Irsmart789 Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 I have a 2016 ford fusion se awd and I started the vehicle and immediately plums of smoke were coming from the exhaust and immediately the engine overheated. im told this is a blown head gasket. just under 65000 miles but over 60000 miles and I still have 4 years paying for this car that I can't drive 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbf2530 Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 21 minutes ago, Irsmart789 said: I have a 2016 ford fusion se awd and I started the vehicle and immediately plums of smoke were coming from the exhaust and immediately the engine overheated. im told this is a blown head gasket. just under 65000 miles but over 60000 miles and I still have 4 years paying for this car that I can't drive Hi Irsmart. If it was white smoke, then there is a good chance it is a head gasket. Do not drive it until it is repaired. Sorry you had this issue. Keep us updated and good luck. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irsmart789 Posted August 10, 2020 Author Share Posted August 10, 2020 I'm not driving it, however when I purchased the vehicle from James mitsubihi on camp rd. In hamburg NY. I was under the impression that I had a 10 year 100,000 mile warranty. Apparently I was supposed to hire a lawyer to read the paperwork. Smh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbf2530 Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 2 hours ago, Irsmart789 said: I'm not driving it, however when I purchased the vehicle from James mitsubihi on camp rd. In hamburg NY. I was under the impression that I had a 10 year 100,000 mile warranty. Apparently I was supposed to hire a lawyer to read the paperwork. Smh Hi Irsmart. What does your purchase contract state as far as a warranty and coverages? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Droskee24 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 This is a known problem and is covered for free since it is a recall issue. It’s not the head gasket like one would expect. It’s actually a coupling, I think, and it’s a faulty design that lets small drops of coolant to mix with some oil causing it to smoke on cold starts just as a blown gasket would do. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drolds1 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 19 hours ago, Droskee24 said: This is a known problem and is covered for free since it is a recall issue. It’s not the head gasket like one would expect. It’s actually a coupling, I think, and it’s a faulty design that lets small drops of coolant to mix with some oil causing it to smoke on cold starts just as a blown gasket would do. In order to not mislead anyone here, let's clear up a few things. First, yes, it's known problem but this is not a recall. Recalls are issued for safety-related issues, which this is clearly not. This is a TSB. Safety recalls are repaired at no charge to the owner. TSBs are applied at no charge to the owner as long as the vehicle is still under warranty or if Ford decides to cover the repair out of goodwill. In the OP's case, unfortunately, the powertrain warranty has expired. IMO, he or she should try to contact Ford and try to get them to cover at least a portion of the repair since it is a known issue and the car is not that far out of warranty. Next, what "coupling" are you referring to? AFAIK, the issue is design defect in the block. A new, revised block design addresses this problem. This is the TSB: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10168739-0001.pdf Not to be confused with Customer Satisfaction Program 19B37. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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