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Hello! I just bought a 2014 Fusion Energi Titanium, everything seemed okay until several days ago, I refueled it and after closing the fuel door, "Close the fuel door" sign appeared on the dash. Although, the door itself is actually closed and is working fine. At first I thought that it might be a fuel door spring problem (part number: DM5Z9928610A), but I dismantled it and there is nothing in there that could have been broken. Maybe some of you guys have experienced the same problem. I checked some posts and when they have similar problem, mostly their fuel door either is not opening properly, or not closing. As I said, mine is working fine, the only problem is the sign, which causes Check Engine Light to illuminate and this light prevents car to start remotely with key. (as I know, being unable to use remote start when SES light is on is normal and I also know that when a fuel door is open during three driving cycles, the illuminated SES light is normal). So, the problem is that, although the fuel door is closed, the car thinks that it is open, which causes all of my problems. I cannot take it to the dealer, because I live in the country of Georgia and I imported an used car from California. We have only one Ford dealer in Georgia and they hesitate to work with imported cars that they have not sold themselves. So, I would appreciate your advises.

Well, I've had my first unusual, significant concern with my ride. 26k miles on it, bought new 2013. In general, I've never had a problem with the car aside from some annoyances, such as having the FCIM take a crap on me. Replace, update, done. Calibrations are all up to date. I have never put the car under heavy acceleration before today. Was at a rest stop with 2 lanes of traffic closed, so not much of a re-entry ramp. I saw an opening, hit the gas while in EV Later mode (about 80% of wide open, didn't even reach the yellow part of the power meter), got up to about 35MPH and heard the engine RPMs go way up while feeling the car reduce acceleration speed, and had the MIL or check engine light start flashing at me. I had too much traffic behind me and no place to pull off so I continued to accelerate to speed. No warnings about stopping safely, etc. Once I hit the needed speed (for me, 65MPH), the ICE returned to normal RPMs, and it behaved as normal. After a few cycles of hybrid and having the ICE alternate between EV and running, the MIL went dark, which took about 3 minutes. This was all in EV Later. I'm sort of wondering if the battery was reaching the bottom threshold of hybrid, so therefore it came out of power depletion mode while under heavy acceleration. That would explain the reduction in power... however... it doesn't explain the flashing MIL. I'm going to try pulling codes from it tomorrow and see if anything is stored. I was reluctant to try it again since I was about 90 miles from home, but now that I am home, I'm going to wind up destroying my driving score to try to get it to do that again. If it does, off to the dealership I go. Yay for a 5 year powertrain warranty and Ford Premiumcare. The car has been babied... usually no more than 2 1/2 bars of acceleration... ECO cruise used... never really travel faster than 65. I love the car and I know and understand issues happen. Now the fun part of trying to get it to do it again, especially while in dealership hands.