Driving normal for around an hr then all of a sudden a lighted wrench shows on dash and the accelerator does not engage properly and car feels like it is very rough and low idle. power brakes and power steering work fine and can pull over but was in a turnaround for a highway access rd. turned vehicle off and turned it back on again and it worked ok. next day it happened twice, one of those times just from the start of turning on vehicle and trying to leave parking lot of work, and second time was on a 45mph rd which felt dangerous. same thing accelerator stopped working and it coasted down till i could put in park and turn of vehicle and turn back on. it does not work if you are coasting and put it in neutral and turn off and on as the problem is still there. afraid of it happening on highway. seems like a software or sensor issue with throttle body as when you do give it gas on the peddle it feels like the throttle plate is blocked or trying to open up but not enough to go just small weak spurts. *tr
2nd incident w/ gas peddle stopping working while driving w my children in the car. wrench light came on and i put on my flashers and turned off ignition due to burning smell coming from under the hood should note every time this has happened i have just put gas in my car as well, also had to have a new battery put on my 1yr and 10 month old car today. restarted the car and was only luckily 100yrds or less from my driveway so will call and have car towed to dealership again. car is not safe for me and my family!!! *tr
While travel ing up a busy hwy in around 2 in the afternoon, the gas peddle quit working and car started to violent shake . at the time of incident i was traveling at 45 mph and could have been seriously injured. pulled to the side rd. put the car in park and turned off the ignition and restarted the car and gas peddle worked now and i drove it to dealership where they kept it for six days and did not do any repairs on it. *tr
Made 10 mi trip to school. 1/2 - 1 hr later, made 1/2 mi trip to store. on return to school on highway lost throttle response until car was turned off and restarted. (wrench light on dash displayed.) 2 hrs later, lost throttle response when turning onto highway from school. car responded as normal after restart. ford dealership replaced etb, a71, gasket, and throttle body. car has returned to normal function. *tr
While driving in the center lane on the southbound i-5 freeway my 2011 ford fusion began to feel like it was driving through mud and lost acceleration. when i attempted to compensate by accelerating the car, it resisted and continued to slow significantly. thankfully traffic was not extremely heavy at the time and i was close to a freeway exit. i pulled to the right, avoiding oncoming traffic (barely) and coasted down the off ramp. by the time i got to the off ramp (about 10 seconds) the car had gone from 65 mph to less than 5 mph. if it wasn't for the momentum of the vehicle i would not have been able to make it and would have been at a dead stop in the middle of the freeway with oncoming traffic (and semi trucks) going between 60 and 75 mph. the engine was throbbing, the car was shaking, and i had no acceleration capability at all. i had enough momentum on the off ramp downslope to turn right and stop my vehicle at the side of the road. i called a tow truck and the car was taken to a dealership for repairs. i was told the throttle was the problem and it was replaced under warranty. had timing not been exactly right, this problem could have caused a very serious or even deadly accident for me and for other drivers on the road. i have since learned about this ongoing issue online and wish i would have known at the time that it was a problem and known how / that i could submit a concern to the nhtsa.
While driving ~55mph in left lane of a 3-lane interstate at morning rush hour, the engine lost power, continued running at ~1000rpm, but would not accelerate. the check engine and wrench lights were on. the car was nearly hit by numerous vehicles as i coasted to the emergency lane on the right side of the expressway. the engine was shut off, then restarted, and it was ok for several miles. the same scenario was repeated twice while driving to a nearby dealer. the throttle body was replaced at a cost of $650 since it was out of warranty. service personnel told me that they had seen several of these same problems on fusions. this one dealer is most likely representative of others, so there must be a very large number of these problems occurring in nearly new vehicles. why hasn't ford, where quality used to be job one, issued a recall? this car has been otherwise flawless up to this point. *tr
As we were traveling we suddenly began slowing to a halt. though my husband was pressing the gas pedal and the engine was running, there was no response. luckily he was able to steer the car to the shoulder before we stopped completely. we were on a sparsely traveled road at the time. after checking under the hood, repeatedly trying to push the pedal and calling roadside assistance, he finally turned the engine off and then restarted it. the throttle seemed to work fine and we continued to our destination. the following day the same thing occurred. again we were not in heavy traffic and there was a shoulder available for us to get to. this time he immediately turned the engine off and restarted it with everything returning to normal. we were very fearful of this occurring in heavy traffic or where there was not a shoulder available. we took the car back to the dealer where they charged us $387.43 to replace the throttle body #ds7z-9e926-a. *tr
