Does anyone have experience with the Fusion AWD system? Is the system the same as the one in the Escape? Thanks.
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How good is Ford Fusion AWD system?
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My mom's 2014 Fusion is AWD. Never had any issues with it. Of course we don't get snow here but it has always felt confident in the rain.
Ford used to use Haldex, until they developed their own system (which should work like a Haldex).
Maybe see if there is the roller test video for the Ford Kuga
Maybe see if there is the roller test video for the Ford Kuga
I have a 2017 Fusion Sport. The AWD seems to work great to me, I've driven it in rain and snow.
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Originally Posted by bdcardinal
My mom's 2014 Fusion is AWD. Never had any issues with it. Of course we don't get snow here but it has always felt confident in the rain.
Honest question, any different or better than a fwd Fusion in the rain?
My mom's 2014 Fusion is AWD. Never had any issues with it. Of course we don't get snow here but it has always felt confident in the rain.
Honest question, any different or better than a fwd Fusion in the rain?
My Fusion is my daily driver and it has seen a fair share of northeastern snow and snow in Minnesota without issues. It has never gotten stuck and has made it over virgin snow that was higher than my bumper. I only use A/S tires on it.
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Originally Posted by bdcardinal
My mom's 2014 Fusion is AWD. Never had any issues with it. Of course we don't get snow here but it has always felt confident in the rain.
Honest question, any different or better than a fwd Fusion in the rain?
Yes.
Originally Posted by bdcardinal
My mom's 2014 Fusion is AWD. Never had any issues with it. Of course we don't get snow here but it has always felt confident in the rain.
Honest question, any different or better than a fwd Fusion in the rain?
Yes.
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Originally Posted by bdcardinal
My mom's 2014 Fusion is AWD. Never had any issues with it. Of course we don't get snow here but it has always felt confident in the rain.
Honest question, any different or better than a fwd Fusion in the rain?
I have never driven a FWD Fusion in the rain. We just discovered rain here in the past year or so.
Originally Posted by bdcardinal
My mom's 2014 Fusion is AWD. Never had any issues with it. Of course we don't get snow here but it has always felt confident in the rain.
Honest question, any different or better than a fwd Fusion in the rain?
I have never driven a FWD Fusion in the rain. We just discovered rain here in the past year or so.
Originally Posted by ssamaroo01
My Fusion is my daily driver and it has seen a fair share of northeastern snow and snow in Minnesota without issues. It has never gotten stuck and has made it over virgin snow that was higher than my bumper. I only use A/S tires on it.
Thanks for the input, my wife got a 2016 with awd, I put new all season tires on it but haven't driven it in the snow. We get about 35 inches a year so not a lot.
My Fusion is my daily driver and it has seen a fair share of northeastern snow and snow in Minnesota without issues. It has never gotten stuck and has made it over virgin snow that was higher than my bumper. I only use A/S tires on it.
Thanks for the input, my wife got a 2016 with awd, I put new all season tires on it but haven't driven it in the snow. We get about 35 inches a year so not a lot.
Originally Posted by WANG
I have a 2017 Fusion Sport. The AWD seems to work great to me, I've driven it in rain and snow.
Great video, maybe my 2016 awd will do okay in snow haven't tried yet.
I have a 2017 Fusion Sport. The AWD seems to work great to me, I've driven it in rain and snow.
Great video, maybe my 2016 awd will do okay in snow haven't tried yet.
Originally Posted by benjy
you can "get by" with all season but winter tires but when you need to stop quicker you will wish you had REAL winter tires on it!!
I've owned winter tires for all my cars in the past, I was wondering how long it would take for someone to make your comment answer....not long.
you can "get by" with all season but winter tires but when you need to stop quicker you will wish you had REAL winter tires on it!!
I've owned winter tires for all my cars in the past, I was wondering how long it would take for someone to make your comment answer....not long.
I'd be more concerned with ground clearance than AWD. A few extra inches helps a lot more in heavy snow.
It appears that earlier AWD Fusions had issues with their PTU units, as did other Ford vehicles because it's supposedly a "lifetime gear oil" fill. It's not lifetime. I know Ford made improvements in the PTU design as far as leaking seals but they still claim it's still a "lifetime" fluid, but it's not, especially with the exhaust heat of the 3.5 EB engine. Though I'm not sure the Fusion could be had with the 3.5 EB, though exhaust heat in general is a problem if the exhaust is run close to the PTU. Changing the fluid every 20-30,000 miles from new seemed to help keep the fluid a viable fluid and not turn it into sludge. Not sure whether Ford included a drain plug for the PTU in later models in the Fusion. Otherwise you have to suck out the old fluid through the fill plug.
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Originally Posted by benjy
you can "get by" with all season but winter tires but when you need to stop quicker you will wish you had REAL winter tires on it!!
36" average snow per year decent inwinter all seasons will work 97% of winter.
you can "get by" with all season but winter tires but when you need to stop quicker you will wish you had REAL winter tires on it!!
36" average snow per year decent inwinter all seasons will work 97% of winter.
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Originally Posted by benjy
you can "get by" with all season but winter tires but when you need to stop quicker you will wish you had REAL winter tires on it!!
I've been meaning to look into how well snow/winter tires stop on bare pavement as compared to all seasons. I'm guessing at 0F and down, the winter tires probably have the edge, but I'm not sure about 60 and up.
Mind you, our winters have been wonky the last couple of years. Seriously--50+ in January? Quite the temperature range we can see, time to time.
I split the difference. My daily driver keeps all seasons as it rarely snows more than once a week, and with all the road salt we use the highway stays bare 99% of the rest of the time. My truck gets snow tires and that'll get used when it needs to be used.
you can "get by" with all season but winter tires but when you need to stop quicker you will wish you had REAL winter tires on it!!
I've been meaning to look into how well snow/winter tires stop on bare pavement as compared to all seasons. I'm guessing at 0F and down, the winter tires probably have the edge, but I'm not sure about 60 and up.
Mind you, our winters have been wonky the last couple of years. Seriously--50+ in January? Quite the temperature range we can see, time to time.
I split the difference. My daily driver keeps all seasons as it rarely snows more than once a week, and with all the road salt we use the highway stays bare 99% of the rest of the time. My truck gets snow tires and that'll get used when it needs to be used.
"I've been meaning to look into how well snow/winter tires stop on bare pavement as compared to all seasons. I'm guessing at 0F and down, the winter tires probably have the edge, but I'm not sure about 60 and up"
tirerack.com has already done this for you.
tirerack.com has already done this for you.
Originally Posted by bobdoo
"I've been meaning to look into how well snow/winter tires stop on bare pavement as compared to all seasons. I'm guessing at 0F and down, the winter tires probably have the edge, but I'm not sure about 60 and up"
tirerack.com has already done this for you.
Not seeing it yet. Found this antedotal link but then also found this one. I'm not sure how tall tread blocks meant to grab lots of snow is going to corner better / brake harder than short tread block all seasons.
I "need" winter tires that work from -20F to about +60F, on pavement that is bare, icy, snowy, covered in sand, covered in snow, broken, or non-existent (think mud season). Not sure how one tire does all that "to its best ability".
"I've been meaning to look into how well snow/winter tires stop on bare pavement as compared to all seasons. I'm guessing at 0F and down, the winter tires probably have the edge, but I'm not sure about 60 and up"
tirerack.com has already done this for you.
Not seeing it yet. Found this antedotal link but then also found this one. I'm not sure how tall tread blocks meant to grab lots of snow is going to corner better / brake harder than short tread block all seasons.
I "need" winter tires that work from -20F to about +60F, on pavement that is bare, icy, snowy, covered in sand, covered in snow, broken, or non-existent (think mud season). Not sure how one tire does all that "to its best ability".
My only experience with Ford AWD was a 2017 Ford Flex rental. The driver dropped front wheels 6" into unknowing packed snow on shoulder. The rear wheels on pavement spun a tad/intermitently but would give up and the fronts would simply spin away the entire time. Eventually two people who we were blocking lifted/pushed the front end out.
Fusion likely has been a better system then Flex garbage.
Fusion likely has been a better system then Flex garbage.
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