Control module (ECM/PCM/BCM) failure on the 2007 Ford Fusion
1 fire 1 of the 30 reports for this failure mention a crash, a fire, an injury or a death. Those are the owner's words on the complaint form, not a verified finding, and one report can mention more than one.
When control module (ecm/pcm/bcm) failure gets reported
Owners of the 2007 Ford Fusion report control module (ECM/PCM/BCM) failure at a median of 90,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 72,500 miles and a quarter after 100,000 miles, from 28 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 92,000 miles. It is the 7th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 57,500 miles at the tenth percentile to 102,500 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 44,290 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
A window that narrow is the signature of a part that fails on its own schedule rather than on how the car is driven — which is usually a design or supplier problem rather than wear and tear.
0% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57,470 miles | 71,685 miles | 90,750 miles | 99,552 miles | 101,760 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Of these reports, 1 a fire is mentioned. Owners write their own complaints and the agency does not verify them, so read this as what the reports say happened rather than as a confirmed count.
Putting it right typically runs $700–$3,000 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 14 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2016, at a median of 20,000 miles, and latest on the 2018 at 100,000 miles.
By volume the 2010 carries the most reports, with 86; the 2007 has 30. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford fusion. The contact stated that while driving 45 MPH, the vehicle started to hesitate and stalled without any warning. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic who diagnosed that the ignition coils malfunctioned, causing the PCM to burn. As a result, both the ignition coils, spark plugs and PCM needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who did not offer any assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 58,100.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford fusion. While driving approximately 30 MPH, the transmission began to shift gears violently with hesitation. The vehicle was maneuvered into a parking lot. The vehicle was then driven to the residence cautiously at the reduced speed rate of 5 MPH. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the transmission was replaced. There was a technical service bulletin under NHTSA item number 10023866 (power train:automatic transmission:control module tcm, PCM). The manufacturer was notified of the defect. The approximate failure mileage was 59,570.... Updated 07/19/12 *bf the consumer stated the vehicle would not go into reverse. The consumer stated the vehicle shifted hard from 1st to 2nd gear. Once he reached a high speed, the transmission shifted very violently, when it was trying to shift to the next gear. The consumer was informed the valve train body located inside of the transmission needed to be replaced at a cost of $ 1,460. Updated 01/02/12
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford fusion. While driving approximately 30 MPH, the transmission began to shift gears violently with hesitation. The vehicle was maneuvered into a parking lot. The vehicle was then driven to the residence cautiously at the reduced speed rate of 5 MPH. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the transmission was replaced. There was a technical service bulletin under NHTSA item number 10023866 (power train:automatic transmission:control module tcm, PCM). The manufacturer was notified of the defect. The approximate failure mileage was 59,570.... Updated 07/19/12 *bf the consumer stated the vehicle would not go into reverse. The consumer stated the vehicle shifted hard from 1st to 2nd gear. Once he reached a high speed, the transmission shifted very violently, when it was trying to shift to the next gear. The consumer was informed the valve train body located inside of the transmission needed to be replaced at a cost of $ 1,460. Updated 01/02/12
Also reported on the 2007 Ford Fusion
Airbag inflator rupture
Other brake problem
Other body or interior problem
Other powertrain problem
Other engine problem
Airbag warning light or occupant sensor fault
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 30 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does control module (ecm/pcm/bcm) failure happen on the 2007 Ford Fusion?
Across 28 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 90,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 72,500 miles and a quarter after 100,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is control module (ecm/pcm/bcm) failure on the 2007 Ford Fusion?
30 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.5 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed