. ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF. THEN I RESTARTED WITH NO WARNING LIGHTS SHOWING AND DROVE HOME. 2ND EVENT--IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, I ACCELERATED AND AGAIN IT SHUTTERED AND STOPPED MOVING. ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE WHICH CAUSED A BACKUP AND FORTUNATELY NO ACCIDENT! I RESTARTED THE ENGINE AND THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WORRIED THAT SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN, I DROVE IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. THE CAR WAS TEN DAYS OUT OF WARRANTY. I WAS WITHOUT A CAR OVERNIGHT. THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY ($185.03) WITH LABOR COSTS AT $142.43. *TR

INSTANCE #1. UNRESPONSIVE GAS PEDAL. I PARKED MY FUSION AT THE STORE AND WENT IN FOR 20 MINUTES. CAME OUT, STARTED THE CAR, BACKED UP AND PULLED AWAY SLOWLY. ABOUT 30 FEET FROM THE PARKING SPOT IN A HEAVILY CONGESTED AREA THE CAR JERKED HARSHLY AND SPUTTERED WITH THE WRENCH LIGHTING UP. IT WOULD BARELY MOVE EVEN THOUGH I TRIED TO TAP THE GAS AND THEN TRIED HARDER TO GET IT OUT OF THE WAY AND INTO A PARKING SPOT.. FINALLY, I GOT IN A PARKING SPOT AND SHUT THE CAR OFF. I POPPED THE HOOD AND REMOTE STARTED THE CAR. THE ENGINE RAN NORMAL WITH NO SPUTTERING. I GOT BACK IN THE CAR AND DROVE 1.5 MILES HOME WITH NO PROBLEMS. (SEE INSTANCE #2). *TR

INSTANCE #2 (IN 2 DAYS). UNRESPONSIVE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. I WENT OUT TO MY CAR IN THE MORNING TO GO TO WORK. STARTED IT UP, BACKED OUT AND WENT ABOUT 20 FEET AND THE CAR STARTED SPUTTERING HARD WITH THE WRENCH LIGHTING UP JUST LIKE THE DAY BEFORE. I STOPPED AND SHUT THE CAR OFF. RESTARTED THE CAR AND NOTICED WHEN IT WAS TURNING OVER IT DID IT A LOT LONGER THAN USUAL, ALMOST LIKE IT WAS STUCK OR SOMETHING. I DROVE IT ABOUT 1 MILE TO A BREAKFAST PLACE WITH NO PROBLEMS, SHUT IF OFF AND WENT IN. (NOTE - THERE IS AN INSTANCE #3 RIGHT AFTER THIS ). *TR

VEHICLE JUST STOPPED, COULDN'T ACCELERATE, LOSS OF POWER, COULDN'T GET ANY SPEED. *TR

ON A HIGHWAY I STARTED FROM A STOP AND MY 2010 FORD FUSION MOVED FORWARD AND THEN DROPPED INTO IDLE WITH NO RESPONSE TO THE ACCELERATOR AND I WAS FORCED TO PULL DRIFT OFF THE HIGHWAY INTO THE NEAREST PARKING LOT. I CALLED THE DEALER AND MOVED SLOWLY TO THE DEALER FOR AN ASSESSED FAULTY ORIGINAL ELECTRONIC THROTTLE ASSEMBLY REQUIRING REPLACEMENT FOR $629.00 WITH A BACKLOG OF 9000 OF THOSE PARTS IN THE FORD SUPPLY SYSTEM. *TR

WHEN ACCELERATING THE CARS ENGINE SUDDENLY STALLS. HAD TO STOP , AND TURN OFF THE CAR COMPLETELY,AND RE-START. *TR

MY 2010 FORD FUSION *JUST* TURNED 30K MILES;THE BASIC WARRANTY ENDED 7/31/13. ON 10/13 DRIVING 60 MPH ON I-95 IN THE MIDDLE LANE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC THE CAR SUDDENLY STALLED-NO ENGINE POWER/RESPONSE WHEN I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR. A WRENCH LIGHT WAS LIT ON MY DASH. WITH NO ENGINE POWER TO QUICKLY PULL OVER, I WAS AFRAID OF BEING HIT & BARELY COASTED OVER 3 LANES TO THE BREAKDOWN LANE. I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP & IT STARTED BUCKING.I REALIZED THE CAR HAD NOT STALLED--IT HAD LOST ENGINE POWER. I PUT IT IN PARK, TURNED THE IGNITION OFF & ON TO START THE CAR. IT STARTED FINE, IDLED FINE, NO WRENCH LIGHT LIT; I EASED MY WAY BACK INTO TRAFFIC. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THE SAME THING HAPPENED: THE CAR SEEMED TO STALL-LOST ALL ABILITY TO ACCELERATE.THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS LIT; THIS TIME THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS LIT.FORTUNATELY, I WAS IN THE RIGHT-HAND LANE & COULD COAST INTO THE BREAKDOWN LANE; THE CAR STARTED BUCKING AGAIN. I AGAIN PUT THE CAR IN PARK, TURNED THE IGNITION COMPLETELY OFF & ON AGAIN TO START THE CAR. AGAIN, THE CAR SEEMED TO RUN FINE, THE WRENCH LIGHT WENT OUT, & THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYED LIT. I GINGERLY REENTERED TRAFFIC & DROVE HOME SLOWLY IN THE RIGHT-HAND LANE.MY MECHANIC RETRIEVED A SERVICE CODE OF P2111 WHICH IS THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY. I RESEARCHED-THIS IS KNOWN PROBLEM, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS, THERE IS A TSB, & THERE HAS BEEN COMMUNICATION BETWEEN NHTSA & FORD MOTOR COMPANY. I CALLED MY DEALER, EXPLAINED, GAVE THEM THE CODE, TOLD THEM WHAT I FOUND & THAT IT SHOULD FALL UNDER THE EMISSIONS DEFECT WARRANTY (IT IS TECHNICALLY AN EMISSIONS DEFECT), IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND SINCE MY CAR WAS BARELY OUT OF THE BUMPER-TO-BUMPER WARRANTY & ONLY HAS 30,000 MILES ON IT, IT WAS A GOODWILL MATTER.FEARFUL OF BREAKING DOWN AGAIN I HAD THE CAR TOWED ~30 MILES TO THE DEALER.THEY SAID IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY & IT WAS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. THE REPAIR COST WOULD BE $420.58!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY AND MOTOR ASSEMBLY WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE ENGINE WAS RESTARTED AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE STALLED SEVERAL TIMES AFTERWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY MOTOR ASSEMBLY AND THE THROTTLE SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,485 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 44,000. UPDATED 11/14/13*CN

AS I WAS GOING TO WORK JUST BEFORE 5 PM - I WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35 MPH BUT LOST POWER YET WAS ABLE TO ROLL SLIGHTLY OFF THE ROAD. I PUMPED THE GAS PEDAL TO NO AVAIL. I CALL THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF FORD IN OUR TOWN AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE NEXT MORNING. (THIS HAD HAPPENED TO ME ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE AS I WAS PULLING INTO MY MOTHER'S DRIVEWAY.) I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR AND CONTINUE TO WORK. AS I WAS LEAVING WORK, I ONLY GOT ABOUT 1/10 OF A MILE AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I PUMPED THE GAS PEDAL BUT HAD NO POWER. EACH TIME I NOTICED A "WRENCH" LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD. I AGAIN PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. WHEN THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER ARRIVED HE SAID HE HAD TOWED ONE THE PREVIOUS DAY WITH THE SAME TROUBLE. LUCKILY, MINE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. I WAS TOLD THE NEXT DAY BY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT IT WAS THE "THROTTLE BLOCK". IT WAS READY FOR PICK UP LATER THAT DAY, BUT I WAS GOING OUT OF TOWN AND WHEN I RETURNED TO PICK IT UP - THEY PULLED THE PAPERWORK FOR ANOTHER CAR (NOT MINE) AT FIRST THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I ALSO LEARNED THAT MY GRANDDAUGHTER 2010 FUSION HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITHIN A FEW WEEKS. THIS HAS TO BE A DEFECTIVE PART ! I HOPE THAT FORD WILL MAKE A RECALL FOR THE "THROTTLE BLOCK" AND REPAY ALL THOSE WHO HAVE HAD TO PAY BECAUSE THEIR WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND WOULD NOT REGAIN ACCELERATION. THE WRENCH WARNING ICON ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS HOWEVER, THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUAL INDICATED THAT THE WRENCH ILLUMINATION WAS RELATED TO A THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,400.

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY TO VACATION, AFTER 1 HOUR MY CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE AND SLOW DOWN. CAR DID NOT RESPOND TO GAS PEDAL AND CONTINUED TO DECELERATE ON ONE LANE HIGHWAY. DUE TO NO PULL OFF AREA HAD TO CONTINUE ON HWY WITH POSSIBILITY OF CRASH IMMINENT. CEL LIGHT CAME ON AND WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. PULLED OFF HWY AND AT STOP CAR SHAKE AND STALLED. AFTER A FEW MINUTES RESTARTED CAR AND CONTINUED TRIP. CAR REPEATED SEQUENCE OF EVENTS 3 MORE TIMES BEFORE REACHING DESTINATION. ON RETURN HOME NEXT DAY CAR REPEATED SEQUENCE. CAR REMAINED OFF FOR 15 MINS DURING WHICH TIME I PRESSED THE RESET BUTTON. CAR RESTARTED AND DID NOT STALL AND RETURNED HOME. NEXT DAY I TOOK CAR INTO DEALER. MY CAR STALLED 3 TIMES ON THE HIGHWAY ON TRIP TO DEALER. AFTER THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED, HAD INCIDENT WITH ENGINE RACING TO 6 RPMS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY THE THROTTLE RESPONSE BECAME VERY UNRESPONSIVE, AND THE CAR SHUT OFF AT SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 55MPH LEAVING MY WIFE AND INFANT DAUGHTER TO SLOWLY DRIFT OFF THE ROAD AT THE BEST POSSIBLE PLACE. THERE WAS A "SHUTTERING" OF THE VEHICLE, AND POOR THROTTLE RESPONSE BEFORE IT SHUT OFF WHILE AT OPERATING SPEED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR LOSS POWER TO ACCELERATE. I PULLED THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. I RETURNED BACK ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR ONCE AGAIN LOSS POWER AND WAS STUTTERING AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE THE ENGINE. I PULLED THE CAR OFF THE HIGHWAY AGAIN AND TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED THE CAR ONCE AGAIN BUT THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY . *TR

TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE ENGINE APPEARED TO BE QUITTING. I PUNCHED THE ACCELERATOR A NUMBER OF TIMES, HOWEVER, THE CAR DIDN'T RESPOND AND THE ENGINE SIMPLY QUIT. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO RESTART THE CAR (AFTER HAVING HAD TO FLAG CARS TO GO AROUND ME TO AVOID A REAR-END COLLISION), IT INITIALLY WOULD NOT RE-START. I WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND THE CAR STARTED. SO FAR IT HAS RUN FINE, BUT HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE WITH THROTTLE BODY ON A PREVIOUS VEHICLE (TOYOTA CAMRY), I KNOW THAT THIS IS WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND THAT IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE ENGINE WILL QUIT AGAIN WHILE IN MOTION OR IDLING. I AM NOW AFRAID TO TAKE THE VEHICLE ONTO THE HIGHWAY FOR FEAR OF A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. SEEING NUMEROUS POSTING ON THIS ISSUE OF THE FORD FUSIONS THROTTLE BODY, IT IS APPARENT THAT THE COMPANY NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. THE ENGINE WAS THEN TURNED OFF AND UPON RESTARTING, THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMALLY. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AS THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 73,000.

I WAS SITTING AT A RED LIGHT WITH MY 21 MONTH OLD SON IN THE BACK SEAT. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR AND PROCEEDED INTO THE INTERSECTION. THE CAR "STALLED" AND STOPPED MOVING. IT DID NOT DIE BUT I COULD NOT ACCELERATE AND WE WERE LEFT SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION WITH NO MOVEMENT. THE CAR CONTINUED TO IDLE AND YOU COULD FEEL IT TRYING TO GO BUT IT WOULDN'T AND I WAS LEFT TRYING TO COAST OUT OF THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY HIGHWAY. I EVENTUALLY MANAGED TO COAST TO THROUGH THE INTERSECTION WHERE I PULLED OFF ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. WHEN I WOULD STEP ON THE GAS THE CAR WOULD SLIGHTLY "LURCH" LIKE IT WAS TRYING TO GO BUT IT WASN'T GETTING ANY GAS AND THE RPMS WOULD NOT CLIMB (SO NOT THE TRANSMISSION). INSTEAD THE NEEDLE ON THE RPM WOULD BOUNCE SLIGHTLY UP AND DOWN AS THE CAR TRIED TO MOVE FORWARD. ONCE I PUT THE CAR IN PARK, TURNED IT OFF AND RESTARTED IT, THE CAR PROCEEDED TO OPERATE FINE BUT CONTINUED TO HESITATE WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOPPED POSITION. *TR

MY WIFE WAS MERGING INTO TRAFFIC ON A MAIN HIGHWAY, WHILE ACCELERATING THE CAR ENTERED "LIMP HOME MODE" AND SHE WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. SHE MANAGED TO PULL OFF ONTO THE SHOULDER AND RESTART THE VEHICLE WHICH RESET THE PROBLEM. THIS WAS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, TODAY DURING NORMAL DRIVING THE PROBLEM RECURRED AND SHE WAS LEFT WAITING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WE WERE AGAIN ABLE TO RESET THE PROBLEM AND GET THE CAR HOME. THE DRIVE WAS LESS THAN 10 MILES AND THE PROBLEM RECURRED ONCE. SINCE THEN WHILE TRYING TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM I HAVE DRIVEN THE CAR LESS THAN 20 MILES AND THE PROBLEM HAS RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THIS CAR DOSE NOT HAVE BAD WEATHER FLOOR MATS. *TR

DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD AND CAR STARTS TO JERK THEN DIES. I WAIT A MINUTE OR SO THE START UP AGAIN AND GO A MILE OR SO AND IT DOES IT AGAIN, THIS HAPPEN ALL THE WAY TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. THEY ARE TELLING IT THE THROTTLE BODY AND IT HAPPENING TO A LOT OF THE FORD FUSION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY DECELERATED TO 30 MPH WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE WRENCH WARNING ICON. THE CONTACT SHUT OFF AND RESTART THE ENGINE, AS THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMALLY. THE FAILURE WAS ALSO EXPERIENCED LATER WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

DRIVING ALONG IN TRAFFIC ABOUT 40MPH CAR JUST SHUT OFF. PULLED OFF ROAD TURNED KEY OFF AND RESTARTED CAR. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. TOOK CAR TO MY MECHANIC THEY TRIED TO CHECK PROBLEM BUT IT DID NOT STALL FOR THEM. THEY DID NOT WANT TO REPLACE THROTTLE IF THEY WERE NOT CERTAIN THAT WAS THE PROBLEM AND SAID IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN TO GO BACK AT THAT TIME. ABOUT A MONTH WENT BY WITHOUT A PROBLEM. WHEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN I TOOK IT IN TO THE FORD DEALER THEY SAID THEY JUST GOT A NEW PROGRAM TO TEST FOR SPECIFICALLY THROTTLE TROUBLE. MY CAR FAILED THE TEST AND THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE KIT- COSTING ME $392.20. NOT ONLY WAS IT VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE THE CAR NOT KNOWING WHEN IT WOULD JUST STOP RUNNING BUT IT WAS EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE. HOPE THIS HELPS WITH YOUR INVESTIGATION AND WILL GET A RECALL SO I CAN AT LEAST RECOUP MY EXPENSES. THE FEAR OF BEING REAR ENDED WAS FRIGHTENING WHEN DRIVING IN ANY TRAFFIC SITUATION. *TR

UPON ATTEMPTED ACCELERATION FROM 43 MPH THE CAR MADE A LOUD "POPPING" NOISE. THE CAR IMMEDIATELY SLOWED AND THE ACCELERATOR BECAME UNRESPONSIVE. THE CAR ALSO BEGAN SHAKING AND JERKING. THE LONGER THE CAR REMAINED ON THE MORE VIOLENT THE SHAKING BECAME. THE SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING ACCELERATION ONTO A HIGHWAY. CAR AGAIN SLOWED AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL AND STARTED SHAKING AND JERKING AGAIN. BOTH TIMES I NEARLY AVOIDED DRIVING INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC OF 55+ MPH. *TR

MY WIFE WAS LEAVING A LOCATION IN SIMPSONVILLE SC AND WAS DRIVING ON A TWO LANE ROAD WHEN SHE FELT A VIBRATION IN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND REALIZED THE ENGINE HAD LOST POWER. SHE STARTED LOOKING FOR A PULL OFF SINCE A LARGE TRUCK WAS BEHIND HER AND DID FIND ONE ACROSS THE ROAD. SHE SAT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR ABOUT 3 - 4 MINUTES AND RESTARTED THE CAR AND DROVE HOME. THIS IS FIRST TIME THIS HAD HAPPENED AND SHE WAS LUCKY SHE WAS NOT ON THE INTERSTATE AT A HIGH SPEED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MERGE ONTO THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL TIMES. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO COAST ONTO THE ROAD SHOULDER, RESTARTED THE ENGINE AND RESUMED NORMAL FUNCTION. THE ENGINE AND THE WRENCH WARNING ICON ILLUMINATED AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED, WHICH LOCATED AT THE THROTTLE BODY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000 THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,820.

MY 2010 FORD FUSION LURCHED FORWARD AND THEN STALLED WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY DRIVING WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ON. THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT AND A WRENCH APPEARED ON THE DASH. I WAS LOSING SPEED AND HAD TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY CAUSING THE SEMI AND OTHER VEHICLES BEHIND ME TO SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES... THE SEMI NARROWLY MISSED ME. ONCE TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY I TURNED MY CAR OFF WAITED A SECOND AND RESTARTED IT. IT RAN FINE FOR ABOUT 5 MILES AND IT DID IT AGAIN. IT DID THIS A TOTAL OF 4 TIMES ON THE WAY TO WORK AND 5 ON THE WAY HOME. I TOOK THE CAR IN TO A SERVICE CENTER AND THE CODE THEY GOT WAS "P2111 THROTTLE ACTUATOR STUCK OPEN". I LOOKED ONLINE AND FOUND THAT 2011 AND 12 FUSIONS HAD BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT NOT THE 2010 BUT SEE THAT MANY 2010 OWNERS HAVE HAD THIS SAME ISSUE AS I HAVE HAD. WHY ARE 2010 FUSIONS NOT BEING RECALLED FOR A BAD THROTTLE BODY? IT IS A VERY SCARY AND SERIOUS PROBLEM AND ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED OR EVEN KILLED. I WAS LUCKY. *TR

WE WERE DRIVING DOWN A BUSY ROAD WHEN WE SUDDENLY LOST ACCELERATION AND COULD NOT MOVE TO SAFETY. THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND WE HAD TO GET TOWED. WE LATER FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY, WHICH WAS A COMMON, KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR MODEL. *TR

SPONTANEOUS THROTTLE BODY FAILURE MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF ONE WEEK. ON THE HIGHWAY, IN A PARKING LOT AND DRIVING DOWN A NORMAL STREET. CAR STALLED AND LURCHED FORWARD REPEATEDLY. HAD TO QUICKLY PULL OVER WHILE COASTING WITH NO ABILITY TO ACCELERATE, THEN TURN THE CAR OFF, THEN TURN IT BACK ON TO CONTINUE DRIVING. VERY DANGEROUS. FORD DEALERSHIP REPLACED THROTTLE BODY TODAY AT COST OF $100 OUT OF MY POCKET. I DRIVE A 2010 FORD FUSION. *TR

I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT. THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND I BEGAN TO ACCELERATE TO ABOUT 10 MPH WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AND I COULD NOT INCREASE SPEED. IT SLOWED DOWN TO ABOUT 3 MPH AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND NO MATTER HOW FAR I PUSHED THE PEDAL IT WOULD NOT MOVE PAST 700 RPM. THE CAR BEHIND ME WHICH HAD SEEN ME START TO GO ASSUMED I WAS GOING TO KEEP ACCELERATING AND HAD TO BRAKE HARD TO AVOID RUNNING INTO THE BACK OF ME. I SAT IN THE LEFT LANE UNTIL THE RIGHT CLEARED SO I COULD LITERALLY ROLL IT ONTO THE SHOULDER TO AVOID GETTING REAR ENDED BY TRAFFIC. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RE-STARTED IT. IT SEEMED TO WORK FINE AFTER THAT. THE NEXT DAY, IT DID IT AGAIN TO MY WIFE. SHE WAS STARTING TO ACCELERATE, THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND NO POWER, GAS PEDAL WAS INOPERATIVE AND IT WAS RUNNING ROUGH. THIS REPEATED ITSELF SEVERAL TIMES MORE THAT DAY. DID IT AGAIN AND IT SEEMED IT WAS INCREASING IN FREQUENCY. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THE THROTTLE BODY FAILED AND THAT IT IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE. IT HAD AN ERROR CODE OF P2111. THIS PART SHOULD NOT FAIL SO EASILY AND IT NEARLY CAUSED MY CAR TO GET REAR ENDED. I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH WHILE AT THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE I FELT THAT THIS PART FAILING SO EARLY AND WITH SO LITTLE MILEAGE (WHICH MOST IS EASY HIGHWAY) WAS ODD. I COME TO FIND OUT THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT AND IT SEEMS MORE AND MORE ARE FAILING. FORD EVEN ACKNOWLEDGED THEY HAD MADE SOME DEFECTIVE ONES. THIS PART SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

TRAVELING ON THE PA TURNPIKE THE ENGINE JUST STALLED. WE HAD TO NEGOTIATED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH NO ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE AROUND TRAFFIC. NOTIFIED FORD AND SANDS RED HILL FORD AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. IT HAPPENED AGAIN TRAVELING AROUND 45MPH. I SAW COMPLAINTS ONLINE (WEB) AND PAID SANDS TO HAVE THEM REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY. AFTER REPLACEMENT THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. THE COST WAS 385.51. *TR

TRAVELING NORTH BOUND ON INTERSTATE 77. HEAVY (5PM) TRAFFIC. I WAS IN THE RIGHTMOST LANE. WITHOUT WARNING THROTTLE RESPONSE DIED. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAD NO EFFECT ON THE RPM. ENGINE WENT TO A ROUGH IDLE SPEED (VARYING BETWEEN 800 AND 1500 RPM). I WAS FORCED TO COAST THE VEHICLE TO THE RIGHT HIGHWAY MARGIN. STOPPED THE CAR. TURNED OFF IGNITION. WAITED 60 SECONDS TO COMPOSE MYSELF. CAR THEN STARTED AND RAN FLAWLESSLY. I THEN DROVE STRAIGHT TO THE FORD DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THIS CAR / BRAND NEW IN 2010. (APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES AWAY FROM WHERE IT DIED). A CURSORY INTERNET SEARCH REVEALS THAT FORD HAS REPLACED OVER 27,000 FUSION THROTTLE BODIES ON 2010'S, UNDER WARRANTY. MY CAR IS 6 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY, SO DEALER SAID TOUGH LUCK. I HAD TO PAY $438.80 FOR REPAIR. "REGULATORS AND FORD HAVE LOGGED MORE THAN 1,000 COMPLAINTS. CONSUMER ADVOCATES IN NORTH CAROLINA CONVINCED THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION TO BEGIN AN INVESTIGATION, BUT IN SIX MONTHS, THE CASE HASN'T MOVED PAST THE PRELIMINARY STAGE." PLEASE TELL ME THAT FORD WILL BE COMPELLED TO FIX THIS KNOWN ISSUE. I READ ONLINE THAT FORD DOES NOT CONSIDER THIS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE. THAT IS ABSURD. I FEEL VERY LUCKY THAT I DID NOT CAUSE A MAJOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENT. IT?S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME TILL SOMEONE DIES! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE WRENCH WARNING INDICATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND RESTARTED, WHERE IT RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION UNTIL THE FAILURE RECURRED SIX TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED AND DETECTED A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT A VOLUNTARY RECALL WAS ISSUED, HOWEVER THE CONTACT'S VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000.

VEHICLE SPUTTERS STOPS AND THEN CAN BE RESTARTED ...ONLY TO DO IT AGAIN. I HAD THE FUEL LINE CLEANED AND IT DID NO GOOD..TOOK TO A DEALER AND LO AND BEHOLD P2111...I RECEIVED PART TODAY AND WILL BE HOPEFULY GETTING IT DONE TOMORROW...IM OUT $400.00!!! *TR

WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD THE YELLOW WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND CAR LOST ALL ACCELERATION. CAR BEGAN TO LURCH ALONG THE ROAD AND I WAS ABLE TO GET TO SAFETY ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE MORE TIMES AND CAR IS NOW BACK AT THE DEALERSHIP. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AND THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. *TR

I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY DRIVING AND NOTICED THAT MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL AS A GOLDEN WRENCH. SUDDENLY, I NOTICED THAT THE CAR BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN AND AS I PRESSED THE GAS, THE CAR WOULD NOT SPEED UP. I WAS ON A 4 LANE HIGHWAY AND SO HAPPEN TO BE IN THE FAR LEFT LANE DURING AFTERNOON TRAFFIC. IT WAS A VERY SCARY MOMENT. I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE EMERGENCY LANE WITHOUT CAUSING OR GETTING IN AN ACCIDENT. ONCE I CAME TO A STOP, THE CAR SEEMED TO SHAKE. I CUT THE CAR OFF AND WAITED ABOUT TWO MINS AND STARTED IT BACK. I STAYED IN THE RIGHT LANE AS I TRAVELED HOME BUT ABOUT 10 MILES LATER THE CAR DID THE SAME THING. TODAY WHICH IS THE 2ND OF OCTOBER THE CAR DID THE EXACT SAME THING, COMING FROM MY NEWBORN DAUGHTER DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT. THIS IS ALMOST GAVE ME A HEART ATTACK BECAUSE MY CHILD WAS IN THE CAR WITH ME. VERY DANGEROUS AND SERIOUS PROBLEM!!!! *TR

I WAS MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN ON A RED LIGHT. I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. CHECKED BOTH WAYS & PROCEEDED TO MAKE MY TURN (WHEN MAKING A TURN ON RED, YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO ACCELERATE IN ORDER TO EFFECTIVELY MAKE THE TURN, OBVIOUSLY). MY CAR LOST ALL THROTTLE POWER AND RESPONSE TO THE ENGINE. MY MPH DROPPED DRASTICALLY LOW AND CAR STARTED TO VIOLENTLY SHUTTER BACK AND FOURTH. I WAS LEFT LIKE A SITTING DUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LANE. TWO CARS SWERVED OUT OF THEIR WAY, ALMOST HITTING ME IN THE PROCESS (AS THIS WAS A 4 LANE ROAD/HIGHWAY). I HAD CHILDREN IN THE CAR AT THE TIME ALSO. I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, WRENCH ICON CLEARED AND CAR DROVE AS NORMAL. HOWEVER, 3.5 MILES LATER CAR DOES THE SAME EXACT THING. THE THROTTLE BODY IS DEFECTIVE ON THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE CALLED FORD AND EXPLAINED IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND THEY REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. MY 3YR WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED WHICH VOIDS MY WARRANTY OUT EVEN THOUGH I HAVE NOT EVEN HIT 36,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE YET! NO RECALLS ARE BEING ISSUED. NO HELP/ASSISTANCE IS BEING GIVEN TO CUSTOMERS WITH THIS SIMILAR ISSUE. FORD ESTIMATED ME AT AROUND $450-500 FOR REPLACEMENT! PLEASE SOMEBODY HELP. I AM EXTREMELY HARD-WORKING AND THOUGHT I BOUGHT A RELIABLE VEHICLE (AT LEAST FOR A WHILE)...DID NOT EXPECT TO HAVE A $500 REPAIR BEFORE 36K MILES EVEN HITS! IT IS 100% A SAFETY HAZARD, NO MATTER EVEN IF FORD CLAIMS IT IS NOT ... "THE CAR IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO IDLE STILL AND BE ABLE TO MOVE OFF THE ROAD SAFELY IN THE EVENT THIS OCCURS" ..... QUITE DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE WHEN THE CAR IS SHAKING BACK AND FORTH VIOLENTLY. PLEASE HELP. *TR

CAR SIMPLY STARTED TO SHAKE, A WRENCH WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND CAR RAPIDLY DECELERATED. COMPLETE LOSS OF ABILITY TO ACCELERATE CAR, AS IF THROWN INTO NEUTRAL. ONLY WAY TO CORRECT IS TO STOP AND RESTART THE CAR. THIS NOW HAPPENS EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE CAR - NO MATTER THE SPEED. CAR HAS BEEN GOING 65 MPH AND SHUT DOWN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE THROTTLE BODY HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 40,700.

DRIVING AT A CONSTANT SPEED OF 45MPH WHEN MY CAR IDLES OUT, LOSE CONTROL OF GAS PEDAL FUNCTION (ACCELERATION) WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN ON A RED LIGHT. (ONCOMING TRAFFIC COMING FROM THE LEFT DRIVER-SIDE. WRENCH ICON COMES ON MY INSTRUMENT PANEL. CARE BEGINS TO STUTTER AND SHAKE,I STILL CAN NOT USE MY GAS PEDAL. I TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD (THINGS RESET AND ARE FINE). THERE IS A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY PART THAT NUMEROUS OTHER FORD FUSIONS ARE HAVING, YET NO RECALL HAS BEEN MADE? MY CAR HAS VERY LOW MILES FOR IT'S YEAR AND SHOULD NOT BE EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE. I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED. *TR

MY CAR STALLED ON A BUSY HIGHWAY (21 N). LUCKILY I WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE AND COULD COAST OFF TO THE SIDE. I TURNED MY CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON AND IT WAS FINE. IT HAPPENED TWO MORE TIMES; ONE WHILE GOING TO WORK AND YESTERDAY WHEN DROPPING MY ELDERLY MOTHER OFF AT HER HOME. I WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE THE HIGHWAY TO WORK AS THERE IS A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION AND NOWHERE TO TURN OFF THE ROAD SHOULD IT HAPPEN AGAIN. I AM NOW SITTING AT THE FORD SHOP AND THEY TELL ME IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY AND WILL COST $560 TO FIX. THIS CAR IS BARELY THREE YEARS OLD AND I AM A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED TO FIND THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PART WITHOUT A RESOLUTION. I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE DRIVING IN MY CAR. *TR

GOING DOWN HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 50 MPH WHEN THE CAR JUST SEEMED AS IF IT WAS NOT GETTING ANY GAS. THE GAS PEDAL WOULD NOT WORK. SECOND TIME PULLING OUT AFTER STOPPING AT STOP SIGN AND WHEN PULLED OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD IT STALLED OUT AGAIN, TRIED PUSHING GAS PEDDLE TO MAKE IT GO AND FELT AS IF THE GAS PEDDLE WAS NOT WORKING AT ALL. *TR

LAST YEAR I HAD BOUGHT ONE (2010 SEL) <VIN:[XXX]> THAT SUDDENLY STARTED LOSING POWER ON THE HIGHWAY. A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY SO I HAD TO PAY $500 IN REPAIRS TO REPLACE A THROTTLE BODY. UPON DOING RESEARCH THIS IS A KNOWN AND VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE FOR THE FORD FUSION AND THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING TO CORRECT IT. FAST FORWARD TO 2013, I PURCHASED MY SECOND FORD FUSION <VIN: [XXX]> ABOUT 1.5 MONTHS AGO. LAST WEEK THE SAME ISSUE STARTED YET AGAIN,THIS CAR HAD MUCH LESS MILES, A MUCH MORE UPGRADED VERSION, AND WAS BOUGHT IN AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT STATE YET THE SAME DANGEROUS ISSUE OCCURRED. I HAD TO ONCE AGAIN PAY TO HAVE THIS KNOWN DEFECTIVE PART REPLACED. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A KNOWN FORD ISSUE AND IT IS VERY DANGEROUS, AND AS I CONSUMER I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS, AND I WOULD LIKE MY MONEY REFUNDED. I ALSO THINK THAT THIS IS A WELL KNOWN FORD ISSUE, SUCH THAT NO ONLY DO DEALERSHIPS STOCK THESE SPECIFIC PARTS, THEY CREATED A SPECIFIC TEST FOR IT, AND FORD MOTOR COMPANY SHOULD BE HELP RESPONSIBLE. ONE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE SCARED THAT THEY WILL DIE ON THE HIGHWAY FROM THE CAR CUTTING OFF WITHOUT WARNING. IT IS UNACCEPTABLE. I WOULD LIKE EITHER ALL MY MONEY REFUNDED OR THE MONEY I PAID THIS TIME. I HAVE CALLED FORD BOTH TIMES AND COMPLAINED AND OPENED CASES, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN IGNORED. I APPRECIATE ANY HELP WITH THIS. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

VEHICLE STALLED AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. DEALER IDENTIFIED PROBLEM AS FAULTY THROTTLE BODY, AND REPLACED IT. IT WAS NOT COVERED BY POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AT 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY VEHICLE ESSENTIALLY STALLED. THE ENGINE STILL APPEARED TO BE RUNNING (MINIMAL RPMS), BUT I COULDN'T ACCELERATE, SO THE SLOWDOWN TO A CRAWL WAS RATHER DRAMATIC. I WAS ABSOLUTELY LUCKY I WAS NOT INJURED AS I WAS NEARLY CLIPPED BY AN 18-WHEELER AS I ATTEMPTED TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. THE WRENCH-SHAPED LIGHT CAME ON, WHICH I HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE. I HAD MY VEHICLE TOWED, BUT WHILE WAITING ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY MY BATTERY SHORTED OUT. THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP (WILLIS FORD OF SMYRNA, DELAWARE) WAS NOT ABLE TO GET ANY "CODES" FROM THE TEST THEY RUN. SO ALL THEY ENDED UP DOING WAS REPLACING MY BATTERY. I PICKED MY CAR UP THE FOLLOWING AFTERNOON AND IT SEEMED FINE. HOWEVER, THE NEXT MORNING (THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED ON THE 4TH, THE SECOND ON THE 6TH), THE SAME THING HAPPENED. ALBEIT I WAS ONLY DRIVING ABOUT 50MPH. ONCE AGAIN, THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. THE FORD DEALERSHIP IN DOVER, DELAWARE (WINNER FORD) ALSO COULD NOT GET THE CODE. BUT AFTER MY RESEARCH AND EXPLANATIONS, THEY WERE IN ROUGHLY 80% AGREEMENT THAT IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY, SO WITH MY PERMISSION THEY REPLACED IT. THAT WAS ON THE 11TH OR 12TH. THEY HAD KEPT IT FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND DROVE IT THEMSELVES TO TRY AND GET THE SITUATION TO REPLICATE, WHICH THEY COULDN'T DO. SINCE IT HAS BEEN REPLACED, IT HAS NOT HAPPENED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT OF THIS PROCESS, BUT KNOWING THAT THERE'S AN INVESTIGATION MAKES ME FEEL A LITTLE LESS CRAZY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE VEHICLE THAT WAS FOLLOWING THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE TO ABRUPTLY TURN TO AVOID CRASHING INTO THE CONTACT HOWEVER, THE SECOND VEHICLE BECAME INVOLVED IN A CRASH AS A RESULT. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED, WHICH LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE THROTTLE BODY ACTUATOR CONTROL SYSTEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ONE YEAR LATER BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE OR DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000, AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,500.

