2013 Ford Fusion Electronic Stability Control Problems
- 20
- 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 20 stored complaint records:
- 2 indicate a crash
- 0 indicate injury
- 1 indicate fire
What owners report
- service advance · 6 records
- advance trac · 4 records
- traction control · 4 records
- hill assist · 4 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 7 |
| 60–100k mi | 5 |
| 30–60k mi | 5 |
| 100–150k mi | 2 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Electronic Stability Control · Steering · Unknown Or Other
Service advance trac, traction control, abs, and steering assist fault lights all come on randomly and it becomes extremely hard to steer. When this is going on, the lane keeping system does not work and the turn signal needs shut off after every turn. Having no power steering and trying to turn off your turn signal while driving is extremely dangerous. These lights randomly come on and go back off. I live in pa, if…
ODI 11268951
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Fuel/Propulsion System
Lost complete power and control of car no acceleration when pressing gas in the middle of street car slows down without no warning after parking the car a wreck indicator flash. This is the 2nd time it's hit down on me i had it repaid last year and it's happening again my life is at risk with this car shutting off on its own it's not fair that i'm being held responsible to pay for this faulty death trap vehicle. I…
ODI 11210524
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Steering
Have not brough to dealer yet, however all my lights lit up and have not turned of so far. Advancetrac, blindspot, rear camera assist, abs, etc.. Basically all my assist have come on. Since they have come on my steering has been tough, as if the electrical assist was disabled because its combined with the abs system. According to a youtube video posted online, the problem is a corroded or malfunctioning wire in the…
ODI 11191017
Electronic Stability Control · Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
Takat recall: driving car warning light comes on then off too fast to see what warning is. While driving on a street, car tries to stop on own like hitting brakes which i am not.
ODI 11181035
Air Bags · Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes
Brakes are sliding, the panel lights turning on the transmission locking
ODI 11172419
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Unknown Or Other
My steering is very loose my gear shift cable came off and cause an accident. And im having problems with my transmission because of it.
Crash reported
ODI 11133216
Electronic Stability Control
My vin was apart of the ford recall for the coolant system to fail and cause the car to overheat, and in some cases cause engine fires. My car did overhear, i took it to perry ford in national city, and they put in the recall part. 2 weeks later the car overheated again due to subsequent damage caused by the initial overheating. This time they said they will not not fix anything and said i would have to pay $1100 to…
ODI 11021809
Electronic Stability Control · Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
While driving on the beltway, the car accelerated then started slow down. I merged off of the beltway and onto a ramp to get somewhere safe. At the ramp the car light of the air bag came on then, the car came to a stop, and all the lights came on. And the hood of the car was smoking. I lifted the hood and saw the fire under the engine. We moved away from the car and luckily a man in a work truck saw us and had a…
Fire reported
ODI 10983665
Air Bags · Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes
Wear or corrosion on the front speed sensor hardness led to the disabling of all traction/stability control, rear park assist, abs and airbag operation.
ODI 10956042
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
Driving on rt 17 northern va a warning came up to service stability control. I was able to pull off the interstate and called ford. After turning of the car i lost all power steering. I was towed into a ford dealer the cost of the repair $2140. Ford paid $1000.00 of this repair. I have found out that ford had thousands of fusions with this same repair recalled but because of were my fusion was built it is not under…
ODI 10928337
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes
I have a recall on my car to replace the transmition cable. I had this same problem back in 2016. I knew back then that this was a big issue and that it was a defective recall issue and i paid $571.25 to fix a tranmission shifter cable. I still have the receipt and all the notes that the dealership wrote and it matches this recall. I filed acomplaint with nhtsa and no action taken back then and i feel since this is…
ODI 11124048
Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes
My abs keep coming on it gives three warning. Check advance traction, no hill side start. It clear once light go off. The brake thump. Their is a spring noise the steering become bind up. This happen after the car moves any distance when it is decide to.
ODI 10967639
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
I took my car to the dealership because originally my door latch stopped working. When i went to pick up my car, they told me the electronic steering, or the epas, went out on the car. They said it's not the first time they've seen this happen and weren't surprised at all. I've contacted ford and the original dealership where i purchased the car and both told me there was nothing that could be done but keep the…
ODI 10745656
Electronic Stability Control · Exterior Lighting · Steering
Started up the vehicle in the morning after sitting all night, buzzers, warning lights and messages popped up on the instrument cluster. "hill assist not available" "service advance trac" two light are also illuminated, traction control and stability control. The short 3 flash signals work but the sustained flash will not, the signal will flash once and shut off. The biggest safety concern is the power steering…
ODI 10702775
Electronic Stability Control · Engine · Service Brakes
Today my brake pedal went down to the floor . When i started my vehicle . The abs light came on. No hill side start.. Service advance traction. I have replaced all . Brake pads, shocks ,and had rotor worked on. Abs has gotten worst. I took my car to the nearest ford shop. I asked them to check it out and replace my abs sensor.
ODI 10968681
Electronic Stability Control
About 2wks a go i noticed the following messages on dashboard.... 1- service advance trac (on right side of speedometer, there were two vehicle on a trac icons) 2- hill assist not available. 3- abs light stayed on while driving. All the above warning messages came on every time i started the car and had to hit the ok button several times to make the hill assist message go away, but abs and service advance trac…
Crash reported
ODI 10672603
Air Bags · Electronic Stability Control
While driving on pennsylvania toll road to massachusetts, the "service advance traction" and "hill start assist not available" warning and "air bag" symbol came on. Next day i went to the dealer maguire's ford of hershey, [redacted], palmyra, pa 17078. The dealer reported that rcm module must be replaced, however part is on national back-order and not available ( 300 cases). I had to sign that i was informed that in…
ODI 10594222
Electronic Stability Control · Traction Control System
Tl - the contact owns a 2013 ford fusion. The contact stated that while driving 10 mph, the traction control warning light illuminated and the vehicle entered limp mode. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to accelerate. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was scheduled for a diagnostic. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage…
ODI 10567579
Electronic Stability Control · Vehicle Speed Control
On august 02, 2013, my 2010 ford fusion 3.0 while driving on dc metro area 495 highway i noticed that even i have pressing the gas pedal the vehicle started to stalled almost having a mayor accident. I turned off trying to figure out what happens and decided to turned on again and working like nothing happens for at lease two weeks when happens again. I check with the ford to see if there are having a recalls on…
ODI 10546847
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control
Since i took delivery of my vehicle, i have occasionally received warnings regarding a failure of the traction control and hill assist systems while starting the vehicle. This was reported to the dealership a couple of times, with "no issues found" reported by the dealership service department. After paying close attention to my starting procedures, i have been able to repeat the warnings while performing the…
ODI 10525256