2007 FORD FUSION — Complaint #1774025
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NHTSA Complaint about AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:CUSHION filed October 18, 2021
NHTSA complaint #1774025 (ODI reference 11437176) concerns a 2007 FORD FUSION and was filed on October 18, 2021. The owner reports the failure occurred on September 18, 2021. The vehicle had 89,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Michigan based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as air bags:frontal:driver side:cushion, 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 air bags:frontal:driver side:cushion 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 2007 FORD FUSION shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
Takata Recall. The contact owns a 2007 Ford Fusion. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V158000 (Air Bags) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the padding on the steering wheel was visible however, no warning lights were illumined. The contact stated that the failure cause was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact stated that the dealer was contacted for the recall remedy and stated that the recall parts were not available. The contact called Suburban Ford of Ferndale (21600 Woodward Ave, Ferndale, MI 48220) confirmed that the parts were not available. The manufacturer was contacted regarding the recall remedy and advised that the parts were not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The approximate failure mileage was 89,000. VIN tool confirms parts are not available.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1774025 |
| ODI Number | 11437176 |
| Date Filed | October 18, 2021 |
| Failure Date | September 18, 2021 |
| VIN | 3FAHP07197R |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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