2012 Ford Fusion car problems

Tiny
DAMEBRIANNA
  • MEMBER
  • 2012 FORD FUSION
  • 51,000 MILES
Hello, I am an owner of a 2012 Ford Fusion that I just got a couple of weeks ago. Last week I mixed regular unleaded gas with ethanol. It was jerking when I would stop & take off. One morning it was jerking bad and it wouldnt accelerate. My uncle did something to where it can accelerate again. So everyone told me to run the gas out & just put ethanol in it since it says Flex Fuel. Today I had 17 miles left until it was on E. I was at a stop light & the car battery light came on and it shut off. It did this five more times until I got to the gas station. I put the right gas in (ethanol) and thought it would stop. It kept doing it. It happens when im slowing down like at a stop sign or stop light. And yesterday when I started the car all the lights kept flashing. Then it said "Check break system" after but I ignored it. Is this a serious problem or something easy that can be fixed?
Wednesday, September 4th, 2013 AT 6:50 PM

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Tiny
HMAC300
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  • 48,601 POSTS
If this car is flex fuel you can run any mixture of fuel with alcohol in it like E85 your fuelmileage will drop however because E85 doesn't getgood mileage. Scan for codes and check fuel pressure first there may be something wrong there. Then clean throttle plate on both sides with choke cleaner
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Thursday, September 5th, 2013 AT 5:58 AM

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