Ford Fusion

Which Ford Fusion years should you avoid?

Going by 22,451 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Ford Fusion years to avoid are 2010, 2013, 2011 and 2012.

• 20105,131 complaints, 4.6× a typical Fusion year, most often about the steering.
• 20133.8× the usual share of fires, crashes and deaths for a car of its age (91 fires, 63 crashes, 1 death).
• 20112,795 complaints, 2.5× a typical Fusion year, most often about the steering.
• 20122,517 complaints, 2.3× a typical Fusion year, most often about the steering.

Better bets: among years old enough for a low count to mean something, the 2019 and 2018 drew the fewest complaints without an unusual share of serious ones.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →