2007 Ford Fusion Power Train

IN 2010 THE PCM IN OUR 2007 FORD FUSION WENT OUT AND WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $1,300. THREE YEARS LATER WHILE MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING A VERY BUSY ROAD, THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH BOARD BEGIN TO LIGHT UP WHICH CAUSED HER TO PULL INTO A PARKING LOT. THANKFULLY SHE NOTICED THE BLINKING LIGHTS ON THE DASH OTHERWISE MY FAMILY COULD'VE BEEN HURT PRETTY BAD IN A CAR ACCIDENT. WE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP TO FIND OUT DAYS LATER THAT ONCE AGAIN THE PCM HAD DIED AND NEED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $3,000. FORD STATES THE RECALL THAT WAS ISSUED IN 2007 WAS COMPLETED ON THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER AFTER READING THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ONLINE, THERE NEEDS TO BE ANOTHER RECALL ISSUED BEFORE SEVERAL DEATHS OCCUR DUE TO THIS SERIOUS ISSUE. THE COST OF THE PAIR IS RIDICULOUS ALONG WITH THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT'S REQUIRED TO WAIT ON THE PART, WHICH IS TWO WEEKS. I'M ASKING THAT NHTSA TO PLEASE RECALL FORD'S VEHICLES FOR THIS RECURRING ISSUE AND GOING FORWARD REQUIRE FORD MOTOR COMPANY TO AT MINIMUM CHECK THE COILS ON THEIR VEHICLES AROUND 75,000 MILES FOR POTENTIAL PCM ISSUES, IT COULD SAVE SEVERAL LIVES. *TR

PURCHASED THE CAR IN 02/07, IN 12/08 CRANKSHAFT PULLEY FAILED, 2009 FUEL INJECTION PUMP FAILED, 02/2013 T-STAT AND CV JOINT FAILED. 06/26/13, TRANSMISSION FAILED. TORQUE CONVERTER, PUMP, AND SEAL ALL FAILED IN THE CAR 204 MILES AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRED. GEAR SLIPPAGE, AND COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE IS A MAJOR ISSUE ON THIS CAR, AND THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE. MANY COMPLAINTS OF TRANSMISSION FAILURES, REPLACEMENTS, OR REBUILDS ON CARS WITH AS LITTLE AS 36000 AND UP. *TR

I PURCHASED THIS CAR USED APPROXIMATELY A MONTH AGO. WHILE DRIVING AT LOWER SPEEDS, AROUND 30-40 MPH THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT OUT PROPERLY. GEARS GET STUCK AT 40 MPH AND CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE IN TRAFFIC. THIS IS AN EXTREME SAFETY HAZARD AND LIABILITY. ENGINE LIGHT HAS NOT COME ON FOR THIS ISSUE EITHER. FORD NEEDS TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES AND REPLACE THE TRANSMISSIONS BEFORE A DEATH OCCURS AND/OR MAJOR LAWSUITS FILED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SHIFT GEARS VIOLENTLY WITH HESITATION. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED INTO A PARKING LOT. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN DRIVEN TO THE RESIDENCE CAUTIOUSLY AT THE REDUCED SPEED RATE OF 5 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. THERE WAS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN UNDER NHTSA ITEM NUMBER 10023866 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE TCM, PCM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,570.... UPDATED 07/19/12 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE SHIFTED HARD FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR. ONCE HE REACHED A HIGH SPEED, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED VERY VIOLENTLY, WHEN IT WAS TRYING TO SHIFT TO THE NEXT GEAR. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE VALVE TRAIN BODY LOCATED INSIDE OF THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $ 1,460. UPDATED 01/02/12

SE V6 TRANSMISSION. WHEN PULLING INTO A DRIVEWAY TO GET RID OF A TAILGATER IN THE CITY, I BROUGHT THE CAR TO A COMPLETE STOP, THEN SHIFTED THE CAR INTO REVERSE AFTER THE OTHER CAR HAD PASSED. I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND PUT IT ON THE ACCELERATOR, BUT GOT NO RESPONSE FROM THE VEHICLE. I THOUGHT IT HAD OBEYED MY COMMAND AND SHIFTED INTO REVERSE BEFORE I RELEASED THE BRAKE. THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS FOR ABOUT THREE SECONDS BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION ACTUALLY SHIFTED INTO REVERSE. THIS RESULTED IN A LOUD BANG SINCE THE CAR WAS ALREADY MOVING BACKWARDS AT A COUPLE MILES PER HOUR. THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN TRANSMISSION DAMAGE. *TR

