2011 Ford Fusion Fuel System Problems

Your car leaks gasoline after you fill up the tank, particularly when it's close to full. This appears to be a known issue affecting this specific model year.

Your fuel tank has cracked, possibly due to a faulty purge valve. Additionally, your power steering assistance occasionally fails while driving. Both issues require professional inspection and repair to restore safe operation.

The contact's boyfriend owns a 2011 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle hesitated while depressing the accelerator pedal, with the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who retrieved a fault code for a failure with the canister purge valve. The contact called another independent mechanic and was given an estimate for repair. The mechanic also referred the contact to Technical Service Bulletin: 15S34. The dealer was notified of the failure, and the contact was informed that the TSB did not apply to the vehicle. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was unknown.

The contact owned a 2011 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle stalled. Additionally, there was an abnormal gasoline odor coming from the vehicle. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The contact inspected the vehicle with a scanner and received an EVAP system error code. The vehicle was able to be restarted. The contact stated that while refueling the vehicle, there was fuel leaking from the vehicle near the fuel tank. The dealer was contacted; however, the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 158,000.

The contact owns a 2011 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that after pulling into the driveway, the check engine warning light illuminated. The contact's husband used a code reader to check the vehicle. The contact's husband replaced the purge valve canister. The contact stated that after approximately 24 hours, the check engine warning light illuminated. The contact's husband checked the vehicle and found that the purge valve canister had failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to the NHTSA Hotline to report the failure. The contact related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 15V793000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE); however, the VIN was not included. The failure mileage was unknown.

The gas tank has developed a crack towards the top of the tank. This appears to be from the exact same issue that Ford recalled because the "purge valve" can cause the pressure to change inside the gas tank. As the pressure increases and decreases, a crack can develop in the top of the tank, allowing fuel to leak. My VIN was not included in the recall for some reason. Even though it is the exact same model and I believe was even built at the same plant in Mexico where the other impacted vehicles were made.

The contact owns a 2011 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while the vehicle was being refueled, the contact heard an abnormal sound. The vehicle was started, and the check engine warning light illuminated. Additionally, the vehicle began shaking. The contact observed an abnormally strong gasoline odor. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 125,000.

The contact owns a 2011 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that the fuel tank was cracked and leaking. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer but was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact stated that the failure was related to NHTSA Campaign Number: 15V793000 (Fuel System, Gasoline). The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 130,000.

The contact owns a 2011 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that after refueling the vehicle, the vehicle failed to start-up. Additionally, the check engine warning light was illuminated. The contact made the dealer aware of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to file a complaint with the NHTSA Hotline. The failure mileage was unknown.

The contact owns a 2011 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that an abnormal, fuel odor was coming from the vehicle. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact then noticed that while refueling the vehicle, fuel started to leak from the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who confirmed the fuel leak. Upon investigation, the contact discovered NHTSA Campaign Number: 15V793000 (Fuel System, Gasoline). The contact reached out to the manufacturer who referred her to a local dealer for a diagnostic test. The contact was informed by the dealer that additional work was needed to determine the cause of the failure, which would cost an additional fee. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 131,000.

The contact owns a 2011 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that the vehicle had previously been serviced under NHTSA Campaign Number: 15V793000 (Fuel System, Gasoline) at the dealer; however, after the recall was repaired, the check engine warning light illuminated and a fuel odor was detected while driving. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the recall had not been performed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but informed the contact that the recall was repaired by the dealer. The failure mileage was 103,140.

The contact owns a 2011 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle would suddenly shake and vibrate. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the electronic throttle body was faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer and local dealer were notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 138,000.

Car was purchased used at approximately 100,000 miles. While filling tank at pump, automatic shutoff on pump triggered repeatedly. It seemed vapor was backing up into the fill tube, so filling tank consisted of pressing pump then releasing once per gallon to allow vapors to disperse and repeat. Several mechanics reported working on similar cases and suggested inspecting the CPV canister. At approximately 110,000 miles, car developed a gas tank rupture. Mechanic inspected and determined that tank had burst at seam. In researching the CPV canister, discovered recall 15S34. Vin search states that this recall does not apply to this vehicle, but symptoms are identical to technical description.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE REFUELING THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT GASOLINE WAS LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT RELATED THE FAILURE TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V793000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 39,000.

FUEL TANK IS CRACKED AND ACTIVELY LEAKING FUEL. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE, CLEARLY IT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER BOULEVARD FORD LOCATED AT 40 BRIDGEVILLE RD, GEORGETOWN, DE 19947 WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CANISTER PURGE VALVE WAS FAULTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V793000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.*DT*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REFUELING THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL FUEL ODOR OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A FUEL LEAK UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO RC LACY INC. (25 MAPLE AVENUE CATSKILL, NY 12414, (888)733-2720, TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PURGE VALVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V793000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) AS A SOLUTION TO THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT BACK TO THE SAME DEALER FOR A SECOND DIAGNOSTIC TEST WHICH WAS STILL PENDING. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE HIMSELF AND FOUND FUEL ON THE GROUND. THE CONTACT ALSO DISCOVERED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS CRACKED AND THE CANISTER PURGE VALVE FAILED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS CAPLESS. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V793000 (FUEL TANK). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 126,000.

THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR IS SHOWING SIGNS OF FAILING.

THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY FOUND A PINHOLE ON THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK. THERE WAS A RECALL CONNECTION WITH A PART CAUSING THE FUEL TANK TO CRACK. HOWEVER, I WAS MADE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS AND FORD WILL NOT REIMBURSE ME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE ODOR OF FUEL WAS PRESENT INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS CRACKED AND CAUSED FUEL TO LEAK FROM THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. HARRISON FORD (820 N. MAIN ST, WELLINGTON, OH) AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V793000 (FUEL SYSTEM), ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE LISTED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,000.

CANISTER PURGE VALVE FAILURE - CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING. ERROR CODE P1450 DISPLAYS NOW INDICATING THERE IS A VACUUM ISSUE IN MY FUEL TANK WE HAD THE VEHICLE CHECKED IN APRIL 2016 WHEN THE RECALL NOTICE CAME OUT - THE RECALL WAS CLOSED WITH A COMPUTER MODULE UPDATE TO MAKE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON IF VALVE MALFUNCTIONS - BECAUSE THERE WAS NO VISIBLE ISSUE WITH THE VALVE IN 2016 FORD WILL NOT HONOR THE RECALL AND FIX THE MALFUNCTIONING PART AT THIS TIME

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK STARTED TO LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ELDER FORD OF TAMPA (9560 N FLORIDA AVE, TAMPA FL 33612) WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V930000 (FUEL SYSTEM) NO LONGER APPLIED TO THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PRESSURE TESTED AND FOUND SAFE TO DRIVE, AND ALSO THAT THE RECALL WAS REMOVED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

ERROR CODE(S) P1450, P0456, FORD FUSION SE 2011, 3.0L V6 (4 VALVE). MY CAR WAS GETTING THE ERROR CODE P1450 (UNABLE TO BLEED UP FUEL TANK VACUME) THAT WOULD TURN ON THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT (MIL) THIS WOULD HAPPEN AFTER THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN STARTED FOR A SHORT TIME.. THIS WENT ON FOR A SHORT TIME, I FOUND THAT BY USING THE GAS FUNNEL SUPPLIED WITH THE CAR THE VACUME COULD BE RELIEVED AND ALL WAS GOOD FOR A FEW DAYS. AFTER ABOUT 3 OR 4 TIMES IT STOPED COMING UP. NOW ,1 YEAR AND A FEW DAYS TO THE DATE, IT'S BACK AND I'M GETTING THE ERROR CODE P0456 (EVAP EMISSIONS CONTROL SYSTEM LEAK VERY SMALL) WITH IT.IT MEANS, IN MY CASE, THAT THE EVAPORATIVE EMISSIONS CANISTER PERGE VALVE (CPV) HAS A SMALL LEAK THAT IS CAUSING A VACUME TO DEVELOP IN THE FUEL TANK. IF THIS HAPPENS ENOUGH TIMES IT CAN CAUSE THE FUEL TANK TO DEVELOP A CRACK, THIS HASN'T HAPPENED TO MY VEHICLE THAT I'M AWARE OF YET (I'LL BE CHECKING ON THAT WHILE I CHANGE THE CPV),. AND WE ALL KNOW THAT A LEAKING GASOLINE TANK ISN'T A GOOD THING IN A LOT OF WAYS.

I BEEN SEEING THAT THE GAS IN THE CAR RUNS OUT SO SOON AND I ALWAYS WONDER WHY , UNTIL ONE DAY I WAS FUELING THE CAR AND I WAS STANDING NEXT TO IT AND I FEEL LIKE SOMETHING SPLASHES MY FEET , SO I CHECKED UNDER MY CAR AND THERE IS THE PROBLEM THE GAS TANK IS LEAKING, CALL THE DEALER TO FIX IT AND THEY SAID THAT I HAS TO PAY FOR IT , L DON'T THINK IS FAIR TO PAY FOR A MANUFACTURED ISSUED , I DID PAY A LOT OF MONEY FOR A SUPPOSED TO BE A GOOD ,SAFE AND RELIABLE CAR THAT NOW HAS TO MANY ISSUES AND RECALLS AND THEY DON'T (FORD),TAKE RESPONSIBILITY ABOUT IT. PLEASE HELP.

THE CARS P2119 AND P2112 TROUBLE LIGHTS AND THE WRENCH LIGHT KEEP APPEARING. THE CAR SUDDENLY LOSES POWER REGARDLESS OF SPEED OR LOCATION. MY RESEARCH INDICATES FORD IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM HOWEVER THEY ONLY OFFERED TO FIX IT FOR 4 MONTHS. THIS VEHICLE WAS ELIGIBLE AND THEY WILL NOT REPAIR IT. I BELIEVE THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. IF MY DAUGHTER HAD BEEN DRIVING SHE WOULD HAVE PANICKED AND POSSIBLY PUT HER LIFE IN DANGER

THE FUEL TANK HAS A CRACK AND IS LEAKING, APPARENTLY THIS WAS A RECALL ITEM ON SOME FORD FUSION MODELS BUT MY VIN NUMBER IS NOT LISTED AS ONE OF THOSE AFFECTED

ALL OF THIS IS WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION ON BOTH ON FREEWAYS AND CITY STREETS. FAILURE OF THE CANISTER PURGE VALVE SOLENOID; ENGINE LIGHT ON DUE TO BAD FILLER INLET NECK AND HAD TO REPLACED FILLER INLET; THE VEHICLE NEEDED THE FUEL FILLER TUBE REPLACED; EMISSIONS EVAPORATION SYSTEM ERROR CODES; "CHECK FUEL INLET" ERROR KEEPS COMING ON. I'VE HAD TO TAKE MY CAR IN FOR REPEATED CODE FAILURES RELATED TO THE FILL INLET. CANISTER HAD TO BE REPLACED TWICE. FIRESTONE NOTICED SEVERAL FORD FUSIONS WITH THESE SIMILAR PROBLEMS. SAFETY CONCERNS REGARDING DISTRACTION FROM ENGINE LIGHT (STOPPED ON FREEWAY BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR), AND CHECK FUEL INLET ERRORS WERE WORRISOME. I HAD TO CLEAN THE FILLER INLET WHICH DIDN'T RESOLVE THE ISSUES. I CAN'T REMEMBER ALL THE EXACT DATES OF WHEN I HAD TO TAKE THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE.

