2014 Ford Fusion: tire blowout or tread separation

Filed May 10, 2025 · Steering · GA

I currently have no open recalls on my vehicle however I feel as though my vehicle is apart of the the national recall involving the steer column. My vehicle jerks at high speeds randomly and I sometimes lose control. This issue has been seen by multiple mechanics and they’ve done numerous inspections but can’t find the problem. They only tell me they think it may fix the issue but none are certain. I’ve gotten two wheel alignments within a year and each time I’m recommended a wheel alignment by a different mechanic. I’ve bought several tires of this issue because the wear on my tires keeps wearing out and causing my tires to blow out. I believe it involves the national recall.

Filed Jul 5, 2023 · Wheels · VA

I had a blowout on the highway and the tire tools supplied by ford do not fit the lug nuts. The AAA driver that came also had a very hard time removing the lug nuts. I bought a lug nut socket set to be sure I had the correct tool to remove my wheels but nothing in the kit fits correctly. I had to beat a 19mm socket on to remove the lugs but that completely destroyed the lugs so that they need replaced. As for the recall on the shifter cable and brake line, I paid for both of those repairs when both parts failed before the recall notice was issued. Ford will not reimburse me for the repairs due to the mileage was over 150,000 at the time of repair.

Filed Mar 30, 2022 · Wheels · MD

I hit a very deep pit hole on the interstate causing a tire blowout on front driver side tire as well as a cracked rim on back drivers side. As I go to put the spare on I can't get the lug nuts off. The tool in the spare kit doesn't fit, resulting me to call a tow truck who couldn't get them off either. It took me 2 days to figure out the lug nuts were swollen and this was a common problem with Ford Fusions. My local Ford shop would not assist in the matter at all and still refuse to replace them. They should in fact replace them and also the cost of the damage caused by this. If the nuts were regular lug nuts I could have remedied the situation my self. No police or injuries were involved just lots of stress and money out of my pocket to fix it.

Filed Dec 20, 2021 · Electrical, Engine · TX

I just boight this ca 10/22/21 from a local dealership, I realized the car had issues by the 3rd day after when the car had a front tire blowout and after I repaired both tires on drivers side I contacted the dealership to talk to them about the alignment cause the car was pulling. The dealership had there automotive specialist drive the vehiacle.the diagnosis to my complaint was that the vehicle was fine and would make to california and back. About a week later the car was giving me error that the charging system needed attention. The dealership has given me limited warranty when I purchased but have a strict rule about bringing in vehicle by 9am but I was unable to get a scheduled date confirmed so I tried charging the battery with cables at that point the cables caught on fire after difusing that issue I was able to jump car and get home the next day I purchased a battery charger and charged my battery at home for 24 hours . I appplied battery in the car the day after and wemt to test drive it, it left me stranded and I had to have it towed home the car had completely shut down at that point so I took in my own hands to just send it to the local ford dealership instead of the dealership where I bought car from cause the length of time it takes to get them to call you back is lengthy and I need to get to work and back its important so I had car towed from my home to maxwell ford. I also had learned of 6 recalls that had been left unattended to so I figured I would get those fixed at the same time as the issue with the battery . The vehicle has been in the shop since the 11th of december with now a cost of almost 5600 dollars and thats where I am with things.

Filed Dec 30, 2017 · Wheels · 85,000 miles · MO

Tires wear out prematurely at 20-25k miles in my case every 10-12 months. Tires have been replaced every 10-12 months since car was new. This is not normal by any means. Someone is going to have a blowout due to the extremely fast wear on the tires. This could severely injure or kill someone. Tire picture attached is one year old and has been typical of one year tire wear since car was brand new.

Filed Sep 9, 2016 · Tires · FL

Goodyear dot mmfujnr33815 goodyear tire mts/235/45r18 94v. Second tire I had to replace on new ford fusion (nitrogen). 1st the whole sidewall completely seperated from tire. Service dept. At ford said they have never seen that happen before. Said it was a defective tire. Now I have a golf ball size lump on my sidewall of the tire. No apparent reason. It is time for goodyear to be investigated & reimburse consumers. Someone is going to die. I found the defect before any blowout or accident.

Filed Nov 15, 2015 · Wheels · 23,600 miles · NJ

From 3/15 t0 11/15 3 of my 4 original tires(side walls)which are michelin green radial x,size 235/50 r17 96h ruptured while driving.the range of miles when this happened was from about 14000 to about 23000 far below any life expectancy.tthe first 2 tire failures occurred slowly so I was able to have them mixed by fullerton ford dealership in somerville n.j.the last episode was more scary.I was driving on route 18 in old bridge,n.j. When the left rear tire catastrophically breached,and I had to pull of the road to avoid any accident.fortunnately it was 10am and the traffic was very light,otherwise the result may have been more serious.a quick search of the internet reviled similar accidents,but there has not been any recall.I firmly believe that an investigation on these and other tires with reduced side walls should be critically looked at,before it becomes endemic.I look forward to your analysis.

Filed Oct 18, 2015 · Engine, Wheels · 31,500 miles · FL

We just purchased the car yesterday and so far we are having 2 issues. The first is the shifting of the gears when driving between first and second which can be rough. It feels like downshifting more than speed pick up. Also we were driving on the highway and our rear passenger tire blew out just like that and we nearly lost control of the vehicle. Very scary. Took the vehicle back to ford to look into.

Filed Apr 1, 2015 · Tires · 1,100 miles · CT

I have a 2014 ford fusion that comes with continental tires. In the 14 months I have owned the car , I have had 2 tires blow out. Prior to this car I never had a flat tire, now I've had 2 . The first blowout was at 1000 miles and the second tire blew out at 8000 miles. Both happened on roads where all the other cars drove by without issue. There are complaints all over the internet about how easily continental tires blow out. This is a serious safety risk and also the tires were almost $300 each to replace. Both ford and continental should take responsibility for this faulty product and address the safety issue before someone gets seriously injured or killed. Also the tire wrench that comes with the car bent while taking the lugs off, ford replaced it once, the replacement one also bent while changing the second blown tire.