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2017 Ford Fusion · symptom sheet

Airbag warning light or recall

  • 28owner reports
  • 35,000median miles
  • 10involved a crash

Newest report Apr 24, 2024 · checked Sep 9, 2026

28 of the 1,105 complaints on this car describe airbag.

Tick what matches of 28 reports

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What got replaced

Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the occupant sensor (9 reports) and the module (4 reports).

Recalls and investigations

No recall on the airbags covers the 2017 model year as of Sep 9, 2026.

NHTSA investigations into the airbags on the Fusion

EA21-002opened Sep 17, 2021
Airbags · model years 2012 to 2016

Desiccated air bag inflator rupture. Open.

NHTSA summary
From 2000 through 2017, Takata produced millions of air bag inflators using two types of phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate ("PSAN") propellant -- propellant 2004 and propellant 2004L. After prolonged exposure to high temperature cycles and humidity, inflators using propellant 2004 can degrade, causing the propellant to burn too quickly when ignited. The rapid burning can cause the inflator to rupture during deployment, potentially causing serious or even fatal injury to vehicle occupants. See 2016 Blomquist Report at www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov/files/documents/expert_report-hrblomquist.pdf.Consequently, all frontal inflators using propellant 2004 that do not contain a "desiccant" (a substance that traps and holds moisture) in US vehicles are under recall. These "non-desiccated" inflators either have been or are required to be replaced.In some cases, the remedy part for these recalled inflators was, or will be, an inflator using either propellant 2004 or 2004L that does contain a desiccant. None of these "desiccated" remedy parts (which were installed in older model year vehicles) are currently under recall for a degradation concern. Certain subsets of desiccated PSAN inflators using propellant 2004 for use as original equipment, however, have been recalled for a degradation concern. All Takata inflators produced with propellant 2004L contain desiccant, and none of these desiccated inflators using propellant 2004L are under recall for a degradation concern. There have been n

None of these investigations covers the 2017 model year.

When it happens

The middle half of failures fell between 7,000 and 65,000 miles, from the 16 reports that gave a mileage.

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What owners wrote

“The dash deteriorated to the extent that, according to a Ford engineer, the passenger airbag will not deploy properly.”

Filed Apr 24, 2024

“I was a victim in a car crash driving this vehicle when another vehicle hit me and deployed my air bags. Due to the air bags deployment I ended up with significant burn marks to my arm which is likely to permanently scar.”

Filed Sep 7, 2023

“I left work, got into my car, turned the car on and the airbag light turned on, now the light is always on”

Filed Apr 2, 2023

Should you keep driving it?

This page can't tell you that. 10 of 28 reports involved a crash and 9 people were hurt. Owners who file are the ones who had a bad experience, and nobody checks their reports. If the problem affects steering, braking, power or a fire risk, treat it as a safety fault and have it inspected before a long or high-speed drive.

File your own report with NHTSA. Complaint counts are how a problem gets an investigation.

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