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2016 FORD FUSION — Complaint #1928589

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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS filed September 18, 2023

NHTSA complaint #1928589 (ODI reference 11545137) concerns a 2016 FORD FUSION and was filed on September 18, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on September 14, 2023. The vehicle had 93,530 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Illinois 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 2016 FORD FUSION shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2016 FORD FUSION
Component
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
State
Illinois
Mileage
93,530 mi

Complaint Description

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Fusion. The contact stated while the vehicle was parked, the brake pedal was depressed and went to the floorboard. The low brake fluid level warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the front brake hoses had ruptured. The vehicle had been repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and determined that the VIN was not under warranty or recall. The failure mileage was approximately 93,530. The contact stated on September 15, 2023 the left front brake hose failed and luckily it happened at a low rate of speed.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 1928589
ODI Number 11545137
Date Filed September 18, 2023
Failure Date September 14, 2023
VIN 3FA6P0K99GR

Similar SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS Complaints for 2016 FORD FUSION

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