2011 Ford Fusion Complaint Log

THREE ISSUES HAVE ARISEN IN THE LAST MONTH: 1) WHILE SLOWING DOWN TO TURN A CORNER, TO STOP OR AFTER A STOP AND STARTING TO ACCELERATE, MY CAR STALLS 2) AT A STOP LIGHT, MY CAR JUMPS - WILL INTERMITTENTLY STALL WHEN GOING TO ACCELERATE 3) AFTER PUTTING GAS IN THE TANK IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN OVER. *TR

I WAS DOING 55 MPH AND MY CAR STALLED, THE WRENCH AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THEN THE CAR STOPPED. AFTER A COUPLE ATTEMPTS THE CAR STARTED AND I WAS ALLOWED TO DRIVE ALTHOUGH I WAS SCARED AND GOT OFF THE FREEWAY. I ALSO HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY WHEELS KNOCKING WHEN I TURN LIKE ONE OF THE TIRES ARE GOING TO COME OFF. NOW I HAVE TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY! I TOOK THE CAR TO THE MECHANIC AND NOW ALL THESE THINGS HAVE TO BE FIXED AND HAVE BECOME QUITE COSTLY, NOT TO MENTION THE CAR WAS MADE TO NOT HAVE A GAS CAP? REALLY? I'M STARTING TO WONDER IF THE FORD FUSION IS THE RIGHT CAR TO HAVE AND THE SAFETY QUESTIONS ARE ALWAYS IN MY HEAD BECAUSE IF A CAR STOPS ON THE FREEWAY WHILE DOING 55 A SERIOUS ACCIDENT CAN'T BE TOO FAR BEHIND. I PRAY THESE ISSUES ALL GET ADDRESSED AND RECALLED SO NO ONE GETS KILLED! I DID RESEARCH ON THIS WEBSITE AND FOUND THAT THE SAME ISSUES HAVE HAPPENED TO MANY OTHERS BUT WHEN I CALLED FORD'S CUSTOMER RELATIONS DEPARTMENT I WAS TOLD THERE ARE NO RECALLS FOR MY VIN. I CAN'T IMAGINE I AM THE ONLY ONE HAVING THESE TROUBLING ISSUES TAKING PLACE BUT IT ONLY AFFECTED CERTAIN MODELS. SEEMS TO ME ALL FORD FUSIONS SHOULD HAVE THESE ITEMS RECALLED AND REPLACE REGARDLESS OF WHAT MODEL. I NOW HAVE TO KEEP MY RECEIPT FROM THE MECHANIC BECAUSE IT WAS NOT A FORD DEALER WHO FIXED MY CAR AND HOPE THAT THE RECALL ON THESE ISSUES WILL ALLOW ME TO GET MY HARD EARNED MONIES BACK ONE DAY SOON. FRUSTRATED FORD FUSION OWNER TO SAY THE LEAST. *TR

POWER STEERING FAILURE MAKES THE CAR STEERING CONTROL TO BE VERY HARD. I TRIED MANY WAYS (TURN OFF THE CAR, DISCONNECT BATTERY) BUT DID NOT WORK. *TR

DRIVING 45MPH ON STATE ROAD 45 IN SOUTHERN INDIANA, WHICH IS VERY CURVY. LET OFF GAS, THEN WHEN I WENT TO ACCELERATE, PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. CAR THEN STARTED SPUTTERING. NO ACCELERATION AT ALL. FINALLY GOT CAR OFF OF STATE HIGHWAY. CAR NEVER COMPLETELY DIED, JUST ABSOLUTELY NO ACCELERATION, THROTTLE BODY SENSOR BAD! THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE! HAD I BEEN GOING FASTER AND VEHICLES BEHIND ME, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A MAJOR ACCIDENT. COST $580 TO REPAIR ON A 2011 CAR! ACCORDING TO THE FORD TECHNICIAN THAT REPAIRED MY CAR, THEY HAVE REPLACED SEVERAL IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS! VERY DISAPPOINTING FOR FORD NOT TO RECALL SURE A IMPORTANT REPAIR! *TR

ON SATURDAY, I WAS DRIVING OUT FROM A COMPLEX MAKING A LEFT TURN INTO TRAFFIC WHEN MY VEHICLE ABRUPTLY SLAMMED STOPPED AT A GREEN LIGHT. I PUT ON MY HAZARDS AND NOTICED A WRENCH SIGNAL POPPED ON. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF, THEN STARTED IT BACK. THE VEHICLE TURNED ON AGAIN. I WAS LUCKY I WAS NOT REAR-ENDED. I DROVE HOME AND DECIDED NOT TO DRIVE THE CAR UNTIL I TOOK IT TO NEAREST DEALER. MONDAY MORNING, I GOT INTO VEHICLE HEADED TO THE DEALER AND AGAIN DRIVING OUT OF MY COMPLEX, THE CODE POPPED ON, VEHICLE SPUTTERED AND STOPPED. I TURNED IT OFF THEN ON AGAIN. IT STARTED AND I HEADED TO THE DEALER CLOSE BY WITH HAZARDS ON. MY VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED NEEDING THROTTLE BODY TOTALING $585.00. MIND YOU MY VEHICLE IS TWO YEARS OLD. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AND THE CAR WAS RUNNING FINE WITH NO WARNING OF ANY PROBLEMS. I WENT THROUGH A TOLL BOOTH, ACCELERATED AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN THE WHEEL. THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILURE WARNING CAME ON IN THE MESSAGE CENTER. IF THIS WERE TO OCCUR ON A CORNER THERE WOULD BE NO WAY TO SAVE IT. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND HAVE NO OTHER WAY OF GETTING AROUND. NOW EVERY TIME I GET INTO MY CAR, I AM PUTTING MY LIFE ON THE LINE. NOT SAFE THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE AS I SEE NOW MANY PROBLEMS JUST LIKE MINE HAVE OCCURRED TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. I PURCHASED MY CAR ONLY 8 MONTHS AGO AND HAVE PUT AROUND 9,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