I PURCHASED MY FORD FUSION AT A DEALERSHIP THREE DAYS AGO. YESTERDAY I WAS DRIVING MY CAR HOME FROM WORK AND SUDDENLY I LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE, AND AN ORANGE WRENCH POPPED UP ON MY DASHBOARD. MY CAR STARTED TO SPUTTER SO I HAD TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SHUT DOWN. WHEN I WENT TO START IT BACK UP AT SPUTTERED BUT STARTED AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED ONE MORE TIME ON MY TRIP HOME. BOTH TIMES I WAS NEARLY REAR-ENDED. UPON RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE I'VE NOTICED THAT THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM. WHAT I HAVE NOT COME TO UNDERSTAND IS WHY YOU HAVE NOT RECALL WHATEVER PART IS CAUSING THIS. TO SAY I'M DISAPPOINTED IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND I REALLY HOPE THAT IT DOESN'T TAKE SOMEBODY GETTING KILLED FOR THIS PART TO BE RECALLED. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY IN THE MIDDLE LANE, MY ACCELERATOR PEDAL STOPPED WORKING. I WAS ABLE TO SWERVE BETWEEN OTHER CARS TO GET TO THE RIGHT LANE SHOULDER WHERE I WAS ABLE TO STOP AND SHUT IT OFF. I SAT FOR A MINUTE AND THE CAR STARTED BACK UP FINE AND WENT ON. THIS AGAIN HAPPENED 2 DAYS LATER FROM THE LEFT LANE DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, A LOT MORE DANGEROUS. *JS

STARTING IN JUNE 2013 MY VEHICLE BEGAN STALLING AS I WAS DRIVING. THE FIRST TIME I WAS DRIVING ON I95 AT 70 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED AND DECELERATED RAPIDLY. I HAD TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AS I COULD AND TURN THE CAR OFF, TURN IT BACK ON. BY THE TIME I GOT IT FIXED ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2013 IT WAS HAPPENING UP TO 10 - 20 TIMES PER DAY! I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER BUT BECAUSE THE BASIC WARRANTY EXPIRED, THE REPAIRS WERE MY RESPONSIBILITY. I WENT ON LINE AND SAW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF FORD OWNERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I NOW HAVE PAID AND MY VEHICLE IS FIXED BUT THIS IS A LIFE AND DEATH SITUATION AND NEEDS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE - I HAVE ALMOST BEEN REAR ENDED SO MANY TIMES DUE TO THIS PROBLEM AS WELL AS IT STALLING DURING A LEFT HAND TURN WHERE I HAD TO TURN IT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION AND TURN IT BACK ON. *JS

21 AUG 2013 HEADING HOME FROM WORK AT 5:30PM. I PULLED UP TO THE TRAFFIC LIGHT THAT WAS 10 MILES FROM MY DESTINATION, LIGHT TURNED GREEN I ACCELERATED TO REACH THE ALLOTED SPEED FOR THE ROAD. 1/2 MILE DOWN THE ROAD THE CAR BEGAN TO SURGE, NO POWER TO THE ENGINE, RPMS WHERE NOT OPERATIONAL, CAR BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN, ENGINE AND WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD TO SAFETY. SAT FOR 10 MINUTES, TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND ON NUMEROUS TIMES THE ENGINE AND WRENCH LIGHT BOTH SHUT OFF AND THE CAR RAN FINE ALL THE WAY TO MY DESTINATION. 12 SEPTEMBER 2013, ON MY WAY TO FLORIDA ON INTERSTATE 10 AT SPEEDS OF 70 MPH ON A BUSY INTERSTATE THE CAR SURGED VIOLENTLY AND BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN LEAVING US TO DANGEROUSLY MOVE ACROSS LANES WITH NO THROTTLE RESPONSE TO GET TO THE SHOULDER OF ROAD TO GET TO SAFETY I SAT FOR 20 MINUTES, USING THE SAME REMEDY I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO START AND RUN BUT THE ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TRIP. NO SHOPS WHERE OPEN TO RUN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST, I COULD NOT FIND OUT THE CODE THE VEHICLE WAS ALERTING ME IT HAD. 20 SEPTEMBER 2013 AT 1:30AM COMING BACK FROM FLORIDA NEARED A RED LIGHT TO STOP THE VEHICLE RAN FINE AT SPEEDS OF 60MPH STOPPED AT THE LIGHT AND PROCEEDED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ON THE GREEN SIGNAL @ SPEEDS 10MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED, SURGED BADLY AND GAVE NO THROTTLE RESPONSE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS, LEAVING US TO GRADUALLY TO STEER INTO AN OPENED LANE. THE CAR STARTED BACK UP A FEW TIMES STILL SURGING AND NOT SHOWING SIGNS OF DRIVING UNTIL I SHUT IT OFF FOR THE LAST TIME.

CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND SPUTTERED AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. HAPPENED 3-4 MORE TIMES, THEN TOOK TO A FORD DEALER AND IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE THROTTLE BODY AND WAS NOTIFIED THE PART WAS ON BACKORDER DUE TO MANY CARS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. NOTIFIED FORD WITH NO RESULTS.

I WAS DRIVING MY 2010 FORD FUSION, WITH 43,000 MILES ON THE HIGHWAY PASSING A CAR, WHEN I EXPERIENCED A JERK AND COULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. I LOOKED IN MY REARVIEW MIRROR TO SEE A CAR APPROACHING VERY QUICKLY. I WAS LUCKY THAT I WAS ONLY PASSING ONE CAR AND IT HAD ALREADY GOTTEN BY ME SO I PULLED BACK OVER AND COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THERE WAS A WRENCH LIGHT ON. I TURNED CAR OFF, WAITED A MOMENT AND STARTED IT AGAIN. THE WRENCH WAS GONE. TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND NO CODES CAME UP. HOWEVER, THE ETB CHECK FOUND A FAULT. THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED. THIS IS SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED IMMEDIATELY BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED OR KILLED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ACCELERATION POWER. THE CONTACT DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE AS HAVING A THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. THE CONTACT PERSONALLY REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,300. *TR

IN THE MIDDLE OF MY DRIVE HOME ON THE INTERSTATE AT 60MPH, THE CAR JUST SUDDENLY LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. AS I PUT ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS AND BEGAN PULLING OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE, THE CAR BEGAN MILDLY LURCHING. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE AND GET THE CAR STOPPED. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED A FEW MINUTES LATER TO FIND THE VEHICLE APPEARING TO BE COMPLETELY FINE. I GOT OFF OF THE INTERSTATE AT THE NEXT EXIT AND LUCKILY MADE IT SAFELY HOME. UPON TAKING THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE LOOKED OVER, I WAS TOLD THE THROTTLE BODY WAS "GUMMED UP" AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. I AM TOLD THAT THIS TYPE OF REPAIR IS NOT SOMETHING COMMONLY NEEDED TO BE DONE ON A CAR ONLY A FEW YEARS OLD WITH ONLY 56,000 MILES, AND THE SUDDEN LOSS OF ALL ABILITY TO SAFELY CONTROL THE CAR ON THE INTERSTATE IS AN EXTREME SAFETY CONCERN. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON 1-95 IN VIRGINIA IN THE LEFT LANE EARLY IN THE MORNING WITH MY CRUISE CONTROL SET. ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CRUISE CONTROL SHUT OFF AND MY CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN VERY FAST. I WAS LUCKY THAT NO ONE WAS BEHIND ME IN THE LEFT LANE OR ELSE I COULD HAVE BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. AFTER SITTING ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY FOR A FEW MINUTES I RESTARTED MY CAR AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE ON THE ROAD AGAIN. ABOUT 30 MINUTES LATER MY CAR DID THE SAME THING WHERE THE GAS PEDAL WOULDN'T WORK AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. THE PART OF THE HIGHWAY DID NOT HAVE VERY MANY EXITS SO I HAD TO START MY CAR UP AGAIN IN ORDER TO MAKE IT TO AN EXIT WITH A FORD DEALERSHIP. ONCE AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP I LEFT MY CAR TO BE LOOKED AT THE NEXT DAY. THE FORD DEALERSHIP CALLED ME TO TELL ME IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY AND IT WAS GOING TO BE $600. I WENT IN TO BUY THE PART TO TRY AND REPLACE IT MYSELF AND TOLD THE CAR DEALERSHIP THAT I WAS VERY UPSET BECAUSE MY CAR WASN'T EVEN 3 YEARS OLD YET AND THAT I WAS STILL PAYING ON MY LOAN. THE SUPERVISOR SAID THEY HAD SEEN THIS ISSUE ON OTHER FUSIONS AND WAS GOING TO ONLY CHARGE ME $300 FOR THE PART AND THEY WOULD HANDLE PAYING FOR THE LABOR COSTS. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT IS VERY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY WHEN IT HAPPENS ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

VEHICLE STALLED DURING MORNING TRAFFIC. PULLED TO SIDE AND RESTARTED. STALLED AGAIN. HAD TO GET CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

AS I WAS EXITING RT. 35 TO INTERSTATE 75, A MAJOR TRAFFIC INTERCHANGE, MY 2010 FORD FUSION DIED AND I WAS FORCED TO PULL OVER TO A VERY SLIM BERM AREA TO SHUT IT OFF AND START IT BACK UP AGAIN. IT SEEMS THE THROTTLE BODY WAS "STUCK" AND IT HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT I SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN DUE TO SOMETHING FORD KNOWS IS AN ISSUE WITH FUSIONS. PLEASE ENCOURAGE A MANDATORY RECALL SO THAT LIVES ARE NOT LOST! I WAS FORTUNATE TO NOT HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT BUT SOMEONE ELSE MAY NOT BE SO LUCKY. I WOULD HOPE THAT FORD WOULD NOT WANT ANY CASUALTIES ON THEIR CONSCIOUS AND WOULD FIX THIS KNOWN PROBLEM. *TR

DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE THROTTLE BODY, THE CAR ENGINE QUITS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS OR WILL NOT ACCELERATE AND STALLS WITH ON COMING TRAFFIC. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, THE CARS POWER BRAKES AND STEERING FAIL TO WORK CREATING A VERY UNSAFE EVENT. FORD HAS HAD HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS ACCORDING TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP, IF FACT THEY HAVE SEVERAL CARS WAITING FOR PARTS (THROTTLE BODY) TO REPAIR IN THEIR BACK LOT. I HAVE BEEN PROMISED BY FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE THE PART WOULD BE SHIPPED FOR OVER THREE OR FOUR WEEKS, BUT THEY HAVE SHIPPED NONE DUE TO THE MANUFACTURE ON BACK ORDER OR PUTTING THE PARTS IN "NEW" CARS TO SELL. WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO KEEP DRIVING THE VEHICLE DOING THIS TIME. FORD REFUSES TO PROVIDE A RENTAL CAR SINCE MY CAR IS "OUT OF WARRANTY", IN THE MEAN TIME, THEY WILL NOT SHIP THE PART TO REPAIR. IF, ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM WITH MULTIPLE MODELS, WHY HAS THIS NOT BE A RECALL BY FORD TO FIX OR FURNISH A REPLACEMENT WHILE THEY CAN'T SEND THE PART TO FIX THE SAFETY PROBLEM. (WHEN THE CAR QUITS AT 35-60MPH IN TRAFFIC, THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM.) *TR

I WAS TRAVELING ON A TWO-LANE PAVED ROAD IN A 50 MILE AN HOUR ZONE WHEN I FELT THE CAR START TO DECELERATE. I PUSHED ON THE GAS PEDAL BUT NOTHING HAPPENED AND THE CAR CONTINUED TO SLOW DOWN. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AT THE INTERSECTION OF A SIDE ROAD WHERE I SHUT THE CAR OFF. I STARTED THE CAR BACK UP AND PROCEEDED OUT INTO THE MAIN ROAD. LESS THAN A MILE DOWN THE ROAD THE CAR STARTED TO DECELERATE AGAIN AND I TURNED ONTO MY STREET AND COASTED TO A STOP. BOTH TIMES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE WRENCH ICON ON THE DASH CAME ON. WHEN I HAD THE CAUSE OF THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DIAGNOSED, I FOUND OUT THAT THE CAR'S THROTTLE BODY HAD FAILED. I COULD ONLY ORDER THE PART THROUGH A FORD DEALERSHIP AND THE CLOSEST ONE IS 40 MINUTES AWAY FROM ME. *TR

10 MONTHS AGO I PURCHASED A SO CALLED CERTIFIED PRE OWNED CAR, ON OR ABOUT AUG 24TH I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON A BUSY STREET AT N APPROX SPEED OF 40 MPH WHEN MY CAR SUDDENLY SHUT OFF, I WAS UNABLE TO PULL OVER AND WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALER. AFTER BEING IN THE SVC DEPT FOR 4 DAYS I WAS TOLD THE ISSUE WAS FIXED AND CHARGED A $100 DEDUCTIBLE FOR NOTHING, AS I WAS LEAVING THE DEALER I NOTICED MY RPMS ACTING UP AND BEFORE I DROVE OFF THE LOT I MADE IT AWARE TO SVC ADVISOR HIS RESPONSE WAS THAT IT WAS NORMAL AFTER THE SVC PERFORMED ON MY CAR AND TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE IT. 2 WEEKS LATER I WAS ON A 8 LANE HWY DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 65-70 MPH AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OFF ALL LANES AND WAS UNABLE TO GET TO THE SHOULDER IN A SECURE AREA. IT WAS RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND I WAS IN EXTREME DANGER EXPECTING A DISASTER TO HAPPEN BEHIND ME. I STAYED IN MY CAR AND MY ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE ARRIVED AND TOOK ME TO MY DEALER, A DAY LATER I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY AND THAT MY WARRANT DID NOT COVER IT AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY $600+ TO REPAIR, I ASKED THE ADVISOR TO NOT TOUCH THE CAR THAT I WOULD CONSULT AN ATTORNEY AS I FIND IT UNFAIR TO PAY SUCH A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CASH FOR A SO CALLED CERTIFIED CAR I PURCHASED NOT EVEN A YEAR AGO. COME TO FIND OUT IM NOT ALONE, THERE ARE MANY OTHER ISSUES WITH THIS CAR AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BY FORD ASAP. *TR

TRAVELING ABOUT 50 MILES PER HOUR AND SUDDENLY NO POWER WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE. CAR STARTS SHAKING AND SLOWS TO NOTHING. FORTUNATELY, NO ONE WAS BEHIND ME AT THE TIME BECAUSE THE CAR CONTINUED TO SHAKE & THEN SHUT OFF RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. VERY FRIGHTENING AND SHOCKING. SO THANKFUL MY GRANDSON WAS NOT IN THE CAR WITH ME AT THE TIME. THE 2ND TIME IT OCCURRED, MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING IT AND HE TURNED OUT ONTO A MAIN HIGHWAY FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD & IT TURNED OFF ON HIM. ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING AT LEAST 55 MILES PER HOUR CAME UPON HIM BEFORE HE GOT IT RESTARTED & NEARLY REAR ENDED HIM. THANKFULLY, THEY WERE ABLE TO STOP IN TIME, BUT WERE QUITE ANGRY & BLOWING THEIR HORN BECAUSE THEY ASSUMED SOME FOOL HAD JUST STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY HIGHWAY! THIS HAPPENS WITH NOT ENOUGH WARNING TO GET OFF THE ROAD & SOMETIMES THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE ANYWAY.THE CAR DID THIS THREE MORE TIMES AS MY HUSBAND DECIDED IT WAS GOING STRAIGHT FOR REPAIR. FORTUNATELY HE HAD CALLED ME & I WAS ABLE TO FOLLOW HIM IN ANOTHER VEHICLE HIM MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON FOR SAFETY.I KEPT A SAFE DISTANCE AND WAS ALERT FOR WHEN IT TURNED OFF. THIS MADE ME TRULY REALIZE, AS IT CONTINUED TO TURN OFF ON HIM, HOW VERY DANGEROUS THIS WAS FOR THE PERSON IN THE FUSION & FOR THE VEHICLE BEHIND THEM OR COMING INTO AN INTERSECTION. I KNEW TO BE AWARE, BUT OTHERS WOULDN'T BE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS IN INTERSECTIONS & WHEN PULLING OUT ONTO HIGHWAYS. WE KNOW WE CAN'T DRIVE THIS AND ARE TRYING TO GET IT FIXED, BUT APPARENTLY IT IS A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR FORD FUSIONS BECAUSE WE WERE JUST TOLD THERE IS A 3-6 MONTH WAIT FOR THE THROTTLE BODY PART WHICH IS THE PROBLEM. VERY FRUSTRATED AND FRIGHTENED FOR THOSE STILL DRIVING THESE VEHICLES ON THE HIGHWAY BECAUSE WHO KNOWS WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN TO THE CAR AND WHAT TRAGIC ACCIDENT MAY OCCUR. FORD NEEDS TO RECALL & GET THESE VEHICLES FIXED!!!!!! *TR

SAT AT STOP SIGN AND WHEN I WENT TO PULL INTO TRAFFIC THE CAR WOULDN'T ACCELERATE AND WENT REAL SLOW AND WAS SPUTTERING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE MAINTENANCE LIGHT. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON THREE OCCASIONS. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000.

WHILE TRAVELING ON OHIO ROUTE 306, THE CAR LOST ALL THROTTLE POWER ABRUPTLY, IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE THROTTLE BODY, I WENT FROM 45 TO ZERO ON AN INCLINE WITH MANY CARS BEHIND ME HONKING. I RESTARTED THE CAR BUT WHILE THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING I HAD NO THROTTLE POWER AT ALL. FORD DOES NOT SEE A PROBLEM HERE AND SAID IT IS NOT A MAJOR ISSUE. HAD MY DAUGHTER BEEN DRIVING AND THIS HAPPENED TO HER, I WOULD HAVE BEEN CONCERNED FOR HER SAFETY WITH THE HEAVY TRAFFIC AND DANGEROUS CONDITIONS GETTING OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THOUGH I WAS NOT AS CONCERNED FOR MYSELF, THE FAILURE PUT ME IN AN EXTREMELY VULNERABLE AND DANGEROUS STATE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 29,000.

WAS DRIVING ON A STATE ROAD GOING APPROXIMATELY 40-45 MPH. BEGAN TO ACCELERATE TO GO UP AN INCLINE AND THEN ENGINE SPUTTERED AND THEN SHUT OFF. SAME THING HAPPENED A WEEK LATER GOING ABOUT 5-10 MPH WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP SIGN ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE PROBLEM WAS A BAD THROTTLE BODY WHICH WAS REPLACED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AS THE SERVICE WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31000.

WAS TAKING OFF FROM STOP LIGHT AND LOST CONTROL OF ACCELERATION PEDAL. CAR WOULD NOT REACT TO PRESSURE APPLIED TO PEDAL. PUT CAR IN PARK AND IT STARTED JERKING. TURNED CAR OFF AND ON AGAIN AND IT ACTED FINE FOR THE NEXT 30 MILES. SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. TOOK CAR TO MECHANIC, COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING. A FEW DAYS WENT BY WITH NO ISSUES, THEN WHILE DRIVING AT AROUND 45-50 MPH, THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR DROPPED SPEED IMMEDIATELY TO 5 MPH. I HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY PULL OFF IN THE GRASS AS ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS BEHIND ME AND WE WERE GOING AROUND A CURVE. I STARTED CAR AGAIN AND DROVE ABOUT 3 MILES AND IT DID THE SAME THING WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAS NOW HAPPENED ABOUT 8 TIMES. OUR MECHANIC HAS LOOKED AT THE CAR TWICE AND COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. *TR

THE FIRST TIME, WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE, IN HEAVY RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND I HAD TO MAKE IT ACROSS 2 LANES OF BUMPER-TO-BUMPER TRAFFIC TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE "WRENCH" LIGHT WENT ON AND I COULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE STAYED RUNNING, BUT HAD A VERY ROUGH IDLE. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP AND I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE MY TRIP. THE NEXT DAY IT DID IT AGAIN, TWICE WITHIN 2 MILES OF EACH OCCURRENCE, ALSO WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE SECOND TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT WAS THE THROTTLE CONTROL AND IT WAS ROUGHLY $350 TO HAVE IT FIXED, BECAUSE IT WAS JUST OUT OF WARRANTY AND IT ISN'T COVERED UNDER THE 5YR 60,000 MILE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. IT ONLY HAPPENED TO ME WHILE HIGHWAY DRIVING WITH SPEEDS 70 AND ABOVE. NOT A FUN FEELING HAVING YOUR CAR QUIT UNEXPECTEDLY DURING HIGHWAY DRIVING. IT'S OBVIOUS FORD IS HAVING MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH THE SAME COMPONENT, BASED ALL THE COMPLAINTS I HAVE SEEN ON THE INTERNET. BY THE WAY, THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME I WAS LUCKY BECAUSE FORD JUST REDUCED THE PRICE ON THE PART AS OF 9/1/13. BOY, DO I FEEL LUCKY! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE WRENCH WARNING INDICATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND BEGAN TO ACCELERATE AT A LOW SPEED. THE CONTACT PERFORMED THE REPAIR HIMSELF WHICH INCLUDED THE REPLACEMENT OF THE THROTTLE BODY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

WEDNESDAY, TWO DAYS BEFORE THE INCIDENT I HAD TAKEN MY VEHICLE TO FORD FOR THE $423.74 RECOMMENDED 60,000 MILES SERVICE. THE CAR HAD NEVER STALLED BEFORE THIS SCHEDULED SERVICE. FRIDAY I WAS TRAVELING ON A THREE LANE INTERSTATE IN TRAFFIC AND PASSING A VEHICLE IN THE LEFT HAND LANE WHEN I REALIZED THAT I HAD COMPLETELY LOST POWER. EVERYTHING WAS WORKING, STEERING, AIR, RADIO, ETC. BUT THERE WAS NO POWER WHEN PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL. I WAS PLACED IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION AS I MADE MY WAY WITHOUT POWER TO THE RIGHT HAND LANE AND THE SIDE OF THE ROAD COASTING SLOWLY. AS I SLOWED I ONCE TRIED MOVING THE CAR FROM DRIVE TO LOW BUT STILL NO POWER. WHEN MY CAR HAD ALMOST STOPPED I COULD FEEL A BUMPY LOW POWER AS I PRESSED THE GAS. THE CAR STOPPED AND I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. I IMMEDIATELY TRIED TO START THE CAR AGAIN BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. IT WAS LIKE THE STARTER WAS BAD, BUT AFTER 5 MINUTES THE CAR STARTED AND BEHAVED NORMALLY. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE FORD DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY AND THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH IT BUT NOT A RECALL. IT COSTS OVER $500 TO FIX. I WAS LUCKY NOT TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. *TR

WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON THE CAR SLOWED DOWN SHAKE BAD AND NO THROTTLE RESPONSE AT ALL, HAD IT TOWED IN FOR SERVICE AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY FAILURE, NOT COVERED UNDER POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, I EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE IGNITION AND ELECTRICAL POWER REMAINED ON, BUT THE THROTTLE BECAME COMPLETELY UNRESPONSIVE. I PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND I TURNED THE IGNITION COMPLETELY OFF. I TURNED IT ON A MINUTE LATER, THE CAR STARTED UP, NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THROTTLE RESPONSE WAS BACK TO NORMAL. I DROVE TO MY NEAREST FORD DEALER WHERE I WAS TOLD IT'S A COMMON PROBLEM WITH A FAILED THROTTLE BODY. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A HUGE ACCIDENT, BUT THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC ON THE FREEWAY AT THE TIME.

I WAS TRAVELLING ON AN INTERSTATE DOING 70 MILES AN HOUR WHEN MY CAR MADE A BANG AND I LOST ALL THROTTLE RESPONSE. THE CAR WAS RUNNING, SEEMED TO GO INTO NEUTRAL BUT PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL DID NOTHING. I WAS ABLE TO COST OVER 4 LANES DODGING TRAFFIC TO GET TO A SPOT WHERE I COULD COME TO STOP. AFTER TURNING OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTING EVERYTHING WENT BACK TO NORMAL. NOW JUST OVER A WEEK LATER IT HAPPENED 3 MORE TIMES IN 1 DAY. DOING RESEARCH IT SEEMS THIS IS A COMMON COMPLAINT FROM FUSION AND ESCAPE OWNERS. IT ALSO SEEMS THERE MAY BE AN INVESTIGATION UNDER WAY AS TO WHETHER THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUE. NOW IF FORD WAS TO FIX THIS IT WOULD BE 1 THING, BUT AFTER ALMOST KILLING ME ON THE INTERSTATE I NOW HAVE TO FORK OVER $400 TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH MY CAR IS SEVERAL THOUSAND MILES SHORT OF THE 30K MILE WARRANTY, THE 3 YEAR STIPULATION ON MY WARRANTY ENDED LESS THAN 3 MONTHS AGO.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MERGED TO THE SHOULDER AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 121,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

UPON ACCELERATING FROM STOP AT CITY INTERSECTION TO 30 MPH, CAR SUDDENLY LOST ALL ACCELERATION. COASTED INTO NEARBY LOT. "WRENCH" LIGHT ON. TURNED CAR OFF. LUCKILY, NO CAR HAD BEEN APPROACHING FROM REAR, AND THIS WAS BEFORE ENTERING RAMP TO BUSY 60 MPH HIGHWAY. CAR RAN, AS IF NORMAL AFTER RE-STARTING, WRENCH LIGHT OUT. DROVE 15 MILES TO DEALER SERVICE SHOP. SHOP PERFORMED FORD'S THROTTLE BODY TEST PROCEDURE AND VERIFIED THROTTLE BODY HAD FAILED. SHOP REPLACED ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY; CAR AT 54,000 MILES. FROM RESEARCHING, SEE THAT THIS A PREVALENT ISSUE WITH INCREASING RATE OF OCCURRENCE (A TOP 5 CAR COMPLAINT OVER PAST 90 DAYS). GIVEN THE APPARENT INCIDENT RATE, INTERMITTENT NATURE, AND ODDS OF OCCURRING WITH SUDDEN SURPRISE IN TRAFFIC MOVING AT SPEED, CLEARLY PRESENTS A HAZARDOUS CONDITION AND COMPROMISES SAFETY IN OTHERWISE NORMAL DRIVING CIRCUMSTANCES. EVIDENTLY PROBLEM OCCURS WITHIN PREDICTABLE RANGE ON ODOMETER, WHICH PROBABLY INDICATES SOME MANUFACTURING DEFECT LEADING TO PREMATURE FAILURE. ALONG WITH THE RESULTING SAFETY RISK EXPOSURE, THIS DOES NOT REASONABLY MEET AUTOMOTIVE CONSUMER EXPECTATIONS FOR THE EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY. AS MORE VEHICLES GO THROUGH THIS MILEAGE RANGE, MAY BECOME EPIDEMIC WITH INCREASING ODDS FOR BAD OUTCOMES. WANTED TO ADD MY EVENT TO THE LIST; MAYBE CAN SAVE SOMEONE ELSE POTENTIAL SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND INJURY. TO THIS POINT, THE CAR SEEMS GOOD OTHERWISE, BUT THIS ITEM NEEDS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND BY ALL RIGHTS GET REMEDIED IN A PROACTIVE MANNER.

ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY MALFUNCTIONED ON OUR 2010 FORD FUSION WHILE ON THE FREEWAY AT ABOUT 70 MPH. WITHOUT WARNING, THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE ACCELERATOR AND I WAS FORCED TO COAST OVER TO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO CONTROL ACCELERATION. THANKFULLY THE FREEWAY WAS NOT TOO BUSY AND GETTING TO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT POWER WAS POSSIBLE. I AM PAYING FOR THE COST OF REPAIR. AFTER READING SEVERAL ARTICLES ABOUT THE NHTSA LOOKING INTO THE SITUATION, I BELIEVE THIS MALFUNCTION (WHICH IS COMMON) POSES A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND WARRANTS A RECALL. LOSING ACCELERATION ABILITY WITHOUT WARNING AT THE WRONG TIME COULD PROVE FATAL FOR THE DRIVER AND OTHER DRIVERS NEARBY. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 32,727. UPDATED 09/25/13*LJ UPDATED 09/27/2013 *JS

WHILE ON THE FREEWAY DOING APPROXIMATELY 65-75 MPH, MY VEHICLE LOST POWER, THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH, AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY, TURNED THE CAR OFF, AND RESTARTED. IT WAS FINE AFTER RESTARTING. A COUPLE DAYS LATER THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AGAIN. WITHIN 4 DAYS, MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO HAVE 4 EPISODES ON MY 11 MILE COMMUTE. THESE ISSUES DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC PROMPTED ME TO BRING IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP ASAP AS I DID NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT ANY LONGER. MY VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP AWAITING DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR. AFTER A GOOGLE SEARCH, I AM FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT THE DIAGNOSIS WILL INVOLVE THE THROTTLE BODY.*JB

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, MY VEHICLE "STALLED" ('LIMP" HOME MODE) FOR NO REASON, THE TRANSMISSION/THROTTLE CONTROL INDICATOR LIGHT APPEARED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. I SAFELY PULLED THE CAR OVER, AS I SLOWED DOWN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO "JERK". THE ONLY WAY I WAS ABLE TO STOP THIS WAS BY PUTTING THE CAR IN PARK AND SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE. THIS HAPPENED AFTER I HAD BEEN ON THE ROAD FOR ABOUT 15-20 MIN. I PULLED BACK ON TO THE ROAD AND A VERY SHORT TIME LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I PULLED OVER, SHUT THE CAR OFF AND STARTED IT BACK UP AND AGAIN IT WAS "FINE" (OPERATIONAL). I THEN MADE IT THE REST OF THE WAY HOME. THIS HAPPENED LATE ON A SATURDAY EVENING OF LABOR DAY WEEKEND. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP ON TUESDAY AND ON MY WAY THERE IT WENT INTO "LIMP HOME MODE" 4 TIMES IN A 7 MILE COMMUTE. FORD DID A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND INFORMED ME THAT IT WOULD NEED A NEW THROTTLE BODY. I AM WAITING TO HEAR FROM FORD IF THEY ARE GOING TO COVER THE EXPENSE AS THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE. THE FORD DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT WOULD BE $460.00 +TAX TO PERFORM THE REPAIR. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AS THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP AND THE VEHICLE MOVED ONLY A FEW FEET INTO AN INTERSECTION BEFORE FAILING TO ACCELERATE ANY FURTHER. THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED, AND THE VEHICLE OPERATED AS DESIGNED. THREE WEEKS LATER THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 43,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 81,000. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED MULTIPLE TIMES, BEFORE IT STOPPED COMPLETELY. UPDATED 10/22/13

JUST FOUR MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING MY SO CALLED "CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED 172 POINT PASS INSPECTED 2010 FORD FUSION" THE CAR STARTS ACTING UP WHILE DRIVING DOWN A MAIN STREET IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN, THE CAR LOST ALL ACCELERATION RIGHT AFTER I STARTED TAKING OFF FROM A STOP LIGHT. THE WRENCH LIGHT THEN CAME ON AND THE CAR STARTED TO STALL OUT AS THIS WAS GOING ON I'M ALSO TRYING TO TURN LEFT, WHICH WAS A LITTLE SCARY BECAUSE I BASICALLY CUT SOMEONE OFF WHILE TURNING BECAUSE, I HAD NO ACCELERATION WHATSOEVER TO AVOID THEM. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHOSE HAD TO GO THROUGH IT FROM ALL THE SAME COMPLAINTS I SEE ON THE INTERNET. THIS MALFUNCTIONING THROTTLE BODY NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY HURT! *JB

ENGINE DROPPED TO 900 RPM. COASTED TO STOP. VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND TO ACCELERATION. TURNED ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTED MADE IT TO TOWN. DIAGNOSED BY DEALERSHIP AS THROTTLE BODY. PARTS NOT AVAILABLE TILL OCTOBER. THEY HAVE CAR WE HAVE RENTAL BECAUSE WE HAD EXTENDED WARRANTY. IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT WE WOULD BE IN TROUBLE. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE VEHICLE DID NOT ACETATE HOWEVER. THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND RESTARTED SOME TIME LATER AND OPERATED AS DESIGNED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, WHO SUGGESTED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY COULD HAVE BEEN DEFECTIVE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 63,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND BEGAN TO SHAKE. THE WRENCH WARNING ICON WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,000.

THE ACCELERATOR STOPPED WORKING AS I WAS STARTING TO MOVE AFTER A STOP LIGHT. A LIGHT WENT ON THAT LOOKED LIKE A WRENCH. THE FORD DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AFTER PAYING $134.20. HAPPENED AGAIN WHILE DRIVING 60 MILES PER HOUR ON THE FREEWAY ON 8/4/2013. THE FORD DEALER REPLACED A VALVE AND WE PAID $291.98. HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ON THE FREEWAY ON 8/25/2013. WE RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND SEVERAL DRIVERS WITH THIS MODEL HAD A MALFUNTIONING THROTTLE BODY. WE TOLD THE FORD DEALER HOW TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THIS REPAIR COST US $654.13.

I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 71 AND THE CAR FELT AS IF IT WAS LOOSING POWER. THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. I WAITED A MINUTE AND STARTED THE VEHICLE. IT STARTED AND I ACCELERATED AND I PULLED ONTO THE INTERSTATE. ABOUT A MILE DOWN THE ROAD THE SAME THING HAPPENED AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. I PULLED OVER, WAITED AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. I AGAIN PULLED ONTO THE INTERSTATE AND THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO BE OKAY TO DRIVE ALTHOUGH THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON. I DROVE IT DIRECTLY TO JOHN NOLAN AUTO SERVICE. THEY CHECKED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THE EEC. DIAG. P02111 STORED IN THE COMPUTER FOR THROTTLE BODY STUCK OPEN. THEY REMOVED AND REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY ASSY AND RE-PROGRAMMED THE PCM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DECELERATE IN A JERKING MOTION. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY CAUTIOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WAS PERFORMED, WHICH DETECTED A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,120. UPDATED 9/19/13 *CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC WAS SCHEDULED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 54,000.

LOOSING POWER AND ACCELERATION CAPABILITY. ENGINE CONTINUES TO RUN HOWEVER QUITE THE HAZARD ON A CONGESTED FREEWAY WHEN YOU SUDDENLY LOOSE POWER AND SPEED. DIAG IS THAT IT IS A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY. COSTLY REPAIR JUST AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRATION NOT TO MENTION HIGHWAY HAZARD AND TOWING EXPENSE. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND LOST ACCELERATION. THE WRENCH ICON AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO COAST THE VEHICLE TO HER DESTINATION. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED, WHICH LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE THROTTLE BODY. THE THROTTLE BODY WAS NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 66,000.

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR ON THE EXPRESSWAY AND SUDDENLY MY ENGINE DIED WITH NO WARNING AND THE RPMS DROPPED. I CAME VERY CLOSE TO AN ACCIDENT AND LUCKILY WAS ABLE TO GET IT OFF THE ROAD. PEOPLE DRIVE VERY FAST AND I FEEL LUCKY TO BE UNHURT. I HAVE A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY AND I CAN NO LONGER DRIVE MY CAR TILL IT IS FIXED. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. THEY SAY THE CIRCUIT BOARD IS FAULTY AND IS SENDING THE ENGINE THE WRONG SIGNAL. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED . PLEASE ADD THIS TO YOUR LIST OF OTHER COMPLAINTS. I BOUGHT MY CAR ON JULY 11, 2009 THANK U *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME DOING ABOUT 50 MPH, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR LOST POWER AND I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. THE CAR STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND IT FINALLY STOPPED DOWN TO ABOUT 2-3 MPH. I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND HAD TO PAY 824.00 TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY. FORD NEVER MENTIONED ANYTHING ABOUT THIS BEING A PROBLEM. I HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS NEWS STORIES ABOUT THIS VERY PROBLEM. *TR

FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS I HAVE BEEN HAVING AN ISSUE WITH MY 3 YEAR OLD FORD FUSION (2010) STARTED STALLING OUT AT RANDOM TIMES FOR NO APPARENT REASON. WHEN THIS HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME I CALLED MY LOCAL DEALER AND ASKED HIM WHAT MAY BE WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE AND HE SAID THAT THERE WAS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE THROTTLE BODY, WHICH CAUSES THE CAR TO STALL OCCASIONALLY AND THAT IT WOULD COST ME AROUND $350 FOR THE PART ALONE. I BELIEVE THIS TO A MAJOR SAFETY PROBLEM BECAUSE ONE TIME THIS HAPPENED TO ME I WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 60MPH WITH A SEMI-TRUCK BEHIND ME AND THE TRUCKER CAME VERY CLOSE TO HITTING ME. I ALSO HAD THIS HAPPEN TO ME AT AN INTERSECTION WHILE TAKING OFF FROM A RED LIGHT, TURNING LEFT. I HAVE DONE SOME ONLINE RESEARCH ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND IT DOES SEEM TO BE A PROBLEM AMONGST MANY FORD FUSION OWNERS IN CARS THAT ARE ONLY 2 OR 3 YEARS OLD. IF THIS IS SUCH A COMMON OCCURRENCE THAT FORD DEALERS KNOW THAT THIS ISSUE EXISTS THEN I ASK WHY HASN'T THIS PART BEEN RECALLED? *TR

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, AND THE ENGINE STOPPED. I COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND TURNED OFF THE KEY TO RESET THE ALARM CODE. THE CAR STARTED AND DROVE NORMALLY FOR ABOUT 2 MILES, THEN THE ENGINE STOPPED AGAIN. WITHIN 5 MILES THE CAR WOULD BARELY RUN AT ALL, THE ENGINE WAS MIS-FIRING AND CLUNKING ALONG AT 2 MPH AND STALLING EVERY FEW FEET. I HAD NO PREVIOUS INDICATIONS OF A PROBLEM. THE CAR WAS RUNNING FINE, AND THEN WITHIN 5 MILES IT WAS COMPLETELY UN-DRIVABLE. THE PROBLEM WAS FAILURE OF THE THROTTLE BODY, COST $525 TO REPAIR. THERE ARE MANY REPORTS OF THIS PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET. *TR

THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AFTER COMING TO A STOP. I PUSHED ON THE ACCELERATOR AND NO POWER. IT ALSO GOES FROM 60 AND DROPS DOWN INSTANTLY WHILE DRIVING ALMOST AS IF IT LOST POWER. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT 45 MPH AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING MY CAR STALLED. IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AT ALL. I HAD TO JUST LET IT COAST AND ATTEMPT TO GET OUT OF THE ROAD. THE CAR WAS STILL RUNNING, BUT VERY ROUGH. AFTER I CUT THE ENGINE OFF, IN A FEW MINUTES IT DID RESTART. BUT BY THIS TIME A DEPUTY HAD SHOWN UP. HE WOULD NOT LET ME TRY TO DRIVE THE CAR, BECAUSE IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN AND WOULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE. I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED. WHEN THEY CHECKED THE COMPUTER NOTHING SHOWED UP. I THEN TOOK MY CAR MY CAR TO A LOCAL FORD DEALER. AND WITHOUT EVEN CHECKING THE CAR THE SERVICE PERSON TOLD ME THAT IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY. AS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH MY CAR. FORD NEEDS TO RECALL THIS PART. THIS IS GOING TO COST ME AROUND $600 TO REPAIR MY CAR. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, IF I HAD BEEN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN INJURED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE FAULTY THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000. UPDATED 10/17/13*LJ

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE MIL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 57,013.

TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD AT 60 MPH ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY AND THE CAR STALLS....THIS HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY HAPPENING IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS. AT LEAST 6 TIMES IN JULY AND SO FAR 4 TIMES IN AUGUST. WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN FOR FORD TO DO A[XXX] RECALL ON THIS PART (THROTTLE BODY AND CIRCUIT BOARD) THAT IS CAUSING THIS, A DEATH???? I PRAY ITS NOT MINE! WE JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR FROM WIDRICKS AUTO SALES IN WATERTOWN NEW YORK IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR AND THIS IS WHATS HAPPENING....I WILL NOT DRIVE THE CAR UNTIL IT IS FIXED BECAUSE WHETHER FORD CARES OR NOT IT IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN!!!! I AM SO FRUSTRATED THAT A COMPANY THIS BIG DOESNT GIVE A[XXX] ABOUT PEOPLE THAT BUY THEIR PRODUCTS ENOUGH TO DO A RECALL ON THIS PART AND REPLACE IT FOR NOTHINGWHEN FORD KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM!!!!!! ...SERIOUSLY WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ONE COMPLAINT AND A THOUSAND???? WHAT ABOUT THE LIVES OF DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS OF VEHICLES THAT FORD KNOW HAVE THIS PROBLEM??? CAN YOU SAY LAW SUIT FORD PEOPLE\ INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

FIRST INCIDENT WAS VEHICLE STALLED WHILE ENTERING A INTERSECTION FROM A STOP SIGN. STALLED HALF WAY INTO INTERSECTION AND HAD A NEAR MISS OF BEING HIT DO TO LOSS OF POWER AND OTHER TRAFFIC NOT HAVING TO STOP IN THEIR DIRECTION. CAR WAS DIESELING WHEN IT CAME TO A STOP ,HAD TO BE SHUT OFF, THEN RESTARTED WITH NO PROBLEMS OR INDICATOR LIGHTS AFTERWARD. THIS SAME STALLING HAS HAPPENED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OF 60 MPH + AND ON SIDE ROADS AT 30 MPH. FROM STOPS TO FULL POWER GOING UP HILLS OR TRYING TO PASS ANOTHER CAR. NO POWER TO MOVE CAR EXIST ONCE IT HAS HAPPENED ,YOU MUST COME TO A COMPLETE STOP , SHUT COMPLETELY OFF AND THEN RESTART. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST A DOZEN TIMES OVER LAST FEW WEEKS.TOOK TO DEALER TODAY AND WAS TOLD THROTTLE BODY IS SHOWING A FAULT AND PARTS CAN ONLY BE RECEIVED BY OVERNIGHT DELIVERY "AS THIS PART IS IN VERY HIGH DEMAND AND THEY CAN'T ORDER ONE IN AND GET IT BY REGULAR DELIVERY". *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000.

LIKE MOST OF THE COMPLAINTS I READ ON- LINE AND WAS ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM MYSELF A 55 YEAR OLD FEMALE, I WAS DRIVING AND ALL THE SUDDEN MY ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING BUT HAD NO ACCELERATION THE PEDAL WAS WORTHLESS, LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO COAST OFF THE ROAD WITHOUT BEING SLAMMED INTO BY OTHER CARS AND THEN WHEN I CAME TO COMPLETE STOP THE CAR STARTED SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY AND THEN THE ENGINE DIED. I PUT IN PARK AND TURNED OFF IGNITION THEN I RESTARTED AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE A FEW MILES THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I HAD TO RESTART 4 TIMES TO MAKE IT HOME AND I WAS LUCKY TO BE IN MY HOME TOWN WHEN THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE I MAKE A LOT OF TWO HUNDRED MILE TRIPS. I GOOGLED ONLINE AND FOUND OUT THAT OTHER OWNERS OF THIS LEMON VEHICLE HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. FORD DEALERSHIP WANTED CLOSE TO $700.00 TO DIAGNOSE AND REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY, PARTS AND LABOR. I'M RECENTLY DIVORCED AND UNEMPLOYED AND COULD NOT AFFORD THIS RIDICULOUS AMOUNT FOR SOMETHING THAT TAKES LESS THEN 10 MIN. TO CHANGE, I BOUGHT A NEW ONE FOR $172.00 AND DID IT MYSELF COULDN'T BE EASIER. FORD SHOULD BE ASHAMED FOR NOT RECALLING ALL VIN NUMBERS MINE WASN'T INCLUDED IN RECALL, THANK GOD SOMEONE POSTED ON UTUBE HOW TO CHANGE IT. SHAME ON FORD THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND HOPE NO ONE GETS KILLED IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT WHEN THIS HAPPENS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AS THE WRENCH WARNING ICON ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MERGED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 56,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND RESTARTED SEVERAL MINUTES LATER AND OPERATED AS DESIGNED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS BUT NO CAUSE FOR THE FAILURE WAS FOUND. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ELECTRIC THROTTLE BODY WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 45,000. UPDATED 10/22/13 *CN

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST ALL POWER TO ACCELERATE AND DRIFTED TO A STOP. THE PROBLEM DID NOT PERSIST AFTER RE-STARTING THE VEHICLE. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE OCCURRED SEVERAL MORE TIMES UNDER SIMILAR CONDITIONS (HIGHWAY DRIVING, 30-60 MINUTE TRIPS). WHEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIR I LEARNED IT WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE THROTTLE BODY (PART NUMBER 9E926) AND THAT THE PART WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AND WAS NOT COVERED UNDER 5 YEAR/60,000 MILE WARRANTY. I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT AFTER LEARNING OTHER FUSIONS AND FORD MODELS WERE HAVING SIMILAR THROTTLE BODY PROBLEMS AND AS SUCH THE ISSUE SHOULD LEAD TO A RECALL. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING IN THE MIDDLE LANE ON I-77 AT 65 MPH, THE CAR SUDDENLY DECELERATED TO A STOP. THE CAR WAS RUNNING BUT THE CAR WAS UNABLE TO MOVE. FORTUNATELY A BRAVE PASSERBY PULLED OFF ONTO THE LEFT MEDIAN, STOPPED TRAFFIC IN THE LEFT LANE, DIRECTED ME TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL & PUSHED MY CAR OVER THE LEFT LANE AND ONTO THE LEFT MEDIAN. A STATE HIGHWAY PATROLMAN, COINCIDENTALLY, CAME BY AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK. HE PUSHED ME FARTHER OFF THE ROAD, FEARING A REAR END COLLISION. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED. THE TOW COST OVER $80. IF I HAD NOT PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY THIS REPAIR WOULD HAVE BEEN OVER $700. THIS WAS A TERRIFYING INCIDENT AS THIS IS A HEAVILY TRAVELED STRETCH OF INTERSTATE. I CONSIDER MYSELF VERY UNFORTUNATE THAT I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. IF THE GOOD SAMARITAN HADN'T HELPED,I WOULD HAVE HAD TO EITHER STAY IN MY VEHICLE & RISK A REAR END COLLISION OR TRY TO LEAVE MY CAR IN THE MIDDLE LANE, CROSS THE LEFT LANE BY FOOT, AND WAIT FOR ASSISTANCE ALONG THE LEFT MEDIAN. I HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY DEFECT IN FORD FUSIONS HAS BEEN WELL-DOCUMENTED. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. I WORRY FOR MY NEPHEW & SON-IN-LAW WHO BOTH HAVE 2010 FUSIONS. *TR

DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH, WRENCH LIGHT CAME OUT, CAR DIED DOWN TO 900 RPM AND FLUCTUATED ERRATICALLY WITH NO GAS PEDAL RESPONSE AT ALL. DODGED SEVERAL CARS TRYING TO AVOID REAR END COLLISION TO PULL OFF SIDE OF ROAD TO TURN OFF AND TURN CAR BACK ON, PROBLEM THEN WENT AWAY AND HAPPENED AGAIN ROUGHLY 20 MILES AGAIN DOWN THE HIGHWAY. CAR WILL NOT DRIVE PAST 20 MILES WITHOUT HAVING AN ISSUE. *TR

THIS CAR HAS A TENDENCY ON STALLING BECAUSE OF THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY. *TR

WHILE ALREADY IN MOTION ON THE HIGHWAY THE CAR BEGINS TO DECREASE IT'S SPEED, VIBRATE AND THEN STALL OUT. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. CORRECTIVE ACTION TAKEN AT TIMES OF EVENT IS TO PULL OUT OF TRAFFIC AS BEST AS POSSIBLE. TURN OFF THE IGNITION, PUT THE CAR IN PARK THEN AFTER APPROX TWO MINUTES, RESTART THE VEHICLE AND CONTINUE DRIVING. *TR

WHILE DOING 50 MPH ON A HIGHWAY, THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER. THE MOTOR WAS STILL RUNNING, BUT IT WAS AS IF IT WAS IN IDLE. DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR DID NOTHING. I PULLED THE CAR OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND STOPPED. THE IDLE WAS EXTREMELY ROUGH. THERE WAS A 'WRENCH' INDICATOR LIGHT. I TURNED THE CAR OFF. AS I RESTARTED THE CAR, IT WAS VERY ROUGH TO START THEN AFTER A FEW SECONDS, IDLE WAS NORMAL. I DROVE WITHOUT A PROBLEM FOR ABOUT 20 MILES WHEN THE PROBLEM RE-OCCURRED IN THE EXACT SAME MANNER. WHEN I STARTED THE CAR THIS TIME, THE 'WRENCH' LIGHT WAS OFF, BUT THE 'CHECK ENGINE' LIGHT WAS ON AND REMAINED ON. THE FORD DEALERSHIP SAYS THE THROTTLE-BODY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, AND THAT THIS IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE POWER-TRAIN WARRANTY. *TR

WE WERE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL KICKED OFF. I REALIZED THAT THE CAR HAD NO POWER, SO I WENT TO THE SHOULDER AND THE CAR WAS SHUDDERING AS I CAME TO A STOP. I TURNED THE CAR OFF, CHECKED TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING I COULD SEE WRONG IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CHECKED ALL FLUIDS, ETC. GOT BACK IN THE CAR AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP. WE WENT A LITTLE WHILE LONGER AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. ALL IN ALL, IT HAPPENED PROBABLY 8-10 TIMES IN A LITTLE OVER A 100 MILE TRIP. THE WRENCH LIGHT WOULD COME ON WHEN THE PROBLEM APPEARED, BUT ONLY THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD STAY ON AFTER RESTARTING.WHEN WE GOT BACK INTO TOWN, I WENT TO AUTO ZONE TO HAVE THE ENGINE CODE READ AND IT WAS P2111 (THROTTLE BODY). AFTER DOING SOME INVESTIGATING, I FOUND THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AMONG THESE CARS. I FOUND OUT THAT IT IS VERY EASY TO REPLACE, SO TRIED ORDERING ONE. THE PART THAT MOST SOURCES HAVE LISTED IS AROUND $170. BUT, THAT PART IS NOT AVAILABLE AND THE REPLACEMENT IS $324. I THINK FORD IS GOUGING THE CONSUMERS TO FIX A KNOWN PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE FIXED UNDER A RECALL. I HAVE A 4 YEAR OLD CAR THAT I DON'T DARE TAKE A TRIP WITH. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A SIDE STREET GOING ABOUT 25 MPH WHEN MY CAR LOST POWER, WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS THE CAR SHOOK AND STALLED OUT. I RESTARTED THE CAR AND MANAGED TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE STREET BEFORE IT STALLED OUT AGAIN. THE ENGINE LIGHT AND THE WRENCH LIGHT WERE ON WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY IMMEDIATELY TOLD ME "IT'S PROBABLY THE THROTTLE BODY" THEY TOLD ME THE REPAIRS COULD TAKE MONTHS BECAUSE THE PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER BECAUSE IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE FORD FUSION. PREVIOUS TO THIS INCIDENT MY CAR HAD BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS ACCELERATING IMPROPERLY AND WOULD STALL OUT WHILE STOPPED. THIS STARTED HAPPENING ABOUT 2 MONTHS BEFORE MY CAR NEEDED TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE WRENCH ICON AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 66,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

CAR LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES OF DRIVING. IT WOULD NOT RESPOND TO ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE WRENCH LIGHT WENT ON. I PULLED OFF TO SIDE OF ROAD; CAR RESTARTED AFTER 2-3 TRIES; DROVE WITHOUT INCIDENT FOR NEXT 1500 MILES. SINCE THEN HAS STALLED THREE TIMES, USUALLY WITHIN A FEW MINUTES OF INITIAL START DRIVING AT 30-40 MPH. EACH TIME, RESTARTS WITH ONE OR TWO TRIES AND RUNS OK, BUT FEELS SLUGGISH. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE WRENCH AND CHECK ENGINE WARNING LAMPS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

MY 2010 FORD FUSION HAS STALLED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOPPED POSITION. SEVERAL TIMES IT HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION WHEN TURNING LEFT, STOP WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY FREEWAY, AND QUICKLY ACCELERATE WHEN MY FOOT HAS BEEN ON THE BRAKE PEDDLE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING IN MORNING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND THE CAR SUDDENLY JERKED AND THEN JUST STOPPED. IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND I WAS BARELY ABLE TO MOVE THE CAR OFF THE ROAD. I SHUT IT OFF AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR. HOWEVER THE CAR WAS ACTING THE SAME. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY FAILED (CODE PEWEE). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS ENGAGED AND FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. AFTER WAITING A FEW MOMENTS THE ENGINE WAS RESTARTED AND THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY. THE MALFUNCTION RECURRED TWO TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER AT HIGHWAY SPEED, HAD TO PULL OVER, ROUGH IDLING; AMBER WRENCH LIT UP. CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM BUT SOUNDS LIKE THROTTLE BODY FAILURE AS DESCRIBED OVER INTERNET AND BY ANOTHER DEALERSHIP'S SERVICE MANAGER. ADVISED TO SEE IF OCCURS AGAIN. *TR

WAS GOING 60 IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR AND CAR JUST WENT TO NOTHING IN SECONDS. HAD MY 14 MONTH OLD SON WITH ME. SCARED ME. CAR WAS PUTTERING WOULDN'T GO OVER 10 MILES AN HOUR. DIDN'T KNOW I COULD SHUT IT OFF AND BACK ON. FOUND OUT LATER BY DOING RESEARCH IT COULD BE THE THROTTLE BODY. TOOK TO SHOP AND THEY SAID THAT IS WHAT IT IS. COSTING ME 600 DOLLARS TO FIX AND THEY CONSIDER IT A HAZARD. NOTICED AFTER DOING RESEARCH THAT THIS IS HAPPENING ON ALOT OF 2010 - 2012 FORD FUSIONS. NOT SURE WHY A RECALL HASN'T BEEN DONE. I WOULD LIKE MY MONEY BACK IF THERE IS WAS OR GONNA BE ONE.. *TR

AFTER ACCELERATING TO APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, LEAVING OFF THE ACCELERATOR, ENGINE LOST POWER. HAD TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. ENGINE WAS AT SLOW ROUGH IDLE. AFTER SHUTTING ENGINE OFF AND TURNING BACK ON, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. *TR

ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, THE CAR COMPLETELY LOST POWER. IT COMPLETELY CEASED TO FUNCTION WITHOUT WARNING. FORTUNATELY, MY DAUGHTER WAS NOT INJURED. HOWEVER, IF THIS WOULD HAVE OCCURRED AS SHE DROVE AT HIGHWAY SPEED, SHE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. AFTER DURING SOME RESEARCH, I DISCOVERED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS MOST LIKELY THE THROTTLE BODY. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED. THEY CONFIRMED MY SUSPICIONS. IT TOOK CLOSE TO A WEEK FOR THE PART TO COME IN - BECAUSE - THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME - THERE WAS A HUGE WAITING LIST FOR THIS PART BECAUSE THEY KEEP FAILING. (PLUS, SHE WAS WITHOUT A CAR.) HE TOLD ME THAT FORD REALLY DOESN'T SEE THE NEED FOR A RECALL AT THIS TIME, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PEOPLE COULD DIE. ON ONE OCCASION, HER CAR FAILED GOING DOWN A VERY STEEP AND WINDING HILL. FORTUNATELY, SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF OF THE ROAD. FORD'S ATTITUDE ABOUT THIS IS CRIMINAL. MY OTHER DAUGHTER ALSO HAS A FUSION. I WORRY DAILY ABOUT HER SAFETY. I AM CONSIDERING GETTING THE THROTTLE BODY CHANGED JUST TO KEEP HER SAFE. *TR

AFTER ACCELERATING TO APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, LEAVING OFF ACCELERATOR, ENGINE LOST POWER. HAD TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. ENGINE WAS AT A ROUGH IDLE. AFTER SHUTTING ENGINE OFF AND RE-STARTING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WOULD HAVE BEEN DANGEROUS IN TRAFFIC. *TR

SITTING AT A LIGHT AND THE VEHICLE STARTED IDLING VERY ROUGH - DIPPING BELOW 500 RPM AND SURGING TO ABOUT 1200 RPM. CAR WENT INTO LIMP MODE WHEN I HIT THE GAS. PULLED INTO A GAS STATION, SHUT CAR OFF, RESTARTED AFTER ABOUT 30 SECONDS. RAN FINE FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES. THEN PROCEEDED TO IDLE ROUGH AT THE NEXT THREE STOPLIGHTS - THIS TIME NOT SURGING. CAR EVENTUALLY STALLED AND HAD TO BE RESTARTED ALL 3 TIMES. SEEMED TO RUN OK ON THE HIGHWAY, BUT STALLED ONCE MORE AT A LIGHT AFTER GETTING FF THE HIGHWAY. IDLED IT IN DRIVEWAY WHEN I GOT HOME. IDLING VERY ROUGH BUT HASN'T SURGED OR STALLED NOW. *TR

MY PREGNANT WIFE WAS DRIVING MY CAR HOME ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY DIED ON HER WHILE SHE IS IN THE FAST LANE. SHE PULLED THE CAR OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNS THE ENGINE OFF AND THEN BACK ON. ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER THE CAR DIES OUT AGAIN, THIS TIME THE SHOULDERS ARE NON EXISTENT AND SHE IS FORCED TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND ON IN THE FAR RIGHT LANE. MY WIFE AND UNBORN CHILD COULD'VE DIED LAST NIGHT AND IT SEEMS THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT FORD IS AWARE OF. WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO RECALL THESE FAULTY VEHICLES OR AT LEAST REPLACE THE FAULTY PARTS THAT THEY PUT IN THEM. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY ONE PENNY FOR THEIR MISTAKES. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AT 45 MPH AND THE CAR JOLTED THEN THE WRENCH SYMBOL CAME ON THE DASH. THE CAR THAN BEGAN TO SLOW AND THE RPM WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 1000. I PULLED OVER AND THE CAR WAS IDLING VERY BADLY. I TURNED THE CAR OFF WAITED A FEW MINUTES THEN TURNED IT BACK ON AND IT WAS FINE. MY HUSBAND HAS A CODE READER AND WHEN WE HOOKED IT UP AND THERE WERE NO CODES. I STARTED LOOKING ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND A LOT OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE THROTTLE BODY AND THAT FORD IS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR THIS. *TR

WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WITH CRUISE CONTROL SET. VEHICLE BEGAN DECELERATING AS IF CRUISE CONTROL HAD SHUT OFF. I ATTEMPTED TO RESUME THE CRUISE CONTROL WITH NO SUCCESS, AS THE CAR CONTINUED TO DECELERATE. I PUSHED ON THE ACCELERATOR IN AN ATTEMPT TO REGAIN SPEED, BECAUSE A VEHICLE BEHIND ME ALMOST STRUCK ME IN THE REAR. I HAD TO MANEUVER ONTO THE SHOULDER AND CAME TO A STOP, BECAUSE THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT. IT RAN ROUGH, BUT WOULD ACCELERATE AND I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE MY 85 MILE JOURNEY HOME. I HAVE SINCE LEARNED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2010 FORD FUSION 2.5 LITER ENGINE, AS THE THROTTLE BODY IS DEFECTIVE. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AT HIGHWAY SPEED. TRAFFIC HAD SLOWED ALITTLE SO I BEGAN TO SLOW AS WELL. WHEN I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR NOTHING HAPPENED. THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH. I HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE ACCELERATION OF THE CAR. AFTER ALMOST BEING TAKEN OUT BE A SEMI I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE. THE CAR WAS IDLING VERY ROUGH. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND WAITED A FEW SECONDS. I RESTARTED THE CAR AND THE LIGHT WAS OFF. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME WITH NO MORE PROBLEMS. SEEMS THAT FORD HAS A MAJOR ISSUE. I THING THEY SHOULD BE MADE TO RECALL THESE CARS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. *TR

CAR LOST ACCELERATION, POWER, THERE WAS SHAKING HAD TO PULL OVER TURN CAR OFF AND CONTINUE ON. HAPPENED AGAIN ON AUG 8TH, 2013. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS, WHO STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,036. *TR

CALL STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING 2 XS IN THE WORST PART OF THE CITY. WOULD RESTART BUT STALL AFTER A FEW MORE MINUTES OF DRIVING...HAD TO COAST INTO PARKING LOT AND GET TOWED TO DOWNTOWN FORD IN CANTON OHIO TO BE REPAIRED. DOWNTOWN FORD SAID THROTTLE BODY...OVER $600 TO REPAIR ON A VEHICLE WITH ONLY 39000 MILES. *TR

HTTP://WWW.ABOUTAUTOMOBILE.COM/COMPLAINT/2010/FORD/FUSION/POWER+TRAIN TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE AT 55 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THE CAR LOST POWER AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON IT WAS ALL THAT COULD BE DONE TO AVOID A HIGHSPEED ACCIDENT. WHEN THE VEHICLE WA RESTARTED IT RAN FINE. HOWEVER IT CONTINUES DOING THIS. THE DEALER SAYS THE THROTTLE UNIT ($600) NEEDS REPLACED THIS AFTER THE TRANSMISSION WAS JUST REPLACED. WE CALLED THE FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE IT TOOK THREE WEEKS FOR THEIR REPRESENTATIVE TO RETURN THE CALL AND HE HAD THE NERVE TO ASK "WHAT DID WE EXPECT HIM TO DO"? WITH THE WEB THE COMPANIES CAN NO LONGER LIE THE DEALER AND FORD FIRST STATED IT WAS THE FIRST THEY HEARD OF THIS, YET THERE ARE LAWSUITS EVERYWHERE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. AFTER MERGING TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND SHUTTING THE ENGINE OFF THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE FAILURE SHORTLY RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED BECAUSE THE PART WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000. *TR

CAR WAS RUNNING BUT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AFTER A STOP. GAS PEDAL WAS INOPERATIVE. ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY. *TR

ON 8/2/2013, I WAS DRIVING ON I-68W NEAR ROCKY GAP, MD. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN, THE CAR'S RPMS JUMPED UP TO 4000 RPMS FROM ITS NORMAL 2000 RPMS. I TRIED APPLYING THE BRAKES AND PUMPING THE GAS TO TRY TO GET THE CAR TO OPERATE NORMALLY. AFTER 30 OR 40 SECONDS, THE CAR RETURNED TO 2000 RPMS. THIS REPEATED A COUPLE TIMES OVER THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. EVENTUALLY, I WAS GOING UP A MOUNTAIN,WHEN THE CAR'S RPMS DROPPED TO 1000. THE CAR DECELERATED AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL SAFELY OVER TO THE SHOULDER. THE AMBER WRENCH SYMBOL WAS LIT. I LET THE CAR SIT FOR A FEW MINUTES THEN STARTED IT BACK UP AGAIN. AT THIS POINT, THE CAR WORKED NORMALLY BUT ACCELERATION WAS SOMEWHAT SLUGGISH. WHEN I RETURNED HOME, I CHECKED TO SEE IF ANY VEHICLE ERROR CODE WERE PRESENT. NONE WERE. INITIALLY, I THOUGHT THE CAR WASN'T USED TO THE MOUNTAIN DRIVING. A FEW DAYS LATER, I WAS DRIVING ALONG MD-100W (A VERY FLAT ROAD) AND THEN PULLED INTO A LOCAL SHOPPING CENTER. WHILE DRIVING THROUGH THE PARKING LOT, THE CAR LOST POWER. I IMMEDIATELY HOOKED UP A CODE READER AND GOT A P2112. I GOOGLED THIS ERROR CODE AND IT SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD FUSIONS. IF THIS LOSE OF POWER OCCURRED AT THE WRONG TIME, IT COULD EASILY CAUSE A BAD ACCIDENT. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON I-75 AT ABOUT 65-70 MPH, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I LOSE POWER, AS THOUGH THE CAR'S NOT GETTING ANY GAS. NOTHING HAPPENED WHEN I TRIED TO CONTINUE ACCELERATING. I COASTED IT OFF THE INTERSTATE, I WAS IN THE FAR RIGHT HAND LANE, SO I WAS ABLE TO DO THIS RATHER EASILY. WHEN THE CAR STOPPED, IT BEGAN SHUDDERING AND SHAKING, IDLING VERY ROUGH. THE LITTLE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN I GOT MY WITS BACK AS I WAS IN A PANIC BEING 156 MILES AWAY FROM HOME, AND STILL 800 MILES AWAY FROM MY DESTINATION, I TRIED TO CONTINUE DRIVING BECAUSE I COULDN'T TELL WHERE I WAS AT. THE CAR CREPT ALONG EXTREMELY SLOW, BUT I WAS ABLE TO GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO READ THE SIGN, I WAS HALF A MILE FROM THE ALTOONA RD EMERSON EXIT 283. I TURNED THE CAR OFF TO CALL SOMEONE. AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF MULTIPLE DROPPED CALLS, I TRIED TO START THE CAR, AND IT DID. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT TO THE EXIT AND AS I WAS APPROACHING THE STOP SIGN AT THE END OF THE OFF RAMP, IT STALLED. I TRIED AGAIN AND WAS ABLE TO GET IT INTO LOVE'S TRUCK STOP. I ENDED UP HAVING IT TOWED 156 MILES BACK HOME. IT'S SITTING IN MY YARD, I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING YET WITH IT, I'M TOO DISGUSTED AS I JUST BOUGHT IT A MONTH AGO, AND HAVE BEEN READING NUMEROUS INCIDENTS JUST LIKE MINE. AND WHERE FORD DOESN'T SEEM TO CARE ENOUGH ABOUT THE PEOPLE BUYING THEIR PRODUCT. I'M PAYING A LOT OF MONEY FOR A CAR THAT I NO LONGER TRUST. MY HUSBAND TOOK IT TO ONE OF THOSE AUTO STORES NO CODE COULD BE READ. I CAN SAY WITH CERTAINTY THAT HAD I BEEN FURTHER UP IN ONE OF THE BIGGER CITIES IN HEAVIER TRAFFIC AND OUT IN THE CENTER LANES, IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GOOD. IT SEEMS TO ME, THAT IT'S A NO BRAINER, A RECALL VERSES A CRIMINAL NEGLIGENT SUIT. BECAUSE IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME.. *TR

CAR LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING. WE WERE TRAVELING ON A TWO LANE ROAD GOING DOWNHILL. COASTED TO SIDE OF ROAD AND RESTARTED. WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME. THROTTLE BODY REPLACED AT DEALER. WE HAVE TWO 2010 FUSIONS IN OUR HOUSEHOLD. OTHER CAR FAILED IN SAME MANNER EXCEPT IT HAPPENED ON THE FREEWAY. THIS THROTTLE BODY HAS ALSO BEEN REPLACED. THIS CAR HAD 55000 MILES. SPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH. *TR

THE CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED ACCELERATING AND THE ENGINE WOULD ONLY PRODUCE ABOUT 800 RPM. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT AND THE PROBLEM REPEATED THE NEXT DAY AT A LOWER SPEED (30 MPH). THE DEALER DIAGNOSED IT AND SAID IT DUE TO A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR WHICH WOULD COST $475 AND IS NOT COVERED UNDER ANY WARRANTY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LAMP AND THE WRENCH WARNING ICON WERE ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY SENSOR WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 44,300.

DRIVING AT RELATIVELY LOW SPEED - 25-30 MPH - AND CAR LURCHED TO SLOW SPEED - COULD NOT ACCELERATE AT ALL. HAD TO PULL OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD, TURN VEHICLE OFF AND RESTART. DROVE 50 YARDS AND PROBLEM RECURRED. IT CONTINUED TO HAPPEN, FORTUNATELY NOT ON THE HIGHWAY UNTIL I CALLED THE FORD DEALER. HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT TO TAKE IT ON THE HIGHWAY. DEALER WANTED TO CHARGE ME OVER $500 FOR REPAIR AS VEHICLE WAS 3 MONTHS OUT OF 36 MONTH WARRANTY. I RESEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE "THROTTLE BOX" WHICH THE DEALER SHOULD HAVE BEEN WELL AWARE OF. DEALER DID "ASSISTED" ME WITH COST OF REPAIR - CHARGED ME $50.00. THE REPAIR SHOULD HAVE BEEN FREE. FORD NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. *TR

THE FIRST TIME I EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM; I WAS ACCELERATING GOING UP A SLIGHT INCLINE, THE ENGINE QUIT. I HAD TO PUT IT PARK AND RESTART IT, IN TRAFFIC. THIS SAME ISSUES HAPPENED SEVERAL MORE TIMES, THE CAR JUST QUIT WHILE DRIVING. ON JULY 27TH, IT HAPPENED AGAIN ALONG WITH A NEW ISSUE: I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT AND IT STARTED RUNNING RUFF AND SHUT ITSELF OFF. THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED TWICE. *TR

WHEN EXITING OFF OF THE EXPRESSWAY, I LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, PUT IN PARK, AND AS I WAS SHUTTING IF OFF IT SHOOK/RATTLED AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND RESTARTED AND IT WAS FINE. CONTINUED TO DRIVE AND ON AUGUST 2, AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY AGAIN (TRAVELING APPROX. 70 MPH) I AGAIN LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE, HOWEVER, THIS TIME I DIDN'T STOP OR SLOW DOWN BEFORE HAND. AGAIN I COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, SHUT DOWN (STILL GOT THE RATTLE AND WRENCH LIGHT) AND RESTARTED. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY STATED THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CAR IS ONLY THREE YEARS OLD! THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS THING TO HAPPEN ESPECIALLY ON THE EXPRESSWAY SINCE YOU CAN POSSIBLY BE REAR ENDED IN ADDITION TO NOT HAVING THE ABILITY TO PULL OVER. I WOULD HOPE THAT THIS ISSUE WILL BE LOOKED INTO AND CORRECTED TO THE BEST OF FORD'S ABILITY BEFORE SOMETHING WORSE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF THIS MALFUNCTION. *TR

I WAS DRIVING IN WINDBER, PA GOING AROUND A SHARP TURN WITH A TRI AXLE COAL TRUCK ON MY BUMPER, AS I WENT TO PRESS THE GAS PEDAL THE CAR MADE A POP NOISE. LOOKED DOWN AT MY DASH AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON RIGHT AWAY, I COULD NOT GET ANY GAS TO THE ENGINE, I TRIED TO GET OFF THE ROAD BUT THERE WAS NOT A SHOULDER ON THE HIGHWAY.I IMMEDIATELY PUT MY TURN SIGNAL ON AND THE CAR JUST COASTED ALONG THE SIDE UNTIL IT CAME TO A STOP ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROADWAY ON THE CURVE, MIGHT I ADD. I TURN MY CAR OFF AND CALLED MY HUSBAND TOLD HIM HE TOLD ME TO CALL LAUREL FORD AND SEE IF THEY COULD TOW IT FOR US. I LEFT THE CAR SIT BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO A APPOINTMENT IN SOMERSET I DID NOT WANT TO BE LATE, WHEN I RETURNED FROM THE APPOINTMENT THE CAR STARTED RIGHT UP NO WRENCH LIGHT I DROVE TO LAUREL FORD, I WENT IN TALKED TO THE SERVICE REP THEY LOOKED OVER MY CAR AND ADVISED ME THAT THE COMPUTER DID NOT LOCATE A PROBLEM, BUT THEY HAVE FOUND THAT THE THROTTLE BODY HAS BEEN THE PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL OF CAR. HE EXPLAINED THAT THE PART WAS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER AND WAS UNSURE WHEN HE COULD GET THE PART. I DROVE THE CAR HOME THAT DAY WITH NO PROBLEM, I ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE THE CAR AGAIN TO GO TO WORK ON TUEDAY 7 MILES FROM HOME THE CAR DID THE SAME THING WENT TO GIVE IT GAS AND THE CAR SHUT OFF I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND IT STARTED BACK UP NO WRENCH LIGHT. WENT TO WORK GOING HOME FROM WORK IT DID IT AGAIN AND NOT ONLY THE WRENCH LIGHT BUT THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL. I GOT THE CAR HOME CALLED LAUREL FORD AND TOOK THE CAR TO THEM FOR REPAIR THERE IS NOT PART TO BE FOUND ITS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER AND ITS BEEN TWO WEEKS I HAVE CALLED FORD AND HAVE NOT GIVEN ME A TIME OR DATE OF WHERE THE PART IS OR IF THE PART IS AVAILABLE. I CALLED FORD SERVICE TWICE AND GOT THE SAME ANSWER I FEEL THAT FORD HAS DROPPED THE BALL ON THIS NOT HAPPY. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING ON THE HWY GOING HOME. THE LITTLE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON THE DASHBOARD WITHOUT WARNING OR ANY KIND OF NOTICE AND I COULD NOT ACCELERATE AT ALL. WHEN I TRIED TO PRESS THE GAS PEDAL IT WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING AT ALL. I MANAGED TO PULL OVER TO THE MEDIAN. I TRIED SHUTTING OFF THE VEHICLE AND THEN RESTARTING IT. THIS SOLVED THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY. THIS HAPPENED TO ME THREE TIMES THE REST OF MY WAY HOME. WITHOUT WARNING THE LIGHT COMES ON AND YOU HAVE NO ACCELERATION. I'M BEING TOLD IT COULD BE THE THROTTLE BODY. *TR

THE FIRST INCIDENT I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY DOING 55 MPH AND MY CAR SHUT OFF. I WAS ABLE O START THE CAR AGAIN AND GET OUT OF THE ROAD. I REPLACED THE BATTERY SINCE LATER THAT DAY MY CARD WOULDN'T TURN ON. *TR THE SECOND INCIDENT I WAS HEADED TO THE AIRPORT ON MY MORNING COMMUTE; I CAME TO A STOP SIGN AND THE CAR ACCELERATED AND THE ENGINE BEGAN TO REV VERY LOUDLY THEN I MY CAR STALLED OUT. I HAVE MY CAR IN THE SHOP AND THEY ADVISED THAT I HAVE A BAD THROTTLE BODY AND IT WILL REQUIRE REPLACEMENT, THE COST IS $345.00 FOR THE PART AND $190.00 FOR THE LABOR. ALL WHILE I AM STILL PAYING ON THE LOAN. *TR

THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MANY OCCASIONS, FROM DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC TO DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY. AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR SOME TIME, A WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON ON THE DASHBOARD, THERE IS NO FUEL GOING TO THE CAR AND WHEN I PULL TO THE SIDE, THE CAR STUTTERS LIKE IT WANTS TO GO AND THEN STOPS AGAIN. AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF AND STARTING IT AGAIN, THE CAR DRIVES LIKE NOTHING EVER HAPPENED. I HAVE GONE ONLINE AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME THING AND FORD HAS NOT RECALLED THE PART. I GUESS SOMEONE HAS TO DIE IN AN ACCIDENT FOR THEM TO TAKE ACTION. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 60 , IN A SECTION OF HIGHWAY WITH NO BREAKDOWN LANE AND MULTIPLE HIGHWAYS MERGING TOGETHER, THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST ALL THROTTLE POWER AND WRENCH LIGHT WENT ON. COASTED TO SIDE OF ROAD BARELY BEING MISSED BY SEVERAL OTHER VEHICLES AND TRUCKS. I SHUT CAR OFF AND STARTED AGAIN AND WAS OK AND ABLE TO GET OFF HIGHWAY. ONCE OFF HIGHWAY CAR KEPT LOOSING THROTTLE POWER EVERY MILE UNTIL I GOT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP SAYS THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH 2010 FUSIONS AND THAT PART IS NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL END OF OCTOBER! (ALREADY HAD THROTTLE BODY AND PLATE CLEANED A FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN IT HAPPENED ON A COLD START AND CODE CAME UP P2111 THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL STUCK OPEN. CAR WAS FINE UNTIL NOW.) *TR

WHILE RESUMING TRAVEL AFTER STOPPING AT A STOPLIGHT THE ENGINE WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE. AS THERE WAS A LINE OF TRAFFIC BEHIND ME, I QUICKLY TURNED ON MY 4-WAY FLASHERS AND COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER SHUTTING OFF THE IGNITION AND WAITING FOR A FEW MINUTES, I TRIED RESTARTING THE CAR. THE ENGINE RESTARTED NORMALLY AND I WAS ABLE TO PROCEED WITH FULL THROTTLE FUNCTIONALLY. THIS SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED TO ME THREE MORE TIMES SINCE THE FIRST INCIDENT. I HAVE READ ON THE INTERNET THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM AND THAT FORD IS NOT ISSUING A RECALL TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. *TR

DRIVING ALONG FINE AND THEN SUDDENLY NO THROTTLE AT ALL. HAD TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. CAR STILL IDLING ROUGH. HAD TO SHUT OFF AND RESTART THEN IT WAS OK. HAS HAPPENED 10 TIMES KNOW ON HIGHWAY AND ON SECONDARY ROADS. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. *TR

VEHICLE KEEPS SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING. FIRST HAPPENED ON JULY 18TH, SECOND JULY 19TH. JUST STARTED AGAIN ON JULY 31 & CONTINUES. I WAS TOLD ITS MY THROTTLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE MIL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE LOST ACCELERATION POWER. THE VEHICLE STALLED MOMENTS LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE THROTTLE BODY HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

I WAS TRAVELING ON ROADWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHEN THROTTLE SUDDENLY STOPPED RESPONDING. I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR REPEATEDLY BUT ENGINE APPEARED TO STAY AT IDLE AND VEHICLE SLOWED TO A STOP. A WRENCH SYMBOL LIT UP ON DASHBOARD. SHUT VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED AND ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING NORMALLY. FORTUNATELY THERE WERE NO VEHICLES BEHIND ME OR INTERSECTING WITH ME WHICH I WOULD HAVE HAD TO AVOID. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ALONG THE TOLLWAY AND HAD TO SLOW DOWN DUE TO CONGESTION. MY CAR MADE A LUNGE, LIKE A HARD DOWNSHIFT AND WAS LEFT WITH NO RESPONSE FROM THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING AS INDICATED BY THE TACHOMETER AND POWER STEERING, HOWEVER I WAS NOT ABLE TO ACCELERATE. AFTER PULLING OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, NEARLY BEING REAR ENDED BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC, I TURNED ON THE FLASHERS AND SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. I LET THE CAR SET FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS BEFORE RESTARTING. UPON RESTART THE CAR RAN FINE AS THOUGH NOTHING HAD HAPPENED. I HAD A SECOND OCCURRENCE JUST TODAY (8/1/2013). I NOW HAVE AN ENGINE LIGHT AND HAVE READ THE CODE - P2112. THE DEALERSHIP/SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT I CALLED MENTIONED THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE FORD FUSION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, HE ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE BUT THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO IDLE. THE CONTACT SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED AS IT FUNCTIONED PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000. THE CONSUMER STATED THE PART CAUSED FIVE PROBLEMS. ONCE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ROLL. THE CONSUMER STATED THROTTLE BODY WOULD FAIL AT ANY SPEED, AND THE ENGINE WOULD JUST IDLE.

WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 55MPH WHEN THE CAR LOST ALL PROPULSION. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SHOULDER, SHUT IT DOWN, AND START BACK UP AFTER ABOUT A MINUTE. THIS OCCURRED 3 TIMES ON A 25 MILE DRIVE. APPEARS TO BE A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY BASED ON THE CODES BEING THROWN OFF. THE CAR ONLY HAS 40,000 MILES AND BASED ON MULTIPLE USER BOARDS THIS IS A PROBLEM FORD IS AWARE OF. UNACCEPTABLE FOR SUCH A KEY PART TO FAIL SO EARLY IN ITS LIKE. IF I WAS STUCK IN THE LEFT LANE THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. *TR

CAR STALLED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE ENGINE WOULD RESTART BUT RAN VERY ROUGH. I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY. THE OTHER OCCASION WAS AT AN INTERSECTION. BOTH TIMES THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO AUTONATION IN UNION CITY, GEORGIA. THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE. WHEN I REACH SPEEDS AROUND 45 AND ABOVE, THE CAR SEEMS TO STALL AND THE THROTTLE CUTS OUT, LEAVING ME WITHOUT A WAY TO ACCELERATE. I HAVE HAD TO PULL OVER ON THE SIDE OF BUSY HIGHWAYS, LET MY CAR REST FOR A LITTLE BIT THEN START IT BACK UP. IT SEEMS RELUCTANT TO START. TOOK IT TO LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY CONCLUDED IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY AND I WOULD NEED IT REPLACED. GOOGLED FORD FUSION THROTTLE BODY AND MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN, INCLUDING ACCIDENTS CAUSE BY IT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, MY CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING AND STARTED TO SLOW DOWN NATURALLY (ALMOST LIKE I HAD MOVED IT INTO NEUTRAL). PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR DID NOTHING, AND ALL MY ELECTRONICS STAYED ON. THE CAR DID NOT SHUTTER OR SHAKE, JUST A NATURAL SLOWDOWN. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO CHANGE LANES QUICKLY ON THE FREEWAY AND PULL OVER. I STOPPED MY CAR AND RESTARTED IT AND EVERYTHING WORKED AS NORMAL. THIS HAPPENED 3 MORE TIMES THAT DAY. I HAVE TAKEN IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP TODAY, BUT HAVE NOTICED ALL THE CLAIMS OVER THE MAST 2 MONTHS IN REGARD TO THIS ISSUE. I CALLED FORD AND THERE IS NO RECALL YET. I AWAIT A CALL FROM THE FORD DEALERSHIP BUT EXPECT IT TO BE THE THROTTLE BODY THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN MY LOCAL STREET AT APPROX 25 MPH. THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND WAS STUCK IN A ROUGH IDLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 6 TIMES NOW. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT IS KNOWN TO FORD (FAULTY THROTTLE BODY). SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE SOON OR GET HURT IN AN ACCIDENT IF THE CAR LOSES POWER LIKE THIS. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS KNOWN PROBLEM. FORD SHOULD DO A RECALL NOW! *TR

I HAVE AN 2010 FORD FUSION SE I BROUGHT THE CAR NOT EVEN A YEAR AGO DEC 2012. YESTERDAY WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY MY CAR LOST ALL POWER GAS PEDDLE DID NOT RESPOND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND WRENCH LIGHT. I CUT THE CAR OFF STARTED IT BACK UP HARD START LET IT SIT RAN FINE WITH NO PROBLEM ALL LIGHTS AT THAT POINT WAS OUT TRIED TO TAKE OFF AGAIN SAME ISSUE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT BUT I HAVE BEEN CALLING FORD ABOUT LOST OF POWER FOR LIKE 4MONTHS NOW THEY ALWAYS HAD AN EXCUSE CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE BECAME RESISTANT TO ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS OVER 40 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED AND LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE THROTTLE BODY CONTROL. THE DEALER REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY CONTROL AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 55,000.

WHILE DRIVING THE GAS PEDAL BEGINS TO SHAKE AND THEN THE CAR SHUTS OFF COMPLETELY. HAVE READ SEVERAL REVIEWS/COMPLAINTS ABOUT IT BEING THE THROTTLE BODY, AND THAT'S WHAT IT IS. $800, AND WARRANTY IS EXPIRED, BUT BROUGHT THE CAR IN PREVIOUSLY TO FORD WITH THE SAME ISSUES, THEY COULDN'T FIND ANY PROBLEMS THEN. DON'T FEEL I SHOULD PAY FOR A MISTAKE MADE BY FORD. *TR

MY DAUGHTER OWNS A FORD FUSION 2010 AND HAS HAD MULTIPLE INCIDENCES OF THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED IT AND ORDERED THE PART. THE PART IS BACK ORDERED DUE TO SO MANY FAILURES ON SEVERAL TYPES OF FORD CARS AND TRUCKS. A LITTLE RESEARCH ON THE PART OF THE NHTSA WOULD SHOW IT IS PAST TIME THIS PART SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED!!! LOSING ACCELERATION IN THE MIDDLE OF PULLING INTO TRAFFIC WHETHER IN TOWN OR HIGHWAY IS EXCEPTIONALLY DANGEROUS, THE NHTSA AND FORD NEED TO STEP UP BEFORE DEATHS OCCUR. *TR

DRIVER WAS DRIVING 2010 FORD FUSION APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE AND DECELERATE. IT FELT LIKE THE VEHICLE WAS LOSING POWER. DRIVER HAD TO PUT HAZARD LIGHTS ON AND PULL OFF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND DRIVE SLOWLY TO A CONVENIENCE STORE WHERE SHE WAS ABLE TO CALL TO BE TOWED TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP. WHEN THE VEHICLE ARRIVED AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY STILL IN THE SHOP WAITING FOR THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY TO BE AVAILABLE TO REPLACE THE FAULTY PART. CURRENTLY THE DRIVER IS WITHOUT THE VEHICLE THAT IS REQUIRED FOR THEM TO DO THEIR JOB. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT SEEMED TO LOOSE POWER AND WAS IDLING ROUGH. WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD, OPENED THE HOOD AND THE ENGINE WAS SHAKING AND RUNNING ROUGH. VEHICLE WAS ONLY GOING A COUPLE MILES AN HOUR AS DRIVER TRIED TO MAKE IT BACK TO HIS MOTEL, WHEN THE VEHICLE JUST TURNED OFF. DRIVER LET THE VEHICLE SIT FOR A MINUTE AND THEN TRIED TO START IT AGAIN, AND IT STARTED UP. THE VEHICLE WOULD RUN BUT IT HAS EXTREMELY LIMITED POWER. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT WAS A FAILED THROTTLE BODY AND THAT THE PART WAS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. HAD TO WAIT TWO WEEKS FOR THE PART TO BECOME AVAILABLE. *TR

WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH CAR JUST WENT TO IDLE THROTTLE WAS UNRESPONSIVE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON ABOUT GOT REAR ENDED HAS DONE IT SEVERAL TIMES SINCE HELP. *TR

THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND HAPPENED 3 TIMES ON 7/24/13 - I AM IN TRAFFIC ON BUSY HIGHWAY AND THE CAR JUST STALLS. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER ALL 3 TIMES TURNED IT OFF AND RESTARTED. HAD I BEEN DOING THE SPEED LIMIT OF 60 I FOR SURE WOULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WITH AS MUCH TRAFFIC THAT IS ON THE 10. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM AND FORD NEEDS TO ADDRESS BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. *TR

WHEN TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD IN TYPICAL CONDITIONS THE POWER COULD CUT OUT ON THE ENGINE. ELECTRICAL POWER WOULD STILL BE ON BUT NO POWER WOULD GO TO THE ENGINE FORCING ME TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AND RESTART. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AND CAUSED A MINOR BUMP WITH A TRAFFIC BARREL. FORD LISTS THIS AS SERVICE NOTICE WHEN IT SHOULD BE A RECALL, I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED HAD I NOT HAD ENOUGH ROOM TO AVOID THE SEMI TRUCK SPEEDING BEHIND ME. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND MY CAR CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP. IT WAS SUDDEN ENOUGH WHERE MY HEAD SMACKED THE STEERING WHEEL. I LATER CAME TO FIND OUT THAT IT WAS A BAD THROTTLE BODY ON THE CAR. MY CAR HAS BEEN IN A SHOP FOR 2 WEEKS NOW AND THE MECHANICS ARE TELLING ME THAT FORD IS HAVING MASSIVE ISSUES WITH THE PART AND ITS ON A NATIONAL BACK ORDER FOR UP TO 6 WEEKS. FORD EXECUTIVES SHOULD BE ARRESTED FOR SWEEPING THIS UNDER THE RUG AND NOT ADDRESSING THE ISSUE. THIS ALMOST CAUSE A MASSIVE ACCIDENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE SURGED AND STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000.

THROTTLE BODY IS DEFECTIVE ON VEHICLE. CAUSES VEHICLE TO NOT GET ANY GAS AND SHUTS DOWN TO AN IDLE WITH THE WRENCH LIGHT ILLUMINATING. MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS KNOWN ISSUE. DRIVING IN DALLAS I FOUND THIS TO BE VERY UNSAFE WITH SO MUCH TRAFFIC. COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED AS THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON A CROWDED HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE LOST ALL ABILITY TO ACCELERATE OR MAINTAIN SPEED. WRENCH LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED, CAR DID NOT STALL. ONCE BROUGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP NO CODE WAS AVAILABLE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK YESTERDAY MORNING AND ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED BY A SEMI WHEN MY CAR LOST POWER. AFTER WORK I TOOK MY CAR TO THE MECHANIC AND HE VERIFIED THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE THROTTLE BODY. AFTER FINDING THIS OUT I DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND FOUND THAT THIS APPEARS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. I HAVE READ COUNTLESS PAGES OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM HAPPENING TO OTHER PEOPLE. WITHOUT A DOUBT, I FEEL THAT THERE SHOULD DEFINITELY BE A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. I GUESS IT TAKES SOMEONE TO GET KILLED BEFORE THAT WILL HAPPEN THOUGH. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME AND PROBABLY WON'T BE THE LAST. I WOULD HATE TO SEE SOMEONE GET KILLED OVER THIS. IT WILL BRING A HEFTY LAWSUIT. *TR

THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES BUT THE MOST COMMON IS WHILE DRIVING, THE LITTLE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON OUT OF NOWHERE AND THE CAR STARTS TO SHAKE AND LOSE POWER. I HAVE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND COMPLETELY TURN OFF THE ENGINE. ONCE I RESTART IT, IT WILL DRIVE FOR A FEW MILES AND DO IT AGAIN. SOMETIMES IT WILL DO IT JUST ONCE AND OTHER TIMES, LIKE THIS MORNING ON THE HIGHWAY, IT DID IT 3 TIMES. I FEAR FOR MY SAFETY AND FOR THOSE AROUND ME. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING I CAN DO TO PREPARE FOR IT BECAUSE IT DOES IT ALWAYS WITHOUT WARNING. I CAN'T EVEN BUY THE PART TO FIX IT DUE TO A NATIONWIDE BACKORDER. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY DURING RUSH HOUR, THE CAR SHUDDERED AND STALLED, KEPT OSCILLATING AROUND 1000 RPM, WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. ALMOST CRASHED TRYING TO GET TO THE SHOULDER. CALLED DEALERSHIP FROM SIDE OF THE ROAD, THEY SAID IT'S PROBABLY THE THROTTLE BODY. *TR

THE CAR BEGAN TO STALL ON THE FREEWAY, SO I HAD TO DRIVE IT OFF THE FREEWAY AFTER IT HAD TURNED OFF TWICE. THE FIRST TIME, IT WENT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY AS I LUCKILY VEERED TO THE SIDE AND NO ONE WAS HURT. I TOOK IT TO BE SERVICED. IT TURNS OUT THERE WAS A FAULTY THROTTLE CONTROL: THE THROTTLE ACTUATOR WAS STUCK CLOSED (P2111), AND ALSO WOULD GET STUCK OPEN (P2112). THIS MUST HAVE HAPPENED WHILE I WAS ON THE FREEWAY. THE AUTO SERVICE CENTER RAN THE TESTS AND TESTED MY VEHICLE AFTER REPLACING THAT THROTTLE ASSEMBLY AND NOW MY CAR RUNS BACK TO NORMAL. ALSO, MY REAR PARKING AID BACK UP TONE IS OUT OF ORDER. SOMETIMES IT JUST BEEPS CONSTANTLY AND THERE IS NOTHING BEHIND THE VEHICLE. IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING IN ORDER, BUT ONCE IN A WHILE IT DOES THAT. *TR

FIRST INCIDENT: ON 05/21/2013 CAR HESITATED WHEN PUSHING ACCELERATOR PEDAL AFTER GOING DOWNHILL TO A STOP AND THEN ATTEMPTING TO REACH NORMAL SPEED IN OUR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT (SEE EARLIER REPORT ON 07/18/2013 FOR CONFIRMATION NUMBER: 10525593 AND CAR DEALER RECEIPTS ENCLOSED FOR 05/21/2013). ...UPDATED 08/16/13 *BF SECOND INCIDENT: ON 06/21/2013 CAR DID NOT RESPOND BEYOND IDLE SPEED AFTER PUSHING ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO MOVE FROM STOP LIGHT AND DRIFTED TO NEARBY PARKING LOT WITH NO ACCELERATOR PEDAL RESPONSE BEYOND IDLE POWER (SEE EARLIER REPORT ON 07/18/2013 FOR CONFIRMATION NUMBER: 10525593 AND CAR DEALER RECEIPTS ENCLOSED FOR 06/21/2013) ...UPDATED 08/16/13 *BF *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR AND HAD GONE APPROX 1-1/2 - 2 MILES DOWN THE ROAD AND THE CAR WAS DRIVING FINE THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR STARTED TO HESITATE AND WOULD BARELY MOVE. I PULLED OVER ON A SIDE ROAD AND TURNED MY CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT SOUNDED FINE I TURNED AROUND AND PULLED ONTO MAIN ROAD AGAIN AND AGAIN THE CAR STARTED PUTTERING AND WOULD BARELY MOVE I MANAGED TO GET CAR OFF THE ROAD. I HAD IT TOWED TO TASCA FORD WHERE THEY SAID THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IT HAS BEEN A WEEK NOW AND I STILL DON'T HAVE MY CAR AND THEY CAN'T TELL ME WHEN THE NEW PART WILL COME IN BECAUSE IT IS BEING MANUFACTURED? THEY ARE ALSO STATING THEY HAVE 18 - 20 CARS WAITING FOR THIS SAME PART. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND BEGAN TO SHAKE. AFTER SHUTTING THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE WITHOUT FAILURE FOR A SHORT TIME BEFORE THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,000. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A HIGHWAY WHEN THE ENGINE SUDDENLY LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING. I QUICKLY WENT FROM 70 MPH TO 50 MPH AND CONTINUED TO SLOW. THE VEHICLE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND MY RPMS DROPPED BELOW 500. I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER. I TURNED THE CAR OFF, WAITED A FEW MINUTES, AND STARTED IT. THE CAR STARTED AND IDLED JUST FINE. I REVVED THE ENGINE A FEW TIMES. RPMS STAYED IN THE NORMAL RANGE. I PUT THE CAR IN GEAR AND STARTED TO MOVE. IMMEDIATELY THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON AND THE RPMS DROPPED AGAIN. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THEY INFORMED ME THE THROTTLE BODY HAD FAILED AND IT REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. THE TOW AND REPAIRS COST ME OVER $500. *TR

THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND WE LOST SPEED AND HAD TO PULL OVER. WE TURNED THE CAR OFF, TURNED THE CAR BACK ON AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME. *TR

THE CAR LOST POWER SUDDENLY. WE HAD TO PULL OVER, TURN OFF THE CAR AND TURN IT BACK ON. WE HAD TO LEAVE THE AIR CONDITIONER OFF. *TR

VEHICLES UNEXPECTEDLY GOES INTO "LIMP HOME MODE" AT REDUCED POWER. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER ON JULY 17, 2013 AFTER REPEATED INCIDENTS. OWNER WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT THE THROTTLE CONTROL MUST BE REPLACED. THE DEALER WILL ORDER THE NEW THROTTLE CONTROL WHICH IS ON NATIONAL BACKORDER AND SHOULD ARRIVE IN 1-2 WEEKS. EVEN THOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS AND NEWS ARTICLES ABOUT THIS COMMON PROBLEM IN THE 2010 FORD FUSION, THE OWNER WAS QUOTED THAT THE COST TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE CONTROL WOULD BE $368 AS FORD HAS YET TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS OBVIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE BECAME RESISTANT TO ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATELY FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 65,000. *TR

I WAS DRIVING 70 MPH ON A 4 LANE INTERSTATE, AS FAR AWAY FROM THE SHOULDER AS I COULD GET...SUDDENLY THE CAR LOST ALL ACCELERATION. I HAD TO MAKE MY WAY OVER THE 4 LANES TO PULL OVER. PUT THE CAR IN PARK, RESTARTED AND DROVE FOR ANOTHER 45 MINUTES AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. SINCE THIS FIRST TIME, IT HAS NOW OCCURRED WITH NO WARNING, NO PATTERN AT LEAST 10 TIMES - ONE TIME I WAS GOING ACROSS MULTIPLE LANES OF ON-COMING TRAFFIC AND CARS GOING 50+ MPH HAD TO STOP TO AVOID T-BONING ME. TOOK MY CAR INTO MECHANIC, THEY SAY ITS THE THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL AND THAT IT WILL BE MORE THAN A MONTH WAIT FOR REPAIR BECAUSE FORD CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND FOR THIS FAULTY PART. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THIS VERY DANGEROUS DEFECT THAT FORD IS WELL AWARE OF. IN RESEARCHING MY CARS ISSUE ONLINE I AM STUNNED TO SEE SO MANY OTHERS EXPERIENCING THIS SAME ISSUE. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET SOMEONE TO REALIZE THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE THAT NEEDS ATTENTION??? DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE? REALLY? I JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE APPROX 6 MO'S AGO WITH JUST UNDER 60,000 MILES. RIDICULOUS THAT IT'S NOW NEEDING THIS REPAIR. I CAN'T DRIVE THIS CAR FOR OVER A MONTH NOW, DUE TO FORD'S INABILITY TO KEEP UP. I HAVE 2 SMALL CHILDREN THAT CAN'T RIDE IN THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE EXTREME HAZARD OF THIS VEHICLE STOPPING AT ANY TIME/SPEED. SO UNBELIEVABLY DANGEROUS AND UNACCEPTABLE. *TR

I OWN A FORD FUSION 2010. THE CAR RAN GREAT UNTIL IT JUST UNEXPECTEDLY STOP WORKING WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON I-95 WITH MY SON [XXX]. I WAS DRIVING AT 60 MPH WHEN THE CAR JUST STOP ACCELERATING WHEN I HIT THE GAS. I INSTINCTIVELY HIT MY FLASHERS ON AND STARTED HONKING MY HORN TO ALERT OTHER CARS BECAUSE THERE WAS NO IMMEDIATE SHOULDER TO PULL ONTO. AFTER ABOUT 100 YARDS OF DRIVING AT ABOUT 5 MPH I FINALLY PULLED OVER ONTO THE SHOULDER. THE CAR STARTED SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY WHEN I STOPPED. I TURNED THE CAR OFF IN ORDER TO STOP THE SHAKING. THE EXPERIENCE WAS TERRIFYING ENOUGH THAT I WENT HOME TO DO RESEARCH. THE INFORMATION I FOUND FLOORED ME. THERE ARE LITERALLY HUNDREDS ON FORD FUSION 2010 OWNERS THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THE CAR JUST ABRUPTLY SHUTS DOWN BECAUSE OF A DEFECTIVE PART. THE PART IS THE THROTTLE BODY. IT IS MIND BOGGLING THAT FORD HAS NOT RECALLED THIS CAR. THEY ARE PUTTING MONEY AHEAD OF THE SAFETY OF THEIR CUSTOMERS. I AM APPALLED THAT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. I DEMAND THAT FORD MAKES THIS RIGHT BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS SERIOUSLY HURT. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

LOST POWER AT HIGHWAY SPEED. PULLED ONTO SHOULDER AND RESTARTED ENGINE. LATER CHECKED THE CODE, WHICH WAS P2111. STOPPED DRIVING CAR: IN SOME SITUATIONS THIS LOSS OF POWER COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE. DEALER REPLACED THROTTLE BODY AT A COST OF $400. *TR

APPROXIMATELY 3 WEEKS AGO I NOTICED A SMALL BUCKING TYPE SYMPTOM WHILE SITTING AT AN IDLE AT STOPS LIGHTS. TODAY WHILE PULLING OUT FROM MY STREET ONTO THE MAIN ROAD MY CAR BEGAN BUCKING VERY BAD AND STALLED. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT RESTARTED AND CONTINUED ON TO WORK. IT HAPPENED TWICE MORE AT STOP LIGHTS WHILE TRYING TO CROSS A MAJOR HIGHWAY! I CALLED MY MECHANIC AND TOOK IT IN IMMEDIATELY. THEY JUST CALLED TO TELL ME IT WAS THE FUEL BODY AND THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THESE CARS AND THE PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER! CONSIDERING THE SEVERITY OF THIS ISSUE AND THE FACT THAT SOMEONE COULD BE SERIOUSLY INJURED IN A ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE I WOULD DEMAND THAT FORD ISSUES A RECALL FOR THESE PARTS IMMEDIATELY! *TR

I HAD JUST LEFT THE DEALERSHIP AFTER GETTING AN OIL CHANGE. AFTER DRIVING LESS THAN 1 MILE THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND MY CAR DECELERATED. I IMMEDIATELY WENT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY RAN A TEST AND SAID THAT IT PASSED, BUT IT MY BE THE THROTTLE BODY. THEY TOLD ME TO TRY AGAIN AND IF I HAVE PROBLEMS TO CALL. I LEFT AGAIN AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I CALLED THE SERVICE ASSOCIATE AND THEY HAD ME BRING IT BACK. THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED. *TR

THE FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS WHEN I WAS BEGINNING TO ACCELERATE AT AROUND 50 MPH. THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND MY ENGINE AND WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE ENGINE JUST HIGH RPM'S AND NO MOVEMENT. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. WHEN I RESTARTED THE CAR, THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON BUT THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS OFF. I CONTINUED TO DRIVE BUT ABOUT 20 MILES DOWN THE ROAD IT DID IT AGAIN. AT THE TIME I THOUGHT I HAD GOT A BAD BATCH OF GAS. I HAD FILLED UP THAT MORNING. THE ENGINE LIGHT WENT OUT AND I DROVE FOR ANOTHER 10,000 MILES BEFORE IT HAPPENED AGAIN IN DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC. NOW THE CAR WILL ONLY GO ABOUT 2-3 MILES BEFORE THE IT GOES INTO THE LIMITING MODE. I TALKED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY. THEY ARE ON AT LEAST A WEEK BACK-ORDER BECAUSE THEY CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND OF THE FAULTY PART. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE WRENCH WARNING ICON ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER HOWEVER, THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 53,600. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 70MPH, THE CAR EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN LOSS IN POWER FOLLOWED BY FLUXUATING RPM AND NO THROTTLE CONTROL. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY. *TR

