Issue ID | 1240601 |
Internal NHTSA # | 10795051 |
Manufacurer | Ford Motor Company |
Brand | FORD |
Model | FUSION |
Model Year | 2014 |
File date | 28/02/14 |
Component | TIRES |
Product type code | VEHICLE |
Description of the problem | Factory oem goodyear eagle ls-2s claim to be all season. From the first test drive these tires failed to have anything close to reasonable traction on snow and ice, resulting in the sales-rep being barely able to back the car out of the lot for a test-drive. Needless to say i wasn't thrilled about them. After getting the car onto the road, it seemed to do better, so i went ahead and purchased the vehicle. After owning it for less than 48 hours, had several incidents with stopping, cornering and acceleration where the traction control, anti-lock breaks all functioning normally, just the tires not having any sort of reasonable grip or traction. In one instance, i slid through an intersection when trying to stop at 5mph. In another instance it took me most of a minute to go through a single-lane intersection because the front tires were turning so slowly because the traction control was stuttering the wheel turn as the tires kept losing grip/traction. Repeated complaints through the sales and service department, even with the sales people admitting the tires were bad for winter and the service manager flat out saying, and i quote, "those ls2s are shit for winter", nothing was done to replace them with a comparable tire that was a true all-season tire. Complaining to the factory only nets me repeated instructions to pay ford to do a diagnostic on the car, refusing to even focus on the tire problem. These tires from goodyear should never have been allowed to be marked as all-season. At best they are fair-weather spring/summer/fall tires, at worst, they are dry area summer only tires. Like others, i've had issues with traction on just wet roads, let alone snowy or icy. |
Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 25 |
Number of Occurences | 1 |
Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
City and State | WAUKEE, IA |
VIN pattern | 3FA6P0HD8ERXXXXXX |
Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
Was incedent reported to police? | N |
Was medical attention required? | N |
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Date of purchase | 30/06/24 |
Was original owner? | N |
Anti-lock brakes | N |
Cruise control | N |
Number of cylinders | 4 |
Drive train type | FWD |
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Vehicle speed | 5 |
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