general problems of the 2016 Ford Fusion - part 2

Engine has total failure due to coolant in cylinder 2. Ford is horrible.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle the engine rpms would sporadically increase and decrease between 500 and 2,000 rpm and the vehicle would not properly accelerate when pressing the accelerator pedal. Also, the check engine light began to intermittently blink on and off. The vehicle was taken to the local mechanic who diagnosed that the engine coolant was present inside engine cylinder number two. The contact was advised that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but no assistance was offered. The local dealer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 111,000.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while driving at 60 mph, the vehicle began to hesitate and lose motive power; symptoms of which the contact attributed to a cylinder misfire, prompting him to discontinue driving the vehicle. After reaching the residence, the failure persisted for several weeks until the vehicle ceased to start and run. Upon a visual inspection of the engine compartment, the contact observed that the engine was almost completely without engine oil. The contact stated that the engine was consuming an excessive amount of engine oil. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer or an independent mechanic. The vehicle was not repaired. After investigating the failure, the contact related the failure to technical service bulletin: 20–2132. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but provided no assistance. The failure mileage was 171,000.

Engine failed while driving on the highway due to a known defect with a coolant leak into the engine. My safety, and the passengers that were in the auto were put into danger when the engine malfunctioned due to the fact that we were on the highway, traveling at 65-70 mph, when the car suddenly started shaking, emitting white smoke from the exhaust and eventually stalling and not drive able. The only indicator that came on was the check engine light. There was no low coolant light to indicate that the auto was low or leaking coolant. There was no messages or codes to indicate a low coolant level in the car. The vehicle has been inspected and diagnosed by my a certified mechanic.

Unknown, but believe that is it coolant leak related as the vehicle has been losing coolant. We have been needing to fill with coolant. The fan was running occasionally. The vehicle has no power. This is dangerous because the vehicle could have shut off while driving. The vehicle has not yet been seen by the dealership but will been getting an appointment to do so. There were no warning lights or any other warnings.

Car had to be towed to dealer due to engine failure. The car was diagnosed with coolant leaks into two cylinders, which could have caused a fire. The engine failure happened as I was driving the vehicle, putting my safety and the safety of others at risk. The problem has been confirmed by a Ford dealer. Error codes for misfire appeared right before. Vehicle was inspected shortly before malfunction and was told everything was great with the vehicle.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Fusion. The contact stated while driving at undisclosed speeds, the engine was misfiring, causing the vehicle to stall occasionally. No warning lights were illuminated. The contact became aware that the coolant level was abnormally low. The contact stated that the vehicle was scheduled to be towed to be diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 82,700.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, the check engine warning light remained illuminated, and the vehicle experienced rough starts and failed to properly accelerate. The contact self-diagnosed a cylinder misfire in the engine and replaced the spark plugs and ignition coils, but the failure persisted. The vehicle was later taken to the local mechanic who diagnosed that coolant was present inside the engine and advised the contact that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer and local dealer were notified of the failure, but no assistance was offered. The contact was informed that the vehicle was not covered under an extended warranty for the failure. The failure mileage was 75,380.

My 2016 Ford Fusion 1. 5l ecoboost has developed Fords known coolant intrusion into the head gasket and block issue. I’m currently experiencing dangerous misfires, violent shaking, with evap/O2 codes (not sure if related). I got it towed and received diagnosis and the car will be needing a new engine. 124k miles on vehicle at the time. We demand immediate NHTSA investigation and a Ford recall.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that upon start of the vehicle, there was heavy white smoke coming from the exhaust pipe with the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where a code reader retrieved information for a defect with the evap system. The evap system was replaced by another independent mechanic; however, the check engine warning light returned several months after the repair. The vehicle was taken to another independent mechanic where it was discovered that coolant was leaking into the spark plugs. The contact was informed that the engine needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the contact was informed that there were no recalls on the vehicle. The manufacturer referred the contact to the NHTSA hotline to report the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 124,000.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Fusion. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the check engine warning illuminated, and the message to change spark plug #2 was displayed. The contact stated that whenever the vehicle was started, there was white smoke coming from the exhaust. The vehicle was taken to another independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed with coolant intrusion in cylinder #2, causing engine failure. The contact was informed that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated that weeks before the failure, the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed the vehicle and determined that the solenoid and ignition coils needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to the nhsta hotline for assistance. The approximate failure mileage was approximately 120,000.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Fusion. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the contact noticed that the engine was overheating, and the vehicle started to shake with the coolant warning light illuminated. The vehicle was restarted; however, the failure recurred. The dealer was contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact was referred to the manufacturer for further assistance. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to the nhsta hotline for assistance the failure mileage was approximately 112,000.

