NHTSA Complaint #11118712 — 2012 FORD FUSION

FRONT LEFT TRANSMISSION SEAL LEAKING, AXLE SHAFT LOOSE AND DAMAGED, WHEEL INCREASINGLY WOBBLY WITH SPEED. DIRECTLY AND NEGATIVELY AFFECTS BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS AS WELL AS WHEEL KNUCKLE STABILITY AND SHOCK ABSORBER WEAR. CAR IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AS STEERING CONTROL HAS DECREASED DRAMATICALLY. THE RUBBER SEAL AROUND THE TRANSAXLE ON THE LEFT (DRIVER SIDE) FRONT WHEEL AXLE HAS BEEN SLICED OPEN FROM THE INSIDE BY METAL SHAVINGS PRODUCED BY THE BAD PRODUCTION OF THE PARTS INCLUDED IN THE AXLE SHAFT ASSEMBLY, CAUSING ABNORMAL WEAR/SHAVING OF THE SHAFT. THE JOINT HAS BEEN COMPLETELY DAMAGED AND IS NOW IN TURN CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS, SHOCK ABSORBER, WHEEL KNUCKLE, STEERING ARM, BRAKE ROTORS, BREAK PADS, THE WHEEL HUB, WHEEL BEARING, TIRE ETC. IT LITERALLY EFECTS THE ENTIRE DRIVER SIDE FRONT SUSPENSION, DRIVETRAIN, AND STEERING COMPONENTS, CONTINUOUSLY DEGRADING THEIR STATE WITH TIME AND MAKING THEM MORE DANGEROUS TO USE/MORE DANGEROUS TO DRIVE THE CAR. NO HISTORY OF ANY DAMAGE HAS BEEN RECORDED ON THIS VEHICLE ON THAT SIDE AND THIS HAS BEEN A FACTORY DEFECT FROM THE BEGINNING, JUST POORLY AND VERY SLOWLY ADDRESSED. BECAUSE IF FORD'S UNTIMELY RESPONSE TO THIS ISSUE, MOST OWNERS ARE FORCED TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUES IN VEHICLES EFFECTED BY THIS FORD FACTORY DEFECT OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKET, WHICH IS UNFAIR.