2010 Ford Fusion Electronic Stability Control Problems
- 126
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 126 stored complaint records:
- 3 indicate a crash
- 2 indicate injury
- 1 indicate fire
What owners report
- power steering · 163 records
- service power · 37 records
- service advancetrac · 30 records
- steering wheel · 19 records
- steering assist · 17 records
- light came · 15 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 46 |
| 100–150k mi | 26 |
| 30–60k mi | 24 |
| 150–400k mi | 14 |
| 1–30k mi | 6 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
The power steering assist fault indicator will not reset. Loss of power steering. How can ford have a recall for the 2011 and 2012 fusions but not the 2010? This is very dangerous when you lose power steering while your driving. *tr
ODI 10916486
Electronic Stability Control
Power steering suddenly stopped working and now the service power steering warning is coming on and we cant reset it. We were driving on the road when this happened, and now have no power steering.
ODI 10910975
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
2 warning service errors will show up and power steering becomes disabled as driving on residential street. Power steering became completely disabled by the time the tow truck came to pick it up. Mechanic stated it was the same codes as the recall for 2011 ford fusions. Had to take it to the ford dealer to have it correctly fixed. Stated it was the steering rack assembly. Looked up issue and many others with fusion…
ODI 10908553
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
Power steering fault appeared on dashboard while driving and steering became hard to control. Turned ignition switch off and restarted power steering was working again. Carried car in for service i was told everything was normal. Now it's happened 4 or 5 times . Being that it's out of warranty now its out again .
ODI 10870223
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
We were driving to pick up our daughter when the service power steering now and service advancetrac came on the message board. We lost power steering to the car. Luckily my mom's house wasn't far from our house. We got home safe and called the next day about repairs and found out it was over $1500. That is something we can't afford with a family. Come to find out many people have this problem with the same make and…
ODI 10850480
Electronic Stability Control
Service advancetrac system 2010 ford fusion se 6spd manual, completely loses power at random times, has occurred 4 times in 5 days. Will be driving along at 40 to 45 mph straight or turning at 5 to 10 mph or even going up a straight, slight incline and the vehicle just loses power completely, the dashboard lights up and the service advancetrac system error message appears. I turn car off, yes in the midst of traffic…
ODI 10846394
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
LOSS OF POWER STEERING, AND ADVANCE TRAC
ODI 10822945
Electronic Stability Control · Steering · Wheels
I have a 2010 ford fusion se 4drv6 and was driving my vehicle down a highway and my low tire pressure light came on. Unable to pull over immediately i drove to the nearest good year which offers free tire repair when out of no where the traction stability control kicked in on my car and my service screen said "service power steering now" i maintained control of the vehicle until i got to good year where they…
ODI 10816924
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
The electronic power steering on this vehicle is defective. I've only had this vechile for about a year and a half and heve had several major issues with it. The power steering problem has been the biggest issue. I was originally told the the part was on recall, then after jumping through several hoops i ended up having to pay $1314.17 to have it fixed myself. Less than 24 hours after picking the car up from the…
ODI 10788245
Electronic Stability Control · Vehicle Speed Control
While driving the instrument panel lights up with an organge wrench and check engine light. I am unable to accelerate and need to get off the road as quickly as possible.when i press on the gas pedal nothing happens. It sounds and appears like the car is about to stall.this has happened at least 8 times in the last week.i had the car towed to my mechanic who told me it is the trottle body and that a ford dealer…
ODI 10761847
Electronic Stability Control
I have replaced multiple defects on my 2010 ford fusion. Now, on the way to taking my children to school..my power steering completely shuts down! I've read that there are over 400,000 complaints and a pending lawsuit on the same issue with my car! I've filed a lawsuit to address this problem. I've spoken with the ford dealership, who stated that nothing can be done. I will never again buy a ford!
