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Transmisson and steering
lesmor1, 10/12/2011
2010 Ford Fusion SEL 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl 6A)
8 of 11 people found this review helpful
I thought the candy apple red metallic on the fusion was so pretty. I forgot it needed to be dependable. At 4000 miles it would not shift from 2nd to 3rd. Had to rebuild the transmission. Drove to Boise from Portland a in Meridian the rack of the steering had to be replaced. It was about 12,000 miles. Fortunatly for us it happened when stopped. Not a happy Fusion owner. It is a nice car but needs to bdependable. Wish I had my Toyota back.
Costly to drive into high mileage 250K
hmacks, 01/13/2014
updated 02/01/2021
2010 Ford Fusion SEL 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl 6A)
12 of 18 people found this review helpful
Here is what you need to know - this is a costly car to drive into high mileage. Comfortable seats, slow acceleration, 28MPG. The body helped up well for 10 years, zero rust. The throttle body will fail, Ford finally recalled them after mine failed at 60K, cheap repair around $120 for DYI. The trans are weak mine failed at 197K but started to "surge and slip" around 70K, costly repair $2400. The fluid needs to be changed like clockwork, every 30 miles, I did not do this and never have for any of my high mileage vehicles - I've just added fluid - this car needs it changed. The electric power steering failed at 201K miles $700 repair.
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214,000 miles in 6 and a half years, great car!
Pdavidsoncycle@gmail.com, 03/04/2016
2010 Ford Fusion S 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl 6M)
18 of 28 people found this review helpful
Been great to me, I generally put 150 highway miles on each day. Comfortable and good technology as well as smooth ride for a budget car. My only complaint is that the glove compartment doesn't have a light. I would surely buy another one of these. Getting ~30 mpg for most of the time, now down to about 27 mpg.
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Would make a great car if Ford would fix its issues.
rcramsey, 09/26/2012
2010 Ford Fusion SEL 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl 6A)
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
Test drove a SE fully loaded with the 4cyl. First thing I noticed was how horribly slugish it was, as well as its irratic shifting. Loved the car and sales guy said only the 4cyl had this issue. Test drove the 6cyl and loved it. Only to purchase the car new and have issues with it from the first week. Transmission suffers from very hard and irratic shifts. After 3 reflashes, if I haven't ran the car in several days the tires with chirp it shifts so hard. With only 15k miles I now have crystalized brakes. Which I now find out through other owners both of these issues are known problems. The rotors I have to pay for out of pocket while the transmission issue remains to which im told unfixable.
I4 2.5L auto 6-speed transmission woes
Shawn, 03/02/2010
2010 Ford Fusion SE 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl 6M)
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
I want to love this car so much, but please do not buy the 2.5L 4 cylinder 6-speed auto like I did. The transmission is different in the two larger engine sizes. The tranny mated with this engine WILL fail. Do some research if you don't believe me. Our transmission problems started a week after ownership. The problems go like this: High RPM "flare" during acceleration on gear shifts 3-4 or 4-5 @ 35+ mph. The car will jerk forward violently. There's also a very loud "clunk" when you go into reverse. The dealers will not help you until the car is dead. I took it in 3 times before they found a fault. Our fusion has been in service since Feb 8th. Today is March 2nd. Ford has not taken care of us