NHTSA Complaint #10578201 — 2012 FORD FUSION

YESTERDAY IN THE EVENING WHILE THERE WAS A RAIN STORM THE FRONT LIGHTS OF MY 2012 FORD FUSION WENT OUT COMPLETELY, LUCKILY FOR US SCHOOL TEACHERS THERE WAS SUFFICIENT DAYLIGHT TO HELP US GET HOME FROM WORK. SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, THE SAME THING OCCURRED WHILE I WAS TRAVELING ON A BUSY WILMINGTON, DELAWARE STATE ROAD.EARLIER THE RIGHT SIDE BRAKE LIGHT FIZZLED WHICH WAS REPLACED ON FEBRUARY 10, 2014 AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT HAD TO BE REPLACED AT THE DEALERSHIP THE YEAR BEFORE.IN OTHER AREAS, THE TRANSMISSION OF THIS CAR HAS A TENDENCY TO SLIP WHENEVER I MOVE IT FROM PARK TO DRIVE. IN ADDITION, LAST YEAR THE CAR BATTERY WAS DRAINED AND TRIPLE A ROAD SERVICE HAD TO RECHARGE THE BATTERY. THE DEAD BATTERY CAUSED US TO LOSE SEVERAL HOURS FROM TEACHING.THE AM CAR RADIO RECEPTION, IS ALSO POOR AND SUBJECT TO INTERFERENCE, AND DROPS IN VOLUME. THE CD PLAYER IS ERRATIC AND HAS A TENDENCY TO SKIP SONGS AND STOP ALL TOGETHER.IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS OF OPERATION, THIS CAR IS ONLY USED FOR SHORT DISTANCE TRAVEL OF 30 MILES A DAY AS WE FEAR CONTINUED BREAKDOWNS.VENTURING INTO NIGHT TIME TRAVEL OR LONG DISTANCE INTERSTATE TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISABLE GIVEN THIS CAR'S TENDENCY TO LOSE EXTERNAL ILLUMINATION.WHAT IS MOST TROUBLING IS THAT THE INTERNAL DASHBOARD DID NOT WARN ME WHEN THE TAILGATE BREAK LIGHT AND FRONT PASSENGER BEAM LIGHT WENT OUT OF ORDER.THE ONLY TIME I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE DASHBOARD IN OPERATION WAS WHEN ONE OF THE CAR TIRES NEEDED TO BE RE-INFLATED AND WHEN IT WAS TIME TO REFUEL THE GAS TANK.I HAVE TAKEN THIS MODEL TO SHERIDAN FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY HAVE ROTATED THE TIRES AND CHANGED THE OIL . ON MAY 13, 2013, I PAID $17.00 SERVICE CHARGE TO ROTATE THE TIRES.AT THAT TIME THEY CONDUCTED A MULTIPOINT INSPECTION WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED IT WAS OK.THE ABOVE ISSUES MERIT FORD RECALL THIS CAR. *TR