THREE TIMES, THE CAR HESITATED AND NEARLY STALLED, THEN WOULD NOT ACCELERATE NORMALLY. IT WAS STOPPED AND RESTARTED AND WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN HOME BUT TRAFFIC WAS DISRUPTED ON A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND VERY SCARY. WHEN WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, THEY SAID IT WAS A THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM AND WAS UNSAFE TO BE DRIVEN HOME. UNFORTUNATELY PARTS ARE BACK ORDERED AND WE ARE WITHOUT A VEHICLE BECAUSE THEY SAID IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE, AS IS. *TR

PUSHED ACCELERATOR WITH NO RESPONSE ABOVE IDLE. *TR

WHILE I WAS UP TO SPEED (65 MPH), THE CAR'S WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON, AND LOST POWER. ALL OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS WERE STILL FUNCTIONING, BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I WAITED A FEW MINUTES, TRIED THE CAR AGAIN, AND IT MADE IT TO MY DESTINATION, AND WENT TROUBLE-FREE ON THE RETURN TRIP HOME. THE CAR HAD THE SAME OCCURRENCE ON MONDAY, JULY 8. AT THAT TIME, I CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE WHO CAME AND TOWED THE CAR TO THE DEALER THAT SERVICES MY CAR. I WAS TOLD THAT THE THROTTLE BODY HAD TO BE REPLACED. ESTIMATED REPAIR COST: $387.00. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND STALLED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO CORRECT THE FAILURE WAS ON BACK ORDER. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 77,063. *TR

LOSS OF POWER AT HIGHWAY SPEED. VEHICLE DECELERATED AND WOULD ONLY IDLE. WRENCH SYMBOL LIT. SHUT CAR OFF RESTARTED AND CAR WAS OK UNTIL NEXT INCIDENT. FAILURES BECAME MORE FREQUENT INCLUDING FAILURES IN RUSH HOUR HIGHWAY TRAFFIC. ADDITIONAL FAILURES OCCURRED AT SLOWER SPEED. DIAGNOSTIC AT THE DEALER WAS A THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. *TR

DRIVING ALONG AND VEHICLE GOES INTO LIMP MODE. CANNOT ACCELERATE. PULL OVER TURN OFF CAR AND RESTART. CAR STARTS UP AND RUNS FINE UNTIL IT HAPPENS AGAIN WHICH HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES NOW AND MORE FREQUENT. CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY DEALER SO I HAVE TO BUT THE PART AND INSTALL IT MYSELF. NO CODES SHOW UP JUST A WRENCH. TALKED TO THE DEALER AND THEY ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PROBLEM AND TOLD ME WHAT TO REPLACE BUT IF I TAKE IT TO THEM THEY WILL CHARGE A FEE FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC EVEN THOUGH THEY KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, THEN THEY CHARGE ANOTHER FEE FOR REPLACING THE PART. *TR

I WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE THROUGH THE INTERSECTION THE CAR ACTED LIKE IT WAS GETTING NO GAS. IT WAS A RAINY DAY AND I ASSUMED THE UNDERCARRIAGE HAD GOTTEN IT WET. I STUTTERED THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND WAS ABLE TO PULL THE CAR OVER AND STOP THE CAR. AFTER SITTING FOR 5 MINUTES I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR AND GET OFF THE ROAD INTO A PARKING LOT. I THEN LET IT SIT FOR AN HOUR AND WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME THE 10 MILES WITHOUT INCIDENT. I DROVE THE CAR FOR 2 MORE DAYS WITHOUT INCIDENT, THEN ON 7-5-2013 DURING A 30 MILE TRIP IT DID THE SAME THING. STOPPED AT A LIGHT AND SUDDENLY THE CAR ACTED LIKE IT COULD GET NO GAS. WE PARKED IT FOR AN HOUR AND MADE IT HOME. THE FOLLOWING DAY WHEN TRYING TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER, CAR WOULD SPEED UP AND SLOW DOWN ON A SIDESTREET! WAS A SCARY 2 MILE DRIVE TO THE DEALERSHIP. AFTER 9 HOURS THEY FIGURED OUT IT WAS THE "THROTTLE ARM". AFTER THE DIAGNOSIS I FIND THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH MY 3 YEAR OLD CAR. I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW, AND HAVING TO SPEND $427 TO GET THIS FIXED IS RIDICULOUS. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS PART. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING THE CAR THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON THIS HAPPENED AT LEAST 10 TIMES IN A 24 MILE DRIVE (TO AND FROM WORK) AUTO ZONE SAYS IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY STICKING. I WENT TO CARCOMPLAINTS.COM AND MY CAR IS NOT THE ONLY 2010 FUSION EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE I FEEL FORD NEEDS TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES AND FIX THE THROTTLE BODY BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE THROTTLE FAILED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE MAINTENANCE LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION SEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THERE WAS A REDUCTION IN ENGINE POWER WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND RESUMED NORMALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

WHILE DRIVING AT 45MPH LOST THROTTLE CONTROL. GAS PEDAL HAD NO RESPONSE. WAS ABLE TO COAST TO SIDE OF HIGHWAY. THE "WRENCH LIGHT" CAME ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE THROTTLE WAS RESPONSIVE, DOVE APPROX 1/4 MILE AND THE SAME SITUATION OCCURRED; HOWEVER, THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE AND WRENCH LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. TURNED VEHICLE OFF AND ON AND WARNING LIGHTS RESET AND I HAD THROTTLE CONTROL. DROVE APPROX 1000 FEET AND LOST THROTTLE CONTROL AGAIN; HOWEVER, THIS TIME I WAS MAKING A TURN THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. I WAS ABLE TO COAST THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND OFF THE HIGHWAY ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. THE CHECK ENGINE AND THROTTLE CONTROL/TRANSMISSION(WRENCH) LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. AT THIS POINT I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH ON A BUSY 4 LANE HIGHWAY,AND MY ENGINE LOST ALL POWER. IT SLOWED TO ABOUT 3 MPH AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AT ALL, NEARLY CAUSING A MAJOR CRASH. I HAD TO PROCEED FOR A DISTANCE TO FIND A PLACE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. I TURNED THE CAR OFF FOR MAYBE 5 MINUTES THEN RESTARTED THE CAR AND IT SEEMED TO BE OVER THE PROBLEM. I CONTACTED THE LOCAL DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE "THROTTLE BODY" THAT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM AND THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY ON STOCK SINCE THEY HAVE BEEN REPAIRING OTHER VEHICLES WITH THIS PART... THE PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED 3 MORE TIMES NOW AND BECAUSE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE I NEED TO REPLACE THE PART MYSELF AND NOT WAIT FOR FORD. MY CAR HAS NOW PASSED 36,000 MILES AND IS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. *TR

WAS ACCELERATING TO ENTER FREEWAY WHEN ENGINE WENT TO IDLE AND CAR BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN. PULLED ONTO MEDIAN AND TRIED TO REV ENGINE BUT NO RESPONSE. TURNED ENGINE OFF AND BACK ON AND THE CAR DROVE FINE FOR A FEW MINUTES BEFORE EXHIBITING SAME BEHAVIOR. THIS TIME PULLED OFF FREEWAY AND WAITED FOR SOMEONE TO COME GET THE CAR. AFTER 30 MINUTES OR SO WE TRIED THE CAR AGAIN AND IT DROVE FINE ALL THE WAY TO THE DEALERSHIP. ONCE THERE THEY DETERMINED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS BAD AND CHARGED US QUITE A BIT TO REPLACE IT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 65MPH WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR LOST FUEL PRESSURE. I PUT THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I PUT ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS AND WAS ABLE TO GET OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AS OTHER CARS WERE FLYING BY ME ON BOTH SIDES. ALL THE ELECTRICAL FUNCTIONS WERE STILL ON BUT THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT AND THE LIGHT WENT OUT AND I WENT ON MY WAY. THERE WAS NO WARNING. IT HAPPENED 2 MORE TIMES ABOUT A MONTH A PART EACH TIME AND ALWAYS AFTER I HAD BEEN ON THE ROAD FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES. AFTER THE THIRD TIME I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND HAD TO WAIT OVER TWO WEEKS TO GET A NEW THROTTLE BODY. PLEASE MAKE THEM RECALL THIS PART BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED! *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD MY CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING, STARTED SPITTING AND SPUTTERING (FELT LIKE IT HAD RAN OUT OF GAS) AND DISPLAYED THE WRENCH LIGHT ON THE DASH. I CUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND STARTED IT BACK UP AND HAD NO FURTHER ISSUES FOR QUITE A LONG TIME. ALMOST A YEAR LATER (JUNE OF 2013) THE VEHICLE DID THE EXACT SAME THING. THIS TIME CUTTING IT OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE. MY CAR WONT EVEN MAKE IT HALF A MILE DOWN THE ROAD NOW WITH OUT SHUTTERING AND SPUTTERING TO A STOP. *TR

MY FORD FUSION HAS BEEN HAVING ISSUES ACCELERATING FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN TO BE CHECKED OUT AND CAN'T SEEM TO FIND THE PROBLEM. THE NIGHT OF JUNE 30TH I HAD DROVE TO WORK, NOTICING IT RIDING RATHER ROUGH, BUT WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT OKAY. LEAVING WORK THOUGH I STOPPED AT A LOCAL STORE, WHILE I WAS PARKED AND IDLING THE CAR STALED WITH A BATTERY LIGHT ON. I HAD JUST PURCHASED A BRAND NEW BATTERY, WHICH WAS ANNOYING ENOUGH IN A 2010, JUST SIX MONTHS AGO SO I ASSUMED THE BATTERY WAS BAD AGAIN. I WAS GOING TO TRY TO JUMP THE CAR WHEN I REALIZED IT WOULD START AGAIN, I DROVE A FEW FEET AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. IT WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT ABOUT 30 MILES HOME LUCKILY BUT CONTINUED STALING THE WHOLE WAY HOME. IT EVEN STALED WHEN I WAS GOING 55 MPH. I GOT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT MORNING AND THEY CALLED TO TELL ME IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY THAT HAD GONE BAD AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, I CAME ACROSS A WEBSITE STATING THAT I WAS NOT ALONE IN THIS AND THAT MANY OTHER FORD CARS HAVE ALSO HAD THIS ISSUE. THIS PROBLEM HAS COST ME 500+ OVER THE PAST YEAR JUST IN COSTS TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT KIND OF MONEY I HAVE LOST IN GAS TOO. I WANTED TO SHARE MY INFORMATION SO SOMETHING MIGHT BE DONE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT FROM THIS PROBLEM WITH THE FORD THROTTLE BODY. *TR

CAME OFF THE HIGHWAY AND WAS WAITING AT A RED LIGHT. WENT TO ACCELERATE AND THE CAR WOULD NOT GO. THE CAR DID NOT STALL BUT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. TOOK TO MIKE BASS FORD IN SHEFFIELD OH AND THEY DIAGNOSED THAT IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY. TOOK APPROX 12 DAYS TO FIX. THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMED THAT FORD HAD RUN OUT OF THE PART. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE ALL POWER AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE ACCELERATION PEDAL. IT WOULD REQUIRE PULLING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SHUTTING THE ENGINE OFF FOR 3-5 MINUTES BEFORE BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE. THIS HAPPENED 7-10 TIMES IN THE SAME DAY. THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT FINALLY CAME ON AND STAYED ON. WE TOOK IT INTO THE NEAREST AUTO PARTS STORE WHO RAN IT THROUGH THE COMPUTER AND IT WAS THE "THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR" WHICH REQUIRED REPLACING THE ENTIRE "THROTTLE BODY". THIS NEARLY CAUSED A WRECK EVERY TIME IT HAPPENED. *TR

DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY ALTERNATING IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC. AT ONE POINT THE TRAFFIC OPENS. I STEP ON THE GAS AND NOTHING HAPPENS. THE CAR SPUTTERS AND NEARLY STALLS. I'M ABLE TO COAST IT INTO THE BREAKDOWN LANE, WHERE IT SITS AND SPUTTERS. I SHUT THE CAR OFF, RESTARTED IT, AND IT SEEMS TO BE FINE. I DRIVE TO A RESTAURANT AND HAVE DINNER. THE CAR SITS FOR AN HOUR. I GET BACK IN AND THE CAR DRIVES FOR A FEW MINUTES, THEN STUTTERS, NEARLY STALLS, AND LIMPS ALONG AGAIN. I RESTART THE CAR AGAIN, AND AGAIN IT'S FINE. MY WIFE HAS ALSO INDICATED ENGINE RACING IN FIRST GEAR. INTERNET RESEARCH INDICATES THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH FORD'S THROTTLE BODIES OF THIS MODEL / TIMEFRAME. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY IN THE MIDDLE LANE AT 65 MILES AN HOURS AND MY CAR STARTED JERKING AND SEEMED TO HAVE NO POWER, I WAS AT A PLACE WHERE 2 HIGHWAYS WERE COMING TOGETHER WHICH CAUSED GETTING THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD DIFFICULT! I WAS ABLE TO GET INBETWEEN THE 2 HIGHWAYS AND STOP THE CAR, I PUT IT IN PARK AND TURNED THE KEY OFF AND WAITED A FEW MINUTES THEN STARTED THE CAR AND IT SEEMED TO RUN FINE. THE IT HAPPENED AGAIN TO ME WHILE DRIVING ON A SUNDAY AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AGAIN STOPPED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED IT OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN. CALLED THE DEALER ON MONDAY TO GET IT INTO THE SHOP HAD AN APPOINTMENT ON TUESDAY MORNING TO TAKE IT IN, ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK AT 5:00 PM IT STARTED JERKING AND I ENDED UP HAVING TO STOP THE CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION AND TURN IT OFF AN ON AGAIN. THANK GOD I WAS NOT HIT IN EITHER INCIDENCE!! I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS MY THROTTLE BODY AND THAT THIS PART IS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER WHICH TELLS ME THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM. I AM BEING TOLD THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG IT WILL BE BEFORE THIS PART IS AVAILABLE AND I AM HAVING TO GET A RENT A CAR IN THE MEAN TIME. MY NEW CAR WARRANTY ENDED IN TIME APRIL 2013 AND I AM 3000 MILES OVER THE 30,000. I THINK THIS IS JUST WRONG TO HAVE THIS KIND OF PROBLEM WITH A NEWER VEHICLE!! *TR

CAR AUTOMATICALLY LOST SPEED GOING UP HILL TO STOP SIGN. WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. WENT DEAD. CARS WERE BEHIND ME AND PASSING ON BUSY STREET IN FRONT OF ME. TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP. DIDN'T CORRECT PROBLEM. HAD TO TAKE BACK. ON THE WAY, WENT DEAD PULLING OUT ONTO MAJOR HIGHWAY WITH MORNING TRAFFIC COMING. FINALLY GOT CRANKED. WENT ON TRYING TO GET TO DEALERSHIP AND WENT DEAD AGAIN IN MAJOR INTERSECTION. GOT TO DEALERSHIP. THROTTLE BODY PART ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. BEEN 8 DAYS AND PART STILL NOT IN. *TR

ON THE HIGHWAY TRAVELING AT 65 MPG WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON, THE CAR JERKED. THE YELLOW WRENCH CAME ON. I HAD NO ACCELERATION AND CAR WAS BUCKING. I ROLLED TO THE BREAK DOWN LANE PUT IT IN PARK AND IT CONTINUED TO BUCK. TURNED KEY OFF. TURNED BACK ON. IT WAS LIKE HITTING THE RESET BUTTON. DROVE ANOTHER 15 MILES AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. IT DID IT A THIRD TIME. STILL 45 MILES AWAY I REDUCE SPEED TO 55 TRYING NOT TO TOUCH THE ACCELERATOR AND WAS ABLE TO GET IT HOME. LUCKY FOR OUR FAMILY WE WERE NOT ON A BUSY HIGHWAY OR WE WOULD HAVE BEEN CAUGHT DEAD IN THE MIDDLE. THERE WAS NO ACCELERATION. ALL WE COULD DO IS CRUISE TO A STOP. VERY DANGEROUS AND SCARY SITUATION. IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS THE THROTTLE BODY BY FORD. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AT NIGHT AND THE CAR STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION, AS I WAS ACCELERATING FROM A FULL STOP. I LET THE CAR ROLL THROUGH THE INTERSECTION, AND COME TO A FULL STOP. THE CAR HAD VERY RUFF IDLE WHILE STOPPED, AND THE ACCELERATOR WAS STILL UNRESPONSIVE. I SHUT-OFF THE CAR FOR FEW MINS, AND RE-FIRED THE ENGINE. IT STARTED, BUT FEW MINS LATER, STALLED AGAIN. THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE SERVICE WRENCH WERE BOTH ILLUMINATED. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR HOME, 40 MILES AND THEN TO DEALER FOR THE REPAIRS. DURING THE DRIVING TO HOME AND THE DEALER THE CAR STALLED A NUMBER OF TIMES. THE SPEED DID NOT SEEM TO MATTER WHEN THE CAR STALLED. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENGINE'S THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY. THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACEMENT ALSO REQUIRED A REPROGRAM OF PCM. I ALSO, DID SOME RESEARCH AND OTHERS HAVING THIS PROBLEM TOO AND YOU ALL HAVE AN INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY, HTTP://WWW.NBCNEWS.COM/BUSINESS/1-3-MILLION-FORDS-TOYOTAS-HONDAS-UNDER-INVESTIGATION-1C8536130. I HOPE THIS REPAIR WORKS, BUT IT WAS VERY CRAZY TO HAVE THE CAR STALL WHILE TRAVEL ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ACCELERATION POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS MERGED TO THE SHOULDER WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT DOWN AND RESTARTED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED MY VEHICLE I HAD AN INCIDENT WHERE WHEN I WENT TO HIT THE GAS THE CAR STALLED. AT LEAST I THOUGHT. BROUGHT IT TO FORD ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS AN WERE NEVER ABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM AS THEY COULD NOT RE-ENACT THE ISSUE. THEN TIME WENT ON IT SEEMED OK. APPROXIMATELY A YEAR AGO I WAS TRAVELING AT APPROX 40-50MPH AND WHEN I HIT THE GAS PEDAL IT WOULDN'T DRIVE IT JUST SORT OF PUTTED BUT DIDN'T TURN OFF. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SHOULDER AND TURN CAR OFF RESTART AND WENT. BROUGHT IT TO MY LOCAL SERVICE STATION WHO SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING AS IT DID NOT HAPPEN WHEN THEY TOOK FOR RIDE. I HAD IT HAPPEN AGAIN THE NEXT DAY ONLY TRAVELING AT APPROX. 25 MPH AND CALLED FORD. BROUGHT IT IN AND AGAIN WAS TOLD THEY FOUND NOTHING AND THAT MAYBE IT WAS A BAD TANK OF GAS. THE BEST WAY I CAN DESCRIBE IS THAT IT FEELS ALMOST LIKE THE GAS ISN'T GETTING WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO AND THE CAR WONT GO. THIS PAST THURSDAY ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK AT TRAFFIC HOUR ON A MAJOR 5 LANE HIGHWAY I WAS DOING ABOUT 55MPH AND IT HAPPENED. I WAS ABLE TO GET INTO THE RIGHT LANE PUT MY FLASHERS ON. I TOOK A BREATH AS I WAS WORRIED I WAS GONNA GET HIT BY THE ON FAST MOVING TRAFFIC. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND ON AGAIN, AND FINE. NO ERROR LIGHTS NO NOTHING. I BEGIN TO PROCEED AGAIN PRAYING IT WOULD GET ME HOME. I NOW AM AT APROX. 55 MPH AND IT DOES IT AGAIN. THIS TIME I AM IN THE RIGHT LANE OF THE HIGHWAY WITH AN ONCOMING LANE AND NO WHERE TO GO. PUT MY FLASHERS ON, SCARED OUT OF MY MIND CALL FOR HELP. POLICE COME AND I AM SITTING IN FAST MOVING TRAFFIC PRAYING NOT TO BE HIT.. THE OFFICER ASKS IF I AM OUT OF GAS I SAY NO, I HAVE APPROX. 150 MILES TO EMPTY. HE ASKS ME TO TURN CAR ON AND IT STARTS. HE FOLLOWS ME TO GET ME TO A SAFE PLACE TO WAIT FOR HELP. I WAS TOWED HOME AND THE EARLIEST FORD COULD SEE ME IS THE 3RD. I HAVE 2 CHILDREN & WE ARE NOT SAFE IN THIS CAR. HELP *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2010 FORD FUSION ON THE INTERSTATE AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WHEN WITHOUT WARNING THE CAR BEGAN TO JERK AND DECELERATE. A WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS NOT ABLE TO ACCELERATE AT ALL. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR SAFELY OFF OF THE ROAD AT WHICH POINT IT SHUT OFF. UPON RESTARTING THE ENGINE THE CAR CONTINUED TO JERK AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I WAITED APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES AND RESTARTED THE CAR AGAIN. THIS TIME THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON BUT THE CAR WAS DRIVABLE AND I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME. I HAD MY CAR TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP JULY 1 AND WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR NEEDED A NEW THROTTLE BODY WHICH THE DEALERSHIP SAID WAS ON BACKORDER. UPON LEARNING THIS, I RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS SOME THING HAPPEN TO THEM. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD AND IT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED BEFORE SOMEONE IS NOT ABLE TO GET THEIR CAR OFF OF THE ROAD WHEN THIS SITUATION OCCURS. *TR

MY HUSBAND WAS SPEEDING UP TO PASS SOMEONE WHEN THE CAR LOST POWER AND STOPPED ACCELERATING. THE VEHICLE BEHIND HIM ALMOST HIT HIM BECAUSE THE CAR SLOWED DOWN SO RAPIDLY. WE CONTACTED FORD AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY. THEY'VE HAD THE CAR FOR ALMOST 2 WEEKS-THE PART IS ON BACK-ORDER. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45MPG MY CAR 'STALLED'. SUDDEN LOSS OF ACCELERATION BUT MOTOR WAS STILL RUNNING, WRENCH LIGHT POPPED ON. I PULLED OVER AND LET THE CAR SIT FOR A FEW MINUTES AND UPON RESTARTING IT THE CAR RAN OK. TOOK IT TO DISCOUNT AUTO AND PULLED NO CODES. THOUHT IT WAS A FLUKE. IT HAS HAPPENED 2 MORE TIMES IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS. THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS PUTTERING TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND WAS ALMOST HIT BY AN ONCOMING CAR. MY 3 CHILDREN AND HUSBAND WERE IN THE CAR. TOOK IT TO MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD I WILL NEED TO REPLACE THROTTLE BODY BUT IT IS ON BACK ORDER FOR 2-4 WEEKS, POSSIBLY MORE. IN THE MEANTIME I REFUSE TO PUT MY DAUGHTERS BACK IN THIS DEATHTRAP FORD CALLS A CAR. AND LIKE MOST PEOPLE WE CAN ONLY AFFORD ONE CAR SO THIS IS A HUGE INCONVEINCE TO US. HOW MANY MORE CASES NEED TO BE FILED, HOW MANY MORE TERIFFIED CONSUMERS WILL IT TAKE BEFORE A RECALL IS DONE?!? PLUS DRIVETRAIN WARRANTIES SUPPOSEDLY DO NOT COVER THESE REPAIRS. I COME FROM A LOOONG LINE OF FORD FAMILY BUT I AM COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS UNTIL I CAN GET OUT OF THIS CAR. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE HWY IN CRUISE CONTROL, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO MISFIRE AND LOST MOST OF THE POWER. I SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL, STILL MISSING AND LITTLE POWER. THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND PER THE OWNERS MANUAL IS THE THROTTLE CONTROL/TRANSMISSION ISSUE I SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES, RESTARTED THE ENGINE. EVERYTHING THEN RAN SMOOTHLY FOR THE REST OF THE 20 MILE TRIP WILL TAKE CAR TO FORD DEALER. *TR

MY 2010 FUSION HAS A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND I GET THE ANSWER THAT ITS MY PROBLEM NOT THEIRS. I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A PART TO FIX THIS THAT HAS BEEN ON BACK ORDER SINCE APRIL BUT OF COURSE THIS WILL BE AT MY EXPENSE. I SEE THAT THIS PROBLEM IS EFFECTING HUNDREDS OF OTHER 2010 FUSIONS AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THIS WOULD NOT REACH RECALL STATUS? IT ALSO WILL ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN WHICH IN ITS SELF IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS CAR WILL STALL AND HAVE NO POWER. FOUND TO BE THROTTLE BODY SENSOR. FORD CLAIMS THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE BODY, BUT IF YOU SEARCH THE INTERNET YOU CAN SEE SEVERAL OF CASES INVOLVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I FEEL FORD SHOULD HAVE TO REPAIR UNDER A RECALL BECAUSE OF SUCH A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN WHEN TRAVELING AND HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND YOU LOSE POWER. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY AT 65MPH WHEN THE ENGINE JERKED AND CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO ONE TO THE RIGHT OF ME SO I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER. ONCE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THE CAR STARTED TO JERK VIOLENTLY EVEN WHILE IN PARK. I HAD IT TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY WAS DEFECTIVE. I COULD HAVE DIED! *TR

DRIVING CAR ON HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. THROTTLE BODY WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. THE INCIDENT HAS HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY 4 TIMES SINCE MAY 22, 2013. THE CAR WOULD NOT TURN BACK ON FOR SOME TIME AND NO WARNING LIGHTS WOULD COME ON UPON RESTART. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2010 FORD FUSION, AT A NORMAL SPEED OF 45 MPH, THE CAR'S ACCELERATION CUT OFF COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROAD. I NOTICED THIS WHEN I PUSHED ON THE GAS PEDAL AND NOTICED THAT I COULD NOT ACCELERATE OR MOVE MY CAR BESIDE COASTING. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY GET OFF THE ROAD, HOWEVER, IF I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY, I MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN IN TO AN ACCIDENT. AFTER PARKING MY CAR, I NOTICED THE RPMS WERE JUMPING A BIT, AND AN ORANGE WRENCH APPEARED ON MY DASHBOARD SIGNAL. I TURN OFF THE VEHICLE, AND TRIED TURNING IT ON AGAIN. THE VEHICLE GAVE A SLIGHT HESITATION AND THEN STARTED RIGHT UP. THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED ONE OTHER TIME WITH THE SAME RESULT. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET FIXED, AND THEY INDICATED THAT THIS WAS A VERY COMMON ISSUE THEY HAVE BEEN SEEING WITH MY VEHICLE. THE PROBLEM RELATED TO THE THROTTLE BODY, IN WHICH GETS STUCK AND SHUTS DOWN THE ENGINE. THEY INDICATED THAT THIS WAS A WIDE SPREAD ISSUE THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING INVESTIGATED. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT THIS IS A POTENTIAL HAZARD THAT COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING INJURY OR DEATH. THIS PART NEEDS TO BE RECALLED, AS IT IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE IN MY VEHICLE. I AM LUCKY I WAS ABLE TO GUIDE MY CAR OFF THE ROAD. HAD I BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY OR ON THE TRAIN TRACKS, I COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND RESTARTED IT AND BEGAN TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY CONFIRMED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000.

I WAS DRIVING ALONG ON A NEIGHBORHOOD ROAD WHEN MY CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND IDLED REALLY ROUGH. WHEN I WOULD PRESS THE GAS PEDAL, NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN. I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE CAR OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD DUE TO VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC AND CUT THE CAR OFF AND THEN RESTARTED IT. IT WORKED AT THAT TIME, BUT SINCE THEN HAS DONE THIS MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE DRIVING. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED, IT WOULD HAPPEN EVERYTIME I STARTED THE CAR FOR ABOUT 4-5 TIMES, BEFORE THE CAR FINALLY STAYED ON, AND I WAS ABLE TO GET HOME. LUCKILY EACH TIME THIS HAPPENED, TRAFFIC WAS SLOW, BECAUSE THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I HAVE BEEN LOOKING INTO THIS SITUATION AND HAVE FOUND MULTIPLE OTHER OCCURRENCES OF THIS SAME PROBLEM HAPPENING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, AND HAVE FOUND OUT THAT IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY AND THE THROTTLE ACTUATOR. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS AND QUICK BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED FROM THIS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 60 MPH, MY 2010 FORD FUSION UNEXPECTEDLY LOST POWER AND SUDDENLY SLOWED. IT DID NOT ACCELERATE WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS, HOWEVER, THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING. I HAD TO PUT ON MY EMERGENCY FLASHERS AND COAST TO PULL OFF ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHILE OTHER CARS AND TRUCKS TRAVELING FAST WERE COMING UP ON ME. AFTER I PULLED OFF, I RESTARTED THE CAR AND IT RAN OKAY FOR A WHILE. HOWEVER, THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED A TOTAL OF 4 TIMES. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR UNTIL THEY FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE WRENCH WARNING ICON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY HAD FAILED. THE DEALER CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 39,000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE WRENCH ICON AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 63,000. *TR

I WAS PULLING OUT ONTO A HIGHWAY AND AS I GAVE THE CAR THE GAS, IT SUDDENLY WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE CAR LOST ALL POWER BUT CONTINUED TO RUN AND I NOTICED A LIGHT ON MY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER OF A WRENCH. I PULLED OVER AND STOPPED THE CAR. I TURNED THE KEY OFF AND LET THE CAR SIT FOR A MINUTE OR TWO AND STARTED IT BACK UP. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE. A COUPLE OF TIMES THIS HAS OCCURRED AND I WAS MOVING AT A CONSIDERABLE PACE WITH OTHER VEHICLES BEHIND ME. *TR

I'M ALSO HAVING THROTTLE BODY PROBLEMS IN MY 2010 FUSION. THE CAR HAS REPEATEDLY LOST POWER WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD AT 60+ MPH. THE WRENCH AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON. IT DID IT 4 TIMES IN ONE DAY. FORD CUSTOMER CARE ACKNOWLEDGED THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THE THROTTLE BODIES ON THESE CARS BUT REFUSES TO REPLACE THEM UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME IT HAS HAPPENED. FIRST TIME, REPLACED BATTERY ($100). CAR SUDDENLY DIES AND LOSES ALL POWER. ABLE TO RESTART, BUT WITH DIFFICULTY. VERY DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY WITH A THREE-YEAR OLD! WAS DRIVING TO THE DEALER TO GET IT LOOKED AT AND WAS GOING 60 MPH AND IT JUST DIED, LUCKILY WAS BY AN OFF-RAMP SO COULD EXIT FREEWAY. AFTER LOOKING IT UP ONLINE (CAR IS AT THE DEALER AS WE SPEAK AND THEY HAVE NO CLUE ON WHAT'S WRONG), I DETERMINED IT'S A THROTTLE BODY ISSUE. VERY DANGEROUS!!!!! *TR

VEHICLE STALLED, WRENCH LIGHT ON DASH LIT. I WENT TO SIDE OF ROAD, DEPRESSED ACCELERATOR BUT ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND. IDLED ONLY, IDLE WAS ROUGH , ENGINE JERKED. AFTER 2 MINUTES I TURNED ENGINE OFF THEN STARTED THE ENGINE WITH NORMAL RESULT, WRENCH LIGHT WAS OFF AND VEHICLE IDLED NORMALLY. I DROVE 20MILES HOME. WILL TAKE VEHICLE TO DEALER 6/26, I BELIEVE THIS IS A DANGEROUS OCCURRENCE AS STALLING AT A HIGHER SPEED IN TRAFFIC COULD BE DEADLY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH THE ENGINE AND THROTTLE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS ENGAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND WITHIN FIFTEEN MINUTES THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. A CERTIFIED MECHANIC PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST THAT DETECTED A TROUBLE CODE RELATED TO THE THROTTLE BODY. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

THE ENGINE SURGES WHEN STOPPED AT A LIGHT OR THE BRAKE IS APPLIED. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. I ALSO ALMOST RAN INTO ITEMS IN THE GARAGE AS I PULLED IN SLOWLY AND THEN IT SURGED. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT INSPECTED AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR AND THROTTLE BODY HAVING CARBON BUILD UP. *TR

WHILE MY 18-YEAR DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE 2010 FORD FUSION WITH MY 16-YEAR SON, THE CAR SHUT OFF AND THE WRENCH LIGHT TURNED ON. SHE PULLED OVER, WAS UPSET AND CALLED ME. SHE RESTARTED THE CAR AND IT SEEMED FINE. THEN ON JUNE 18TH, WHILE DRIVING AROUND 55 MPH, THE CAR SHUTTERED AND SHUT DOWN ON ME. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND RESTARTED THE CAR. TODAY, JUNE 24TH, WHILE DRIVING AROUND 35 MPH, THIS HAPPENED TO ME AGAIN, THE CAR SHUTTERED, I COULD NOT ACCELERATE AND I HAD TO PULL OFF AND RESTART THE CAR. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE ON LINE AND HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS SIMILAR STORIES. THEY ALL POINT TO THE THROTTLE BODY/ THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED. PLEASE RECALL THE THROTTLE BODY /THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR CAR AND GET FIXED. *TR

I HAVE A 2010 FUSION THAT HAS ACTED UP PREVIOUSLY BUT QUIT AND NOW ITS DOING IT CONSISTENTLY. THE CAR THROWS A LIGHT THAT'S A WRENCH SPITS SPUTTERS AND WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY FUEL NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU PRESS THE THROTTLE. I AM A FORD LOVER AND BOUGHT THIS CAR FOR MY FIANCE FOR A RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION AND NOW IM REALLY WORRIED THAT THIS VEHICLE IS GOING TO CAUSE HER TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. IT PRETTY MUCH SHUTS DOWN ON YOU WITH NOT ALLOT OF WARNING AND ALL YOU CAN DO IS COAST AND HOPE THAT YOU CAN PULL ON TO THE SHOULDER. I HAVE A FRIEND THAT WORKS FOR FORD THAT HAS INFORMED ME THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS YEAR MODEL FUSION AND THAT ITS ABOUT $550 TO FIX. I AM I HAVE A DECENT JOB BUT I HAVE A WEDDING COMING UP IN JUST A MONTH AND A HALF AND MY SOON TO BE WIFE IS ABOUT TO START BACK COLLEGE AND WILL NOT BE HELPING ME FINANCIALLY I JUST CAN NOT AFFORD THE PARTS AND LABOR. IF THIS IS SUCH A COMMON PROBLEMS WITH THIS CERTAIN MODEL AND YEAR WHY HASN'T THERE BEEN A RECALL FOR THIS PART IT HAS OBVIOUSLY NOT BEEN VERY WELL BUILT AND IM CONCERNED IF I DO PAY THE $550 THAT THIS PART WILL JUST DO THE SAME THING. PLEASE HELP ALL OF US THAT ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT IN LIFE AND RECALL A VERY POOR DESIGN. *TR

CAR QUIT ACCELERATING (DIDN'T SHUT OFF) AND RAN ROUGHLY. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO EASILY PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND RESTARTED THE CAR. IT STARTED WITH NO PROBLEMS THE REST OF THE DAY. INCIDENT HAPPENED FIVE MORE TIMES OVER THE NEXT FOUR DAYS (COULDN'T GET CAR TO THE DEALER UNTIL THEN). ON THE 4TH OF JUNE, I WAS TAKING THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND IT STARTED ACTING UP AGAIN, ONLY THIS TIME, I WAS ON THE FREEWAY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. I HAD TO MOVE OVER TWO LANES TO THE BREAK DOWN LANE. I WAS ALMOST INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, BECAUSE I COULDN'T ACCELERATE. I WAS CLOSE TO THE DEALER AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR, TO GET IT THERE. I WAS INFORMED IT WAS PROBABLY THE THROTTLE BODY AND WOULD BE TWO OR THREE WEEKS BEFORE THEY WOULD RECEIVE THE PARTS AS THEY WERE ON BACKORDER. I WAS FORTUNATE, THAT THEY EVENTUALLY RECEIVED THE THROTTLE BODY ON THE 8TH OF JUNE. IT COST $515 PLUS $220 FOR THE RENTAL CAR. I KNOW THIS REPAIR AND THE COTS ARE BETWEEN ME AND FORD, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE TO TURN TO, IN ORDER TO EXPRESS MY FEELINGS THAT I WAS RIPPED OFF BY FORD.