I was told by the suburban Ford of ferndale dealer that I have a coolant intrusion problem in the engine. The repair is $13,000. I was advised that there could be engine fire, failure, etc. Prior to my taking the vehicle to the dealer, the check engine light illuminated, then the temperature gage climbed to indicate overheating.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while starting the vehicle, there was white exhaust smoke coming from the exhaust pipe while inspecting the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer but was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact related the failure to Ford customer satisfaction program: 21n12 (short block replacement after coolant intrusion); however, the vehicle was not included in the Ford customer satisfaction program. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 131,000.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Fusion. While the contact’s son was operating the vehicle, the vehicle failed to accelerate as needed, with white smoke coming from the exhaust. The contact stated that the vehicle started shaking before the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was restarted and later driven to the local dealer, who diagnosed the vehicle and determined that there was coolant inside the engine cylinders. The contact was informed that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but no assistance was provided. The failure mileage was 77,000.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Fusion. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle was shaking erratically and the engine misfired. In addition, the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was driven to the contact's residence. The contact parked the vehicle and opened the hood and noticed that the engine was shaking erratically. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed with a detached piston skirt inside the engine. The contact was informed that the piston and the piston skirt needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and a case was filed. The contact was advised to contact the NHTSA hotline and report the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 58,780.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, he heard an abnormal slushing sound coming from the dashboard and doors. Additionally, after adding coolant, the coolant level was low again two days later. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 247,700.

The contact's mother owns a 2016 Ford Fusion. The contact stated while her mother was driving at an undisclosed speed, the check engine warning light was illuminated. Additionally, the driver noticed a strong coolant odor. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where the contact was informed that there was a coolant intrusion into the oil reservoir. The contact was referred to the dealer for assistance. The vehicle was then taken to the dealer, but the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and referred the contact to the NHTSA hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 132,646.

I have a 2016 Fusion se w/ 1. 5 ecoboost. I have to check and add coolant every time it's driven. It shows cylinder 2 misfire. It loses power and runs very rough. The check engine light turns on and will turn off without being reset. It might stay off a day or two but then turns back on. While driving down the highway last Friday it started chugging and jerking and I lost power making it difficult to steer. The safety issue I see is the sudden loss of power while driving 55 with cars behind me and also coming at me. My check engine light turned on and was flashing as this happened. Ive never seen it flash before. I had it to a mechanic about a year ago because the check engine light. This is when I was informed about the TSB regarding the coolant issue. I called the Ford dealership and they said my VIN wasnt one affected but clearly it is. Yes it's available for inspection upon request. Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.

Coolant leaking into engine.

The engine failed as coolant leaked into cylinder 3 causing a misfire/malfunction. The check engine light came on intermittently along with an alert that said the coolant was over temperature, a week prior to the failure. I then took the vehicle into tires plus on merle hay road in des moines iowa where they did a full fuel system check and replaced the spark plug. At the time of taking it in, the warning lights mentioned above were not on. 3 days later the check engine light came on and wouldn’t go off. The other warning light was still popping up intermittently. I then scheduled another appointment with tires plus to check out the car again. Unfortunately 4 days later I was driving the vehicle and all of the sudden the vehicle wouldn’t accelerate properly. The engine was failing. I had the vehicle towed to west side auto pros in clive, iowa where they determined that coolant had leaked into the engine. There is already a recall out for the Ford Fusion eco boost engine of my year. I am just looking to get it extended to my engine type as I do not have the eco boost. I have not had the vehicle inspected by a Ford dealership but am happy to have it towed over there if it means that I can get a new engine. My safety was at risk because I was in the interstate when the engine began to fail. I barely made it off the interstate, and into a parking lot. I was at a severe risk of getting hit thanks to the bad engine.

There is a very common problem with the Fusions on coolant intruding into the engine. This problem needs to get fixed as it is a Ford problem.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Fusion. The contact stated while parked with the engine running the vehicle's "overheating" warning chimed and he observed that the heat gauge was in the "red zone. " the contact turned the vehicle off, checked under the hood, and observed that the coolant reservoir was low. The contact filled the reservoir, however the failure reoccurred. The contact refilled the reservoir and checked for any coolant leaks under the vehicle and did not observe any puddles. The contact took the vehicle to an independent mechanic who diagnosed the vehicle and determined that coolant had intruded into the cylinders. The mechanic referred the contact to a dealer. The contact called a dealer and was told that he needed to contact the manufacturer. The manufacturer advised the contact that there was a TSB number: 19-2346 but that he would have to pay for the repair. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 112,000.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while driving 65 mph, the vehicle lost motive power. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to exceed 80 mph while driving. The vehicle started jerking and failed to exceed 60 mph. The vehicle jerked and then failed to exceed 40 mph. After refueling, the vehicle was slow to start. The contact had to pump the accelerator pedal for the vehicle to start. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who retrieved dtc: p02, p0087, p0131, p0302, and p1450. The mechanic informed the contact that the vehicle would not pass state inspection. The local dealer was contacted, who confirmed an unrepaired recall. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and opened a case. The failure mileage was unknown.

