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2017 FORD FUSION — Complaint #1926877

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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS filed September 11, 2023

NHTSA complaint #1926877 (ODI reference 11543931) concerns a 2017 FORD FUSION and was filed on September 11, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on June 23, 2023. The vehicle had 93,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Ohio based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:hoses, lines/piping, and fittings, 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 service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:hoses, lines/piping, and fittings 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.

Vehicle
2017 FORD FUSION
Component
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
State
Ohio
Mileage
93,000 mi

Complaint Description

The contact owns a 2017 Ford Fusion. The contact stated while driving 55 MPH and attempting to slow down, the brake pedal was depressed and went to the floorboard, and the vehicle failed to come to a complete stop. The contact was able to pull to the side of the road. After a visual inspection, the contact became aware of brake fluid leaking from the front driver’s side brake hose. The brake warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who determined that the brake hose had ruptured. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 93,000.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 1926877
ODI Number 11543931
Date Filed September 11, 2023
Failure Date June 23, 2023
VIN 3FA6P0HDXHR

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.