2010 FORD FUSION — Complaint #1700056
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NHTSA Complaint about WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS filed October 16, 2020
NHTSA complaint #1700056 (ODI reference 11364649) concerns a 2010 FORD FUSION and was filed on October 16, 2020. The owner reports the failure occurred on January 1, 2012. The vehicle had 35,998 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Kansas based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as wheels:lugs/nuts/bolts/studs, 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 wheels:lugs/nuts/bolts/studs 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. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER SHE PARKED THE VEHICLE, SHE BECAME AWARE THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL WAS MISSING A WHEEL STUD AND LUG NUT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED ON THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT WHEELS A TOTAL OF 8 TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN 8 TIMES TO LAIRD NOLLER FORD TOPEKA LOCATED AT 2245 SW TOPEKA BLVD, TOPEKA, KS 66611, (785) 235-9211 AND THE WHEEL STUD AND A LUG NUT WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 35,998.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1700056 |
| ODI Number | 11364649 |
| Date Filed | October 16, 2020 |
| Failure Date | January 1, 2012 |
| VIN | 3FAHP0HAXAR |
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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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