2007 Ford Fusion Tires & Wheels Problems

THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH MY CAR THAT IS VERY DANGEROUS, AND COULD BE LIFE THREATENING TO ME AND OTHERS. UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS MY BRAKES WILL NOT WORK. IT HAPPENS WHEN THE ROAD IS WET OR HAS SNOW ON IT. A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS HAS HAPPENED WHICH APPARENTLY DEPENDS HOW SLIPPERY THE ROAD IS. WHEN BRAKING SOMETIMES THERE WILL BE A ODD NOISE WHICH I THINK IS THE SAFETY BRAKING FEATURE, BUT EVEN THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO WORK CORRECT. THE WORST IS THIS. AGAIN, WHEN SLICK OR SLIPPERY ROADS. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS TIMES WHEN TRYING TO BRAKE I HAVE LOST ALL BRAKING. THE BRAKE PEDEL GOES COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. ON A FEW OCCASIONS THIS HAPPENED WHILE TRYING TO STOP BEFORE A STOP SIGN AND ENDED UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THIS HAS HAPPENED GOING AT A SPEED OF 10 TO 55 MPH. TWICE THIS HAPPENED WHERE THE STOP SIGN WAS AT A ROAD THAT WAS 55 MPH. YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED. I HAVE READ ONLINE THAT OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. WHY HAS NOTHING BEEN DONE ABOUT THIS POTENTIALLY DEADLY SITUATION ? FOR CRYING OUT LOUD. DOES THERE HAVE TO BE DEATHS BEFORE ACTION IS TAKEN ? THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER AND THEY SAID THE BRAKES NEEDED TO BE BLEAD. THEY SEEMED TO BE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM....AGAIN, WHY AND THE HELL IS NOTHING BEING DONE ABOUT IT ? NEXT I AM GOING TO WRITE MY STATE REPRESENTATIVE OR SOMEONE WHO CAN MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN. I BELIEVE I WROTE TO YOU BEFORE, BUT LOST THE PAPERWORK THAT CAME. BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE NOTHING WAS BEING DONE ABOUT IT ANYWAY. OH, AND WHEN THE BRAKES WERE BLEAD BY THE DEALER IT MADE NO DIFFERENCE. AT LEAST WHEN OTHER CAR MANUFACTURERS HAVE RECALLS SOMETHING APPEARS TO BE DONE ABOUT IT . HERE IN THE GOOD OLE USA THINGS SEEM TO DRAG ON AND ON AND ON. SO DOES THAT MEAN FOREIGN MANUFACTURERS ARE MORE CONSIDERATE FOR OUR SAFETY THAN OWN COUNTRY ? I WANT ACTION.

MY 2007 FUSION FREQUENTLY HAS SOFT BRAKES, THE BRAKE PEDAL FEELS SQUISHY AND GOES DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND I AM UNABLE TO STOP WITHIN MY DESIRED STOPPING DISTANCE. THIS USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR IS IN MOTION ON CITY STREETS HOWEVER LAST NIGHT IT HAPPENED IN MY GARAGE. IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES (JUNE 24, 2016 THROUGH JAN 9, 2017) AND I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING MY CAR. I HAVE HAD 2 MASTER CYLINDERS, BRAKES FLUSHED 2 TIMES, 2 NEW FRONT ROTORS, AND PAID FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING BUT THE ONLY CODE DISPLAYED WAS THAT THE CAR NEEDED NEW SPARK PLUGS. *TR

THE FIRST INCIDENT WITH MY 2007 FUSION BRAKES OCCURRED JUNE 23, 2016. I WAS GOING DOWN A SIDE STREET NEAR MY HOME ABOUT 20 MPH IN THE DAY TIME WHEN I NOTICED A WOMAN TUMBLING INTO TRAFFIC FROM HER BICYCLE. I STOPPED SUDDENLY TO AVOID RUNNING OVER HER. I STOPPED TO HELP HER BUT AFTERWARDS AS I CONTINUED ON MY WAY I NOTICED MY BRAKES WERE VERY SQUISHY. I HAD TO PRESS EXTRA HARD AT EACH INTERSECTION TO GET THEM TO STOP. I HAD THE BRAKES REPAIRED AT BRAKES PLUS. I WAS TOLD THE MASTER CYLINDER NEEDED REPLACEMENT AND THE BRAKES FLUSHED.

