NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Ford Fusion Recalls
The 2008 Ford Fusion has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 10, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Ford Fusion. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 1,353
- Crashes reported
- 53
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Ford Fusion, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2008 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 2006–2007, 2009–2012 Fusion, 6 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 21V081000
- Reported
- February 16, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,067
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2012 Fusion, 7 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 2006–2007, 2009–2010 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 2006–2007, 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 2006–2007, 2009–2011 Fusion, 8 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 14E028000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007, 2009–2011 Fusion, 3 other models
2008 Ford Fusion complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1,353 owner complaints about the 2008 Ford Fusion, the newest on July 21, 2026. Of these, 53 describe a crash (4%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 29 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Ford Fusion, the component group named most often is the air bags (47%), followed by the service brakes (35%) and the structure (6%).
4 of the 2008 Ford Fusion's 6 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2008 Ford Fusion owners gave the mileage (760 complaints), the median was 98,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags638
- Service Brakes479
- Structure82
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic74
- Power Train47
- Engine39
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 7 | |
| 2010 | 11 | |
| 2011 | 14 | |
| 2012 | 15 | |
| 2013 | 41 | |
| 2014 | 78 | |
| 2015 | 67 | |
| 2016 | 148 | |
| 2017 | 447 | |
| 2018 | 286 | |
| 2019 | 64 | |
| 2020 | 66 | |
| 2021 | 68 | |
| 2022 | 16 | |
| 2023 | 9 | |
| 2024 | 7 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2008 Ford Fusion peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 447. 3% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Ford Fusion drew 0.2× the complaints of the median Ford Fusion year in the same window: 15th highest of the 15 ranked years.
That makes 2008 one of the three best-measured Ford Fusion years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 1,353 complaints about the 2008 Ford Fusion are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Fusion by model year
Other 2008 Ford models
Newest record on this page: July 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted