2010 FORD FUSION HYBRID

0 recalls — 638 complaints — 16 TSBs

No recalls found for this vehicle.

Complaint Statistics

638 total complaints 13 crashes 2 injuries

Top Reported Components

Component	Complaints
STEERING	136
AIR BAGS	135
SERVICE BRAKES	75
POWER TRAIN	47
ENGINE	46
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL	45
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM	38
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM	28
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC	16
UNKNOWN OR OTHER	16

Incident date: Apr 8, 2025

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. The contact stated that upon coming to a complete stop, the brake pedal suddenly depressed all the way to the floorboard. The contact became aware that the brakes were no longer functioning properly. The vehicle returned to normal functionality, but the fa... Read more

Incident date: Mar 21, 2025

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. The contact stated while reversing into a parking space at 2 MPH, the vehicle lost power steering functionality, and the steering wheel became significantly difficult to turn. The contact could not recall whether a warning light was illuminated. The contac... Read more

Incident date: Mar 16, 2025

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. The contact stated that while driving 15 MPH and depressing the brake pedal, the brake pedal went to the floorboard. The contact stated that the brake system, ABS, and traction control warning lights were illuminated. Additionally, the message "Brake Syste... Read more

Incident date: Mar 12, 2025

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the message "ABS fault Detected" was displayed, prompting the contact to discontinue driving the vehicle. The ABS warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic... Read more

Incident date: Feb 26, 2025

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the air bags warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer; however, the vehicle was not diagnosed. The contact was informed that it would take three days to receive the diagnostic ... Read more

Incident date: Jan 23, 2025

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. The contact stated while driving at approximately 20 MPH, the "Check Brake System" message was displayed on the instrument panel and the brakes failed to engage while the brake pedal was depressed. The contact stated that upon depressing the brake pedal to... Read more

Incident date: Jan 23, 2025

Incident date: Jan 19, 2025

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. The contact stated that while reversing at an undisclosed speed, the brake pedal was depressed and went to the floorboard. The vehicle failed to stop immediately until the parking brake was applied. The brake warning light was illuminated, and an unknown m... Read more

Incident date: Dec 14, 2024

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. The contact stated that while attempting to turn the vehicle to the left or the right, the steering wheel seized. The failure occurred intermittently but had become more pronounced and constant. The vehicle was now only able to be driven in a straight dire... Read more

Incident date: Dec 31, 2024

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. The contact stated while driving at approximately 65 MPH, there was an abnormal sound coming from the driver's side front tire. The contact was able to exit the highway and drove to a tire store and had the tire replaced. The contact stated that after the ... Read more

Incident date: Oct 29, 2024

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. The contact stated while driving 20 MPH, the brakes became inoperable. The contact had to slam on the brake pedal for the vehicle to stop. The Service Advance-trac, brakes, and check brake system messages were displayed. The contact researched online and d... Read more

Incident date: Oct 29, 2024

Incident date: Oct 16, 2024

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. The contact stated that while driving in a park lot and attempting to stop the vehicle, the brake pedal was depressed; however, the vehicle failed to respond. The contact stated that the brake pedal traveled to the floorboard. The vehicle was driven to the... Read more

Incident date: Jul 8, 2024

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. The contact stated while driving 7-10 MPH and depressing the brake pedal, the brake pedal felt stiff. The contact stated that while depressing the brake pedal harder, the vehicle hesitated to respond, causing the braking distance to be extended. The ABS wa... Read more

Incident date: Jul 1, 2024

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. The contact stated while driving 25 MPH, the brakes became inoperable. The contact stated that additional pressure was needed to depress the brake pedal while slowing down and stopping. The parking brake and ABS warning lights were illuminated. The contact... Read more

Incident date: Jul 1, 2024

Incident date: May 21, 2024

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. The contact stated while slowing for a traffic signal at approximately 20 MPH, the ABS and several other brake warning lights illuminated. The contact depressed the brake pedal however, the vehicle was not slowing down as needed. The contact stated that th... Read more

Incident date: Mar 21, 2024

The brakes on my 2010 Ford Fusion hybrid, occasionally stop working, and the brake pedal, Has to be pushed harder and further than usual for the brakes to engage. This creates an extremely dangerous situation for anyone driving the vehicle, and any other vehicles sharing the roadway near my vehicle.... Read more

