2015 FORD FUSION — Complaint #1915134
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ADAS:HILL DESCENT ASSIST:SENSOR filed August 1, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1915134 (ODI reference 11535828) concerns a 2015 FORD FUSION and was filed on August 1, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on July 30, 2023. The vehicle had 94,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Arkansas based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:adas:hill descent assist:sensor, 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:adas:hill descent assist:sensor 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 that while driving the 10 MPH, the contact attempted to make a left turn, but the vehicle failed to respond. The ADAS system and the Service Advancetrac warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was steered to the side of the road. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the racking and pinion needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 94,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1915134 |
| ODI Number | 11535828 |
| Date Filed | August 1, 2023 |
| Failure Date | July 30, 2023 |
| VIN | 3FA6P0K91FR |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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