CHECK FUEL FILL INLET: THE CHECK FUEL FILL INLET WARNING HAS INTERMITTENTLY COME ON IN MY 2011 FORD FUSION SEL FOR THE LAST 6 MONTHS. I HAVE COMPLETED THE RECOMMENDED STEPS TO REMEDY THE ERROR BY CLEANING THE AREA AND BLOWING OUT ANY POSSIBLE DEBRIS FROM THE INLET. WHILE DRIVING TODAY, THE ERROR MESSAGE CAME BACK ON. A FEW MOMENTS LATER WHEN I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON, MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY REVVED UP APPROXIMATELY 2000 RPM AND STAYED UNTIL I PULLED OFF OF THE ROADWAY. I SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED AND THE ERROR MESSAGE IS STILL PRESENT, BUT I HAVEN'T ENCOUNTERED THE HIGH REVVING AGAIN AT THIS TIME. APPROXIMATE MILEAGE AT TIME OF ISSUE - 115,760 LOCATION: I-70 IN INDEPENDENCE, MO

CODE P0457 AND P1450 KEEP COMING UP. THE DESCRIPTION IS A FAULT WITH THE FUEL FILLER NEAR THE GAS TANK. A RECALL FOR THE FUEL GAS TANK FILLER WAS PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED. IS THIS PART OF THIS RECALL?

I PURCHASED A 2011 FORD FUSION ON 12/14/16. IT HAD A HALF TANK OF GAS IN IT WHEN I TOOK DELIVERY. I FILLED THE TANK ON 12/15/16. AFTER DRIVING IT, I NOTICED A STRONG SMELL OF FUEL FOR ABOUT THE TOP 1/8 OF THE TANK. DUE TO A LOT OF SNOW AND ICE WE HAVE HAD, I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TELL IF THERE IS ACTUALLY ANY FUEL LEAKING ONTO THE GROUND BUT THE ODOR IS THERE ONCE THE CAR IS PARKED AFTER DRIVING. THERE IS A KNOWN RECALL OF ALMOST A HALF MILLION 2010/2011 FORD FUSIONS AND MERCURY MILANS FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM. MY VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED WITHIN THE DATES OF THE RECALLED VEHICLES. I CONTACTED FORD AND THEY STATED THAT MY VEHICLE IS NOT PART OF THIS RECALL. THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO ASSIST ME WITH DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIR AT THIS TIME. THEY INFORMED ME THAT I SHOULD FILE A COMPLAINT REGARDING MY SITUATION WITH NHTSA. I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE ANY ASSISTANCE YOU COULD OFFER WITH HAVING MY VEHICLE INCLUDED AS PART OF THIS RECALL. I HAVE TWO YOUNG CHILDREN AND NEED A SAFE VEHICLE TO BE ABLE TO TRANSPORT THEM IN DAILY. I DO NOT FEEL THIS VEHICLE IS SAFE FOR THEM TO TRAVEL IN AND I DO NOT HAVE CASH READILY AVAILABLE FOR THIS VERY EXPENSIVE REPLACEMENT OF THE FUEL SYSTEM THAT SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER A KNOWN RECALL. *TR

TWO CODES KEEP COMING UP. P0457 AND P1450. THESE ARE FOR THE EMISSIONS EVAPORATION SYSTEM. THE DEALER HAS COMPLETED RECALL REPAIR AND CLAIMS IT IS OK.

NOV. 13, 2016 I FILLED THE TANK WITH GAS. WHEN I GOT HOME THE TANK WAS LEAKING PROFUSELY. THE NEXT MORNING I DROPPED IT OFF TO A CHAIN AUTO SHOP. THEY WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE THERE WAS A LEAK IN THE FUEL ASSEMBLY AND ALSO REPORTED THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER RECALL THAT I SHOULD TAKE TO FORD DEALER. I RESEARCHED THE RECALL 15S34 THAT WAS ISSUED FEB 4, 2016 BUT MY PARTICULAR VEHICLE HAD BEEN "CLOSED OUT". THE DEALER IN MICHIGAN LOOKED AT THE CAR 24 DAYS AFTER THE RECALL WAS ISSUED AND DETERMINED THERE WERE NO ISSUES. THEY REPROGRAMMED THE PCM ON FEB 29TH. THE NEW PATCH WASN'T RELEASED UNTIL THE 1ST QUARTER (NO DATE). HOWEVER, 8 MONTHS LATER - THE FUEL TANK IS EXHIBITING SYMPTOMS CONSISTENT WITH THE RECALL. I ALSO NOTICED PREVIOUSLY THAT WHEN I FILLED UP, THE CAR DIDN'T TURN OVER RIGHT AWAY. FORD REFUSES TO TAKE CARE OF THE FUEL TANK AND REOPEN THE RECALL ON MY VEHICLE. FORD'S AUTOMATED PHONE SYSTEM FOR RECALL - 15S34 SPECIFICALLY MENTIONS THAT "THE CPV MAY DEVELOP AN INTERNAL LEAK WHICH UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES ALLOW EXCESSIVE VACUUM TO BUILD IN THE FUEL TANK. REPEATED CYCLES OF THIS CONDITION WILL EVENTUALLY CAUSE A CRACK TO DEVELOP. THE LETTER FROM MICHAEL BERARDI ALSO STATES THAT "INTERM REPAIRS FOR THESE VEHICLES ("CLAIMS WILL NOT CLOSE 15S34") WHY IS MY CAR NOT BEING TAKEN CARE OF BY FORD? THE LOCAL DEALER WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED IS NOT WILLING TO HELP OUT EITHER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL MALFUNCTION WARNING INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. THE CONTACT LATER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V793000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY THE DEALER, BUT THE WARNING INDICATOR CONTINUED TO REMAIN ILLUMINATED FOR MONTHS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SECOND DEALER AND REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

CAR KEEPS STALLING DURING ACCELERATION. ENGINE CODE P2111

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MALFUNCTION WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V793000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) AND PASSED. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS INSPECTED AGAIN; HOWEVER, THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A FUEL FILLER TUBE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CANISTER PURGE VALVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70,286.

GAS LEAKING ON GROUND DUE TO FAULTY FUEL TANK. CAR HAD TO BE TAKEN IN AN LEFT WITH DEALER FOR 6+ MONTHS. PROBLEM WITH ENGINE LIGHT ON REOCCURRING.

THE PURGE CANISTER VALVE HAS BEEN REPLACED, BUT THE FUEL SMELL STILL REMAINS WHILE IT IS STATIONARY AND RUNNING.

MY CAR ALMOST CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE I WAS WORKING. THE FUEL TANK HAD A CRACK IN IT AND GASOLINE WAS LEAKING OUT. THESE FUMES WERE INHALED BY MY GRANDKIDS AND ME. WHEN I TOOK MY CAR IN ,THE FORD DEALER KEPT MY CAR FROM 12/8/2015 UNTIL 07/27/2016. I HAD TO RIDE IN A RENTAL THIS LONG.A RECALL WAS ISSUED IN JANUARY. I FELT THAT AS A CONSUMER, I WAS TREATED UNFAIRLY AND THE RISK OF MY FAMILY WAS NOT CONSIDER A FACTOR WHEN THIS CAR COULD HAVE BURST INTO FLAMES AT ANY TIME.

I HAVE A RECALL ON MY CAR FOR THE FUEL TANK AND THERE IS NO FIX AT THIS TIME. I NEED TO GET MY TAGS ON MY CAR BY NOVEMBER AND DONT KNOW IF I WILL BE ABLE TO.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE "CHECK FUEL FILL INLET" WAS DISPLAYED ACROSS THE MESSAGE BOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO BE INSPECTED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V793000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) BUT, NO TROUBLE CODES WERE DISCOVERED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE PURGE VALVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000. ...UPDATED 10/19/16 *BF *TR

2011 FORD FUSION SE (BOUGHT AT DOUG CHEVEROLET 3 MONTHS AGO)CUT OUT 3 TIMES TODAY L'M SCARED .PULLED CAR OVER THANK GOD NOT ON HIGHWAY TURNED OFF STARTED UP WENT 5 MILES DID IT AGAIN 2 MORE TIMES .IS THERE A RECALL ON THIS SYSTEM?HAVE AN APPT.WITH MECHANIC TOMMORROW HAVE READ ABOUT THROTTLE BODY PROBLEMS HAS 93,000 MILES ON IT.

