2008 FORD FUSION — Complaint #1775634
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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:ELECTRIC:CONTROL MODULE filed October 27, 2021
NHTSA complaint #1775634 (ODI reference 11438344) concerns a 2008 FORD FUSION and was filed on October 27, 2021. The owner reports the failure occurred on July 17, 2021. The vehicle had 169,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Minnesota based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as service brakes, hydraulic:power assist:electric:control module, 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: 0, 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 service brakes, hydraulic:power assist:electric:control module 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 2008 FORD FUSION shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2008 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while driving approximately 30 mph the brakes failed and the pedal extended to the floor causing the vehicle to crash into a stationary truck. During the crash, the front end was damaged but the airbags did not deploy. No injuries were reported, no police report was taken and the vehicle was not towed. The cause of the failure was not determined. The manufacturer and local dealer were notified of the failure but no assistance was offered. The contact was notified that the vehicle was included in the NHTSA campaign number 19v904000(service brakes) and 21v158000(airbags) however, the parts to do the recall repairs were unavailable.The contact indicated that the vehicle had experienced the same failure listed in the recall and the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The failure mileage was 169,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1775634 |
| ODI Number | 11438344 |
| Date Filed | October 27, 2021 |
| Failure Date | July 17, 2021 |
| VIN | 3FAHP06Z98R |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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