2017 Ford Fusion

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING AND APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL DISPLAYED "AUTO START STOP SHIFT TO (P) THEN RESTART ENGINE". THE CONTACT DID AS INSTRUCTED AND WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED EACH TIME THE VEHICLE STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. THE CONTACT CALLED MIDWAY FORD (2777 SNELLING AVE N, ROSEVILLE, MN 55113, (651) 636-8200) AND SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED, BUT NO FAILURE CODE WAS FOUND. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AT 61,000 MILES, THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 63,115. *LN*JB

77K MILES, SHIFT SYSTEM FAULT WHILE VEHICLE IN USE, TRYING TO CHANGE FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE ON A DOWNTOWN CITY STREET. GEAR SELECTOR KNOB RETURNS TO PARK FROM SELECTING REVERSE, OR DRIVE. FORD FUSION IS NOT OPERABLE AND HAD TO BE TOWED. REVIEWED PREVIOUS INCIDENT REPORTS FOR 2017 MODEL IDENTIFYING PLASTIC BUSHING HOLDING THE SHIFT LINK CABLE TO THE TRANSMISSION FAILING. FORD FUSION MODEL 2016 AND EARLIER RECALLS FOR THE SAME PLASTIC BUSHING FAILURE, ALONG WITH MY WIFE'S 2014 FORD ESCAPE HAVING A RECALL FOR THE SAME PLASTIC BUSHING. WHY DOES THIS DEFECTIVE PLASTIC BUSHING REMAIN IN USE AFTER YEARS OF RECALLS?

MY FUSION ENGINE AUTOMATICALLY TURNS OFF AND DOESN'T WANT TO TURN BACK ON, SHOWING ME A NEEDS NEW BATTERY AND NEEDS SERVICE WARNING. IT TAKES MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE CAR TO GET IT BACK ON SOMETIMES TAKING MINUTES. I TOOK IT TO THE MAC HAIK FORD DEALERSHIP SERVICE CENTER TODAY AND THEY TOLD ME THIS WAS NORMAL. AS IF THE CAR TELLING ME IT NEEDS A NEW BATTERY, WHILE THE NEEDS SERVICE WARNING LIGHT COMES ON, AND THEN TURNING ITSELF OFF IS NORMAL. MY CAR IS DYING AT STOP LIGHTS LEAVING ME STRANDED WITH CARS HONKING AT ME AND THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO CARE. THEY TRIED TO GIVE IT BACK TO ME AS IS AND I TOLD THEM TO GIVE IT TO A BETTER MECHANIC AND THEY ARE CHECKING IT AGAIN. I LOOKED ONLINE IN FORUMS AND APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE AND FORD DOESN'T EVER FIX IT. HTTPS://WWW.F150FORUM.COM/F118/AUTO-STARTSTOP-ERROR-437920/INDEX4/

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A CEMENT STRUCTURE. DURING THE CRASH, THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. ALSO, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT LOCKING MECHANISM BECAME JAMMED AND THE DRIVER COULD NOT IMMEDIATELY EXIT THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED FROM THE SCENE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES WAS NOT DETERMINED. LIBERTY FORD BRUNSWICK (3101 CENTER RD, BRUNSWICK, OH) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

WHEN BACKING FROM A PARKING SPACE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT TO ANY GEAR OR NEUTRAL. NO WARNING OR INDICATION OF ANY PROBLEM, IT JUST QUIT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A PARKING LOT. VEHICLE SHIFTER KEPT RETURNING TO PARK AND WOULD NOT MOVE! VERY DANGEROUS. MECHANIC SAID THE SHIFT CABLE BROKE. I SEE ON HERE THAT OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE AND THERE WAS A RECALL UP TO THE 2017 MODELS. I THINK FORD NEEDS TO RECALL THE 2017 MODELS FOR THE SHIFT CABLE AS WELL BECAUSE IT'S OBVIOUSLY AN ISSUE. CAR HAS 80K MILES. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT 66K MILES. 2017 FORD FUSIONS ARE AWFUL AND DANGEROUS! DO YOUR CUSTOMERS MATTER, FORD?

I HAVE A 2017 FORD FUSION AND THE SHIFTER CABLE BUSHING CAME APART CAUSING MY CAR TO BE STUCK IN REVERSE. I COULD NOT START MY CAR IN A PARKING LOT BECAUSE THE DASH SHOWED THE CAR WAS IN REVERSE ALTHOUGH THE SHIFTER WAS IN PARK. MY CAR WAS TOWED THROUGH FORD ROADSIDE. I WAS CHARGED FOR THE TOW AND THE REPAIR THROUGH FORD. I WAS TOLD BY FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT NONE OF THIS IS COVERED BY THE RECALL 19S16. CURRENTLY THE RECALL IS FOR 2013-2016 CARS. MY CAR WAS MADE AT THE SAME HERMOSILLO MEXICO PLANT AS THE OTHER CARS WITH THE RECALL. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURED IN 2016. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND MY CAR COULD HAVE ROLLED AWAY IN PARK CAUSING INJURY. A NEW PLASTIC BUSHING WAS INSTALLED ON THE SHIFTER CABLE BUT I'M WORRIED IN ANOTHER TWO YEARS THE SAME THING WILL HAPPEN AFTER WEAR.

ERROR MESSAGE ON INSTRUMENT PANEL DISPLAYS "TEMPORARILY LOST COMMUNICATION WITH THE CLIMATE SYSTEM" WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE CLIMATE SYSTEM, RADIO, WINDOWS, AND SEAT CONTROLS STOP WORKING, THIS HAPPENS RANDOMLY AND CAN LAST AS LONG AS A WEEK. MANY OWNERS WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT FORD MODELS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM AND FORD REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT.