Federal complaint record · Ford Fusion · model year 2013

2013 Ford Fusion

Owners submitted 1,783 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 89th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2011 to 2015 midsize sedan cohort. The largest reported component group is engine. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Engine · 19% · group n = 452Steering · 17% · group n = 390Powertrain · 12% · group n = 283Other · 8% · group n = 197Structure · 7% · group n = 164
1,783
Complaint records on file
76,000
Median mileage at the reported problem · 1,322 complaints reported mileage
19%
Of classified component reports name engine · group n = 452
89th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 50 model years

Engine · 2 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

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Component group 01 · Engine19%

Engine reports

Ford Fusion · model year 2013

Reports in this group452
Share of classified reports19%
Component groups on file6
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Adjacent model years · same badge, different data

The complaint signal has a shape

Compare model years
2012
0.8complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
2,506 matched incidents
This car
2013
0.5complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
1,783 matched incidents
2014
0.4complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
1,319 matched incidents

The line compares submitted complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years, not failures per 1,000 cars. Vehicle-years use compiled US sales, a 0.25 prior-calendar-year plus 0.75 current-calendar-year model-year allocation, and the shipped survival curve. Rates appear only where estimated vehicles in operation are at least 5,000.

From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Steering effort · 308 reports

Reports describe steering effort or control concerns

Cluster 1 of 32013 Ford Fusion
Stalling or shutdown · 186 reports

Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving

Cluster 2 of 32013 Ford Fusion
Transmission behavior · 159 reports

Reports describe harsh shifting, slipping, or shuddering

Cluster 3 of 32013 Ford Fusion

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

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