Seven problems related to engine shut off without warning have been reported for the 2016 Ford Fusion. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2016 Ford Fusion based on all problems reported for the 2016 Fusion.
The car shuts off while driving under the speed of 20 mph. It has happened 6 times in the last 2 months. The worse part was it happened on the interstate in the rain and I had to pull over quickly on to the ramp while an 18 wheeler was coming my way.
This is the 4th time this issue has occurred. While driving, my ac kicks on with no warning and I loose all power to my car. It shuts down. This is extremely dangerous and I see several people complain about it and nothing has been done at this time. No resolution can be found for the problem. My car shuts off on its own and the only warning I get is knowing when my radio cuts out and my ac kicks on, get to the breakdown lane because my car is shutting down. 75 mph on the busy highway.
My car's engine shuts off after accelerating with no warning. It does not happen after a cold start. It only happens after a warm start. No engine lights come on during the process and my car remains in motion but can't accelerate. The engine starts to shake vigorously as though it loses 1 or 2 cylinders. Then it shuts off. I need to shut off the car and turn it back on to get it going, but it becomes dangerous when on the road. This issue only happens after a second startup of the vehicle. After restarting the vehicle after the second failed drive, everything works correctly again. All electrical systems keep working when the engine shuts off. This has happened on 4 different occasions.
On Monday October 1,2018 at 8 am I drove my kids to school, went to the grocery store, and gas station. My car drove fine. By 11:00 am I'm leaving home heading to work and while in my neighborhood driving 25 mph my car lost acceleration, began to jerk, shake really bad, and shut off. I turned it back on. It shook again and shut off. I managed to turn the car back on and slow roll into a parking space. I waited 5 mins started the car and slowly drove it back home. When pulling into my space. The car lost acceleration and the brake pedal would not press down. I could not brake!!!! the car shut off. While having it inspected, I started it and now white smoke comes out of the tailpipe. I drive the turnpike at 80 mph to get to work. This is a serious safety issue. The car wouldn't accelerate and I couldn't brake. I could have lost my life. What if I had my kids with me and we got in a bad accident because of this??? this is a serious issue. I just bought this car on April 7, 2018. I've only had it 6 months and had the maintenance done on it in June. I just now need an oil change. I only have 66,611 miles on it. I bought the car at 49,000 miles.
Traveling south bound on florida rt 54 in heavy traffic, engine shut down,restarted after 15 min,took vehicle to park Ford in wesley chapple FL. Got veh. Back 3 different times same problem in different locations t.
This car had approx 2400 at the time of incident. My wife and I were driving the car down a steep grade on 4/23/16 the car chimed 4 0r 5 times . I asked my wife if she knew what the sound was and she said no. About 5 to 10 seconds later I told my wife that the car was not running. And I looked at the dash and it was blank. I quickly put the car in neutral and started the car. It turned on. I continued driving about 300 miles after this incident. I brought the car to madison Ford in ohio to be looked at. They couldnt find any codes. They sent me home with the car. They called me back on tues and said bring the car back . This time they found 6 codes. But to my knowledge nothing stating the problem. They drove the car 60 miles or so and said the car was fine. I called classic Ford in mentor OH and talked to the service advisor and informed him I was bringing the car there to be serviced. The advisor said he wouldnt be working 4/29 and he would inform the service mgr of the problem. Icalled Friday and spoke to mark the mgr. He said he talked to the people at madison Ford . He told me to bring the car in Monday may 2 but we are going to do the same thing and if we cant find anything then theres nothing we can do for you. Well I asked him if madison told him the car shut down going down a hill and his reply was uh no. Today may 1 I started the car and let it run for 3 mins and with my wife in the car pulled down the driveway and it shut off again. No check engine warning or anything. After the first incident my wife said I wouldve been killed because I wouldnt have known to do what you did. These are serious life threatening issues and my wife and do not feel safe in this car. Especially when they tell me theres nothing wrong with this car.
Last week my car engine would shut off without warning when I was at a stop light and idle about to turn onto road. This happened twice so I took my car where I purchased at ryan Ford sealy and they had it 4/6-12/2016. They couldn't find anything because no codes or light came up. Ran vehicle health check and nothing. Acted fine yesterday. Today going right under 30 mpg and at the stop sign it shook bad and lights came on. Engine stayed on but could not move. Waited 15 minutes and limped to my house and had tow truck take it back to ryan Ford. Determined and replaced throttle body.