What 2,604 owners told NHTSA about the 2012 Ford Fusion Energi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, THE POWER STEERING SUDDENLY FAILED. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A POLE ON A CORNER NEARBY. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TOWED. THE CONTACT CONTACTED THE DEALER (MTN. VIEW FORD 301 E 20TH ST, CHATTANOOGA, TN 37408; (423) 756-1331) WHO INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL OPEN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND CONFIRMED THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT TWO YEARS AGO, WHILE DRIVING, THE STEERING LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE AN UNKNOWN FORD DEALER IN MILWAUKEE, WI, WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWO YEARS LATER, WHILE HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING, AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO HIT A GUARD RAIL AND CRASHED INTO A DITCH. THERE WAS NO WARNING. THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WAS NO POLICE REPORT AND NO REPORT OF ANY INJURY. THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED BUT WAS NOT TOWED. THE CONTACT MET HIS WIFE AT THE SCENE AND DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE GORDIE BOUCHER FORD OF MENOMONEE FALLS DEALER, LOCATED AT: N88W14300 MAIN ST, MENOMONEE FALLS, WI 53051 WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE RECALL, NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V340000 (STEERING), DID NOT APPLY TO THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL AND THE WARRANTY EXPIRED, THE VEHICLE WAS OVER 150,000. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE INITIAL FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 130.

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THROTTLE BODY STAYS OPEND CAUSING WRENCH TO POP UP ON DASH AND CAR TO NO LONGER ACCELERATE WHILE IN TRAFFIC. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS.. ALSO THE THROTTLE BODY ACTUATOR IS FAULTY. I'VE HAD MULTIPLE PEOPLE SAY THEY HAVE THIS EXACT ISSUE WITH THE FUSION .. NOT TO MENTION THE TENSION PULLEY MAKES THE CAR WHILE IN MANY FORD FUSION CARS...

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I RECEIVED A NOTICE INFORMING ME OF A RECALL ON MY POWER STEERING SYSTEM VIA MAIL. I TOOK MY CAR TO FORD AND THEY CLAIMED TO "RESET" THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM. A YEAR LATER I WAS DRIVING HOME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHEN I SMELLED SOMETHING SIMILAR TO "BURNING RUBBER" COMING THROUGH MY AIR VENTS. SMOKE THEN BEGAN TO COME FROM THE HOOD OF MY CAR AS IT SLOWED DOWN ON ITS OWN. I QUICKLY PULLED OVER INTO THE NEAREST PARKING LOT AND WALKED A SAFE DISTANCE AWAY AFTER SEEING A TROUBLING AMOUNT OF SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOOD. I TOOK MY CAR TO AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP TO FIND THAT THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM HAD SHUT DOWN AND CAUSED MY ALTERNATOR TO FAIL. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO FORD. THEY TOLD ME THAT ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A RECALL ON MY CAR, FORD WAS REFUSING TO PAY FOR IT BECAUSE OF HOW OLD THE CAR WAS. MY CAR IS A 2012 FORD FUSION AND IT IS INCLUDED IN THE RANGE OF CARS ELIGIBLE FOR THE REPLACEMENT. THEY ALSO FAILED TO GIVE ME THIS INFORMATION THE YEAR BEFORE.

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THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR BEFORE SLOWING DOWN EVEN WHEN ACCELERATING AT SLOW SPEEDS. THEY'RE VERY SPONGES WHEN MAKING STOPS AND ALMOST NON EXISTENT AFTER HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD.

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MY SON WAS DRIVING & PREPARING TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN. IT WAS A ROAD HE WAS VERY FAMILIAR WITH. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. HE ATTEMPTED TO SLOW THE VEHICLE & TURN THE CORNER BY SWERVING UP AN EMBANKMENT SLIGHTLY. HE REALIZED IT WOULDN'T SLOW. HE PUMPED THE BRAKES SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO BRAKE RESPONSE. HE CHOSE BETWEEN A GARAGE & A TREE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. HE HEADED FOR THE TREE. IN INSURANCE INVESTIGATION, BRAKES FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. SEVERE UNDERCARRIAGE DAMAGE HAD BEEN REPAIRED LESS THAN 2 WEEKS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. POLICE WERE CALLED TO ACCIDENT SCENE & FILED REPORT. THERE WERE NO SKID MARKS AT THE SCENE. THE SPEED WAS ESTIMATED AT 35-40 MPH - WITHIN/LOWER THAN SPEED LIMIT. *LN *DL CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED IN THE ACCIDENT. INSURANCE COMPANY IS MOVING VEHICLE TO A SALVAGE POOL. THEY CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION AND LOOKED AT THE ABS/HCU AND DETERMINED THAT THE BRAKES DID NOT CAUSE FAILURE. *DL

