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2017 Ford Fusion Exterior Lighting Problems

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Owner complaint records in our dataset

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
1–30k mi2
60–100k mi1

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • July 4, 2019 · 88,500 miles

    Electrical System · Exterior Lighting · Visibility/Wiper

    Driving car one day and turn signals failed to function when preparing to make a turn in town. Checked fuses and bulbs and all were good. Tried the left turn signal and it was not working either. Also noticed wipers and none of the steering wheel controls were operational.

    ODI 11231154

  • May 5, 2018

    Electrical System · Exterior Lighting · Unknown Or Other

    My car windows will go up and then automatic come back down. The radio switchs channels on its own. The car stalls out and won't start. This has happen and gotten repaired more than 6 times in the last 1.5 years. It has happened again this pass weekend. My local ford dealership is going to fix again. As of now i am paying for a car that ford keeps saying does not fit under the maryland lemon law. This car clearly…

    ODI 11092397

  • July 3, 2017 · 21 miles

    Exterior Lighting

    Standard front lights are insufficient to see clearly. Design flaw makes it impossible and costly to buy your own brighter bulb(sulvaniabright white)and have it installed, costing upwards of $400. Remedy; instruct ford to cover the cost of insullating internal if customer buys a better bulb. And reduce cost of intalling

    ODI 11047301

  • April 20, 2017

    Exterior Lighting

    This is not confined to fusions, it's most new ford cars and trucks. Their headlights (led?) are blindingly bright to oncoming traffic. The fusion in particular casts very bright out to the left side as to be distracting to vehicles in the lane to their left traveling in the same direction. I've observed this mostly on 2-lane roads.

    ODI 10979887

  • August 11, 2016 · 100 miles

    Exterior Lighting · Visibility/Wiper

    Tl* the contact owns a 2017 ford fusion. While driving at dusk or dawn, the headlamp beams were too dim to project a visible light to safely operate the vehicle. The dealer diagnosed that the headlamps operated as intended. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure recurred on several occasions. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 100. The vin was not available. Updated…

    ODI 10954817

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