Incident date: Feb 17, 2024

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. The contact stated while driving 20 MPH the vehicle lost braking functionality. The contact depressed the brake pedal and regained some braking power. The contact stated that several unknown warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an inde... Read more

Incident date: Dec 2, 2023

The brakes are acting in the same manner described in the previous recall issued by this agency. My vehicle was manufactured at the same plant as the previous recall for the same problem. I am at a loss as too what it will take? Will it take more loss of life? Get off your ass and do something!! Tho... Read more

Incident date: Feb 2, 2024

Advance Trac light and brake light came on without any notice and lost ability to brake. Was able to use parking brake to avoid any collisions. There have been 0 issues before this that would have given me any advanced notice of this. After a Google search I found that this is apparently a known and... Read more

Incident date: Jan 9, 2024

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. The contact stated that while starting the vehicle, the power steering fault message was displayed, and the steering wheel was difficult to turn. The contact was able to continue driving by using extra force to turn the steering wheel. The contact stated t... Read more

Incident date: Dec 1, 2023

Brakes have same systems as discribed in 19S54 recall but my vehicle is not listed as needing that recall!

Incident date: Nov 2, 2023

I was driving the vehicle and it started beeping. I looked at the dashboard and multiple lights in relation to the brakes were on or flashing such as the brake light, abs, service advancetrac, traction control etc. The main issue was I was driving and the vehicle had some sort of glitch and all th... Read more

Incident date: Nov 10, 2023

The vehicle loses all brakes while driving. With multiple warning lights coming on to include brake light, traction control. The problems completely match ford's current recall number 19s54 which this vehicle was not included in. This issue is intermittent.

Incident date: Aug 23, 2023

shortly after starting vehicle, all the warning lights pertaining to brakes light up. Brake pedal goes nearly to the floor, and there is a very noticeable loss in braking power. Possibly related to Safety Recall Notice 19S54 / NHTSA Recall 19V-904

Incident date: May 4, 2023

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion. The contact stated while driving 35 MPH and depressing the brake pedal, the brake pedal went to the floorboard. The brake warning light was illuminated, and the check braking system message was displayed. Additionally, the check engine and ABS warning lights were... Read more

Incident date: May 4, 2023

Incident date: Jun 15, 2022

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. The contact stated that while driving approximately 50 MPH, the brakes became inoperable. The contact stated that several unknown warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer where it was diagnosed that the automatic braking s... Read more

Incident date: Sep 20, 2022

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. The contact stated while driving 50 MPH, the brake pedal was depressed and went all the way to the floorboard and the vehicle failed to respond. The contact pumped the brake but the failure persisted. The contact shifted from drive(D) to low gear. There we... Read more

Incident date: Jul 12, 2022

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. The contact stated when he started the vehicle the ABS, traction control, advance track, and the brake light warning lights illuminated. The contact stated that the brake pedal was depressed and went to the floorboard. An independent mechanic diagnosed the... Read more

Incident date: Jul 11, 2022

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while driving at 20 MPH, the brake pedal depressed to the floorboard as extra travel time was needed to stop the vehicle. The check brakes warning message appeared on the instrument panel during the failure. As the contact attempted to pul... Read more

Incident date: Jul 11, 2022

Incident date: May 2, 2022

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the brake pedal required additional pressure to stop the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the anti-lock braking system (ABS) needed to be replaced. The v... Read more

Incident date: Jan 2, 2022

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. The contact stated while driving approximately 60 MPH and turning to exit the highway, the vehicle lost power steering functionality. The contact stated that extra effort was needed to turn the steering wheel to the right before stopping on the highway off... Read more

Incident date: Mar 12, 2022

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. The contact stated while driving 25 MPH, the brakes failed to stop the vehicle. The contact's husband pressed the reset button on the vehicle; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to an unknown dealer. The dealer informed the contact's husb... Read more

Incident date: Feb 1, 2021

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. The contact received a notification for NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V158000 (Air Bags) however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The dealer had been notified about the issue; however, the contact was informed that the part was not yet availab... Read more

Incident date: Oct 18, 2021

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. The contact stated that while in traffic on an incline, the hybrid battery was running however, the vehicle failed to accelerate. The message to “pull over safely, check charging system” was displayed. The vehicle was pulled off the road. The vehicle ... Read more

Incident date: Oct 18, 2021

Incident date: Jan 15, 2021

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. The contact stated while driving 5 mph, the ABS warning light illuminated and braking functionality was reduced. The brake pedal was depressed to slow and stop the vehicle. The contact restarted the vehicle and the warning light disappeared. The contact st... Read more

Incident date: Jul 9, 2021

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. The contact received a recall notification for NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V158000 (Air Bags) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact had not contacted the dealer. The contact stated that the manufacturer ha... Read more

Incident date: Oct 1, 2020

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABS WARNING LIGHT AND THE SERVICE ADVANCED TRACK WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND WENT TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE CONTACT SLOWED THE VEHI... Read more

Incident date: Jan 16, 2020

2010 FORD FUSION. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *LD CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING INTO AN INTERSECTION VEHICLE COMPLETELY STOPPED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO ACCENTS AUTO (WILLIAMSBURG, VA) WHERE DIAGNOSTICS WERE RAN. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT VEHICLE NEEDED TO BE TOWED TO D... Read more

Incident date: Jan 11, 2020

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY SCHEDULE STEERING SERVICE CAME UP ON THE DASHBOARD. JUST AFTER PULLING OVER THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND I COULD NOT CONTROL THE STEERING AS IT WAS SUDDENLY EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHICH APPARENTLY BOTH... Read more

Incident date: Jan 11, 2020

Incident date: Nov 27, 2019

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION HYBRID. WHILE THE CONTACT'S WIFE WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE DID NOT STOP AND CRASHED INTO THE PRE... Read more

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Incident date: Aug 7, 2019

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE BRAKES AND STEERING SEIZED. THE CONTACT HAD TO PUMP THE BRAKE PEDAL FOUR TIMES BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE CONTACT VEERED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, THE VE... Read more

Incident date: Jul 21, 2019

WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AFTER DRIVING ON HIGHWAY FOR 20 MINUTES IN JULY, TYPICAL HEAT CONDITIONS. THE WRENCH LIGHT HAD COME ON FOUR PREVIOUS TIMES IN THE PAST TWO YEARS WITH NO LOSS OF POWER AND WAS TOLD BY FORD IT WAS LIKELY THE TEMPERATURE SENSOR ON THE HYBRID BATTERY INDICATING THE BATTERY WAS TOO W... Read more

Incident date: Dec 1, 2018

DUE TO A DESIGN FLAW, THE CAR'S COMPUTER SYSTEM CANNOT ACCEPT AN INDICATION OF MORE THAN ONE DIGIT IN THE "AGE" ENTRY. FOR THIS REASON, THE ELECTRIC HIGH VOLTAGE BATTERY STOPS WORKING WHEN THE CAR APPROACHES 10 YEARS OF AGE, CAUSING A SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS HESITATION IN THE DRIVE TRAIN WHEN STARTIN... Read more

Incident date: Dec 1, 2018

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Technical Service Bulletins — 2010 FORD FUSION HYBRID

16 manufacturer communications from 13 unique bulletins. TSBs describe known problems and recommended fixes from the manufacturer.

Most Affected Components

Component	Bulletins
110000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM	3
060000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING	2
117000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL	1
133000 VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS	1
111000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY	1
350000 EQUIPMENT	1
160000 STRUCTURE	1
140000 AIR BAGS	1

060000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

When performing any transmission fluid change or topoff involving MotorcraftA? Premium ATF, MERCONA? V has replaced all versions of MotorcraftA? Premium ATF and can be used going forward. Mixing MotorcraftA? Premium ATF and MERCONA? V in th

010000 STEERING

Some 2010-2012 Fusion/Milan and 2011-2012 MKZ vehicles equipped with a 2.5L or 3.0L engine and electronic power assist steering (EPAS), a remanufactured replacement steering gear (MU2Z-3V504-ARM) is available which is significantly less exp

103100 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)

Some 2010-2012 Fusion hybrid electric vehicles (HEV), 2010-2011 Milan HEV and 2011-2012 MKZ HEV vehicles may experience reduced electric vehicle operation and increased gasoline engine operation around 10 years of vehicle age and beyond. Th

100001 HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM

119810 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:HYBRID MANAGEMENT:POWER CONTROL UNIT/MODULE (HPCU)

