NHTSA Owner Complaint Log
This page lists owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA for the 2009 Ford Fusion. Complaints are unverified consumer reports submitted to NHTSA and do not by themselves prove a defect or defect rate.
Data synced from NHTSA on May 4, 2026
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V024000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. COCCIA FORD LINCOLN INC (577 E MAIN ST, WILKES-BARRE, PA 18702 (570) 823-8888) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT OWNERS WOULD RECEIVE A SECOND NOTICE WHEN REMEDY PARTS BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 09/06/17 *BF *JS
DOOR HANDLE INCLUDING THE LOCK ARE DANGEROUS! FIRST, THE COATING OVER THE PLASTIC LEVER NECESSARY TO EXIT THE VEHICLE BEGAN SPLITING AND BECAME VERY SHARP. MY PASSENGERS AND MYSELF BEGAN RECEIVING RAZOR SHARP CUTS TRYING TO EXIT. I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE TO FORD DOR SOMETHING ELSE AND ASKED IF THERE WAS A RECALL, BUT THERE WAS NONE. I HAD TO TAPE OVER THE HANDLES. NEXT, MY DRIVER'S DOOR HAND BROKE OFF IN MY HAND AND I HAD TO LOWER MY WINDOW TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE. WHAT WOULD I'VE DONE IF MY WINDOW DIDN'T WORK, WHEN I LIVE IN FL AND THE INSIDE TEMPERATURE OF CARS GROWS INTO TRIPLE DIGITS! I HAD TO REPLACE AND INSTALL A NEW HANDLE I PURCHASED ONLINE. WHEN I NOTICED THE READILY AVAILABILITY OF THE PARTS, THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON REPLACEMENT. WELL IT'S A GOOD THING TO KNOW BECAUSE NOW MY PASSENGER SIDE DOOR HANDLE IS NOW MALFUNTIONING. I HOPE ACTION WILL BE TAKEN TO RECALL AND REPLACE MY HANDLES OR AT LEAST REIMBURSE ME FOR THE REPLACEMENTS I'VE HAD TO PURCHASE. ALSO, I'VE BEEN WAITING ON A RECALL THAT WAS JUST UPDATED. I'VE BEEN WAITING 2YRS AND THEY STILL DON'T HAVE THE PART?! IS IT BECAUSE THE AIRBAG IS TOO EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE?
BRAKES GO SOFT AFTER BREAKING OVER IRREGULAR SURFACE. PAID FORD DEALERSHIP 1400 DOLLARS TO REPAIR. BRAKES CONTINUE TO GO SOFT OVER IRREGULAR SURFACES.
2009 FORD FUSION. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ISSUES WITH POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. DIAGNOSTIC CODES FOUND IN THE VEHICLE WERE AS FOLLOWS: P0607, P060A, P1674 AND P2105. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. UPDATED 10/25/2017*JS
"LF INNER DOOR HANDLE" ON THE DRIVERS INSIDE DOOR BROKE TWICE IN 2011 & 2017 -- DANGER OF TRAPPING DRIVER INSIDE CAR
DRIVER DOOR LATCH ("LF INNER DOOR HANDLE") OPEN IT FROM THE INSIDE BROKE TWICE IN 2011 & 2017 THE CONSUMER REQUESTD TO WITHDRAW THIS COMPLAINT. UPDATED 09/20/2017*JS
TAKATA RECALL - FORD HAS INFORMED ME ON JULY 14, 2017 VIA SENATOR NELSON THAT IT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REPAIR MY FAULTY AIRBAG UNTIL 1ST QUARTER OF 2018.
AFTER ABS ENGAGED, LOSS OF BRAKE FEEL AND AN INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE. THE TOP INCH OF PEDAL TRAVEL FELT NORMAL FOLLOWED BY SEVERAL INCHES OF NO BRAKE "FEEL" UNTIL NEAR THE BOTTOM OF PEDAL TRAVEL WHERE BRAKING RESUMED. THIS OCCURS ONLY AFTER THE ABS ENGAGES AND LASTS FOR SEVERAL MINUTES TO SEVERAL DAYS AFTER. BRAKE LOSS RESULTED IN A NEAR COLLISION. ABS ENGAGING AFTER EVENT IS NOT AS EFFECTIVE AS INITIAL ABS EVENT RESULTING IN INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE WHILE ABS IS ENGAGING. THIS HAS OCCURED MULTIPLE TIMES WITH THE MOST RECENT EVENT HAPPENING ON 7/13/2017. ISSUE USUALLY RESOLVES A DAY OR TWO AFTER OCCURIMG BUT WILL REOCCUR IF ABS IS ENGAGED AGAIN.
DURING ROUTINE BRAKING EVENT FROM APPROX. 25 MPH, THE ABS SYSTEM UNEXPECTEDLY AND UNNECESSARILY ENGAGED. UPON ABS ACTIVATION THE BRAKE PEDAL LOST ALL PRESSURE AND SANK TO THE FLOOR AND ALL BRAKING POWER WAS LOST. BRAKING POWER WAS EVENTUALLY REGAINED AFTER REPEATED PUMPING OF THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT STOPPING DISTANCE EXTENDED WELL BEYOND NORMAL EVEN WITH BRAKE PEDAL PUSHED TO THE FLOOR. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE RELATED TO NHTSA # PE16017
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V024000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART FOR THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT CALLED THE SHEEHY FORD DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 10/26/17*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE PASSENGER AIRBAG BEGAN TO RUPTURE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH. *JS
WHEN DRIVING ON WET OR SLIPPERY SURFACE AND NEED TO BRAKE THE BRAKES LOCK UP AND DON'T UNLOCK UNTIL CAR COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP. MY SPEED IS NOT REALLY A FACTOR IT HAS SCARED THE SH*T OUT OF ME AND I WON'T LET MY WIFE OR KIDS DRIVE MY CAR WHEN THESE CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT. I'VE HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT IT AND HE CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT.
VEHICLE BRAKES GET SPONGY AND LOSE POWER WHILE HAVING FOOT ON BRAKE AND GOING OVER MINOR BUMPS IN THE ROAD..MANY TIMES BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO TO THE FLOOR AFTER HITTING BUMPS..THIS HAS HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE AND HAS OCCURRED AT VARIOUS SPEEDS...SEEMS TO HAVE STARTED AT ABOUT 85,000 MILES AND ABOVE..I FEEL THEY ARE WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO GET SERIOUSLY INJURED BEFORE THEY LOOK INTO IT.
TAKATA RECALL I RECEIVED A FIRST NOTIFICATION OF THE TAKATA RECALL IN JULY 2016. A SECOND NOTICE WAS RECEIVED IN DECEMBER 2017. TO DATE, THERE HAVE BEEN NO PARTS AVAILABLE; I AM TOLD THERE IS NO LOANER PROVIDED; AND I AM FORCED TO DRIVE A VEHICLE THAT ADMITTEDLY IS UNSAFE. FURTHERMORE, I LIVE IN THE WAR, HUMID CLIMATE CONDITIONS OF FLORIDA. IS FORD REQUIRED TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION DUE TO THE SAFETY ISSUES AFTER THIS LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
:TAKATA RECALL: HAD A RECALL OF TAKATA INFLATORS ON RIGHT HAND PASSENGER SIDE AND WAS TOLD NOT TO USE. THIS RECALL WAS ON JULY 2017. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE YET AND I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TOCARRY PASSENGERS ON THE RIGHT HAND FRONT PASSENGER SIDE.
ABS HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT FAILURE....UPON BRAKING WHILE HITTING A POTHOLE, THE ABS KICKS ON, AND THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES MUSHY ALMOST TO FLOOR AND CAR DOESN'T STOP, ONLY HAPPENS AFTER ABS HAS BEEN ACTIVATED. OPERATES NORMAL AT ALL OTHER TIMES. FORD KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND REFUSES TO RECALL OR PAY FOR THE FIX, CLEARLY NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED OR KILLED YET. UNRELIABLE BRAKING IS A BIG PROBLEM!!!
TAKATA RECALL, STILL HAVEN'T FIXED MY AIRBAGS OR SET UP AN APPOINTMENT LIKE THEY SAID THEY WOULD IN THE MAIL.
BRAKE PEDAL GOES STRAIGHT TO FLOOR - NO BRAKES!!! JUST REPLACED ALL DISCS, ROTORS, CALIPERS LESS THAN 1 YEAR AGO. GOOGLE FORUMS AND YOU TUBE VIDEOS REFLECT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT SEEMS TO OCCUR IN THESE VEHICLES WITH ABS PUMP AFTER ABS ACTIVATES. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HOLD FORD RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SAFETY DEFECT!!!!! THESE ARE GENERALLY GOOD RELIABLE CARS AND HAVE A LOT OF LIFE TO THEM. IT'S A SHAME THAT THEY WON'T JUST STEP UP AND DO THE RIGHT THING IN THIS SITUATION. TOO MANY COMPLAINTS TO BE JUSTIFIABLY IGNORED.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO KUNES COUNTRY FORD OF ANTIOCH (104 IL-173, ANTIOCH, IL 60002, (847) 250-0238) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN RE-DIAGNOSED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED A SECOND TIME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,400. *TT
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V024000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT CALLED FAIRLANE FORD AT 313-846-5000 (LOCATED AT 14585 MICHIGAN AVE, DEARBORN, MI 48126) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
MY DRIVER SIDE DOOR HANDLE WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE. I PULLED IT TO OPEN AND HEARD A NOISE. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. I HAD IT REPAIRED AT A DEALERSHIP​ ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. THE DOOR WILL OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE. I HAD PARKED MY VEHICLE AND WAS TRYING TO GET OUT LIKE ANY OTHER DAY.
MY PASSENGER AIRBAG IS COMING OUT OF THE CASE. I HAVE BEEN CALLING TOMS FORD IN HAZLET FOR MONTHS AND THEY JUST KEEP TELLING ME THERE ARE NO PARTS.
I HAD TO HIT MY BRAKES TO AVOID A COLLISION WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET WHILE IT WAS RAINING. EVER SINCE, THE BRAKE PEDAL HAS GONE ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WITH VERY LITTLE PRESSURE. THE FIRST OCCURRENCE HAPPENED IN JUNE 2017 BUT HAS BEEN A CONTINOUS AND VERY SCARY ISSUE SINCE THEN. I TOOK MY CAR TO A FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY ORIGINALLY TOLD ME THE MASTER CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED BUT I WAS TOLD THAT THE BRAKES WERE STILL NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY THE DEALERSHIP, I WAS TOLD THE HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY BEING SERVICED AT A FORD DEALERSHIP
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD FUSION. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE AIR BAG SENSOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER (GERMAIN FORD IN COLUMBUS, OHIO) WERE BOTH NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V024000 (AIR BAGS) WAS RECIEVED IN JUNE OF 2017. AFTER CALLING THE LOCAL DEALER (CAUSEWAY FORD IN MANAHAWKIN, NJ, 609-597-0033), THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WERE NOT AVAILABLE AND NO ESTIMATED TIME FOR PART AVAILABILITY COULD BE GIVEN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG WAS DETACHED FROM THE CONSOLE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V024000 (AIR BAGS). THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT CALLED A LOCAL DEALER (DELLEN FORD, 2001 E MCGALLARD RD, MUNCIE, IN 47303) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 129,000. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (BOYD BROTHERS FORD, OXFORD, NC, 877-658-0824), BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT DUPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT CALL BACK. ALSO, THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V024000 (AIR BAGS). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 72,700. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
BREAK PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE TAKES LONGER TO STOP. PUMPING THE BREAKS SEVERAL TIMES SEEMS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A RANDOM PROBLEM.
ON MAY 19 MY SON WAS RETURNING FROM THE GYM. HE WAS TRAVELLING ON THE MAIN ROAD IN OUR AREA (SPEED LIMIT 55 MPH). AS HE APPROACHED A TRAFFIC LIGHT HE BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN. HE HAD SLOWED TO APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH AND THE BRAKES WERE FUNCTIONING NORMALLY. THEN HE DROVE OVER A ROUGH PATCH OF ASPHALT WITH LOTS OF SMALL POT HOLES OR BUMPS. AFTER HITTING ONE OF THOSE POT HOLES THE BRAKE PEDAL IMMEDIATELY WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. HE HAD ALMOST NOW BRAKING POWER AT ALL. THANKFULLY THERE WAS PLENTY OF DISTANCE BETWEEN HIM AND THE CAR IN FRONT OF HIM, AS WELL AS A SLIGHT UPHILL GRADE TO THE ROAD AT THAT POINT. HE WAS ABLE TO STOP JUST SHORT OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AND AVOID AN ACCIDENT. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN HE PROCEEDED SLOWLY, TRYING TO PUMP THE BRAKES AT REGULAR INTERVALS TO SEE IF ANY BRAKING POWER WOULD RETURN. HE DROVE SLOWLY ONE MILE TO MY OFFICE TO INFORM ME OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED. WE RECORDED NOTES ABOUT THE INCIDENT. HE THEN RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND PROCEEDED SLOWLY DOWN THE PRIVATE DRIVE TO OUR HOME. THE PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL CONTINUED. WHEN I RECEIVED THIS SUBSEQUENT REPORT, I LEFT WORK AND CAME HOME TO WORK WITH THE VEHICLE PERSONALLY. AIR PRESSURE IN ALL FOUR TIRES WAS AT THE RECOMMENDED LEVEL OR WITHIN A 5% VARIANCE TO THE LOW SIDE. I FOUND THE PEDAL WAS STILL VERY SOFT, EVEN AFTER PUMPING THE BRAKES REPEATEDLY. I TOOK THE VEHICLE ONTO OUR PRIVATE DRIVE AND AN ADJACENT PRIVATE PARKING LOT TO TEST IT FURTHER. I GOT THE VEHICLE UP TO ABOUT 30 MPH THEN ACTIVATED A HARD STOP THREE DIFFERENT TIMES. THE BRAKES HELD EACH TIME. THIS IS THE FOURTH SIMILAR BRAKING FAILURE WE HAVE HAD WITH THIS VEHICLE IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, ALL WITHOUT WARNING. WE HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED AT THE LOCAL FORD DEALER. THEY SAY THEY CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM. THE BRAKES SEEM TO WORK PERFECTLY ALL THE TIME...EXCEPT WHEN THEY DON'T WORK AT ALL!
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF BRAKE FUNCTION. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN UNKNOWN FORD DEALER IN KNOXVILLE, NC, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 72,000.
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V384000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT ASSIST AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
(TAKATA RECALL) AIRBAGS HAVE NOT BEEN REPLACED WE HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED TO BRING CAR IN TO REPLACE INFLATORS.EVERY TIME WE CALL...FORD DOESNOT HAVE PARTS YET. WE ARE TOLD THEY WILL CALL US
AFTER HARD BRAKING AND ABS ACTIVATION TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT WHILE HIGHWAY DRIVING, BRAKE PEDAL BECAME VERY SOFT. AFTER LATER STOPPING AND RESTARTING ENGINE (AND VERIFYING BRAKE FLUID LEVEL), PETAL IS STILL SOFT / INCONSISTENT. NEED TO PUMP BRAKES TO BUILD ENOUGH PRESSURE OT STOP. CONCERNED VALVES ON HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT IS STICKING, NOT ALLOWING FULL HYDRAULIC PRESSURE TO WHEEL CALIPERS.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE BRAKE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOORBOARD WHEN DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 57,000.
BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR AND OVERSHOT TURNING LANE AFTER I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD WHILE BRAKING. PAVEMENT WAS DAMP, I WAS ON AN INCLINE ON A LOCAL 2 LANE ROAD. 3RD TIME FOR THIS. DEALER SAID MY BRAKES WERE FINE AFTER THE SECOND TIME IT HAPPENED, DEC. 2016. SEEMS TO BE ABS SYSTEM. SENT REPAIR INVOICE ON LAST REPORT DEC. 2016.
