2009 Ford Fusion VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

Throttle body failure causes vehicle to randomly die or shall or hard shift constantly while driving in heavy traffic and has almost caused multiple wrecks from vehicle stalling and hard shifting randomly. Every light on dash lights up when it happens and car dies causing driver to suddenly switch to park, turn key off and try to start car again while stuck in middle of road or traffic.

SEE COMPLAINT # 11155933 CAR HAS DONE THE SAME UNINTENDED ACCELERATION ON 12/12/18 AND AGAIN ON 1/11/19. ON 12/12/18 STARTING SPEED WAS 25 MPH PRIOR TO ACCELERATION. ONE 1/11/19 STARTING SPEED WAS 55 MPH PRIOR TO ACCELERATION. PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS HIT HARD TO ACCELERATE QUICKLY BUT ACCELERATION CONTINUES BEYOND WHAT IS INTENDED.

OUR 2009 FORD FUSION SOMETIMES DOES NOT RESPOND WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS PRESSED...THEN THE CAR QUICKLY LEAPS FORWARD AND ACCELERATES. I PRESUME IT MAY BE A PROBLEMATIC THROTTLE POSITIONING SENSOR / THROTTLE ASSEMBLY UNIT. I'VE DONE SOME READING ON THIS...IT APPEARS THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM.?...IS THERE A RECALL...ANY RECOURSE WE COULD PURSUE TO GET THIS REPAIR DONE FOR "FREE" PER SE? THANK YOU [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

DURING ACCELERATION, TYPICALLY GETTING ON A HIGHWAY, THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AFTER THE GAS PEDAL HAS BEEN LET OFF. PROBLEM IS MOMENTARY AND STOPPED AFTER HITTING THE BRAKE AND TAPPING THE GAS PEDAL. HAPPENED 4 TIMES IN ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SURGED FORWARD AND RETURNED TO NORMAL A FEW SECONDS LATER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED AT LEAST TWELVE OTHER TIMES DURING THE COURSE OF SIX MONTHS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000. *TT

MY 2009 FORD FUSION WOULD NOT CRANK, THEN WHEN IT DID IT IDLED ROUGH AND WOULD NOT SPEED UP. I HAD IT TOWED TO MY FORD DEALER WHO INFORMED ME THAT THE THROTTLE BODY HAD TO BE REPLACED. EVEN THOUGH FORD HAS A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 13B17 AND 13B03 THAT REFERS TO MY CAR, I WAS INFORMED THAT MY CAR WAS NOT COVERED. I'M GLAD THAT I WAS NOT DRIVING THE CAR AT THE TIME.

2009 FORD FUSION. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE ACCELERATION ISSUES. *SMD I WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT ON DECEMBER 15TH 2014 THE CAR I OWN IS A 2009 FORD FUSION SEL. MY ACCELERATOR GOT STUCK ON MY CAR. I WENT ONLINE TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE AND THERE WAS ONE. UPDATED 03/12/15*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE WRENCH WARNING INDICATOR. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES, THE ENGINE WAS RESTARTED AND RESUMED NORMALLY UNTIL THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. A REDESIGNED THROTTLE BODY WAS INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,957. UPDATED 12/23/13*LJ

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED WAS ENTERING A PARKING SPACE AT 10 MPH WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED BUT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ABNORMALLY. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A RAIL AND THE VHEICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A AUTO BODY REPAIR SHOP. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIEDOF THE ISSUE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ENGAGED AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP AFTER APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES SEVERAL TIMES. THE IDENTICAL FAILURE OCCURRED ON A SEPARATE OCCASION AND IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE GEAR WAS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL IN COMBINATION WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL ENGAGED FORCEFULLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THE FAILURE COULD POSSIBLY BE RELATED TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE FLOOR MAT. THE CONTACT WAS IN DISAGREEMENT WITH THE DEALER AND PLANNED TO NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER CONCERNING THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000. UPDATED 11/03/11*LJ UPDATED 11/16/11

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD FUSION SEL. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING FOLLOWED BY A LOUD POPPING NOISE. SHE ATTEMPTED TO PLACE THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL GEAR AND PULLED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, AFTER DRIVING FOUR MILES SHE WAS ABLE TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND SHUT IT OFF. THE CONTACT DID NOT INFORM THE DEALER OR THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 13,920.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT PLACED THE TRANSMISSION LEVER INTO NEUTRAL AND SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE. SHE WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND DRIVE AT A VERY LOW SPEED UNTIL SHE REACHED HOME WHEN SHE BEGAN TO SMELL SMOKE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING AN INVESTIGATION. THE CONTACT DID NOT INFORM THE MANUFACTURER NOR WAS THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 5,781 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,773. UPDATED 05/05/11

