Issue ID | 1015308 |
Internal NHTSA # | 10546865 |
Manufacurer | Ford Motor Company |
Brand | FORD |
Model | FUSION |
Model Year | 2010 |
File date | 29/09/13 |
Component | ENGINE |
Product type code | VEHICLE |
Description of the problem | I was at a stop light. The light turned green and i began to accelerate to about 10 mph when the car suddenly began running rough and i could not increase speed. It slowed down to about 3 mph and the wrench light came on and no matter how far i pushed the pedal it would not move past 700 rpm. The car behind me which had seen me start to go assumed i was going to keep accelerating and had to brake hard to avoid running into the back of me. I sat in the left lane until the right cleared so i could literally roll it onto the shoulder to avoid getting rear ended by traffic. I shut the car off and re-started it. It seemed to work fine after that. The next day, it did it again to my wife. She was starting to accelerate, the wrench light came on and no power, gas pedal was inoperative and it was running rough. This repeated itself several times more that day. Did it again and it seemed it was increasing in frequency. Took the car to the dealership and they said the throttle body failed and that it is a common occurrence. It had an error code of p2111. This part should not fail so easily and it nearly caused my car to get rear ended. I did a little research while at the dealership because i felt that this part failing so early and with so little mileage (which most is easy highway) was odd. I come to find out that this is not an isolated incident and it seems more and more are failing. Ford even acknowledged they had made some defective ones. This part should be recalled. |
Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 35575 |
Number of Occurences | 1 |
Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
City and State | CORAL SPRINGS, FL |
VIN pattern | 3FAHP0HA1ARXXXXXX |
Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
Was incedent reported to police? | N |
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No. of injured persons | 0 |
No. of fatalities | 0 |
Date of purchase | 14/05/25 |
Was original owner? | N |
Anti-lock brakes | N |
Cruise control | N |
Number of cylinders | 4 |
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Vehicle speed | 10 |
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