general problems of the 2014 Ford Fusion - part 2

Rear view (backup) camera only works intermittently. When not functioning, the message "camera not available" appears.

My 2014 Ford Fusion completely lost power and wouldn't even start or turn on novemeber13, 2022. The car was towed to a dealership, and I was told that the coolant was going inside of the engine and causing corrasion. We contacted the warranty company and was told that this was a manufacture's default and that they wouldn't fix/ replace my engine because my whole engine needed to be replaced. I contacted Ford and they said there was no recalls on my car and in 2017 I saw on cars. Com that the engine/ coolant system for Ford Fusions from 2014-2017 were recalled but Ford said there was no such recall and that their recalls have an s in them and not a v.

Many people (including myself) have problems with 2013 to 2016 Ford hybrid transmissions. My transmission fails on the well know 14b07 problem, where bearings fail and the car simply gives you a warning a stops in the middle of the road, luckily I had time to push my car to the side, avoiding an accident. Ford should fix this for free once many customers had the same problem. I took my car to a dealership and the answer was to buy a new transmission for over $7000 dollars. They do not even offer a repair for it.

The fuel door hinge is broken. The fuel door will come open while driving the vehicle. The door is loose and after researching this, it is a common problem for everyone with a 2014 Ford Fusion.

While commuting to work the car randomly caught fire lost brakes and steering.

I have made 4 separate attempts to mount new tires. I researched the "swollen lug nut" issue and purchased 10 new lug nuts as well as a 18. 5mm x 19. 5mm flip socket for the shop to use. That has even failed and my new tires are still not installed. I have spent in excess of $85 for these lug nuts and flip socket.

My sunroof glass is leaking water and rusting. The rusting is so bad it’s flaking off into my hair and my eyes. Please help me !!!.

Abs came out while I was driven and went back off almost every 20 minutes.

Steering wheel has locked in place after starting the car. 64,000 miles and now that I jammed the steering wheel loose, it sounds like there is sand in the column and it is incredibly hard to turn the wheel. The wheels won't go straight after the turn. It needs to be manually man handled.

Today, I was told by mechanic that all the lug nuts had to be replaced when they attempted to rotate the tires because the lug nuts were swollen. This is costing me $164 in parts and $74. 99 in labor.

The steering wheel catches when turning right and left. It is physically hard to straighten the wheel back out. Upon searching, there are recalls for the steering mechanisms in Ford Fusions, however my specific vehicle does not come up. I do believe that my vehicle is part of this issue.

The car stalls randomly when running at low speeds / low rpms. Scenario: after being parked for extended period of time, like overnight. Drive few miles, 5 to 10 miles and stop at parking lot. Upon re-starting the car and driving slow on the parking lot, the car suddenly lose power and stalls. Need to put on park and crank for about 5 to 10 seconds to restart. Then runs fine. Couple of times was crossing a road from a parking lot and stalled right across the incoming traffic. No engine light. Took to mechanic which could not reproduce the problem.

Had issues with Ford Fusion not shifting into a higher gear. Car would rev up to over 4rpm and still wouldn’t shift up. (automatic) could’ve caused a crash had it happened driving on a highway. Took car to the mechanic and I just found out from the mechanic that it needs a new transmission! my car is mainly used for commuting and has about 150000 miles on it. I have looked up issues with this vehicle and this is a known issue! help! Ford should be recalling the bad transmission and fixing the problem!.

The contact owns a 2014 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while driving at highway speeds, the vehicle would stall as several warning lights illuminated on the instrument panel. The contact also stated that the vehicle would hesitate and independently shift gears upon depression of the accelerator as the check engine warning light would illuminate on the instrument panel. The manufacturer had yet to be notified. The vehicle had yet to be repaired. The failure mileage was unknown.

