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2008 Ford Fusion brakes problems

Owners reported brakes problems in 557 complaints for the 2008 Ford Fusion, 36% of the complaints on file. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
557 36% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
108,000 miles 458 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
29 and 0
Injuries and deaths
4 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When brakes problems show up

Brakes complaints by mileage, 2008 Ford Fusion Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 108,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 8 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 12 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 21 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 61 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 86 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 70 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 74 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 51 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 37 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 21 complaints 200k+ miles: 17 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 108,000 miles
Based on 458 complaints that include mileage. 9% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
View the numbers
MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles8
20k to 40k miles12
40k to 60k miles21
60k to 80k miles61
80k to 100k miles86
100k to 120k miles70
120k to 140k miles74
140k to 160k miles51
160k to 180k miles37
180k to 200k miles21
200k+ miles17

What the data shows

Of the 458 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 108,000 miles, and 9% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 29 crashes, 4 injuries.

What owners wrote

On december 27th 2019. My daughter slide into the back of another car and she complained the breaks were taking to long to come to a complete stop. The car was totaled and on january 23rd, 2020 we received safety recall notice 19s54/nhtsa recall 19v-904. Had we received this notice before 12/27/19 we believe repairs would have prevented the accident and the car would not have been sold for parts.

Reported at 192,000 miles, December 2019 CrashInjury

The brakes go spongy after hitting a simple pothole. You have to push your foot to the floor and be sure you have room to stop and not hit anything. If you had a sudden stop, it would take way longer to stop. There is over 160 complaints on this on same year of fusion. That says enough to me. Some people said it was a defective brake control unit. Defective means there should be a recall. The air bags are still an issue as well. Please help with a recall!!!

Reported at 125,000 miles, October 2017

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