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ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2014, I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AS WE WERE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET TO WHERE MY PASSENGER SEAT BELT DID NOT WORK UPON FRONTAL HEAD ON IMPACT OR MY AIRBAGS DIDNT GO OFF CAUSING ME TO COLLIDE INTO THE DASH BOARD. THIS CAUSED LIGAMENT TEARING IN MY RIGHT HAND/SHOULDER AS THAT WAS THE INITIAL IMPACT. NOW I HAVE TO CONTINUE TO SUFFER FROM LIMITATIONS ON THE USE OF MY RIGHT HAND/SHOULDER COMPLICATIONS. FOR THE BRAKE ISSUE BEGINNING DECEMBER 1, 2019. IT HAS COME UP THAT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IS STICKING AND TEARING THROUGH MY BRAKES AS I AM DRIVING ON THE STREET OR EVEN HIGHWAY CAUSING IT TO SMOKE AROUND MY BACK TIRES. I NEARLY LOST MY LIFE ONCE, AND DO NOT WANT IT TO HAPPEN AGAIN, BUT WHEN CHECKING BRAKE RECALLS IT'S ONLY UP TO A 2010 MODEL AND I HAVE A 2012 MODEL. THIS ISSUE HAS CAUSED THE PADDING ON MY BREAKS TO COMPLETELY DISAPPEAR LEAVING ME UNABLE TO COME TO A STOP.

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THIS VEHICLE WAS TOTALED IN APRIL 2015 IN VIRGINIA AND IS NO LONGER IN MINE. I HAVE REACHED OUT TO FORD MOTORS WITH THIS INFORMATION AND THEY SAY I'M THE REGISTERED OWNER. THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. NOW THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY SAFETY & MOTOR VEHICLES IS CONTACTING ME ABOUT NOT COMPLETING THE RECALL. THERE IS NO WAY THAT CAN BE DONE FOR A VEHICLE THAT DOESN'T EXIST.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH AND THE CONTACT WAS ABOUT TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED CHEST AND KNEE INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE CONTACT DID NOT KNOW IF THE THE OTHER TWO OCCUPANTS OF THE OTHER VEHICLES WERE INJURED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED BEING SLIGHTLY BLACKED OUT AFTER THE CRASH. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT'S SON IN LAW DROVE THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED AND NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,061.

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DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY IN MY 2012 FORD FUSION AT 55 MILES AN HOUR ON HWY 10 AND THE CAR SUDDENLY JERKED TO THE RIGHT AND LOST POWER STEERING HAD TO DITCH IT BECAUSE I WAS UNABLE TO STEER IT OFF THE ROAD SAFELY. I WAS VERY UPSET BECAUSE I HAD MY GRAND DAUGHTER IN THE VEHICLE WITH ME AND IT SCARED US BOTH.

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I WAS DRIVING AND MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT I ALMOST LOST CONTROL IT IS STILL OUT AND EVERY PART STORE I GO TO SHOWS ME THERE IS A RECALL AND ITS HURTING ME TO DRIVE BUT THIS IS THE ONLY TRANSPORTATION I HAVE FOR ME AND MY KIDS I CALLED FORD TO FIX THIS BUT THEY WOULD NOT AND ITS GOING TO COST ME $2,000 TO HAVE IT REPAIRED THE MONEY THAT I DON'T HAVE

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MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THIS VEHICLE TURNING A CURB. THE POWER STEERING FAILED CAUSING MY WIFE TO HIT THE CURB CAUSING SIGNIFICANT SUSPENSION AND BODY DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE 2012 FORD FUSION FOR THIS MATTER BUT FORD CLAIMS THAT MY VIN# IS NOT INCLUDED. PLEASE INVESTIGATE BECAUSE SOMEONE COULD LOSE THEIR LIFE IN THE NEXT INCIDENT.

