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 · Power Train
The throttle body failed causing the car to lose all power. I made it to the side of the road and turned the car off. Turned the car off and left it off for a few minutes. Turned the car back on and it ran. I took it to a dealer, where ford refused to fix the issue even though the part is under warranty. Drove the car for three weeks after that when it occurred again while driving. Took the car back to the ford…
ODI 10585955
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
I was no longer able to accelerate. The car was running but while i was driving the car stalled in the middle of the road and as i tried to give the car gas it just increased rpm's but didn't move the car. I pulled off into a parking lot turned the car off and on and it began to run again, but lost all computer information so the mechanic couldn't figure out the problem. It has happened multiple times since then. *tr
ODI 10584086
Engine · Power Train
Driving highway speed with the cruise control active, on my way to work. Turned off the cruise and the car "bucked." the wrench warning light came on. It would lose rpm and then go back up again. Turned around and went home. I didn't want to be stranded at 4:30 in the morning. Got home, turned the car off, and restarted, and the light was off. Took it to the ford dealer and they said it's the throttle body. But...my…
ODI 10577379
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Driving to work car had a thump then loss of power(couldn't accelerate ) and amber wrench light came on. Pulled over to side of highway as quickly and safely as i could. Engine was idling rough. Put in park and turned off car for 2 seconds, and turned back on. Car ran fine, until 3 days later when exact same problem occurred. *tr
ODI 10578393
Engine
While driving the engine just cut out. There was no response from the gas pedal at all. The engine was surging around 10000 rpm, and running very rough. Then the vehicle went in to limp home mode. I was able to shut it down put it in park and restart, but after a while it started all over again. This happened multiple times during the day. *tr
ODI 10573802
Engine
The car went into 'limp' mode, and lost almost all power. The 'check engine' indicator lit up. I was able to coast to the side of the road and restart it w/o incident, after which it ran normally. This is the first time it happened, but an online search revealed that this is not an unknown issue with these models. I was in heavy traffic and fortunate that no accident occurred. *tr
ODI 10572609
Engine · Power Train
Driving on highway and the transmission went out of gear, coasted to edge of highway, had power to engine/car though . Second time happen i was stopped dropping off wife and when i started to go, the car started to shake and sputter and the transmission went out of gear again. Had to coast to empty area. Both times, i shut of engine waited 30 seconds/minute and restarted and continued on without problem. *tr
ODI 10564900
Engine · Power Train
In a nut shell the car would not accelerate properly it kept dying out every time i would mash on the accelerator.went to autozone and had a scanner put on the vehicle and a number of codes came back pointing to the throttle accelerator control when looking for the part it came back as the entire throttle body. Then come to find out the part had to be ordered, then it could nto be ordered from any retailer, went to…
ODI 10564309
Electrical System · Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford fusion. The contact stated that the vehicle was slow to accelerate when the accelerator pedal was depressed and idled extremely low. The vehicle suddenly surged at a high rate of speed. The contact had to coast the vehicle off the road and restart the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to a dealer who was unable to replicate and diagnose the failure. The contact received notification of…
ODI 10981709
Engine
My 2010 fusion car had been using quite a bit of gas, the check engine symbol came on, . I took my car to the dealer and was told i needed to replace the evap canister and the purge valve for 800.00 as i had p0456 code, and a p2169 code and has raw fuel leakage. I researched the internet and came across several complaints as well as a tsb bulletin, that this is a common failure in this year make/model of the car. I…
ODI 10560488
Engine · Power Train
Car has stalled out before a few times. This time, it chugged with the wrench light on, brown/grey exhaust. Shut it off, tried again. The same. I inched my way over to the side of the street. So glad i was not on the freeway going to work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Recall this car so we can get our money back, or give me big discount on new different car/truck. Poor workmanship on this year of vehicle. Car of the year? What a…
ODI 10560268
Electronic Stability Control · Engine · Power Train
We were stopped in heavy traffic in orlando 800 miles from home. The car would not accelerate so we limped into a gas station. A tow truck operator was at the gas station as well as a mechanic. They both said it is a very common ford throttle control failure. Ford quoted us $1000 to fix the problem but a mechanic fixed it for $450. Initially, he cleaned the throttle control and changed the spark plugs. It drove fine…
ODI 10560147
Engine · Power Train
