2012 FORD FUSION — Complaint #1802234
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NHTSA Complaint about STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM filed March 18, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1802234 (ODI reference 11457238) concerns a 2012 FORD FUSION and was filed on March 18, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on February 25, 2022. The vehicle had 159,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to New York based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as steering:electric power assist system, 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 steering:electric power assist system 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 2012 FORD FUSION shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2012 Ford Fusion. The contact stated while driving at 59 MPH, the steering wheel locked inadvertently. The message "Service Power Steering Now" was illuminated. The contact was able to veer to the side of the road. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the electric power steering assist had failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that they could not assist as the VIN was not included in NHTSA Campaign Number: 15V340000 (Steering). The failure mileage was approximately 159,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1802234 |
| ODI Number | 11457238 |
| Date Filed | March 18, 2022 |
| Failure Date | February 25, 2022 |
| VIN | 3FAHP0JA4CR |
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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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