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My tire pressure is okay. I do keep an eye on it. I've also factored out any allignment issues and excess weight. On my last long-distance trip I even threw in two tanks of higher octane gas. I didn't think it would make a difference. And it didn't. My mpg was still down about 10%, from the normal 48-50 mpg to 43.3 mpg in good weather conditions.

Thanks for the posts. I drive my car for fuel efficiency, and so at 24,000 miles, my total mpg is 43.8 and that has dropped in the past 6 months. I'm aware that the battery will not fully charge. What I've noticed is that the amount my battery charges has decreased. Now, it only charges to between 50-60%, much lower than previously. As for the A/C, I have more of a problem with the mpg dip in the winter months than I do in the summer.

I had the same thing happen with my 2013 Fusion. Your description nailed my problems to a T. I was averaging about 48-50 mpg on trips and around 43-44 in the city. My gas mileage has dropped about 10%. I've also noticed that my battery doesn't fully charge, according to the gage. I've been back to the dealership twice with this complaint. THe first time I had a long conversation with the new service manager. He suggested I put a can of Sea Foam in my tank. Did it, but it didn't make any difference. The second time I brought it back--roughly 5 weeks and 3000 miies later--I again reported a 10% drop in gas mileage and also that my battery wasn't fully charging. My service slip reported that my gage is working properly and that my gas mileage is within Ford's "normal" range. I'm in the process of building a timeline history of this complaint and also recording mpg. I plan to schedule a meeting with this service manager, who seemed like a pretty nice guy, and pose the question, "What would you do if you were me?"

Thanks Waldo, I did click on the link you sent. Wanted to investigate further, but didn't know what "ETIS" was? I'm new to this site.

I have a 2013 Fusion. In the past few months, by airbag light would sporadically come on and usually go off witin minutes. For the past week, the light had been on continually. On Monday, Sept 27th, i stopped in my Ford dealer and asked about the light. At that time, the tecnician said that Ford recently put out a recall on this issue and we scheduled a service call for today, Oct 2nd. To make this story short, when I got to the dealership, Ford said they received new service guidance effective Oct 1st. As a precaution, Ford said my car should not be driven because there's the risk the airbags would not deploy. They gave me a loaner and estimated it would take about 30 days to get my car back! Has anyone else had this problem? Or can provide me more info on it? Thanks!

Ignacio, I had the same thing happen to my Fusion today. Car had been flawless. This morning I got into the car and it wouldn't power up, even with 3 or 4 tries. (approx 5000 miles) While I was searching for a trouble-shooting checklist, my husband got the car started. Had the left side powertrain warning message and when that was acknowledged, the yellow wrench appreared. I drove the car to the dealership with what seemed to be reduced power, but that could've been my imagination. No word from the service department yet.