WAS RIDING ON INTERSTATE WHEN CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING. CAR BEHIND ME HAD TO MOVE TO SHOULDER TO AVOID HITTING ME. I PULLED OVER TO SHOULDER TURNED OFF ENGINE AND STARTED BACK UP WITH NO PROBLEM. WENT TO AUTO PLACE TO GET IT CHECKED THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT CHECK WITHOUT ENGINE LIGHT ON. CAR RAN FINE UNTIL 6/21/13, GOING 45 MPH AND CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING. I PULLED ON SIDE OF ROAD RESTARTED AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE BUT ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. WENT TO AUTO PLACE TO GET CHECKED AND IT GAVE A CODE OF P2111 THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL SYSTEM STUCK OPEN. AFTER RESEARCHING CODE I FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. I KEEP THINKING ABOUT WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED ON THAT INTERSTATE. NOW I AVOID THE INTERSTATE UNTIL I CAN AFFORD REPAIRS. *TR

THROTTLE BODY IS APPARENTLY DEFECTED...WHEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE THE CAR SHUTS OFF AND YOU LOSE THROTTLE. YOU HAVE TO STOP AND RESTART THE CAR TO REGAIN ANY SPEED. THIS HAPPENED 8 TIMES IN A 3 MILE AREA. TAKEN TO HAVE THE PROBLEM LOOKED AT AND WAS GIVEN CODES P2112, P2111, PO685. APPARENTLY ON LINE THIS IS A REAL ISSUE WITH FORD FUSIONS AND THE PART IS ON BACK ORDER WITH FORD DEALERSHIPS. THIS IS A REAL SAFETY HAZARD AS DRIVING IN TRAFFIC JUST SHUTS OFF AT ANY GIVEN TIME. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON A BUSY ROAD WHEN MY CAR STOPPED. I PUSHED THE GAS AND IT WOULD NOT GO. I BARELY PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES IT RESTARTED. I ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED THE FOLLOWING DAY BECAUSE IT DID THE SAME THING ON A HILL. I HAD TWO SMALL CHILDREN IN THE CAR THIS TIME. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT IS A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY. THEY SAID IT WOULD COST ME OVER $500 TO FIX AND THE PART WOULD TAKE SEVERAL DAYS TO COME IN DUE TO IT BEING ON BACK ORDER FROM IT HAPPENING SO OFTEN. I ALMOST GOT HIT WITH MY THREE YEAR OLD AND 6 MONTH OLD IN THE CAR. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. IT HAPPENS OUT OF NO WHERE AND AT ANY SPEED. THANK GOODNESS I WASN'T ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MY CHILDREN!!! FORD NEEDS TO STEP UP AND MAKE THIS A SAFETY RECALL!! THE DEALER SAID HE IS SEEING IT IN MOSTLY ALL 2010-2012 FUSIONS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWN A 2010 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT LOST ALL POWER. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,640. *TR

WAS HEADING HOME DOWN A NARROW BACK HILL WHEN MY CAR LOST ALL ACCELERATION. HAD TO COAST DOWN THE HILL & WHEN I REACHED THE BOTTOM I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR AND IT STARTED RIGHT BACK UP. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME I NEEDED TO CHANGE A FILTER & MY BATTERY WAS BAD. BOUGHT A NEW BATTERY AT SEARS DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY FOR THE FILTER (+PLUS I WAS TOLD THAT WAS PROBABLY NOT THE PROBLEM). LAST WEEK MERGING ONTO AN EXPRESSWAY RAMP @ 60MPH IT BOGGED DOWN TO 0 RPMS AND I THANKFULLY WAS ABLE TO GET OVER SO I WAS OUT OF THE WAY OF THE TRAFFIC SO I COULD SHUT THE CAR OFF AND ON (TOOK ME SEVERAL XS) SO I COULD FINISH MY ERRAND. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MY NUMEROUS TIMES NOW SO I AM HESITANT TO EVEN TAKE THIS CAR ON THE EXPRESSWAY. NOW I AM FINDING THROTTLE BODY PROBLEMS AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT MY CAR IS DOING. IF THERE ARE SO MANY OF THESE COMPLAINTS WHY IS FORD NOT MADE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM...Y DO WE HAVE TO SHELL OUT THE $500.00 TO FIX A CAR THAT IS 3 YEARS OLD. *TR

TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY THIS MORNING, WHEN MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY SLOWS TO A CRAWL, AND I LOSE POWER TO THE GAS PEDAL. I JUST MISS BEING HIT BY A SEMI-TRACTOR WHICH HAD BEEN BEHIND ME. I WAS ABLE TO MOTION MY CAR ACROSS THREE LANES TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. AFTER SHUTTING THE VEHICLE OFF, AND RESTARTING THE VEHICLE IT SEEMED TO RUN NORMAL UNTIL ABOUT 50 MILES DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR AT THIS POINT. DEALERSHIP CLAIMS THEY ARE NOW SURE WHAT THE CAUSE IS, BUT HAVE SEEN THIS NUMEROUS TIMES. *TR

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY GOING ABOUT 40MPH MY CAR FELT LIKE IT DIED, IT WAS STILL RUNNING BUT UNRESPONSIVE. THERE WAS HEAVY TRAFFIC AND I HAD TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LANE BECAUSE I WAS IN AN AREA WHERE THERE WERE NO SHOULDERS TO COAST TO. ONCE I STOPPED, I PUT IT IN PARK AND RESTARTED IT, IT RAN FINE AND ACTED NORMAL FOR A FEW DAYS, AND IT STARTED DOING THE SAME THING ON THE SAME STRETCH OF HIGHWAY THAT I USE EVERY DAY. ONLY THIS TIME IT KEPT HAPPENING ABOUT EVERY 15 TO 20 MIN. IT IS AT THE FORD DEALER NOW AND THEY ARE TELLING ME IT HAS A BAD THROTTLE BODY AND IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT THEY ARE REPLACING SO MANY RIGHT NOW THAT THERE IS A NATIONAL BACK ORDER AND I MIGHT HAVE TO WAIT 3 OR 4 WEEKS. SO NOT ONLY AM I OUT SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS BUT I DON'T KNOW WHEN ILL GET MY CAR BACK. FORD KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE BODY, THEY SHOULD BE REPLACING THIS FOR FREE. ITS A DEFECTIVE PART. AND IT IS NOT VERY CHEAP. PLUS THEY ARE CHARGING ME $130.00 AN HOUR TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM THAT SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE IS ALREADY AWARE OF. I AM HAVING THE EXACT SAME SYMPTOMS AS ALL THE OTHER THROTTLE BODY PEOPLE. *TR

ON JUNE 18, 2013 WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK I WAS STOPPED A YIELD SIGN WAITING FOR TRAFFIC TO CLEAR WHICH WOULD ALLOW ME TO ENTER A MAIN ROAD. WHEN TRAFFIC WAS CLEAR I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR AND BEGAN TO PROCEED. WITHIN ONE OR TWO SECONDS I LOST ALL POWER IN MY ACCELERATOR AND THE RPMS WERE NOT MOVING IN MY DASHBOARD. AS I STEERED MY VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD MY CAR BEGAN TO JERK AS I PUT MY VEHICLE IN PARK; ROUGHLY 100 FEET FROM WHERE I PULLED FROM. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE WRENCH ON THE DASHBOARD TURN ON WHEN MY VEHICLE CAME TO REST. I TURNED MY CAR OFF AND PUT MY HAZARDS ON. I WAITED SEVERAL SECONDS THEN TURN THE CAR ON. IT HAD TROUBLE STARTING BUT DID START. I NOTICED THE WRENCH ON AGAIN BUT IT QUICKLY TURNED OFF. IF THE ROAD WAS NOT CLEAR WHEN I PULLED FROM THE YIELD SIGN I WOULD HAVE CAUSED AND ACCIDENT AFTER STARTING MY VEHICLE AND PROCEEDING DOWN THE ROAD ABOUT 1 MILE THE VEHICLE HAD THE SAME SEQUENCE OF LOSING POWER IN THE ACCELERATOR AND JERKING TO A STOP AS I PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK. THIS TIME THE ROAD HAD WIDENED TO A TOW LANE ROAD OVERPASS OF AN INTERSTATE. MY VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP JUST BEFORE THE ENTRANCE TO THE INTERSTATE. THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT IS 35 MPH BUT PEOPLE TYPICALLY ACCELERATE TO 50 MPH PREPARING TO ENTER THE HIGHWAY. COMING TO A STOP BEFORE THE INTERSTATE ON RAMP THANKFULLY DID NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT BUT DID CAUSE A SMALL TRAFFIC SLOW DOWN AS I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AGAIN I WAS ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE WITH A LITTLE TROUBLE AND THIS TIME I NOTICED THE WRENCH AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. AFTER DROPPING MY VEHICLE OFF ON JUNE 19, 2013 I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE FORD DEALERSHIP ADVISING THE ISSUE WAS RELATED TO THE THROTTLE BODY AND THAT IT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. I AUTHORIZED THE WORK BECAUSE I NEED A RELIABLE CAR AND DO NOT WANT TO FEAR FOR MY SAFETY WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A MODERATELY TRAVELED ROAD, MY VEHICLE LOST POWER WHERE WHEN I PUSHED ON THE ACCELERATOR (NOTHING HAPPENED). I WAS ABLE TO GET PULLED OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SOME WARNING LIGHTS APPEARED ON MY DASH. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT AND IT SEEMED TO BE OKAY (NO WARNING LIGHTS ON DASH) AND I PROCEEDED HOME. THE FOLLOWING MORNING IT HAPPENED AGAIN WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PULL AWAY FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT ON A BUSIER ROAD. I MANAGED TO GET OFF THE ROAD, TURNED IT OFF AND TRIED RESTARTING IT. ONCE I GOT IT RESTARTED, I HEADED STRAIGHT FOR THE DEALERSHIP. IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS BEING THE THROTTLE BODY. MY ISSUE IS THAT IT CAN COMPLETELY CATCH THE DRIVER OFF GUARD AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE IS NOT VERY OLD AND THE MANUFACTURER SEEMS TO BE CONTROLLING THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE PART (ONLY SO MANY RELEASED AT A TIME). IT TOOK OVER A WEEK TO GET MY CAR BACK FOR WHAT SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON ISSUE AS READ IN FORUMS FROM OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME TYPE OF VEHICLE. I BELIEVE THE ISSUE WITH THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED FOR A POSSIBLE RECALL. *TR

DURING INITIAL ACCELERATION THE CAR WILL LOSE POWER AND START SHAKING SPORADICALLY. THE CAR WILL NOT STALL BUT IT DOES NOT ACCELERATE EVEN WHEN THE GAS PEDDLE IS DEPRESSED. THE CAR HAS TO BE RESTARTED TO STOP BEHAVIOR. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED AFTER THE BEHAVIOR PERSISTED FOR ABOUT A WEEK. BROUGHT CAR TO AN AUTO ZONE FOR AN ODBII READING. THE CODES THAT WERE REPORTED ARE AS FOLLOWS: P2111: THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL SYSTEM - STUCK OPEN. P0457: EVAP SMALL LEAK DETECTED BROUGHT CAR TO FORD DEALER AS PROBLEM PERSISTED. FORD DEALER DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE WRENCH WARNING ICON ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AS THE VEHICLE DECELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE AND THEY STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000.

DRIVING AND LOST POWER, CAR ENGINE DIED. WRENCH ICON CAME ON ON THE GER INDICATOR. SPUTTERED WHEN COMING TO STOP AND HAD TO SHUT CAR OFF AND RESTART. WHEN RESTARTED I HAD NO ODEMETER OR GAS MILEAGE INDICATOR ON DASH. DID ANOTHER 2 TIMES UNTIL I REACHED MY DESTINATION, APPROX 3 -5 MILES AWAY. I WAS OUT OF TOWN WHEN HAPPENED AND I CALLED MY FORD DEALER AND EXPLAINED AND THE SERVICE MANAGER STATED HE WAS 95% SURE IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY. HE ALSO STATED I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET FIXED RIGHT AWAY AS TO THE POSSIBILITY OF NO PARTS AVAILABLE AS A KNOWN ISSUE. HAD TO FINALLY STOP AT A FORD DEALER ON SUNDAY ON OUR RETURN TRIP AS KEPT HAPPENING, REPEATEDLY AND TOO UNSAFE TO DRIVE ANY FURTHER AS WE WERE NOT GETTING ANY FURTHER THAN 5 MILES APART BEFORE IT KEPT HAPPENING AND 2 OF US HAD TO STAY OVERNIGHT IN A HOTEL UNTIL THE FORD DEALER OPENED MONDAY AM. ON THE 4TH TIME THIS HAPPENED, A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FINALLY CAME ON..NOT PRIOR TO THIS THOUGH.THE FORD DEALER CONFIRMED IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY AND WE DID HAVE REPLACED AT THAT TIME. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AND PUTTING MY FOOT ON THE GAS I COULD NOT ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE STARTED TO JERK. LOOKING AT THE RPMS THEY WERE MOVING UP AND DOWN.. THE CAR STARTED TO SHAKE AS I WAS LUCKILY ABLE TO PULL OFF ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND STARTED IT BACK UP AND GOT BACK ON THE HIGHWAY. AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES THE CAR STARTED TO DO THE EXACT SAME THING. AFTER MULTIPLE TIMES PULLING OFF OF THE HIGHWAY I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME. I WAS ON A ROUND TRIP FROM KENTUCKY TO OHIO, NO MORE THEN 80 MILES TOTAL, IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. THIS COULD HAVE REALLY CAUSED A MAJOR COLLISION!!! AFTER GETTING HOME AND RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM ON LINE I CANNOT BELIEVE THE HORRIFIC AMOUNTS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENING. I PURCHASED THE CAR 3 MONTHS AGO, AND CANNOT AFFORD TO SPEND WHAT SEEMS TO BE FROM 600-800.00 ON A NEW THROTTLE BODY. *TR

WHILE DRIVING NORMALLY THE CARS WRENCH LIGHT WILL COME ON, THEN JERK HARD AND THEN LOSE ALL ACCELERATION. THERE IS STILL BRAKING AND STEERING TO GET OFF THE ROAD AND TO A STOP BEFORE THE CAR SHUTS OFF. WILL NOT EVEN "LIMP" HOME. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES YOU CAN START IT BACK AND CONTINUE, UNTIL IT HAPPENS AGAIN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED AND LOST POWER IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS ENGAGED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WHICH INDICATED THE THROTTLE BODY WAS STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER DID NOT HAVE THE PARTS TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE PART AVAILABILITY; HOWEVER, THEY OPENED A CASE BUT DID NOT PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION. THE CONTACT DID NOT HAVE THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,654. ...UPDATED 07-24-13 *BF THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED, THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE POWER IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS ENGAGED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR. THE FAILURE RECURRED WITHIN 20 MILES FROM THE FIRST OCCURRENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED DUE TO THE PART BEING ON A NATIONWIDE BACK ORDER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE WAS 33,000. UPDATED 7/22/13 THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED OVER 20 MPH. UPDATED 08/01/11

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND ENGAGED INTO LIMP MODE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE WRENCH WARNING ICON WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 66,000. *TR

CAR WENT INTO LIMP MODE WHILE DRIVING, MOSTLY ON THE HIGHWAY. WRENCH LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND POWER WAS LOST. AFTER PULLING OVER, TURNING THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN, IT DROVE JUST FINE LIKE NOTHING WAS WRONG. THIS HAPPENED 7 TIMES OVER 2 MONTHS. BROUGHT THE CAR TO LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP, WAS TOLD I NEEDED THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED. THE PART WAS ON BACKORDER, SO I NEEDED TO WAIT ABOUT 3 WEEKS TO GET THE REPAIR. COST WAS $550.00. *TR

THIS GOES ON REPEATEDLY AT ALL SPEEDS BUT USUALLY WORSE WHEN ABOVE 50 DEGREES OUTSIDE AND ESPECIALLY WHEN APPLYING SLIGHT PRESSURE TO GAS PEDAL WHETHER CARE IS ALREADY MOVING OR AT STOP THE CAR ENGINE JUST STOPS AND LITTLE WRENCH SIGN COMES ON AND YOU COAST TO STOP AND THEN HAVE TO RESTART. ( I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE SEVERAL BATTERIES DUE TO ALL THIS RESTARTING) . ALSO THIS SEEMS TO BE TRIGGERED OR AGGRAVATED WHEN YOU HIT SLIGHT BUMP IN ROAD. THIS OCCURS THE LEAST NUMBER OF TIMES ON DAYS WHEN WE LEAVE IN DRIVEWAY. WE DON'T TAKE CARE ON HIGHWAY ANYMORE FOR OBVIOUS SAFETY REASONS. FOR EXAMPLE DRIVING AROUND TOWN IN ATLANTA TODAY IT DOES THIS AND STOPS BETWEEN 20 AND 40 TIMES PER HOUR. NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO EXPLAIN OVER THE PAST YEAR THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON. THIS IS AGGRAVATING SINCE SOMETIMES IT WILL HAPPEN IN MIDDLE OF INTERSECTIONS. FORD OF COURSE IS CLUELESS AND NOT HELPFUL HAVING SUGGESTED THAT PERHAPS IT WAS BAD GAS OR CAUSED BY USING OFF AIR CONDITIONING TOO MUCH SINCE THIS IS ATLANTA. OF COURSE IT IS NEITHER SINCE WE HAVE TRIED MULTIPLE GAS STATIONS AND IT HAPPENS WHEN AC IS NOT ON.. I THINK HENRY FORD HAD THE ENGINEERING BETTER ON THE MODEL T BUT WE OWN IT NOW AND WE ARE NOW STUCK WITH IT. NO MORE AMERICAN CARS FOR THIS FORMER MICHIGAN RESIDENT. LOYALTY TO DETROIT IS NOT MUTUAL. *TR

I WAS ACCELERATING DOWN A STREET ON MY WAY TO WORK AT ABOUT 35-37 MPH WHEN THE CAR JUST STARTED SPUTTERING. I WAS ON A ROAD WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC AND NO SIDEARM. I STOPPED THE CAR AND RESTARTED IT. I MADE IT ABOUT 1 MILE FURTHER BEFORE IT DID THE SAME THING. I WAS ON PINS AND NEEDLES ALL DAY DRIVING IT. IT HAPPENED ABOUT A WEEK LATER AFTER NO FURTHER INCIDENT FROM THE FIRST OCCURRENCE. I TOOK IT IN TO A FORD DEALER WHO IDENTIFIED IT AS A THROTTLE PROBLEM. COST ME $500 SINCE IT IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY FOR MY CAR. UNACCEPTABLE OCCURRENCE. MAKING ME RETHINK ANY LOYALTY TO FORD. *TR

IN THE PAST MONTH ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE THROTTLE DID NOT WORK NOT ALLOWING ME TO ACCELERATE. THE ONLY WAY I COULD CORRECT IT WAS TO TURN THE MOTOR OFF AND RESTART THE CAR. IN A COUPLE OF THESE INSTANCES I WAS IN TRAFFIC AND COULD NOT MOVE THE CAR. I HAVE BEEN TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR (BUHLER FORD IN EATONTOWN NEW JERSEY) AND THEY HAVE TOLD ME THAT I NEED THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED BUT THEY ARE UNABLE TO GET THE PART SINCE THEY ARE ON BACK ORDER DUE TO THE NUMBER OF CARS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AWAITING THE PART. THIS IS A SERIOUS CONDITION THAT IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE AND UNSAFE. I WENT ON LINE AND HAVE FOUND OUT THAT HUNDREDS OF OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. FORD NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL ON THESE PARTS AND CHANGE THEM. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT WILL COST ME NEARLY $500 TO FIX BUT THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHEN THEY CAN GET THE PART. *TR

WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT WILL SEEMINGLY RANDOMLY BRING THE ENGINE DOWN TO IDLE OR STALL THE CAR COMPLETELY AND SEND A P2111 OR P2112 ERROR CODE (THROTTLE BODY STUCK OPEN/CLOSE, RESPECTIVELY) AND THE CAR NEEDS TO BE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF IN ORDER TO BRING THE CAR BACK INTO A NORMAL RUNNING STATE. RESETTING THE CAR DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE ISSUE WILL GO AWAY, AND ABOUT 40-50% OF THE TIME THE CAR STALLS AGAIN RIGHT AFTER ATTEMPTING TO RE-ENTER TRAFFIC. THIS ISSUE WILL COMMONLY HAPPEN WHEN MAKING TURNS, ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT LIMITED TO THAT SITUATION. *TR

ENGINE STOPPED RESPONDING TO ACCELERATOR AND ONLY COASTED. ORANGE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. UNABLE TO MOVE CAR FORWARD OTHER THAN COAST. ENGINE ROUGH IDLED BUT WOULD NOT RESPOND. ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS PROBLEM AT HIGHWAY SPEED IN TRAFFIC. SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

THE FIRST TIME I WAS DRIVING WAS MAY 11, 2013 I WAS GOING 40 MILES AN HOUR. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR STARTING SLOWING DOWN TO ZERO AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON SO I PULLED OFF THE ROAD. I TURNED THE CAR COMPLETELY OFF AND RESTARTED THE CAR AFTER A FEW MIN. THIS TIME IT GOT ME HOME WITH NO ISSUES. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN TODAY JUNE 12, 2013. I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND IT JUST QUIT (THROTTLE POWER OUTAGE) SCARED THE DAY LIGHTS OUT OF ME ONCE MORE. AGAIN, I PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE CAR AFTER A PAUSE. I THEN DROVE IMMEDIATELY TO BO BEUCKMAN OF WEST COUNTY, ELLISVILLE, MO. THEY PUT A CALL INTO FORD HOTLINE. I WAITED FOR AN HOUR THEY STILL DID NOT RETURN A CALL. RANDY TOLD ME THAT HE THOUGHT IT MAYBE A THROTTLE ISSUE. HE CALLED FOR THE PART AND IT IS ON BACK ORDER. (THAT IS NOT A GOOD SIGN) I TOLD HIM I DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE DRIVING THE CAR---AFRAID SOMEONE MIGHT HIT ME IF IT STALLS AGAIN. HE COULD NOT GIVE ME A LOANER CAR OR SATISFACTION, JUST TOOK MY CELL NUMBER AND WILL CALL BACK WHEN HE HEARS FROM FORD. ON LINE, I SEE THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE. WHY WASN'T THERE A RECALL FOR REPLACING THE THROTTLE BODY. I AM VERY UPSET WITH FORD AND SCARED TO DRIVE MY CAR UNTIL THEY FIND OUT WHAT IT IS FOR SURE AND THE BACK ORDER ISSUE. PLEASE HELP ME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED FOUR TIMES WITHIN A THIRTY DAY PERIOD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 39,600.

I WAS DRIVING AROUND 70 MILES AN HOUR, SOUTHBOUND IN THE HOV LANE OF I-95 NEAR EXIT 2B IN ALEXANDRIA VA. THE AREA IS A CONSTRUCTION ZONE WITH BARRICADES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE TWO LANE HOV FACILITY. SUDDENLY, AND ABRUPTLY, I LOST ALL ACCELERATION AND HAD TO COAST TO A STOP IN A MANNER THAT BLOCKED THE RIGHT LANE OF THE HOV FACILITY. THE ENGINE REMAINED RUNNING IN A ROUGH IDLE, AND THE ENGINE/WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. I TRIED RESTARTING THE CAR (SHUTTING OFF AND TURNING THE CAR BACK ON TRYING A VARIETY OF SHIFTING THE TRANSMISSION TO N OR P). THE CAR WOULD RUN, BUT ALWAYS AT A ROUGH IDLE WITH NO ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. DURING THIS TIME, THERE WERE SEVERAL NEAR REAR-END COLLISIONS DUE TO MOTORISTS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED BEFORE ENCOUNTERING MY COMPLETELY STOPPED VEHICLE. REALIZING THE PERIL I WAS IN, I QUICKLY EXITED THE VEHICLE AND HOPPED THE CONSTRUCTION BARRICADE. I CALLED 911 DUE TO THE DANGER OF THE SITUATION AND IT TOOK AROUND 25 MINUTES FOR THE ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE VEHICLE TO ARRIVE. AFTER THE ENGINE COOLED, THE ISSUE SEEMED TO RESOLVE ITSELF, AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP. THE DIAGNOSIS WAS MADE BY THE FORD DEALERSHIP TECHNICIANS WITHIN 90 SECONDS OF ME DESCRIBING THE PROBLEM. THE THROTTLE BODY WAS THE PROBLEM. I RESEARCHED THE ISSUE TO DISCOVER THAT THIS ISSUE IS EXTREMELY COMMON AND WELL KNOWN TO FORD. THE ISSUE IS SO PERVASIVE THAT THERE IS A NATIONWIDE BACK ORDER ON THE PART WITH A LEAD-TIME OF MORE THAN 2 WEEKS. I WAS ANGERED TO LEARN THAT FORD IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE YET HAS NOT SENT NOTICE OF THE PROBLEM OR A RECALL AND IS CHARGING CUSTOMERS FOR PARTS AND LABOR TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. MOST IMPORTANTLY, I AM ANGERED OF THE PERIL THAT I WAS PLACED IN WHEN THIS KNOWN ISSUE IMPACTED ME IN ONE OF THE WORST POSSIBLE PLACES TO HAVE IT HAPPEN. I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE IF MY KIDS WERE IN THE VEHICLE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MILES AN HOUR THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND WOULD BARLEY MOVE WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WAS PUSHED, I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TWO BLOCKS TO AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY, I CONTACTED FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND FOUND OUT THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE THROTTLE BODY SO MUCH SO THAT THE PARTS ARE ON A TWO MONTH BACK ORDER UNLESS THEY ORDER UNDER AN EMERGENCY CONDITION THEN IT STILL TAKES TWO WEEKS. I AM WONDERING WHY THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL BY FORD BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED? I AM NOW HAVING TO PAY OVER $500.00 FOR THE REPAIR. *TR

LOSS OF POWER ON INTERSTATE GOING 60 MPH AFTER 1.5 HOUR DRIVE. WEATHER: SUNNY, UPPER 70'S. THROTTLE CONTROL LOST. CHANGING ACCELERATOR POSITION HAS NO EFFECT ON RPMS. GAS TANK 3/4 FULL. ENGINE STILL RUNNING, COASTED OFF ONTO THE SHOULDER. ENGINE VIBRATED A LOT BUT MAY HAVE BEEN ANTILOCK BRAKES KICKING IN. TURNED OFF ENGINE. A FEW MINUTES LATER STARTED AGAIN, BUT IT WOULDN'T START AT FIRST. RECENTLY HAD 50000 MILE SERVICE. SYMPTOMS CONSISTENT WITH THOSE REPORTED IN THE PRESS FOR FORD FUSION PROBLEMS WITH THROTTLE ASSEMBLY. SAFETY ISSUE MAKES IT A SCARY SITUATION ON INTERSTATES ESPECIALLY WHERE THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE PLACE TO PULL OVER (MILES OF CONSTRUCTION, FOR EXAMPLE) WITH HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC BEHIND YOU. *TR

POWERING DOWN OF VEHICLE CONSISTENT WITH A THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. THIS HAPPENED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS BETWEEN JUNE 5-7 2013. VEHICLE IS AT FORD DEALER IN GAITHERSBURG, MD WITH UNKNOWN TIME FOR COMPLETION. THIS IS THE 5TH TIME N THE 3 YEAR HISTORY OF THE VEHICLE THAT I WILL BE WITHOUT THE CAR FOR MORE THAN 2 WEEKS. SINCE I AM OUT OF WARRANTY I WAS TOLD I WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR. THIS IS COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS. *TR

I HAD BEEN DRIVING MY 2010 FORD FUSION SEL FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES ON THE HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS OF 65MPH WHEN SUDDENLY I LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE OR MAINTAIN SPEED. THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARNING ANYTHING WAS WRONG, AND WHEN IT HAPPENED IT WAS NOT ACCOMPANIED WITH A LOUD NOISE OR JOLT. INSTEAD, THE WRENCH LIGHT ON THE DASH ILLUMINATED AND I BEGAN SLOWING DOWN. APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR HAD NO EFFECT. I QUICKLY HAD TO NAVIGATE ACROSS THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC WHILE QUICKLY SLOWING AS I COASTED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. AS THE CAR SLOWED BELOW 20 MPH, IT BEGAN NOTICEABLY SHAKING AND SURGING. THIS CONTINUED ONCE AT A COMPLETE STOP. I THEN SHUT THE CAR OFF AND WAITED APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES BEFORE TRYING TO START IT AGAIN. IT CRANKED FOR A WHILE BEFORE FINALLY CATCHING. I WAS THEN ABLE TO DRIVE NORMALLY AGAIN AND GET OFF THE HIGHWAY TO A SAFER LOCATION. SINCE THIS OCCURRENCE, I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR TO THE FORD DEALER TWICE. THE FIRST TIME THEY COULD DO NOTHING FOR ME AS "THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE AND THUS NO CODE WAS REGISTERED". AS THE ISSUE CONTINUED AND INCREASED IN FREQUENCY (NOW OCCURRING AT SPEEDS AS LOW AS 20MPH AND 45MPH, AND AS QUICKLY AS 2 MINUTES AFTER LEAVING MY HOUSE), I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO GET IT TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE WHILE DRIVING IT. THEY DETERMINED IT WAS A BAD THROTTLE BODY. I AM NOW WAITING ON THIS PART WHICH IS CURRENTLY ON BACK ORDER. I WAS TOLD THERE ARE OVER 8,000 ORDERS AHEAD OF ME AND IT COULD BE OVER A MONTH BEFORE THE PART IS READY. AS A RESULT, I HAVE A CAR WHICH IS UNRELIABLE AND TENDS TO STALL EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED INDEPENDENTLY AND BEGAN JERKING. THE CONTACT SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ILLUMINATED AND THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE ENGINE WAS RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE ELECTRICAL THROTTLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TO BE REPAIRED WHEN THE PART BECAME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 37 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS ADVISED TO THE CONTACT THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,760. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND MY CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AND I COULDN'T ACCELERATE. PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE CAR AND IT DROVE IT HOME. THE NEXT DAY THE SAME THING HAPPENED AS I WAS PULLED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY BUT CUTTING IT OFF AND BACK ON NO LONGER FIXED THE PROBLEM. IT IS CURRENTLY AT A FORD DEALERSHIP THE THROTTLE BODY IS HAVING TO BE REPLACED. THE PART IS ON NATIONAL BACKORDER. SO I DEFINITELY THINK THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED SO EVERYONE KNOWS TO HAVE IT FIXED. AND WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO HAVE SOMETHING FIXED THAT WAS FAULTY TO BEGIN WITH. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 50 MPH IN MY 2010 FORD FUSION, THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND I WAS UNABLE TO GET THE ENGINE TO DO ANYTHING BUT REMAIN AT IDLE, I COASTED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. I SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND THEN RESTARTED IT. I MANAGED TO GET BACK HOME. I TOOK THE CAR TO A FORD GARAGE AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS BAD. THEY HAVE ORDERED A NEW THROTTLE BODY SO THEY CAN MAKE THE REPAIR. *TR

THIS MORNING MY WIFE TOLD ME HER CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND HAD ACTED LIKE IT WAS OUT OF GAS. SHE SAID WHEN SHE STOPPED AND TURNED THE CAR OFF AND THEN RESTARTED THE CAR IT WORKED FINE FOR A FEW MILES. I DECIDED TO TAKE IT TO MY MECHANIC. ON THE WAY THERE THE CAR WOULD GET UP TO AROUND 40 TO 45 AND THEN SEEM TO LOOSE POWER. WHEN I WOULD PULL OVER THE CAR WOULD BEGIN TO SHAKE. I HAD TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND WAIT A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND THEN RESTART IT AND IT WOULD BE FINE FOR A WHILE. FINALLY MADE IT TO THE MECHANIC AND AFTER BEING CHECKED IT TURNED OUT TO BE THE THROTTLE BODY. THE MECHANIC SAID THEY CALLED FOR THE PARTS AND THERE WERE OVER 4,000 ON BACK ORDER. THERE WERE ABLE TO FIND ONE AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL ARRIVE IN A DAY OR SO. WITH THAT MANY ON BACK ORDER AND ALL THE COMMENTS HERE YOU WOULD THINK THIS WOULD BE A RECALL ITEM. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF YOU WERE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND THIS HAPPENED. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ACCELERATION POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS MOVED TO THE SHOULDER WHERE IT WAS SHUT DOWN AND RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE THEN FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE CLEANED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,600.