WRENCH LIGHT COMES WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE. CAR STUMBLES AND LOSES POWER. TURN CAR OFF AND WRENCH LIGHT DISAPPEARS. ACCORDING TO VARIOUS WEB SITES ERROR CODE IS NOT STORED WHEN THE CAR IS TURNED OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 3 TIMES IN THE LAST 2 WKS. WEB SITES SAY THAT THE THROTTLE BODY IS BAD.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. AFTER RECEIVING A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V793000 (FUEL SYSTEM). THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ON MAY 18, 2016. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, THE ENGINE MALFUNCTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE ODOR OF FUEL WAS PRESENT, AND FUEL WAS VISIBLE NEAR THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE PURGE VALVES WERE FAULTY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000. UPDATED 09/28/16*LJ

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE PURGE VALVE CANISTER FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THEY FULFILLED THEIR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE MECHANIC AND REPAIRED. ONE MONTH PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE REMEDIED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V793000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 125,000. UPDATED 07/14/16*LJ *CN

MY SON AND HIS NEW FAMILY WERE GOING ACROSS A MAJOR INTERSECTION WHEN THE CAR JUST DIED. THEY WERE ALMOST HIT BY OTHER CARS. THEY COASTED ACROSS THE INTERSECTION, THEN SHUT THE CAR OFF THEN RESTARTED IT IT DROVE FOR A FEW FEET THEN DIED AGAIN. MY SON PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THERE WAS ALSO TWO CHILDREN IN THE CAR, 3 YEAR OLD AND 2 MONTH OLD. I HAD IT TOWED TO A DEALER. THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY THAT FAILED. THEN I DID RESEARCH AND FOUND THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS CAR,AND THAT MANY PEOPLE WERE ALSO INVOLVED IN NEAR MISSES AND OR ACCIDENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V793000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE); HOWEVER, THE PART FOR THE RECALL WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

HAD BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH MY 2011 FORD FUSION SINCE EARLY 2015. EACH TIME I PUT FUEL INTO THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T START ' SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ENGINE IS FLOODED. THOUGHT IT WAS BAD FUEL. RAN THE FUEL TANK TO NEARLY EMPTY AND REFUELED. SAME ISSUE EVERY TIME I REFUEL. MADE SURE THERE WAS NOTHING BLOCKING THE FUEL FILLER CAP/FLAP. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD GO ON AND OFF AND THEN STAYED ON. IN SEPT 2015, TOOK VEHICLE TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC AND THE ERROR CODES (PO456 AND PO104) INDICATED A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM. REPLACED PURGE SOLENOID. DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 15S34 IN JANUARY 2016 RELATED TO A DEFECT/SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE FUEL SYSTEM & FUEL TANK. MARCH 2016 (ENGINE LIGHT STILL ON) TOOK VEHICLE TO FORD DEALER AND EXPLAINED THE PROBLEMS I'VE BEEN HAVING AND PROVIDED BILL FROM MECHANIC AND DOCUMENTATION FOUND OF OTHER FORD OWNERS HAVING THE SAME ISSUES. DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE & SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE EXCEPT THAT I HAVE A LEAK IN MY FUEL FILLER NECK WHICH IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL, BUT THEY COULD REPLACE 'FOR ABOUT $250 OR SO'. HOW IS IT THAT THIS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL? FUEL AND FUMES LEAKING FROM THE FILLER NECK ARE AS DANGEROUS AS CRACKS AND LEAKS IN THE TANK. DID SOME RESEARCH AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM THAT FORD HAS BEEN MADE AWARE OF. THERE IS NO REASONABLE EXPLANATION AS TO HOW I WOULD HAVE CRACKED THE FUEL FILLER NECK. THE CAR ONLY HAS APPROX. 66K MILES ON IT, WAS BOUGHT BRAND NEW IN 2010, IS REGULARLY SERVICED AND HAS NEVER BEEN MISUSED. CONTACTED FORD AND WAS ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD "NOTE" MY SAFETY CONCERNS IN THEIR CASE (CAS-9098523). NHTSA NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THIS AND FORCE FORD TO TAKE CORRECTIVE MEASURES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF A RECALL FOR THE FUEL SYSTEM; HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. UPDATED 04/29/16*LJ UPDATED 05/04/16*JB

MY 2011 FUSION HAS 66,000 MILES ON IT, AND HE PTU (POWER TRANSFER BOX) IS LEAKING. MY "WARRANTY" EXPIRED AT 60K MILES, SO FORD WILL NOT DO ANYTHING FOR ME. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH FORD, AND THEY ARE IGNORING IT. MY AWD SHOULDN'T FAIL WITH FEWER THAN 67K MILES. OIL LEAKS ALL OVER, I AM NOW UNABLE TO TURN ON POINT. LOUD RADDLING NOISES THAT COULD ONLY BE DETECTED AFTER A POINT TURN.

CONTACT TEAM FORD LAS VEGAS NV 1/29/2016 CONCERNING MY RECALL. SAFETY RECALL NOTICE 15S34/NHTSA RECALL 15V-793 THEY TOLD ME THEY DID NOT KNOW WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR REPAIR. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT IF THE FUEL TANK HAD A CRACK, THAT A NEW FUEL TANK WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE "UNTIL 2017" HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE IF MY FUEL TANK IS INDEED CRACKED. AM I SUPPOSED TO DRIVE THE FORD FUSION WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A FIRE OR EXPLOSION? IF THIS IS NOT A SAFETY CONCERN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS I HOPE THAT ARE ABLE TO ASSIST ME IN THIS MATTER THANK YOU *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V793000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000. UPDATED 04/06/16*LJ

DRIVING AT 60 MPH MY CAR SHUT OFF POWER AND SURGED. THROTTLE WAS NOT RESPONDING. HAD TO PULL OFF ONTO A SIDE ROAD AND SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. IT WOULD ONLY IDLE AT THAT TIME. AFTER CALLING FOR HELP WE FOUND THAT THE ENGINE RESTARTED AND DROVE OK. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. DROVE IT HOME AND IT RAN OK FOR ABOUT 1 MONTH. NEXT TIME I WAS STARTING UP FROM A STOPLIGHT IN TRAFFIC AND THE THROTTLE WOULD NOT SPEED THE CAR UP. COASTED THROUGH TRAFFIC TO A SERVICE ROAD AND KILLED THE ENGINE (WAS AT IDLE) AND RESTARTED OK. THIRD OCCURRENCE WAS 2 DAYS LATER WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED SEVERAL TIMES BETWEEN SHOPPING CENTER AND HOME. WOULD RESTART OK BUT THROTTLE WOULD QUIT WORKING AGAIN. AFTER RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET, WE ORDERED A REPLACEMENT THROTTLE BODY AND PUT IT ON OURSELVES RATHER THAN ATTEMPTING TO GET FORD DEALER TO DO SOME SORT OF EXTENSION OF WARRANTY REPAIR. NO RECALL HAD BEEN RECEIVED FOR THIS PROBLEM. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN CAR LOSES POWER IN HEAVY TRAFFIC SO DID NOT WANT TO CONTINUE DRIVING SINCE THE PART WAS AVAILABLE AND EASY TO REPLACE. FORD SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL FOR THESE DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY PARTS.

MY VEHICLE ISSUED A WARNING " CHECK FUEL FILL INLET" AFTER FILLING MY TANK. IT WAS VERY HARD TO FILL AND THE PUMP KEPT SHUTTING OFF. I READ THE MANUAL AND FOLLOWED THE PROCEDURE AS DIRECTED TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. APPROXIMATELY 3 DRIVING CYCLES LATER, THE LIGHT WENT OFF. I REFUELED YESTERDAY AND FUEL BEGAN LEAKING OUT FROM THE FUEL FILLING PORT AND DOWN THE SIDE OF THE CAR. I STOPPED SEVERAL TIMES AND CLEANED THE SPILL. I FINALLY GAVE UP AND STOPPED AT HALF A TANK. I WENT TO THE DEALER TODAY AND WAS TOLD THIS ISSUE (REPLACING THE FUEL FILLER NECK) WAS NOT PART OF THE 8 YEAR/ 80,000 MILE EMISSIONS WARRANTY IN CALIFORNIA AND WOULD NOT BE COVERED. THIS IS NOT ONLY A SAFETY ISSUE BUT AN ENVIRIONMENTAL ISSUE AS WELL. I AM HIGHLY CONCERNED THAT FORD CAN PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT ITEMS ARE WARRANTED WHEN IN FACT THE ENTIRE SYSTEM IS FULLY INTEGRATED AND RELATES TO ALL OTHER FUNCTIONS IN THE SYSTEM. THE SAFETY ISSUE ENDAGERS NOT JUST MYSELF BUT ANYONE AT THE GAS STATION AT THE TIME. I BELIEVE A RECALL SHOULD BE ORDERED. WHEN DOING MYY RESEARCH ABOUT THIS ISSUE I HAVE FOUND THIS TO BE A VERY COMMON DEFECT IN FORD FUSIONS.

MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ERROR CODE IS FOR A EVAP SYSTEM LEAK. I TOOK THE CAR TO A GARAGE. THEY SAID THERE IS MOST LIKELY A SMALL CRACK IN THE FUEL DELIVERY HOSE ON THE CAPLESS FUEL SYSTEM. HOWEVER, TO SAVE MONEY THEY SAID TO GO TO A FORD DEALER BECAUSE IT COULD BE UNDER WARRANTY OR RECALLED. IT IS NEITHER. THE 2013 FORD FUSIONS WERE RECALLED FOR THE DELIVERY HOSE CRACKING. (RECALL NO. 13504) NOW I CANNOT FILL MY TANK UP THE WHOLE WAY WITHOUT GAS LEAKING OUT. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY MY CAR WOULD NOT BE RECALLED WHEN IT HAS THE SAME SAFETY ISSUES AS THE OTHER 50,000 THAT THEY DID RECALL.

MY HUSBAND AND I BOUGHT A 2011 FORD FUSION IN DECEMBER OF 2012, IT WAS USED WE BOUGHT IT. I HAD 30,000 MILES WHEN WE FIRST DROVE IT. WE DO REGULAR MAINTENANCE ON THE CAR AND NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH IT. IT WAS NOT UNTIL IT REACHED OVER THE 50,000 MILES HE STARTED TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH IT. THE CHECK FUEL INLET LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON ABOUT EVERY OTHER WEEK AFTER WE PUT FUEL IN THE VEHICLE. WE READ THE MANUAL, AND DID AS IT SAID TO FOLLOW THE STEPS AS SUGGESTED. IT WORKS FOR A WHILE BUT THE MESSAGE KEEPS COMING BACK. THIS WEEK, THE MOTOR SERVICE LIGHT COME UP, AND IT SCARED ME TO DEAD. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THERE IS A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I'M WONDERING HOW COME THEY HAVEN'T MADE A RECALL. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE MY CAR IN TO GET IT FIX IF ITS SOMETHING THAT ITS DEFECTIVE AND THE CAR DEALER MUST TAKE CARE OF IT. THANK YOU, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

GOING DOWN THE ROAD AND THERE WAS A THUMP AND THE GAS PEDAL QUIT WORKING. THE CAR DIDN'T GO DEAD BUT THE GAS PEDAL WOULDN'T ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE, COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNED IT OFF AND BACK ON AND THE GAS PEDAL WORKED. IT DID THIS TWICE ON 8/22/14, ONCE ON 8/24/14 AND HAS DONE IT ONCE TODAY SO FAR 8/25/2014. THE FIRST TIME IT DID THIS WAS 9/12/13 AND IT DIDN'T DO IT AGAIN UNTIL 8/22/14. THERE ARE PAGES AND PAGES OF FORD FUSION OWNERS HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM AND THEY SAY IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY CAUSING THE PROBLEM. WHEN IT DID IT TODAY I WAS PULLING OUT ON TO THE HIGHWAY FROM A STOP SIGN AND COULD NOT ACCELERATE TO GET ACROSS THE ROAD. I HAD TO STOP IN THE CENTER LANE TO KEEP FROM BEING HIT. FORD NEEDS TO FIX THIS BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE MY OWN CAR BUT DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER WAY TO GET TO WORK. THE REFERENCE # FOR LAST YEARS COMPLAINT IS 10543529. *TR

I ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE MY CAR BUT IT SUDDENLY SHUT OFF AND POWERED DOWN WHEN I PULLED OUT OF A PARKING LOT OF AN ESTABLISHMENT. I RESTARTED MY CAR AND DROVE TO MY DESTINATION. THIS HAPPENED ON 07/07/14. THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF VEHICLE ISSUE AS NO MAINTENANCE OR WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. THE NEXT TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS ON 07/11/14. THIS HAPPENED FIVE TIMES DURING A THIRTY MINUTE PERIOD WHERE THE CAR WOULD TRAVEL A MILE AND THEN WOULD SHUT OFF. DURING THIS TIME WHEN THE CAR WOULD SHUT OFF THE MAINTENANCE LIGHT WOULD COME ON WHEN IT SHUT OFF BUT NOT WHEN IT TURNED ON AND IT HAD A ROUGH IGNITION. THIS OCCURRED AGAIN ON 07/14/14. I ATTEMPTED TO TAKE THE CAR TO WORK ON 07/16/14 AND THE CAR SHUT OFF EN ROUTE LESS THAN TWO MILES FROM MY HOME BY SHUTTING DOWN AND A MAINTENANCE LIGHT COMING ON. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A AUTO ZONE STORE IN MY AREA TO HAVE THE COMPUTER CHECKED FOR CODES AND CODE P2111 WAS THE RESULT. THE REPAIR NEEDED WAS A THROTTLE BODY FOR THE VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AS THE WRENCH WARNING ICON ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE JERKED VIOLENTLY WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS MERGED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY, ENGINE VALVE AND FUEL SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE CLEANED AND THE POWER CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPROGRAMMED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,552 AND THE APPROXIMATE 160,000.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE TO WORK, THE CAR ALL OF THE SUDDEN JERKED AND STARTED TO DECELERATE. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF ONTO THE SHOULDER, WHILE THE CAR CONTINUED TO JERK FORWARD. I TURNED OFF THE IGNITION, WAITED A FEW SECONDS, AND RESTARTED THE CAR. I PROCEEDED TO REENTER THE HIGHWAY, AND A FEW SECONDS LATER IT DID THE SAME THING AGAIN. I ONCE AGAIN PULLED OFF ONTO THE SHOULDER, TURNED OFF THE IGNITION, AND RESTARTED THE CAR. THIS TIME THE CAR RAN FINE ALL THE WAY TO WORK. I AM CONCERNED THAT SINCE THE FREEWAY HAS A FEW CONSTRUCTION SPOTS WHERE THERE ARE NO SHOULDER PULLOFFS, I COULD HAVE BEEN IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR AND SUDDENLY THE ENGINE JUST SHUT DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRAFFIC. THIS HAS HAPPENED CONSTANTLY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. FOR A TEMPORARY FIX WE WOULD NEED TO TURN THE ENGINE OFF AND THEN ON SO THE ISSUE TEMPORARY ?DISAPPEARS? THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION AND PUT THE DRIVE AND OTHER AT RISK. *TR

MY WIFE, [XXX], WAS DRIVING OUR FUSION. SHE HAD TRAVELED APPROX. 1/4 MILE AND WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AT BAYSIDE DR. NEWPORT BEACH,CA AT THE HARBOR IS. DR. INTERSECTION. SUDDENLY, THE CAR ACCELERATED, CATCHING HER BY SURPRISE SHE WENT THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND WAS NARROWLY MISSED BY TWO ONCOMING CARS. SHE TOLD ME LATER THAT IT HAPPENED A SECOND TIME ON THE FREEWAY (SHE WAS ON HER WAY HOME) BUT WAS NOT IN IMMEDIATE DANGER WHEN IT OCCURRED. WE HAVE TRAVELED THESE STREETS SEVERAL TIMES. HAD JUST LEFT THE RESTAURANT WHERE WE HAD LUNCH....WAS RIDING MY BICYCLE HOME AND WATCHED HER GO THROUGH THE INTERSECTION....VERY SCARY!! NOTE: THE THROTTLE POSITIONER WAS REPLACED ON THIS VEHICLE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. IT HAD FAILED TO 5MPH. VILLA FORD IN ORANGE CA DID THE REPAIR. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR UPDATED 10/7/2014 *JS

WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE THE AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE VEHICLE SUDDENLY JOLTED FORWARD CRASHING INTO A POST. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON INDICATING THERE WAS A PROBLEM. WE HAVE REPORTED TO FORD ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS THAT THE CAR SURGES WHEN COMING TO A STOP. WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING WITHOUT AN ERROR CODE. AFTER THE INSURANCE COMPANY REPAIRED THE CAR WE DROVE IT TO FORD. UNFORTUNATELY WE WERE TOLD THAT THE ERROR CODE WILL CLEAR AFTER DRIVING A "COMPLETE CYCLE" OR "RUNNING A VEHICLE HEALTH REPORT". BOTH WERE COMPLETED AND FORD REPAIR TECH'S SAY THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE BUT WITHOUT A CODE THEY CAN NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I OWN 2 FORD 2011 FUSIONS. THE OTHER CAR HAD AN ISSUE WHERE IT WOULD FREQUENTLY STALL OR GO "LIMP" AS FORD CALLS IT. MUCH LIKE THE SURGES WE HAVE EXPERIENCED WITH THIS VEHICLE, I HAD NUMEROUS OCCASIONS THIS OCCURRED WITHOUT ANY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. FINALLY IT WENT "LIMP" GETTING ONTO THE HIGHWAY AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I BROUGHT IT INTO FORD A FEW DAYS LATER. THE LIGHT WAS OFF BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO RECOVER THE CODE. I BELIEVE THERE IS A MAJOR ISSUE WITH THE COMPUTERIZE THROTTLE CONTROL IN THESE VEHICLES AND A RECALL IS IN ORDER. WE ARE LUCKY THAT THE DRIVER DID NOT GET INJURED. THE AIRBAG DID NO DEPLOY EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END. THE DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY A POST THAT CUT THROUGH THE BUMPER AND DAMAGED UP TO THE RADIATOR. AS PART OF THE RESEARCH DONE I BELIEVE A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF HOW THE ERROR CODES ARE STORED SHOULD BE DONE. IF THE CARS COMPUTER CAN CLEAR ERRORS THERE IS LIMITED EVIDENCE/DOCUMENTATION OF PROBLEMS. THIS APPEARS TO ME AS A "FEATURE" TO ELIMINATE ANY TRACE OF AN ISSUE. *TR

SUDDEN DECREASE OF POWER FOLLOWED BY TOTAL SHUT DOWN (SIMILAR TO BEING TOTALLY OUT OF GAS). GAS TANK WAS ALMOST FULL EACH TIME THIS OCCURRED. *TR

VEHICLE STARTED TO HAVE PROBLEMS AROUND 83,000 MILES. MY DAUGHTER WOULD JUST BE DRIVING ALONG AND SUDDENLY THE CAR WOULD JUST STOP ACCELERATING AND GO TO IDLE. SHE WOULD HAVE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO GET OUT OF TRAFFIC. SHE WAS ABLE TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND START IT AGAIN AND CLEAR THE PROBLEM. IT WOULD GO A COUPLE OF WEEKS WITHOUT INCIDENT UNTIL ALL OF THE SUDDEN WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN. ON MOST OCCASIONS, THE YELLOW "WRENCH" LIGHT WOULD COME ON AS WELL. WE FIRST ASSUMED IT WAS BAD GAS OR THE FUEL PUMP, BUT AFTER RESEARCHING DISCOVERED A LOT OF COMPLAINTS WITH THE EXACT SYMPTOMS THAT POINTED TO A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY. I DECIDED TO SUBMIT A COMPLAINT AFTER LAST NIGHT HER CAR ONCE AGAIN STOPPED ACCELERATING ON A BRIDGE WITH A POLICE OFFICER BEHIND HER WHOM PROCEEDED TO PULL HER OVER. FORTUNATELY, THE OFFICER WAS UNDERSTANDING TO THE SITUATION. IT IS VERY UNSETTLING TO HAVE YOUR INEXPERIENCED 17 YEAR DAUGHTER ON THE HIGHWAY WITH A VEHICLE THAT OPERATES IN THIS CAPACITY. FORD HAS BEEN MANUFACTURING CARS FOR HOW MANY YEARS AND THIS IS STILL THE BEST THEY CAN DO? TO BE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH AND YOUR CAR JUST TRANSFER TO IDLE SPEED. RIDICULOUS! *TR

I WAS DRIVING IN THE PITTSBURGH AREA WHEN MY 2011 FORD FUSION LOST ACCELERATION. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO PULL OFF INTO AN ABANDONED CAR WASH AND OUT OF HEAVY TRAFFIC. I SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND 30 SECONDS LATER WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR. I THEN DROVE 15 MILES TO MY DEALER. TODAY ON NOVEMBER 14 MY DEALER FOUND A CODE INDICATING A PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRONIC-THROTTLE BODY WHICH THEY REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THEY ALSO CLEANED THE FUEL SYSTEM FOR WHICH I WAS CHARGED $137 BECAUSE THIS WAS SUPPOSEDLY NOT COVERED UNDER FORD'S WARRANTY. I HAVE A 2011 FORD ESCAPE WHICH CAN ALSO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. NEEDLESS TO SAY THIS IS CAUSE FOR WORRY AS I NOW CAN STALL OUT IN ANY ONE OF TWO VEHICLES. THIS WOULD APPEAR TO BE A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH FORD VEHICLES. *TR

DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY, CAR LOSES POWER LIKE IT WASN'T PULLING, LUCKILY I WAS IN SLOW LANE ON HIGHWAY, WHEN I GOT OVER TO SHOULDER OF 2 LANE HIGHWAY THE WRENCH ON DASHBOARD LIT UP & CAR DIED, AFTER SITTING FOR 5--7 MINUTES IT CRANKED BACK UP AND I WAS ABLE TO TAKE TO FORD DEALERSHIP. I AM NOT REAL HAPPY AFTER READING ALL THE PROBLEMS PEOPLE ARE HAVING. I USUALLY TAKE MY 5 YR OLD GRANDSON TO DAYCARE IN MORNING SO AFTER THIS I AM KINDA LEARY OF DRIVING THIS CAR. IF I HAD HAVE BEEN IN THE FAST LANE ON THIS HIGHWAY I WOULD HAVE HAD A HARDER TIME GETTING OUT OF TRAFFIC AND PROBABLY HIT BY ANOTHER CAR OR AN 18 WHEELER. THANK GOD I DID NOT HAVE MY GRANDSON WITH ME. AFTER THIS I SERIOUSLY THINK I NEED TO GET RID OF THIS VEHICLE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET WHEN MY IDLE AND RPM WENT DOWN AND I KEPT PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE (WARNING WRENCH SYMBOL APPEARED). I WAS BARELY ABLE TO PULL OUT OF TRAFFIC AND I NEARLY GOT HIT IN THE REAR BY A TRACTOR TRAILER. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND GOT OUT MY MANUAL WHICH SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE THROTTLE BODY. I TURNED ON THE CAR AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE SO I TOOK THE BACK ROAD HOME (NITETIME) AND WENT ABOUT 10 MILES AND PARKED IN FRONT OF MY HOME. WENT OUT IN THE MORNING (SUNDAYOCTOBER 20) AND WAS GOING TO DRIVE IT TO THE DEALER TO LEAVE OVERNITE, GOT A MILE FROM MY HOME AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED, CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT ALL TIMES, THE VEHICLE WOULD START TO SURGE AND BUCK THEN LOOSE POWER. IT NEVER COMPLETELY DIED BUT WHEN I PULLED OVER IT RAN TERRIBLE AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I TURNED IT OFF FOR A FEW SECONDS AND RESTARTED IT. IT WOULD RUN FOR A WHILE, GOOD, THEN THE PROBLEM WOULD REOCCUR. THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, I HAD THE CODE CHECKED. THE RESULT WAS A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY OR SORT IN THE THROTTLE BODY MODULE. *TR

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 24/27 MY CAR JUST SHUT OFF. NO WARNING. THEN SPUTTERED. I CRUISED OVER TO SHOULDER. THE TOOL LIGHT WAS (WRENCH) ON. I CUT OFF THE CAR AND THEN RESTARTED THE CAR. VERY SCARY. AT FIRST I WAS ADVISED I HAD BAD GAS IN THE CAR, THEN I WAS ADVISED I NEED A NEW FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. THEN AFTER CUTTING OFF 6 TIMES IN THE SPACE OF ONE EXIT TO ANOTHER, I REFUSED TO DRIVE THE CAR ANYMORE. THE MECHANIC STATED I NEED A NEW THROTTLE BODY AND IT WAS REPLACED. MY CAR STILL HESITATES AND ACCELERATES AT TIMES. *TR

MY CAR LOST COMPLETE POWER WILE TRAVERSING AN INTERSECTION. I WAS ALMOST HIT BY A LARGE TRUCK AS I HAD NO POWER IN MY CAR. TOOL IT TO THE DEALER AND IT IS A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY THAT FORD IS AWARE OF. MECHANIC SAID HE SEES THIS HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. ITS VERY SCARY TO BE DRIVING AND SUDDENLY LOSE ALL POWER AND VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE CAR JERKED AND THE WRENCH LITE CAME ON. THE CAR WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE ACCELERATOR AND WOULD ONLY COAST. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ON A HILL AND WAS ABLE TO COAST INTO A PARKING LOT. I STOPPED THE CAR, PUT IT INTO PARK, AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. I TRIED TO RESTART IT, AND AFTER A LONG CRANK THE ENGINE STARTED, THE WRENCH LITE WAS OFF, AND THE CAR AND ACCELERATOR RESPONDED NORMALLY. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR HOME WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MY HUSBAND THEN TEST DROVE THE CAR AND HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND ALSO HAD TO PULL INTO A PARKING LOT. HE DROVE IT STRAIGHT TO THE DEALER AND DROPPED IT OFF FOR REPAIR. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A MALFUNCTIONING THROTTLE BODY. RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET SHOWED THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TO ALOT OF FORD FUSION OWNERS AND WE FOLLOWED LINK TO THIS WEBSITE TO REPORT THE PROBLEM. *TR

WAS DRIVING ON A COUNTY ROAD UP A SLIGHT INCLINE WHEN THE ENGINE RAN VERY ROUGH AND THE CAR ROLLED TO A STOP. TRIED TO RESTART AND HAD THE SAME CONDITION - AS THOUGH THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING ON TWO CYLINDERS. WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND OTHER CARS RAN AROUND ME. A HOMEOWNER CAME TO THE RESCUE AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE CAR SLOWLY ROLLING ONTO HIS DRIVEWAY. AFTER SITTING FOR SOME TIME THE ENGINE THEN WORKED AS USUAL AND WE DROVE DIRECTLY TO THE FORD DEALER AND DROPPED THE CAR OFF (IT WAS SAT. A.M.) SO THE SERVICE DEPT. COULD LOOK AT THE CAR MONDAY. WAS CALLED MON. AND TOLD BY SERVICE THAT IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY AND WOULD COST $640 TO REPAIR. AUTHORIZED THE REPAIR PLUS OIL CHANGE, ETC. MY WIFE HAD PICKED ME UP WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE AND I CHECKED THE INTERNET FOR THIS THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM. THERE WAS A LOT OF INFO ABOUT IT. CALLED DEALERSHIP AND TOLD THEM THE PROBLEM HAS EXISTED FOR YEARS AND I WOULD NOT PAY FOR A PROBLEM FROM THE FACTORY (NOT ORDINARY WEAR AND TEAR) WHICH THEY KNEW ABOUT WHEN THEY SOLD ME THE CAR NEW IN 2010. OFFERED TO PAY HALF THE THROTTLE BODY REPAIR COST AS THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. WAITING FOR THEIR DECISION. *TR

AS WITH MOST OF THE ABOVE FILINGS, THROTTLE BODY QUIT WORKING WHILE TRAVELING, CAUSING THE GAS TO NOT FUNCTION. TURNED ON YIELD LIGHTS, AND LUCKILY THERE WAS A SHOULDER TO PULL ONTO. REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY AT A COST OF THE PART $171, WHILE THE DEALERSHIP OFFERED TO INSTALL FOR $600.00, AN INSTALLATION THAT TAKES LITERALLY FIVE MINUTES. IT SEEMS FORD IS FULLY AWARE OF THIS ISSUE, AND THE SAFETY HAZARDS IT CAUSES, YET CHOOSES TO DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. *TR

FILLED TANK UP WITH FUEL. FEW HOURS LATER NOTICED THE SMELL OF GAS. FOUND FUEL TANK TO HAVE A STEADY DRIP OF GAS. LEAK IS COMING FROM TOP SIDE OF TANK ON PASSENGER SIDE. DUE TO THE AREA I CANNOT IDENTIFY WHERE LEAK IS ORIGINATING. *TR

VEHICLE WAS GETTING UP TO SPEED AT ABOUT 40-50 MPH AND UPON DEPRESSING GAS PEDAL COMBINED WITH SHIFTING OF GEARS (AUTOMATIC), ENGINE STALLED. OCCURRED TWICE WITH 5 MILES ON BUSY HIGHWAY. ENGINE LIGHT AND WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON EACH TIME. AFTER SHUTTING DOWN ENGINE ON SHOULDER, IT STARTED RIGHT BACK AND RAN FINE FOR A WHILE. WAS FORTUNATE WITH NO TRAFFIC INCIDENT/ACCIDENT EITHER TIME. OCCURRED THREE MORE TIMES BEFORE GETTING TO DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP SERVICE INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS A THROTTLE BODY ISSUE AND REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY PART IT AT MY COST AS THE EXTENDED WARRANTY DID NOT COVER IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT THE FUEL FILLER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,000. UPDATED 10/31/13*CN THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT A COST OF $390. UPDATED 11/12/13

DRIVING 70 MPH DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND THE MOTOR SIMPLY CUT OFF. WAS FORTUNATELY ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND COME TO A STOP SAFELY. TURNED IGNITION OFF. THEN TURNED THE IGNITION ON AND THE CAR IMMEDIATELY CRANKED BACK UP. DROVE TO NEAREST GAS STATION THINKING MAYBE BEING LOW ON GAS WITH ABOUT 40 MILES TO EMPTY WAS THE ISSUE. FILLED UP WITH GAS AND PROCEEDED HOME. THE NEXT DAY, AS WE WERE BEGINNING TO TAKE A TRIP, AFTER TURNING ONTO THE ON RAMP AND STARTED TO ACCELERATE TO GET ONTO THE HIGHWAY, THE ENGINE TURNED OFF AGAIN. FORTUNATELY WAS ABLE TO GET STOPPED BEFORE BEING HIT FROM BEHIND BY THE CARS CLOSELY BEHIND ME THAT WERE ACCELERATING TO GET ON THE HIGHWAY AS WELL OR BY THE FLOWING TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY ITSELF AS I ENTERED THE BUSY HIGHWAY, THUS ENDANGERING THE LIVES OF MY WHOLE FAMILY AND THOSE PERSONS OF THE VEHICLES THAT MAY HAVE COME IN CONTACT WITH MY VEHICLE. CRANKED CAR RIGHT BACK UP AND SLOWLY PROCEEDED TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. WHERE I WAS TOLD THAT THE MFI THROTTLE BODY AND MOTOR ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THIS IS FAILURE IS A DANGER TO EVERY FUSION DRIVER AND THEIR OCCUPANTS, AS WELL AS, ANYONE THAT IS DRIVING NEAR THEM THAT COULD HIT THEM IN THE REAR OR POSSIBLY HIT THEM IN THE DOOR KILLING THE DRIVER OR OCCUPANTS BECAUSE THE CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE THOUGH AN INTERSECTION OR ONTO A HIGHWAY. *TR

STARTED THE VEHICLE AND BEGAN DRIVING, THE THROTTLE DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. HAD TO RESTART CAR IN INTERSECTION. THE THROTTLE RETURNED MOMENTARILY. SLOWLY DROVE THE VEHICLE AT < 5MPH (AS ALL IT WOULD ALLOW) TO AUTOZONE. RECEIVED P2112 CODE: THROTTLE CONTROL STUCK SHUT. HAD TO TOW HOME. RELEVANT TO THIS ARTICLE AND INVESTIGATION: HTTP://WWW.USATODAY.COM/STORY/MONEY/CARS/2013/02/25/PROBE-FORD-CARS-SUVS-STALLING/1945799/ HAVE SINCE PAID FOR FORD TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY. AM AWAITING RECALL FOR REIMBURSEMENT. *TR