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT'S SON OWNS A 2009 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT'S SON RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V384000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT KNOW WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE FOUND INFORMATION ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE THAT STATED THE EARLIEST THE PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE WOULD BE AUGUST 2017. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT OWNERS WOULD RECEIVE A SECOND RECALL NOTICE WHEN THE PARTS BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT'S SON HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
BRAKES SUDDENLY BECAME VERY SOFT, GOING OFTEN ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, AND IS WORSE WITH NO BRAKES IF HIT A BUMP WHILE ON THE BRAKES.
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V024000 (AIR BAGS) FOR THE PASSENGER FRONTAL AIR BAG INFLATOR; HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT RECALL REMEDY PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT INQUIRED WITH MULTIPLE UNKNOWN DEALERS WHO STATED THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
BESIDES THE RECALL NOTICE 16S26 THE DOOR HANDLES ARE NOT STABLE.. HARD PLASTIC. MY DRIVER DOOR HANDLE BROKE AND I HAD TO PAY OVER 200.00 TO REPLACE IT, COULD NOT GET OUT OF MY CAR.. THE PASSENGER DOORS HAVE TAPE ON THEM FOR SECURITY. CHEAP DOOR HANDLERS. OTHER THAN THAT I LOVE THE VEHICLE.
WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A CONSTRUCTION ZONE, WE HAD TO APPLY THE BRAKES HARD TO AVOID SOME ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE NEXT TIME WE APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE BRAKES WENT ALMOST TO THE FLOOR. AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF, THE PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED TEMPORARILY. NEXT, WHILE GOING DOWN A STEEP HILL AND APPLYING THE BRAKES HARD TO STOP FOR A CROSSWALK, THE BRAKES ACTED FINE FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN STARTED GOING TO THE FLOOR REQUIRING THE BRAKES TO BE PUMPED SEVERAL TIMES TO BUILD THEM BACK UP. IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS AND IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN ONLY AFTER A HARD OR ROUGH BRAKING EVENT. SEEMS AS THOUGH TURNING THE CAR OFF FIXES THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY.
SHORTLY AFTER GOING OVER A POTHOLE, I WAS THEN ON A FAIRLY STEEP DOWNHILL GRADE APPROACHING A STOP SIGN ON A CITY STREET AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH. AS I BRAKED, THERE WAS A FEELING OF "RELEASE: IN THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THEN THE PEDAL GOT VERY "SOFT". THE PEDAL TRAVELED MUCH FURTHER THAN USUAL TO NEARLY "THE FLOOR" WITH VERY LITTLE BRAKING POWER TAKING PLACE. RIGHT AFTER FINALLY STOPPING THE BRAKES WERE STILL SOFT BUT RETURNED TO NORMAL AFTER A MINUTE OR 2 AFTER COMMENCING SLOW DRIVING. I HAD THE BRAKES/SYSTEM INSPECTED.....NO PROBLEM EVIDENT. HAVE ONLY OWNED THE CAR ONE MONTH SO UNSURE OF PRIOR OCCURRENCES.
ON APRIL 13 AT 8:25 A.M. MY SON WAS LEAVING TO DRIVE OVER TO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR CLASS. AS HE LEFT THE SUBDIVISION AND APPROACHED THE STOP SIGN AT THE MAIN ROAD, HE APPLIED THE BRAKES TO STOP. THE BRAKES WORKED FINE UNTIL JUST BEFORE THE STOP SIGN WHEN HE HIT A POT HOLE. THE BRAKES IMMEDIATELY WENT SOFT SO THAT HE HAD TO PUSH THE PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR TO GET ANY STOPPING POWER AT ALL. THANKFULLY HE WAS ONLY GOING 3-5 MPH WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED. HE THREW THE TRANSMISSION INTO "PARK" (IT WAS GOING SLOW ENOUGH THAT IT HELD) AND WAS ABLE TO STOP BEFORE ROLLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC ON THE MAIN ROAD. THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND THE ASPHALT PAVEMENT WAS DRY. HE TURNED THE VEHICLE AROUND AND DROVE IT HOME. I TESTED THE VEHICLE AND WE WERE EVENTUALLY ABLE TO RESTORE BRAKING ACTION BY TURNING THE ENGINE OFF AND ON REPEATEDLY AND PUMPING THE BRAKES WHILE THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING. THIS IS THE THIRD SIMILAR BRAKING FAILURE WE HAVE HAD WITH THIS VEHICLE IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS. EACH INCIDENT HAS OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. WE HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED AT THE LOCAL FORD DEALER. THEY SAY THEY CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM. THE BRAKES SEEM TO WORK PERFECTLY ALL THE TIME...EXCEPT WHEN THEY DON'T WORK AT ALL! THIS IS REALLY SCARY AND FRUSTRATING. I SURE HOPE FORD WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS KNOWN ISSUE.
