2010 FORD FUSION — Complaint #1242690
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NHTSA Complaint about STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK filed December 3, 2015
NHTSA complaint #1242690 (ODI reference 10808172) concerns a 2010 FORD FUSION and was filed on December 3, 2015. The owner reports the failure occurred on August 11, 2015. The vehicle had 71,084 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Oregon based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as steering:rack and pinion:rack, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same FORD FUSION cohort independently describe similar steering:rack and pinion:rack failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2010 FORD FUSION shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE POWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING RACK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE HAD NOT RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 71,084.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1242690 |
| ODI Number | 10808172 |
| Date Filed | December 3, 2015 |
| Failure Date | August 11, 2015 |
| VIN | 3FAHP0HA1AR |
Similar STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK Complaints for 2010 FORD FUSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AT APPROXIMATELY 4 MPH, THE STEERING ABILITY SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE DEALER STATE
ON OCTOBER 4, 2012, I WAS DRIVING MY 2010 FORD FUSION AROUND 40 M.P.H. ON A FOUR LANE STREET WHEN THE POWER STEERING FAILED/LOCKED FOR NO REASON. THE ELECTRONIC DISPLAY SAID "POWER STEERING ASSIST FA
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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