Other engine problem on the 2017 Ford Fusion
When other engine problem gets reported
Owners of the 2017 Ford Fusion report other engine problem at a median of 70,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 49,000 miles and a quarter after 87,000 miles, from 120 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 95,000 miles. It is the 1st most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 21,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 128,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 107,200 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
When the reports scatter this far, the mileage is telling you about how these cars were driven more than about the part itself.
18% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20,900 miles | 48,750 miles | 70,000 miles | 86,750 miles | 128,100 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
Putting it right typically runs $300–$4,000 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 15 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2012, at a median of 45,000 miles, and latest on the 2009 at 105,000 miles.
By volume the 2010 carries the most reports, with 645; the 2017 has 209. 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.
Was driving in a parking lot, between 5-10 MPH when the car clicked loudly. I lost steering and brakes, and came to a sudden stop. The engine had turned off, the car had put itself into park, and the instrument panel went back as if I had opened the door with the car shut off.
In july 2017 I purchased a 2017 ford fusion sport with the 2.7 v6 within 300 miles the vehicle stalled on a hill and the car started to roll backwards. I made an appointment and brought the car into the dealership I bought it from. They scanned the car and no codes came up and said there is nothing they can do without a code. I took the car and continued to drive it. It stalled several more times, brought it in again and no codes. They told me ford would not approve any repairs on this vehicle without having a code and a confirmed issue. I've been driving around in a death trap that could kill myself or someone else and ford won't help. I found on an online group other people have had this issue and have not gotten it resolved by ford. There are other issues with this vehicle to. But the stalling is unacceptable. The lemon law for my state says I must let have the chance to fix the car to qualify but the is no trace left behind after stalling therefore ford has nothing to repair. This vehicle is not safe to drive. Do not buy!
Upon decelerating, my car stalled in traffic. I was driving on a suburban city street at approx. 35 MPH, and decelerated to a complete stop. Upon pressing the gas to start going again, I noticed the engine had shut off. This is extremely unsafe, as a car that loses power while driving could cause a crash. I have taken my car to the dealership for inspection.
Also reported on the 2017 Ford Fusion
Other powertrain problem
Misfire or rough idle
Shifter, linkage or stuck-in-park failure
Other electrical problem
Other brake problem
No-start or intermittent start failure
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 209 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 other engine problem happen on the 2017 Ford Fusion?
Across 120 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 70,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 49,000 miles and a quarter after 87,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other engine problem on the 2017 Ford Fusion?
209 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 1.6 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