Traction Control System Problems of Ford Fusion

The contact owns a 2018 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle shuddered upon depression of the accelerator pedal. The contact stated that while at a complete stop, there was an abnormal popping sound coming from the vehicle while depressing the accelerator pedal. The failure persisted, and the contact stated that the steering wheel was loose while operating the vehicle. The contact stated that the traction control warning light flashed on the instrument panel during one of the failures. The vehicle was not yet diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that there were no recalls on the VIN related to the failure of the vehicle. The contact was referred to the NHTSA hotline to report the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 41,000.

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The contact owns a 2020 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while making a turn in either left or right direction, the traction control warning light had displayed, and the vehicle had reduced speed independently. During failure, the contact lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a mailbox. During the crash, no injuries were reported. No police report was filed and the vehicle was driven home. The cause of the failure was not determined. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 81,000.

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The contact owns a 2011 Ford Fusion. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the steering wheel was difficult to turn. The traction control warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to auto zone, where it was determined that the failure was related to the electric power steering assist. The dealer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact related the failure to NHTSA campaign number: 15v340000 (steering); however, the VIN was not included. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that they could not assist because an unknown service campaign had expired. The failure mileage was approximately 147,000.

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The contact's daughter owns a 2017 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while his daughter was driving at approximately 45 mph, the vehicle lost power steering functionality. The contact stated that the power steering assist, traction control, and hill stop assist warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the rack and pinion needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 86,720.

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The contact owns a 2016 Ford Fusion. The contact stated while starting the vehicle, the traction control warning light and other unknown warning lights were illuminated. Additionally, the vehicle lost power steering functionality. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, where it was diagnosed that the steering gear had failed and needed to be replaced. The contact related the failure to NHTSA campaign number: 19v632000 (steering) however, the dealer informed the contact that the vehicle was not covered because the VIN was not included in the recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and referred the contact to the NHTSA hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 82,000.

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The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while starting the vehicle, the power steering assist fault and service advancetrac messages were displayed, and the traction control warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed and determined that the power steering needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 120,000.

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The contact owns a 2011 Ford Fusion. The contact stated while making a u-turn in his driveway, the steering wheel became difficult to turn. The contact stated that the electric steering fault and the traction control warning lights were illuminated. The contact called the local dealer and made them aware of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. Upon investigation, the contact associated the failure with NHTSA campaign number: 15v340000 (steering) however, the VIN was not included. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 140,000.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that the traction control warning light was illuminated. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 23v162000 (service brakes, hydraulic); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was not contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was 108,000. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

The contact owns a 2013 Ford Fusion. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 23v162000 (service brakes, hydraulic); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that while coming to a complete stop, the brakes made an abnormal sound. The traction control system warning light was illuminated. Additionally, the contact stated while driving over a bump, a message indicating that traction control unavailable was displayed. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

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The contact owns a 2011 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that after restarting the vehicle, the messages "service advanced track" and "service power steering" were displayed however, the vehicle operated as normal. The following morning while starting the vehicle, the power steering was faulty, and the steering wheel was difficult to turn in either direction. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer who diagnosed that the steering gear assembly was faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted, and the contact was informed that the vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 15v340000 (steering). The contact stated that the vehicle had experienced the failure listed in the recall. The approximate failure mileage was 136,000.

The contact owns a 2011 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while driving 30 mph, the abs, emergency automatic braking, traction control, and service warning lights illuminated on the instrument panel while depressing the brake pedal. The contact also stated that excessive force was needed to bring the vehicle to a complete stop. The vehicle was taken to lucas Ford (900 us-130, burlington, NJ 08016) however, the vehicle was not diagnosed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 128,262.

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while starting the vehicle, the power steering default warning light would illuminate. In order to turn off the warning light, the contact had to turn off and then restart the vehicle. The failure occurred intermittently however, the failure persisted with the power steering assist default warning light remaining illuminated, with the service advancetrac and traction control warning lights illuminated. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer who diagnosed that there was an internal failure in the power steering module. The contact was informed that the steering gear needed to be replaced. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 87,000.