[xxx] 11/2/21. I was driving mi kids to the movies on 10/31/21 when suddenly I made a right turn to enter the theater parking lot, and the left rear door open. My daughter was sitting there and tilt to the left while the door was open, she grabbed my seat to hold her self. She was with her seat belt on, and I was entering the parking lot at low speed, which I am very thankful. I already made an appointment with my local Ford dealer for them to fix the problem, but I really can't trust this vehicle anymore. That's a serious safety concern that the doors don't latch to securely close. This is a lemon car and I don't feel safe. I will like to get help with getting this vehicle off my hands and from any other's persons possession, it's not safe! now I just learned that there's more safety recalls on the vehicle besides the doors not latching. Please help me. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

Vehicle locked itself into drive position (transmission) and will not move to any other shift. Car turned off and now will not turn back off. Had to get help pushing vehicle back into driveway until this can be fixed. Vehicle is now locked in drive mode, engine is off. Will not restart.

Trunk pops open randomly. Has had three times that I’m aware of.

My car is hard shifting, doesn't pick up on speed and has a whining noise coming underneath the hood of the car. My fluid levels are bad the fluid is black I got the 5 quarts replaced but there is still black fluid in the rest of the transmission. Is that causing my car to still mess up?.

While driving the transmission shifts extremely hard. When you accelerate to pass or speed up the car downshifts the rpms skyrocket and the cars transmission is stuck causing an extremely dangerous situation. Driving down the road the car jerks or rpms will go up for no reason. The car recently got stuck at n reverse in a parking garage. Backing up the gearshift went into park and the transmission stuck in revers. Took to dealership and was told they didn’t have time to look at it after having cut for a whole day and half after I had yo pay for my own rental car. She said that’s just how the transmission is.

While driving on the highway last week at around 65 mph (10 minutes into my commute), my car display sensor started indicating that there was a door that became loose and unlatched. I had nobody in the car with me and noticed that the passenger front door popped loose and needed to be pushed closed. I have not seen the incident occur a second time, not has it been inspected.

It has been reported that the battery in the trunk of the vehicle caught fire and melted down. It is unknown if the vehicle was being operated at the time of the incident. It is unknown if there is a fire or police report available. This is a u. S. Government vehicle owned by gsa and the vehicle is self insured by the government. There was an estimate written by a repair facility and the vehicle has been determined a total loss.

I receive this message sporadically. It disables the heat and air to my vehicle, also the passenger side front and rear window locks. When it's cold the heat does not work and when it's hot the air does not work. Also, when it rains or if it's a muggy day the windows fog up and I'm unable to defrost them. This is a major hazard. Can you please assist?! "temporarily lost communication with the climate system".

This is a report of the same issues that have been issued a recall for newer years of the same make and model, the Ford Fusion. The rear backup camera stopped working and directly impedes the safety and visibility when reversing the vehicle. An error/warning comes up to contact the dealership due to the malfunction. The 2014 was excluded from the recent recall for these same backup cameras on the 2016+ models. The recall needs to be extended to all years of the Ford Fusion.

While at drive through at smoothie king, brakes just went out with no warning. I had to press the brake pedal all the way to the ground and the car eventually stopped. Noone was hurt, no property or car was damaged (thank goodness) slowly drove in parking lot and called wife to meet me. Then the indicator "low brake fluid" flashed. Took other car to auto parts, purchase brake fluid. Went back to car, poured brake fluid in car. Did not help as still had to press brake pedal all the way to floor. Saw puddle of brake fluid on ground. Searched online and saw same issue on Ford Fusion reported as there was no warning. Some people got into an accident, others did not. When I called Ford today at 8:48 am, rep said VIN # not on recall but said there have been brake issues but my VIN # is not on recall. I do not want to pay for the cost as I would have to have the car towed to the Ford shop. I am being proactive to have it reported so it can be repaired at no cost like all of the recalls on my car.

I was driving and all of a sudden these alerts popped up and my power steering was lost.

On June 15th, 2021 the apm module stopped working as well as the audio control module in my 2014 Ford Fusion. The radio did not work. The phone remained connected, I could call out, people could dial in, people could hear me but I could not hear them. Since my hands-free device no longer worked that put me at a safety risk. I am currently paying for the dealer to replace the apim module, and they have already replaced the audio control module at my cost. The component is under recall for multiple other Ford models. There has been a technical safety bulletin on it for my model and they have replaced it up to six years. Mine did not go out until the 7th year.

