Federal complaint record · Ford Fusion · model year 2006

2006 Ford Fusion

Owners submitted 729 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 68th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2004 to 2008 midsize sedan cohort. The largest reported component group is airbags. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Airbags · 35% · group n = 320Powertrain · 17% · group n = 152Structure · 8% · group n = 76Electrical · 8% · group n = 71Engine · 6% · group n = 58
729
Complaint records on file
76,000
Median mileage at the reported problem · 429 complaints reported mileage
35%
Of classified component reports name airbags · group n = 320
68th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 48 model years

Airbags · 3 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Airbags35%

Airbags reports

Ford Fusion · model year 2006

Reports in this group320
Share of classified reports35%
Component groups on file6
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From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Airbag concerns · 234 reports

Reports describe airbag warning or deployment concerns

Cluster 1 of 32006 Ford Fusion
Transmission behavior · 97 reports

Reports describe harsh shifting, slipping, or shuddering

Cluster 2 of 32006 Ford Fusion
Stalling or shutdown · 40 reports

Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving

Cluster 3 of 32006 Ford Fusion

Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.

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