2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid

No clear pattern

0% of complaints about the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid arrived in its first year of service. That is an unusual figure for a 2010 vehicle, but with only 647 complaints on record the sample is too small to call it a pattern — the margin of error covers the range where ordinary vehicles sit. The figures below are reported without a verdict. The most-reported system is steering (138 complaints), typically at 7.5 yr or about 96,395 miles.

Complaints: 647
Median age at failure: 7.1 yr
Median mileage: 84,500 n=504
Crash / fire / tow: 5.9% of reports
Safety recalls: 0

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

System

0y2y4y6y8y10y12y14y

Steering

138 reports · 96,395 mi

7.5 yr

5.1%

Air bags

135 reports · 71,000 mi

7.1 yr

1.5%

Service brakes

79 reports · 100,000 mi

8.5 yr

8.9%

Power train

48 reports · 75,250 mi

6.8 yr

4.2%

Engine

46 reports · 77,300 mi

6.8 yr

Speed control

45 reports · 65,000 mi

5.9 yr

6.7%

Fuel / propulsion

38 reports · 70,000 mi

6.2 yr

2.6%

Electrical system

30 reports · 75,000 mi

7.0 yr

3.3%

Service brakes, hydraulic

19 reports · 133,000 mi

14.7 yr

57.9%

Other

16 reports · 85,000 mi

7.6 yr

In owners’ own words

Service brakes 25,000 mi 3.1 yr in service crash / fire / tow

DRIVER WAS IN SMALL LOCAL SHOPPING CENTER, HE TURNED INTO PARKING SPACE, APPLIED BRAKE, WHEN CAR ACCELERATED OVER CURB ONTO SIDEWALK AND THROUGH FRONT OF BUILDING. *TR

Service brakes 67,000 mi 4.0 yr in service

AFTER EXITING THE PARKING LOT OF DOWNTOWN DISNEY IN LAKE BUENA VISTA FL, A SERIES OF WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON THE DASH AND I EXPERIENCED ALMOST A COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM. I NARROWLY MISSED HITTING A PEDESTRIAN AND A MAINTENANCE VEHICLE. I MANAGED TO SLOWLY DRIVE BACK TO THE PARKING LOT. THE CAR WAS NOT DRIVABLE AND THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL FORD DEALER. *TR

Service brakes 106,000 mi 5.1 yr in service

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE CHECK BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE BRAKES FAILED AND FORCED THE CONTACT TO APPLY EXCESSIVE FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL TO SUCCESSFULLY STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND REPLENISHED THE BRAKE FLUID. THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED THE FOLLOWING DAY. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE BRAKE SIMULATOR SENOR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000.

Engine 107,543 mi 4.0 yr in service

VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND WAS UNRESPONSIVE. DASHBOARD INDICATED "DOUBLE WRENCH" WARNING. UPON COASTING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE REACTIVATED AND DROVE NORMALLY FROM THIS POINT. *TR

Other Fusion Hybrid model years

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.