2015 FORD FUSION — Complaint #1888532
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NHTSA Complaint about ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM filed April 18, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1888532 (ODI reference 11517620) concerns a 2015 FORD FUSION and was filed on April 18, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on April 1, 2023. The vehicle had 111,000 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 engine and engine cooling:cooling 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 engine and engine cooling:cooling 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 2015 FORD FUSION shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2015 Ford Fusion. The contact stated while reversing at 5 MPH, the vehicle began to stall. The contact stated that the check engine warning light was illuminated. The contact stated that the coolant fluid was evaporating. The contact took the vehicle to an independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed with needing the short block to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact called the local dealer and made them aware of the failure. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 111,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1888532 |
| ODI Number | 11517620 |
| Date Filed | April 18, 2023 |
| Failure Date | April 1, 2023 |
| VIN | 1FA6P0HD3F5 |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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