I LEFT FROM MY HOME IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THE CAR HAD NOT BEEN USED SINCE THE PREVIOUS EVENING. ABOUT 2 MILES FROM MY HOUSE I GOT ONTO A STATE ROUTE AND STARTED TO GO UP A SLIGHT HILL. I HAD ACCELERATED UP TO APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AND THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING REALLY ROUGH, THEN STALLED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT LIT UP. IT SEEMED TO GO DOWN TO IDLE WITH NO RESPONSE FROM ENGINE WHILE PUSHING THE PEDAL. I GLIDED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CRESTED THE HILL, THEN LET THE ENGINE SPUTTER AT AROUND IDLE AS I WAS ABLE TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND LET GRAVITY TAKE ME TO THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL WHERE I COULD GLIDE AROUND THE CORNER INTO A SAFE PARKING LOT. I SHUT THE CAR DOWN, WAITED A MINUTE AND IT STARTED BACK UP AS THOUGH NOTHING HAD HAPPENED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS CLEAR. I HAVE NOT TRIED TO CHECK TO SEE IF IT STORED ANY CODES YET. I HAD EXPERIENCED 2 PREVIOUS EVENTS IN THE PREVIOUS 2 WEEKS WITH THIS CAR. THE CAR HAS BEEN SERVICED REGULARLY. *TR

DROVE A MILE FROM OUR HOME TO PICK UP PIZZA. WENT INTO THE SHOP FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES, CAME OUT AND STARTED THE CAR. BACKED OUT OF THE SPACE AND PULLED ACROSS A DIVIDED ROAD TO HEAD HOME AND THE CAR SPUTTERED AND LOST POWER SO THAT I HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS LIT. I SHUT DOWN THE CAR AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS CLEAR. IT REPEATED THIS ISSUE AGAIN ABOUT 1 WEEK LATER ON THE HIGHWAY FOR MY WIFE THOUGH RECOVERED. THEN AGAIN FOR ME WHILE ACCELERATING UP A STATE ROUTE BUT DID NOT RECOVER. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND THE ENGINE BUCKED AND SEEMED TO STALL, THEN RECOVERED. THE PREVIOUS WEEK IT HAD STALLED COMPLETELY. SHORTLY AFTER IT STALLED WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT AGAIN AND DID NOT RECOVER. *TR

CAR BEGAN ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS ACTING LIKE IT WAS EITHER NOT GETTING POWER OR FUEL. TAKEN TO A FORD DEALER IN 04/2103 AND THEY DISREGARDED THE SYMPTONS I WAS DESCRIBING AND SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG (STILL UNDER WARRANTY THEN). BY AUGUST 2013 IT WAS HAVING INCIDENTS OF SHUDDERING, LOSING POWER AND WOULD HAVE TO BE TURNED OFF. BY 09/03/2013, IT WAS UNDRIVEABLE. A COMPLAINT WAS FILED WITH FORD IN MID AUGUST. CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND QUOTED REPAIR WAS $871. FORD AGREED TO REPAIR AT 50% AND WORK WAS COMPLETED ON 09/06/2103.

DRIVING AT 35 MPH LOST ACCELERATION, ENGINE IDLES BUT WHEN GAS PEDDLE IS PUSHED TO THE FLOOR NO POWER. CALLED DEALERSHIP AND WITHOUT HESITATION I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY AND THAT IT WAS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. CANT BELIEVE THIS IS NOT A SAFETY RECALL. VERY DANGEROUS AND SCARY!!!! AND OF COURSE CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. I TRULY HOPE THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN TO SOMEONE DRIVING DOWN A HIGHWAY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. FORD REALLY, REALLY NEEDS TO CONSIDER A RECALL, PUT MONEY ON IT THERE WILL BE MULTIPLE INCIDENTS IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. I HAVE ALSO HEARD THAT FORD IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND CHANGED THE PART NUMBER BUT ARE NOT RECALLING THE ORIGINAL PART.

I OWN A 2011 FORD FUSION. ON 8/16/2013, ON CITY STREETS, TRAVELING LESS THAN 20 MPH, THE CAR ENGINE CUT OFF, THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS ABLE TO STEER, BUT ALL OF MY DASH INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE FUNCTIONING AS WELL AS A/C AND RADIO. HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE ACCELERATOR. AT LESS THAN 5 MPH, SHE BEGAN TO SHUDDER/BALK LIKE I WAS JUST LEARNING TO DRIVE A STICK SHIFT. ON 9/2/2013, THE SAME THING HAPPENED AT TWO SEPARATE TIMES, EXCEPT DURING THE FIRST I WAS DRIVING ON A TOLL ROAD AT 55 MPH. THE SECOND INCIDENT I WAS AGAIN TRAVELING AT 55 MPH ON AN ACCESS RAMP THAT LEADS ONTO THE INTERSTATE. IN ALL 3 INCIDENTS, THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND I DID HAVE CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND WAS ABLE TO SAFELY GET MY VEHICLE OUT OF THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE. I THEN SHUT OFF A/C, RADIO AND IGNITION; WAITED A SHORT TIME AND RESTARTED THE CAR. EACH TIME SHE HESITATED EVER SO SLIGHTLY BEFORE STARTING AND I WAS THEN ABLE TO DRIVE ON TO MY DESTINATION. *JB

CAR APPEARED TO HAVE LOST FUEL POWER WHILE DRIVING APPROX. 40 MILES PER HOUR. CAR JERKED AND SPEED REDUCED TO APPROX. 5 MILES AN HOUR. APPEARED TO NOT BE RECEIVING ANY FUEL EVEN WHEN THE PEDAL WAS BEING PUSHED. PULLED OVER, TURNED MOTOR OFF THEN RESTARTED. DROVE OKAY FOR ABOUT 5 MORE MINUTES THAN DID THE SAME THING AGAIN ONLY THIS TIME WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY THAT HAD THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD BEING WORKED ON. THE TIME WAS 5 AM AND IT WAS EXTREMELY FOGGY. VISIBILITY WAS POOR AND THE SCENARIO COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE, ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. REPEATED THE PROCESS AGAIN OF TURNING THE MOTOR OFF AND BACK ON, MAKING IT TO MY PLACE OF WORK THIS TIME WITHIN 5 MINUTES. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND REMAINED ON WHEN THE CAR WAS STARTED. TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP AFTER WORK (APPROX 8 MILES AWAY) WITHOUT INCIDENT ALTHOUGH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. TECHNICIAN CALLED NEXT DAY STATING THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED REPLACED AND HAD SEEN THIS ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS LATELY WITH FORD VEHICLES. ALTHOUGH I DID NOT HAVE AN ACCIDENT I CAN SEE WHERE THIS ISSUE HAS POTENTIAL TO BE HARMFUL TO THE DRIVER AND OTHERS. I HOPE SOMETHING IS DONE SOON BEFORE SOMETHING MORE SERIOUS DOES HAPPENS. *JB

CAR EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER DURING ACCELERATION FROM A STOP SIGN. LOST 99% OF POWER AND MISSED HEAVILY. NEARLY REAR-ENDED. PULLED OVER, TURNED CAR OFF, WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND RESTARTED THE CAR. RAN FINE. DROVE APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES AND 25 MINUTES BEFORE PARKING THE CAR; PROBLEM DID NOT RECUR. DROVE APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES AND 30 MINUTES TO DEALERSHIP; PROBLEM DID NOT RECUR. DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM THE SAME AS MANY OF THE COMPLAINTS ON THIS WEBSITE - THE THROTTLE BODY ACTUATOR IS STICKING. $400 REPAIR. INFORMATION ONLINE INDICATES THAT THIS IS A NEW THROTTLE DESIGN BY FORD, SO IN ESSENCE, FORD IS EXPERIMENTING ON MY DIME. NOT ACCEPTABLE. *JB

I WAS DRIVING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY (I-70) EAST FROM ST. LOUIS, MO, TO DAYTON, OH. CRUISE CONTROL WAS ON AT 65 MPH, MODERATE/HEAVY TRAFFIC. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE CAR STARTED TO DECELERATE WITHOUT WARNING, A "WRENCH" LIGHT AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND WHEN I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR, NOTHING HAPPENED. I PULLED OVER ONTO THE SHOULDER, AND THE CAR WAS SHUDDERING. I TURNED IT OFF AND LET IT SIT FOR A MINUTE AND THEN TURNED IT BACK ON. IT SEEMED TO BE FINE, SO I GOT BACK ON THE HIGHWAY. THREE MILES LATER, IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I DID THE SAME THING, PULLED OVER/TURNED OFF CAR/RESTARTED, AND THE CAR WORKED OKAY ONCE I GOT BACK ON THE HIGHWAY. FOUR MILES LATER, IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS TIME, I WAS BETWEEN TWO SEMI TRUCKS, AND WAS ALMOST REAR-ENDED BY THE ONE BEHIND ME, WHICH WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN MY CAR BASICALLY BEING "CRUSHED" BETWEEN THE TWO TRACTOR TRAILERS. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER ONTO THE SHOULDER SAFELY TO CALL FOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE, AND AFTER HAVING TO TOW MY CAR TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP, THEY ADVISED ME IT WAS CAUSED BY FAILED THROTTLE BODY (DIAGNOSTIC CODE P2111). THE SERVICE AGENT THERE TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN ISSUE BY FORD (HE TOLD ME HE HAS SEEN THE SAME PROBLEM ON CLOSE TO 100 OTHER CARS), BUT THE COMPANY HAS DONE NOTHING ABOUT IT. I CAME VERY CLOSE TO BEING EITHER SERIOUSLY INJURED, OR EVEN KILLED, BECAUSE OF THIS. I TRULY HOPE THAT SOMETHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR WORSE, KILLED (I KNOW THERE ARE REPORTS OF CRASHES AND INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THIS PROBLEM AS I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE).

