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2013 Ford Fusion Electronic Stability Control Esc Problems

4 owner-reported electronic stability control esc complaints from NHTSA data

4
Complaints
1
Crashes
Jan 2015Sep 2017
Date Range

Data sourced from NHTSA public database. For informational purposes only. Always consult a qualified mechanic.

Owner Complaints (4)

mediumELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
Filed: Feb 2020

I WAS DRIVING DOWNHILL ON FREEWAY RUNNING APPROX 70 MPH WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL JUST WENT STIFF. POWER STEERING JUST SHUT OFF WITHOUT ANY WARNING. I MANAGED TO GET OFF AT THE FOLLOWING EXIT . THEN WHEN I CAME TO A FULL STOP I HAD TO FORCE THE STEERING TO TURN. THE WARNING LIGHT FOR STEERING PROBLEM CAME ON AFTER I SHUT OFF VEHICLE AND RESTARTED. I HAD THE CAR DIAGNOSED AND MECHANIC SAID THAT THE STEERING GEAR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND DAMAGES DID NOT LOOK LIKE IT WAS CAUSED BY NORMAL DRIVING. ESTIMATED COSTS 2500.00. I CHECKED THE RECENT RECALLS AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V632000 IT FITS THE DESCRIPTION BUT FORD ADVISED THAT VIN# WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL AND IT MOST OF VEHICLES WERE IN THE EAST COAST. I TOLD THEM THAT MY CAR CAME FROM THE EAST COAST (MN) .

NHTSA #: 11311290
mediumELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
Filed: Mar 2019

RECENTLY WHEN I SLOW DOWN TO STOP AND THEN PRESS MY BRAKES, THE CAR OCCASIONALLY PROPELS FORWARD.

NHTSA #: 11191786
mediumELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
Filed: Sep 2017

MY VIN WAS APART OF THE FORD RECALL FOR THE COOLANT SYSTEM TO FAIL AND CAUSE THE CAR TO OVERHEAT, AND IN SOME CASES CAUSE ENGINE FIRES. MY CAR DID OVERHEAR, I TOOK IT TO PERRY FORD IN NATIONAL CITY, AND THEY PUT IN THE RECALL PART. 2 WEEKS LATER THE CAR OVERHEATED AGAIN DUE TO SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE INITIAL OVERHEATING. THIS TIME THEY SAID THEY WILL NOT NOT FIX ANYTHING AND SAID I WOULD HAVE TO PAY $1100 TO REPLACE THE ISSUES. I SPOKE WITH THE FORD COMPANY AND THEY SAID THEY WILL NOT PAY FOR ANYTHING TO BE FIXED EITHER.

NHTSA #: 11021809
mediumELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
CrashFiled: Jan 2015

ABOUT 2WKS A GO I NOTICED THE FOLLOWING MESSAGES ON DASHBOARD.... 1- SERVICE ADVANCE TRAC (ON RIGHT SIDE OF SPEEDOMETER, THERE WERE TWO VEHICLE ON A TRAC ICONS) 2- HILL ASSIST NOT AVAILABLE. 3- ABS LIGHT STAYED ON WHILE DRIVING. ALL THE ABOVE WARNING MESSAGES CAME ON EVERY TIME I STARTED THE CAR AND HAD TO HIT THE OK BUTTON SEVERAL TIMES TO MAKE THE HILL ASSIST MESSAGE GO AWAY, BUT ABS AND SERVICE ADVANCE TRAC REMAINED ON WHILE DRIVING. TWO DAYS AGO, WHILE DRIVING TO WORK, I NOTICE THE CAR STARTED TURNING DIAGONAL AND SLIDING FORWARD TOWARDS ON COMING LANE ON THE LEFT, I MANAGED TO BRING MY CAR BACK OVER TO MY LANE AND THIS IS WHEN I NOTICE IT PICKED UP A LITTLE BIT MORE SPEED, KEPT ON SLIDING AT AN ANGLE, BY THIS TIME THE CAR IS NOW PERPENDICULAR TO THE ROAD, SLIDING FORWARD AT THE SAME TIME HEADING TOWARDS THE DITCH ON THE RIGHT, MY CAR KEPT SLIDING WITHOUT ANY SENSE OF TRACTION, FELL ON ITS LEFT SIDE AND KEPT ON GOING AND LANDED IN THE EMBANKMENT IN THE SNOW ON ITS LEFT SIDE. IT DID SNOW THE WEEK BEFORE AND THE ROADS WERE PLOWED, I HAVE DRIVEN THIS ROAD MANY TIMES IN THE SNOW (AT TIMES WITHOUT BEING PLOWED) WITHOUT ANY ISSUES LISTED ABOVE AND I ALSO KNOW HOW THE CAR IS SUPPOSE TO FEEL WHEN TRACTION IS WORKING AND I DID NOT FEEL THAT. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME HAVING THIS PROBLEM AND HAVING THIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT. THANK GOD, I WAS NOT HURT AND WAS ABLE TO CLIMB OUT OF THE CAR THROUGH THE PASSENGER DOOR IN 10DEGREE WEATHER WHILE THE CAR WAS STANDING ON ITS LEFT SIDE. I DID NOTIFY THE DEALER WHEN THE WARNINGS INITIALLY CAME ON AND WAS TO BRING IT IN LAST THURSDAY, BUT UNFORTUNATELY I DID NOT GET OUT OF WORK IN TIME AND DEALER HAD CLOSED. I CALLED THEM THE NEXT DAY AND SERVICE PERSON ASSURED ME IT WAS OK TO DRIVE IT UNTIL I BROUGHT IT IN. THE DEALER SERVICE DEPT WERE VERY HELPFUL AND PROVIDED ME WITH RENTAL CAR UNTIL CAR IS FIXED. I HAVE PICS IF NEEDED. *TR

NHTSA #: 10672603

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