2010 Ford Fusion Engine Problems
- 671
- 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 671 stored complaint records:
- 4 indicate a crash
- 0 indicate injury
- 1 indicate fire
What owners report
- throttle body · 38 records
- check engine · 25 records
- failure mileage · 19 records
- wrench light · 19 records
- light illuminated · 15 records
- failure recurred · 13 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 30–60k mi | 316 |
| 60–100k mi | 228 |
| 1–30k mi | 56 |
| 100–150k mi | 39 |
| 150–400k mi | 5 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System · Vehicle Speed Control
Upon accelerating from stop at city intersection to 30 mph, car suddenly lost all acceleration. Coasted into nearby lot. "wrench" light on. Turned car off. Luckily, no car had been approaching from rear, and this was before entering ramp to busy 60 mph highway. Car ran, as if normal after re-starting, wrench light out. Drove 15 miles to dealer service shop. Shop performed ford's throttle body test procedure and…
ODI 10542371
Electrical System · Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
I was driving home from the local store and came up to a light. As i started to turn right and accelerate, the engine suddenly stopped accelerating. The incident occurred at about 1000 rpm's. The "service engine soon" light appeared. I quickly pulled over to the side of the street and turned the car off. I turned the car back on and got no more then 100 yards without the same thing happening again. I repeatedly did…
ODI 10537057
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Upon accelerating from a dead stop at a traffic signal, i could not accelerate past 15 mph. I pulled over to the side of the road an the car was idling very roughly and on the verge of stalling. I turned the car off, waited 1-2 minutes, restarted the car and the car was running "normally". I don't recall if any of the dashboard lights came on. I took the vehicle into my local ford dealer and was told that the issue…
ODI 10536942
Electrical System · Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
I was driving on the highway at about 65 mph when my vehicle lost power. Pushing the gas did nothing. I had to coast off the side of the road. Restarting my vehicle seemed to resolve the issue. The second incident was in town. I was driving about 35 mph when my vehicle lost power. I pulled off to the side , the vehicle sputtered as if it might die. I turned off the engine and then restarted it. I drove about 1/4…
ODI 10536918
Engine · Power Train
I purchased my 2010 ford fusion se (4 cylinder - six speed) in february 2013. The vehicle had 12,100 miles at purchase. The vehicle currently has 16,900 miles. I was traveling on the highway at approximately 65 mph when the "wrench" warning light came on and the vehicle began to lose power. The vehicle literally had no power and the vehicle's speed decreased rapidly, with no response to increase power via gas petal…
ODI 10536599
Engine
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford fusion. The contact stated that while driving approximately 35 mph, the vehicle stalled and the wrench warning icon illuminated. The contact merged to the shoulder of the road and was able to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer for a diagnostic test. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and stated that the failure could be related to the electronic…
ODI 10536489
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Ford fusion 2010 has defective engine fuel system/computer identifying the throttle body as the non-functional part causing a safety hazard to self and others. At 60 mph freeway speed the car goes into an instant "low rpm mode", causing complete loss of foot pedal control and rpm immediately reduced to 800. At this point the car is an unguided missile looking to strike something. The power steering is non existent.…
ODI 10536222
Engine · Power Train
On 8/17/13 while driving down the highway at 65 mph, my car went into (limp mode) would no long accelerate, we safely pulled to the side of the road and the car began to shake violently. We put the car in park and shut it off, we restarted the car and it worked fine, the next occurrence occurred 9/1/13, while accelerating up a freeway ramp, all the same symptoms, again the car restarted fine. Third occurrence 9/2/13…
ODI 10538650
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
I was driving about 60 mph on the highway, and the engine stopped. I coasted to the side of the road, and turned off the key to reset the alarm code. The car started and drove normally for about 2 miles, then the engine stopped again. Within 5 miles the car would barely run at all, the engine was mis-firing and clunking along at 2 mph and stalling every few feet. I had no previous indications of a problem. The car…
ODI 10537181
Engine
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford fusion. The contact was driving 10 mph when the engine stalled. The vehicle was able to be restarted but the failure was recurring. The vehicle was not repaired or diagnosed. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 46,000. The vin was not available.
