Wheel Stud Fracture

Wheels:Lugs/Nuts/Bolts/Studs

Summary

On January 21, 2011, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened a Preliminary Evaluation (PE11-003) to investigate alleged wheel stud fractures in certain model year (MY) 2010 Ford Fusion vehicles.ODI sent the manufacturer an information request letter dated February 8, 2011 and Ford responded by letter dated March 25, 2011.Ford provided a supplemental response by letter dated July 15, 2011.To date, ODI is aware of 29 complaints related to the alleged defect in the subject vehicles, which now include certain MY2010 Mercury Milan vehicles that are the same or substantially similar to the subject Ford Fusion vehicles in regards to the alleged defect.In total, ODI is aware of 4 reported wheel separation incidents related to the alleged defect in the subject vehicles.The manufacturer's investigation into the root cause of the alleged defect is ongoing.Accordingly, this investigation has been upgraded to an Engineering Analysis (EA11-009) to further study the alleged defect.

Documents (11)

• IR TO MFR - TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS OF WHEEL STUD FRACTURE IN CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2010 FORD FUSION VEHICLES. * 02/08/2011 * P
• FORD 3-25-2011, APPENDIX F - NON CONFIDENTIAL ENGINEERING REVIEW PART 1 OF 3
• FORD 3-25-2011, APPENDIX F - NON CONFIDENTIAL ENGINEERING REVIEW PART 2 OF 3
• FORD 3-25-2011, APPENDIX F - NON CONFIDENTIAL ENGINEERING REVIEW PART 3 OF 3
• FORD 3-25-2011 LETTER TO ODI, WITH APPENDIX B & E
• OPENING RESUME APPROVED
• CLOSING RESUME APPROVED
• FORD 9-23-2011 LETTER TO OCC REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL
• OCC 3-9-2012 LETTER TO FORD GRANTED CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT TO FORD 9-23-2011 LETTER TO OCC REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL
• MFR IR RESPONSE DATA
• FORD 3-25-2011, APPENDIX A [ACCESS DATEBASE]

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