NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Ford Fusion Recalls
The 2006 Ford Fusion has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 10, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Ford Fusion. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 730
- Crashes reported
- 38
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Ford Fusion, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2006 Ford Fusion
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 21V158000
- Reported
- March 10, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,602,668
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2012 Fusion, 6 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 19V904000
- Reported
- December 18, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 600,166
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2010 Fusion, 3 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V024000
- Reported
- January 10, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 654,695
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2009, 2012 Fusion, 8 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V384000
- Reported
- May 31, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,892,343
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2011 Fusion, 8 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 14E028000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2011 Fusion, 3 other models
2006 Ford Fusion complaints by year
NHTSA has received 730 owner complaints about the 2006 Ford Fusion, the newest on July 21, 2026. Of these, 38 describe a crash (5%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 33 injuries.
In complaints about the 2006 Ford Fusion, the component group named most often is the air bags (44%), followed by the power train (21%) and the structure (10%).
3 of the 2006 Ford Fusion's 5 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2006 Ford Fusion owners gave the mileage (430 complaints), the median was 76,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags319
- Power Train150
- Structure74
- Electrical System71
- Engine47
- Latches/Locks/Linkages37
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 12 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 10 | |
| 2008 | 10 | |
| 2009 | 21 | |
| 2010 | 63 | |
| 2011 | 62 | |
| 2012 | 43 | |
| 2013 | 45 | |
| 2014 | 44 | |
| 2015 | 29 | |
| 2016 | 40 | |
| 2017 | 163 | |
| 2018 | 121 | |
| 2019 | 23 | |
| 2020 | 19 | |
| 2021 | 14 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2006 Ford Fusion peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 163. 7% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Ford Fusion drew 0.3× the complaints of the median Ford Fusion year in the same window: 12th highest of the 15 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 730 complaints about the 2006 Ford Fusion are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Fusion by model year
Other 2006 Ford models
Newest record on this page: July 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted