Used 2010 Ford Fusion Consumer Reviews
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Alan Henrickson, 12/29/2021
2010 Ford Fusion SEL 4dr Sedan AWD (3.0L 6cyl 6A)
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
This has been a reliable car. I live in the mountains in southern California and have snow twice a year. This is my wife's car, so problems are taken to me when it is too late. I work as a ship engine mechanic for the OEM for 25 years so I have seen some big failures and obscure problems. Problems encountered were mainly the result of taking a common frame platform and adapting 4 different engine weights and horsepowers, adding AWD, using torsional electronic steering. Now the problems I've had are broken motor mounts (3.0L engine and AWD (more torque in the same frame) this caused the power steering to fail (motor torqued on broken motor mounts), Transmission failed at 90000 miles (probably from the broken motor mounts). The shop in town showed the broken motor mounts when the power steering went out. I am sure the transmission fail which was gradual (was able to drive it in) was due to torsional twist in alignment of transmission and driveline. American equipment is still precision I have been repairing engines of 2000 to 15000 hp for 30 years and understanding the value of maintenance and catching things early, if I were driving occasionally would have have picked up on the steering drag. My wife brought the car home from a long trip with the engine shutting down for overheat (loo radiator fluid) the shut down worked twice with no damage to the car. This is a good design and has shutdowns we used to only see in Mercedes and Cadillac and my multimillion dollar engines. The interior door handles broke one by a drug addict getting in and out, the driver door handle by her relative, assuming hard use here. Replaced power twice under warranty at Ford, then found the motor mounts, paid for that (phenolic plastic) (plastic has its place these used to be hardened rubber).Transmission replaced on me by Ford, hard to find the AWD transmission from others. Ford guys farmed out the work to another shop (maybe another Ford) this took 1 month cost $5000 (maybe fair I remember car work from the early 1970s). Since all this we put on 40000 miles in the mountains and long trips into Mexico (Mexico City). Ford design is family car so the ride is comfortable the engine is reliable and the AWD works and is adequate for 3 inches of snow. Mileage 19-20 in mountains and sometimes 30 on the highway. A good car overall. Like any piece of machinery you have to know its flaws and prepare ahead of time like changing tires and fluids.
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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.