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2016 Ford Fusion drivetrain & axles problems

296 complaints about drivetrain & axles have been filed for the 2016 Ford Fusion, which is 14% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
296 14% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
81,000 miles 199 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
10 and 0
Injuries and deaths
4 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When drivetrain & axles problems show up

Drivetrain & axles complaints by mileage, 2016 Ford Fusion Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 81,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 21 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 8 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 25 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 40 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 47 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 26 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 13 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 9 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 4 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 5 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 81,000 miles
Based on 199 complaints that include mileage. 27% 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 miles21
20k to 40k miles8
40k to 60k miles25
60k to 80k miles40
80k to 100k miles47
100k to 120k miles26
120k to 140k miles13
140k to 160k miles9
160k to 180k miles4
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles5

What the data shows

Of the 199 drivetrain & axles complaints that report mileage, the median is about 81,000 miles, and 27% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 10 crashes, 4 injuries.

What owners wrote

My 18 year old daughter was driving the fusion attempting to enter a highway ramp (route 22 in springfield nj) to go dorm shopping for school. Upon entering the highway and accelerating on the ramp the vehicle stalled and became unresponsive to acceleration while pressing down in the pedal. The vehicle behind her began to accelerate; the fusion then lost all power, the vehicle stuck her in the rear and pushed my daughters fusion into an active lane with traffic traveling at 55 MPH and up.

Reported at 8,000 miles, August 2016 CrashInjury

4th time: engine misses,violent shaking like torque converter is connected, gas pedal not responsive, dash board lights up with a wrench. Owners manual says go to dealer asap. Been to dealer once, they said a transmission reprogramming was necessary. Now it has happened again within 12 days of being "fixed". This is very dangerous when driving at highway speed, or any speed for that matter, and the car dies and shakes and jolts. This has happened at 25 MPH and 50 MPH.

Reported at 14,900 miles, October 2016

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