NHTSA Complaint #11329325 — 2010 FORD FUSION

1.) C/S AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON - LOCAL DEALERSHIP FOUND PASSENGER AIRBAG IN B PILLAR IS CAUSE - NOT RELATED TO RECENTLY COMPLETED RECALL 19S34 ON PASSENGER AIRBAG INFLATER NPA1908055946 PER DEALERSHIP. NOT SURE WHY THE AIRBAG SYSTEMS IN THESE VEHICLES ARE PROBLEMATIC, BUT THE OWNER SHOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CHARGES FOR REPLACEMENT OF THESE PROBLEMATIC PARTS. POSSIBLE NEW RECALL NEEDED. 2.) RECALL 15V34 RELATING TO LEAKING CANISTER PURGE VALVE - FORD AUTHORIZED AN UPDATE TO THE VEHICLE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE CALIBRATIONS TO HELP PREVENT PRESSURE CYCLES IN THE FUEL TANK - THESE CALIBRATIONS WERE PERFORMED HOWEVER THE PURGE VALVE HAS STILL FAILED. THE PART 9U5Z-9C915-H WAS ORIGINALLY RECOMMENDED 4 YEARS AGO WHEN THE RECALL WAS ISSUED BUT THE PART WAS UNAVAILABLE AT THE TIME, ON SPECIAL ORDER. VEHICLE OWNER REQUESTED REPAIR / PART REPLACEMENT REPEATEDLY BUT WAS TOLD THE PART REMAINED UNAVAILABLE AND WAS NOT AN ISSUE WITH THE RE-CALIBRATION UNLESS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED. THE DEALERSHIP CLOSED THE RECALL WITHOUT REPLACING THE PART - 6 MONTHS LATER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAUSE IS THE NEED FOR A REPLACEMENT CANISTER PURGE VALVE AND THE OWNER IS NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR/REPLACEMENT COSTS. RECALL SHOULD BE HONORED. *TR