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2019 Ford Fusion Energi

Owner reports · Recalls · Investigations

More warning signs than most Fusion Energi years

Owner complaints for the 2019 Ford Fusion Energi are substantially higher than the model-year median of 23.

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What owners reported most

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When problems were reported

Mileage at the reported incident

Limited mileage data: 19 of 121 reports include usable mileage. There isn’t enough coverage to show a useful chart.

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What to inspect

Issues worth paying extra attention to based on owner reports.

  • Electrical System. Review the 101 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
  • Engine. Review the 10 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
  • Fuel/propulsion System. Review the 9 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →

NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.

0 crash reports2 fire reports1 injury reports

What owners actually said

121 reports
88,000 miles · Jul 19, 2023
Electrical System

The contact owns a 2019 Ford Fusion. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V440000 (Electrical System) however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated while driving approximately 65 MPH, the vehicle lost motive and electrical power, and the instrument panel, power steering, a…

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The contact owns a 2019 Ford Fusion. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V440000 (Electrical System) however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated while driving approximately 65 MPH, the vehicle lost motive and electrical power, and the instrument panel, power steering, and the brakes failed to function as needed. The contact pulled over and waited for more than thirty minutes and was able to restart the vehicle. The contact drove the vehicle to her residence. The contact later drove the vehicle to a local dealer who could not duplicate the failure. The vehicle had not been repaired. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 88,000. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

NHTSA ODI #11533204

Mileage unknown · Jul 17, 2023
Electrical System

I've had multiple problems with the BECM and the EV Battery Cell Balancing Circuit stuck on or off. I've taken the car to the dealer twice for diagnosis and repair and I'm scheduling to take it in a third time. Please see my attached notes of the visits to the dealer.

NHTSA ODI #11532840

Mileage unknown · Jul 13, 2023
Electrical System

The contact owns a 2019 Ford Fusion. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V440000 (Electrical System) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The dealer was made aware of the …

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The contact owns a 2019 Ford Fusion. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V440000 (Electrical System) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The dealer was made aware of the issue. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

NHTSA ODI #11532068

Mileage unknown · Mar 5, 2023
Electrical SystemFire

Vehicle stopped accelerating, heard pop in vehicle behind me, all lite dash symbols flash and displayed message, stop vehicle safely now. Next morning, turn on vehicle to place into neutral to load onto tow truck to take to dealer, kept going back to park, while pulling vehicle onto tow truck, cabin filled with smoke, opened tru…

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Vehicle stopped accelerating, heard pop in vehicle behind me, all lite dash symbols flash and displayed message, stop vehicle safely now. Next morning, turn on vehicle to place into neutral to load onto tow truck to take to dealer, kept going back to park, while pulling vehicle onto tow truck, cabin filled with smoke, opened trunk, filling with smoke and then call 911 and fire dept extinguished fire. Have fire report, video and photos. Opened case number with Ford, been over a month and they state it is with the office of general council, unable to make contact with that dept. and customer service at Ford states they can not talk to me besides note i call. It is case number CAS-40994553-Q9P8R4

NHTSA ODI #11510269

Mileage unknown · Dec 29, 2022
EngineService BrakesSteering

While driving to work on I35 the a red message popped up on the dash saying "Stop Safely Now" and the engine/hybrid motor instantly completely died. Steering and breaking were almost impossible because I am not a strong person and I was nearly rear ended several times. I had no chance to get to the shoulder and was blocking th…

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While driving to work on I35 the a red message popped up on the dash saying "Stop Safely Now" and the engine/hybrid motor instantly completely died. Steering and breaking were almost impossible because I am not a strong person and I was nearly rear ended several times. I had no chance to get to the shoulder and was blocking the lane in the middle of traffic till I was able to get someone to tow it to a side street. Completely unacceptable and very dangerous for the car to die completely like this.

NHTSA ODI #11499349

22,000 miles · Aug 9, 2022
Communication

The contact owns a 2019 Ford Fusion Energi. The contact stated that the manufacturer had abruptly changed the vehicle telecommunications system from 3G to 4G without notice to the vehicle owner. The contact stated that the GPS and location tracking system no longer worked. Additionally, he had no access to any safety system in t…

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The contact owns a 2019 Ford Fusion Energi. The contact stated that the manufacturer had abruptly changed the vehicle telecommunications system from 3G to 4G without notice to the vehicle owner. The contact stated that the GPS and location tracking system no longer worked. Additionally, he had no access to any safety system in the event of a crash. The contact had taken the vehicle to a local dealer who determined that the vehicle needed the modem upgraded to a 4G modem. The contact felt that the manufacturer should be responsible for the unannounced change from 3G to 4G. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 22,000.

NHTSA ODI #11478408

20,000 miles · Apr 21, 2022
Communication

The contact owns a 2019 Ford Fusion Energi. The contact stated that the telematic control was inoperable. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact took the vehicle to the local dealer who was aware of the failure with the telematics control unit. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the fai…

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The contact owns a 2019 Ford Fusion Energi. The contact stated that the telematic control was inoperable. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact took the vehicle to the local dealer who was aware of the failure with the telematics control unit. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure; however, provided no assistance. The approximate failure mileage was 20,000.