Went to pull onto interstate and when tried to accelerate the vehicle wouldn't speed up. Also the engine rpm's would accelerate and cause hard shifts which has progressively gotten worse, the vehicle doesn't want to start when the fuel level gets low enough to turn the low fuel light on either. All of the above problems have gotten worse over the past month. *tr
ODI 10566426
Engine · Fuel System, Gasoline · Vehicle Speed Control
Car started to lose power and speed while driving. Pressing the gas barely made it go for a few hundred feet, then it died. On busy highway, but was able to make it to side street and push past a drive way. Restarted and was able to drive another couple of miles. After about 1.5 hours of waiting, it died 2x while driving about 2 miles home. This has happened before (a couple of years ago) to this same vehicle (taken…
ODI 10558562
Engine · Power Train
Car had a defective throttle body that caused the car to lose power and shake. Wrench light would come on. *tr
ODI 10561875
Engine · Power Train
I noticed several times that the car tends to shift hard (automatic transmission). Now i've had a problem with the transmission light coming on, the car stalling, and starts shimmying and shaking. Had it back to the dealer on monday and they said they fixed it. However, this morning, i had the same incident occur. It is now back at the dealer to have it checked and hopefully fixed without any cost to me. I will be…
ODI 10596737
Engine · Power Train
I was stopped at a traffic light and when the light became green i proceeded to turn right through the intersection. After driving about 25 yards the car lost almost all power and the engine began to vibrate. The car moved forward in a jerking manner with little power (10%). All the dashboard indicator lights came on and then went off except for the wrench light which stayed on. I shut the engine off and waited…
ODI 10558105
Electrical System · Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
Yesterday, 12-18-13 while driving at approx. 65 mph on highway car throttle stopped responding and went into rough idle. Did same thing 4 times and i narrowly escaped being rear ended. Had to get to side of road and turn off engine. After letting car set for approximately 2 minutes car restarted and seemed to run fine until the next unpredictable incident. Today 12-19-[redacted] to dealership pulled into traffic and…
ODI 10556610
Engine · Fuel System, Gasoline · Vehicle Speed Control
My 2010 ford fusion stalled many times last weekend. I pulled the car over to the side of the road, put it in park, and turned it off and back on, and it ran fine to get me home. I had no further problems with it until today, roughly a week later. It stalled on me twice at speed, and i had to pull over, turn it off, and restart the engine, upon which it ran fine. Each time it stalled, the wrench icon lit up on the…
ODI 10557911
Engine · Power Train
Was pulling out of my road which is in a bad curve, so you need acceleration. The car lost all power, and was stuttering. Wrench light on and still running just a bad stuttering. Car barely misses me in the curve because i don't have enough momentum to get out of the road. I cut the car off and restart it, and it acted like it did not want to start but finally did. Thank god. Drove it back in our road and parked it.…
ODI 10556030
Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System
Traveling on n.j. Parkway...suddenly, engine just stopped working and i had no control of accelerator. Had been in middle lane at the time and as i tried to get to side of road cars had to swerve into around me because of the sudden loss of speed. I reported this to dealer, but service manger accredited the problem to water in gas line or dirt in filter. As of this writing, a recall was issued from throttle body…
ODI 10630817
Engine · Power Train
Was driving about 40 miles per hour when the car started to stall as if it was running out of gas and wrench light (check engine) came on. Pulled over to side of road and car began to violently shake. Turned the car off, waited a minute, turned it back on and was able to drive it. Two days later, driving about 25 miles per hour, exact same thing happened. Four days later, 55 mph, same thing. It is now at the ford…
ODI 10557691
Engine · Power Train
First incident - i pulled out onto a main street & the motor cut out. Also when i was on the interstate (going to work) was going about 65 mph...and the motor cut out. I had to pull over on the berm of the road- shut the car off & restart it. This is very dangerous as i cannot tell when it will shut down & where i am at on the highway...& if i can get off the road before someone hits me! This has happened a total of…
ODI 10555144
Engine
While traveling on the local highway, the car lost power and started to shake. The service and check engine lights appeared on the dashboard. Luckily it was not rush hour and the traffic was light. After pulling off of the road, i was able to turn off the car and back on. The engine appeared to operate normally. The incident happened again a few miles later. This time the check engine light remained on after the…
ODI 10554772
Engine
I had just ha the oil changed at the ford dealership in morrow, ga. Who always do and inspection to see if there are other services needed, which they found no one. Two weeks later on my way home the engine ran hot. As it turns out the water pump had failed because of plastic impellers that are in the workmanship. Call ford in detroit to inquire and they informed me that there was no recall because of the problem.…
ODI 10559757