The contact's mother owns a 2016 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while his mother was driving 45 mph, the vehicle inadvertently decelerated to 5 mph. The low coolant warning light was illuminated. The contact's mother pulled over and parked the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, where it was diagnosed with coolant intrusion into the cylinders, and it was determined that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact related the failure to technical service bulletin: 21-2269 (low coolant, white exhaust smoke, and/or illuminated mil); however, the vehicle was not covered under the TSB. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and a case was opened. The failure mileage was approximately 82,000.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Fusion. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, there was smoke coming from the exhaust, and the vehicle lost motive power with the check engine and the engine coolant over temperature warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that there was coolant leaking into the engine, causing engine failure. The contact was informed that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to the nhsta hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 121,761.

I was driving the vehicle couple of weeks ago and I began to notice that I did not have any power when pressing on the brake and that the engine was beginning to buckle I came to a stop and it continued to run very roughly I had trouble driving a half mile home when I got into driveway a great deal of white smoke was coming out of the back of it vehicle I was able to restart it the next day but the same thing happened I took it to my mechanic and he confirmed that the engine is having radiator fluid leaked into the cylinders which is a very common problem I find what the echo engines at Ford produced for this vehicle and others when my mechanic called a Ford expert he was told that it's just best to replace the engine since the repairing the present damage doesn't work.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle lost motive power with the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was able to restart however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the electronic throttle body had failed, and the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the battery had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, however the failure recurred. The vehicle was towed back to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the electronic throttle body had failed, and the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to the nhsta hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 106,000.

I am writing to file a formal complaint regarding my 2016 Ford Fusion hybrid, which I purchased in late June 2024. Despite the ongoing issues with my vehicle, it does not appear on the NHTSA recall list, even though many other Ford owners are experiencing similar problems. Recently, I encountered severe symptoms, including a persistent coolant leak and a puff of white smoke from the tailpipe. Initially, the dealership diagnosed the issue as a simple battery problem related to a cylinder 4 misfire. Following their advice, I spent nearly $500 on a new battery and diagnostic fees. Unfortunately, after driving the car, the engine light reappeared, indicating that the initial diagnosis was insufficient. Upon further inspection, the technician found a puddle of coolant on top of piston 4, which suggests a significant internal problem. This situation mirrors complaints from other Ford owners regarding their ecoboost engines, even though my hybrid engine is not classified as ecoboost. I am concerned about the lack of action regarding these issues, especially since they pose serious safety risks. Additionally, I have been informed by Ford that an engine tear-down is necessary to diagnose the full extent of the problem. If deemed not covered under my warranty, I will be responsible for $1,710 for the tear-down alone, with an estimated cost of around $11,000 for a new engine. As a college student with limited income from a part-time job, I cannot afford these expenses. I urge the NHTSA to investigate this matter and consider the broader implications for all affected Ford vehicles. I look forward to your prompt response. These unresolved issues not only threaten my safety but also potentially endanger others on the road. My repeated attempts to seek support from Ford have been met with inadequate responses, leaving me frustrated and without a clear path forward. I urge the NHTSA to investigate my case and consider a broader review of similar Ford vehicles.

The car locked in neutral but the gear shift is locked in park. The bushel broke, which was a recall on my make and model but does not show when I search for recalls on my vehicle.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Fusion. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle stalled with the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was restarted; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The vehicle was diagnosed with coolant leaking into the engine. The contact was informed that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and was diagnosed with the same failure. The contact was informed that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to the nhsta hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 147,000.

According to the Ford dealership, I am missing a piece of a gasket which is causing coolant issues. I was told that there was a flaw with the engine design on my vehicle wherein instead of repairing/replacing the gasket, an entire engine is needed- making my vehicle a total loss now. When questioned if this was the result of anything I did or could have prevented, I was informed that this was not anything I caused or could be avoided as Ford created a faulty engine design.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Fusion. The contact stated while driving 45 mph, the shifted into limp mode, with the engine coolant temperature warning light illuminated. The vehicle was able to be restarted; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the vehicle was diagnosed with engine failure. The contact was informed that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 135,000.

Engine started to misfire at 70k miles, took to a shop and had to get an engine replaced. As a college student, a $7,000 bill put me behind in school. This is a common issue on the 1. 5 and 2. 0 ecoboost engine and Ford knows it's a problem, hints the engine redesign in 2019.

I was driving on the interstate when smoke started from the rear of my car and the engine started sputtering. The vehicle started to slow down in heavy traffic. I was caught in the traffic and could not get off the road, the temperature gauge suddenly moved to the red on the gauge and I could not see the back of my vehicle making it dangerous to pull off the interstate. Ii had my grandsons with me making this worse. I had the car towed to my fathers garage where he then did a compression test on all four cylinders and found #4 cylinder to be very low reading compared to the other 3 cylinders as well as a pressure test of the radiator which showed a large leak off. I had no warning or messages when this happened.