I AM WRITING IN REGARDS TO AN ISSUE WITH MY 2011 FORD FUSION. ON AUGUST 21, 2013 I WAS DRIVING AT 70 MPH ON A BUSY HWY WHEN IT FELT AS IF MY CAR HAD COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO ACCELERATOR. I FOUND MYSELF COASTING IN TRAFFIC. I MANAGED TO PUT ON THE HAZARDS AND MERGE TO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT BEING HIT, THANKFULLY. ONCE OVER I SHUT OFF THE CAR AND AFTER A MINUTE STARTED IT BACK UP AND IT WAS AS IF NOTHING HAD HAPPENED. THINKING THIS WAS SOME KIND OF FLUKE WE CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE CAR. IT HAPPENED AGAIN 3 DAYS LATER, AGAIN IN VERY HEAVY TRAFFIC ON A MAIN HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH. AGAIN WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO PULL OFF WITHOUT BEING HIT. INTERNET RESEARCH SHOWED THAT THIS WAS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR AND THE DEALER KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT UPON HEARING OUR STORY. A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY. HE SAID OURS WAS THE THIRD ONE BEING DROPPED OFF THAT SAME DAY FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. WE WERE VERY DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS PART CONSIDERING HOW DANGEROUS THE SITUATION IS. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS DUE TO THIS DEFECTIVE PART, YET STILL NO RECALL. EVEN WORSE IS THAT FORD ISN'T EVEN COVERING THE COST OF REPLACING IT UNDER THE ENGINE WARRANTY, WE HAD TO PAY FOR IT. DOES SOMEONE ACTUALLY HAVE TO DIE IN ONE OF THESE ACCIDENTS BEFORE A RECALL IS DONE?? *JS

I WAS DRIVING ON MY WAY TO WORK, DRIVING ABOUT 55-60 MPH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR JERKED AND THE THROTTLE WENT OFF AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. EVERYTHING STILL WORKED IN THE CAR BUT WHEN I PRESSED ON THE GAS, NOTHING HAPPENED. LUCKILY I WAS NEAR A TURN OFF AND I WAS ABLE TO COAST ONTO THE ROAD AND PULL OFF. I TURNED MY CAR OFF AND BACK ON, AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP. THEY KNEW IMMEDIATELY WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND SAID THEY COULD ORDER THE PART BUT IT WOULD BE FEW DAYS. IN THE MEAN TIME I AM JUST SUPPOSED TO PULL OVER AND TURN MY CAR OFF AND ON IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN. I HAVE AN HOUR COMMUTE TO WORK IN THE MORNING DRIVING IN SEVERAL LANE INTERSTATE TRAFFIC AND THIS COULD BE REALLY SCARY IF IT WERE TO HAPPEN THEN. ESPECIALLY WITH ALL OF THE SEMI TRUCKS THAT I AM TRAVELING WITH AT HIGH SPEEDS. IT IS ALSO OUR FAMILY CAR SO I AM SCARED TO DRIVE WITH MY FAMILY IN THE CAR.

I WAS SITTING AT A DRIVE UP WINDOW AND MY RPMS WENT WAY UP AND THE CAR DIED AND WHEN I'M DRIVING I HAVE A LOST OF POWER LIKE IT TRYED TO DIE THEN RECOVERED I,M BEING TOLD THIS IS THE (FUEL INJECTION THROTTLE BODIES) THIS IS BE COMING A BIG PROBLEM WHERE IT STARTING TO DIE MORE I DON'T WANT MY WIFE TO GET IN TO A WRECK AND GET HURT SO I'M GOING TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODIE BUT I THINK THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ASAP, THIS IS A VERY HIGH PRICED PART I WOULD LIKE A REFUND

CAR KEEPS DISPLAYING CHECK FUEL FILL INLET, NOW CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. WHILE FILLING TANK AT LOCAL GAS STATION STRONG SMELL OF FUEL AROUND AND INSIDE OF CAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. OBD II READS CODE P0455. THIS IS UNSAFE IN MANY WAYS, EXPLOSIVES ARE TO DANGEROUS TO MESS WITH. NO RESOLUTION FROM FORD MOTOR COMPANY ON THIS ISSUE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A COUNTRY ROAD, THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE SUDDENLY STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ABOVE 3 MILES PER HOUR. WE HAD TO PUSH THE CAR HOME AND HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE PROBLEM IS THE THROTTLE BODY. FORD MOTOR CO. IS AWARE THAT THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW WITH THE THROTTLE BODY IN THIS MAKE/MODEL. FORD HAS RE-DESIGNED THIS PART BUT HAS NOT ISSUES A RECALL. THE CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR OVER A WEEK WAITING FOR A NEW THROTTLE BODY BECAUSE THERE IS A SHORTAGE DUE TO A LARGE NUMBER OF VEHICLES EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. FORD NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL TO AVOID WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A FATAL ACCIDENT. IF THIS PROBLEM HAD OCCURRED WHILE PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC, OR ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY THE END RESULT COULD HAVE EASILY HAVE BEEN A FATAL ACCIDENT. FORD NEEDS TO RECALL THIS PART NOW! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK ENGINE AND MAINTENANCE WARNING LIGHTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT THE FUEL AND THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,000.

ON 8/7/13 I WAS DRIVING MY CAR TO WORK IN MY APARTMENT COMPLEX (APPROX. 5 MPH) MY CAR STOPPED RESPONDING TO THE GAS PEDAL AND STARTED "SHAKING" ERRATICALLY. A SMALL TOOL/WRENCH LIGHT APPEARED ON MY DASH. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. RESTARTED SEVERAL MINUTES LATER AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE WITH NO PROBLEMS UNTIL ON THE WAY HOME. I DIDN'T DRIVE IT AGAIN UNTIL 8/9/13 TO THE MECHANIC. IT STARTED AND DROVE FINE, UNTIL 15 MINUTES AFTER BEING ON THE INTERSTATE (WHICH I HAD TO GET ON TO GET TO THE MECHANIC) THE CAR STOPPED RESPONDING TO THE GAS PEDAL AND SEEMS TO STAY AT THE SAME SPEED FOR ABOUT A MINUTE (APPROX. 60 MPH). FINALLY THE CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AND STARTED SHAKING ( LIKE IT WAS OUT OF GAS BUT I STILL 1/2 TANK). I HAD TO PULL OVER IMMEDIATELY ON THE VERY BUSY INTERSTATE BECAUSE THE CAR WAS SHAKING AND DIDN'T SEEM TO RESPOND TO THE GAS PEDAL. I LET THE CAR SIT FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AND TRIED TO START DRIVING ON THE SHOULDER BUT THE CAR STARTED SHAKING AGAIN. I DECIDED TO TRY ONE MORE TIME BEFORE CALLING A TOW TRUCK BECAUSE IT WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION (AND I HAD MY 11 MONTHS OLD SON IN THE CAR) TRYING TO MERGE BACK ON THE FREEWAY WITH A CAR THAT DIDN'T WANT TO ACCELERATE AND WAS SHAKING. I TRIED AGAIN AND WAS ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY PULL BACK ONTO THE INTERSTATE. ONCE I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF, I TOOK SIDE STREETS AND HAD TO STOP THE CAR AGAIN (APPROX. 30-40 MPH). MECHANICS SAID THAT FORDS AREN'T SUPPOSE TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM THEY WERE VERY SURPRISED AND TOLD US TO RESEARCH THE INTERNET FOR RECALLS, THAT IS HOW I FOUND SAFERCAR.GOV AND THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME SITUATION. THIS PROBLEM IS OBVIOUSLY AN ISSUE WITH THE CAR ITSELF AND NOT IN ANYWAY THE OWNERS/OPERATORS FAULT. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUED IMMEDIATELY SINCE THIS ISSUE HAPPENS SUDDENLY WITH NO WARNING THAT THERE IS ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR AND COULD RESULT IN ACCIDENTS/LOSS OF LIFE. *TR

ON SATURDAY, I WAS DRIVING OUT FROM A COMPLEX MAKING A LEFT TURN INTO TRAFFIC WHEN MY VEHICLE ABRUPTLY SLAMMED STOPPED AT A GREEN LIGHT. I PUT ON MY HAZARDS AND NOTICED A WRENCH SIGNAL POPPED ON. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF, THEN STARTED IT BACK. THE VEHICLE TURNED ON AGAIN. I WAS LUCKY I WAS NOT REAR-ENDED. I DROVE HOME AND DECIDED NOT TO DRIVE THE CAR UNTIL I TOOK IT TO NEAREST DEALER. MONDAY MORNING, I GOT INTO VEHICLE HEADED TO THE DEALER AND AGAIN DRIVING OUT OF MY COMPLEX, THE CODE POPPED ON, VEHICLE SPUTTERED AND STOPPED. I TURNED IT OFF THEN ON AGAIN. IT STARTED AND I HEADED TO THE DEALER CLOSE BY WITH HAZARDS ON. MY VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED NEEDING THROTTLE BODY TOTALING $585.00. MIND YOU MY VEHICLE IS TWO YEARS OLD. *TR

