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2011 Ford Fusion air bags problems

332 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2011 Ford Fusion, which is 9% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
332 9% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
90,000 miles 70 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
19 and 0
Injuries and deaths
12 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2011 Ford Fusion Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 90,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 6 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 4 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 6 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 14 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 7 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 7 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 10 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 12 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 2 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 90,000 miles
Based on 70 complaints that include mileage. 23% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles6
20k to 40k miles4
40k to 60k miles6
60k to 80k miles14
80k to 100k miles7
100k to 120k miles7
120k to 140k miles10
140k to 160k miles12
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles2

What the data shows

Of the 70 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 90,000 miles, and 23% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 19 crashes, 12 injuries.

What owners wrote

We were stationary at a red light at a 4-way intersection. A car from the opposite direction (coming towards us) ran the red light and hit us head-on doing approx. 50 MPH. The passenger airbag in our car did not deploy during the head-on collision. The driver's airbag did deploy. I was in the passenger's seat and suffered numerous injuries due to the airbag not deploying.

December 2015 CrashInjury

The contact owns a 2011 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 45-50 MPH, she depressed the brake pedal to stop the vehicle however, the vehicle failed to engage. The ABS warning light illuminated. The contact then stated that she applied pressure to the brake pedal and the pedal went to the floor and failed to stop the vehicle. As a result, the contact swerved around another vehicle however, the contact’s front driver’s side crashed into another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy.

Reported at 250,000 miles, March 2023 Crash

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