2011 Ford Fusion Engine

The contact owns a 2011 Ford Fusion. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle was shaking. The contact stated that when the vehicle came to a complete stop, the vehicle lost motive power. The vehicle was towed to independent mechanic. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 146,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL CLICKING NOISE DETECTED FROM THE VEHICLE AND THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED.THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE IDLE PULLEY BOLT FRACTURED AND HALF OF THE BOLT WAS STUCK IN THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 189,201.

MY VEHICLE WAS MOVING IN A PARKING LOT WHEN THE ENGINE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO MISFIRE AND STALLED. THE FORD DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THE ENGINE SUFFERED A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING. ALL MAINTENANCE WAS PREFORMED ON TIME OR AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. THIS CATASTROPHIC FAILURE HAPPENED WITH LESS THAN 100,000 MILES. FORD WOULD NOT COVER THIS UNDER WARRANTY. FROM WHAT RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORDS 3.5 LITER CYCLONE ENGINES. THE WATER PUMP FAILES RESULTING IN CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE. IF THIS PROBLEM WOULD OCCUR AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES WOULD BE OPERABLE,POSSIBLY RESULTING IN ACCIDENTS. THIS IS AN UNACCEPTABLE SITUATION!, NOT TO MENTION A COSTLY REPAIR BILL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ON THIS MATTER

THIS ISSUE CORRESPONDS TO NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: PE13003, ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY MALFUNCTION. I JUST TOOK MY FUSION IN TO HAVE THE PART REPLACED AGAIN. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS AT 50K MILES, THE SECOND TIME IT HAPPENED WAS AT 100K MILES, AND I CAN GUESS WHEN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN. THEY ALSO JUST REPLACED THE PART. I ASKED THEM ABOUT THE SOFTWARE UPDATE THAT'S LISTED IN NHTSA REMEDY WRITE UP, BUT THEY TOLD ME THERE IS NO SOFTWARE UPDATE IN THEIR SYSTEM. MERELY REPLACING ONE DEFECTIVE PART WITH AN IDENTICAL DEFECTIVE PART IS NOT THE SOLUTION, IT JUST KICKS THE PROBLEM DOWN THE ROAD.

CAR JUST STOPS WHILE DRIVING. HAPPENED 5 TIMES IN THE LAST 5 MONTHS. MOST RECENT INCIDENT WAS 10/04/2017. THOUGHT THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS RELATED TO MY POWER STEERING ASSEMBLY THAT WAS REPLACED LAST WEEK, BUT APPARENTLY THIS IS A DIFFERENT PROBLEM ALTOGETHER. DRIVING 50 MPH ON A SINGLE LANE ROAD AND CAR JUST STOPS. TURNED KEY TO OFF, RESTARTED, DROVE ABOUT 2 MILES, STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN, AND CAR LOST POWER. AGAIN TURNED KEY TO OFF, TURNED BACK ON AND CAR WAS DRIVEABLE. HAPPENED TWICE IN MAY, SAME SCENARIO, DRIVING ABOUT 45-50 MPH, CAR JUST STOPPED, DROVE ABOUT 1 MI., STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND CAR JUST SHUT OFF. IN EARLY SEPTEMBER, HAPPENED ON DECELERATION APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT.

I WAS PULLING UP SLOWLY BEHIND TWO CARS AT A RED LIGHT WHEN MY ENGINE ACCELERATED WITH MY FOOT FIRMLY ON THE BRAKE. MY CAR BEGAN TO INCH FORWARD TOWARD THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND THE ACCELERATION CONTINUED. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND ONCE AGAIN THE ACCELERATION CONTINUED. I THEN TURNED THE KEY OFF AND THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN WITH MY CAR ENDING UP A FOOT AWAY FROM A CAR WITH A WOMAN AND TWO CHILDREN IN IT. I WENT ONLINE AND FOUND OTHER CASES OF THIS HAPPENING TO OTHER PEOPLE WITH 2011 FORD FUSIONS. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME WITH THIS CAR. I WAS ON A BUSY FOUR LANE HIGHWAY BOTH TIMES.

I WAS DRIVING ON A 25 MILE PER HOUR STREET, THE WRENCH LIGHT SUDDENLY CAME ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE CAR SEEMED TO LOSE ALL POWER. IT BARELY CREPT ALONG. IF I APPLIED THE GAS PEDAL, THERE WAS NO RESPONSE.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY FORD FUSION LOST ALL POWER, LIKE IT RAN OUT OF GAS. OF COURSE THIS HAPPENED WHEN I WAS PASSING 2 SEMIS WITH CARS IN FRONT OF ME AND BEHIND ME. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. IT JUST SAT THERE IDLING VERY BADLY, I TURNED IT OFF, TURNED IT BACK ON AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT HOME AFTER THAT. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE, THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED BECAUSE IT COULD DEFINITELY CAUSE A PRETTY BAD ACCIDENT.

WHILE DRIVING WHENEVER I STOPPED OR SLOWED TO TURN THE ENGINE WOULD START TO NOT PULL AS IF NOT GETTING GAS, THE CARE WOULD START SHAKING. HAPPENS WHENEVER SLOWING THEN TURNING OR PULLING OFF FROM A STOPPED POSITION

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE AND ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR FAILED AND IDLED AT .58V WHEN IT SHOULD BE AT .75V. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. IN ADDITION, THE THROTTLE BODY WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,881.

LOST POWER AFTER MOMENTARY STUMBLE WHILE MILDLY ACCELERATING ON STRAIGHT LEVEL CITY ROAD AROUND 35MPH. DAMP COOL EVENING AFTER MUCH RAIN PRECEDING DAYS. OCCURRED ABOUT 2 MILES AFTER STARTING FROM COOL ENGINE (2-3 HOURS @ 60F) THOUGHT IT HAD STALLED BUT NOTED ~1000RPM, BUT NOT RESPONDING TO THROTTLE PEDAL AT ALL? CLUTCHED-IN (6-SPEED MANUAL) AND COASTED TO STOP, IDLE HOLDING, BUT NEVER RESPONDING TO PEDAL? NOTED WRENCH SYMBOL GLOWING ON DASH. WISHED I HAD MY OBD-II MONITOR IN THE CAR! TURNED CAR OFF, REMOVED KEY, OPENED DOOR (TO KILL ACCESSORY POWER). CLOSED DOOR, COUNTED TO 20 AND RESTARTED. IT STARTED A BIT HARD AND STUMBLED A LITTLE INITIALLY, BUT THE WRENCH WAS GONE AND I HAD A WORKING THROTTLE AGAIN. IT SEEMED LIKE IT MAY HAVE MINIMALLY STUMBLED A BIT ON THE 2-3 MILES HOME AS WELL, ALTHOUGH I WAS DRIVING IT VERY GENTLY, AND POSSIBLY OVERLY AWARE. TRAVELED LIGHTLY USED ROADS IN CASE IT ACTED UP AGAIN. ONCE HOME I WENT IN, GRABBED MY OBD-II TEST DEVICE AND HOOKED IT UP. NO CODES? NO MIL CODES, NO PENDING CODES, NO PERMANENT CODES? WENT IN AND BEGAN WEB SEARCH AND FOUND FORD ETB AND CSP=13N03 INVESTIGATION AND MITIGATION AGREEMENT. WROTE THIS, AND WILL DISCUSS WITH DEALER TOMORROW.

ENGINE TICKING SOUND REPORTED TO FORD DEALER AFTER MY MECHANIC FOUND IT WAS INSIDE ENGINE. DEALER FOUND ENGINE BLOCK CRACK AND REPLACED ENGINE - INVOICE #315874 - AL PACKER'S WHITE MARSH FORD, 9801 PULASKI HWY. BALTIMORE, MD 21220. DATED 11/12/15 ENGINE 2.5 LITER THERE ARE OTHER REPORTS OF THIS PROBLEM POSTED ON THE INTERNET RELATING TO THE SAME FORD ENGINES.

THROTTLE BODY WENT OUT. THERE WAS A "RECALL" ON THIS PART AND IT WAS REPLACED HOWEVER WAS CHARGED BY FORD TO REPLACE AND FORD IS REFUSING TO REIMBURSE BECAUSE IT WAS PAST THE DEADLINE. CAR WAS FIXED AFTER KNOWN PROBLEM AND SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CHARGED IN THE FIRST PLACE. WORK WAS DONE AT DICK MASHETER FORD IN WHITEHALL OHIO

CAR HAS EXTREME, LOUD, EMBARRASSING BELT AREA NOISE. IN CHECKING WITH TWO LOCAL FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENTS I AM TOLD THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME AND IS COMMON. IT'S ABOUT A $700.00 REPAIR. FORD SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM FOR THOSE AFFECTED WHICH I AM TOLD ARE MOST THAT HAVE BEEN SO UNFORTUNATE TO HAVE PURCHASED A FUSION OF THE YEAR 2011. THIS IS ONGOING FROM 0 TO 70 MPH.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE AND MAINTENANCE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,888.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE SERVICE VEHICLE SOON WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000.

RECALL FOR TO CALIBRATE PCM TO CORRECT THROTTLE PROBLEM INEFFECTIVE. I CONTINUE TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE SYMPTOMS, (DRAMATIC LOSS OF SPEED WHILE DRIVING) BUT NOW THE ACTUAL WRENCH SYMBOL DOESN'T APPEAR ON MY DASH ANYMORE. SO WHEN I SHOW UP AT FORD THEY SAY, "OH, WE NEED TO SEE AN ACTUAL CODE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM." SO WHAT DID THE CALIBRATION DO? ELIMINATE THE CODING? NOW MY CAR IS JERKY AND HAS HALF THE GAS MILEAGE AFTER THE CALIBRATION. THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS BUT THE OPTION TO GET THE THROTTLE REPLACED IS NEXT TO NONE. IN THE MEANTIME, IT IS WEARING ON OTHER PARTS AND LIKELY CAUSING OTHER PROBLEMS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO START AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE MAINTENANCE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE PROBLEM RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000.

I WAS ON MY WAY TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP FOR WORK TO BE DONE ON MY VEHICLE. ONCE I GOT IN THE PARKING LOT I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 20 MPH, MY CAR JUST SHUT OFF BY IT SELF. I HAD TOLD THE MANAGER THAT I NEED TO GET MY CAR CHECKED OUT BECAUSE IT JUST SHUT OFF WHILE I WERE STILL DRIVING. THEY SAID THEY DID A DIAGNOSIS CHECK AND COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING AND THAT EVERYTHING IS OKAY. THIS CONCERNS ME BECAUSE WHAT IF I'M DRIVING IN TRAFFIC AND IT SHUTS OFF AGAIN. THIS COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS. PLEASE HELP!!!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED WITHOUT WARNING AND THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000. THE VIN NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

DRIVING AT 35-40 MPH, APPROACHING A HILL TO GO UP, ENGINE STOPPED. ELECTRICAL WAS FINE; POWER STEERING CONTINUED TO WORK, BUT ENGINE WOULD NOT WORK. WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON DASHBOARD. COASTED TO NEARBY STREET, PULLED TO SIDE, AND STOPPED. TURNED OFF CAR BUT KEPT KEY IN IGNITION. TRIED TO START CAR BUT CAR MADE UNUSUAL NOISE, SO I TURNED IT OFF. (NOT CLICKING NOISE LIKE BAD ALTERNATOR MAKES; IT WAS A NOISE I'D NEVER HEARD BEFORE.) PULLED KEY OUT OF IGNITION, WAITED A FEW SECONDS, PUT KEY IN AGAIN, AND CAR STARTED AS NORMAL. DROVE THE REST OF THE WAY HOME AS NORMAL (ONLY ONE MILE). HAVE NOT TRIED TO DRIVE ANYWHERE AGAIN FOR THE DAY. *TR

