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Problems with 2013 Ford Fusion VISIBILITY

On average, the 2013 Ford Fusion starts to “feel” problems with the VISIBILITY and its various aspects after 56 500 miles.

Components Affected by VISIBILITY Issues

We have classified the 2 complaints from 2013 Ford Fusion about VISIBILITY into the following categories.

POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS 2

Recently reported VISIBILITY problems on 2013 Ford Fusion

Tl* the contact owned a 2013 ford fusion. while traveling highway speeds, the passenger noticed an abnormal burning odor. the contact turned on the air conditioner and smoke emitted into the cabin of the vehicle. the vehicle lost power and the contact was able to see flames from the side mirror. the passenger was able to exit the vehicle. when the contact attempted to exit the vehicle, the door jammed. the contact had to apply excessive force in order to exit the vehicle. upon leaving the vehicle, it became engulfed in flames. the fire department was contacted and extinguished the flames. a police report was filed. the vehicle was towed to a salvage yard where it was deemed destroyed. prior to the failure, the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign numbers: 14v597000 (air bags, seat belts), 15v246000 (latches/locks/linkages), 16v875000 (seat belts), and 17v209000 (engine and engine cooling). santa monica ford lincoln in santa monica, ca performed the repair. the manufacturer was not contacted. the failure mileage was approximately 68,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford fusion. during weather changes, the electronic vent function failed to work each year. the dealer was not notified. an independent mechanic replaced the pig wiring, resistor, and blower motor four times, but the failure continued. the windshield failed to defrost, the vent controls failed to function for the heat, and the contact had a loss of visibility and electronic function to warm the vehicle. the manufacturer was notified of the failures. the vin was not available. the approximate failure mileage was 45,000. *tt *tr

The moon roof window opened with out any button being pressed. storm rain was starting. there was a lot of auto traffic. i was driving , my wife was sitting next to me and there was a car coming out of a parking lot to the left of me and perpendicular to my car :what happened next simultaneously was: a. auto went into "collision avoidance mode"; windshield several red led warning lights began blinking, and alert noise from auto started , and steering wheel shuttered. the later two actions are not terribly clear to me b my wife started to shout for me to watchout. c i started to press on brakes. thus avoiding a collision between my car and car to be moving across my path i was told that the car does not stop in any type of collision mode. it just slows down. i did not know whether this avoidance mode was present (at the slow speed i was going in. i did know that when the car was in cruise control and this mode was activated and that avoidance reactions were activated. . i am very concerned that this may happen again. with serious consequences occurring. *tr

Front driver side and passenger side windows will not work with one touch button. turns out after three months of back and forth to the dealer, the molding on the driver side window was faulty allowing water to get in and short out electrical system. *tr

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