Federal complaint record · Ford Fusion · model year 2014

2014 Ford Fusion

Owners submitted 1,319 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 85th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2012 to 2016 midsize sedan cohort. The largest reported component group is steering. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Steering · 19% · group n = 328Engine · 14% · group n = 238Powertrain · 14% · group n = 236Electrical · 9% · group n = 157Other · 9% · group n = 157
1,319
Complaint records on file
75,000
Median mileage at the reported problem · 837 complaints reported mileage
19%
Of classified component reports name steering · group n = 328
85th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 50 model years

Steering · 2 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

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Component group 01 · Steering19%

Steering reports

Ford Fusion · model year 2014

Reports in this group328
Share of classified reports19%
Component groups on file6
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Adjacent model years · same badge, different data

The complaint signal has a shape

Compare model years
2013
0.5complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
1,783 matched incidents
This car
2014
0.4complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
1,319 matched incidents
2015
0.3complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
981 matched incidents

The line compares submitted complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years, not failures per 1,000 cars. Vehicle-years use compiled US sales, a 0.25 prior-calendar-year plus 0.75 current-calendar-year model-year allocation, and the shipped survival curve. Rates appear only where estimated vehicles in operation are at least 5,000.

From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Steering effort · 255 reports

Reports describe steering effort or control concerns

Cluster 1 of 32014 Ford Fusion
Transmission behavior · 148 reports

Reports describe harsh shifting, slipping, or shuddering

Cluster 2 of 32014 Ford Fusion
Brake performance · 122 reports

Reports describe braking performance concerns

Cluster 3 of 32014 Ford Fusion

Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.

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