Faults:

Quite a lot, coolant leaks, oil leaks, dash board lifted/rattled, gearbox trouble, alternator failed, etc.

General Comments:

This was the family car we had a long while ago. My father only kept it because my mother loved it (she was into quirky weird cars), but it really was an oddball.

As most manufacturers in the early 2000's were trying to be cool and hip with cars out of the ordinary, this Fusion is a great example of that. It doesn't know whether it is a hatchback or a small soft roader. It looks like every car typical of the time - bold lines, square panels rounded off around the headlights. Such an odd design.

Inside was no better, plastic everywhere, seats were OK and the car was generally comfortable for family use, so they got that right, but everything else was weird.

It was handed down to me later in life and I hated driving it, slow and barely managed 40 mpg, terrible for a 1.4 engine.

So yeah it was just rubbish, I sold it in 2016, not a car I would buy again.

Faults:

Auto-box trouble (expensive).

Quality problems - interior plastics broke very easily. So bad in fact it reminded me of a Fiat I had many many years ago. Expect better from Ford.

Everything else was normal wear and tear and not too much to fix. I kept the car serviced on time.

General Comments:

Slow, boring to drive, only bought this as I was into quirky Fords at the time for some reason. But then you grow up :)

It was one of the weirdest cars I had ever had. It drove weird (indifferent handling), looked weird, got weird looks, I just grew to hate it. Had weird massive pedals, much bigger than normal even for automatic.

The 1.6 was slow and barely could get 35 mpg, probably the terrible auto box was not doing it any favors.

On the plus side, it was relatively spacious and comfortable, vision inside was OK, and I liked the alloy wheels.

Looking back I have no idea what appealed to me about it, but lots of manufacturers were making quirky MPV's at this time. They say this was a hatchback but some say it was classed as a MPV (Multi Purpose Vehicle); either way in my opinion it did not serve any good purpose or appeal to anyone except maybe someone who wanted very basic transport and wanted to be "cool and different" at the time. Sold it after just 2 years, will never buy anything like it again, was not exactly reliable either.