2017 Ford Fusion Wheels Problems

Upon trying to stop at a stop sign my son was unable to stop in time and rolled into the roadway which caused a collision with another vehicle. He depressed the brakes and clearly heard a grinding noise and never felt the pumping feeling under his foot for the antilock breaks. He thought he couldnt stop due to ice on the roadway, but have since seen the brake recall on my vehicle.

Swollen lug nuts that can’t be removed because they have swollen to be too large for the included jack as well as any other 19mm socket.

The contact owns a 2017 Ford Fusion. The contact stated while driving 15 MPH, the front driver’s side tire became flat. The contact attempted to change the tire but was unable to remove the lug nuts.

The contact owns a 2017 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while pulled over on the shoulder and attempting to change a tire, the contact was unable to remove the lug nuts to change the tire. The vehicle was taken to a dealer and the vehicle was diagnosed with faulty lug nuts.

The contact owns a 2017 Ford Fusion. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer to be repaired under NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V162000 (Service Brakes, Hydraulic) however, the contact was informed by the mechanic that the lug nuts were defective. The lug nuts were replaced.

The contact owns a 2017 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while driving at an unknown speed, she noticed there was a nail in the passenger’s side tire. The low tire pressure warning light was illuminated.

The contact owns a 2017 Ford Fusion. The contact stated during routine maintenance, the dealer informed the contact that all four lug nuts needed to be replaced. The contact was advised by the dealer that the lug nuts could shear off while driving, causing the wheel to detach and the driver would lose control of the vehicle.

The Ford dealer told me that my 2017 Ford Fusion has "swollen lug nuts" and must be replaced. They said that there is a potential for the lug nuts to fail and the wheel would fall off while driving. This will be at my own expense.

Went for oil change & vehicle checkup (tire rotation, brake inspection, etc) at dealership & advised lug nuts (2 piece lug nut composition) were swelling & recommended replacing with 1 piece lug nuts - cost me over $100 to replace. Should be recall - faulty parts. Less than 15,000 miles on car.

This is for a 2017 Ford Fusion Platinum. Lug nuts have deformed and have to replaced at ~63,000miles. Shops do the regular rotation and balance.

The contact owns a 2017 Ford Fusion. The contact stated while driving approximately 65 MPH, he heard a popping sound from the passenger’s side rear tire. The contact stated that the TPMS warning light was illuminated.

The contact owns a 2017 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that upon taking the vehicle to the dealer for servicing, he was informed that all twenty of the lug nuts were swollen and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired.

The contact owns a 2017 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while driving, the vehicle was shaking. The tire pressure warning light was illuminated.

The contact owns a 2017 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to the dealer for routine maintenance and tire rotation and it was discovered that the lug nuts on all four wheels were swollen and the wheels could not be removed from the vehicle. The cause of the failure was not yet determined.

Lug nuts on 2017 Ford Fusion SE swollen/distorted and very difficult to remove from tire. It is available for inspection upon request. There is potential for safety risk due to driving with these damaged lug nuts as one may break, causing the added weight to shift to the other lug nuts, breaking them as well and worst case scenario my wheels comes off while I’m driving.

Our 3 year old vehicle, which has only been serviced by our local ford dealer and has less than 50,000 miles on it, required the lug nuts to be replaced on all wheels because of swelling, creating a dangerous condition for the car. I understand the problem to be caused do to poor engineering by ford by combining several metals together when creating each lug nut that over time fail.

Notified by dealer that lug nuts have 'swollen' and are difficult to remove. The lug nuts should be replaced according to the dealer. If not replaced, the lug nuts could be difficult or impossible to remove in an emergency situation.

When driving the vehicle, and there is a bump right tire seems to shake, when turning to the right I hear a scrape. When the vehicle is on and on parking, a rattling noise goes off.

Stationary vehicle - dealer couldn't rotate the tires because the lug nuts were swollen. I was told that I could buy new lug nuts for $140.00. The technician stated that there is a class action law suit against ford for the lug nut issue.

Was told all 20 Lug Nuts were swollen and needed replacing. After paying $219.80 and researching this I saw that numerous people were compiling about having to pay for something that Ford created and is a know major issue for. I then cam upon this site & form.

The lug nuts on the wheels have "swelled" so that the wheels cannot be removed in an emergency for replacement. This problem is well known and was pointed out to me a a danger when I had my wheels rotated. The shiny metal covering the steel lug nut separates preventing the lug nut wrench from fitting and allowing for removal of the lug nut.