My 16 year old daughter contacted me saying her car would not 'go', that she was driving and it just dropped down to 20mph and although she was accelerating, nothing was happening, the rpms were not increasing. She turned off the vehicle and then tested driving through a neighborhood before attempting to drive home as she was in another city. Everything seemed well so she began her journey back home, only to make it about 2 miles and the car was losing the ability to accelerate again. She was able to park it in a neighborhood and was given a ride home. We then went to have the vehicle towed and upon arriving, I noticed the brake lights were illuminated, but the car was off. I decided to try to drive it home so that I could confirm and experience what she described. I maintained a lower rate of speed, around 40mph. I decided to try to put on cruise control, but it would not work. At one point where the car was losing the ability to accelerate and was actively decelerating, I pulled in to a convenience store. I then notices a 'hill park assist' warning light come on. I did finally drive it the remainder of the way home. Once home, I began researching the possible issues and found this is a very common problem with Fords. There was a suggestion to look at the floor board, upon doing so, I found broken pieces of a silicon type bushing. In summary: the 'brake switch engagement bushing' broke away. This causes the brake lights to remain illuminated, the cruise control does not engage, hill park assist warning light comes on, but most concerning is the vehicle stops accelerating and loses the ability to maintain speeds above 20-40mph, which could result in a dangerous scenario if traveling on an interstate.

Car has a door latch recall as well.

Transmission.

My transmission is mess up is there a recall on 2014 Ford Fusion black.

The bushing shifter has caused the gear to be in park while the dashboard says reverse. The car won't start and without emergency breaks it rolls. It has been recalled for this exact issue along with 3 other recalls. The car was in a restaurant parking lot.

My trunk keeps popping open. It does not matter if my car is in motion or parked. The doors unlock/lock when trunk pops open and the lights flash (as if walking out to your car and hitting unlock on key fob). It seems to happen more often in direct sunlight but does happen during the night as well.

The trunk will pop open by itself at different times. Sometimes sitting in the driveway, other times it has happened while the car was driving. Ford dealership hasn't been able to recreate the issue and says nothing is wrong. This has been a commonplace complaint on various Ford forums.

My car ran hot on me for the first time. I added coolant and tried to restart the car. Had to get vehicle towed to a dealership and the dealership told me it was coolant intrusion. They said they have seen a lot of vehicles that did the same thing. The man at the dealership said that get about one vehicle a week this happens. The car was in motion. I was going the speed of about 55 miles an hour. It started losing speed and just died on me when I got to the stop sign at the end of the road.

The transmission has to be replaced at low mileage. Research showed this a huge issue with other owners of the Ford Fusion 2013-2015. Similar to engine problems, transmission problems are the last thing any driver would like to deal with. This is because it costs a lot of money on repair and requires a certain skill set to get it fixed. Unfortunately, 2014 Ford Fusion transmission problems were the third most reported about this vehicle. In general, the problems were related to issues with shifting, complete transmission failure, and transmission shuttering. Many owners of vehicles around 28,000 miles reported rough transmission shifting along with transmission slipping, which is not expected at this mileage of this vehicle. The problem was mostly resolved by either replacing the transmission or performing a global reset. The average repair cost for transmission slipping was about $750. At least two owners reported a complete transmission failure of their 73,000 miles vehicles. The owners mentioned that they performed regular maintenance to the vehicle, and they did not see any warning signs that could point them to do something before the complete failure. The owners did not include information about repair options or repair costs. Lastly, a couple of owners indicated frustration from transmission shuttering every time they drive the vehicle. They mentioned that the shuttering fades out after they drive for a long time. However, the shuddering becomes more severe when they switch from park to drive or vise versa. Unfortunately, transmission shuttering occurred at relatively new vehicles around 5,000 miles.