general problems of the 2011 Ford Fusion Hybrid

The contact owns a 2011 Ford Fusion Hybrid. The contact stated while driving 10-15 mph and depressing the brake pedal several times, the vehicle failed to respond. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact stated that she drove in circle and slammed on the brakes, and the vehicle responded. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed that the failure could be related to the abs module. The mechanic informed the contact that it was a common failure and referred the contact to the dealer. The vehicle was driven to the dealer, where the contact was informed that the abs warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was diagnosed with internal electronical failure of the abs module. The dealer informed the contact that the VIN was not included in an unknown recall. The dealer also informed the contact that the parts were not available for repairs. 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 130,000.

The contact owns a 2011 Ford Fusion Hybrid. The contact stated while driving 25 mph and depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle failed to stop as needed. The contact was informed that the service brake warning light illuminated. The vehicle eventually came to a rolling stop as the contact depressed the brake pedal to the floorboard. The vehicle resumed normal operation after being restarted. An independent mechanic was notified of the failure and informed the contact that he would not be able to diagnose the vehicle until the failure was persistent. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 205,000.

While moving on a dry, asphalt, city road, approaching a stop sign, the brake pedal was depressed, but the brakes did not engage at all. The emergency brake was applied to stop vehicle. Then slowly moving forward and retesting brakes produced the same result. Then turned off ignition and restarted ignition. Then normal braking function returned. Took car to a mechanic and no corrective taken (everything tested ok). Incidentally, left front and rear tires were recently swapped. So tread wear was different between left and right tires on each axle.

My 2011 fusion only has 61k miles. All of a sudden, couple of days ago, the break would go all the way to the floor and the car would barely stop. I had to use the parking brake to stop. Luckily, I was in a parking lot and trying to pull out of a slot when this happened. The dash had the wrench symbol and also brake system warning and service advancetrac message. I barely managed to stop and turned off the engine. And about an hour later, when I started the vehicle the warning messages went away and the vehicle behaved normally. Without taking chances, I took the vehicle to a local Ford dealership and explained clearly what happened. They ran some diagnostics and determined that the abs ecu and the abs hcu unit need to be replaced (cost $3,125). What really appalls me is that a vehicle with only 61k miles would completely lose its braking ability and put the occupants and the people on the road in serious jeopardy. Either I could have been killed/injured in a serious accident if I was on a highway or I could have easily run over a pedestrian or a cyclist on a city street. Makes me shiver thinking of these situations.

I was driving home from work going about 35 mph on a 2 lane road and traffic in front of me suddenly braked hard so I did also. I hear the abs make a noise and then several warning lights came on and I didn't have any brakes. I swerved to the side of the road to avoid an accident. I realized that the brake was very spongy and if depressed to the floor I had minimal brakes. I turned the car off and then on and the condition had cleared and my brakes were normal.

The brakes suddenly became ineffective and required a lot of pressure to bring the car to a stop. The braking light system came on when this happened. When the car was turned off on again it seemed to reset itself. I tried to get the brake software updated by frontier Ford in santa clara and they would not do it without charging me. They said it was out of warranty and it was not covered. This is despite the fact that this problem has been covered in the past and there have been many complaints about it.

We were driving in the freeway the car went from 80 to zero it would not go. It stalled in the fast lane almost causing a chain reaction. The vechile has been �fixed� over 7 times. The dealership cannot figure out what's wrong. Many people online have had the same problems some people have died from accidents. This is very unsafe . Ford says they have recalled some vechiles but not all. They even suggested because it was older. My mother has a 2017 hybrid and is experiencing the same thing as me. The car is not safe at all! if someone doesnt make the fix it many people could be hurt.

Our 2011 Ford Fusion Hybrid has had three potentially dangerous brake malfunctions. Each time, the brake pedal feels as if it has gone down to the floor. The first two incidents � one in Feb. 2015, and one in Dec. 2016 -- were very similar. Both times we were driving slowly in a parking lot, but when the driver tried to stop, lights on the dash lit up, the brake pedal felt as if it went to the floor, and the brakes did not engage normally. Both times, we took the car to the dealership and were told that computer codes indicated a faulty brake booster. So far, we've had the brake booster replaced twice. After the second brake booster was installed, the car worked fine for two days. Then, we were driving slowly in our neighborhood, and, when my husband pressed the brake pedal, it felt as if it went to the floor again. This time there was no indication from lights on the dash. The car did not stop until after we had gone through a stop sign. We had the car towed back to the dealership. This time, they re-bled the brakes and then replaced the hcu. The dealership told us that the brakes are now repaired. But one of the troubling things about this problem is that the car will drive well for a period of time. Then, for no apparent reason, the brake pedal will seem to go to the floor and the brakes won't respond normally. After our second malfunction, my husband tried turning off the ignition and then re-starting the car, and the brakes seemed to function again, too. There are reports about a computer glitch on Ford Fusion Hybrids built before October 2009. . Read more...

All lights on dash such as abs, traction control, wrench come on. Have no breaks. Have to push petal to the floor and stay hard on it. After a few days to a week you get in the car and its like it never happened. This has happen 10+ times in 6 months.

In a shopping plaza went to stop at a stop sign and brakes became spongy and car was very difficult to stop where normally expected. When finally stopped it seemed to want to lurch ahead dashboard had a red " brake service" warning light and then a number a number of yellow warnings appeared. Happened again at another stop sign on my way home. Drove to the nearest dealer where car is serviced and they pulled a code c1012 memory continuous code. They could not recreate the problem and released the car back to me. In Sep 2015 car had software updated after a " tool" kept appearing. After you turned off car they brakes seemed to work ok. I'm concerned if this happens on freeway.