According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s website, Ford Motor Company is recalling certain model year 2013 Fusion vehicles, manufactured from February 3, 2012, through October 20, 2012, for failing to conform to the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 108, “Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment.” The website said the affected vehicles may not have had the low beam headlamp projector coating properly cured during its manufacturing process. The recall includes 19,106 vehicles. Click here for more information about this recall.
This is the second recall Ford has issued for the 2013 Ford Fusion. Last week, Ford announced a voluntary safety recall of 2013 Ford Escape SE and SEL models equipped with the 1.6-liter engine and 2013 Ford Fusion SE and SEL models equipped with the 1.6-liter engine. Ford issued this safety recall after reports of engines overheating, followed by vehicle fires starting in the engine compartment when the engine is running; no injuries have been reported.