2016 FORD FUSION — Complaint #1558341
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NHTSA Complaint about AIR BAGS filed April 16, 2019
NHTSA complaint #1558341 (ODI reference 11196667) concerns a 2016 FORD FUSION and was filed on April 16, 2019. The owner reports the failure occurred on June 5, 2018. The vehicle had 60,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Maine based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as air bags, 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: yes, fire: no, injuries: 2, fatalities: 0. A complaint that flags a crash, fire, or fatality is escalated on NHTSA's internal review queue and factors more heavily into any Preliminary Evaluation decision on this make and model. 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 air bags 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 2016 FORD FUSION shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT LEASED A 2016 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SWERVED INDEPENDENTLY, ROLLED OVER TWICE, AND LANDED IN A WET FIELD. THE CONTACT WAS UNSURE IF THE DRIVER BLACKED OUT. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED BRUISES TO THE BODY AND WHIPLASH. THE PASSENGER ALSO SUSTAINED BRUISES AND WHIPLASH FROM THE SIDE WINDOW THAT WAS WRAPPED AROUND HER. BOTH OCCUPANTS REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO A TOW LOT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: CAS-152226495. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1558341 |
| ODI Number | 11196667 |
| Date Filed | April 16, 2019 |
| Failure Date | June 5, 2018 |
| VIN | 3FA6P0PU0GR |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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