2017 FORD FUSION — Complaint #1851041
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NHTSA Complaint about AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE filed October 31, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1851041 (ODI reference 11491690) concerns a 2017 FORD FUSION and was filed on October 31, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on October 8, 2022. The vehicle had 54,855 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Pennsylvania based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as air bags: air bag/restraint 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: 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: air bag/restraint 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 2017 FORD FUSION shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2017 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while starting the vehicle, the air bag warning light illuminated. The contact stated that the failure had become an ongoing issue. The contact had taken the vehicle to a local dealer, where it was diagnosed and determined that the air bag control module needed to be replaced. The contact was advised by the dealer that the part was on a national back order. The contact stated that the vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was 54,855.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1851041 |
| ODI Number | 11491690 |
| Date Filed | October 31, 2022 |
| Failure Date | October 8, 2022 |
| VIN | 3FA6P0H75HR |
Similar AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE Complaints for 2017 FORD FUSION
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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