Owner complaints · every model year, every system

Ford Fusion problems, by model year and system

4,117 complaints owners filed with NHTSA about the Ford Fusion 2016–2020, and the 7 systems the record is deep on — engine (1,699), transmission and drivetrain (920), electrical (576), steering (302), brake (272). Each system has a page across the years; 20 model-year pages go deeper still. Every figure is a linked federal record; none is a failure rate or a verdict on one car.

The systems the record is deep on

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer communications

1,699complaints, engine

Engine problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →

920complaints, transmission and drivetrain

Transmission and drivetrain problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →

576complaints, electrical system

Electrical problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →

302complaints, steering

Steering problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →

272complaints, brakes

Brake problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →

204complaints, fuel system

Fuel system problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →

147complaints, backup camera and parking sensors

Backup camera and parking sensor problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →

Ford Fusion complaints, year by system

Source: NHTSA complaint database

Model year	engine	transmission and drivetrain	electrical	steering	brake	fuel system	backup camera and parking sensor
2020 234 in all	64	67	81	13	11	13	—
2019 471 in all	225	80	145	12	—	26	7
2018 506 in all	300	122	40	26	9	31	8
2017 1,197 in all	538	336	146	65	112	42	—
2016 1,709 in all	572	315	164	186	140	92	132

Complaints owners filed with NHTSA naming each system, per model year; a bold count links the year’s own page on that system. Counts scale with sales and with time on the road; nothing here is a rate, and NHTSA’s headings are coarse (“Power Train” is the transmission and the driveline).

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Common questions

Source: NHTSA complaint database

Which Ford Fusion system draws the most complaints?

Engine: 1,699 complaints across 5 model years, 41% of everything owners filed about the Ford Fusion. A count, not a rate — it says nothing about how many were sold.

Which Ford Fusion year has the most complaints?

2016 (1,709), 2017 (1,197), 2018 (506). Older years have had longer to collect them; the year pages show each year's share by system.