2017 Ford Fusion Visibility & Wipers Problems

The contact owns a 2017 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, the front window defroster was inoperable causing a visibility hazard to the driver. Additionally, all the windows in the vehicle were inoperable and would not roll down. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The local dealer was notified of the failure but no assistance was offered. The manufacturer was not yet contacted. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 92,000.

IN HEAVY RAIN, THE HIGH SPEED OF THE WIPERS IS WAY TOO SLOW... MAKING IT UNSAFE TO SEE EVEN WHEN PRUDENCE OF SLOWING DOWN AND/OR POSSIBLY CONSIDERING PULLING OVER. ONE CANNOT SEE SAFELY ENOUGH TO SEEK A PULL OVER SPOT DURING THE IMMEDIACY OF THE SITUATION.. THUS ONGOING TRAVEL IS THE ONLY OPTION. WIPERS BLADES ARE GOOD. WINDSHIELD IS CLEAN. RAIN SHEETING / BLURRING OF VISION HAPPENS BECAUSE WIPERS AREN'T ABLE TO MOVE FAST ENOUGH

The contact owns a 2017 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle and attempting to close the front passenger side window or the front driver's side window, the windows raised up but failed to remain closed. The contact stated that the windows immediately rolled back down independently. The cause of the failure was not yet determined, and the vehicle was not repaired. The local dealer and manufacturer were notified of the failure, but no assistance was provided. The contact was informed of a TSB related to the failure, but no assistance to repair the vehicle was offered. The failure mileage was 22,000.

BOUNCE BACK WINDOW FEATURE CAN NOT BE DISABLED. EVERY TIME MY WIFE OPENS THE SIDE WINDOW, THE WINDOW WILL NOT CLOSE. THE WINDOW GOES TO THE TOP AND COMES BACK DOWN BY ITSELF. THE DEALER SAYS THIS IS NORMAL. THE DEALER REPROGRAMMED IT. THE NEXT TIME MY WIFE TOUCHED IT, IT FAILED. A SEARCH ON THE INTERNET GAVE A FEW THOUSAND INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO REPROGRAM IT. THIS IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE. SHE LOWERED THE WINDOW ON THE INTERSTATE. THEN SHE TRIED TO CLOSE IT. IT WOULDN'T CLOSE. NOW SHE IS GOING 65 MPH AND FOOLING AROUND WITH THE WINDOW TRYING TO GET IT TO CLOSE. SHE SHOULD BE CONCENTRATING ON DRIVING, NOT FOOLING AROUND WITH A WINDOW. FURTHERMORE, IF SHE IS STOPPED IN TRAFFIC AND SEES SOME SEEDY INDIVIDUAL COMING NEAR HER SHE CAN'T CLOSE THE WINDOW.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS CHATTER ACROSS WINDOW WHEN IT'S RAINING. THE CHATTER GETS SO BAD THAT THEY SKIP ACROSS THE WINDOW NOT CLEARING THE WINDOW COMPLETELY HITTING THE POST ON THE LEFT SIDE. THEN WHEN THEY ARE IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION THEY WILL STOP AND MAKE A LOUD SCRAPPING SOUND. THEY HAVE CHATTERED SO BAD THAT THEY HAVE ACTUALLY STOPED FUNCTIONING IN THE RAIN LEAVING NO VISIBILITY FOR DRIVING. THIS WAS ON THE FREEWAY CAUSING A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP 4 TIMES. 1 TIME AFTER WE PURCHASED THE CAR, APPROXIMATELY 800 MILES, AND WE WERE TOLD THE WIPERS WERE JUST DIRTY. BETWEEN THIS VISIT AND THE NEXT 3 WE HAD TO PURCHASE REPLACEMENT WIPERS AT 6,000 MILES AS THE WIPERS WERE NOT PROPERLY CLEARING THE WINDOW, BUT THEY WERE ALSO CAUSING CHATTER. . HOWEVER, THE OLD WIPERS APPEARED BRAND NEW. DURING THE NEXT 3 VISITS TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP IN EUREKA CA WE WERE TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG, BUT THEY APPLIED RAINEX OR A SIMILAR PRODUCT. THE WINDOW WAS "CLEANED". LASTLY THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE REPLACED. THEY ALSO APPEARED BRAND NEW. UPON TALKING TO THE SERVICE REP WE WERE TOLD THAT THE WIPERS ON OUR FORD FUSION WERE NOT PROPERLY DESIGNED FOR OUR FORD FUSION AND THEY WERE FACTORY WIPERS. HE ALSO STATED THAT SEVERAL OF THE SERVICE TECHS HAVE FUSIONS AND THEY HAVE HAD SIMILAR SITUATIONS. WE HAVE HAD THIS SET OF WIPERS ON FOR SEVERAL WEEKS AND ALREADY RUNNING INTO PROBLEMS. I SHOULDN'T BE AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR BECAUSE I REALLY LIKE IT. HOWEVER, I CAN'T JEOPARDIZE THE LIVES OF MY GRANDCHILDREN, OTHERS AND MYSELF. PLEASE HELP MISS MIMI

WIPER SPRAY NOZZLES DO NOT SPRAY ON THE WINDSHIELD VERY WELL MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO CLEAR A DIRTY WINDSHIELD. THE WIPER ARMS BLOCK THE LEFT AND RIGHT SPRAYERS AND ONLY GET A SMALL AMOUNT OF FLUID ON THE WINDSHIELD. AFTER THE WIPERS LEAVE THE HOME POSITION AND STAY SLIGHTLY ELEVATED ON THE WINDSHIELD THE CENTER SPRAYER CAN NO LONGER SPRAY PAST IT TO COVER THE WINDSHIELD EITHER.