What's wrong with my Fusion? Won't start after being jumped/wrench illuminated.

Thanks for the heads up. Don't think my car is included in this recall.

Thank you. I know next to nothing about cars, so I'm very worried. I had to jump start again this morning. When taking the freeway exit, I noticed the gears not shifting right - they were too high when my speed was low and kind of flickering (don't know the proper term) up and down while at lower speeds (20-30mph). The wrench stopped showing last night, but appeared again this morning. After jumping a second time the wrench is gone. I'll make an appointment with my local Ford tomorrow. Just feeling very anxious about this and I really appreciate any ideas. Thanks for your help. Are the problems you mentioned expensive fixes?

My local Ford service center is booked until next week. I took the car to O'Reillys after work and they tested the battery. Their machine shows a bad alternator. Would that cause the random drops/rises in RPM and hard-felt shifting?

Very possible - anytime battery power is excessively low or lost - the computer forgets some ‘adaptive strategies’ or (KAM) Keep Alive Memory .. That will also cause the powertrain fault (wrench) light to turn on .. I feel sure that repairing the alternator problem will also take care of the other concerns.

This repair doesn’t have to be performed by the dealer - any full service auto repair facility should be well equipped to take care of it.