sacojim Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 I purchased a 2016 Ford Fusion 1.5L in January of 2020 at my local Ford Dealer. I liked the cars design and all the special features it came with. After 3 1/2 years of which it spent 7 months in the shop at the dealership, I traded it in. The first thing to go wrong was after only 8 months, the engine would cut out while I was driving. It would start right back up and it would run fine for a while before doing it again. I took it to the dealer and they had it for a week and it worked fine. Until I got it back and it cut out on me again. After a few more weeks at the dealership, it finally did it to them. They finally determined it was the transmission and it needed to be changed. Lucky it was still in warranty. The car ran fine for a while before I lost power steering and power brakes while driving. Took it to the dealership and after a few weeks they found some broken wires inside the driver side wheel well. I was back on the road again. Then the next thing to go wrong was I was unable to shift the car out of reverse in my driveway. It was a clip that attached the shifter cable to the transmission. After checking with Ford about a safety recall for this, I had to pay to get it repaired. Then a few month later Ford issued a recall for this and I got my repair money back. The final straw came in March of 2023 when my car would crank but not start in my driveway after using it a few hours before. Had it towed to the same dealership I purchased it from in 2020 and after 4 months they could not get it going. They even had techs from Ford look at it. At that point I had enough of this car and had the car towed to another car dealership where they gave me $1000 for it. My Fusion nightmare was finally over!!!!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WKelley Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 The 1.5/2.0L Ecoboost engines were crap. In general, cars built from 2013+ seem to really suffer from quality control problems. Too many modules, engines designed very poorly, the list goes on. I love my 2010 base SE with the 6spd manual. There is very little to fail on my car, does not have 20+ modules like the 2013+ do. New cars are terrible and very overpriced. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozz Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Our 2016, not one single problem. Battery died after 5 years but that is to be expected. I think i did rear brakes. No problems with our other vehicle with the ecoboost, 69,000 miles no problems. Sound like you need a real mechanic who knows cars and how to work on them. There is also a thing called preventative maintenance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacojim Posted September 10, 2023 Author Share Posted September 10, 2023 I figured the Ford dealership and the technicians Ford sent in to try and get my car going would have more than enough expertise to work on my car. Yes, preventive maintenance is better but than reactive maintenance, but things were happening to this vehicle since I owned it that even preventative maintenance would not have found. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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