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2013 Ford Fusion latches & locks problems

87 complaints about latches & locks have been filed for the 2013 Ford Fusion, which is 4% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
87 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
67,000 miles 67 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 2
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When latches & locks problems show up

Latches & locks complaints by mileage, 2013 Ford Fusion Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 67,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 10 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 8 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 11 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 11 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 11 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 6 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 8 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 67,000 miles
Based on 67 complaints that include mileage. 43% 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 miles10
20k to 40k miles8
40k to 60k miles11
60k to 80k miles11
80k to 100k miles11
100k to 120k miles6
120k to 140k miles8
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 67 latches & locks complaints that report mileage, the median is about 67,000 miles, and 43% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 fires, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford fusion. While driving at 10 MPH, the front passenger door became inoperable and opened without warning. The passenger sustained injury to the right elbow and medical attention was required. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, who diagnosed that the front passenger door latch needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 15,000.

Reported at 15,000 miles, August 2015 Injury

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford fusion. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 45 MPH, the front passenger side door opened without warning. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the door latch failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that the VIN was included in NHTSA campaign number: 15v246000 (latches,locks,linkages); however, the parts to do the repair was unavailable.

Reported at 55,000 miles, August 2015

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