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2013 Ford Fusion drivetrain & axles problems

272 complaints about drivetrain & axles have been filed for the 2013 Ford Fusion, which is 11% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
272 11% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
97,000 miles 207 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
10 and 1
Injuries and deaths
9 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When drivetrain & axles problems show up

Drivetrain & axles complaints by mileage, 2013 Ford Fusion Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 97,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 16 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 9 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 15 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 30 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 39 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 33 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 28 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 16 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 12 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 5 complaints 200k+ miles: 4 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 97,000 miles
Based on 207 complaints that include mileage. 19% 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 miles16
20k to 40k miles9
40k to 60k miles15
60k to 80k miles30
80k to 100k miles39
100k to 120k miles33
120k to 140k miles28
140k to 160k miles16
160k to 180k miles12
180k to 200k miles5
200k+ miles4

What the data shows

Of the 207 drivetrain & axles complaints that report mileage, the median is about 97,000 miles, and 19% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 10 crashes, 1 fire, 9 injuries.

What owners wrote

(takata recall) I hereby state that I was in a motor vehicle accident with this vehicle with no fault of my own. At the time of the accident 03/15/2014 this vehicle should have been totaled out but was not done so.the airbags did not deploy with the way and the impact that I was hit by other party. I than took this vehicle numerous of times to hasting ford in greenville nc where they was suppose to have researched and properly checked and fixed everything detailed.

Reported at 100,000 miles, March 2014 CrashInjury

5 out of 10 times when car is put into gear the transmission bucks hard. 3 out of 10 times transmission shifts exceedingly hard to the point it shutters the car. This has been looked at by 2 dealerships and was told "it's normal" I have owned car since 33k, car now has 160k, still bucks at least once week and shifts hard at least once a week.

Reported at 35,000 miles, August 2015

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