Federal complaint record · Ford Fusion · model year 2017

2017 Ford Fusion

Owners submitted 1,097 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 95th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2015 to 2019 midsize sedan cohort. The largest reported component group is engine. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Engine · 38% · group n = 521Powertrain · 22% · group n = 306Electrical · 9% · group n = 124Other · 8% · group n = 106Brakes · 7% · group n = 102
1,097
Complaint records on file
71,032
Median mileage at the reported problem · 606 complaints reported mileage
38%
Of classified component reports name engine · group n = 521
95th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 49 model years

Engine · 4 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

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Component group 01 · Engine38%

Engine reports

Ford Fusion · model year 2017

Reports in this group521
Share of classified reports38%
Component groups on file6
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Adjacent model years · same badge, different data

The complaint signal has a shape

Compare model years
2016
0.6complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
1,588 matched incidents
This car
2017
0.6complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
1,097 matched incidents
2018
0.3complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
427 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
Fire or smoke · 187 reports

Reports describe smoke, burning smells, or fire

Cluster 1 of 32017 Ford Fusion
Transmission behavior · 162 reports

Reports describe harsh shifting, slipping, or shuddering

Cluster 2 of 32017 Ford Fusion
Warning indicators · 133 reports

Reports describe warning lights before service

Cluster 3 of 32017 Ford Fusion

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

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