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2012 Ford Fusion fuel system problems

65 complaints about fuel system have been filed for the 2012 Ford Fusion, which is 2% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
65 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
52,000 miles 58 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 and 0
Injuries and deaths
7 and 2

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When fuel system problems show up

Fuel system complaints by mileage, 2012 Ford Fusion Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 52,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 9 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 11 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 11 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 14 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 4 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 52,000 miles
Based on 58 complaints that include mileage. 53% 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 miles9
20k to 40k miles11
40k to 60k miles11
60k to 80k miles14
80k to 100k miles4
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 58 fuel system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 52,000 miles, and 53% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 7 injuries, 2 deaths.

What owners wrote

According to the driver, the vehicle was put into reverse backing out of a parking spot, then when the car was put into drive the vehicle would not stop gaining high speeds up to 50MPH. The engine rpms were high and the car was "out of control" as the driver had their foot pressed on the brake. The fusion struck a few parked cars and eventually hit a vehicle head on coming the opposite way in a parking lot. There was one fatality as a result of the crash and other minor injuries from the victims.

Reported at 14,300 miles, October 2014 CrashInjuryDeath

Just had recall # 16b38 done 1/24/18. Driving my husband to work and my engine light came on, took it to have scan done and it's my gas tank or cap? The tech told me my tank is not breathing, neither am I. Not a happy camper. There is currently a recall on the air bags, # 17s01. That's all I need to have an air bag go off and kill everyone in the car. There is also a recall # 15s18 the steering. I would really appreciate it if you could get these recall's taken care of and re do the recall # 16b38.

Reported at 143,000 miles, February 2018

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