2014 FORD FUSION — Complaint #1774066
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING: REAR COMPARTMENT/TRUNK filed October 18, 2021
NHTSA complaint #1774066 (ODI reference 11437207) concerns a 2014 FORD FUSION and was filed on October 18, 2021. The owner reports the failure occurred on October 18, 2021. The report was geocoded to New Hampshire based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:wiring: rear compartment/trunk, 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 electrical system:wiring: rear compartment/trunk 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 2014 FORD FUSION shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
On multiple occasions the trunk has popped open fully on its own. I have woken up to my trunk open on multiple occasions. I even witnessed it open itself. I had used the keypad on my car, then locked my car. I sat on my porch and 10 minutes later I watched the trunk pop open. The keys were on the table so it wasnât an accidental press of a button. Iâve noticed it usually happens after using the keypad. The keypad also has issues itself and often times in the hot sun the keypad just doesnât work and can leave you stranded. The trunk thing can happen in any climate though. Iâve had the trunk pop open around 10 times.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1774066 |
| ODI Number | 11437207 |
| Date Filed | October 18, 2021 |
| Failure Date | October 18, 2021 |
| VIN | 3FA6P0HD1ER |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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