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I OWN A 2012 FORD FUSION SE 6 CYLINDER THIS VEHICLE HAS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD. MY PASSENGER SIDE RTAIL LIGHT CONTINUES TO BLOW AND THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT OCCURRED LAST WEEK WHEN I NOTICED A BURNING SMELL. I HAVE BEEN REPLACING THIS TAIL LIGHT EVERY SIX MONTHS FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS AND IT HAS CAUSED MELTING AROUND THE LIGHT SOCKET AND THE BULB IS CLEARLY BURNT. AFTER GOOGLING THIS ISSUE I HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE 2012 FORD FUSION AND A RECALL NEEDS TO BE ISSUED IMMEDIATELY OR I AM GOING TO THE PUBLIC. THIS CAN KILL SOMEONE AND START A FIRE ESPECIALLY IF THE BLAZE GETS OUT OF HAND AND CHILDREN ARE IN THE BACKSEAT STRAPPED IN. PLEASE EMAIL ME [XXX] REGARDING IF YOU ARE HAVING A SIMILAR CONCERN SO I CAN COMPILE THIS AND GO PUBLIC BECAUSE THEY HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL COMPLAINTS AND NOT DONE ANYTHING TO REMEDY THIS ISSUE. THIS IS CLEARLY AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE AND FORD AND THE NTHSA NEED TO STEP IT UP AND SAVE LIVES BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. HERE ARE LINKS TO SIMILAR ISSUES HTTP://WWW.FIXYA.COM/CARS/T16277316-2012_FORD_FUSION_REAR_TURN_SIGNAL_STILL HTTP://M.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/FORD/FUSION/2012/LIGHTS/EXTERIOR_LIGHTING.SHTML HTTP://WWW.CARPROBLEMZOO.COM/FORD/FUSION/TAIL-LIGHT-SWITCH-PROBLEMS.PHP INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TT

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THE DRIVER SEAT, WHEN I TURN ON THE HEATED SEAT IT GETS SO HOT IT BURNS YOU.

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HIT A DEER AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. MOVING AT 45 MPH SOMETIMES ON START UP STEERING ASSIST DOESN'T COME ON - PARKED TODAY (05.29.19) ADVANCETRAC LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR IS MAKING GROWLING TYPE NOISES.- DRIVING PARKING LOTS AND STREETS

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BRAKES BEGAN TO FEEL SPONGY. I HAD A SMALL ACCIDENT WHEN I COULD NOT BRAKE CAUSING DAMAGE TO ANOTHER'S CAR. REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS, HAD THE SYSTEM BLED BUT NOW I HAVE NO BRAKES. I HAVE NO BRAKE PEDAL AT ALL. REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER, FRONT CALIPE, BRAKE BOOSTER, AND BRAKE STILL HAVE NO BRAKE PRESSURE AT ALLL.

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POWER STEERING RECALL- MY SON WAS DRIVING HOME WHEN HIS POWER STEERING WENT OUT. THIS WAS RECENTLY FIXED BY THE RECALL IN AUG 2017, AND IT WENT OUT AGAIN. HE NEARLY WAS HIT DUE TO THE CAR VEERING WHEN HE WAS DRIVING. THIS NEEDS ADDRESSED AND FIXED AGAIN!! HE CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY $1500+ TO GET THIS FIXED AGAIN!

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DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND MSG POPPED UP AND SAID SERVICE POWERTRAC AND SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW. STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND BECAME HARD TO TURN.

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I HAD AN ACCIDENT WITH MY CAR.IT WAS BASICALLY A T BONE ACCIDENT TO A LARGE SUV . IT WAS A REALLY BAD ACCIDENT BUT SURPRISED THAT THE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. I ENDED UP GOING TO THE EMERGENCY AND WAS TOLD THAT I HAVE MUSCLE INFLAMMATION . I ALSO HIT THE BOTTOM OF MY RIGHT LEG AND HAVE MULTIPLE BRUISES. I WAS WEARING SEATBELT THAT HELPED ME BUT NO AIRBAG WAS ACTIVATED.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FUSION. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH THE KEY REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION, IT ROLLED AWAY AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER PARKED VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED TO NHTSA. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 141,000.

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TAKATA RECALL INCIDENT WHERE ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS VEHICLE WAS JUMPING OUT OF GEAR , ONE SPECIFIC INCIDENT WHERE TWO PASSENGERS WHERE IN VEHICLE AND VEHICLE JUMPED INTO DEPARTMENT OF VEHICLE BUILDING WHILE CAR WAS IN PARKED GEAR AND POLICE REPORT WAS MADE DUE TO NO ONE PHYSICALLY IN DRIVERS SEAT.

