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2012 Ford Fusion brakes problems

Owners reported brakes problems in 115 complaints for the 2012 Ford Fusion, 4% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
115 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
78,000 miles 74 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
15 and 0
Injuries and deaths
6 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When brakes problems show up

Brakes complaints by mileage, 2012 Ford Fusion Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 78,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 4 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 7 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 16 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 10 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 13 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 4 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 8 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 5 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 3 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 3 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 78,000 miles
Based on 74 complaints that include mileage. 36% 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 miles4
20k to 40k miles7
40k to 60k miles16
60k to 80k miles10
80k to 100k miles13
100k to 120k miles4
120k to 140k miles8
140k to 160k miles5
160k to 180k miles3
180k to 200k miles3
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 74 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 78,000 miles, and 36% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 15 crashes, 6 injuries.

What owners wrote

On september 26, 2014, I was involved in an accident as we were driving on a city street to where my passenger seat belt did not work upon frontal head on impact or my airbags didnt go off causing me to collide into the dash board. This caused ligament tearing in my right hand/shoulder as that was the initial impact. Now I have to continue to suffer from limitations on the use of my right hand/shoulder complications. For the brake issue beginning december 1, 2019.

Reported at 28,000 miles, December 2019 CrashInjury

The rear brake calibers have seized up twice now. 1st time was june 2017, serviced by firestone, and just recently sept 12th 2020. Both times required a full brake repair. First happened at 72,000 miles and now at 142,000 miles. Both cause a loss of braking in the vehicle. In june of 2017 the vehicle was moving between 30 to 45 MPH when it seized up. We drove it to nearest shop in illinois so we can start our drive back to georgia.

Reported at 142,000 miles, September 2020

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