Davehal9000

Filed a lost parcel claim on Saturday. They found it Monday. Wasn't an issue until USPS was about to pay out some money. Installed the new cluster. Fired up the first time. Haven't had a problem since. Will let her run it a few days, and if the trend continues, will get it all pretty again and call it good. Automotive Circuit Solutions of Marshfield MO is the company who did the work for us. Definitely worth a shot if smacking the dash has become part of your car starting on a Ford Fusion!

The folks who I took the cluster to are professionals. They know what they are doing. I think the current problem is that when I asked to get the old cluster bad while USPS searched for the lost replacement, they gave me the wrong "old" cluster, meaning someone else's. The shop had told me the old unit was in such bad shape, it would be cheaper, better, to buy new. They did so, programmed it, and USPS lost it. The old cluster they handed me was in much better shape than it should have been. I wasn't familiar enough with the old to know what damage was present, but the owner doesn't think this one was hers. Would the wrong cluster, not programmed to the car, do this? Have filed an insurance claim with USPS. Will buy another and press on.

Came over to give it another try. The antitheft light was blinking slowly, and the flashers were blinking. No crank. The electronics say there are zero miles until empty. This may be factual, knowing her... Any suggestions on what to look for in getting this thing started?

I bought the car for a friend, to help her out after she and her boyfriend split. Test drove the car, looked OK, handed over the cash, but it died on the way to her house. All accessories died, but ran. Didn't take long before it took a while to get it started. She blamed it on a bad battery. She eventually replaced it, not doing much good. She and a mechanic friend found if you smacked the instrument cluster, it would start. No need to worry about any real diagnosis, not until I'm three states away when the car won't start and nobody else to call. Followed the advice here, looking like a bad solder job in the cluster. Her circle of friends weren't convinced, but nobody would do anything to find the real problem. Finally for her to let me send the cluster off to get resoldered across the state. Once they got it, she had beat the cluster up so bad it was better off replacing it. Took about 10 days to get the new cluster. They get it reprogrammed and mail.it out. The postal system loses it. She had tried driving it without the cluster, but the lights flashed rapidly and never cranked. A month without the car, i drove across state and got the old cluster yesterday. Hooked the old cluster up, no attempt to crank. She had disconnected the battery due to the flashing, so it's possible I didn't get enough of a charge. The symptoms I see now are the flashing of the flashers, rapid flashing antitheft light, and the wipers going at a slow rate, even when off. Had worked on it yesterday after six hours on the road, in the rain, waking on crutches, so I wasn't functioning as I should have. Can give better feedback later on today. Hopefully they find the new cluster sometime this year. I'm ready to call in an airstrike...

2012 Fusion SEL 6 Cylinder. We recently changed out the water pump. When I test drove it, something wasn't right with the transmission. It was in a low gear, even though I had it in drive. When she drove it, she mentioned being able to manually tap the shifter to change gears. I never knew an automatic transmission could do this. The shifter is loose. Is there any way to fix the problem?

Thank you! Will give it a look

A friend of mine has a Fusion that was bought used, and would periodically act up on her. Am trying to get the year and exact model, but if I remember right it was higher end model, with all the bells and whistles. In the beginning, the AC, speedometer and other components would quit while driving. They would eventually come back on. The car would fail to start on an increasingly frequent basis. I did a Google search and found mention of the battery ground being painted and causing problems. No such luck. A mechanic friend advised her to disconnect the battery when she parked it, and reconnect before starting. Guess it worked for a day or two, but the car failed to start more often. The same mechanic friend discovered if he smacked the dash, it started every time. Problem solved... Had the same problem with a toy as a kid. Was told not to get too happy... something was loose inside the toy. Eventually it would disconnect completely, and hitting/shaking it would do no good. Looks like that day has come with her car. She doesn't have the cash to have anyone look at it. Mechanic friend lost interest in working on it when she didn't agree to work off the bill in other ways. He seemed to think it's a loose wire in the dash, likely associated with the anti-theft system. Any suggestions on what to look for?

New member here. A while back I tried to help out a friend, buying her a used Fusion. Got it cheap. Wasn't able to look it over or have a mechanic look at it before buying. l Looked good, well documented maintenance history, but had some issues when starting. The issues gradually got worse, so I'm here looking for answers.