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
In april 2012 as i was making a right hand turn at about 15 miles per hour the car just basically stopped. the power was on but the car would not go. again on sunday, august 11, 2013 as i was making a left hand turn, the car basically stopped in the middle of an intersection, causing the driver behind to honk and wonder if i was moving. i put the flashers on and the vehicle "limped" through the intersection. i could have been in a serious accident in the middle of five lanes of traffic! i shut the car off and restarted same problem. i shut the car off again and was able to drive home. i took the vehicle to the dealership on monday, august 12th and they diagnosed a bad throttle-body. they replaced the throttle body. i then looked on the internet to see if there was a problem with my car and i saw a news article posted in february 2013 with ford having failures with the throttle body in my vehicle. *tr
I brought my fusion in for service on 2/28/12 (17899 miles) for the first time w/ heavy vibration in steering wheel when applying brakes. i was told they my rotors needed to be machined, & that was covered under warranty. it was not even a month later when i could feel slight vibration in my steering wheel again, & would progress until i finally had to bring in again to be serviced with several other problems w/ my car. on 11/9/12 (32,651 miles) (1.) heavy vibration, they replaced rotors. (2) my advance trac and check braking system message kept coming up, they told me it was due to low battery voltage. (3)vehicle stalls when starting, they replaced battery. (4) skipping gears & stalling, reprogrammed pcm. on 6/15/13 my car loses all power and dies in the middle of highway @ night as i was backing out of a private drive w/ my daughter & her friend in backseat, i had to put it back in gear & jiggle key to turn off, restart car, & be able to drive off all the while cars running off the road to keep from hitting me! brought my car in for service finally again 7/11/12(44158 miles) (waited 2 weeks til they could get me in to diag)with recurring problems above + power loss! (1) car sputters/gears skip/stalling/loses power, & they find a bug mass air flow(as they said) but 1st told me tb then said no & as far as losing power they have no idea! (2)vibration in steering, rotors need to be machined again! never had this much work with rotors on any vehicle. oh and my whole steering rack assembly needs to be replaced @ 44,158 miles!!! ford should not be making cars that you can not get at least 100,000 miles before a $2,000+ service needs to be done on car! i told ford even if they fixed what they said is wrong with my car today, they could not give me $1,000,000 to put myself or my child in it ever again! this car is unsafe, unreliable, and should have recalls & don't trust it! *tr
I had just purchased my 2011 ford fusion just over a month when i encountered my first stall on my way home from work. i was fully stopped at an intersection waiting for the stop light to turn green. i pressed down on the accelerator only to realize the engine was no longer running. the car behind me bumped into my back bumper anticipating i would be accelerating through the intersection. there was nothing on the dashboard indicating the engine had died. i put the car into park and was able to get it to start normally. i didn't have any further problems until about 6 months later in june 2012. the second time, i was turning right into a parking lot and as i made the turn and pressed down on the accelerator i discovered the car was coasting with the engine dead and the dashboard console lit up as if everything was still running normally. again, i put the car into park and the engine started immediately and everything was back to normal again. the third time just happened in february 2013 when i again was stopped at a stop light. when the light turned green, i pressed down on the accelerator only to discover the engine was no longer running and no indication on the dashboard anything was wrong. i did the same thing and put the car in park and the engine started and everything returned to normal. for the first 2 times, the ford dealership just shrugged their shoulders and said there wasn't anything they could do if they couldn't duplicate the problem. the 3rd time, they did a software update based on a bulletin from ford the computer wasn't possibly shifting at the proper times which could possibly cause the engine to stall. so now i have to wait and see if the software update really fixed the problem or i will have the pleasure of experiencing another sudden surprise of having a zombie car that appears to be alive but isn't. *tr
Original incident occurred in june 2011. vehicle lost all acceleration unexpectedly and was towed to dealership. vehicle was only 6 months old and throttle body was replaced under warranty. has subsequently happened two more times. the second time the dealership service could not recreate the problem. the third time was july 2013. again vehicle was towed to dealership. advised that it was again a failure of the throttle bottle. part alone will be $400 to replace and will not be available for 10 days to 3 weeks. this will be the third throttle bottle on a car that is less than 3 years old. the failure poses a severe safety risk if occurs on high speed highway while in middle or left lanes. *tr