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ON THE EVENING OF DEC 29TH, UPON TURNING MY CAR ON WHILE AWAY ON A TRIP TO MORIN HEIGHTS (QUEBEC, CANADA), A "POWER STEERING FAULT" FLASHED ON MY DASH, AND I WAS UNABLE TO TURN MY STEERING WHEEL. NEIGHBOURS IN THE COTTAGE TOLD ME TO DRIVE TO A GAS STATION 1 MILE AWAY WITH MY BLINKERS ON, AND ASK FOR POWER STEERING FLUID. I BARELY MADE IT HALF A MILE OUT OF THE MORIN HEIGHTS VILLAGE, WHEN I GOT STUCK MAKING A SHARP RIGHT TURN FROM RUE ALLEN TO RUE BENNETT TO GET TO ESSO (723 CHEMIN DU VILLAGE, MORIN-HEIGHTS, QC). MY STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN RIGHT, AND I DANGEROUSLY ENDED UP IN THE LANE FACING OPPOSITE TRAFFIC. I TRIED TO TURN IT LEFT AND CONTINUE GOING STRAIGHT, BUT GOT STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. CARS NEARLY HIT ME AND EVERYONE WAS HONKING AT ME. A STRANGER PULLED OVER NEXT TO ME AND USED MANUAL FORCE ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO STEER MY CAR BACK AROUND, AND DROVE IT TO THE ESSO HALF A MILE AWAY. I BOUGHT POWER STEERING FLUID, ONLY TO DISCOVER THERE WAS NO COMPARTMENT TO PUT IT INTO, AND LEARNT THAT THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. WE PARKED MY CAR AT THE GAS STATION AND DEBATED HOW LONG I'LL LEAVE IT THERE FOR, HOW I'LL DRIVE BACK TO NY 480 MILES AWAY, HOW I AM GOING TO RESOLVE THIS MEANWHILE IT'S -15 DEGREES CELSIUS OUTSIDE AND I'M GETTING FROSTBITTEN. AFTER TURNING THE CAR BACK ON, THE "POWER STEER FAULT" WARNING DISAPPEARED AND MY STEERING WHEEL WAS BACK TO NORMAL. NEXT DAY ALL SERVICE SHOPS WERE CLOSED (SUNDAY), AND MONDAY WAS NEW YEARS HOLIDAY. I WAS NERVOUS ABOUT DRIVING THIS UNSAFE VEHICLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS BACK TO NY, BUT HAD NO OTHER CHOICE. I AM ABSOLUTELY MORTIFIED THAT AFTER SO MANY COMPLAINTS TO FORD CORPORATE ABOUT MY AIRBAG REPLACEMENT, THIS HAD TO HAPPEN. I DEMAND A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE AND FOR SOMEONE TO REACH OUT AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE RECALLS THAT ARE ISSUED, YET NO ACTION BEING TAKEN.

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WHEN I WAS DRIVING ON THE PAVED ROAD ABOUT 15 MILES PER HOUR I LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR WHILE ENGAGING A SLIGHT CURVE IN THE ROAD AND THE CAR ALL OF A SUDDEN SPED UP OUT OF CONTROL. THE BRAKES HAD NO EFFECT ON STOPPING THE CAR. SO I STEERED AWAY FROM TRAFFIC AHEAD AND WENT INTO AN OPEN FIELD. THE CAR GOT UP TO AROUND 50 MPH, AND 60 YARDS OUT I HIT A 10 FOOT WIDE TRENCH BY 2 FOOT DEEP. THE FRONT END HIT THE OTHER SIDE AND THE AIRBAG WENT OFF. THE BRAKES FINALLY STOPPED THE CAR ABOUT 30 YARDS FROM THE TRENCH. THE DECORATIVE FRONT END AND THE BACK END WAS TORE OFF ALONG WITH MISCELLANEOUS BRACKETS. THE RADIATOR WAS PUSHED UP INTO THE HOOD WITH NO LEAKS.

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LOST OF POWER STEERING

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I PULLED MY CAR INTO A PARKING SPOT, USING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND POSITION IT IN THE SPOT. I REMOVED THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION AND EXITED THE VEHICLE, ASSUMING THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK BECAUSE I HAD BEEN ABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION. UNFORTUNATELY, THE CAR WAS NOT IN PARK--BUT WAS STILL IN DRIVE MODE. THE CAR SLOWLY ROLLED BACKWARDS, HITTING ANOTHER PARKED VEHICLE BEHIND IT. IN SUBSEQUENT ATTEMPTS TO REPEAT THE ISSUE, I WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION WHEN THE CAR WAS IN DRIVE MODE--BOTH WHEN THE CAR WAS STOPPED AND WHEN IT WAS IN MOTION. FORD HAS FAILED TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION, DESPITE MY OUTREACH TO THEIR LEGAL DEPARTMENT. WHEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A FORD REPAIR CENTER, THEY TRIED TO CHARGE ME UPWARDS OF $400 FOR WHAT IS CLEARLY A SERIOUS VEHICLE MALFUNCTION.

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