2014 Ford Fusion problems
Owners have filed 1,775 complaints with NHTSA about the 2014 Ford Fusion. Steering is the most reported problem area, at 19% of complaints. After that come engine (13%) and drivetrain & axles (13%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 1,775 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Steering 19% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 71 and 11
- Injuries and deaths
- 66 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 74,000 miles 1,111 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 130 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 126 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 149 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 205 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 194 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 132 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 80 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 52 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 18 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 8 |
| 200k+ miles | 17 |
What the data shows
Among the 1,111 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 74,000 miles. For steering specifically, the median reported mileage is about 73,000 miles (225 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 71 complaints mention a crash; 11 complaints mention a fire; 66 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2014 ranks 6th most-complained-about out of 15 model years of the Ford Fusion with enough data (946 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 19 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Takata recall the 2014 ford fusion se rental car I was driving on 1/14/2015 while driving southbound on hall street with cross street of grimblin road in st. Louis mo. I was struck by another driver traveling northbound who made a u-turn and when the air bag deployed and exploded causing shards of glass and other foreign matter to be embedded in multiple locations on the left side of my face, forehead, eye. Along with eyelid laceration that required stitches with glass still in my eye.
"takata recall" control module did not detect car that ran into me,when the airbags deployed it smashing glass deep into my eyelid and forehead that surgeons did not get all of the glass out of my face due to the airbag smashing it so deep into my face.in motion on the city streets
On multiple occasions, the engine would stall while driving and after a minute or two would surge forward. I have informed the ford dealer of this problem since january 2017.
Pulling out of drive way after it was stationary over night. I got a "steer loss stop safely" message along with hill assist and traction control all failing at the same time. Safetly concern as I cannot turn the wheel luckily it happened at home not on the highway.