2007 Ford Fusion - a BITOG unicorn

[AZjeff]

My next door neighbor's car, late 70s widow taking care of her 98 YO mother. Neighbor has health issues and is kinda frail and doesn't drive much at all. I've been holding the Fusion's hand for a couple of years now just keeping it in running shape. Just turned 48k today, OC last week, went to take it out for a drive 12/31 and the battery was dead. Charged it up and is slowly losing voltage so new 96R Walmart 2nd tier in today and Chevron fill up before a 30 mile exercise drive. 2.3L/5spd that showed 35 mpg on today's drive that included some town driving and good hills. Everything you need and nothing you don't.

 

[KCJeep]

Those were some of the best cars Ford ever built.

 

[CKN]

Among the absolute garbage Ford is putting out lately-the Fusion was an example of what can be done right. It's an excellent automobile.

 

[Snagglefoot]

Good of you to help out. I bought its predecessor, a 2005 Taurus under owned under similar circumstances. Cars in general are are certainly not as popular as SUV's are are priced better.

 

[AZjeff]

Good find and lucky you knew someone who knew about the car. I bought its processor, a 2005 Taurus under similar circumstances. Cars in general are are certainly not as popular as SUV's are are priced better.

I don't own it, I just look after it for my neighbor, sorry for the confusion.

 

[Snagglefoot]

I don't own it, I just look after it for my neighbor, sorry for the confusion.

Thanks. I just caught that and edited my posting,

 

[mrsilv04]

Among the absolute garbage Ford is putting out lately-the Fusion was an example of what can be done right. It's an excellent automobile.

My employer has bought hundreds and hundreds of Fusion/Fusion Hybrids over the years. We still have a last year 2020 model (in bright Velocity Blue) at our facility.

With the end of the Fusion, they started buying Escapes. Now, with the end of the Escape, I'm not sure what they will turn to on their next big fleet order.

Sis's 2011 Fusion SE (2.5 liter) has 207,000 miles on it.

 

[The_Jeff]

Those are great cars and the interiors really hold up. The rockers rot away, however, and if you blow a brake line you might need a dealer scan tool (not For-Scan) to bleed things.

 

[AZjeff]

The rockers rot away,

Not in Arizona. Imagine looking under a 2007 car and the only rust is a little bit on the exhaust joints.

 

[CKN]

My employer has bought hundreds and hundreds of Fusion/Fusion Hybrids over the years. We still have a last year 2020 model (in bright Velocity Blue) at our facility.

With the end of the Fusion, they started buying Escapes. Now, with the end of the Escape, I'm not sure what they will turn to on their next big fleet order.

Sis's 2011 Fusion SE (2.5 liter) has 207,000 miles on it.

The Escape while serviceable for fleets- its other wise has the worse design and packaging in its class.

 

[JeffKeryk]

I rented one a few years back in San Diego. I thought it was a great package.

 

[fantastic]

Nice car! I'd expect that for the low mileage & desert conditions. Thanks for sharing your story & giving it some maintenance.

 

[VolvoZ]

Rented the Milan, the Mercury “twin” to the Fusion, years ago. It had the V6. I was impressed with it and really liked it. If I had to own one, I would get the 4 banger for simplicity.

 

[earlyre]

been around several over the years, folks love 'em..
My uncle had an '05 Lincoln Zephyr ( '06 they changed the name to MKZ, and changed the engine and transmission), and now has a Continental ( stretched Fusion platform, also used in China as the 7th Gen Taurus), and when I was shopping for Hybrids in '18('19? I can't remember) I drove a few of that Generation Fusion Hybrids.

I have yet to be able to get into the Drivers seat of either generation, no matter how the seat is adjusted, without Whacking my Noggin on the A pillar, I must have weird proportions or something. ( to be fair, i had the same issue with mom's '99 Taurus)

interesting fact about the Zephyr ( not sure if this changed with the switch to MKZ), but it didn't have that same dashboard as the Fusion or Milan.. it was literally a Mustang Dash, with added woodgrain and chrome/metal accents to make it Lincoln-y)

 

[Lubener]

Those were some of the best cars Ford ever built.

If the transmissions held up..

 

[brages]

2nd gen Fusion was a much nicer chassis IMO

 

[ClutchDisc]

I had a 2008. 4 cylinder and the 5 speed manual. That car was great, I still miss it. Sold it to my dad a couple years ago when I needed more room for my dogs. He still has it. Now that with a manual is a real unicorn.

 

[TacoFergie]

We had a 2012 2.5 SE with sport appearance package we bought new. Never a single issue with only basic maintenance over 9 years and about 90k. Even goin 75-80mph it still got around 30 mpg which shocked me. That car did fantastic in the snow as well with a set of Nokian Hakka 9's on it. I loved it and wished we would have kept it, but it went to a deserving family for a price we were both happy with. It was just a simple car that had everything you needed and nothing you don't, only wish was a backup camera, but that'd be easily fixed now.

 

[DirtyGary]

Had a friend who asked me for car buying advice back in 2010. Pointed him towards a lightly used Fusion v6. A 2007 with 35k on it for about $11k.

Dude drove it for the next 13 years, did minimal maintenance, cracked 200k on it and then had an issue with the PCM I believe which ended up with him finally getting rid of it.

Great car.