What 1,049 owners told NHTSA about the 2015 Ford Fusion

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ON APRIL 10, 2019. THE SEATBELT CAME LOOSE AT THE METAL CABLE. ALL OTHER 2015 FORD FUSIONS HAVE HAD RECALLS FOR THE SAME ISSUE. THE RECALL SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE FUSION HYBRID. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AND TURNING. *DT PHOTOS ATTACHED *JB

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SEAT BELT LOCKS UP AND FAILS TO EXTEND. I BELIEVE THIS IS RELATED TO EXISTING NHTSA ID 10109079 BASED ON MY VIN. THIS HAPPENED TO BOTH MYSELF AND MY WIFE WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE AND IT PREVENTS THE DRIVER FROM HAVING A FULL RANGE OF MOTION WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, AND IN ONE CASE PREVENTED MY WIFE FROM BEING ABLE TO PROPERLY EXIT THE VEHICLE TRAPPING HER INSIDE FOR A WHILE. A DRIVER BEING UNCOMFORTABLY RESTRAINED AND LACKING FULL RANGE OF MOTION WHILE OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE IS, IN BOTH OF OUR OPINIONS, A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN AS IT IS NOT ONLY A DISTRACTION BUT PHYSICALLY IMPAIRS THE DRIVER WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN OPERATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. WHEN I MADE THE DEALERSHIP AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND REQUESTED REPAIRS UNDER WARRANTY THEY DID NOT MAKE ME AWARE OF THE TSB/NHTSA NOTICE ON THIS AND REFUSED REPAIR AND INSTEAD TOLD ME TO PERFORM MAINTENANCE MYSELF IN THE FORM OF "SPRAY IT WITH WD40" WITH NO FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS. IN THE PROCESS OF "SPRAYING IT WITH WD40" I WAS INJURED BY A RETRACTOR COIL SPRING AS FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAD COVERED UP A MANUFACTURER WARNING LABEL CHANGING A CRITICAL "DO NOT REMOVE" WARNING GIVING INSTEAD THE OPPOSITE MEANING OF "REMOVE" WHICH LEAD ME TO BELIEVE THIS WAS THE SERVICEABLE COMPONENT I WAS MEANT TO "SPRAY WITH WD40". UPON OPENING IT THE RETRACTOR COIL SPRING THEN SHOT OUT AND STRUCK ME NEAR MY EYE SOCKET RESULTING IN POSSIBLE INJURY INDUCED MYOKYMIA. ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT FORD HAVE FAILED AND THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN MOSTLY UNCOOPERATIVE ON THE ISSUE AND HAS DIRECTED ME TO FORD. I STILL REMAIN UNAWARE AS TO HOW THE WARNING ON THE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY WAS MODIFIED, WHY REPAIRS WERE REFUSED UNDER WARRANTY WHEN NOTIFIED OF THE SAFETY ISSUE, AND WHY THE SAFETY ISSUE WAS IGNORED WHEN A TSB EXISTS THAT MAKES IT CLEAR FORD WAS AWARE SUCH SAFETY ISSUES EXIST WITH THEIR SAFETY RESTRAINT SYSTEM.

NHTSA ODI 11165771

TAKATA RECALL.... MY GIRLFRIEND WRECKED MY CAR OFF A T-ROAD TRYING TO MISS DEER AND DID MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AT ALL. SEAT BELT DIDN'T RESTRAIN HER EITHER, SHE HIT STEERING WHEEL EXTREMELY HARD. SHE WAS ON A HIGHWAY.

NHTSA ODI 10967028

AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN CRASH. DEALER REPAIRED SAID VEHICLE AND SEAT BELTS WORK SOMETIMES AS WELL AS INSTRUMENT PANEL. VEHICLE CONSTANTLY PULLS TO THE RIGHT. DEALER SAYS NOTHING WRONG. OTHER ISSUES BUT NOT SAFETY RELATED.

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