2012 FORD FUSION — Complaint #2029660
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NHTSA Complaint about STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HANDLE:INTERIOR filed October 3, 2024
NHTSA complaint #2029660 (ODI reference 11617905) concerns a 2012 FORD FUSION and was filed on October 3, 2024. The owner reports the failure occurred on April 12, 2024. The vehicle had 116,945 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Maine based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as structure:body:door:handle:interior, 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 structure:body:door:handle:interior 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 2012 FORD FUSION shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2012 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked, the driver's side door failed to open using the interior door handle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed and determined that the driverâs side interior door handle needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired but the failure reoccurred three years later. The contact stated that on the second occasion, the driverâs and front passengerâs side windows were rolled down and the door was opened using both outside door handles. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 116,945.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2029660 |
| ODI Number | 11617905 |
| Date Filed | October 3, 2024 |
| Failure Date | April 12, 2024 |
| VIN | 3FAHP0HG3CR |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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