353000 EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL

Certain 2010 ??A?A? 2012 Model Year Fusion / MKZ / Milan Hybrid Vehicles Hybrid Battery Reduced Electric Vehicle Operation BECM and PCM Software Update In all the affected vehicles, outdated software may result in reduced EV-only mode perf

140000 AIR BAGS

Certain 2005-2014 Mustang, 2005-2006 GT, 2004-2011 Ranger, 2006-2012 Fusion & MKZ/Zephyr, 2006-2011 Milan, and 2007-2010 Edge & MKX Vehicles Driver & Passenger Airbag Module Quality Control Inspection: Ford Motor Company has determined that

160000 STRUCTURE

This article supersedes TSB 19-2026 to update the vehicle model years affected. Some 2000 and newer Ford/Lincoln/Mercury vehicles equipped with aluminum body panels may exhibit corrosion concerns appearing as bubbled and/or peeling paint wi

110000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Some 2016-2020 Ford and Lincoln vehicles equipped with a SYNC 3 Touchscreen may experience the volume control unresponsive from the Front Control Interface Module (FCIM) and steering volume controls when using Apple Car Play. When the Apple

350000 EQUIPMENT

110000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Some 2012-2020 Ford and Lincoln vehicles equipped with a TCU may exhibit an inoperative remote start with a 'Vehicle Failed To Start' message when using MyFord Mobile/Ford Pass/Lincoln Way mobile applications. The cellular cloud systems wil

110000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

060000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

Some 2010-2012 Fusion hybrid electric vehicle (HEV), 2010-2011 Milan HEV and 2011-2012 MKZ HEV vehicles may experience reduced electric vehicle operation and increased gasoline engine operation. Do not attempt repairs at this time. Engineer

133000 VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS

FORD: NO SERVICE ACTION IS RECOMMENDED FOR THIS CONDITION. PLEASE USE AT YOUR DISCRETION. VARIOUS 2010-2015 VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A TURBULENCE NOISE, SIMILAR TO AN HELICOPTER NOISE, AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN THE REAR DOOR WINDOW(S) OR SUNROO

111000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY

FORD/LINCOLN: WHEN FLAT TOWING VEHICLE, BATTERY WILL DRAIN, DUE TO MANUAL INSTRUCTION OF KEY REMAINING IN ACCESSORY POSITION. MODEL 2010-13 FUSION, 2010-11 MILAN, 2011-12 MKZ. *PE

117000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL

FUSION HYBRID, LINCOLN MKZ, MERCURY MILAN 2010-2011 MAY EXHIBIT WRENCH LIGHT ON WITH NO DRIVEABILITY CONCERNS, NO DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE. *LJ

NHTSA Safety Investigations — FORD FUSION HYBRID

Investigations opened by NHTSA into potential safety defects. These are separate from recalls and may or may not result in a recall.

EA — Closed — Model Year: 2012

Power Steering Failure

On September 28, 2016, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened a Preliminary Evaluation (PE16-011) to investigate claims of power steering assist loss on model year (MY) 2010 Ford Fusion vehicles.Â During the PE, ODI received 718 unique claims related to the alleged problem with 598 repo... Read more

PE — Closed — Model Year: 2010

Power Steering Failure

On September 28th, 2016, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened Preliminary Evaluation PE16-011 to investigate claims of power steering assist loss on model year 2010 Ford Fusion vehicles.ODI has received 718 unique claims related to the alleged problem with 598 reports indicating the powe... Read more

FORD FUSION HYBRID — All Years Overview

Complete safety history for the FORD FUSION HYBRID across all model years (2013–2015).

8 Total Recalls

1,555 Total Complaints

2 Investigations

73 Reported Crashes

14 Reported Fires

7 Reported Deaths

FORD FUSION HYBRID — Year by Year

Compare recalls and complaints across model years. Click any year to see full details.

Year	Recalls	Complaints
2020	0	14	View
2019	0	40	View
2018	0	76	View
2017	0	96	View
2016	0	66	View
2015	4	65	View
2014	2	89	View
2013	2	171	View
2012	0	134	View
2011	0	166	View
2010 (current)	0	638

Other FORD Models

Model	Recalls	Complaints
MUSTANG	1,104	11,600	View
RANGER	928	10,371	View
F-350 SD	776	2,363	View
F-450 SD	692	624	View
F-150	692	46,142	View
F-250 SD	638	3,635	View
EXPLORER	624	42,549	View
F-550 SD	578	603	View