Car bugged out

[CCalvinN]

So I had a problem the other day. While driving my car just… bugged out. The actual ‘driving’ experience didn’t change… no problem with the brakes, the engine, the cruise control, or the EV mode. But almost all of the accessories seemed to change.

 

I noticed it when the audio system changed. I was listening to the radio (FM) and it switched to the A/V input. At the same time the Auto Climate Control turned off and the temperature, which was set at a comfortable 69, set all the way down to LO. It only took me a moment to put those settings back to right and finish my drive, but I noticed the Lane Assist feature had also turned off. It had been almost five months since I played with that feature that I forgot how to turn it back on (figured it out the next day).

 

When I got into the car that evening for my drive home, I noticed two other features had been reset. I leave my fog lights on all the time, and they were off. I later noticed that the auto high beams setting had been turned off too.

 

Eventually I got everything set back up, but it strikes me as particularly strange. I’ve put almost 13,000 miles on this car and it’s never had a hiccup anything like this before. This one issue seemingly affected the audio, the climate control, the lane assist, the auto high beams, and the fog lights.

 

Does anybody have any idea what may have happened?

[mwr]

I don't have any ideas about what happened to your car, but I thought I'd add that a similar (but much less) thing happens very occasionally in my 2015 FFH. I'll be driving along with climate control on Auto, temp set at 72 degrees, then when I press the button to turn on the radio the climate control changes itself wildly - Auto light is off, the fan starts blowing on high, (I think) the rear window defroster light is on, etc. I havent' posted about this before or asked the dealer. It might happen twice a month.

[GrySql]

Do your cars use the mechanical key? I ask because there is a FSA 14C11 for the instrument cluster.

Read this:

 

http://fordfusionhybridforum.com/topic/9347-recalls-csps-and-outstanding-field-service-actions-fsas/?p=88004

[mwr]

Do your cars use the mechanical key? I ask because there is a FSA 14C11 for the instrument cluster.

Read this:

 

http://fordfusionhybridforum.com/topic/9347-recalls-csps-and-outstanding-field-service-actions-fsas/?p=88004

Mine has a mechanical key. I had a recall service performed but can't find a record of it so don't know which one it was. Bad record keeping :-(

[Hybrider]

Do your cars use the mechanical key? I ask because there is a FSA 14C11 for the instrument cluster.

Read this:

 

http://fordfusionhybridforum.com/topic/9347-recalls-csps-and-outstanding-field-service-actions-fsas/?p=88004

 

Does anyone have access to the PDF for this FSA "14C11"? I am curious about the details, such as which builds are affected, and also what symptoms are listed that would fit this FSA.

[Hybrider]

I didn't find the PDF, but I did find these links below which have the details I was asking for above.

 

http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/owners/SearchResults?searchType=ID&targetCategory=R&searchCriteria.nhtsa_ids=14V736
https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2014/11/18/ford-issues-safety-compliance-recall-for-certain-2014-2015-fusio.html

 

Luckily I narrowly missed this one.

[GrySql]

 

Does anyone have access to the PDF for this FSA "14C11"? I am curious about the details, such as which builds are affected, and also what symptoms are listed that would fit this FSA.

What the heck.. Sorry, somehow the PDF shows for me on that Post.

Anyway, I re-loaded it and now the the PDF file is there where it belongs.

After reading it I see a Ford letter was sent out.

 

Here it is one for you:

R14C11.PDF

Edited August 1, 2015 by GrySql

[CCalvinN]

Do your cars use the mechanical key? I ask because there is a FSA 14C11 for the instrument cluster.

Read this:

 

http://fordfusionhybridforum.com/topic/9347-recalls-csps-and-outstanding-field-service-actions-fsas/?p=88004

 

Nope. Mine has push button start.

[hybridbear]

Low 12V battery maybe? That can cause all sorts of issues.