Tl the contact owns a 2012 Ford Fusion. While driving, the steering wheel seized and became difficult to turn. Also, the traction control warning indicator illuminated. The contact coasted the vehicle over to the side of the road and powered off the engine. The vehicle was restarted, but the failure recurred. The contact drove home without power steering ability. The contact called Ford of monroeville (3696 william penn hwy, monroeville, PA 15146, (412) 856-0600) and scheduled a diagnostic appointment. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer and was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000.

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Power steering and traction control were lost. I was just told by the dealership service department that it was because I had the spare tire on my vehicle.

Tl the contact owns a 2012 Ford Fusion. While driving approximately 60 mph, the steering wheel seized and the vehicle decelerated and stalled. Also, the front passenger side wheel detached from the vehicle, and the power steering and traction control warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was towed to bob thomas Ford west (5321 illinois road, fort wayne, indiana 46804, (260) 436-3673) where it was diagnosed that the steering gear assembly was faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failures and provided the contact with case number: 16451951. The failure mileage was approximately 96,000.

Tl the contact owns a 2016 Ford Fusion. While making a left turn down a hill, the steering failed and a loud abnormal noise was heard. Also, when braking, the vehicle would slowly decelerate and remain at 0. 8 rpm. Furthermore, the abs and traction control warning indicators illuminated. The dealer and manufacturer were not notified. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 75,104.

Tl the contact owns a 2013 Ford Fusion. While pulling out of a parking space in reverse, a rattling noise emerged from the front of the vehicle. In addition, the "hill assist" and "traction failed" messages displayed. The contact also stated that the steering ability seized. The vehicle was towed to all american Ford in point pleasant, new jersey where it was diagnosed that the steering rack failed. The contact also stated that the vehicle was previously repaired per an unknown recall regarding the steering rack assembly in June of 2015. The vehicle was not repaired again. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and filed case number: cas14489150. The approximate failure mileage was 75,000.

Tl the contact owns a 2014 Ford Fusion. While driving 30 mph, the traction control, power steering fail assist service required, and hill start assist not available warning indicators illuminated. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The failure mileage was 103,000.

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The contact owns a 2014 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that the sync my ride system in the vehicle had been illegally hacked and caused the traction control and transmission to malfunction. Also, the contact indicated that the vehicle failed to accelerate when depressing the accelerator pedal. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who reset the sync my ride feature, but the failures continued. The dealer indicated that the hacker overrode the administrator password in order to hack into the system. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 32,000.

The contact owns a 2013 Ford Fusion. While driving 40 mph, the electronic power steering assist failed. The contact stated that the advance traction and power assist warning indicators illuminated after the failure occurred. The contact notified the dealer, but the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 21,000.

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that the vehicle experienced a loss of power steering. The power steering and traction control warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the electronic steering assist assembly was defective and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 69,784.

The trac control engages sporadically and car will not respond. This is a very dangerous issue and needs to be addressed by Ford. If you pull out into traffic to merge and this happens it will/could cause an accident.

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while driving 55 mph, the check engine light would illuminate on the instrument panel and the vehicle would stop accelerating. In order to correct the failure, the contact would stop the vehicle and shut it off. Upon restart, the vehicle would operate as normal. The vehicle was taken to an independent repair shop and the contact was informed that the traction control system needed to be repaired. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure continued. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and offered no assistance. The failure mileage was 46,000.

After owning my 2011 Ford Fusion for several weeks, the “service advancetrac soon� light came on. The dealer ran a diagnosis on the car and it was showing a steering angle sensor bad. When they ordered the part and tried to install, this model did not have one. After three days in service and numerous calls to Ford, the dealer was told to reset system and see if it happens again. If it does, they will try to research further. .

2010 Ford Fusion sel. Customer writes in regards to continued transmission problems. The consumer stated the transmission would slip harshly and hesitate on acceleration. The recall repair did not correct the transmission problems. It was determined that the valve body and solenoid body were defective. Also, one of the tires was leaking air, there was an issue with the traction and brakes. There were noises coming from the front of the vehicle. The steering wheel would not lock into place, the cd player did not work at times, the driver side visor did not stay in place, the gas over flow tube was inoperative, the vehicle would pull hard when the brake was applied. The rear driver's side door had to be slammed extremely hard, in order to close it. The driver's side seat belt was backwards. The passenger side windshield wiper dragged on the windshield and the vehicle would sometimes surge on its own. Each time the consumer went to the dealer about certain problems, she was told no problems were found.