1. DASHBOARD COMPARTMENT KNOB BROKE OFF. 2. DRIVER'S INTERIOR DOOR KNOB BROKE OFF. 3. DRIVER'S SEAT THE SEAMS CAME APART. 4. DIVER'S EXTERIOR MIRROR FELL OFF, HAD IT REPLACED BUT THE KNOB INSIDE ON DOOR PANEL DOES NOT WORK FOR IT, OR DOES THE DEFROST FOR THAT MIRROR WORK ANY MORE. NEED PICTURES WILL EMAIL THEM ASAP

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FUSION EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR DUNLOP SIGNATURE TIRES, SIZE 255/50/R17. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRES WERE WEARING PREMATURELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE TIRES WERE WORKING UP TO STANDARDS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE DOT NUMBER AND VIN WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000. THE VEHICLE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 84,000. *TR

SE V6, TIRES: WHEN I INFLATE THE TIRES TO THE PRESSURE RECOMMENDED BY FORD ON THE DOOR STICKER, THE RESULT IS RAPID TIRE WEAR ON THE OUTSIDES OF THE TIRES (UNDER INFLATED). WHEN I INFLATE THE TIRES ACCORDING TO THE TIRE MANUFACTURERS RECOMMENDATION ON THE SIDEWALL, THE TIRES DO NOT WEAR OUT ON THE OUTSIDE (UNDER INFLATED), NOR IN THE MIDDLE (OVER INFLATED). FORD RECOMMENDS A TIRE PRESSURE THAT IS 9 PSI LOWER THAN THE TIRE MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDS. APPARENTLY THEY DID NOT LEARN FROM FIRESTONE THAT THE TIRES CAN FAIL DUE TO OVERHEATING WHEN THEY ARE UNDER INFLATED, RESULTING IN BLOW OUTS AT FREEWAY SPEED AND DEATHS DUE TO THE RESULTING ACCIDENTS. NOR DID THEY CHANGE THEIR WAYS AS A RESULT OF DAMAGE AWARDS FOR LAWSUITS DUE TO UNDER INFLATED FIRESTONE TIRE FAILURES. PERHAPS THE DAMAGE AWARDS WERE TOO SMALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HAVING THE TIRES CHECKED, SHE WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE PRESSURE VALVE STEM SENSOR WAS DEFECTIVE, CAUSING THE TIRE TO DEFLATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE VALVE STEM WAS CRACKED AND THE TIRE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,295 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 13,250. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FUSION WITH MICHELIN WEATHERWISE REAR TIRES, LINE SIZE P205/60/T16, SERIAL NUMBERS WEA28Z AND WEA28X. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRES WOULD WOBBLE EXCESSIVELY WHEN DRIVING ANY SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO EXAMINED THE TIRES AND DISCOVERED THAT THE TIRE BELTS WERE FAILING AND CAUSING THE TIRES TO BECOME OUT OF ROUND. THE REAR TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,000. THE VEHICLE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 43,379. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

IN FEB 2008 I BOUGHT A NEW 2007 FORD FUSION. THE PROBLEM I'M HAVING IS WITH MICHELIN TIRES (225/50R17). THREE OF THE FOUR TIRES HAVE DEVELOPED BUBBLES AND HAD TO BE REPLACED WITHIN THE PAST YEAR. THE FIRST WAS JULY 19, 2009, THE SECOND WAS JULY 2, 2010 AND THE THIRD WAS AUGUST 4, 2010. I CONTACTED MICHELIN WHO GAVE ME THE RUN-AROUND BUT NO SOLUTION. I TOOK THE LAST TIRE TO A MICHELIN DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT MICHELIN WOULDN'T GIVE ME ANYTHING BECAUSE AN AUTHORIZED DEALER DIDN'T REPLACE THE TIRE. HOW CAN I GO AROUND FINDING A PARTICULAR DEALER WHEN I'M SETTING ON THE INTERSTATE WITH A FLAT TIRE? I WENT TO THE FIRST PLACE I FOUND WHO COULD REPLACE THE TIRE. EACH TIME I WAS OUT OF TOWN WHEN THE FAILURE HAPPENED, THE FIRST TWO TIMES I WAS EVER OUT OF STATE SO IT'S NOT LIKE BEING AT HOME WHERE YOU CAN LOOK IN THE YELLOW PAGES OR SURF THE NET AND FIND AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE AUTHORIZED DEALER THAT I CONTACTED AFTER THE 3RD FAILURE SAID IT WAS DUE TO IMPACT FROM POTHOLES. DUH! IT'S SUMMERTIME. POTHOLES HAVE BEEN REPAIRED. I FEEL THAT MICHELIN (AND REPRESENTATIVES) HAVE FAILED ME AS A CONSUMER. THEY CLAIM TO STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY DO - STAND BEHIND BECAUSE THEY SURE DON'T STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND HANDLE THE PROBLEM. I FEEL THAT I HAD 4 DEFECTIVE TIRES EITHER MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT OR DRY ROT OR SOMETHING. I HAVE NEVER IN THE HISTORY OF DRIVING (40+ YRS) HAVE I REPLACED A TIRE FOR A BUBBLE IN IT AND NOW 3 IN LESS THAN A YEAR????? NO MORE MICHELIN FOR ME. *TR

OUR 20 YEAR OLD SON WAS DRIVING HOME FROM COLLEGE WHEN HIS LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT. HE WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AND GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CALL ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. THE RIM WAS DAMAGED IN THE PROCESS. AFTER ORDERING A NEW RIM AND WHEEL, I WAS GOING TO DRIVE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHEN WE NOTICED THAT THE LEFT REAR TIRE WAS NOW FLAT. ONCE WE WERE ABLE TO GET ENOUGH AIR IN IT TO DRIVE TO THE DEALERSHIP, WE DID. AT THE DEALERSHIP IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT ALL THE VALVE STEMS WERE EITHER CRACKED OR LEAKING, SO THEY ALL HAD TO BE REPLACED. WE WERE UNAWARE THAT THE 2007 FORDS HAD FAULTY VALVE STEMS, HAD WE KNOWN THIS, WE WOULD HAVE REPLACED THEM FOR SAFETY CONCERNS. WE WERE LUCKY, ONLY ONE VALVE STEM BROKE WHILE OUR SON WAS DRIVING AND HE MAINTAINED CONTROL, THE 2ND VALVE STEM LOST AIR WHILE PARKED IN OUR DRIVE. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE AND I SHUDDER TO THINK OF WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED. *TR

WE OWN A 2007 FORD FUSION WITH APXM. 40 K MILES. IT WAS SOLD WITH MICHELIN TIRES THAT I BELIEVE TO BE DEFECTED AND DANGEROUS. WE HAVE JUST REPLACE THE THIRD OUT OF FOUR TIRES. EACH TIRE WAS BLOWN OUT THE SIDEWALL. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD AND MICHELIN AND GOTTEN NO HELP WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF THESE TIRE FROM EITHER. I HAVE READ ON OTHER WEBSITE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE SAME TIRES. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE SOMEBODY DIES FROM THIS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2007 FORD FUSION EQUIPPED WITH CONTINENTAL CONTI PRO CONTACT P205/60R16 TIRES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE NOTICED A BUBBLE ON THE SIDE WALL OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TIRE CENTER AND THE FAILED TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH A TIRE OF A DIFFERENT MAKE. THE TIRES WERE ROTATED FREQUENTLY TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FAILURE BUT THE FAILURE WOULD STILL OCCUR INTERMITTENTLY TO THREE OUT OF THE FOUR ORIGINAL TIRES. EACH TIME THE FAILED TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH A TIRE OF A DIFFERENT MAKE. ONLY THE CONTINENTAL TIRES EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 26,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 37,500.

