Issue ID | 987210 |
Internal NHTSA # | 10519524 |
Manufacurer | Ford Motor Company |
Brand | FORD |
Model | FUSION |
Model Year | 2010 |
File date | 12/06/13 |
Component | POWER TRAIN |
Product type code | VEHICLE |
Description of the problem | I was driving at approximately 35 mph when without any warning the car stopped accelerating and began to shake and the wrench light on the dashboard lit up. There was no indication at all that anything was wrong prior to the decelerating and shaking. The rapid deceleration caused the car behind me to have to swerve into the other lane to avoid hitting me. I hit the emergency lights to warn drivers behind me and with some difficultly (due to the shaking) was able to pull to the side of the road. Once i was safely out of traffic i turned the car off. I waited a moment to calm myself as it was frightening to have no control of my vehicle on a busy street. When i turned the car back on the dash light was no longer on and the car performed normally. When i got back to my office i looked for similar incident on the web and was horrified to find hundreds and hundreds of complaints about the very same thing. This is an extremely dangerous issue. Having no control of the speed of a vehicle is life threatening. Had this happened on a busy highway it would very likely have caused an accident. I called ford and was told to take the car in to the dealership so they could diagnose it and fix the problem. My concern is that if there is no recall on this part that causes this problem - what guarantee is there that the new part will not do the same thing. I find it difficult to believe that after all of the complaints about the same problem ford does not think it important enough to recall or at the very least warn their fusion owners! |
Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 58500 |
Number of Occurences | 1 |
Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
City and State | ABILENE, TX |
VIN pattern | 3FAHP0HA4ARXXXXXX |
Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
Was incedent reported to police? | N |
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Was part original equipment? | |
No. of injured persons | 0 |
No. of fatalities | 0 |
Date of purchase | 18/05/25 |
Was original owner? | N |
Anti-lock brakes | N |
Cruise control | N |
Number of cylinders | 6 |
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Vehicle speed | 35 |
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