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2011 FORD FUSION — FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

crash · 924997 · 2012-06-26

Vehicle

Make
FORD
Model
FUSION
Year
2011
Manufacturer
Ford Motor Company
Component
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
Miles at failure
37,000

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

6/14/12 CAR WAS LOW ON FUEL, BUT NOT ON EMPTY AND MESSAGE INDICATED 32 MILES TO E. DRIVING UP HILL CAR LOST POWER, DID NOT DIE, MOVED VERY SLOWLY. ABLE TO GET OFF STREET INTO PARKING LOT OF RESTAURANT. CAR SEEMED TO REGAIN POWER, SO TRIED TO PULL BACK ON STREET GOING DOWN HILL, BUT AT EDGE OF LOT, I REALIZED THE BRAKES WERE NOT RESPONDING. I MANAGED TO AVOID CAR COMING AND WAS ABLE GET BACK INTO THE PARKING LOT AS PULLING INTO PARKING SPOT NOW SLIGHT SURGE OF SPEED BUT STILL NO BRAKES AND HIT RESTAURANT'S SIGN. TOOK CAR TO DEALER, COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM AND BLAMED IT ALL ON LOW FUEL. ON 6/20 THIS TIME WITH TANK ALMOST FULL. HAD SAME PROBLEM, CAR SUDDENLY HAD NO POWER, BUT DID NOT DIE. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED IT OFF AND WAITED SEVERAL MINUTES. WHEN RESTARTED WENT ABOUT FOUR MILES AND HAPPENED AGAIN. STOPPED, TURNED OFF, RESTARTED AND WENT A LITTLE FURTHER, BUT NOW CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. FORTUNATELY, BOTH TIMES NOT GOING 60 MILES ON THE HIGHWAY AND SUDDENLY NO POWER HAD TOWED TO DEALER AND THIS TIME, REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. SAID IT WAS AN UPDATED VERSION. IF THEY KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM AND HAVE AN UPDATED VERSION, WHY IS THERE NO RECALL? I THINK THIS COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS. *JB

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10463160
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