2010 Ford Fusion Brakes
I own a 2010 Ford Fusion SEL with about 3,000 miles on it. I always noticed the brakes feel funny when releasing them at a light or stop sign on days when it's raining and the brakes are wet. Yesterday a car pulled out in front of me and I had to slam on my brakes. It was a sunny day with dry pavement. I had that pedal to the floor and the brakes did not lock up or pulse from the anti-lock braking system. I didn't think I would be able to stop in time but did. The braking distance for me to stop a car going 25-30 MPH was huge with no tire squeal. Made me very nervous and I'm having the brakes checked soon!
Has anyone else out there with a 2010 Fusion had this problem?
Has anyone else out there with a 2010 Fusion had this problem?
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Software also appears to be to blame at Ford Motor Co., which said Thursday it plans to fix 17,600 Mercury Milan and Ford Fusion gas-electric hybrids because of a glitch that can give drivers the impression the brakes have failed.
The automaker says the problem occurs in transition between two braking systems and at no time are drivers without brakes. Ford spokesman Said Deep says the company will ask owners to bring their vehicles in for a software fix that changes the pedal feel
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=9750168
please stop nit picking!
And Koho, sounds like your brakes worked as advertised.
Let me know what the dealer says. My Fusion SEL has 3300 miles on it and the brakes seem fine even when my wife had to slam them on to miss a deer. She said it stopped fast and straight.
I had this problem today. 2010 Fusion SEL AWD 6500 miles on it.
I could NOT stop from about 3 MPH on a hill coming out of the gas station. After that I took the car to about 25 MPH and slammed on the brakes (to the floor) with horrible stopping distance and absolutely no tire sequel or ABS pulsating.
Stopping distance is about double our 2007 Fusion SEL FWD with 24000 miles... any solutions to this problem yet?? I'm VERY concerned about this seeing as how I'm a paramedic and the Fusion is my emergency vehicle...
And just in case we never hear from jrsykid686 again, plz note his story seems to follow a trend I've seen lately on the Fusion Forums I follw: Amazing story, really dangerous-bad problem with Fusion yet not quite enough details to determine what really happened, extra bit to the story to make it a bigger deal. For example, in another Fusion forum, a poster in a thread about Forum traction in snow, said basically 'I was going up this snowy hill, and suddenly smoke came from the right wheel well then from under the hood, so I pulled over and the car went up in flames, lost my car, all my stuff, and my 3 year old's car seat, lucky my 3 year old wasn't in it....'. Also, this poster had 1 post in the forum... Never heard back.
Hope this isn't the case again here, but... just saying. Mods, I guess if you have to delete my observation, do what you must. I just have to call it like I see it. I'll be suprised if we ever hear from jrsykid686 again, or if the what he adds to this makes any sense, etc.
The reason My profile isnt filled out and I'm a member for one day is because I am a member of a different forum that I cant find information about this problem with my car.
Moving on...
The car is currently in the shop.
The first time it happened i was pulling out of a gas station with a steep grade, hit the brakes and could not stop before rolling into traffic. Luckily i did not get hit. The brakes were not overheated or anything. Slamming on the brakes yesterday resulted in a slow stop, with nowhere near the stopping power I should have to even come close to activating my ABS system.
Last night the car had been parked for hours. I drove it and slammed the brakes to check, and the stopped like a champ with ABS and tire squeal. Figures...
This morning backing out of my driveway I almost took out the neighbors mailbox becuase my sopping power was gone again. I drove it straight to the dealer and left it with them with very weak breaking power. I'll keep you updated on what they tell me later today or tomorrow.
Dealer just called... apparently my rotors and pads were all "gummed up" with some sort of "crap" They cleaned all components of the brakes and said it works fine. They are looking into a transmission issue. The car seems to shift hard when cold.. they are researching it due to how new it is it may be normal for the car. I'll keep you updated on the brakes when I get my hands on the car again.
Picked up the Fusion from the shop today... no improvement. Brakes are still very weak, service manager drove it and compared to one on the lot, mine has about 50% stopping power.
Trans seems great now, they re programmed the trans. Tomorrow the dealer is going to be in touch with Ford Engineering to try to figure out the braking issue... i'll keep ya posted.
Is there a TSB on the transmission? my 2010 SEL hits 2nd gear a little harsh.
Sorry about jumping to conclusions but you were new to the forum and we are paranoid :sick:
As for the brakes, they have been cleaned and replaced... neither with has improved the problem The brakes are intermittently working great and time to time real weak. Not sure what is going on... I'm going to give it the weekend before heading back to the dealer...
That sounds more like a faulty booster or a faulty ABS computer to me.
wouldnt ya know... after the snow the brakes are working perfect. Maybe they did need a really good cleaning?? The snow was past my bumpers at times so the brakes got quite a bit of snow in them to clean them... I'll keep an eye on it.
I must say that the AWD is amazing! i did get "stuck" once because the driver (me) backed over the snow bank about 2 feet tall... oops. I just rocked it and all 4 wheels pulled me right off the mound... amazing! Ok im done bragging now...
I am glad you still like your Fusion after the trouble you have had. Yours seems to have more trouble than most. If you do get a chance to see if there is a TSB for the transmission flash I love to know what it is. Thanks again
Had it at the dealer and when I dropped it off I rode with a service tech to make sure he experienced the same thing I was and he agreed there was something wrong. Once they looked it over they couldnt really figure it out and made it where now it only loses braking power sometimes.
It is still acting up and looking to take it back to the dealer.
Did you ever get yours fixed so you had no braking problems and what was the fix?
I have already filed a complaint which can be seen here http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/complaints/results.cfm?odi_ids=10407265&SearchType=- QuickSearch&summary=true&refurl=email
Thanks
Only drawback of these pads is the brake dust gets all over the wheels, but I would much rather have dirty wheels and excellent brakes than clean wheels and mediocre brakes.
I do however have similar braking problems in my Flex EB. Sometimes you step on the brake while going slow and it doesn't feel like it will stop. The pedal will also travel to the floor if you press hard enough.