AT APPROX. 85K MILES ON MY 2007 FORD FUSION, THERE WAS A NOTICEABLE ISSUE IN THE FRONT END. THOUGHT IT MAY HAVE BEEN SOME SLIGHT DAMAGE TO THE FRONT A END A WHILE BACK AND HAD A HALF AXLE REPLACED AT 88K MILES. NO CHANGE SINCE AND HAVE HAD MANY COMPONENTS LOOKED AT. TODAY, FORD TELLS ME THERE ARE SEVERAL CODES IN THE COMPUTER RELATED TO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. NO INDICATOR LIGHT HAS EVER COME ON TO LET ME KNOW I HAVE BEEN DRIVING WITH A BAD TRANSMISSION. MANY PEOPLE ON THE FORD FUSION FORUM (FORDFUSION.NET) HAD REPORTED THE SAME ISSUE IN MODELS FROM 2006 THROUGH 2010. FORD BARES RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS ISSUE AND HAVE SWEPT IT UNDER THE RUG. LETTING PEOPLE DRIVE AROUND WITH A BAD TRANSMISSION, THE COMPUTER NEVER LETTING PEOPLE KNOW AN ISSUE EXISTS IS SERIOUS PROBLEM AND SAFETY ISSUE.. LAST TIME I EVER BUY AMERICAN. *TR

MY CAR STOPPED SHIFTING GEARS ON ME AND THE WARNING LIGHT DID NOT COME ON I TOOK IT TO DIFFERENT MECHANICS AND THEY SAID MY TRANSMISSION WAS GOING OUT AND MY CAR IS TO NEW FOR THE TRANSMISSION TO BE GOING OUT. *TR

DRIVE SHAFT CARRIER BEARINGS WENT OUT. COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. HAVE TO REPLACE DRIVE SHAFT ENTIRELY! COST OF ABOUT 900 DOLLARS. *TR

I HAVE AN 07 FORD FUSION, I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND BOUGHT THE CAR WITH ZERO MILES IN 06. RECENTLY MY TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AND I NOTICED THAT THE RPM'S GO UP SO HIGH THEN YOU FEEL LIKE AN IMPACT WHICH IS WHEN THE CAR CHANGES GEARS. I ALMOST GOT REAR-ENDED DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE I HAVE NOTICED THAT MANY FORD OWNERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE CALLED FORD AND THEY SAY MY CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY SO THEIR IS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. I ALSO THINK THIS PROBLEM IS CAUSING MY BACK TO HURT I NOTICED THAT AFTER THIS OCCURS WITH MY CAR I GET PAIN IN MY BACK LIKE IF IT WAS WHIP LASH. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 FORD FUSION SE AWD WHICH I PURCHASED NEW FROM FORD. THE PROBLEM STARTED WITH HE TRANSFER CASE WHICH WENT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE IT WAS OUT OF THE 3 YEAR 36K WARRANTY. THE NEXT PROBLEM IS THE DRIVE SHAFT NOW HAS TO BE REPLACED. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THE SEALED BEARING ARE GONE. I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A DRIVE SHAFT FAILURE BUT AS I SEARCH THE INTERNET I SEE THAT BOTH THE TRANSFER CASE AND DRIVE SHAFT APPEAR TO BE AN INHERENT PROBLEM WITH ALL OF THE AWD FUSIONS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED AN ABNORMAL POPPING NOISE AS THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN SHIFTING HARD, CAUSING AN UNUSUAL INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. LATER, THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING UNDER 40 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT BETWEEN GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 91,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

