2010 Ford Fusion engine and engine cooling problems

“The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while attempting to stop the vehicle, the brake pedal was depressed and extended to the floorboard and the vehicle failed to immediately stop. The ABS, service brakes, and advancetrac messages were displayed. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer who diagnosed that the Hydraulic Control Module and ECU had malfunctioned and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that the vehicle was not included in NHTSA Campaign Number: 19V904000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulic). The contact stated that the vehicle had experienced the failure listed in the recall. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 150,000.”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EMITTED A FUEL ODOR AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO LOCATED FAILURE CODE: P0453 (EVAPORATED EMISSION SYSTEM PRESSURE SENSOR SWITCH HIGH INPUT). THE CONTACT ALSO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC HIMSELF, WHICH LOCATED THE SAME FAILURE CODE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000.”

“2016 FORD FUSION. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO HEAD GASKET AND EXHAUST MANIFOLD ISSUES. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED TWICE, THE POWER STEERING AND VARIOUS SENSORS WERE REPLACED TWICE AS WELL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT COULD NOT DETERMINE THE FAILURE. *JS”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE HESITATED WHEN STARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CANISTER PURGE VALVE (CPV) NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO TAKEN TO BILLY HOWELL FORD LINCOLN (1805 ATLANTA HWY, CUMMING, GA 30040, (770) 887-2311) WHERE IT WAS INSPECTED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V793000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) IN AUGUST OF 2016. AT THAT TIME, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT NO LEAKS WERE FOUND ON THE CPV FUEL TANK. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER AGAIN, BUT WAS OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY INSPECTED UNDER THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 105,000.”

“TRAVELING AT 55MPH I SUDDENLY LOST POWER IN ENGINE AND WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT INTO ANOTHER GEAR. MY ENGINE SLOWED TO A ROUGH IDLE. I SAFELY WAS ABLE TO PULL TO ROADSIDE AND TURNED OFF THE CAR. I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE NOTING A ROUGH START BUT THE CAR PERFORMED NORMALLY AFTER I BEGAN DRIVING IT DOWN THE ROAD. ABOUT A HALF HR LATER I WAS TRAVELING AT 35MPH WITH THE SAME THING OCCURRING, I WAS ABLE AGAIN TO PULL SAFELY OFF THE ROAD AND ABLE TO TURN OFF AND RESTART THE CAR NOTING AGAIN A ROUGH START BUT THE CAR PERFORMED AGAIN NORMALLY AND THE WRENCH WENT AWAY AGAIN. I WENT TO A SERVICE CENTER AND HOOKED MY CAR TO A COMPUTER FINDING P CODE 2111 WITH ACTUATOR STUCK OPEN. FORD INITIALLY TOLD ME THIS WAS MY ISSUE TO FIX WHEN I CALLED. THE SECOND TIME I CALLED I SPOKE TO A DIFFERENT REP AND INFORMED THEM OF THE KNOWN NHTSA INVESTIGATION AND THE CUSTOMER SERVICE PROGRAM ALREADY ESTABLISHED. A CASE NUMBER WAS STARTED WITH THEM. I AM UNABLE TO GET TO A FORD DEALERSHIP UNTIL TUES DUE TO WORK. *TR”

“THERE WERE TWO EVENTS WITH THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING, THOUGH, ENGINE DID NOT STALL, REQUIRING RESET BY TURNING OFF THE IGNITION THEN RESTARTING THE CAR. AT THE TIME THE THROTTLE CUTTING OFF THERE WAS A YELLOW WRENCH INDICATOR LIGHT LIGHT ON MY DASH. THIS MIMICS NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: PE13003, HOWEVER, THIS ACTION NUMBER DOES NOT INCLUDE MY VIN NUMBER.”