ODI 10759938
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
While driving a message appeared on the instrument panel, "have power steering serviced", within a few seconds "have advance trac system serviced" warning appeared. I shut off the car. Upon restarting the car there was a total failure of the power steering system. It was impossible to drive the car due to the difficulty of turning the steering wheel. I detected a slight burning smell. The car had to be towed to the…
ODI 10777884
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
My 19 year old daughter was driving to college when out of the blue she went to drive around a right hand corner at about 45 mph and the electronic power steering completely failed the car steering was so hard to turn the car didn't make the right hand turn so the car went across the road and up over the curb and almost hit a lady walking her dog no one was hurt but sure could have been the car has no other damage…
ODI 10748379
Electronic Stability Control · Equipment Adaptive/Mobility · Steering
Power stering went out on 2010 ford fusion. Dash notifications: service advance trac & power steering assist fault. Seeing too many posts on the same issue.
ODI 10762991
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
My wife was driving the ford fusion and an error for "service power steering" came up on her dashboard. She still had power steering and was able to make it to work and park. Upon leaving work, she turned the car on and realized the power steering was completely gone. She could not drive the car because she could not efficiently turn the wheel. I had to go pick her up and at which point i realized i could attempt to…
ODI 10735804
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
I was driving home from work, had to stop and drop some items off for my daughter at summer camp. When i was leaving camp the steering felt like it wanted to pull to the right, a few miles down the road all power steering was lost. Service advanc-trac warning message was being displayed on the dash board. I pulled over at a convenient store to investigate the problem, could not find anything. It was raining so i…
ODI 10732360
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
My vehicle's power-steering got disabled out of nowhere apparently i'm not the only one with this issue, i get an error on the driver panel saying to service power steering now.
ODI 10721501
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
I was traveling down the highway around 60 mph and the power assist check message came on. I stopped in the next town and shut car off. When i restarted i said to check system now and had no power steering whatsoever. Since i was 1.5 hours from home i tried driving for about 20 miles and decided that was enough as there was very little control of car. Ended up having someone come pick up car a trailer it home.
ODI 10715498
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
I was driving about 25-30 mph in the busy streets of van nuys california, i had my entire family in the car as we were going to eat dinner. As i approached the parking lot from the street, the "vehicle dynamic control off indicator light" turned on, then immediately right after a message on the dashboard popped up and read "power steering need service". As soon as i tried to turn into the parking lot the power…
ODI 10712029
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
I was driving, and the car chimed a couple of times and the power steering immediately stopped working. The service power steering system now reading and advance trac reading started to show. Ford says it has not had any major issues as per 2 ford service dealerships. I went to college for automotive and worked as a tech for ford and i know power steering randomly going out is a safety issue. We were fortunate to…
ODI 10736062
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
Electric power steering went out while driving on state highways, making it almost impossible to drive, steer to a safe place just to prevent a head on collision.without any warning driving and out of nowhere electric power steering goes out while in a curve i can guarantee you the average driver will end up in a crash, possibly dead. I was only lucky no one was coming towards me. Cost was around 1,200$ at ford…
ODI 10940259
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
While driving 30mph the advancetrac system flashed on the that dash board. As a result i lost all power steering control and almost ran head on to an ,on coming vehicle as i was making a right hand turn. Took the vehicle to dealer to get repaired ($1249.40). This all occurred on 12/15/2012. The second incident happened on 12/27/ 2014. As my family was traveling 70mph down i44 near joplin, missouri. The advancetrac…
ODI 10668592
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
I had a problem with my power steering wheel wit a ford fusion 2010 i investigate end found that 2009 to 2011 have a power steering wheel problems that cost 1600 to fix it there's 1000600 complains about this and ford needs to change all the power steering wheels end there's being a lot of accidents when people are driving on the freeway when the power steering brake down they should make ford fix this problem like…
ODI 10667129
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
We were pulling out of a parking lot and a warning chimed to "service advancetrac" and,simultaneously, i lost power steering while trying to turn. We came to a red light so i tried shutting the car off. Upon restart, everything appeared to be working properly. However while driving home the warning came back on, and i continued to lose power steering at random times. Driving around curves was especially frustrating,…
ODI 10661998
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
This is 3rd incident. Daughter driving vehicle on interstate approx 75mph. After 1 hr of driving, steering got stiff, advance trac light sensor appeared and "service power steering". She slowed down and was able to exit the interstate safely and park the vehicle at a gas station. After turning off the vehicle and turning back on, power steering was completely out. "service power steering now." my husband went to…
ODI 10663578