ON OCTOBER 1, 2010 I WAS DRIVING MY 2007 FORD FUSION THAT I BOUGHT NEW IN NOVEMBER 2007. WHEN I CAME TO A STOP SIGN AND TRIED TO TAKE OFF THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. FROM THEN ON THE THESE LIGHTS ALWAYS APPEAR WHILE DRIVING. ALSO, THE MESSAGING CENTER READS "ODOMETER DATA ERROR" AND THE SPEEDOMETER IS NO LONG FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THE CAR DO NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. THE RPM WAS VERY HIGH EVERY TIME THAT THE CAR TRY TO CHANGE GEARS. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP WERE I PURCHASED IT ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS BEFORE THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE THE CAR WOULD STALE WHEN TAKEN OFF AND SOMETIMES IT WOULD JUST SHUT DOWN. EVERY TIME I TOOK IT BACK I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WEREN'T ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. NOW THAT THE WARRANTY IS EXPIRED I WAS THEN TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION SPEED SENSOR AND THE MAIN WIRE COMPONENT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

TOOK 2007 FORD FUSION IN UNDER WARRANTY THREE TIMES STATING IT WAS SHIFTING HARD, RPMS WERE HIGH AND THAT FELT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. AFTER BEING DISMISSED EACH TIME THE WARRANTY LAPSED AND THE CAR LOST THE TRANSMISSION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY. AS THIS WAS A REPORTED PROBLEM ON MY SERVICE RECORDS, TRIED TO GET FORD TO COVER THEIR PRODUCT AND SHOW CUSTOMER LOYALTY WITH NO AVAIL. LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY WHEN THE CAR HAD NO ACCELERATION OR POWER BEHIND IT. STARTED TAKING VEHICLE IN JUNE 2009, THEN DEC 2009 AND LASTLY IN FEB 2010. AFTER BEING DISMISSED 3 TIMES I CONTINUED NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS SINCE THE CAR WAS DEEMED TO BE "NORMAL" NOW IT DOES NOT HAVE 2ND OR 4TH GEAR. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING FROM CANYON TO NORRIS IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, I ATTEMPTED TO CONTROL THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE MANUALLY WHILE CLIMBING A STEEP HILL, BUT FOUND IT IMPOSSIBLE. THE DESIRED SPEED WAS 45, WHICH IS THE MAXIMUM SPEED IN YELLOWSTONE. THE THROTTLE HAS A DELAY OF ABOUT ONE SECOND, SO IT IS CONTINUALLY 1 SECOND BEHIND THE COMMANDS OF THE DRIVER. THE RESULT IS THAT THE VEHICLE ALWAYS OVERSHOOTS THE SPEED BECAUSE THE DRIVER FIRST EXPECTS A RESPONSE FROM THE VEHICLE, BUT GETS NONE AND CONTINUES TO PUSH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FARTHER DOWN. WHEN THE VEHICLE REACHES THE DESIRED SPEED, THE DRIVER LETS UP ON THE ACCELERATOR, BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE ACCORDING TO THE COMMAND 1 SECOND AGO. THE DRIVER THEN CONTINUES TO LET UP ON THE PEDAL BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAS NOT YET RESPONDED TO THE COMMAND TO REDUCE RPM. THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS UP WHEN THE DRIVER LETS OFF THE ACCELERATOR. THE VEHICLE THEN UNDERSHOOTS THE DESIRED SPEED AND THE DRIVER PUSHES THE ACCELERATOR DOWN AGAIN. THE VEHICLE AGAIN DELAYS ITS RESPONSE AND THE TRANSMISSION ADDS AN ADDITIONAL DELAY OF ABOUT 2 SECONDS. THE NEXT OVERSHOOT IS WORSE. THIS OSCILLATION CONTINUES UNTIL THE DRIVER GETS FRUSTRATED AND SETS THE SPEED CONTROL. THE SPEED CONTROL STILL FAILS TO MAINTAIN SPEED WHEN THE GRADE CHANGES RAPIDLY, BUT THE SLOW DOWN IS MUCH LESS AND IT RECOVERS IN A COUPLE SECONDS AND MAINTAINS SPEED THE REST OF THE WAY UP THE HILL. THE DRIVER THEN HAS TO RIDE THE BRAKES ON THE WAY DOWN THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HILL IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN SPEED, WHICH RELEASES THE SPEED CONTROL. THE DRIVER THEN HAS TO SET THE SPEED CONTROL WHEN THE VEHICLE REACHES THE LEVEL AGAIN. IF THE DRIVER LETS THE VEHICLE CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE DOWN THE HILL, THE TRANSMISSION WILL EVENTUALLY DOWNSHIFT AT ABOUT 48 MILES PER HOUR, BUT CONTINUES TO SLOWLY ACCELERATE. CONTINUALLY TRYING TO CORRECT FOR THE LACK OF CONTROL OF SPEED RESULTS IN AN EXCESSIVE DISTRACTION AND CONTINUALLY TAKES THE EYES OF THE DRIVER OFF THE ROAD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH WHEN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION EXHIBITED AN UNUSUAL NOISE AND THEN KICKED INTO GEAR, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO INDEPENDENTLY DECELERATE. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE BACK INTO GEAR AND THE POWER TRAIN WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC SHOP WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL VALVE BODY HAD WORN OUT AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT TO HAVE AN AUTHORIZED DEALER REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

