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Long story short, the dealer ended up replacing many things. The fuel rail sensor, #4 injector, throttle body and even the header. I can get a complete list of everything replaced if you like. The last time they had it for an entire month. When I got it back, it would literally drive itself on flat roads/parking lots. The warranty was about to expire. We went in to purchase an extended warranty and ended up walking out with a new car. We could not justify purchasing an extended warranty on a car that never worked properly. They had 2 fusions on the lot, both were hybrid. We ended up getting one and I really like it. I miss my titanium and it's great stereo. But this 2015 hybrid drives really well and I am loving the gas mileage. I can send you the name of my dealer and the contact person, who is really great by the way. I don't know if dealer service departments communicate with each other? If they do, maybe they can give you a better idea of what all they did with mine. I am sorry that you are going through this and hope they can get a permanent fix for it.

The one time of the day that I have never experienced it is the very first time that I start it each morning. There are times now that it starts fine but as soon as I start driving it does "it's thing" which feels to me like running out of gas. It bucks and sputters and dies. And then I have to get it started again. This dying can be a safety hazard depending upon where I am when it stops. I did notice, however, that my gas mileage has gone down the drain. Average MPG yesterday was 14.8.

It is a different tank of gas and I even went up a grade. And I only go to 2 gas stations in the area.

Hi. I am really hoping that someone here might have dealt with something like this and/or be able to give me some advice please. I have a 2013 Fusion Titanium with 28k miles. It has developed a big problem within the last couple of weeks. First thing I noticed was some uneveness at times when accelerating, especially at lower speeds. I know that is not a correct term, but the best one I can come up with. Basically it felt like it was not smooth. Like it would get and not gas gas. One day I picked up my daughter from school and drove about 20 minutes to a store. I came out less than an hour later. When I started my car it shuddered and died. I was able to start it back up and drove home with no additional problem. The next day I picked my daughter up from school (about 15 minute drive) and came home. When we left about 20 minutes later my car died while driving out of the subdivision. It was like I had thrown my car in neutral. I was still giving it gas but it was going nowhere and then it died. I was able to start it and drove to my destination but did not stop my car. The next day I picked my daughter up from school and went to the grocery store. I am not sure how long I was in there but less than an hour. When i started it to leave it did its shuddering thing and died. I was able to start it but it happened 2 more times before I was able to drive it home. When I try and start it after it has died it takes a bit. Sometimes it reminds me of an old car that I had where, at stop signs, I had to keep one foot on the gas and one on the break to keep it running. I took it to the dealer Monday and was advised that they could find nothing and were unable to duplicate the problem. The service advisor suggested I try and recreate it and keep track of when it happens. Well, it did not take my long to recreate it. I picked the car up tonight and drove straight to dinner, which was about a 15 minute drive. When I got in the car to leave almost an hour later it shuddered and died. I was able to get it started and drove home without problems. I decided to keep track after that and it is as follows: 4:55 picked car up from dealer - started fine - drove to dinner 6:00 started car, turned on heat and it shuddered and died. got it started. called dealer but they were closed. home at 6:30. stopped car and restarted with no problem 7:15 started fine but backed it out my driveway a tiny bit and when driving back into drivway it started it shaking and died. got it started, was hard to start, and got back in the driveway 7:30 started fine backed out and back into driveway with no problems but i "thought' i could smell gas when I got out of the car. So the dealer is saying they can't find anything. But it is definitely something and it is stressing me out. The info they sent home says "scan with IDS. Only code listed was a historical code P0087 Any ideas? Anyone experience this? I would love to have something to go back to the dealer with. I need my car to be dependable. Also, I was at a drive thru window one morning and heard a loud "whirring" or "ticking" noise and I turned my car off to see if it was my car or the car behind me. Unfortunately it was my car. The next day i took a short video of it and provided it to the dealer. Their response was that it is normal fuel injector sound. Is this right? I went from loving my car to wanting to get rid of it. I really need to be able to depend on my car and the starting and stalling issue has me really stressed. The dealer thinks I am crazy but I have had multiple people in the car with me at times when it has done this. I really appreciate any input anyone can possibly give me on this. Thanks! ** went by dealer this morning to tell them what happened after I picked it up last night. He said that, even if it happened to him, he would be unable to fix it without a code? I asked him about the historical code P0087, which certainly seems like it "could" be the problem. He said the code was from some unknown time prior and without it showing the code now it doesn't help. That all he could do now would be to "start throwing new parts in" At this point, I am very frustrated with the dealer and the car. I just went and tried the car since it has been almost an hour since I parked it. Started fine. Backed 1/2 way out of the driveway. While pulling back in it died. So frustrated with the car and the dealer I would truly appreciate any feedback. thanks!