DRIVING OVER BUMPY ROADWAY AND APPLIED BRAKES. THEY WENT SOFT AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. REMAINED THAT WAY UNTIL THE CAR WAS SHUT OFF.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, BUT THE VEHICLE VIBRATED AND FAILED TO SLOW DOWN OR STOP WITHOUT WARNING. THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME VERY LOOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. A FRIEND OF THE CONTACT, WHO WORKS AS A FORD MECHANIC, DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,000.
THE BRAKES ON MY 2009 FORD FUSION ARE HARDLY FUNCTIONAL. WHEN YOU APPLY THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL GOES NEARLY TO THE FLOOR WITH A GREATLY EXTENDED BRAKING DISTANCE. THIS HAS RESULTED IN A FEW CLOSE CALLS FOR ACCIDENTS. I HAVE HAD THE CAR IN THE SHOP MULTIPLE TIMES. THE FIRST TIME THEY TURNED THE ROTORS. THE SECOND TIME, THEY "COMPUTER BLED" THE BRAKES. THE LAST TIME THE SHOP CONTACTED FORD DIRECTLY AND THEY WERE TOLD THAT THE HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT IS A PROBLEM IN THIS MODEL. IF THEY KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM, WHY IS THERE NO RECALL TO FIX THIS ISSUE. JUST A LITTLE RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET SHOW THAT THE PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2009 FORD FUSION. WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL AT 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT, THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR AND THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND DEEMED DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 124,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR LOCKS FAILED TO LOCK AND UNLOCK THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER'S DOOR HANDLE FAILED AS WELL. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO OPEN THE VEHICLE FROM THE EXTERIOR BUT NOT THE INTERIOR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V024000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER (PIERSON FORD IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
MY DRIVER SEAT HEATER WAS GETTING VERY HOT, AFTER A FEW TIMES OF THIS INTENSE HEAT IT NOW DOESN'T TURN ON AT ALL. I HAVE READ A LOT OF OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS SAME ISSUE WITH THE DRIVER SEAT. CONSIDERING I ONLY USE IT 4 MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR, AND USUALLY ONLY 5 OR 10 MINUTES AT A TIME, THERE SHOULD BE NO REASON THAT IT HAVE BURNT OUT.
AFTER MY CAR SAT FOR A WEEK, THE BREAKS WERE WET FROM THE SNOW MELTING. ONCE I FIRST STARTED DRIVING MY CAR, I THOUGHT TO MYSELF THAT THE BREAKS FELT REALLY LOOSE. IT LOOKS LONGER TO BREAK THAN USUAL. I WAS GOING TO STOP AT A STOP LIGHT, AND REAR ENDED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME, SINCE IT WAS TAKING LONGER TO BREAK THAN USUAL. MY VEHICLE IS USUALLY ABLE TO BREAK QUICKLY.
DRIVING ON ON A ROUGH SURFACE AND APPLIED THE BRAKE ' THE BRAKE PEDAL "WENT SOFT," REQUIRING EXTRAORDINARY PRESSURE TO ACTIVATE THE BRAKES. THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE AND USUALLY TURNING OFF THE CAR RESETS IT. IT DID NOT RESET QUICKLY THIS TIME BUT TOOK THE WEEKEND TO GO BACK TO NORMAL.