NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Ford Fusion Recalls
The 2012 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 2012 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
- 2,517
- Crashes reported
- 107
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
9 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 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 2012 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 2006–2011 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 2008–2011 Fusion, 7 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V001000
- Reported
- January 7, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 782,384
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2011 Fusion, 7 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 2006–2009 Fusion, 8 other models
Steering: electric power assist system
- Campaign
- 15V340000
- Reported
- June 2, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 393,623
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2011 Fusion, 6 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 21E013000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2011 Fusion, 5 other models
2012 Ford Fusion complaints by year
NHTSA has received 2,517 owner complaints about the 2012 Ford Fusion, the newest on October 16, 2026. Of these, 107 describe a crash (4%) and 9 a fire; owners reported 64 injuries and 3 deaths.
In complaints about the 2012 Ford Fusion, the component group named most often is the steering (59%), followed by the air bags (16%) and the electrical system (7%).
1 of the 2012 Ford Fusion's 6 recalls also concerns the steering.
Where 2012 Ford Fusion owners gave the mileage (1,739 complaints), the median was 74,736 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering1,474
- Air Bags404
- Electrical System164
- Power Train158
- Unknown Or Other119
- Engine111
Complaints received, by year
| 2011 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 39 | |
| 2013 | 119 | |
| 2014 | 243 | |
| 2015 | 208 | |
| 2016 | 169 | |
| 2017 | 281 | |
| 2018 | 359 | |
| 2019 | 276 | |
| 2020 | 159 | |
| 2021 | 133 | |
| 2022 | 161 | |
| 2023 | 142 | |
| 2024 | 107 | |
| 2025 | 82 | |
| 2026 | 34 |
Complaints about the 2012 Ford Fusion peaked in 2018, when NHTSA received 359. 24% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Ford Fusion drew 3.0× the complaints of the median Ford Fusion year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 15 ranked years.
That makes 2012 one of the Ford Fusion years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 3/5
- Side: 4/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 2,517 complaints about the 2012 Ford Fusion are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Fusion by model year
Other 2012 Ford models
Newest record on this page: October 16, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted