Ford Fusion energi, did its low powered state again, this time on the free way, dropping rapidly from 75mph to 22mph and barely able to maintain that speed. The display showed the safety features becoming deactivated. Something new though, the headlights went out and the console dimmed and was barely readable, I turned on my hazards and I hope they where working, either way I was fortunate enough to avoid a rear end collision and got the vehicle off the road. This about 7th time Ford will work on the vehicle, and another week or more without a vehicle, waiting for the next available appointment. These Fusion are becoming the new Ford pinto. I really hope that several people don't have to die, before Ford is forced to recall these death traps.

- West Haven, UT, USA

On July 4th 2018. I was driving down freeway at approximately 74 miles per hour, my vehicle decelerated abruptly down to about 40 miles per hour then down to 20 miles per hour. Steering wheel become tight and practically locked into place. This portion of the event occured withen two seconds at most. The check engine light came on and the console screen on. The left side of accelerometer displayed multiple messages stating my safety systems where not available, adaptive cruise control was unavailable, forward collusion warning was unavailable, rear parking cam unavailable, parking sensors, unavailable, hill assistance unavailable, these where the ones I read while trying to make avoid a collision but other messages continued to display on the screen. Altogether the event in which the deceleration and messages displayed one after the other, in rapid succession, took place inabout 5 to 10 seconds. The sudden deceleration of my vehicle, from 74mph to 20mph forced a large white SUV. To quickly adjust lanes and force two other vehicles to move as well in order to avoid an accident. One vehicle was almost forced into a concrete wall but was able to stop, the cars behind had started to manuver around as well. I the driver was able to correct themselves quickly and continue on. My vehicle was unable to accelerate past 20mph. The exit was close, my hazard lights appeared to be be working, and vehicles where paying attention to my vehicle. I took the opportunity to move the vehicle off the free way and park it at a gas station. With the holiday, I couldn't find any open repair shops. While I waited for a ride I found several forums discussing this is a common issue with the 2016 Ford Fusion energi. After about 12000 miles the throttle body needs to be replaced. Sense then I took mine to get fixed, the issue and fix, was replacing the throttle body. Ford won't recall!

- West Haven, UT, USA

Vehicle lost power while cruising around 70 mph on freeway. Dashboard displayed a wrench icon and instructions to "refer to manual". all displays, climate control, and entertainment system still functional. Vehicle had minimal engine power, not enough to accelerate or maintain freeway speed but enough to exit freeway and pull over into a parking lot. Turning car off and restarting after five minutes restored all normal function, but check engine light turned on. Car functioned normally (aside from check engine light) the next day and was driven to dealership for check engine light diagnosis. Diagnosis was a broken electronic throttle body, described as a "known issue", which was replaced.

- Riverside, CA, USA

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Fusion energi. While driving 10 mph, the engine light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the throttle body was replaced, but the issue recurred. The vehicle was taken to be repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was 4,485.

- Van Nuys, CA, USA