07 FORD FUSION REQUIRED TWO LEAKING STEMS TO BE REPLACED SINCE JAN 09. 4/6/09 TRAVELING ON I-4 OUTSIDE OF TAMPA AT 70 MPH WHEN THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WENT FLAT, NO POP OR ANYTHING, JUST NOTICED A CHANGE IN THE ROAD NOISE SO I TOUCHED THE BREAK AND IT GOT LOUDER. I DID NOT LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND GOT SAFELY TO THE BREAKDOWN LANE WHEN THE TREAD PART OF WHEEL CONTINUED TO ROLL/BOUNCE DOWN THE BREAKDOWN LANE. A ROAD RANGER STOPPED AND CHANGED MY TIRE FOR ME, ASKED WHERE I WAS GOING AND TOLD ME TO BUY A NEW TIRE. PURCHASED NEW TIRE FOR $278 FROM A FORD DEALER WHO TOLD ME TO CONTACT TIRE MANUFACTURER FOR WARRANTY. THERE ARE NO OBVIOUS PUNCTURES IN THE TREAD, IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL IF ANY DAMAGE TO THE SIDEWALL AS THERE WASN'T MUCH LEFT ON THE RIM AND COULDN'T TELL ON THE TREAD PART. I HAVE THE PIECES IN MY POSSESSION. IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT AFTER 2 TIRES GOING FLAT AND STEMS HAVING TO BE REPLACED THE STEM (WHICH HAD NOT BEEN REPLACED) FAILED AND CAUSED THE FLAT TIRE. ON 4/10/09 DROVE TO WORK, CAME OUT FOR LUNCH LEFT REAR WAS FLAT AND ANOTHER STEM HAD TO BE REPLACED. I'M NOT SURE IF WHEN I PURCHASED THE NEW TIRE, THEY PUT ON A NEW STEM BUT ACCORDING TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER THEY ALL LOOK OK AS OF TODAY. UNFORTUNATELY, I DO NOT HAVE THE OLD STEMS. *TR

ON 3/18/09, I HAD A TIRE FAIL ON MY 2007 FORD FUSION BECAUSE OF A RE-CALLED DILL # 414 VALVE STEM. I HAD TO REPLACE THE MICHELIN TIRE THAT HAD 10,487 MILES ON IT. I ALSO REPLACED THE OTHER THREE VALVE STEMS THAT WERE CRACKED (ALSO DILL #414). I AM SIX WEEKS AWAY FROM TRAVELING FROM MICHIGAN TO FLORIDA AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS OF 70 MPH. IF THIS TIRE HAD FAILED AT THOSE SPEEDS, I DON'T THINK I WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONTROL MY VEHICLE TO A SAFE STOP. FORD MOTOR CO. (GORNO FORD DEALERSHIP IN WOODHAVEN, MI.) HAS NO INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. WHEN I CALLED TECH INTERNATIONAL (CLAY JOHNSON AT 740-967-9015), HE SAID THAT FORD MOTOR CO. DEARBORN IS WELL AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM THAT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A FATAL INJURY. I HAVE THE DEFECTIVE VALVE STEMS IN MY CUSTODY. *TR

I HAVE AN INCIDENT TO REPORT RELATED TO PE08060. AFTER GETTING MY TIRES ROTATED I HAD A FLAT THE NEXT DAY. THE CAUSE WAS A BAD VALVE STEM. SINCE I HAD READ A NEWS ARTICLE ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL PROBLEM I HAD ALL 4 REPLACED. 2 OF THE STEMS HAVE CRACKING SIMILAR TO THAT DESCRIBED IN THE ARTICLE. THE PART IS TR414. *TR

WE HAVE A 2007 FORD FUSION. SINCE JANUARY 1ST WE HAVE HAD 4 TIRE FAILURES, OR SO WE THOUGHT. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE FAULTY CHINESE VALVE STEMS. EACH TIME. IT WAS AN IMMEDIATE LOSS OF AIR. FIRST THREE REPLACED AT FORD DEALERS, WHO MADE NO COMMENT ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION. THE FOURTH AT A TIRE STORE WHO'S MECHANIC EXPLAINED TO ME WHAT WAS REALLY GOING ON. OUR PROBLEMS BEGAN ON JAN. 1ST AND CONTINUED UNTIL MAY 23RD,APPROX. ONE EVERY 6 WEEKS! *TR

ON MY WAY TO WORK, MY TIRE LOST AIR RAPIDLY. WHEN I MADE IT TO THE TIRE SHOP THEY SAID ALL OF THE VALVE STEMS WERE WORN AND THE FLAT TIRE WAS RUINED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALER SINCE IT'S A 2007 FUSION AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I ASKED THE DEALER TO REPLACE THE REMAINING VALVE STEMS AND PUT AN OEM TIRE ON IT. I KEPT 3 OF THE WORN VALVE STEMS AND THEY MATCH AN INVESTIGATION THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY WITH SHANGHAI BAOLONG AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION / TOPSEAL. THE CODE ON THE VALVES IN QUESTION ARE TR414. I CALLED FORD MOTOR COMPANY TO COMPLAIN AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL IT'S DECIDED WHETHER THERE WOULD BE A RECALL OR NOT BUT THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THE CURRENT INVESTIGATION. TOTAL COST TO REPLACE 1 TIRE AND REMAINING VALVES WAS $300. I ALSO QUESTIONED FORD CORP ON WHAT COMMUNICATION THEY HAD WITH THE DEALERS TO SPOT THESE DEFECTIVE VALVE STEMS AND THEY COULDN'T COMMENT. MY CONCERN WAS THAT MY CAR HAS BEEN THERE FOR INSPECTIONS, OIL CHANGES, AND TIRE ROTATIONS AND NOTHING WAS EVER SAID TO ME. *TR

ON 11-12-08 I PARKED MY 20007 FORD FUSION IN THE GARAGE AT 7:00 PM . ON THE MORNING OF 11-13 08 AT 6;00 AM THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE WAS FLAT. I CHANGED THE TIRE AND TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALER FOR REPAIR. THEY FOUND THAT THE VALVE STEM WAS DEFECTIVE AND REPLACED SAME. I FEEL THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED AS THE TIRES WERE PROPERLY INFLATED. WHEN I INQUIRED IF THIS WAS COVERED BY WARRANTY, I WAS TOLD IT WASN'T. THE VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY.

TOTAL TREAD SEPARATION ON LEFT FRONT TIRE CAUSING BLOWOUT @ HIGHWAY SPEED HAD TO DRIVE ON RIM TO GET TO SAFE AREA TO REPLACE DESTROYED TIRE WITH SPARE. *TR

I HAD A FLAT TIRE AND WHEN I GOT IT REPAIRED WAS TOLD IT WAS A VALVE STEM...MY CAR ONLY HAS 17,000 MILES ON IT AND WAS TOLD THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED...2 DAYS LATER, ANOTHER FLAT TIRE ON A DIFFERENT TIRE WHILE I WAS DRIVING TO WORK...I STOPPED AND GOT A CAN OF 'FIX-A-FLAT- AND WHEN PUTTING IT IN THE TIRE, NOTICED IT WAS LEAKING AT THE VALVE STEM...I HAD 8 MORE MILES TO DRIVE TO WORK...TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, I HAD TO REPLACE THE TIRE DUE TO A SIDE WALL BUBBLE FROM DRIVING IT WITHOUT PROPER INFLATION. *TR