I PURCHASED MY 2011 FORD FUSION USED WITH 60K MILES ON IT SOME MONTHS BACK. I NOTICED A FEW TIMES WHEN I'M DRIVING A DISTANCE OF 45 MINUTES OR MORE A WRENCH LIGHT WILL SELDOMLY COME ON AND NOTHING HAPPENS IT JUST STAYS ON. THEN THERE HAS BEEN A FEW TIMES WHERE THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON HAVE LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING 65-70MPH AND MY CAR SHAKES AND IT SLAMS BACK INTO GEAR LIKE AS IF I REVED UP MY ENGINE AND DROPPED IT INTO DRIVE. NOTE,THIS ONLY SEEMS TO HAPPEN WHEN I DRIVE ON THE FREEWAY FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. THIS HAPPEND AGAIN TODAY ON 10/5/2014 BUT THIS TIME I WAS ABOUT A HALF MILE AWAY FROM MY EXIT OFF THE FREEWAY AND MY CAR FILLED THE FREEWAY WITH SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH MY CAR AND I NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM THE FRONT ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *TR

EVERY SO OFTEN WHILE DOWN SHIFTING, THE CAR JUMPS PRETTY FIRMLY. WHILE IDLING AT A STOPLIGHT, THE CAR WILL SHAKE. I HAVE SOME FRIENDS TELL ME I MIGHT HAVE BOUGHT A LEMON FROM A REPUTABLE NATIONWIDE CAR DEALERSHIP SO NOW I AM LOOKING FOR ANSWERS. JUST BECAUSE THERE HASN'T BEEN A RECALL YET, DOESN'T MEAN THE CAR IS NOT DEFECTED. *JS

AFTER ABOUT 3 WEEKS OF HAVING THE VEHICLE IT STARTED HAVING A HARD TIME STARTING IT WOULD TAKE 3 OR 4 TIMES BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD ACTUALLY START, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 3/12/2014 THEN ON MAY 9TH, 2014 I WAS GOING TO FT WAYNE AND I LOST POWER IN THE VEHICLE PULLED OVER SIT FOR A FEW MINUTES (AND WAS LUCKY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER ON THE INTERSTATE) AFTER SITTING FOR ABOUT 10 TO 15 MINUTES THEN THE VEHICLE STARTED. I WAS LATE ARRIVING TO WHERE I WAS GOING AFTER THE EVENT I GET IN MY CAR IT TAKES 5 TIMES TO START, AFTER THE VEHICLE STARTING I HEAD TO THE INTERSTATE IT IS 11PM I STOP FOR A CUP OF COFFEE GET BACK IN MY CAR AND IT WILL NOT START IT BACK FIRES I LET IT SIT FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES AFTER 3 ATTEMPTS OF TRYING THE VEHICLE STARTS AND I HEAD FOR HOME. I CALL THE SOUTHWORTH FORD IN MARION INDIANA AND NOW THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT THEY NEED TO DO A DIAGNOSTICS TEST AND IT WILL COST ME $80.00 TO SEE WHAT IS WRONG AND IF THERE IS A RECALL. (I HAVE ALREADY TALKED TO SOMEONE AND THEY TOLD ME THERE IS A RECALL OF THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY) AND NOW ANOTHER PERSON IS TELLING ME IT WILL BE $80.00 TO DETERMINE WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. I NEED THIS FIXED!!!! MY SON IS GETTING READY TO LEAVE FOR AFGHANISTAN THIS IS THE REASON I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE SO THAT I COULD GO AND SEE HIM OFF AND I WILL BE HAVING A 10 HOUR DRIVE. (I PAID CASH FOR THIS VEHICLE) AND NOW THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME FOR A RECALL? PLEASE HELP SO I CAN SEE MY SOLDIER OFF FOR HIS 2ND TOUR....... *TR