NHTSA ODI #11461706

29,000 miles · Nov 24, 2021
Structure

The contact owns a 2019 Ford Fusion Energi. The contact stated that while his wife was driving in the rain at an undisclosed speed, she noticed that water was leaking inside the vehicle from the sunroof. The contact's wife was able to continue to drive the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the drain…

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The contact owns a 2019 Ford Fusion Energi. The contact stated that while his wife was driving in the rain at an undisclosed speed, she noticed that water was leaking inside the vehicle from the sunroof. The contact's wife was able to continue to drive the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the drains surrounding the sunroof were clogged. The dealer informed the contact that he would be responsible for the cost of the repair. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and referred the contact to NHTSA. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 29,000.

NHTSA ODI #11441584

Mileage unknown · Jun 12, 2021
Latches/locks/linkages

Yesterday I parked my car and about 45 minutes later when I returned my trunk was open. This makes a few times now where I have parked my car and left, then when I returned my trunk was open. The first couple of times I dismissed it because the trunk was only open slightly. In one of the early instances I was standing there w…

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Yesterday I parked my car and about 45 minutes later when I returned my trunk was open. This makes a few times now where I have parked my car and left, then when I returned my trunk was open. The first couple of times I dismissed it because the trunk was only open slightly. In one of the early instances I was standing there when the trunk opened by itself and thought it was because I hadn't closed it all the way. But yesterday the trunk was open halfway with the taillight flashing bringing further attention to it. There were no error messages or warnings (other than the taillight flashing). Yesterday when this happened, my car was charging at a public charging station. I suspect the taillight was flashing because the car was plugged in and charging. The other times this happened, it was not charging. This morning I googled Ford Fusion trunk opening by itself and saw multiple online forums with other Ford Fusion owners, who going back years, have been experiencing their trunks opening for no apparent reason. Some of them said it happens while driving. If my trunk were to open while I was driving the distraction would put myself and other drivers at risk. There would also be a danger if items started to fly out of my trunk. One of the forums suggested notifying the NHTSA about this issue. I also messaged Ford about this issue asking about a fix.

NHTSA ODI #11420663

7,500 miles · Aug 1, 2019
Unknown Or Other

3 WEEKS AFTER I LEASED THE VEHICLE NEW, THE WINDSHIELD SHATTERED WITHOUT ANYTHING HITTING IT. IT IS NOW 3 MONTHS LATER AND I ABOVE 7500 MILES ON THE CAR AND WHILE SITTING IN STOPPED TRAFFIC THE BACK GLASS EXPLODED ON ITS OWN. FORD CORPORATE ONLY ACCEPTED PHOTOS TAKEN AND SUBMITTED BY THE DEALERSHIP TO REVIEW THE CLAIM AFTER TELL…

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3 WEEKS AFTER I LEASED THE VEHICLE NEW, THE WINDSHIELD SHATTERED WITHOUT ANYTHING HITTING IT. IT IS NOW 3 MONTHS LATER AND I ABOVE 7500 MILES ON THE CAR AND WHILE SITTING IN STOPPED TRAFFIC THE BACK GLASS EXPLODED ON ITS OWN. FORD CORPORATE ONLY ACCEPTED PHOTOS TAKEN AND SUBMITTED BY THE DEALERSHIP TO REVIEW THE CLAIM AFTER TELLING ME A 'TECHNICIAN WILL DETERMINE' WHAT HAPPENED. FORD SAID GLASS IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT I UNDERSTAND BUT I AM MODE CONCERNED OF THE OVERALL SAFETY OF THE CAR AFTER THIS HAPPENED. 2 PHONE REPS AND THEIR SUPERVISOR REPEATEDLY SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO, TOLD ME IT IS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR, AND THERE IS NO OTHER PHONE NUMBER OR DEPARTMENT I CAN CONTACT TO FURTHER PURSUE THIS ISSUE.

NHTSA ODI #11241156

Official recalls

1

19V099000 · Hybrid Propulsion System

Feb 15, 2019

Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2019 Fusion Energi Hybrid models. The affected vehicles may not adequately protect against direct and indirect contact of high voltage sources during normal operation. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 305, "Electric-Powered Vehicles: Electrolyte spillage and electrical shock protection."

Consequence & remedy

Consequence: Potential contact with high voltage sources increases the risk of injury.

Remedy: Ford will notify owners, and dealers will install a Bus Electrical Center (BEC) cover over the high voltage fuses, free of charge. The recall began April 2, 2019. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 19C05.

Model-level recall history does not show whether a particular VIN is affected or has received a repair. Check a VIN with NHTSA ↗

NHTSA investigations

1

DP22005 · Pedestrian Alert Sounds

Opened Jan 27, 2023 · Closed Aug 7, 2023

Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Electrical System:propulsion System

NHTSA received a petition on or about July 18, 2022, requesting that Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 141 be applied to all electric and hybrid vehicles operating in the United States. The petition can be reviewed at NHTSA.gov under ODI Number 11486072. FMVSS 141 establishes performance requirements for pedestrian alert sounds for motor vehicles. The standard applies to hybrid and electric vehicles that have a gross vehicle weight rating of 4,536 KG or less or are defined as low-speed vehicles. The standard became fully applicable to all such vehicles manufactured on or after March 1, 2021.On January 27, 2023, NHTSA opened Defect Petition (DP) 22-005 to evaluate the subject matter described in the petition. On June 24, 2023 and as supplemented on June 25, 2023, the petitioner notified NHTSA he was withdrawing his petition. The petitioner indicated that, based on his review of data, there is no justification for asserting potential benefits that could be derived from actions sought by my petition. Based on the petitioner's withdrawal, DP22-005 is closed. Closure of this DP does not represent a determination by NHTSA regarding the subject matter of the petition.