1ST INCIDENT: PULLED INTO TRAFFIC, LOST ALL POWER. CAR BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. COASTED TO SIDE ROAD TO PULL OFF. AFTER SAT IDLE FOR 5 MINUTES, CAR STARTED AND DROVE FINE. FORD CLAIMED COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. 2ND INCIDENT (5/21/2013): LOST ALL POWER WHILE IN PASSING LANE GOING 75 MPH ON I-75, JUST SOUTH OF OCALA, FL. AFTER SAT IDLE FOR 5 MINUTES, CAR STARTED AND DROVE FINE REMAINDER OF TRIP. DID NOT TAKE CAR IN. 3RD, 4TH & 5TH INCIDENTS (5/24/2013), LOST ALL POWER WHEN DOING IN-TOWN DRIVING. RAN VEHICLE HEALTH REPORT SAID ISSUE WITH TROTTLE CONTROL (?). AGAIN SAT IDLE A FEW MINUTES RESTARTED CAR AND DROVE FINE FOR SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 4TH & 5TH INCIDENTS HAPPENED IN 15-20 DRIVE TO DEALERSHIP. *TR

WHILE TURNING INTO A PARKING LOT AT A SPEED LESS THAN 25 MPH MY FORD FUSION 2010 STALLED AND BEGAN SLOWING DOWN DESPITE PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL AND THE WRENCH LIGHT APPEARED. THE CAR WAS PUT INTO PARK AND TURNED OFF. WHEN THE CAR WAS TURNED BACK ON, THE LIGHT WAS GONE AND BEGAN RUNNING NORMAL. CAR WAS THEN PARKED. AFTER 45 MINUTES THE CAR WAS STARTED AGAIN AND DRIVEN AT 25 MPH FOR ABOUT 1 MILE, AFTER STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN AND THEN TURNING ONTO A 2 LANE ROAD THE CAR ENCOUNTERED THE SAME PROBLEM AND WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE DESPITE PRESSING THE GAS. THE CAR WAS AGAIN TURNED OFF AND BACK ON, WITH ALL LIGHTS DISAPPEARING AND RUNNING NORMAL. I BEGAN DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD TO MOVE OUT OF TRAFFIC, THE CAR THE ENCOUNTERED THE SAME PROBLEM 3 MORE TIMES IN LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE. A TOW TRUCK WAS CALLED AND CAR WAS TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP. THE FOLLOWING DAY THE FORD DEALERSHIP CALLED TO INFORM US THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE FUEL THROTTLE BODY THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THEY INFORMED US THAT THE PART NEEDED TO BE ORDER BUT DID NOT KNOW WHEN IT WOULD BE IN. LATER IN THE DAY UPON TALKING TO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN THEY INFORMED US THAT THIS PARTICULAR PART WAS CURRENTLY ON BACK ORDER UNTIL JUNE 18TH/ INDEFINITELY. *TR

MY CAR'S ENGINE CUT OFF AT 70 MPH GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS HARMED AS I WAS ABLE TO DRIFT WITH MY FLASHERS TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I CALLED MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP, AND THEY STATED THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THE FUSIONS. MY CAR HAS CUT OFF SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING AROUND TOWN ALSO. IT'S EXTREMELY SCARY AND DANGEROUS TO HAVE NO ACCELERATION IN 65 MPH TRAFFIC. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE CONTACT INDEPENDENTLY PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC AND RETRIEVED AN ERROR CODE THAT INDICATED THERE WAS A FAILURE WITH THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE WAS REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 76,000.

WHEN DRIVING MY CAR ON THE INTERSTATE, IT WOULD SHAKE REALLY BAD ANYTIME WE GOT ABOVE 60 MPHS. AT 65, IT WOULD SHUT OFF. THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING THE RPMS WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 1000. WE COULD PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND RESTART THE CAR - NO GO. TO GET DRIVING AGAIN, WE HAD TO STOP THE CAR COMPLETELY. WAIT 5 MINUTES. AND START AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED 5 TIMES. THE FORD DEALER FOUND A PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY AND IS REPLACING IT. THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY THOUGH... *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING SOUTHBOUND OUTER DRIVE BARELY CROSSING PELHAM MY FUSION LOST POWER AS DESCRIBED BY ALL OTHER THOTTLE BODY FAILURES I HAVE READ. I WAS ALMOST REARENDED BY A TRUCK BEHIND ME THAT WAS TRYING TO MAKE THE LIGHT. CURRENTLY, THERE IS A BACKORDER ON THE THROTTLE BODY ASSMBLIES AND I AM OUT OF A VEHICLE UNTIL THEY DELIVER.. *TR

FUSION CUT POWER BECAUSE OF A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY AT AROUND 45 MPH. THIS RETURNED A CODE P2112 AND P2111 ON MY CODE READER. ONCE PUT INTO THE SHOP, THE FORD DEALER TOLD ME IT MAY BE WEEKS OR MONTHS BEFORE A PART IS AVAILABLE AND I AM CURRENTLY WITHOUT A VEHICLE. MY WARRANTY ONLY COVERED FOR 3 DAYS FOR RENTAL SO NOW I DO NOT HAVE A CAR. VERY FRUSTRATING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE MAINTENANCE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT HAD TO TURN OFF AND RESTART THE VEHICLE IN ORDER TO TEMPORARILY REMEDY THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE ETHANOL AND GASOLINE IN THE THROTTLE BODY. AS A RESULT, THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000. UPDATED 7/15/13 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE POWER WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE AS IT REDUCED POWER INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING AND THAT ONCE SHE POWERED OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTED, THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMALLY. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC AND THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN, BUT THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,000. *TR

WHILE MAKING A TURN MY CAR LOST ALL POWER. I COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HAD TO WAIT A FEW MINUTES FOR MY CAR TO BE ABLE TO START AGAIN. NO ERROR CODES WERE POSTED. SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN HAVING INTERMITTENT AND SIGNIFICANT POWER LOSSES WHILE DRIVING AND WHILE IDLING. DRIVING IN REVERSE IS DIFFICULT AND I HAVE TO PRACTICALLY BURN MY CLUTCH JUST TO BACK UP. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER WHO SAID THAT THE SPARK PLUGS HAD GONE BAD AND THEY REPLACED THEM. THE CAR RAN SMOOTHLY FOR A FEW WEEKS BUT THE POWER LOSS RETURNED. I HAVE NOT TAKEN IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP SINCE THEY HAVE PROVEN TO BE INCOMPETENT. I SUSPECT THE PROBLEM IS THE THROTTLE BODY. *TR

WAS DRIVING FOR ABOUT 1 MILE, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN CAR WAS STILL RUNNING BUT NO THROTTLE ON A VERY BUSY ROAD LUCKY WAS ABLE TO GET PULL OVER . I FEEL THAT A CAR WITH ONLY 45,504 MILES SHOULD NOT DONE THAT . I KEEP MY MAINTENANCE UP TO DATE. AND WAS NOT COVER UNDER MY WARRANTY. THAT'S $ 450.00 I DIDN'T HAVE { THROTTLE BODY} THAT'S IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE FELT UNSAFE DRIVING MY CAR. FOR BEING A WOMAN THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ON THE INTERSTATE AT A FASTER SPEED IT COULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTER FOR EVERYONE . THANK YOU. *TR

THE THROTTLE BODY IN MY 2010 FORD FUSION HAS BEEN MALFUNCTIONING. IT WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO ACCELERATE. MY INCIDENT HAPPENED ON A HILL, I HAD TO GO INTO REVERSE TO FIND A SAFE PLAVE TO TURN OFF MY CAR TO RESTART. SEEKING A RECALL FOR THIS PART AS I'VE READ ONLINE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MANY 2010 FUSION OWNERS. *TR

THIS HAPPENED 5 TIMES WITHIN 2 WEEKS BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO GET THE ISSUE DIAGNOSED AND FIXED. I HAVE ONLY OWNED THE CAR FOR 2 MONTHS. THIS HAPPENED AT THE WORSE POSSIBLE MOMENT EVERY TIME. I LIVE IN HAWAII WHICH IS KNOWN FOR ITS 4 LANES OF BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC (NO FARTHER THAN 20' APART OR SOME ONE WILL PULL IN BETWEEN YOU) GOING 70MPH. THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED 4 TIMES TO ME ON THE HIGHWAY DURING THIS RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. INCIDENT: WAS CASUALLY DRIVING AT A CRUISING SPEED (70 MPH NOT ACCELERATING) WHEN THE CAR SHIFTED TO 1ST GEAR AND IDLED AT 1000-1200 RPMS. I COULD NOT ACCELERATE, AND I COULD NOT SHIFT GEARS MANUALLY (I HAVE THE MANUAL OVERRIDE FEATURE). NOTHING WORKED AND MY CAR QUICKLY SLOWED DOWN TO A CRAWLING SPEED OF ABOUT 10 MPH. I WAS IN THE LEFT LANE. IN HAWAII, THAT MEANS YOU ARE STUCK NEXT TO A CONCRETE MEDIAN LESS THAN 2 FEET FROM THE ACTUAL LANE. THIS MEANT THAT I HAD TO GET FROM THE LEFT LANE ACROSS 3 LANES TRAFFIC TO THE RIGHT LANE WITH CARS NO FARTHER THAN 20' APART GOING 60-75 MPH WHILE I WAS GOING 10 MPH. NEEDLESS TO SAY IT WAS NOT THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY DAY/MONTH/YEAR... THIS HAPPENED 4 MORE TIMES WITHIN THE NEXT 2 WEEKS. FORTUNATELY I LEARNED MY LESSON AND STUCK TO THE RIGHT LANE (OF COURSE ONE OF THESE TIMES THERE WAS NO RIGHT HAZARD LANE EITHER SO I HAD TO DRIVE 10MPH FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES ON THE HIGHWAY BEFORE I COULD GET TO A TURNOFF). WHEN I TOOK IT IN FOR DIAGNOSTICS NOTHING CAME UP ON THE READING. FORTUNATELY MY TECHNICIAN DROVE IT AND IT FAILED ON HIM SO HE WAS ABLE TO FIGURE OUT IT WAS THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL. $350 (BASED ON RESEARCH USUALLY COSTS ABOUT $500 BUT I KNOW THE TECH.) LATER I HAVE IT FIXED ENOUGH TO TRADE IT IN FOR A FOREIGN CAR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE WRENCH WARNING ICON AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,353. *TR

I HAVE A 2010 FORD FUSION, MY CAR STARTED SURGING FOR ABOUT 20 MILES THEN AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, IT LOST ACCELERATION, THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING, BUT IT LOST SPEED IT WOULD NOT GO, I PUSHED THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND WITHOUT WARNING, IT QUIT GOING! I HAD TO TRY TO GUIDE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I PUT MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON AND SAT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I CRANKED IT BACK UP AND DROVE A FEW MORE MILES SURGING AND IT CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AGAIN, VERY DANGEROUS. I GOT IT TO THE ADVANCE AUTO PARTS AND THEY PUT A DETECTOR ON IT AND IT SAID IT WAS THE THROTTLE SENSOR. THIS IS VERY SCARY AND DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE RECALLED BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED OR KILLED. *TR

GOING 70 MPH ON I 75 IN ATLANTA.. CAR JUST SHUT DOWN.. ALMOST GOT HIT BY A 18 WHEELER. MADE IT TO SHOULDER . WRENCH LIGHT WAS ON. SO I GUESS IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY. HOW IS THIS NOT A RECALL? I SEE MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ON GOOGLE ABOUT THE SAME SITUATION WITH THIS CAR. *TR

THIS MORNING WHILE TRAVELING THE INTERSTATE WITH CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 75MPH MY CAR HAD A SWIFT JERKING MOTION AND LOST ALL ACCELERATION ACCIDENT WAS A NEAR MISS TRYING TO GET OFF HIGHWAY TO EMERGENCY LANE. TOWED TO FORD DEALER AND RIGHT AWAY THEY KNEW IT WAS A THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. CAR SHOWED NO SIGNS OF ANYTHING BEING WRONG UNTIL INCIDENT OCCURRED. THROTTLE BODY REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE DUE TO THEY SAY NOT COVERED UNDER POWETRAIN WARRANTY. FORD OBVIOUSLY KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS AND REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT AT THIS TIME. HAVE READ SEVERAL FORUMS OF NUMEROUS OTHER PEOPLE WITH SAME PROBLEM AND RAN ACROSS ARTICLE OF YOUR INVESTIGATION OF FORD. FORD SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THERE FAULTY PARTS. IN THE RIGHT SITUATION SOME IS GOING TO LOSE THERE LIFE RELATED TO THIS PROBLEM. *TR

AS I ACCELERATED FROM A RED LIGHT, THE CAR SPUTTERED AND SEEMED TO STALL. THE WRENCH LIGHT FLASHED ON BUT DIDN'T STAY ON. SINCE IT DROVE FINE AFTER THAT, WE DIDN'T TAKE IT IN. ABOUT A MONTH LATER, IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I RESEARCHED IT ONLINE AND REALIZED MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. WE CALLED FORD AND SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT. IT HAPPENED 6 TIMES IN A 20 MINUTE DRIVE BEFORE WE GOT IT. FORD REPLACED (AT A CHARGE TO US!) THE THROTTLE BODY AND IT HAS BEEN FINE SINCE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING THROUGH A BUSY INTERSECTION WHEN THERE WAS NO THROTTLE RESPONSE AT ALLL. I MANAGED TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SHUT ENGINE OFF. WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND RESTARTED ENGINE AGAIN. HAD NO PROBLEMS FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. THAT EVENING ME AND MY YOUNG SON WERE GOING OUT FOR DINNER WHEN I TRIED TO MERGE INTO FAST MOVING TRAFFIC THE THROTTLE RESPONSE WAS NOT THERE. I HAD TO SWERVE SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID BEING REAR ENDED BY A SEMI-TRUCK GOING 65 MILES AN HOUR. NEEDLESS TO SAY I HAD THE VEHICULE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE 3 YEAR WARRENTY HAD EXSPIRED BUT THE VEHICULE ONLY HAD 25000 MILES ON IT.I WAS QUOTED AROUND $600 FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE THROTTLE BODY. THIS PART SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED WITHIN THE AMOUNT OF MILES THAT WEE ON IT. I FEEL THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND IS WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO LOSE THEIR LIFE BEFORE THEY HAVE A RECALL ON THE PART. *TR

I HAVE A FORD FUSION SE 2010 WITH THE SAME THROTTLE BODY FAILURES REPORTED IN THE NORTH CARLINA CONSUMERS COUNCIL REPORT FROM MARCH 19 2013. THE CAR HAS APPOXIMATELY 74000 AND PASS ITS WARRANTY. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT CAN BE DONE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. ON THE NIGHT OF MARCH 29, 2013 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 PM I WAS DRIVING THE FORD FUSION WHEN THE CAR STARTED TO BUCK, THE RPM GAUGE WENT UP TO 6 WHILE THE CAR WAS NOT EXCEEDING 10 MPH, CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND THE CAR CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHILE THE WRENCH ICON WAS ON, SO I COASTED THE CAR TO A COMPLETE STOP WERE I HAD TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON TO GET THE ACCELERATION TO FULLY KICK BACK ON ALL THIS WITH MY WIFE AND TWO YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE CAR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD HARSHLY AND STALLED. THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND AFTER DRIVING A FEW MILES THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. AFTER DIAGNOSIS, THEY ADVISED HER THAT THE THROTTLE BODY FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 20,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS MERGED TO THE SHOULDER AND WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FUEL THROTTLE BODY MAY HAVE CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE DID NOT RECEIVE A FULL DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 60,000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION SEVERAL TIMES. THE CONTACT HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES AND WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS SCHEDULED TO GO BACK TO THE DEALER. THE FAILURE WAS 8,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 9,000. UPDATED 4/24/13 *CN UPDATED THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONSUMER WAS PRESSING THE GAS AND BRAKE AT THE SAME TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. 06/10/2013 *JS

ENGINE STALLED REQUIRING ME TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. DIPS AND SURGES IN POWER HAPPEN QUITE FREQUENTLY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 MPH THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND IT BEGAN TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE AND ADVISED HER THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY SENSOR WAS JAMMED IN THE CLOSED POSITION AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE THROTTLE BODY SENSOR WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,800.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKING, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY AND CRASHED INTO A CURB THEN INTO A BUILDING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 32,000. UPDATED 4/24/13 *CN UPDATED 05/21/2013 *JS

LAST WEEK, AS I WAS ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, MY FORD FUSION CUT BACK TO ABOUT 5 MPH AND I SLOWLY CHUGGED HOME. TURNED IT OFF AND RESTARTED AND STILL THE SAME. WAITED ABOUT AN HOUR AND RESTARTED AND IT WORKED FINE. TODAY AS I WAS COMING HOME AT 70 MPH IT DID THE SAME. SO I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND WAITED AWHILE AND RESTARTED IT. IT WORKED OKAY. I HAVE READ THAT THIS A PROBLEM WITH FORD FUSIONS THAT IS BEING INVESTIGATED SO I'LL LIKE TO ADD MY COMPLAINT TO THE INVESTIGATION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE RESPONDED SLOWLY TO ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 16,500. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

VEHICLE LOST POWER, CAUSING UNEXPECTED DECELERATION. I WAS AFRAID I WOULD BE HIT FROM BEHIND AND WAS CONCERNED FOR MYSELF AND MY WIFE'S SAFETY. VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED OUT OF WARRANTY. THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON I-49 SO., APPROX. 60 MPH IN PEAK MORNING TRAFFIC, THE ENGINE STALLED. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER. NOTICED A "WRENCH" ICON LIT ON DASH. TURNED OFF ENGINE AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES, RE-STARTED ENGINE. ALL CLEAR ON DASH, SO CONTINUED ON TO WORK. CALLED HUB CITY FORD AND BROUGHT CAR IN THE NEXT MORNING. THE "THROTTLE BODY" WAS CHANGED. NO OTHER WARNING OR LIGHTS CAME ON. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THE FAILURE WAS REPAIRED ON TWO OCCASIONS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,400 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 65,425.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DECELERATING FROM 70 MPH AND THEN ATTEMPTING TO RE-ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND IMMEDIATELY. THE ENGINE RPMS INCREASED BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ANY FASTER THAN 20 MPH. AFTER SEVERAL MOMENTS, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED RAPIDLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT NO FAILURE CODES WERE GENERATED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 63,000.

I PURCHASED MY CAR USED WITH ABOUT 43000 MILES ON IT AND AFTER ONLY A WEEK OF HAVING IT I WOULD OCCASIONALLY NOTICE THAT WHILE I WAS ACCELERATING THE ENGINE WOULD SEEM TO JUMP AT CERTAIN POINTS WHERE IT WOULD LIKE PULL YOU UP OUT OF YOUR SET AS IF YOU HAD A LIGHT PUSH FROM BEHIND YOU, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN A LOT IT ALSO VARIES AT WHAT SPEEDS IT HAPPENS AT. I DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT AT THE TIME BUT IT SEEMS TO DO IT EVERY SO OFTEN WHERE IT WILL JUMP AFTER I TAKE MY FOOT OFF OF THE GAS PEDAL OR WHILE I AM STILL ACCELERATING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH AND ATTEMPTING A TURN, THE ENGINE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE WRENCH WARNING ICON. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND RESUMED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000. UPDATED 4/1/13 *CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY DECELERATED TO 2 MPH. THE CONTACT HAD TO SHUT OFF AND RESTART THE ENGINE IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO BECOME RESPONSIVE TO ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS. THE RANGE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE DEALER PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC, BUT WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE A FAILURE CODE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 53,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

WHILE DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE LANE ON THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH, VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ACCELERATION, TACHOMETER STARTED GOING UP AND DOWN, AND CAR BECAME UNRESPONSIVE. WAS ABLE TO GET CAR OVER TO SHOULDER. TURNED CAR OFF, ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE AGAIN AND IMMEDIATELY STARTED THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAD TO GET THE CAR TOWED. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT IF I WAS NOT ABLE TO CHANGE LANES AS QUICKLY AS I DID. WAS TOLD BY DEALER THE THROTTLE DRIVE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CAR HAS ONLY 23000 MILES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE THROTTLE FAILED. THE CONTACT MERGED TO THE SHOULDER, POWERED OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT THERE WERE NO FAILURES HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER AND THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 49,502.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE CONTACT MERGED TO THE SHOULDER AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE ADDITIONAL TIMES INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,000. UPDATED 02/11/14*LJ

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ENTER A PARKING SPACE WITH THE BRAKES DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, JUMPED A CURB AND CRASHED INTO A STORE WINDOW. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BRUISES TO THE BODY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED FOR SURGE ACCELERATION. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE FAILURE WAS NOT CAUSED BY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

I WAS DRIVING AT 40MPH ON A BUSY MAIN ROAD I PULLED INTO THE TURNING LANE WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN MY CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I WAS ALMOST HIT FROM BEHIND DUE TO THE CAR NOT ACCELERATING THIS HAS CONSISTENTLY HAPPENED AT LEAST 8-9 TIMES IN A 4 DAY PERIOD. *TR

2010 FORD FUSION. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO THROTTLE PROBLEMS. * SMD THE CONSUMER STATED TWICE, WITHIN THE PAST TWO WEEKS, WHILE DRIVING AT SPEED, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY, AND WITHOUT ANY ACTION BY HIM, WENT TO IDLE. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAD NO EFFECT. FORTUNATELY, HE WAS ABLE TO COAST OUT OF TRAFFIC. AFTER A FEW MINUTES WAIT, THE ENGINE RESTARTED AND RAN FINE. THE LOCAL FORD DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS BEING IN THE THROTTLE BODY AND IT WAS REPLACED, PRESUMABLY WITH AN IDENTICAL PART. UPDATED 01/23/13 UPDATED 05/13/13

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN A MONTH THAT WE HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE THROTTLE BODY REPAIRED. THE FIRST TIME, THERE WERE ERROR CODES THAT COULD BE USED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BUT IN LESS THAN A MONTH THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED AND THIS TIME THE ENTIRE THROTTLE BODY HAS TO BE REPLACED. WHILE DRIVING THE CAR LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE AND ALL PROPULSION SYSTEMS DID NOT WORK. THE BRAKES WORKED FINE BUT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE CAR WHEN I PRESSED DOWN ON THE ACCELERATOR. THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE FIXED AND A RECALL SHOULD BE ORDERED. I HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR THIS PROBLEM 2X AND COULD HAVE BEEN HURT WHEN I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE ON THE HIGHWAY AND JUST ABLE TO GET OFF THE ROAD IN TIME. *TR

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD MY CAR STARTED SHAKING REALLY BAD AND HAD NO POWER PUSHING ON THE GAS AND WOULD DO NOTHING I HAD NO WHERE TO PULL OFF FINALLY COASTED TO A DRIVE AND SHUT IT OFF AND STARTED BACK UP AND IT RAN FIND FOR ABOUT A MONTH THEN AS I WAS GOING ACROSS THE HIGHWAY I GAVE IT GAS AND IT WOULD DO NOTHING AND I NEARLY GOT HIT BY A SEMI TRUCK. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME TROUBLE AND FORD WON'T PUT A RECALL ON IT. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED. I'M CURRENTLY TRYING TO GET THEM TO FIX IT AFTER MY WARRANTY JUST RAN OUT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE AND HOPE FORD RESOLVES THIS ISSUE. *TR

CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON I TURNED CAR OFF STARTED AND IT RAN FOR ABOUT 100 FEET AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY AND MOTOR ASSEMBLY I'M GLAD WE WERE NOT ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH THE VEHICLE WOULD GO INTO SHUT DOWN MODE, JERK VIOLENTLY AND THEN SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN 2 TO 3 MPH. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED BEFORE OR AFTER THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED HIM THEY NEEDED TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE WITH THE THROTTLE BODY INJECTOR. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 52,000.

ON FREEWAY GOING 65MPH WITH CRUISE CONTROL IN PAUSE MODE. WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE I HEARD A NOISE, THE WRENCH LIGHT WENT ON & I LOST ALL POWER ALTHOUGH THE MOTOR CONTINUED TO IDLE AT VERY LOW RPM. AFTER BEING TOWED, THE CAR STARTED RIGHT UP AND SEEMED FINE. TOOK IT TO FORD AND THEY FOUND NO CODES COMING UP. 3 WEEKS LATER THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED. FORD AGAIN SAID NO CODES. I READ ALL OF THE REPORTS ABOUT THE BAD ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY PROBLEMS PEOPLE WERE HAVING, I TOLD THE DEALER TO REPLACE IT EVEN IF THEY WERE NOT GOING TO PAY FOR IT. THE DEALER INSISTED HE HAD NEVER HEARD ABOUT THIS PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH I GAVE HIM 11 PAGES OF COMPLAINTS FROM THE NHTSA WEBSITE. FORD DID NOT PAY FOR THE REPAIR. THIS CAN BE A VERY DANGEROUS SAFETY ISSUE. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY IN TIME BEFORE GETTING HIT. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 70MPH WHEN I REALIZED, THE GAS PEDAL WASN'T WORKING. THERE WAS NO ACCELERATION THEN THE CAR STARTING KNOCKING LIKE IT WAS OUT OF GAS SO I COASTED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I TURNED THE CAR OFF, WAITED ABOUT 5 MINS AND TRIED TO START THE CAR. IT STARTED UP FINE AND DROVE FINE THE REST OF THE WAY HOME. A FEW DAYS LATER, I WAS TURNING AT A LIGHT AND IT THE ACCELERATION STOPPED AGAIN. FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS A MEDIAN FOR TURN LANES THAT I COATED IN TO. OTHERWISE, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. I TOOK THE CAR IN TO FORD, THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY AND MOTOR ASSEMBLY. IT TOOK SEVERAL DAYS BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THAT THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER AND THAT FORD HAD CHANGED MANUFACTURERS. THIS MADE ME WONDER WHY WAS THE PART ON BACK ORDER - IT SEEMED LIKE SUCH AN ODD THING TO HAPPEN ON A FAIRLY NEW CAR AND WHY WOULD FORD HAVE CHANGED MANUFACTURERS. I GOOGLED MY YEAR AND MODEL AND DISCUSSED THIS SAME THING HAS HAPPENED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. MY SON STARTED DRIVING A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND THANK GOODNESS THIS HAPPENED WITH ME IN THE CAR AND NOT AN INEXPERIENCED DRIVER. WITH THE CAR SUDDENLY DYING AND NO GAS, THIS PRESENTS WITH A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION DEPENDING ON THE ROAD AND TRAFFIC YOU MAY BE IN. I THINK FORD NEEDS TO RECALL THIS AND MAKE REPAIRS BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED OR KILLED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE WHILE DECELERATING. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE AS THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE COULD BE RELATED TO THE THROTTLE BODY HOWEVER, A DIAGNOSTIC WAS NOT PERFORMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 74,300.

I HAD BEEN DRIVING ON A SURFACE STREET FOR ABOUT 1 MILE AFTER COMING OFF A HIGHWAY. THE CAR HAD COME TO A STOP AT LEAST TWICE AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS. I WAS COASTING (FOOT NOT ON BRAKE OR ACCELERATOR) WHEN THE CAR ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN FROM ~30 MPH AS IF THE CRUISE CONTROL (CC) HAD BEEN ACTIVATED. I TOUCHED THE BRAKE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE (PROBABLY < 1SEC OF ACCELERATION) AND CONDITIONS RETURNED TO NORMAL. LOOKING AT THE DASH, I NOTED THAT THE CC MASTER SWITCH WAS ON, BUT CC WAS NOT ACTIVE BEFORE ACCELERATION EVENT OR AFTER BRAKING. STATE DURING ACCELERATION IS UNKNOWN. MY FINGERS WERE NOWHERE NEAR THE CC BUTTONS (OR ANY OTHER STEERING WHEEL BUTTONS) WHEN THE EVENT OCCURED. PRIOR TO THE EVENT: I WAS ON A HIGHWAY TRAVELING ABOUT 60-65 MPH WITH CC ON AND ACTIVE. WHEN CC IS ACTIVE, I ALWAYS KEEP A THUMB ON THE CANCEL/RESUME BUTTON. TRAFFIC SLOWED AND I BRAKED, THEN HIT C/R (TURNING CC BACK TO ACTIVE -- MY ERROR). I IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THE ERROR AND SET THE CC BACK TO INACTIVE (EITHER BY BRAKE OR CANCEL, I CAN'T RECALL). CC WAS LEFT IN ITS MASTER-ON/INACTIVE STATE WHEN I CAME OFF THE HIGHWAY WITH ACTIVE VELOCITY SET SOMEWHERE IN THE 60-65 MPH RANGE. THIS WAS THE STATE OF THE CC SYSTEM WHEN THE ABOVE DESCRIBED EVENT OCCURED. *TR

I WAS PULLING MY 2010 FORD FUSION HYBRID INTO A PARKING SPACE AT ABOUT 3 MPH AND THE CAR SUDDENLY SURGED FORWARD. TO AVOID IMPACT INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, I TURNED THE CAR INTO A PARKING BLOCK NEXT TO MY PARKING SPACE. AS I DID THIS, I JAMMED ON THE BRAKE, PUT IT IN PARK AND TURNED IT OFF. DAMAGE TO FRONT BUMPER AND CASING IN FRONT OF TIRE FROM HITTING THE PARKING BLOCK. DROVE TO DEALERSHIP WITH NO PROBLEMS. DIAGNOSTICS REVEALED NOTHING. CONTACTED FORD CORP. ABOUT THE INCIDENT AND WILL AWAIT TO SEE IF THEY WILL COVER DAMAGES TO MY VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOOSE POWER AND SHOOK ABNORMALLY. THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT WAS ALSO ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP, TURN OFF AND RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WAS CORRECTED MOMENTARILY HOWEVER, RECURRED SHORTLY AFTER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY REPLACING THE THROTTLE BODY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT STOPPED ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. AFTER RESTARTING THE VEHICLE THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,628.

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY THE ACCELERATOR STOPPED WORKING. PULLED THE CAR OFF THE ROAD AVOIDING ACCIDENT. TURNED CAR OFF. TURNED CAR BACK ON WORKING NORMALLY. 1 MILE LATER SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED. THIS HAPPENED 12 TIMES IN 12 MILE STRETCH. THROTTLE BODY IS BAD. THIS IS COMMON PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. *TR

DRIVING ON FLORIDA TURNPIKE, JUST GOT ON HIGHWAY AND AT HIGH SPEED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, DIAGNOSED AS CODE P2111, THROTTLE STUCK OPEN BY DTC READER. IMMEDIATELY LOST POWER AND ABOUT GRINDED TO A HALT, HAD TO PULL OFF ROAD AND LIMP TO NEXT EXIT. VEHICLE STUCK IN IDLE UNTIL RESTARTED AND HAD NO FURTHER PROBLEMS FOR A FEW MILES BUT KEEPS COMING UP. CANNOT DRIVE CAR ON HIGHWAY FOR FEAR OF ANOTHER DANGEROUS FAILURE. FORD SAYS THROTTLE BODY IS BAD, NO WARRANTIED AFTER 36,000 MILES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT TATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE THROTTLE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000.

ALL OF A SUDDEN THE RPM'S IMMEDIATELY DROPPED TO A ROUGH IDLE. ALL THROTTLE RESPONSE WAS LOST, I PULLED OVER ON THE HIGHWAY, WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS IN LIMP MODE WITH THE CHECK ENGINE AND WRENCH LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE ENGINE WAS IDLING VERY ERRATICALLY AND SHAKING, THERE WAS NO RESPONSE WHEN PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR. AFTER SHUTTING DOWN THE CAR, IT RESTARTED OK AND DROVE. IT SUDDENLY DID THE SAME THING 2 MORE TIMES BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO GET HOME. THE OBD2 CODE WAS P2111, THE DRIVE BY WIRE THROTTLE BODIES ON THESE CARS ARE FAULTY. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. *TR

I HAD THIS ISSUE WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT THE CAR. DRIVING ON THE HWY GOING 65 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR LOST ACCELERATION AND SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND STALLED OUT. THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE WENT INTO STEALTH MODE. THIS HAPPEN AGAIN ON 07/16/2012, MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE CAR. THEN IT HAPPEN AGAIN ON 07/28/2012. I TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY DID NOT GET ANY OF THE CODES, I GUESS BECAUSE WE TURNED THE CAR OFF. AT THIS POINT, I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO. *TR

MY 2010 FORD FUSION V6 SEL SURGED, SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND STALLED OUT. A LIGHT SHAPED LIKE WRENCH APPEARED. I PULLED OVER AND LET IT REST FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS, THEN TRIED TO START. IT STARTED UP AND I DROVE HOME. AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE, I FOUND MANY, MANY OTHER FORD CUSTOMERS WITH MY YEAR VEHICLE WERE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. DEALERS WERE TELLING THEM IT'S A BAD THROTTLE BODY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON A BUSY HIGHWAY GOING ABOUT 70 MPH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I HAD NO GAS PEDDLE. I HAD MY 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE CAR AT THE TIME. I HAD NO CLUE WHAT WAS GOING ON AND ALMOST GOT HIT FROM BEHIND BC I HAD NOT TOUCHED MY BRAKE YET. I PULLED OVER AND MY CAR DID RESTART BUT I DID NOT MAKE IT FAR BEFORE IT DID IT AGAIN. I TOOK GOT MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. MY CAR HAS 40,000 MILES I GOT IT BRAND NEW OFF THE LOT AND IT'S NOT COVERED IN THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE DEALERSHIP ACTED LIKE IT WAS NO BIG DEAL. LET ME DRIVE OFF THE LOT. THEY ALSO WANTED 250 MORE TO REPAIR IT. LOOKING ONLINE I'M FINDING OUT THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TO SO MANY PEOPLE. FORD NEEDS TO HAVE A RECALL ON THIS PART BEFORE SOMEONE DOES IN AN ACCIDENT. I CALLED FORD MYSELF AND FILED A FORMAL COMPLAINT. PLEASE EVERYONE MUST DO THE SAME THAT IS THE ONLY WAY TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING TO SOMEONE ELSE. *TR

WAS DRIVING ON AT 65MPH ON A STATE HIGHWAY AND PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE WHEN MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED RESPONDING TO THE ACCELERATOR. THE ENGINE DROPPED TO 750 RPM AND WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING IN RESPONSE TO MY ATTEMPTS TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE SLOWED QUITE RAPIDLY BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM AND I HAD TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION TO AVOID A CRASH. THERE WAS NO WARNING PRIOR TO IT HAPPENING AND NO SOUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INCIDENT. IF MY WIFE HAD BEEN DRIVING I KNOW THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. AFTER TURNING OFF THE VEHICLE AND RESTARTING IT, THE VEHICLE DROVE PROPERLY. WHEN I RETURNED HOME, I CHECKED FOR ANY CODES AND FOUND THERE WERE NONE. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR AND WAS TOLD "IT IS PROBABLY THE THROTTLE BODY CONTROL; WE KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN MANY INCIDENTS LIKE THIS". THIS WAS REPORTED YESTERDAY IN ANOTHER INCIDENT BUT NOT WITH "SPEED CONTROL" AS THE AFFECTED PART. I DID NOT KNOW IT WAS AN OPTION AT THAT TIME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE THROTTLE FAILED. THE TACHOMETER DISPLAYED 2,000 RPMS HOWEVER THE VEHICLE WAS NOT RESPONSIVE TO ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS. THE CONTACT PARKED THE VEHICLE AND LATER, THE FAILURE WAS CORRECTED HOWEVER THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER OR A REPAIR SHOP FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,506. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH AND ENTERING A PARKING SPACE, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED RAPIDLY AS THE CONTACT SLIGHTLY DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A CONCRETE PILLAR. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BRUISING TO THE SHOULDER AND BREAST PLATE FROM THE SEAT BELT. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE BUMPER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS LOOSE BUT DID NOT MENTION IF THE CRASH WAS RELATED TO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,000.

ON JUNE 19, 2012, DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CAR DOES NOT RESPOND TO PRESSING GAS PEDAL, AND IT SLOWS TO A STOP; EVERYTHING ELSE SEEMS TO CONTINUE TO WORK FINE. TURNED CAR OFF, THEN RESTARTED IT WITH NO ISSUES. ON JULY 7, 2012, AGAIN DRIVING AT ABOUT 40-45 MPH, THE CAR STARTS TO JERK, THE GAS PEDAL DOESN'T WORK, AND THE CAR STARTS TO SLOW, WHILE JERKING, AND A WRENCH/TOOL SYMBOL APPEARS ON THE DASHBOARD. I PULLED OVER, TURNED THE CAR OFF, THEN TURNED IT BACK ON. I MADE IT ABOUT 1 MILE (CLOSE TO HOME) AND THE CAR LOSES POWER IN THE SAME MANNER, JERKING AND SLOWING, GAS PEDAL DOESN'T WORK, AND THE WRENCH LIGHT AND THE ENGINE LIGHT BOTH COME ON. I WAS ABLE TO ROLL DOWN THE ROAD INTO MY DRIVEWAY. FINAL INCIDENT WITH THE SAME ISSUES OCCURRED ON JULY 9, 2012. I CALLED FORD (CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY), AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY, AND THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED. *TR

I AND MY CHILDREN WERE TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH AND I ALL OF A SUDDEN I COULD NOT GIVE THE CAR ANY GAS. THE MOTOR WAS STILL RUNNING BUT I HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE GAS. SO I COASTED UNTIL I COULD PULL OVER. AS I SLOWED DOWN, THE CAR SHUTTERED. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT. IT RAN FINE FOR AWHILE. THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND AGAIN (AS I WAS ENTERING AN INTERSECTION, TURNING ONTO A MAJOR HIGHWAY, AND ROUNDING A CURVE) UNTIL IT WAS HAPPENING 3-4 TIMES IN A TRIP. I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY. IT RAN OK FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS AND THEN BECAME WORSE THAN IT WAS BEFORE. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. SO NOW TIME WILL TELL. I WAS/AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE FACT I MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN SO LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO GET OFF OF THE ROAD AND COULD HAVE BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE SEEN THAT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE IN THE 2010 FORD FUSION. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD MOTOR COMPANY AS WELL TO NO AVAIL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, SHE ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. THE WRENCH MAINTENANCE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN STALLING AND SHAKING, EVEN AS THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO PARK GEAR. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, TURNED OFF VEHICLE AND RESTARTED IT. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, THE MAINTENANCE WARNING LIGHT WAS NO LONGER ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE WAS RESOLVED MOMENTARILY. THE CONTACT CONTINUED DRIVING AND THE FAILURE RECURRED EVERY FIVE MILES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND THE FAILURE WAS FOUND IN THE THROTTLE BODY. THE AIR FILTER WAS DEFECTIVE AND A BURNED SPARK PLUG WAS FOUND. THE APPROXIMATE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE THROTTLE CONTROL WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 48,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 65 MPH WHEN THE WRENCH WARNING SYMBOL ILLUMINED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STARTED DECELERATING AND STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED.THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 42,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

WHILE STOPPED WITH FOOT ON BREAK - THE ENGINE BEGAN TO REV AND THE CAR BEGAN TO LURCH FORWARD. I HAD TO KEEP PRESSING HARDER ON THE BRAKE I LOOKED DOWN TO BE SURE I DID NOT HAVE MY FOOT ON THE GAS AND I DID NOT. I HAD TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND TURN OFF THE IGNITION TO GET THE CAR TO STOP REVING UP AND LURCHING FORWARD. MY WIFE TOLD ME SHE HAD A SIMILAR INCIDENT WITH THE ENGINE REVING UP WHEN SHE HAD THE CAR ON CRUISE CONTROL BUT IT ONLY LASTED A FEW MOMENTS, IN THAT INCIDENT SHE WAS GOING 60. ALSO, WE DO NOT HAVE THE FLOOR MATS THAT WE READ ABOUT IN OTHER POSTS ONLINE. *JS

THE FIRST TIME, THE CAR WAS PULLING ON TO A MAIN ROAD GOING UP TO 15 MPH WHILE TURNING RIGHT. THE CAR BEGAN TO SHUDDER, STALL (ONLY ABLE TO COAST TO A STOP), MANY WARNING LIGHTS INCLUDING THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND DINGED. AFTER SHUTTING THE KEY OFF AND WAITING UP TO A COUPLE OF MINUTES, ENGINE STARTED FINE AND DROVE NORMALLY. 1 MONTH LATER, THIS EXACT SCENARIO HAPPENED AGAIN WHILE TURNING RIGHT FROM A COMPLETE STOP. 1 MONTH LATER, IT HAPPENED AGAIN BUT WITH ONLY THE YELLOW WRENCH LIGHT COMING ON (THE CAR WAS CURVING TO THE RIGHT AT ABOUT 40 MPH). 2 DAYS LATER THE CAR DID THE SAME THING AT ABOUT 35 MPH. THIS TIME THE CAR WOULD START UP, AND BE FINE UNTIL WE ACCELERATED. WE NARROWLY AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT WHEN THE CAR DID THE SAME THING A SECOND TIME. IT THEN DID IT A THIRD TIME AND WE WAITED TO START THE CAR. WE WERE THEN ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR HOME NORMALLY WITH A CODE ALERT ON THE DASH. I TOOK THE CAR TO GET A DIAGNOSIS AND THEY SHOWED CODE P2111. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE WRENCH SYMBOL, AND ENGINE WARNING INDICATORS. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AFTER TWO ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,500.

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR IT SUDDENLY JERKED AND STOPPED LIKE I HAD TURNED IT OFF. I COASTED TO SIDE OF ROAD IT WAS STILL RUNNING COULD NOT GIVE IT ANY GAS A WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. I TURNED OFF CAR AND RESTARTED IT, AND IT CAME BACK ON, AND THE WRENCH LIGHT WENT OFF. DROVE IT ON HOME IT JUMPED AND JERKED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO QUIT AT ANY MOMENT. I THEN TOOK IT TO MY DEALERSHIP THEY RAN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST ON IT SAID IT WAS THROTTLE BODY BUT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MY WARRANTY. I HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR SINCE PURCHASING IT BUT HAVE ONLY HAD IT LESS THAN A YEAR. I AM CONCERNED WITH A SERIOUS ACCIDENT HAPPENING BECAUSE IT JUST SHUTS OFF THE GAS AND I CANNOT MOVE IT OR GET IT OUT OF TRAFFIC.

OVER THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS I HAVE NOTICED SLIGHT JERKS OR SPUTTERS WHEN I'M DRIVING. SPEED RANGES ANYWHERE FROM 10-70 MPH WHEN IT OCCURS. THIS MORNING ON THE HIGHWAY IT WAS MUCH MORE NOTICEABLE AND AFTER ABOUT 10 MILES THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND I LOST ALL ACCELERATION, LUCKILY THE RIGHT LANE WAS CLEAR AND I COULD GET TO THE SHOULDER SAFELY. AS I SLOWED DOWN THE ENGINE SHOOK HEAVILY AND I TURNED THE CAR OFF. I WAITED A COUPLE MINUTES AND RESTARTED THE CAR FINE...NO LIGHT, NO SHAKING. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE 3.5 MILES TO WORK. SAME DAY, DRIVING HOME I MADE IT ABOUT 10 MILES AGAIN AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I WAITED A COUPLE MINUTES, RESTARTED AND MADE IT TO A SHOP A COUPLE MILES DOWN THE ROAD (STILL COULD FEEL THE JERKING SLIGHTLY BUT THE LIGHT DIDN'T COME ON AND I DIDN'T LOSE ACCELERATION). ONCE I GOT THERE AND THEY HOOKED UP THE DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE THEY COULD NOT READ ANY CODES, WHICH IS VERY COMMON FROM WHAT I'M READING ABOUT OTHER FUSION OWNERS WHO HAVE THIS PROBLEM. THEY ARE GOING TO DRIVE IT IN THE MORNING SO THEY CAN READ THE CODE WHEN THE LIGHT COMES ON AND HOPEFULLY DETERMINE IF IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY. I AM SO FRUSTRATED AS THIS CAR IS BARELY 2 YEARS OLD AND APPARENTLY THIS IS A VERY COMMON AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM. *JS

I WAS JUST LEAVING MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND JUST GOT DOWN TO THE END OF THE ROAD, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I FEEL THIS REALLY BAD SHAKING, HAD NO ACCELERATION WHEN PRESSED ON GAS AND CAR KEPT JERKING UNTIL I FINALLY HAD TO SHUT IT OFF. I DID RESEARCH ON IT IMMEDIATELY AND FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A THROTTLE BODY ISSUE THAT HAS BECOME VERY RELEVANT WITH MY CAR MAKE/MODEL. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS! IF I WAS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC OR GOD FORBID HAD KIDS IN THE CAR, THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT! THIS RECALL NEEDS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND ADDRESSED FAST!!!! *TR

WITHOUT WARNING THE CAR LOST ALL ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. THIS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF TWO DAYS, SOMETIMES AT SPEEDS UP TO 70 MPH. THE CAR JERKS, WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON, AND THERE IS NO POWER FROM THE GAS PEDAL. A/C AND RADIO WORK FINE. AFTER NAVIGATING THRU TRAFFIC WITHOUT POWER, WE TURN CAR OFF AND BACK ON, AND IT'S GOOD TO GO. BUT FOR HOW LONG? COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS, RECALL IS NECESSARY. DEALER SAYS 2010 FUSIONS ARE "NOTORIOUS" FOR THIS THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM AND CHARGED $502 TO CORRECT IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE WRENCH WARNING SYMBOL ILLUMINATED ON CONTINUOUSLY AS THE ENGINE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SAME MALFUNCTION OCCURRED IN 2010 AND THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED FOR THE MOST RECENT FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000.

MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN FROM A COMPLETE STOP ONTO A BUSY AVENUE WHEN THE "WRENCH LIGHT" ON THE DASH LIGHT UP, THE CAR STARTED TO SHUDDER & COULD NOT ACCELERATE, AND HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. TURNED CAR OFF AND BACK ON AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN WITHIN 1 MILE. DROVE TO THE HOME OF A FRIEND AND HAD HIM GO WITH ME TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG. CAR SHOOK HARD AND NEARLY DIED WHEN COMING TO A STOP SIGN. AFTER DOING A GOOGLE SEARCH OF THE PROBLEM I FOUND IT TO BE A VERY WIDESPREAD PROBLEM AND MANY TIMES AT 70 MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC EVEN ON NEW CARS WITH AS FEW AS 1300 MILES ON THEM. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEBODY DIES. IN MANY CASES RATHER THAN LOSING THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE, THE OPPOSITE WILL HAPPEN AND THE CAR GOES FULL THROTTLE FORWARD! THERE IS AN AVALANCHE OF DOCUMENTATION ON THIS PROBLEM AND FORD REFUSES TO DO A SAFETY RECALL. THE NHTSA'S SOLE REASON TO EXIST IN THE FIRST PLACE IS SAFETY AND THIS IS CLEARLY UNSAFE. REST ASSURED THAT IF THE NHTSA DOES NOT FORCE FORD TO DO A RECALL PEOPLE WILL DIE. AS FOR MYSELF AND SEVERAL OTHERS I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH, WE WILL BE FILING A LAWSUIT AGAINST FORD FOR THEIR NEGLIGENCE AND THE NHTSA FOR FAILING TO ACT DESPITE THE LARGE VOLUME OF READILY ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION REGARDING THIS VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

GOING ABOUT 75 MPH WITH CRUISE ON WHEN PROBLEM OCCURRED. THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON AND THE CAR LOSES ITS ACCELERATION COMPLETELY. I PULL OVER THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE ENGINE WOULD ONLY TURN 1000 RPM. THE ONLY WAY TO FIX IT IS TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN. THE WRENCH LIGHT WILL DISAPPEAR AFTER THAT AND IT'LL START DRIVING NORMALLY AGAIN. THE PROBLEMS SEEMS TO BE WITH A BAD THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY PART. CONTACTED FORD ABOUT SAFETY PROBLEM. MANY EXAMPLES ON THE INTERNET OF OTHER OWNERS WITH THIS PROBLEM WITH THE 2010 FORD FUSION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THERE WAS A COMPLETE LOSS OF THE ENGINE POWER AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WHERE THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF AND THEN RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE RESUMED AS NORMAL. THE FAILURE OCCURRED FIVE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE THIRD TIME A TROUBLE CODE WAS DETECTED AND THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000.

WAS GOING UP A SMALL HILL ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR WHEN THE CAR STARTED TO LOSE POWER. EVEN WITH HITTING THE GAS ALL I GOT WAS A JERK FORWARD. I MADE IT UP THE HILL LURCHING FORWARD ALL THE WAY AND GOT HOME (ONLY A BLOCK). RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET INDICATES THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR THAT REALLY NEVER GETS FIXED. WHAT CAN I DO? HERE ARE SOME LINKS TO THE SEARCH SITES: HTTP://WWW.ARFC.ORG/COMPLAINTS/2010/FORD/FUSION/ HTTP://FORUMS.AUTOMOBILEMAG.COM/70/7761889/FORD/2010-FORD-FUSION-TRANSMISSION/PAGE18.HTML#IXZZ1TLQ3UK95. *TR

I WAS DRIVING IN BUSY TRAFFIC AREA WHEN MY THROTTLE BODY CAUSED ISSUES ON MY 2010 FORD FUSION. I MANAGED TO GET OUT OF THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. MY CAR HAS ONLY 47,700 MILES ON IT. I HAVE LEARNED OTHER FORD FUSION OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. I MANAGED TO GET MY CAR HOME (3 MILES AWAY). MY SON RESET THE COMPUTER, AND I DROVE THE CAR AGAIN THE FOLLOWING DAY, AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN ON THE INTERSTATE. DRIVING 65 MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, IT HAPPENED -- THE SPEED DROPPED DOWN TO 20 MPH. I COULD NOT GO ANY FASTER. IT WAS 2 MILES UNTIL I COULD GET OFF THE NEXT EXIT RAMP. I DROVE ON THE SHOULDER PART OF THE WAY BUT THERE WERE TWO CARS ON THE SHOULDER WITH OTHER ISSUES THAT I HAD TO DRIVE AROUND. IT WAS FRIGHTENING AND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS. I DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. I DID NOT KNOW IF THE CAR WAS GOING TO DIE AT ANY TIME OR NOT. IT WAS DARK AND LATE ON A SUNDAY. I FELT VULNERABLE. I HAVE READ ON THE INTERNET THAT OTHER 2010 FUSION OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED SIMILAR PROBLEMS - HAZARDOUS SITUATIONS AND HAVING TO PAY FOR REPAIRS WHEN THE CAR DOESN'T HAVE HIGH MILEAGE LIKE MINE. SOME ARE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY (UNDER 36,000) AND SOME JUST BARELY OVER THE 36,000 MILES SO THEY WERE NOT COVERED UNDER THEIR WARRANTY. THE COST OF THE REPAIR WAS JUST BARELY UNDER $470. FOR SOME REASON IT WASN'T COVERED UNDER MY ESP EXTRACARE WARRANTY, AND I DON'T GET THAT EITHER. PLEASE CONSIDER A RECALL ON THIS PART FOR OTHERS WHO MIGHT EXPERIENCE AN SERIOUS ACCIDENT AS A RESULT. *JS

CAR HAD A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY, WHICH WOULD CAUSE THE CAR TO LOSE POWER. YOU COULD BE RUNNING ANY SPEED AND THE CAR WOULD JERK AND YOU WOULD HAVE NO POWER CAR WOULD COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. VERY DANGEROUS ON THE INTERSTATE OR ANY HEAVY TRAFFIC. THE DEALER KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS WHEN I DESCRIBED IT TO HIM,WHICH LED ME TO BELIEVE THEY HAVE SEEN THIS PROBLEM MANY TIMES. CHECKED ONLINE AND SAW WHERE MANY OTHERS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. FORD TOLD ME IT WAS MY PROBLEM AND WERE SORRY IT HAD HAPPENED BUT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. CASE #[XXX]. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM IF THE VEHICLE IS IN TRAFFIC.FORD HAS HAD A RECALL ON THE TRANSMISSION WHICH WAS DUE TO HOLES BEING DRILLED WRONG ON THE THROTTLE BODY. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).*TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STARTED THE IGNITION AND PRESSURE APPLIED TO THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO UNEXPECTEDLY SURGE FORWARD. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL REPEATEDLY BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. THE SIMILAR FAILURE OCCURRED ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER THREE DIFFERENT TIMES WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000. UPDATED 02/03/12*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER THE FLOOR MATS WERE REMOVED, THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION OCCURRED AGAIN. UPDATED 02/10/12

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 45 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND THE THROTTLE MISSION CONTROL FAILURE SWITCH ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED FIFTEEN TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY CONFIRMED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,800 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 62,882.

ON OCTOBER 1, 2011, WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE, GOING LESS THAN A FEW MILES AN HOUR AND APPLYING THE BRAKE , THE CAR SUDDENLY LURCHED FORWARD AND ACCELERATED ON ITS ON - JUMPED THE CURB AND CRASHED THROUGH THE WINDOW OF A BUSINESS. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING 45 MPH LOST ACCELERATION AND COASTED TO SIDE OF THE ROAD. WRENCH OR SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON. SHUT CAR OFF AND WAITED ABOUT 30 SECONDS AND RESTARTED CAR AND SERVICE LIGHT WENT OFF AND CAR OPERATED NORMALLY. TOOK THE CAR TO NEAREST DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T PULL UP ANY DIAGNOSTIC CODES AND FOR ME TO WAIT FOR THE PROBLEM TO OCCUR AGAIN AND BRING IT BACK. CAR ONLY HAS 37000 MILES AND AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE VERY SAME ISSUE WITH OTHER FUSION OWNERS. ALL THE CARS THAT HAVE BEEN REPAIRED HAD TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING IN MY NEW FORD FUSION APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 55 - 60 MPH ON THE EXPRESSWAY, WITHOUT ANY WARNING MY CAR SPEED DROPPED INSTANTLY FROM 55-60 MPH DOWN TO 5 MPH, AT THE SAME TIME THE WRENCH ON THE DASHBOARD ILLUMINATED. UNABLE TO ACCELERATE I IMMEDIATELY HIT MY HAZARDS BARELY MAKING IT ACROSS TWO LANES TO THE SHOULDER AND TO SAFETY, I TURNED THE CAR OFF, AND THEN BACK ON, ALL SEEM WELL. THANK GOD, THE TRAFFIC WAS NOT HEAVY. I TOOK THE CAR TO FORD, AFTER ONLY ONE DAY IN THE SHOP I WAS INFORMED, THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND THAT IT WAS HOOKED TO AND TESTED WITH THE DIAGNOSTICS MACHINE. I WAS TOLD THAT MAYBE IT WAS JUST A GLITCH, OR FLUKE, RELUCTANT, I ACCEPTED MY CAR BACK. BUT, NEEDLESS TO SAY EXACTLY ONE WEEK LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN, THIS TIME I WAS ON THE ENTRANCE RAMP TO A VERY CROWDED EXPRESSWAY, TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, SPEED SUDDENLY DROPPED TO LESS THAN 5 MPH, ACCELERATION WAS NOT POSSIBLE WRENCH LIGHT ILLUMINATED. NEXT MORNING BACK IN FORDS SHOP. AFTER HAVING MY CAR FOR EIGHT DAYS AND 40+ MILES ADDED TO MY FORD FUSION I WAS INFORMED THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. I CONTACTED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND VOICED MY CONCERN, ONE DAY LATER I WAS INFORMED MY CAR WAS READY AND THAT THE PROBLEM WAS IDENTIFIED, AND THE THROTTLE HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH WITH PRESSURE APPLIED TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THERE WAS NO POWER RESPONSE AND THE RPMS BEGAN TO DECREASE. THE CONTACT COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF. UPON RESTARTING THE ENGINE THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWELVE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,500. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY 101. I ACCELERATED TO CHANGE LANES AND THE GAS PEDAL STUCK IN THAT POSITION. I PUT ON THE BRAKES TO SLOW ME DOWN AS SOON AS I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE THE CAR STARTED TO SPEED AGAIN, I BRAKED AGAIN AND EXITED THE FREEWAY AND PULLED TO THE SIDE OF ROAD, PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND TURNED OF THE ENGINE. WHEN I LOOKED AT THE GAS PEDAL, THE RUBBER MAT HAD STUCK ON TOP OF THE ACCELERATOR. I CALLED MY FORD DEALER TODAY THEY HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THIS PROBLEM, HOWEVER I NOTED ON THE WEB TODAY YOU HAD ISSUED A WARNING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM IN JUNE OF 2010, WE BOUGHT OUR CAR IN OCT. 2010, AND I GUESS FORD DIDN'T TELL DEALERS NOT TO PUT THIS ALL WEATHER MAT ON TOP OF AN EXISTING MAT, AS PER THEIR PRINTED INSTRUCTIONS ON THE MAT ITSELF.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK TRAVELING 2 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING HER TO CRASH INTO A CONCRETE BARRIER. SHE WAS ABLE TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES AND SHIFT INTO PARK TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. THE DEALER OR MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED NOR WAS THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 12,815. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN SHE MOVED TOWARD A STOP SIGN AND ATTEMPTED TO STOP, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED FORWARD. SHE ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN. SHE ALSO NOTICED THAT THE RPMS WERE INCREASING RAPIDLY AND THE VEHICLE VIBRATED. AT THE NEXT STOP, THE FAILURE OCCURRED AGAIN. AFTER THAT STOP SIGN, THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO FUNCTION CORRECTLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ANOTHER TIME SO THE CONTACT TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED IT. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT SOMEONE WOULD GET BACK WITH HER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1,800. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75. UPDATED 3/21/11 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED AS SHE APPROACHED A STOP SIGN, THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING A LOUD NOISE AND VIBRATING. THE CONSUMER PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND PUT BOTH OF HER FEET ON THE BRAKE, BUT THE VEHICLE KEPT PULLING AROUND THE CORNER AS SHE WAS TRYING TO MAKE A RIGHT. SHE TRIED TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF, BUT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL, HIT A FENCE, SPUN AROUND AND HEADED TOWARD A TREE, DRAGGING FENCE AND POLES. THE VEHICLE FINALLY CUT OFF. UPDATED 08/05/11 UPDATED 11/22/11 *CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED AS HIS WIFE TURNED SLOWLY INTO A PARKING SPACE, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. JUMPED ONTO THE SIDEWALK AND HIT A METAL RAILING WHICH IN TURN BROKE THE STORE FRONT WINDOW. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FOLLOWING DAY WHILE SITTING AT A COMPLETE STOP, THE CONTACT REMOVED HIS FOOT FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED AGAIN. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION BY DEPRESSING THE BRAKES. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO ADVISED HIM TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND POSSIBLE REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1,310 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 1,364. UPDATED 01/06/11. *LJ UPDATED 04/12/11

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 3 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED UP TO 30 MPH. WHILE TRYING TO STOP THE VEHICLE THE VEHICLE IT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT HAD TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO PARK IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INJURED DURING THE CRASH. THE CONTACT DID NOT FILE A POLICE REPORT. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY DID NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE CONTACT NOTICED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR MAKE AND MODEL AND REFUSED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE IN FEAR OF CAUSING A CRASH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION SEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO APPLY THE BRAKES TO PARK, THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD OVER TWO CURBS, HIT A FENCE, AND CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE THROUGH A FIELD. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT SPOKEN WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 600. UPDATED 12/7/10 *CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED UP TO 85 MPH. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION BY DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. HE THEN SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND APPLIED EXTREME FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL BEFORE THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP. THE CONTACT STATED AS THE VEHICLE WAS COMING TO A STOP, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS. HE ALSO NOTICED THE FLOOR MATS WERE HOLDING DOWN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE CONTACT STATED THE FLOOR MAT WAS PURCHASED AS AN AFTERMARKET FLOOR MAT. HE REMOVED THE FLOOR MATS AND CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER WHO ADVISED THAT THE FAILURE WOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED IF THE FLOOR MAT WAS PURCHASED FROM THE MANUFACTURER. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS NO INFORMATION IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL PERTAINING TO PROPER FLOOR MAT USAGE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 250. UPDATED 10/20/10 *BF UPDATED 10/21/10*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS. THE VEHICLE WOULD SPORADICALLY ACCELERATE AT A RAPID PACE. THE FAILURE WOULD PERSIST EVEN AFTER THE CONTACT WOULD REMOVE HER FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE DEALER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER WHO ADVISED HIM NOT TO MAKE ANY REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THAT AFTER SIXTY DAYS, THE VEHICLE SHOULD CORRECT ITSELF. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,200 AND THE CURRENT WAS UNKNOWN.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED DOWN HILL IT WOULD NOT ADJUST THE SPEED; YET, THE RPMS INCREASED TO 4000 WHILE THE ENGINE MADE A HIGH PITCH SCREAMING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE SOFTWARE REPAIRED; HOWEVER, IT WOULD NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT IT MUST BE A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE AND THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO REPAIR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 13,000. UPDATED 10/21/10. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED INSTEAD OF SLOWING THE ENGINE DOWN TO MAINTAIN SPEED WHEN GOING DOWN A STEEP GRADE, IT REVS REALLY HIGH. A SERVICE TECHNICIAN STATED THERE WAS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WRONG, BUT THERE WAS NO FIX FOR IT. UPDATED 10/26/10

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT LIGHTLY DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FROM A COMPLETE STOP WHEN THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED AT A RAPID RATE OF SPEED. SHE WAS ABLE TO STOP THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION BY APPLYING THE BRAKES AND MOVED THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING A DIAGNOSIS OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 8,000. UPDATED 08/11/10. *LJ UPDATED 08/17/10*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING IN EXTREMELY HEAVY TRAFFIC APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 3-4 MPH, AN UNEXPECTED INCREASE OF ACCELERATION OCCURRED. THE CONTACT APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO THE PROCEEDING VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO PERSONAL INJURY OR DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ACCELERATION FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD BE TAKEN TO THE AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 960. UPDATED 07/12/10*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. WHILE STOPPED WITH HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ATTEMPTED TO SURGE FORWARD. THE CONTACT APPLIED HEAVY PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE TO KEEP THE VEHICLE FROM MOVING WHILE IT ATTEMPTED TO SURGE FORWARD THREE TIMES. ONCE THE ENGINE STOPPED REVVING, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD ONLY MOVE VERY SLOWLY. THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL SO THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE. UPON RESTART THE VEHICLE OPERATED AS NORMAL AND WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 1,100.

I WAS DRIVING A FORD FUSION THAT I HAD RENTED FROM HERTZ IN MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA. I WAS PULLING OUT OF THE PARKING SPACE AND LUCKILY HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. I HAD TO PUSH DOWN VERY HARD ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO KEEP THE CAR UNDER CONTROL. I IMMEDIATELY PUT THE CAR IN "PARK" AND THE ACCELERATION SLOWED DOWN. I DROVE THE CAR THAT DAY BUT REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO HERTZ AND URGED THEM TO GET THE CAR CHECKED. THE FORD FUSION HAD LESS THAN 3000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER SO I ASSUME THAT IT WAS A 2010 MODEL. *TR

SEVERAL WEEKS BEFORE THE INCIDENT, I REMOVED THE DRIVER'S SIDE ALL-WEATHER FLOOR MAT (THE FACTORY-DEVELOPED OPTIONAL ONE) FROM OUR 2010 FORD FUSION HYBRID AND TOSSED IT IN THE TRUNK. IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THIS INCIDENT, THE CAR HAD BEEN TO THE BODY SHOP AND THE CAR WASH. AS NEAR AS I CAN TELL AN ATTENDANT AT ONE OF THOSE PLACES MUST HAVE DISCOVERED THE MAT IN THE TRUNK AND "HELPFULLY" REINSTALLED IT. BUT I DIDN'T NOTICE THIS RIGHT AWAY. WHEN COMMUTING TO WORK ON APRIL 16TH, I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR AS I MOVED INTO A MUCH FASTER TRAFFIC LANE. UPON COMPLETION OF THIS MANEUVER I EASED UP ON THE GAS, BUT THE PEDAL STAYED DOWN AND THE CAR KEPT ACCELERATING, UNINTENTIONALLY AT THIS POINT. AT FIRST I WASN'T SURE WHAT WAS GOING ON, BUT AFTER ABOUT 3 OR 4 SECONDS I HEARD A "CLICK", THE PEDAL RETURNED TO NORMAL AND THE CAR SLOWED. IT WAS THEN THAT I THOUGHT OF THE ALL-WEATHER FLOOR MAT, AND WHEN TRAFFIC CLEARED I TRIED ANOTHER EXPERIMENTAL FULL-THROTTLE DAB TO SEE IF I WAS CORRECT. IT HAPPENED AGAIN (BUT I WAS READY FOR IT), WITH THE PEDAL RELEASING ON ITS OWN AFTER A FEW SECONDS, JUST LIKE BEFORE. AT THIS POINT I WAS CAREFUL NOT TO DISTURB THE MAT'S POSITION SO I COULD TAKE VIDEO OF THE PROBLEM ONCE I ARRIVED AT WORK. ONCE IN THE GARAGE, AND WITH THE ENGINE OFF, I WAS ABLE TO REPLICATE THE FLOOR MAT-THROTTLE INTERFERENCE ON-CAMERA. AS BEFORE, THE PEDAL STAYED STUCK FOR ABOUT 3 SECONDS AFTER I PRESSED IT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS ABLE TO REPEAT THIS SEVERAL TIMES. BUT IN ONE TRIAL THE STUCK THROTTLE PERSISTED FOR OVER 30 SECONDS, WITH THE PEDAL STAYING STUCK DESPITE VIGOROUS STAMPING IN AN EFFORT TO FREE IT. THE ONLY WAY IT CAME LOOSE WAS BY LIFTING MY HEEL WHICH, IN THE NORMAL DRIVING POSTURE, HAD APPARENTLY BEEN PINNING THE MAT DOWN AND MAKING IT LESS FLEXIBLE. WITH THE HEEL PRESSURE REMOVED, THE MAT BENT UP OUT OF THE WAY AND THE PEDAL BEGAN A SLOW RETURN. A YOU TUBE VIDEO LINK IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. *TR

I BOUGHT A 2010 FORD FUSION FROM SHAEFER FORD IN CUMBERLAND MD ON 3/17/10. ON 4/15/10 I WAS DRIVING ON 220 SOUTH FROM MY HOME IN BEDFORD TO CUMBERLAND. I PASSED A TRUCK AND THEN TRIED TO SLOW DOWN AND THE ACCELERATOR WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE BRAKE PRESSURE. FOR OVER 1 MILE I HAD BRAKE ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE WAS STILL GOING AT 45 MPH. I SAW 4-5 CARS STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME SO I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND WAS ABLE TO STEER TO THE SHOULDER AND THE TRUCK PASSED ME. I CALLED SHAEFFER FORD AND WAS TOWED TO THEIR LOT. I LEFT THE CAR AND LATER THAT DAY I WAS TOLD THAT THE FLOOR PAD HAD HOOKED ONTO THE ACCELERATOR SO THAT IT DID NOT DECELERATE. THEY SAID THEY CHECK EVERYTHING AND THAT EVERYTHING WAS OK AND THE BRAKES WERE NOT DAMAGED. I DROVE THE CAR HOME THAT AFTERNOON. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING INTO A PARKING SPACE AT 1 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LUNGED FORWARD AND CRASHED INTO A FENCED BARRIER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES BUT A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTOMOTIVE BODY SHOP BUT NO REPAIRS HAD BEEN PERFORMED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 1,741.

I WAS PULLED INTO A PARKING SPOT IN THE PARKING LOT OF MY GYM, AND THE CAR WAS CLOSE TO STOPPING, OR STOPPED. THE CAR ACCELERATED, AND I HIT THE BUILDING. WHEN THE CRASH WAS OVER, I LOOKED DOWN AND MY CAR'S GEAR WAS IN PARK. EITHER THE CAR WAS ALREADY IN PARK, AND MY FOOT WAS STILL ON THE BRAKE, OR MY FOOT WAS ON THE BREAK, AND AS THE CAR ACCELERATED FORWARD, MY HAND HIT THE GEAR, PUTTING IT IN PARK. I HAVE PICTURES DEMONSTRATING SKID MARKS (SHOWING THE BRAKES WERE ENGAGED). THE CAR IS A HYBRID MODEL. *TR

THIS MORNING THE GAS PEDAL GOT STUCK ON THE FLOOR AND I COULDN'T STOP THE CAR UNTIL A COUPLE MILES LATER. BRAKES DID NOT STOP THE CAR UNTIL THE GAS PEDAL JUST CAME BACK UP FROM THE FLOOR. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED!! *TR

MY CAR IS ACCELERATING ON ITS OWN. *TR