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2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid fuel/propulsion system problems

38 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the fuel/propulsion system on the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid8% of all complaints for this model year.

38
Fuel/propulsion System complaints
8%
share of all complaints
70,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
1 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Due to a design flaw, the car's computer system cannot accept an indication of more than one digit in the "age" entry. For this reason, the electric high voltage battery stops working when the car approaches 10 years of age, causing a serious and dangerous hesitation in the drive train when…

    filed Jul 22, 2019

  • The vehicle no longer operates in electric mode, using the high voltage battery to power the electric motor. This is a major safety concern since there is no assist from the electric drive motor. When accelerating from a dead stop, there is a significant lag before the gasoline motor engages and…

    filed Jun 11, 2019

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.