ODI 10536863
Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System · Vehicle Speed Control
In the middle of my drive home on the interstate at 60mph, the car just suddenly lost the ability to accelerate. As i put on my hazard lights and began pulling off to the side of the interstate, the car began mildly lurching. Luckily, i was able to safely pull to the side of the interstate and get the car stopped. I turned the vehicle off and restarted a few minutes later to find the vehicle appearing to be…
ODI 10544015
Engine · Power Train
While accelerating heard a clunk and lost all power to the transmission and throttle. Throttle light came on, car ran rough. Had to coast to the side of the road. Turned car off and back on. Car ran fine, light went off and i continued home. Now it happened again last week while going 65 on the interstate. Same scenario. It happened again yesterday and twice this morning. Cruise was set the last 3 times, going 68 on…
ODI 10542219
Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System
The car unexpectedly losses power. It has occurred on two occasions. You can continue to press on the gas petal but the car will not increase in speed.you must pull over to the side of the road. Turn the engine off. Wait a few minutes and restart the car in order to gain control of the throttle again. It has a defective throttle body. This is a known issue to ford. They have recalled the 2010 escape for this same…
ODI 10538351
Electrical System · Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System · Vehicle Speed Control
My 18 year old son was getting ready to get on the freeway and the vehicle suddenly slowed to 30 mph. We took the vehicle to the dealer and they replaced the throttle body at our expense. This issue is so common that ford is having a hard time producing enough throttle bodies. The part is on national back order and this particular dealer had a car in the shop that had waited 1 month for this part. This is a serious…
ODI 10537123
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
While doing 50 mph on a highway, the car suddenly lost power. The motor was still running, but it was as if it was in idle. Depressing the accelerator did nothing. I pulled the car over to the shoulder and stopped. The idle was extremely rough. There was a 'wrench' indicator light. I turned the car off. As i restarted the car, it was very rough to start then after a few seconds, idle was normal. I drove without a…
ODI 10535759
Engine
The car stalled out completely during driving, no power was left to drive with, luckily it was in a quiet street!! *tr
ODI 10543588
Engine
Driver was driving when the vehicle started to lose power and was getting slower and slower. When the driver pulled over the vehicle was idling and running rough. The vehicle stalled and the driver tried to restart it after letting it sit for a few minutes. She was able to get the vehicle to state back up, but it kept stalling. Vehicle had to be towed to a ford dealership where it was determined that the throttle…
ODI 10537692
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
I was driving home doing about 50 mph, and all of a sudden the car lost power and i was unable to accelerate. The car started shaking violently and it finally stopped down to about 2-3 mph. I took it to the ford dealership and had to pay 824.00 to replace the throttle body. Ford never mentioned anything about this being a problem. I have seen numerous news stories about this very problem. *tr
ODI 10537231
Engine · Fuel System, Gasoline · Vehicle Speed Control
I was driving down the interstate and i pushed the gas pedal but the car would not accelerate. This happened twice within 2 miles. I took the car to a local garage and they said it was the throttle body. I took the vehicle to my local ford dealership and paid for it to be fixed because the car was no longer under warranty. Hopefully if there is a recall, i can get reimbursed for my repair bill. *tr
ODI 10536788
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
I was driving in morning rush hour traffic and the car suddenly jerked and then just stopped. It would not accelerate and i was barely able to move the car off the road. I shut it off and was able to restart the car. However the car was acting the same. I took it to the dealer and was informed that the throttle body failed (code pewee). *tr
ODI 10535398
Electrical System · Engine · Power Train
Driving at 45 mph, car loses power and/or acceleration. Wrench light illuminates and pulled car to side of road and vehicle shakes terribly. Shut car off and waited a couple of minutes and restarted car. Wrench light was not on and car ran fine. This problem has occurred on three more occasion within a week. Dealer could not find any codes but stated it would be a problem with the throttle body, even driving the car…
ODI 10536151
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
Sitting at a light and the vehicle started idling very rough - dipping below 500 rpm and surging to about 1200 rpm. Car went into limp mode when i hit the gas. Pulled into a gas station, shut car off, restarted after about 30 seconds. Ran fine for about 5 minutes. Then proceeded to idle rough at the next three stoplights - this time not surging. Car eventually stalled and had to be restarted all 3 times. Seemed to…
ODI 10534980
Engine
Driving along and vehicle lost power. Pulled over and turned of vehicle. Waited 1 minute and started vehicle up and was able to drive again. This has occurred at least 15 times since the first time and most of them occurred while i was driving on the interstate. Always had to pull to the side and shut the vehicle off, wait a minute and start the vehicle back up and can continue on. No pattern except outside…
ODI 10542182
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
Was driving on highway with cruise control set. Vehicle began decelerating as if cruise control had shut off. I attempted to resume the cruise control with no success, as the car continued to decelerate. I pushed on the accelerator in an attempt to regain speed, because a vehicle behind me almost struck me in the rear. I had to maneuver onto the shoulder and came to a stop, because the car would not accelerate. I…
ODI 10534720
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
My pregnant wife was driving my car home on the highway when the car suddenly died on her while she is in the fast lane. She pulled the car over to the side of the road and turns the engine off and then back on. About 20 minutes later the car dies out again, this time the shoulders are non existent and she is forced to turn the car off and on in the far right lane. My wife and unborn child could've died last night…
ODI 10534713