VEHICLE LOST ENGINE POWER AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE ROAD SIDE WHERE IT WAS SHUT OFF FOR 1 MINUTE. UPON RESTART, VEHICLE DROVE AND ACCELERATED NORMALLY. AFTER DRIVING FOR 5 MINUTES, VEHICLE AGAIN LOST ENGINE POWER AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. VEHICLE WAS AGAIN MANEUVERED TO THE ROAD SIDE AND SHUT OFF FOR 1 MINUTE. UPON RESTART, VEHICLE DROVE AND ACCELERATED NORMALLY. CONDITION WAS EXPERIENCED THREE TIMES THE SAME DAY. ECU STORED CODE FOR THROTTLE CONTROL SYSTEM. *TR

TWICE IN THE LAST 3 WEEKS WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING A TURN MY POWER STEERING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. I HAD TO PULL OVER AND RESTART THE CAR AND POWER STEERING RETURNED TO NORMAL. *TR

DASH BOARD REPORTS POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT. DIFFICULTY STEERING. DRIVE TO PARKING PLACE. TURN CAR OFF. TWO HOURS LATER RETURN TO CAR. TURN ON CAR AND THE POWER STEERING IS OK. SECOND FAULT AT 46045 MILES. CAR WAS PARKED. TURN CAR ON. POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT. TURN CAR OFF. TURN CAR ON. POWER STEERING OK. *TR

DROVE A MILE FROM OUR HOME TO PICK UP PIZZA. WENT INTO THE SHOP FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES, CAME OUT AND STARTED THE CAR. BACKED OUT OF THE SPACE AND PULLED ACROSS A DIVIDED ROAD TO HEAD HOME AND THE CAR SPUTTERED AND LOST POWER SO THAT I HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS LIT. I SHUT DOWN THE CAR AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS CLEAR. IT REPEATED THIS ISSUE AGAIN ABOUT 1 WEEK LATER ON THE HIGHWAY FOR MY WIFE THOUGH RECOVERED. THEN AGAIN FOR ME WHILE ACCELERATING UP A STATE ROUTE BUT DID NOT RECOVER. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, MY FORD FUSION ACCELERATOR BECAME UNRESPONSIVE. IT WAS AS IF THE CAR SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. THERE WAS NO SHOULDER AND I WAS FORCED TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP ON THE HIGHWAY. AFTER A BRIEF INTERNET SEARCH, IT WAS APPARENT THIS IS A VERY BIG PROBLEM FOR FORD FUSIONS AND FORD HAS DONE NOTHING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE MALFUNCTIONING PART WAS SPECIFICALLY THE THROTTLE BODY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2011 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE WRENCH AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

CAR STALLS WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, PULL OVER AND IT STARTS BACK UP. IT HAS DONE THIS 3 TIMES IN THE LAST WEEK. WILL BE TAKING IT TO THE FORD DEALER MONDAY. DID ONLINE SEARCHES AND FOUND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD FUSION AND IT POINTS TO THE THROTTLE BODY OR ELECTRONIC MODULE THAT CONTROLS THE THROTTLE BODY. THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED BY FORD - VERY SCARY AND DANGEROUS FOR THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR TO WORK, I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND THE ENGINE STALLED. I HAD TO PULL OVER TWICE ON THE WAY TO WORK WHILE NAVIGATING INTERSTATE TRAFFIC. MY CAR ENGINE STALLED AND I HAD TO PULL OVER - I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER ON FRIDAY AND THEY TOOK CARE OF IT REALLY FAST, BUT IT APPEARS THAT THEY HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF IT HAPPENING ALOT. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE FOR ME, AS I HAVE TO TRAVEL INTERSTATE EVERY DAY.. IT IS UNNERVING THAT WHEN DRIVING 55-65 MPH, THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECOMES UNRESPONSIVE. THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF AND UPON RESTARTING, RESUMED NORMALLY. JUST A VERY BASIC GOOGLE SEARCH, IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND NEED A RECALL NOTICE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON INTERSTATE, ENGINE BEGAN TO LOOSE POWER AND AS MY SPEED DECREASED I PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY AND THOUGH ENGINE REMAINED RUNNING AND INTERMITTENTLY COUGHED OR VIBRATED, I TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND CALLED FOR A TOW TRUCK. DURING SLOW DOWN, DASH WARNING LIGHTS DISPLAYED A WRENCH AND ALSO POSSIBLY A WIGGLY LINE SYMBOLS. WHILE DRIVING BEFORE TROUBLE STARTED I ATTEMPTED TO CUT BACK MY SPEED BY PRESSING THE MINUS SET BUTTON ON THE CRUISE CONTROL SEVERAL TIMES, BUT NOT CONSECUTIVELY. INCIDENT OCCURRED SHORTLY AFTER I DECREASED MY SPEED WITH ABOVE ACTION. THIS INCIDENT LEFT US IN A DANGEROUS SPOT IN THE BREAKDOWN LANE WHILE HIGH SPEED HEAVY TRAFFIC PASSED CLOSE BY UNABATED. FOLLOWING COMPUTER ANALYSIS FORD DEALER REPLACED ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY. WHEN I GOOGLED ABOVE FORD PART I DISCOVERED A GROWING HISTORY OF ABOVE TROUBLE BUT SO FAR, NO RECALL ISSUED TO DATE. REAL DANGER WHILE OPERATING A VEHICLE IS INDICATED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, VEHICLE APPEARED TO "STALL" CAUSING A SUDDEN LOSS OF ACCELERATION. THIS OCCURRED ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS IN THE PAST WEEK. VEHICLE MALFUNCTION CAUSED VEHICLE TO ENTER "LIMP" MODE. *TR

VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. PULLED OFF, RESTARTED. RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. STALLED AGAIN. RESTARTED AGAIN. BEGAN STALLING AT LIGHTS. HAD TO TRIM GAS PEDAL WHILE STOPPED TO KEEP RUNNING. CAR STALLS ON ACCELERATION B/W 2ND AND 3RD GEAR (6 SPEED MANUAL). WHEN CAR STALLS WHILE UNDERWAY, MAJOR SHUDDER OCCURS. HAS GONE INTO LIMP MODE BUT AFTER RESTART WILL BE NORMAL OPERATIONALLY FOR A SHORT TIME AND THEN WITHOUT WARNING CUT OUT. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION, IN PARTICULAR WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP OR INTO TRAFFIC OR IF SUCCESSFUL DOING THAT, STALLING WITHOUT WARNING AT SPEED AND WITH CARS/TRUCKS BEARING DOWN ON YOU. AT ONE OF THE ABOVE STALLS, HAD TRACTOR TRAILER BEARING DOWN ON ME WITHOUT AN ABILITY TO REMOVE THE CAR FROM ROAD IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. THROTTLE BODY CODES P2111 AND P2112 INDICATING BAD THROTTLE BODY. VERY COMMON OCCURRENCE APPARENTLY AMONG THE 2010 THROUGH 2012 FORD FUSIONS. REQUESTING A RECALL AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR THROTTLE BODY WHICH I HAVE REPLACED. *TR

CAR LOSES POWER AND STARTS TO SHAKE AND STUTTER. WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON. TURNING OFF THE CAR, AND RESTARTING IT WILL PUT THINGS BACK TO NORMAL...UNTIL IT HAPPENS AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON 5 SEPERATE OCCASIONS. THE LAST TWO EPISODES NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. PULLING ONTO A MAJOR STREET FROM A SIDE STREET. FORTUNATLY, THE ON-COMING TRAFFIC WAS PAYING ATTENTION AND AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT. ALSO, WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN IN A BUSY INTERSECTION. SCARY SITUATION, BUT AGAIN AVOIDED A NEAR MISS. CAR WAS TAKEN TO DEALER ON 8/10/2013. DIAGNOSIS-THROTTLE BODY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. HOWEVER, THEIR ARE NO PARTS AVAILABLE. INTERESTING...THEY MUST BE FAILING AT A VERY HIGH RATE. I WAS TOLD NOT TO EXPECT THE PART UNTIL OCTOBER 26TH. 3 MONTHS! SO THE CAR SITS PARKED, WAITING FOR A NEW THROTTLE BODY. IT IS MUCH TOO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. 2011 FORD FUSION (STILL MAKING CAR PAYMENTS) WILL BE SITTING FOR 3 MONTHS WHY I TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET TO WORK EVERYDAY. 56 MILES OVER THE WARRANTY SO THE REPAIR WILL COST $600. THANKS FORD. JUST HAPPY I DIDN'T CAUSE AN ACCIDENT OR GET ANYONE HURT. BUT ITS JUST A MATTER OF TIME...

SUDDEN DECREASE OF POWER FOLLOWED BY TOTAL SHUT DOWN (SIMILAR TO BEING TOTALLY OUT OF GAS). GAS TANK WAS ALMOST FULL EACH TIME THIS OCCURRED. *TR

AFTER HAVING MY CAR FOR 3 MONTHS OR SO I HAD THE FIRST INCIDENT WITH THE POWER STEERING FAILING ON MY CAR WHILE DRIVING WITH A WARNING MESSAGE THAT STATED "POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT, SERVICE ADVANCETRAC" I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON AND THE PROBLEM WOULD BE CORRECTED, THE LAST EVENT WITH.WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM DID NOT CLEAR THE MESSAGE, I HAVE READ A NUMBER OF BLOGS WITH PEEP OWNING FORD FUSIONS TO.KNOW THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED ISSUE AND YET FORD MOTOR COMPANY STILL HAS YET TO TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION AGAINST THIS PROBLEM AND AT AROUND 1900.00 FOR REPAIR COSTS OF THIS ISSUE THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE. *TR

MY 2011 FORD FUSION HAS REPEATEDLY EXPERIENCED THE SAME STALLING AND RANDOM SHUT-DOWNS THAT I KNOW UNDERSTAND MANY OTHER DRIVERS HAVE EXPERIENCED. USUALLY UPON ACCELERATING, MY VEHICLE WILL BUCK ABRUPTLY AND THEN SHUDDER AND RAPIDLY REDUCE SPEED UNTIL I AM ABLE TO SHUT IT OFF. THE INDICATOR LIGHT FOR THE TRANSMISSION TURNS ON AND OCCASIONALLY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. MOST OF THE TIME, THE VEHICLE WILL TURN RIGHT BACK ON AND BE ABLE TO DRIVE AS NORMAL, BUT SOMETIMES IT WILL REPEAT THE SAME BUCKING PROCESS VERY SHORTLY AFTER I RESUME DRIVING. I TOOK IT TO AN AUTO ZONE AND THE ENGINE CHECK THEY RAN RETURNED WITH AN ERROR MESSAGE SAYING "THROTTLE BODY SYSTEM STUCK OPEN" AND THAT IS WAS BEING HELD OPEN AT AN ANGLE LARGER THAN NEEDED. THANKFULLY, THIS HASN'T HAPPENED WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY OR IN ANY PLACE THAT I COULD NOT PULL OVER SAFELY, BUT IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN WITH OTHER DRIVERS AROUND, NONETHELESS. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS AND FRUSTRATING ISSUE AND ONE THAT I AM SHOCKED AND APPALLED TO FIND HAPPENS TO SO MANY OTHER DRIVERS. FORD NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING TO MAKE THIS RIGHT FOR THE GREAT MANY OF US WHO HAVE BEEN PUT IN HARMS WAY BY THIS FAULTY SYSTEM. *TR

7/30/13- VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO ABOVE AN IDOL, CAR SPUTTERED AND STALLED WHILE SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT (THIS HAPPENED 3-4 TIMES SAME DAY); WHILE SLOWING TO ROUND A CURVE, PRESSED ACCELERATOR TO PICK UP SPEED AND CAR STALLED OUT (2 TIMES); THERE WERE NO SYMBOLS ON THE DASH THIS DAY. 8/5/13-STARTED CAR IN AM, CAR SPUTTERED BADLY, PUT CAR IN DRIVE & CAR SPUTTERED PART WAY UP STREET, DID NOT SEEM TO BE GETTING GAS WHEN ACCELERATOR WAS PRESSED, "WRENCH" LIGHT APPEARED ON DASH; TURNED CAR OFF, WAITED A FEW MINUTES, STARTED CAR AGAIN AND IT RAN OKAY & NO WARNING LIGHTS. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE "USED" ON 4/4/13 FROM BLUE KNOB AUTO, ALTOONA, PA *TR

POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING AND THE DASHBOARD DISPLAYED THAT THE POWER STEERING FAULT ASSEMBLY MALFUNCTIONED AND THE ADVANCE TRACK LIGHT CAME ON. VEHICLE WAS UNRESPONSIVE AND DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER.

I WAS DRIVING ON I-275 IN FLORIDA WHEN MY 2011FORD FUSION COMPLETELY LOSS POWER. THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY POWERED DOWN AND I WAS IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC THIS WAS A DANGEROUS SITUATION THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS.

AFTER ACCELERATING TO 30 MY CAR LOST THE ABILITY TO USE THE FOOT PEDAL. THE ENGINE CONTINUED RUNNING BUT WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. I PULLED OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, SHUT THE CAR OFF WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND THEN STARTED THE CAR. IT WORKED FINE UNTIL AUGUST 15TH WHEN THE SAME THING HAPPENED 4 TIMES. ONCE WITH IN 30 MINUTES AT A SPEED US 40 TO 55. THE 3RD AND 4TH TIMES OCCURRED WITHIN MINUTES OF EACH OTHER AT 55 MPH IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE. ON ALL OCCASIONS THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. ON AUGUST 17TH I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY INFORMED ME THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY WAS BAD AND NEEDED REPLACED. THAT COST ME $500 OUT OF POCKET SINCE MY CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY. *TR

AS WE WERE DRIVING DOWN A 3 LANE FREEWAY, THE CAR JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN LOST ALL RESPONSE IN THE GAS PEDAL AND THE WRENCH LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD CAME ON. LUCKILY WE WERE ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NO ONE WAS BEHIND US WHEN THE CAR BECAME UNRESPONSIVE. WE RESTARTED THE CAR AND EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE, BUT AS WE WERE ALMOST HOME, IT DID THE SAME THING AGAIN. AFTER THIS TIME, WE CALLED THE FORD ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP. THE PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO US AS THE THROTTLE BODY AND MOTOR ASSEMBLY. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT A HIGHWAY SPEED OF 65 MPH, VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ALL ABILITY TO ACCELERATE AND THE WRENCH LIGHT ON THE DASH BECAME ILLUMINATED. DRIVER WAS IN OUTER FAST LANE OF THE INTERSTATE AND HAD TO PROCEED TO CHANGE SEVERAL LANES WITH NO ACCELERATION IN ORDER TO REMOVE THE VEHICLE FROM THE HIGHWAY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. WHEN THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE ENGINE RPMS STARTED TO REV UP AND DOWN CONTINUOUSLY. *TR

TWO DAYS IN A ROW MY 2011 FORD FUSION STALLED AND AN ERROR SYMBOL OF A WRENCH APPEARED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. I COASTED TO CURB, TURNED THE CAR OFF AND THEN RESTARTED. VEHICLE THEN RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. IN BOTH CASES I WAS AT AN INTERSECTION AND FORTUNATELY THE VEHICLES BEHIND ME WERE ABLE TO DRIVE AROUND ME. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD GOING 40MPH WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR LOST POWER AND WENT INTO A LIMP MODE I WAS GETTING NO REACTION FROM THE GAS PEDAL AND HAD TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. AT THIS TIME THE WRENCH AND SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHEN I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND THEN BACK ON IT RAN JUST FINE AND THERE WERE NO LIGHTS. THE NEXT DAY IT HAPPENED AGAIN 2 MORE TIMES. THE THIRD DAY IT HAPPENED 2 TIMES JUST ON THE WAY TO THE MECHANIC 2 BLOCKS AWAY. THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY BOX THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THAT THIS IS HAPPENING SO MUCH THE PART IS ACTUALLY ON BACK ORDER AND WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR 3 WEEKS. VERY UPSET AND WANT THIS ISSUE ADDRESSED BY FORD. THEY NEED TO STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT AND IF THERE IS AN ISSUE TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND JUST GET IT FIXED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT WHEN THERE TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD AND THEIR VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOSES POWER. *TR

DRIVING AT 60MPH VEHICLE LOST ALL ENGINE POWER BUT REMAINED RUNNING. LUCKILY I WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE AND NEAR A EXIT. I COASTED DOWN THE EXIT AND TURNED INTO FIRST STREET I COULD GET TO. TRIED TO ACCELERATE BUT NO POWER. TURNED CAR OFF THEN BACK ON. EVERYTHING APPEARED TO BE NORMAL. PRECEDED TO GET BACK ON THE ROAD I HAD JUST EXITED, NOT EVEN A MILE DOWN THE ROAD IT DID IT AGAIN. IT DID IT TO ME 7 MORE TIMES BEFORE I MADE IT HOME. IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING MY WAY HOME, STOPPED AT THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF THEY COULD RUN A DIAGNOSTICS BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TIME. APPT FOR MONDAY. BUT AFTER READING ALL THE COMPLAINTS SOUNDS LIKE THROTTLE BODY ISSUES. THIS COULD HAD BEEN EXTREMELY BAD SITUATION HAD I HAD BEEN ON I-35 AS I LIVE IN THE AREA OF I-35 THAT IS THE DEADLIEST STRETCH. NHTSA YOU NEED TO FORCE FORD TO RECALL THESE CARS BEFORE SOMEONE DIES. ITS PREVENTABLE AND I SAY YOU AND FORD SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE WHEN SOMEONE DOES DIE. AND ANOTHER ISSUE I RECENTLY HAD TO GET FIXED WAS THE PURGE VALVE AND FUEL CANISTER WHICH AFTER READING SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE AS WELL. COME ON FORD DO THE RIGHT THING. IS EVEN ONE LIFE WORTH LOSING? *TR

I WAS GOING AROUND A CURVE AT 25 MPH WHEN SUDDENLY THE STEERING WHEEL JERKED IN MY HAND AND THEN BECAME ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN. A WARNING DISPLAY CAME ON THAT READ "POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILURE, SERVICE ADVANCETRAC." I MANAGED TO GET THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THEN TURN IT OFF. I RESTARTED THE ENGINE AND THE WARNING MESSAGE WAS CLEARED AND THE STEERING WORKED FINE THE REST OF THE TRIP. I CALLED THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAPPENED. THE SERVICE MANAGE TOLD ME HE HAD NEVER HEARD OF ANY SIMILAR PROBLEMS AND NOTHING COULD BE DONE ABOUT IT IF THERE WAS NO WARNING CODE DISPLAYING THAT THEY COULD READ. UPON RESEARCHING SEVERAL SITES ON THE INTERNET, I FOUND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM BEING EXPERIENCED BY OTHER FORD FUSION OWNERS. WILL MAJOR ACCIDENTS CLAIMING HUMAN LIVES HAVE TO OCCUR BEFORE THIS VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM IS ADDRESSED BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND THE NHTSA? *TR

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN I LOST ACCELERATION AND HAD TO PULL OVER, THE CAR WENT INTO LIMP MODE. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON. I GOT ANOTHER COUPLE MILES WHEN IT DID IT AGAIN. I TRIED TO DRIVE IT AGAIN AND IT MADE IT TO WORK FINE. ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK, I MADE IT ABOUT A MILE WHEN IT DID IT AGAIN, I TURNED IT OFF AND THEN TURNED IT BACK ON, THE CAR ACTED NORMAL AND I MADE IT ANOTHER MILE BEFORE IT WENT INTO LIMP MODE AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I GOT MY CAR TOWED TO THE SHOP AND FOUND OUT THAT MY ELECTRONIC THROTTLE HAD GONE BAD. I FOUND THAT MANY OTHER CARS FROM FORD HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE AS WELL. MY CAR IS ONLY TWO YEARS OLD AND SHOULDN'T HAVE THIS ISSUE ALREADY! I COULD HAVE GOTTEN INTO A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT SINCE I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ENGINE STALLED. HAD TO COAST THE CAR OVER TO THE ROADSIDE. CAR WAS RUNNING VERY ROUGH. TURNED CAR OFF AND RESTARTED. CAR IDLED NORMALLY. DROVE ABOUT 1 MILE AND THE CAR REPEATED THE SAME PROBLEM. PROBLEM OCCURRED 4 TIMES UNTIL I GOT OFF THE INTERSTATE. WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR TO A SAFE PLACE AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR. MAKING ARRANGEMENTS TO TAKE CAR INTO DEALER. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS I WAS ON A HIGH SPEED INTERSTATE AND COULD HAVE BEEN HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. *TR

WAS RUNNING ALONG AT 65 MPH AND CAR JERKED AND LOST POWER AND THE WRENCH ICON COME ON THE DASH. PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD CAR WAS IDLING BUT ROUGH. ATTEMPTED TO PUSH THROTTLE PEDAL DOWN TO INCREASE ENGINE SPEED BUT NO RESPONSE JUST IDLE. SHUT CAR OFF AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK. TRIED THREE FORD DEALERS WAS APPROX. ONE WEEK TO GET IN. I WAS 750 MILES FROM HOME.TOW TRUCK DROPPED CAR OFF A REPAIR SHOP. MANAGER SAID HE HAD SEEN A CAR NOT LONG AGO THAT THEY HAD DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY AND ALL WAS FINE. THE SERVICE MAN WENT OUT TO CAR AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP WITHOUT LITTLE WRENCH ICON BEING ON. DROVE W/O ANY INCIDENT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING, TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED AND THEN IT WORKED AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 15-20 TIMES SINCE THE FIRST INCIDENT. SINCE THE ERROR MESSAGE WENT AWAY WHEN THE CAR WAS RESTARTED, A DIAGNOSTIC WOULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. 4 DAYS AGO WE WERE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN WITH THE ERROR MESSAGE - POWER STEERING ASSIST DEFAULT- THIS TIME RESTARTING THE CAR DID NOT MAKE THE MESSAGE GO AWAY. AND THE POWER STEERING WAS COMPLETED GONE. WE HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID THE THE ENTIRE POWER STEERING MODULE HAS TO BE REPLACED FOR A TOTAL COST OF $2000. IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING AT A HIGH SPEED, THIS COULD OF RESULTED IN A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT WITH INJURY AND DAMAGES TO THE CAR. THE REPAIR OF THIS DEFECT WITH THIS CAR SHOULD OF BEEN HANDLED BY FORD BUT THEY ARE NOT PAYING FOR THE REPAIR.

AUTO SUDDENLY SLOWED DOWN, BECAME JERKY, AND HAD MINIMUM RESPONSE GSA PEDAL PRESSURE. I PULLED OVER, SHUT OFF THE ENGINE, RESTARTED THE ENGINE AND WAS ABLE TO CONTINUES DRIVING. FORD DEALER PERFORMED IDS TEST, NO CODES, RAN PINPOINT TESTS BY SYMPTOM. TEST ETB. FAILED. REPLACED ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY,CLEARED KAM AND ROAD TEST. TOTAL COST $433. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY DECELERATED TO 2 MPH IN LESS THEN TEN SECONDS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 44,700.

DRIVING AT CITY SPEEDS AND THE POWER STEERING COMPLETELY FAILS. TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN AND IT FIXES THE PROBLEM. DRIVE SOME MORE AND A FEW DAYS LATER, IT HAPPENS AGAIN. A FEW DAYS LATER, IT COMPLETELY GOES. TAKE THE CAR TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER AND AM CHARGED $1832.35 FOR A NEW RACK AND PINION. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, A RACK AND PINION WON'T FIX ITSELF IF YOU TURN THE CAR ON AND OFF. I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THIS PROBLEM ON LINE AT FORDFUSIONFORUM.COM. IT SEEMS TO BE AN ABS MODULE, NOT THE RACK AND PINION. CALLED FORD TODAY AND THEY SAID NO REIMBURSEMENT WAS POSSIBLE. A NEW RACK AND PINION FOR A CAR WITH ONLY 21 THOUSAND MILES ON IT? CRAZY. *JS

I TURNED THE CAR ON WHILE PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY AND THE SCREEN FLASHED "POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT." I WASN'T ABLE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL AT ALL. THIS HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE RECENTLY AND THE PROBLEM CEASED WHEN I RESTARTED THE CAR. HOWEVER, AFTER THIS CURRENT INCIDENT THE STEERING WHEEL WILL NOT TURN, EVEN WITH FORCE. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING, I WOULD HAVE NO CONTROL OF THE CAR AND WOULD HAVE MOST LIKELY RESULTED IN A TERRIBLE CAR ACCIDENT AND/OR WORSE. I DEMAND THIS PROBLEM BE FIXED IMMEDIATELY AS I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER FUSION OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD SIMILAR ISSUES. *TR

THE STEERING OF THE VEHICLE WENT OUT AND LOCKED WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS A FAIRLY NEW VEHICLE AND I SEE SOME TRENDING OF COMPLAINTS AND SIMILAR DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FAILURE. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. VERY THANKFUL I WAS NOT ON THE HIGHWAY. WAS ADVISED BY FORD THAT RACK AND PINION NEEDED REPLACEMENT AND THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE CAUSE. $2000 REPAIR. NOT COVERED, OUTSIDE WARRANTY PERIOD OF 36K MILES. SEEMS TO BE MORE OF A RECALL ISSUE? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 24/27 MY CAR JUST SHUT OFF. NO WARNING. THEN SPUTTERED. I CRUISED OVER TO SHOULDER. THE TOOL LIGHT WAS (WRENCH) ON. I CUT OFF THE CAR AND THEN RESTARTED THE CAR. VERY SCARY. AT FIRST I WAS ADVISED I HAD BAD GAS IN THE CAR, THEN I WAS ADVISED I NEED A NEW FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. THEN AFTER CUTTING OFF 6 TIMES IN THE SPACE OF ONE EXIT TO ANOTHER, I REFUSED TO DRIVE THE CAR ANYMORE. THE MECHANIC STATED I NEED A NEW THROTTLE BODY AND IT WAS REPLACED. MY CAR STILL HESITATES AND ACCELERATES AT TIMES. *TR

EVERY SO OFTEN WHILE DOWN SHIFTING, THE CAR JUMPS PRETTY FIRMLY. WHILE IDLING AT A STOPLIGHT, THE CAR WILL SHAKE. I HAVE SOME FRIENDS TELL ME I MIGHT HAVE BOUGHT A LEMON FROM A REPUTABLE NATIONWIDE CAR DEALERSHIP SO NOW I AM LOOKING FOR ANSWERS. JUST BECAUSE THERE HASN'T BEEN A RECALL YET, DOESN'T MEAN THE CAR IS NOT DEFECTED. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE WRENCH WARNING INDICATOR. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE THIRTY MINUTES LATER BUT THE ENGINE RPMS INCREASED DRASTICALLY AS THE ENGINE EXHIBITED A LOUD ROAR. THE VEHICLE WAS POWERED OFF AND RESTARTED A SECOND TIME. THE VEHICLE THEN RESUMED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,000. UPDATED 09/05/13*LJ

SINCE JANUARY OF 2012 WHEN I DRIVE MY FUSION THE VEHICLE JUST WOULD QUIT AND THE CHECK ENGINE AND TOOL LIGHT WOULD STAY ON ONLY UNTIL I WOULD PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND RESTART IT. I WOULD TAKE IT TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND THAT THE TCS MODULE WAS BAD THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN THEN THEY CHANGED OUT THE BATTERY. THEN TWO WEEKS AGO IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND TOOK IT BACK IN NOW FORD SAID ITS THROTTLE BODY IS BAD AND THE PART AND THE LABOR WOULD BE AROUND 400 DOLLARS TO FIX. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE SOMEONE COULD GET HURT OR EVEN KILLED. I FEEL THAT THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED. I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON THAT HAS HAD THIS ISSUE. ON TOP OF THIS I DON'T HAVE A VEHICLE TO DRIVE FOR OVER A MONTH AND A HALF. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND BEGAN SHAKING. THE FAILURE INTERMITTENTLY RECURRED FOUR TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. *TR

I WAS ENTERING THE FREEWAY ON RAMP AT APPROXIMATELY 25-30 MPH WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY STARTED STALLING. THE WRENCH-SHAPED WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND I COULD NOT ACCELERATE EVEN THOUGH I ATTEMPTED TO STEP ON THE GAS PEDAL. THE CAR STARTED JERKING, SHAKING, AND SLOWED DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY TO ABOUT 10/15 MPH. THE CAR BEHIND ME ALMOST HIT ME AS WELL BECAUSE I COULDN'T CONTROL THE CAR'S SPEED ANY LONGER. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER THE CAR TO THE RIGHT-HAND SHOULDER. HOWEVER, THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CAR TO BE DRIVING AND THERE REALLY SHOULDN'T BE ANY SEVERE PROBLEMS SUCH AS THIS BECAUSE WE JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR LESS THAN 3 YEARS AGO! I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. LOOKING BACK ON IT, I ALSO DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS OCCURS WHILE SHIFTING BETWEEN THE 2ND AND 3RD GEARS. I HAVE ALSO OBSERVED EXTREMELY HIGH RPMS AT LOWER SPEEDS. I HOPE THE GOVERNMENT WILL ASK FORD FOR A RECALL BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYONE ELSE TO END UP IN THIS TYPE OF DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT COULD POTENTIALLY KILL SOMEONE. DEFINITELY A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. TOOK THIS TO THE DEALER, WHO TOLD ME IT WAS A THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM AND THEY ARE STILL WORKING TO FIX IT. GRANTED, I DON'T DRIVE LIKE A GRANDMA. HOWEVER, IF I PAY 25K FOR A CAR, I EXPECT ITS TRANSMISSION TO LAST ME LONGER THAN 3 YEARS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ACCELERATION POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS MOVED TO THE SHOULDER WHERE IT WAS SHUT DOWN AND RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE RESUMED AT NORMAL FUNCTION HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED SHORTLY THEREAFTER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

