2016 FORD FUSION — Complaint #2160124
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NHTSA Complaint about WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS filed December 23, 2025
NHTSA complaint #2160124 (ODI reference 11706874) concerns a 2016 FORD FUSION and was filed on December 23, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on December 23, 2025. The report was geocoded to Louisiana based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as wheels:lugs/nuts/bolts/studs, 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 wheels:lugs/nuts/bolts/studs 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.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2016 Ford Fusion. The contact received notifications of NHTSA Campaign Numbers: 23V162000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulic) and 25V695000 (Back Over Prevention). The contact stated that the dealer had sent a mobile mechanic to the contact's residence to complete the recall repair of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V162000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulic). During the day, the contact checked the residence ring camera and noticed that two mobile mechanics had stopped by the residence to work on the brakes. The contact stated that after a while, both mechanics left the residence and left the hood of the contact's vehicle lifted. The contact stated that the mechanic returned after a while and continued servicing the vehicle. The contact noticed that the mechanic had difficulty with the lug nuts on the wheels and had to fracture the lug nuts to remove the wheels. The contact noticed that the mechanic had reinstalled the fractured lug nuts back on both front wheels. The contact had not test
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2160124 |
| ODI Number | 11706874 |
| Date Filed | December 23, 2025 |
| Failure Date | December 23, 2025 |
| VIN | 3FA6P0H70GR |
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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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