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH AND TRYING TO PASS A VEHICLE, THE ENGINE STARTED TO RACE AND THE RPMS INCREASED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP ONCE SHE SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL GEAR WITH HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RACE EVEN AFTER THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP. THE GAS PEDAL WAS STILL ENGAGED AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE EVEN AFTER THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 4120. THE CONSUMER STATED THE ACCELERATOR BECAME STUCK TO THE FLOOR. SHE HAD TO LITERALLY PULL THE GAS PEDAL UP AND THERE WAS A SOUND OF A CLICK. UPDATED EVOQ 08/20/10 UPDATED 09/28/10 *BF UPDATED 10/04/10 THE CONSUMER STATED SHE HAS SINCE EXPERIENCED ANOTHER EPISODE OF SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHICH WAS SIMILAR TO THE FIRST INCIDENT ON JULY 9, 2010. THE CONSUMER STATED THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION OCCURRED AS SHE WAS PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE. SHE HEARD THE ENGINE RACING AND THE ACCELERATOR WOULD NOT DISENGAGE WHEN SHE APPLIED THE BRAKE. THE PEDAL, ONCE AGAIN STUCK TO THE FLOOR. HER HUSBAND HAD PREVIOUSLY ATTACHED A NYLON CORD FROM THE ACCELERATOR TO THE AUTOMATIC SHIFT CONTROL HANDLE ON THE CONSOLE. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL THE CORD TO GET THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO DISENGAGE. SHE WAS THEN ABLE TO SLOW DOWN AND STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER LOOKED DOWN AND NOTICED THE FLOOR MAT WAS NOT ATTACHED TO THE HOOK THAT SECURED IT. THE FLOOR MAT, HOWEVER WAS NOT LOCATED NEAR THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. WHEN SHE MOVED THE FLOOR MAT TOWARDS THE DRIVER SEAT, THE ENGINE STOPPED RACING. UPDATED 12/22/11.*JB

RECURRING LOW SPEED AND BRAKING UNINTENDED ACCELERATION PROBLEMS WITH SURGES FROM ABOUT 3200 TO OVER 5000 RPMS. THIS HAPPENS WHEN BRAKING AND WHEN STOPPED OR RIGHT AFTER STARTING UP FROM A STOP. MAY NOT BE A SAFETY PROBLEM BUT THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE TOYOTA PROBLEMS. *TR

2009 FORD FUSION. ATTORNEY SENT LETTER ON BEHALF OF CLIENT IN REGARDS TO CONSUMER APPLYING BRAKES WHILE DRIVING AND THE PASSING GEAR FAILED TO DISENGAGE *TGW THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO PASS A SMALL MOTORHOME. AFTER PULLING OUT OF THE EASTBOUND LANE, A VEHICLE CAME AROUND A CURVE HEADING WEST. THE CONSUMER DECIDED AGAINST PASSING AND IMMEDIATELY APPLIED THE BRAKES. UPON APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE PASSING GEAR FAILED TO DISENGAGE. THE GAS PEDAL LOCKED TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. AS THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED, THE CONSUMER DEPRESSED THE BRAKE AND MANEUVERED THE VEHICLE BACK INTO THE EASTBOUND LANE. THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING AT FULL THROTTLE, EVEN THOUGH SHE KEPT HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE WHILE APPLYING AS MUCH PRESSURE AS SHE COULD. SHE THEN PUT THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL GEAR, WITH HER FOOT STILL PRESSING FULL-FORCE ON THE BRAKE. ALTHOUGH THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING AT FULL THROTTLE, SHE WAS ABLE TO REDUCE THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE AND CAME TO A STOP. AFTER PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN THE PARK POSITION, THE ENGINE SOUNDED AS THOUGH IT WAS STILL RACING AND SHE CONTINUED TO APPLY THE BRAKE. ONLY AFTER TURNING OFF THE VEHICLE, DID THE ENGINE STOP. AFTER LETTING THE VEHICLE COOL OFF, BECAUSE THE FRONT END WAS HOT AND THE REAR END SMELLED LIKE HOT BRAKES AND BURNED RUBBER, THE GAS PEDAL WAS STILL STUCK TO THE FLOOR AND THERE WAS NO INTERFERENCE FROM THE FLOOR MAT. THE PEDAL WAS STUCK AT THE UPPER PART OF THE PEDAL CLOSEST TO THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. SHE REACHED DOWN AND FORCEFULLY PULLED THE GAS PEDAL UPWARD TO RETURN IT TO ITS NORMAL POSITION. DURING THAT ACTION, SHE HEARD A SOUND OF A CLICK. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE.*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 70 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK IN THE OPEN THROTTLE POSITION. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT DRIVER INTENT AND THE CONTACT USED EXTREME FORCE ON THE BRAKES TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS MOVED OFF THE ROADWAY AND THE ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF. WHEN RESTARTING, THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE DEALER ADVISED HAVING THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 47,000.