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2016 Ford Fusion electrical system problems

Owners reported electrical system problems in 150 complaints for the 2016 Ford Fusion, 7% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
150 7% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
58,000 miles 69 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 and 3
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2016 Ford Fusion Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 58,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 17 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 7 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 11 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 12 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 10 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 4 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 4 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 58,000 miles
Based on 69 complaints that include mileage. 51% 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 miles17
20k to 40k miles7
40k to 60k miles11
60k to 80k miles12
80k to 100k miles10
100k to 120k miles4
120k to 140k miles4
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 69 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 58,000 miles, and 51% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 3 fires.

What owners wrote

Inserting key into ignition fuel pump would kick on occasionally, the doors wouldn't always unlock upon shutting car off, dash and radio delayed coming on at times upon starting, unlocking doors with key fob there would be static coming from back speakers, keyless entry would unlock but not always relock, a few times the key wouldn't start car there would be no reaction at turning over, dash would light up at times when no key was in ignition and car locked, heater would blow hot air then turn to cold as if A/C…

Reported at 6,700 miles, March 2016 Fire

My car will shut down and lose all power without notice when I'm at highway speeds. A comment comes on the dash that says something like " transmission is not in gear" or something like that. I'm not sure of the exact words because whenever it does it I'm looking to get to the far right lane so I can come to a complete stop on the side of the highway to come to a stop, put the car in park, turn it off then turn it back on. It's so dangerous to have the car lose all power going 70 MPH.

Reported at 65,000 miles, August 2019

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