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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2007 Ford Fusion Recalls

The 2007 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 2007 Ford Fusion. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
5

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
1,064

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
58

5 fires

NHTSA crash test
★★★★☆

frontal crash, no overall star before 2011

On a 2007 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 2007 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 2006, 2008–2012 Fusion, 6 other models

21V158000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

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 2006, 2008–2010 Fusion, 3 other models

19V904000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

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 2006, 2008–2009, 2012 Fusion, 8 other models

17V024000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

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 2006, 2008–2011 Fusion, 8 other models

16V384000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Equipment

Campaign
14E028000
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 2006, 2008–2011 Fusion, 3 other models

14E028000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2007 Ford Fusion complaints by year

NHTSA has received 1,064 owner complaints about the 2007 Ford Fusion, the newest on August 5, 2025. Of these, 58 describe a crash (5%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 56 injuries and 1 death.

In complaints about the 2007 Ford Fusion, the component group named most often is the air bags (58%), followed by the service brakes (12%) and the power train (7%).

3 of the 2007 Ford Fusion's 5 recalls also concern the air bags.

Where 2007 Ford Fusion owners gave the mileage (538 complaints), the median was 85,000 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Air Bags615
  • Service Brakes126
  • Power Train74
  • Structure73
  • Engine56
  • Electrical System55

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2007 Ford Fusion received by NHTSA, by calendar year
200710
200820
200922
201038
201127
201226
201339
201484
201552
201684
2017339
2018208
201944
202022
202123
202212
20235
20246
20253

Complaints about the 2007 Ford Fusion peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 339. 8% arrived between 2006 and 2010, the model year's first years on the road.

Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2007 vehicles, the 2007 Ford Fusion drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Ford Fusion year in the same window: 9th highest of the 15 ranked years.

Ford Fusion years to avoid →

NHTSA crash-test stars

  • Overall: none before 2011
  • Frontal: 4/5
  • Side: 5/5
  • Rollover: 5/5

The 1,064 complaints about the 2007 Ford Fusion are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Ford Fusion by model year

Other 2007 Ford models

Newest record on this page: August 5, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted