2011 FORD FUSION — Complaint #2178404
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NHTSA Complaint about WHEELS filed February 19, 2026
NHTSA complaint #2178404 (ODI reference 11719026) concerns a 2011 FORD FUSION and was filed on February 19, 2026. The owner reports the failure occurred on February 16, 2026. The report was geocoded to Kentucky based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as wheels, 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 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 2011 FORD FUSION shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
Complete loss of power steering while driving, Service Power Steering Now warning light came on right after, service advance trac warning right after that. After doing some research this is a known issue to Ford and customer service agent confirmed this in chat, screenshot included.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2178404 |
| ODI Number | 11719026 |
| Date Filed | February 19, 2026 |
| Failure Date | February 16, 2026 |
| VIN | 3FAHP0HA6BR |
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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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