CAR STALLS WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, PULL OVER AND IT STARTS BACK UP. IT HAS DONE THIS 3 TIMES IN THE LAST WEEK. WILL BE TAKING IT TO THE FORD DEALER MONDAY. DID ONLINE SEARCHES AND FOUND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD FUSION AND IT POINTS TO THE THROTTLE BODY OR ELECTRONIC MODULE THAT CONTROLS THE THROTTLE BODY. THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED BY FORD - VERY SCARY AND DANGEROUS FOR THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN A CROWDED HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND REFUSED TO ACCELERATE. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY HAD MALFUNCTIONED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY WITH A FAIR AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THE GAS PEDAL QUIT WORKING THEN MY CAR STALLED OUT. THIS ALL HAPPENED VERY QUICKLY. I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO SIDE. I RESTARTED THE CAR MERGED BACK ON HIGHWAY AND IN 1/4 TO 1/2 MILE IT DID IT AGAIN. ONCE AGAIN I WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT AND MERGED BACK INTO TRAFFIC HOPING TO MAKE IT TO THE NEXT EXIT, BUT IT DID IT AGAIN IN LESS THEN 1/4 MILE. I RESTARTED IT AND STAYED ON THE SIDE OF HIGHWAY. IT WENT INTO LIMP MODE AND I WAS ABLE TO GET TO A GAS STATION AT NEXT EXIT. THE CAR HAD STALLED OUT A MONTH OR SO PRIOR BUT RESTARTED AND NO OTHER ISSUES UNTIL THIS REPORTED EVENT. ALSO AS WE RESEARCHED ON LINE MY CAR HAD THE SURGES OF POWER OR LACK THEREOF AS MENTIONED ON LINE. NOTE: I AM A PERSON WITHOUT MUCH MECHANICAL KNOWLEDGE AND THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY UNSETTLING EVENT. I DO A LOT OF HIGHWAY DRIVING IN MY WORK INCLUDING RUSH HOUR. I AM WELL AWARE THAT MY LIFE COULD HAVE EASILY ENDED THAT DAY OR BEEN SEVERELY CHANGED. PLEASE ADDRESS THIS BEFORE SOMEONE'S LIFE IS ENDED OR SEVERELY CHANGED!! *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING VEHICLE AT ABOUT 65 MPH IN MORNING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. WHILE TRAVELING YELLOW WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN WHILE TRAVELING IN THE FAR LEFT LANE (FAST LANE). HAD TO SAFELY GET THE CAR TO SIDE OF THE ROAD AS IT COASTED WHILE TRAFFIC STILL MAINTAINED THEIR NORMAL SPEED. AFTER REMOVING KEY AND LETTING VEHICLE SIT FOR A COUPLE MINUTES, PUT KEY BACK IN IGNITION AND STARTED THE VEHICLE BACK UP. PROCEEDED WITH NO ISSUES. CALLED DEALERSHIP AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR 7/1/2013. WAS TOLD THAT THERE WERE NO CODES AND COULD NOT GET VEHICLE TO PERFORM OUR STATED ISSUE. WAS TOLD IT MAY BE THE THROTTLE BODY AND THAT THEY WOULD ORDER ONE (WE ARE LOOKING AT THE MINIMUM A TWO WEEK WAIT). AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT GUARANTEE THAT THIS WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THERE WERE NO CODES FOR THEM TO GO OFF OF. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT OUR EXTENDED SERVICE CONTRACT DOES NOT COVER THIS AND THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT AROUND A $400.00 REPAIR. IF WE WOULD OF HAD PREFERRED SERVICE PLAN THAT IT WOULD OF BEEN COVERED (IMAGINE THAT!). SO TODAY MY WIFE CALLS ME AGAIN TO TELL ME SHE IS ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY BECAUSE THE ISSUE HAPPENED AGAIN! AND ON TOP OF THIS ISSUE SHE NOW HAD A FLAT TIRE PROBABLY DUE TO HAVING TO COAST THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. WE MET UP AND CHANGED VEHICLES. I PROCEEDED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE BACK TO WORK, BUT NEVER MADE IT DUE TO THE VEHICLE NOT WANTING TO OPERATE AND YELLOW WRENCH COMING ON ALONG WITH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. HAD VEHICLE TOWED BACK TO DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY OFFERED A LOANER CAR WHILE WE WAIT FOR PART TO ARRIVE WITH NO ESTIMATED ETA? A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN THAT FORD SEEMS TO NOT CARE ABOUT AND HAS A CASUAL "WE WILL GET TO IT, WHEN WE GET TO IT" MENTALITY"!?!? *TR

MY CAR KEEPS STALLING , AFTER TAKING TO MECHANIC IT WAS DIAGNOSTIC TESTED WITH THROTTLE ACENTURE CONTROL SYSTEM THAT WAS DEFECTIVE UNABLE TO GET PART FROM FORD CORP. WAS TOLD THEY ARE ON BACK ORDER HAVE TO WAIT SEVERAL WEEKS MORE. TO MANY FORD FUSION NEED PART THERE SHOULD BE AN INVESTIGATION THAT LEADS INTO RECALL ITS NOT FAIR TO US BUYERS I HAVE PERSONALLY CALLED FORD DEALERS IN 5 SURROUNDING STATES FOR 4 DAYS NO ONE HAS THE PART NOR FOR CANADA OR FORD MEXICO SOMETHING WRONG HERE. *TR

THE CAR SUDDENLY LOSES POWER WHEN DRIVING. THERE IS NO CONTROL OF ACCELERATION. THIS DANGEROUS IF THIS DOES IT WHILE IN TRAFFIC. THE CODE ON THE ERROR IS PT1111 AND PT1112. FORD HAS NO PARTS AVAILABLE AND ON BACK ORDER. SOME ONE IS GOING TO BE SERIOUSLY INJURED BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CONTROL THEIR VEHICLE. *TR

ON MY WAY HOME ON A 5 LANE ROAD, I WAS CRUISING AT ABOUT 45 MPH IN FAIRLY HEAVY TRAFFIC AND EXPERIENCED THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. WITHOUT WARNING, THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND I HAD NO THROTTLE RESPONSE WHATSOEVER AND TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE WAS ON AN INCLINE WHICH MADE IT EVEN HARDER TO GET PULLED OVER AS I LOST SPEED QUICKLY. I TURNED ONTO A SIDE STREET, BARELY AVOIDING A REAR END COLLISION. MY CAR SLOWED TO A CRAWL AND I PROCEEDED TO PUT IT INTO PARK AND TURN OFF THE ENGINE. AFTER RE-STARTING THE ENGINE, THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS GONE AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THERE WAS ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. *TR

FIRST INCIDENT 4/5/13: WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH SOUTHBOUND ON INTERSTATE 5 NEAR STADIUM WAY MY 2011 FORD FUSION WITHOUT WARNING LOST POWER AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO ANY CHANGE IN THROTTLE POSITION VIA THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. HOWEVER, I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE FAR RIGHT-HAND LANE AND CONTINUE UPHILL ON THE TRANSITION LANE TO THE SOUTHBOUND 110 FREEWAY AS THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO SPUTTER NEAR IDLE. A CHP (CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL) OFFICER ESCORTED ME OFF THE FREEWAY. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES I ATTEMPTED TO START MY VEHICLE AND IT RAN FINE. I PURCHASED A OBD II SCANNER AND CHECKED FOR ANY STORED CODES, NO CODES WERE FOUND. I CONTINUED TO MONITOR MY VEHICLE VIA THE OBD II SCAN TOOL AND NO CODES WERE RECORDED. SECOND INCIDENT 6/13/13: WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH EASTBOUND IN THE NUMBER 1 LANE ON INTERSTATE 10 MY 2011 FORD FUSION ONCE AGAIN VEHICLE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO ANY CHANGE IN THROTTLE POSITION VIA THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. IN MY ATTEMPT TO MOVE TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER I WAS NEARLY INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. AFTER EXITING THE FREEWAY I PLUGGED IN THE OBD II SCAN TOOL AND IT CAPTURED DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) P2111 THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL SYSTEM ' STUCK OPEN. MY VEHICLE WOULD ONLY IDLE VERY ROUGHLY. I ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE HOME IN THIS MODE. HOWEVER, AFTER APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES THE ENGINE STOPPED COMPLETELY AND I REQUIRED A TOW TO MY RESIDENCE. WHILE WAITING ON THE TOW VEHICLE I RESEARCHED AND FOUND OUT FORD HAS ISSUED TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN (TSB) 09-23-5 ADDRESSING THIS DEFECT FOR VEHICLES MANUFACTURED AFTER OCTOBER 15, 2009. THIS DEFECT WILL UNFORTUNATELY RESULT IN THE LOSS OF LIFE IF THESE VEHICLES ARE NOT RECALLED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, THE ENGINE STALLED. A WRENCH SYMBOL CAME ON THE DASHBOARD. THE CAR STARTED LURCHING FORWARD AND WAS NEARLY HIT BY TWO OTHER VEHICLES FROM THE REAR. I WAS ABLE TO STOP. I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND AFTER A FEW TRIES, THE CAR STARTED UP AGAIN. THIS HAS OCCURRED AT LEAST ANOTHER 20 TIMES SINCE THEN. I'VE SPOKEN WITH FORD OVER THE PHONE REPEATEDLY AND EXPLAINED THAT THERE ARE NUMEROUS WEB SITES DISCUSSING THIS AS A THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM. BUT FORD REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM AND HAVE TOLD ME THAT THEY'RE NOT EVEN SURE IF IT WOULD BE COVERED UNDER THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 65MPH. THE CAR JERKED AND THE CRUISE KICKED OFF AND I LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. AFTER THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT LOOKED AT THE CAR I WAS TOLD THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEED REPLACED. HOWEVER, THE THROTTLE BODY IS ON NATIONAL BACKORDER WITH NO RELEASE DATE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR SLOWLY DECELERATED. AFTER PULLING OVER AND PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN PARK, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. I REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION, WAITED A MINUTE, AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO LONGER ANY WARNING LIGHTS AND I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING HOME. *TR

HAD STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN , ACCELERATED AND WOULD ONLY GO SLOW, GOT OFF ONTO ROADSIDE, TURNED THE IGNITION OFF, RESTARTED, DID THE SAME THING, THREE TIMES UNTIL I COULD PULL IT COMPLETELY OFF THE ROAD AND OUT OF THE WAY, HAD TO GET TOWED HOME, SAME THING HAPPENED THE NEXT DAY AND HAD TO GET TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE IT STILL SITS AFTER ONE WEEK, WAITING ON THE THROTTLE BODY. *TR

6/14/12 CAR WAS LOW ON FUEL, BUT NOT ON EMPTY AND MESSAGE INDICATED 32 MILES TO E. DRIVING UP HILL CAR LOST POWER, DID NOT DIE, MOVED VERY SLOWLY. ABLE TO GET OFF STREET INTO PARKING LOT OF RESTAURANT. CAR SEEMED TO REGAIN POWER, SO TRIED TO PULL BACK ON STREET GOING DOWN HILL, BUT AT EDGE OF LOT, I REALIZED THE BRAKES WERE NOT RESPONDING. I MANAGED TO AVOID CAR COMING AND WAS ABLE GET BACK INTO THE PARKING LOT AS PULLING INTO PARKING SPOT NOW SLIGHT SURGE OF SPEED BUT STILL NO BRAKES AND HIT RESTAURANT'S SIGN. TOOK CAR TO DEALER, COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM AND BLAMED IT ALL ON LOW FUEL. ON 6/20 THIS TIME WITH TANK ALMOST FULL. HAD SAME PROBLEM, CAR SUDDENLY HAD NO POWER, BUT DID NOT DIE. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED IT OFF AND WAITED SEVERAL MINUTES. WHEN RESTARTED WENT ABOUT FOUR MILES AND HAPPENED AGAIN. STOPPED, TURNED OFF, RESTARTED AND WENT A LITTLE FURTHER, BUT NOW CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. FORTUNATELY, BOTH TIMES NOT GOING 60 MILES ON THE HIGHWAY AND SUDDENLY NO POWER HAD TOWED TO DEALER AND THIS TIME, REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. SAID IT WAS AN UPDATED VERSION. IF THEY KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM AND HAVE AN UPDATED VERSION, WHY IS THERE NO RECALL? I THINK THIS COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS. *JB