NHTSA Complaint #10584257 — 2010 FORD FUSION

IN MAY 2011, NOTICED ONE OF THE RIGHT FRONT "STUDS" HAD BROKEN OFF. TOOK TO LOCAL GARAGE TO HAVE "STUD" REPLACED. THEN IN NOVEMBER 2011, WHEN ROTATING WHEELS, ONE "STUD" ON THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL BROKE OFF WHEN REMOVING THE WHEEL. AGAIN TOOK TO LOCAL GARAGE TO HAVE "STUD" REPLACED. THEN IN JANUARY 2012, A RECALL FROM FORD NOTIFIED ME OF THE PROBLEM WITH LUG NUTS. TOOK CAR TO FORD DEALER TO HAVE THE RECALL WORK PERFORMED. ONLY IN THE SHOP FOR ONE HOUR. SUPPOSE THEY ONLY CHANGED THE LUG NUTS IF ANYTHING AND NOT THE "STUDS". NOW IN FEBRUARY 2014, A RIGHT FRONT "STUD" BROKE OFF AGAIN WHILE HAVING THE TIRES ROTATED. FOR THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY, I HAD ALL THE "STUDS" REPLACED BY MY LOCAL SHOP THAT I TRUST. MY LOCAL SHOP ADVISED ME THERE WAS A NEW PART # FOR REPLACEMENT "STUDS". SAFETY RECALL NOTICE 11S23 SHOULD HAVE REQUIRED ALL "STUDS" REPLACED, NOT JUST THE NUTS AND STUDS CHECKED. IT SOUNDS LIKE METAL FATIGUE IN THE "STUDS" NOT THE NUTS. I SPENT $258.29 OF MY HARD EARNED MONEY TO FIX A SAFETY DEFECT AND STILL HAVE THE OLD DEFECTIVE PARTS TO SHOW FOR IT. I HOPE THIS COMPLAINT PREVENTS ANYONE ELSE FROM BEING HURT. *TR