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Ford Fusion Power Train Safety Report | July 10, 2012
Reported on July 10, 2012
| TRAVELING AT FREEWAY SPEED, ENGINE SUDDENLY LOST ALL POWER AND REVERTED TO IDLE RPM. ENGINE WAS IDLING ROUGHLY, AND PRESSING ON ACCELERATOR WOULD NOT INCREASE RPMS. THE WRENCH (CHECK ENGINE) LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. WAS ABLE TO COAST DOWNHILL TO EXIT FREEWAY; VERY UNSAFE CONDITION. SWITCHED OFF ENGINE, RESTARTED ENGINE ... AND IT RAN NORMAL; WRENCH LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. TOOK CAR TO WALNUT CREEK FORD FOLLOWING MORNING; THEY SAID NO FAULT CODE WAS RECORDED ON THE CARS COMPUTER AND THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE PROBLEM. SERVICE REP TOLD ME FORD HAD NO RECORDS OF ANY PREVIOUS PROBLEMS OF THIS NATURE, SO I SHOULD JUST KEEP DRIVING THE CAR. I TOLD HIM THAT WAS UNSAFE, AND HE REPLIED THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE HE COULD DO. HE SAID HE COULD NOT JUST THROW PARTS AT AN UNKNOWN PROBLEM '. SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED ON NOV 01, 2012. I DID AN ON-LINE SEARCH ON VARIOUS FORD FUSION FORUMS AND FOUND MULTIPLE REPORTS OF THIS SAME SITUATION WITH V6 ENGINE ATTRIBUTED TO THROTTLE BODY HOUSING. IMMEDIATELY TOOK CAR TO WALNUT CREEK FORD AND TOLD SERVICE MANAGER I WOULD NOT ACCEPT THE CAR UNTIL IT WAS REPAIRED. SHOWED HIM COPIES OF MULTIPLE ON-LINE REPORTS OF SAME PROBLEM AND TOLD HIM HIS REP HAD LIED DURING MY PREVIOUS VISIT ABOUT FORD NOT KNOWING OF ANY PREVIOUS REPORTED PROBLEMS. SERVICE MANAGER REPLIED THAT ON-LINE REPORTS ARE NOT ALWAYS REAL , BUT SAID HE WOULD HAVE HIS BEST MECHANIC CHECK MY CAR. MECHANIC FOUND DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY HOUSING AND REPLACED. HAVE NOT HAD RECURRENCE OF THE ENGINE FAILURE. *TR | |
| Make: | Ford |
| Model: | Fusion |
| Manufactured by: | Ford Motor Company |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | 0 person(s) were injured. |
| Was a death reported? | 0 person(s) died. |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | WALNUT CREEK CA |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 3FAHP0JG7BR |
| Mileage: | 19000 miles. |
| Speed: | 65 MPH |
| Number of cylinders: | 6 |
| Vehicle type: | |
| Vehicle fuel: | BIFUEL |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
| Tire size: | |
| Dealer name and location: | |
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