***NOTE: THIS STARTED IN MAY 2013 HAPPENED 3 TIMES. DEALERSHIP REPLACE AN INTAKE SENSOR AND THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN AS LISTED BELOW. THIS IS PUTTING ME AND MY DAUGHTERS IN DANGER EVERYTIME THIS HAPPENS WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. ---------------------------------------- JULY 19, 2013 @ 3:29 AM: WITHOUT WARNING THIS TIME THE "CHECK ENGINE" INDICATOR CAME ON , THE CAR MADE A WEIRD NOISE LIKE A DYING RUMBLE/PURRING NOISE AS IT BECAME SILENT AND ALL POWER LEFT. -SHE PUT THE CARE IN ?P? PARK -STARTED THE ENGINE AND IT ACTED NORMAL -------------------------------------- JULY 19, 2013 @3:28 AM: WITHOUT WARNING THE ?THROTTLE CONTROL/TRANSMISSION? INDICATOR LIT UP, THE CAR BECAME SILENT AND ALL POWER LEFT. -SHE PUT THE CARE IN ?P? PARK -STARTED THE ENGINE AND IT ACTED NORMAL ------------------------------------------- JULY 19, 2013 @ 1:20 AM : WITHOUT WARNING THE ?THROTTLE CONTROL/TRANSMISSION? INDICATOR LIT UP, THE CAR BECAME SILENT AND ALL POWER LEFT. -SHE PUT THE CARE IN ?P? PARK -STARTED THE ENGINE AND IT ACTED NORMAL ---------------------------------------------------------- JULY 18, 2013 @4:30 PM: WITHOUT WARNING THE ?THROTTLE CONTROL/TRANSMISSION? INDICATOR LIT UP, THE CAR BECAME SILENT AND ALL POWER LEFT. -SHE PUT THE CARE IN ?P? PARK ?.I WAS IN THE BACK SEAT & INSTRUCTED HER WHAT TO DO. -STARTED THE ENGINE AND IT ACTED NORMAL ***** FORD DEALERSHIP SERVICE TECHNICIANS COULD NOT FIND OR DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE ISSUE ESCALATED TO THE FORD ENGINEERS. THEY DETERMINED THAT IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE THE MASSIVE INTAKE AIR FLOW SENSOR AND INSTALLED A NEW ONE ( FORD PART: FP 3L3Z-128579-BA SENSOR ASSY) JUNE 13 JUST PRIOR TO MY BUSINESS TRIP ON JUNE 17,2013. *TR

MY WIFE WAS PULLING INTO THE PARKING LOT WHERE SHE WORKS AND THE POWER STEERING QUIT. ON THE READOUT IT SAID POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT AND SERVICE ADVANCE TRAC. ALSO THE ADVANCE TRAC LIGHT CAME ON. WITH DIFFICULTY SHE FINISHED PARKING THE CAR AND CALLED ME. SHE THEN SHUT THE CAR OFF AND WENT IN TO WORK. I DROVE TO WHERE SHE PARKED AND CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD FOR THE POWER STEERING. COULD NOT FIND IT SO LOOKED IN MANUAL AND FOUND THAT POWER STEERING ASSIST IS ELECTRONIC AND NOT HYDRAULIC. I STARTED CAR AND EVERYTHING WORKED NORMAL INCLUDING STEERING. LOOKED ONLINE AND FOUND MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS OF SAME PROBLEM ON 2011 FUSIONS. PLUGGED A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL IN UNDER THE DASH AND IT SHOWED NO FAULT CODES STORED. TOOK TO A FORD DEALER THE FOLLOWING WEEK AFTER DISCUSSING THE PROBLEM WITH THEM. THEY KEPT IT 4 DAYS AND COULD NOT GET THE PROBLEM TO COME UP AGAIN. WAS TOLD TO DRIVE IT UNTIL IT CAME UP AGAIN. PICKED UP THE CAR ON FRIDAY THE 26TH AND DROVE IT. THE STEERING WENT OUT AGAIN ON SUNDAY THE 28TH OF JULY WHEN I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 20 MPH. PULLED OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD AND SHUT OFF. RESTARTED AND EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL AGAIN. TALKED TO 2 OTHER FORD DEALERS AND WAS TOLD TO BRING IT IN WHEN IT HAPPENS AGAIN WITHOUT SHUTTING OFF SO THEY CAN CHECK IT WHEN IT IS HAPPENING. (BUT OF COURSE IT HAS TO BE A DAY AND TIME THEY ARE OPEN) I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. MY WIFE DRIVES THIS TO WORK DAILY AND HAS TO TRAVEL OVER ROADS WHERE THERE IS NO PLACE TO PULL OFF TO RESET. ALSO IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR HER TO KEEP STEERING WHILE SHE IS CONTINUING TO DRIVE. I CALLED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND FILED A COMPLAINT BUT WITH NO IMMEDIATE RESOLVE. *TR