2011 Ford Fusion Engine

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE SERVICE ENGINE WARNING ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 16,000.

ENGINE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 30MPH FLAT CITY SURFACE. NO RESPONSE WITH ACCELERATOR. PULLED OVER. RE-STARTED ENGINE. CAR RAN OK FOR @ 2 MILES; STALLED AGAIN WITH 'WRENCH" & "ENGINE" INDICATOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. PULLED OVER. RE-START AGAIN; SAME SCENARIO 3 MORE TIMES; FINALLY GOT "HOME" (IT WAS MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT; USING SECONDARY ROADS ONLY!). "P2111" FAILURE CODE CONFIRMED SUNDAY @ "AUTO ZONE". *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE BATTERY AND OIL WARNING LAMPS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR FLOW SENSOR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,540 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 99,448.

I WAS DRIVING ON A FIVE LANE HIGHWAY NEAR RALEIGH, NC AND I SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND THE CAR NEARLY STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. IT WAS FRIGHTENING AND DANGEROUS TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD ACROSS THREE LANES WHEN CARS WERE FLYING BY. TURNED THE CAR OFF, RESTARTED IT, AND WOULD GET A MILE OR SO, AND IT WOULD LOSE POWER AGAIN. HAPPENED AT LEAST 10 TIMES,AND SO, USING THE FLASHERS, I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP. IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS THE THROTTLE BODY GOING BAD, AND THE SERVICE TECH TOLD ME THEY HAD DONE HUNDREDS OF THROTTLE BODY REPLACEMENTS FOR FUSIONS, AND THAT AN ATTEMPT TO HAVE A RECALL IS GOING ON. I WAS EXTREMELY FORTUNATELY TO NOT BE REAR-ENDED WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN A DEADLY CRASH, AND IT WAS TERRIFYING TRYING TO CROSS THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC WITH THE CAR BARELY MOVING AS IT LOST ALL POWER IN LESS THAN 10 SECONDS EACH TIME. *TR

VEHICLE HESITATES THEN ENGINE SHUTS DOWN! *TR

THIS HAS HAPPENED 7 TIMES IN THE LAST 2 DAYS. WHILE DRIVING, THE ENGINE JUST QUITS, OR WHILE IDLING AT A RED LIGHT , IT JUST STALLS. THE YELLOW WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON. IT RESTARTS, BUT THIS IS VERY FRIGHTENING WHEN IT HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING AT 30-40 MPH. FORTUNATELY FOR ME, NO ONE WAS BEHIND ME WHEN IT HAPPENED AND I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR WHEN THE ENGINE DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. I DROVE IT STRAIGHT HOME, BUT IT HAPPENED 5 TIMES ON THE 8 MINUTE DRIVE HOME. I RESEARCHED AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH FORD. I REACHED OUT TO FORD MOTOR CORP BY EMAIL AND THEIR RESPONSE TO ME WAS BASICALLY, "HATE THAT FOR YOU, WE'RE NOT ISSUING A RECALL." FORD IS PERFECTLY AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BUT CORPORATE GREED FAR OUTWEIGHS CONSUMER SAFETY AND THEY WON'T OWN UP TO THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE A SHODDY, AND DANGEROUS PRODUCT. *TR

WAS IN FAST LANE ON RTE 78 IN NJ.. SUDDEN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. COULD NOT GET TO THE SHOULDER. DROVE INTO GRASS MEDIUM. CAME CLOSE TO HAVING A CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT. I GOT VEHICLE RESTARTED AND BROUGHT IT TO NAZARETH FORD. AS WE RUN A FLEET OF FUSIONS, I CONSULTED A CO-WORKER WHO HAD THE SAME ISSUE AND FORD CONFIRMED IT WAS A BAD THROTTLE BODY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION AND THESE VEHICLES SHOULD BE RECALLED. I SPOKE TO MY COMPANY'S FLEET MGR. AND SHE SAID THIS WAS THE THIRD FAILURE THIS MONTH. *TR

WHEN COMING TO A STOP, MY CAR BEGAN TO SEVERELY SHAKE BACK AND FORTH. IT POSED A DANGER RISK FOR MYSELF AND MY KIDS. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN TIME, BECAUSE IT SEEMED THAT MY CAR WAS ABOUT TO CRASH INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT IT IS A THROTTLE BODY ISSUE AND IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY.

CAR STALLED WHILE ON HIGHWAY. BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC, SPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. WITH NO POWER/ ACCELERATION, DRIVER TURNED ON HAZARDS AND MANEUVERED TO LEFT SHOULDER. CAR WAS SHUT DOWN AND RESTARTED. PROBLEM RECURRED. CAR WAS TOWED TO NEAREST DEALER. THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED AND PROBLEM HAS NOT RECURRED.

I WAS TRAVELING AT A RATE OF 65 ON THE HIGHWAY. THE CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I WAS ABLE TO MOVE OVER TO THE LEFT HAND SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY. THE "WRENCH" SYMBOL DISPLAYED ON THE DASH. I TURNED THE CAR OFF, TURNED ON HAZARD LIGHTS. I WAITED A FEW MINUTES STARTED THE CAR UP AND WAS ABLE TO TRAVEL TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY CODES P2111 P2112. THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED AND THE VEHICLE APPEARS TO BE RUNNING WELL NOW. THIS WAS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN. MY 9 YEAR OLD SON WAS IN THE BACKSEAT. THANK GOODNESS WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY. I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY ADVANCE WARNINGS FROM THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO IT REFUSING TO ACCELERATE.

I WAS DRIVING ON A MAIN THOROUGHFARE GOING ABOUT 45 MPH WHEN MY VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER AND SLOWED DOWN TO ABOUT 2 MPH. THE CAR BEGAN SPUTTERING AND SHAKING SO I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY GET OFF THE ROAD AND TURN THE CAR OFF. I WAITED FOR A FEW MINUTES AND STARTED IT AGAIN, BUT IT WOULD NOT GO OVER 2 MPH. A FAMILY MEMBER HAPPENED TO BE BEHIND ME AND HAD TO HELP ME GET OFF ROAD WITH TRAFFIC PASSING BY US. HE THOUGHT PERHAPS I HAD WATER IN THE GAS SO WE BOUGHT AN ADDITIVE TO SEE IF IT HELPED, AND IT SEEMED TO WORK FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF, BUT THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN TWO MORE TIMES. THIS TIME THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL. I WENT TO AN AUTO PARTS STORE WHERE THEY TESTED IT AND GOT AN ERROR CODE OF P2111. I HAD TO GO THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE I WAS TOLD THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE A FRIEND WHO HAD THIS EXACT SAME ISSUE WITH HER FORD FUSION JUST A FEW MONTHS BACK. SHE PAID OVER $500 TO GET HERS REPAIRED AND I HAD TO PAY ABOUT $400 TO GET MINE REPAIRED. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE, AND I BELIEVE FORD NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE WRENCH WARNING ICON ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER HOWEVER, THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

DRIVING UP A HILL WHEN MY ENGINE LOST ALL THRUST, THEN THE WRENCH AND BATTERY LIGHT TURNED ON. VEHICLE ENGINE SHUT DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. I SHUT OFF THE CAR AND RESTARTED IT WITH THE SAME END RESULT. TOOK CAR TO A MECHANIC AND I NOW HAVE TO GET MY THROTTLE BODY REPLACED.

MY THROTTLE BODY ON MY CAR WENT OUT THIS IS A 2011 FORD FUSION...WE NEED A RECALL MY WIFE IS A CANCER SURVIOR BREAST CANCER AND SHE HAS MISSED MANY APPTS DUE TO THE VEHICLE THE DEALERSHIP HAS CHECKED UNDER WARANTY AND SAID NO ISSUES BUT WHEN WARRANTY WAS UP AND THEY CHECKED IT AGAIN THEY SAID THEY FOUND THE ISSUES NOW I HAVE TO PAY 600 DOLLARS TO GET IT FIXED . CAR IS NOT RUNNING DUE TO THROTTLE BODY IT STALLED OUT ON THE FREEWAY SEVERAL TIMES ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE PAID SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS TO FIX THE ISSUE BUT IT TURNED OUT TO BE THROTTLE BODY ....DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS CANISTER PURGE VALVE AND CANISTER PURGE SELINOID...THEY WANT 600 TO FIX ISSUES I CANT AFFORD IT BUT MANY VEHICELS THE SAME MODEL HAVE ISSUES SIMULAR TO THIS I HAVE RECIEPTS AND EVERYTHING I BOUGHT DUE TO THROTTLE BODY..PEOPLE WILL DIE IF ISSUE IS NOT FIXED...WE NEED A RECALL.....PLEASE HELP I NEED HELP ASAP...*TT

WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE SHUTTERED, LOST POWER, AND AFTER A FEW SECONDS THE CAR TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL MINUTES. I AM BEING TOLD BY FORD THAT IT IS AN ISSUE WITH THE THROTTLE BODY. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE WARNING INDICATOR. THE ENGINE WAS RESTARTED AND THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED NINETEEN TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE WARNING INDICATOR WOULD NEED TO BE ILLUMINATED IN ODER TO PERFORM A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A FREEWAY AT 55 MPH THE ENGINE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF WITH NO WARNING. WE WERE ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT BEING HIT. NO ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. WE WERE ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE AND CONTINUE ON OUR JOURNEY. FIVE MINUTES LATER PULLING INTO A SHOPPING CENTER GOING ABOUT 10 MPH THE ENGINE "THUMPED, GURGLED, AND DIED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WE WERE ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE AND GET IT FIVE MILES BACK TO THE HOUSE. THE CAR IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY SO FORD SENT A WRECKER TO THE HOUSE TO RETRIEVE THE CAR. THE ENGINE LIGHT IS STILL ILLUMINATED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH ON A WELL TRAVELED, BUSY CITY HIGHWAY AND MY CAR TRANSMISSION DIED. THROUGH CAREFUL MANEUVERING I WAS ABLE TO PULL MY CAR OFF THE ROAD AND ONTO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT INCIDENT. I WAS ABLE TO POWER MY CAR COMPLETELY DOWN, TURN THE KEY AND THE ENGINE IMMEDIATELY STARTED. I CAUTIOUSLY, OR SHOULD I SAY FEARFULLY, PROCEEDED UNTIL I WAS TO MY DESTINATION AND ANOTHER INCIDENT DID NOT OCCUR. I SPOKE TO A FORD CERTIFIED MECHANIC AT MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND HAD THEM TAKE A LOOK AT MY CAR. COME TO FIND OUT THE THROTTLE BOX WAS IN NEED OF BEING REPLACED. ALTHOUGH MY CAR HAD LOW MILES ON IT I DIDN'T THINK TOO MUCH OF IT BECAUSE MECHANICAL FAILURE DOES OCCUR, HOWEVER, I WAS TAKEN BACK BY THE FACT THAT THE PART WAS BACK ORDERED FOR THE NEXT 4 TO 6 WEEKS FROM MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP. (I DID END UP PAYING EXTRA TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY RUSH PUT ON IT AS I RECENTLY HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF DRIVING FOR WORK AND HAVE A SMALL CHILD I NEED TO TRANSPORT AT TIMES) ONCE HOME I LOOKED INTO "FORD FUSION THROTTLE BOX" AND FOUND THAT MY EXPERIENCE WAS NOT UNLIKE MANY OTHERS. THE POTENTIAL DANGER THAT I, AND OTHERS, HAVE FACED BY DRIVING MAKES AND MODELS OF THE CARS WITH THESE THROTTLE BOXES IS SCARY. HAVING HAD AN EXPERIENCE LIKE I DID, I WAS LUCKY, IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE FORD'S LUCK RUNS OUT WITH THIS INFERIOR THROTTLE BOX EQUIPMENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE ENTERED SAFE MODE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,000.

THE VEHICLE WILL STOP AT RANDOM AND WILL NOT MOVE AGAIN UNTIL YOU PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND RESTART THE VEHICLE. IT HAS REPEATED SEVERAL TIMES AND IS GETTING WORSE. TODAY THE CAR STALLED 4 TIMES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

TWO DAYS IN A ROW MY 2011 FORD FUSION STALLED AND AN ERROR SYMBOL OF A WRENCH APPEARED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. I COASTED TO CURB, TURNED THE CAR OFF AND THEN RESTARTED. VEHICLE THEN RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. IN BOTH CASES I WAS AT AN INTERSECTION AND FORTUNATELY THE VEHICLES BEHIND ME WERE ABLE TO DRIVE AROUND ME. *TR

DRIVING AT 60MPH VEHICLE LOST ALL ENGINE POWER BUT REMAINED RUNNING. LUCKILY I WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE AND NEAR A EXIT. I COASTED DOWN THE EXIT AND TURNED INTO FIRST STREET I COULD GET TO. TRIED TO ACCELERATE BUT NO POWER. TURNED CAR OFF THEN BACK ON. EVERYTHING APPEARED TO BE NORMAL. PRECEDED TO GET BACK ON THE ROAD I HAD JUST EXITED, NOT EVEN A MILE DOWN THE ROAD IT DID IT AGAIN. IT DID IT TO ME 7 MORE TIMES BEFORE I MADE IT HOME. IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING MY WAY HOME, STOPPED AT THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF THEY COULD RUN A DIAGNOSTICS BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TIME. APPT FOR MONDAY. BUT AFTER READING ALL THE COMPLAINTS SOUNDS LIKE THROTTLE BODY ISSUES. THIS COULD HAD BEEN EXTREMELY BAD SITUATION HAD I HAD BEEN ON I-35 AS I LIVE IN THE AREA OF I-35 THAT IS THE DEADLIEST STRETCH. NHTSA YOU NEED TO FORCE FORD TO RECALL THESE CARS BEFORE SOMEONE DIES. ITS PREVENTABLE AND I SAY YOU AND FORD SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE WHEN SOMEONE DOES DIE. AND ANOTHER ISSUE I RECENTLY HAD TO GET FIXED WAS THE PURGE VALVE AND FUEL CANISTER WHICH AFTER READING SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE AS WELL. COME ON FORD DO THE RIGHT THING. IS EVEN ONE LIFE WORTH LOSING? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY DECELERATED TO 2 MPH IN LESS THEN TEN SECONDS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 44,700.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE WRENCH WARNING INDICATOR. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE THIRTY MINUTES LATER BUT THE ENGINE RPMS INCREASED DRASTICALLY AS THE ENGINE EXHIBITED A LOUD ROAR. THE VEHICLE WAS POWERED OFF AND RESTARTED A SECOND TIME. THE VEHICLE THEN RESUMED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,000. UPDATED 09/05/13*LJ