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In May it died and would not crank. It was $450 for new spark plugs and another $180 for 2 coil packs and a hour labor. In June the thermostat housing started leaking. Dealer wanted just north of $900 to fix that, I did it for $220 in parts in about 6 hours.
In August the TPS board went tits up. My mechanic trouble shot it for about 10 minutes and came back the board was bad and they die easily and he can get me one for just over $400 (no warranty) or charge me $50 and code it out. In November the water pump spun out, it was plastic and this is another common problem. My mechanic wanted just under $800 and the dealer was $1100. I did it in 8 hours for about $125 parts.
This morning the wife comes running up the stairs freaking out because there is a trans error and it will not start - she took the Fusion. No codes but the Torque app told me solenoid 1 was throwing an error. Checked the easy things and tried a few easy fixes and after screwing with it for over 4 hours I called my mechanic. He is slammed. I spoke with his parts girl and she passed on the info but she said it would be at least two weeks before he can see it.
I disregarded a cardinal rule I leaned back in the 70's. Do not buy cars made in England. They are crap.
Last edited on Fri Feb 2nd, 2018 12:29 am by Tsquare
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Tony
NE ATL
'04 XLT regular cab 3.slo stepside
Semi retirement