I BOUGHT MY 2007 FUSION AT END OF MARCH. SINCE THEN I HAVE NOTICED ON A DAILY BASIS THAT WHEN I AM AT A COMPLETE STOP AND TRY TO START THE ACCELERATOR IS VERY TOUCHY. I PEEL OUT ALMOST 75 PERCENT OF THE TIME. THE GAS PEDAL SHOULDN'T BE THAT HESITANT OR TOUCHY. I AM AFRAID TO CHANGE MY OWN OIL WHICH I HAVE DONE ALL MY LIFE. I AM AFRAID OF DRIVING RIGHT OFF THE RAMPS. I AM VERY AFRAID OF MERGING INTO TRAFFIC AT STOP SIGNS. ESPECIALLY THIS NEXT YEAR FOR THE WINTER SEASON. I HAD A FEW INSTANCES AT THE END OF THE SNOW SEASON I COULDN'T EVEN GET GOING IN MY OWN DRIVEWAY BECAUSE OF THE OVER POWER. I WOULD JUST SPIN OUT WITH THE INSTANT OVER ACCELERATION. ALSO AT STOP SIGNS THAT WERE SNOW COVERED. (THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED WITH ANY OTHER VEHICLES I HAVE OWNED.) ALSO THE ACCELERATION OF TRYING TO PASS SOMEONE THERE IS A MAJOR HESITATION TO SWITCHING FROM OVERDRIVE TO DRIVE AND BACK AGAIN. *TR

THE VEHICLE RESPONSE TO THE ACCELERATOR IS UNPREDICTABLE AND ALWAYS DELAYED. SOMETIMES THE CAR WILL INTERPRET A SMALL QUICK DEPRESSION OF THE ACCELERATOR THE SAME AS FLOORING THE ACCELERATOR. THERE IS ALWAYS A DELAY OF TWO TO THREE SECONDS BEFORE IT RESPONDS AT ALL. THE SAME ACTION CAN RESULT IN WIDELY VARYING RESPONSES OF THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION, APPARENTLY DEPENDING ON THE TEMPERATURE OF THE AIR AND ENGINE. THE ACCELERATOR IS VERY TOUCHY AND SEEMS TO USE ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF THE MOVEMENT. THAT COUPLED WITH THE TRANSMISSION CONSTANTLY SHIFTING TO SET THE ENGINE SPEED AT NEAR IDLE IN ALL BUT FREEWAY DRIVING MAKES MANUALLY CONTROLLING THE SPEED WITHIN 5 MILES PER HOUR WHEN NEAR A SHIFT POINT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. THE CONSTANT SHIFTING AND REFUSAL TO SLOW DOWN WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS RELEASED MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO MANUALLY CONTROL THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE ACCURATELY ON HILLY ROADS. THIS IS A CONTINUOUS PROBLEM, NOT A ONE DAY EVENT. *TR

CAR IS NEW AND THREE MONTHS OLD."METALLIC SCRAPING SOUNDS WERE HEARD. TAKEN TO DEALER, AND DEALER'S MECHANIC FOUND THE CON STANT VELOCITY JOINT TO BE RUSTED AND FAULTY. MECHANIC SHOCKED THAT THIS HAPPENED ON A NEW VEHICLE. PART SPECIAL ORDERED AS IT'S NOT NORMALLY NEEDED. VEHICLE CURRENTLY WITH DEALER FOR PART REPLACEMENT.*AK