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Hi Everyone.. (sorry in advanced for the long post) I have been a lurker since i first started shopping for my new (used) 2008 Fusion SEL back in March.. I finally bought the car in mid-late april from a dealer.. About a month ago i was in a car accident.. I had full coverage..My insurance covered all the repairs and everything.. At first, i was suprised they didnt total it.. i recently found out after i got it back, that they wanted to total it but the shop i brought it to thought it wasnt too bad (which it was) so they qouted the insurance co $7500 to fix.. so they did..and i am sure they went over that and ate a bit of the cost as well.. Anyhow, I got my car back exactly one week ago.. Looks amazing...Really hard to believe that it got fixed so nicely... So i left the collison shop and got about 8 miles away and the RPM's shot up to above 3000 and at about 45mph... and wasnt coming down.. i think it might have been stuck in 3rd gear maybe??? So right after that, my Throttle Control/Service Engine soon light came on.. I pulled over put it in park and shut the car off.. turned it back on and only the engine light soon was on.. I brought it back to the shop and they scanned it and said something about recalibrating something on it.. they worked on it for about a half hour.. ... so all done.. It has been driving just fine for exactly a week now.. went about 230 miles....although in idle mode i hear a slight rattle noice i didnt hear before prior to the accident.. but seems to drive ok... So about 2hrs ago. I leave to go out, and the same EXACT thing that happened after i left the shop last week happened again...Same speed and scenerio...I pulled over.. turned the car off.. turned it back on.. and only the service engine light soon was on..So i quickly turned around and drove back home , which it seemed to drive normal.. I came here on this forum to look at other peoples issues similar to mine.. saw some mentions of clearing that service engine soon light by putting the key in on position for a min.. getting it warm, putting AC on w/ park break.. and driving it.. After i did that, the service englne soon light cleared... Anyone have an idea what this issue could be.. This wasnt happening prior to the accident.. i had driven the car about 800 miles when the accident happened.. (front end damage)...i just want to make sure i am driving a safe car as i will be driving my young nephew and neices around from time to time.. Not sure what to do at this point. i guess i can call my insurance company and let them know i am gonna take it back to that shop.. or should i have a place that specializes in transmissions or Ford's look at it? I really like the car but i dont wanna keep it if its gonna be a problem.. i may see about having the insurance company let me swap it out for something else, if thats even an option.. Thanks in advance for reading and for any replies i get.. Don..

Hey everyone. We've had the car a month, but having some issues and wondering if you all had any insight. I know it could be a number of things, but wanted to know if the issues are due to electronic/computer malfunction since it seems highly unlikely that it all happened at same time. 2011 Fusion Sport (17,000 miles) -Anti-theft: last week car would not start -locked & unlocked doors, pulled keys & then it started. Yesterday same thing, only wouldn't start - Came back 1/2 hour later and started. I know about the keys & keeping them separate/away from other transmitting devices so don't believe that is the source. -CK Engine / Throttle Control Light / Blindspot & Crosstraffic Fault (Message): All lit up at same time while driving down road this morning. Normal driving @ 60mph, not trying to pass, accelerate, etc. No acceleration, assuming due to Throttle Control. Ford forums great resource - have used them over the years with all of our Fords (Currently have 07 Expedition also). Greatly appreciate your help & feedback.

Hey everyone. We've had the car a month, but having some issues and wondering if you all had any insight. I know it could be a number of things, but wanted to know if the issues are due to electronic/computer malfunction since it seems highly unlikely that it all happened at same time. 2011 Fusion Sport (17,000 miles) -Anti-theft: last week car would not start -locked & unlocked doors, pulled keys & then it started. Yesterday same thing, only wouldn't start - Came back 1/2 hour later and started. I know about the keys & keeping them separate/away from other transmitting devices so don't believe that is the source. -CK Engine / Throttle Control Light / Blindspot & Crosstraffic Fault (Message): All lit up at same time while driving down road this morning. Normal driving @ 60mph, not trying to pass, accelerate, etc. No acceleration, assuming due to Throttle Control. Ford forums great resource - have used them over the years with all of our Fords (Currently have 07 Expedition also). Greatly appreciate your help & feedback.