The Lemon Index$500 middle bill · most between $400 and $600
Lower than the $600 middle bill owners of all 76 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 50,000 miles (118 reports).
Ford Fusion owners reported paying a median of $500 for a throttle body replacement, with the middle half of bills between $400 and $600. That's from 120 owner reports (120 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $50044%
- $500–$1,00053%
- $1,000–$2,5002%
- $2,500–$5,0001%
- $5,000 and up0%
Share of the 120 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2006 Ford Fusion3$600 middle bill
- 2007 Ford Fusion2too few for a middle
- 2010 Ford Fusion91$500 middle bill
- 2011 Ford Fusion19$500 middle bill
- 2012 Ford Fusion2too few for a middle
- 2013 Ford Fusion3$700 middle bill
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2010 Ford Fusion1,119 complaints name it20% of that year's complaints
- 2011 Ford Fusion357 complaints name it12% of that year's complaints
- 2012 Ford Fusion134 complaints name it5% of that year's complaints
- 2016 Ford Fusion86 complaints name it5% of that year's complaints
- 2013 Ford Fusion58 complaints name it3% of that year's complaints
- 2014 Ford Fusion47 complaints name it3% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a throttle body / loss of power. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engines in these years
Engines with a page of their own that this model was sold with in the years above. Owners don't always say which engine they had.
Engine codes that can lead here: P2135 P2111 P2112 P2101 P2119 P0121 P0122. A code is where a shop starts, not proof the part failed.
Keep going
- Ford Fusion reliability by year
- Throttle body replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Ford Fusion owners reported
Steering rack replacement (148) · Engine replacement (88) · ABS module replacement (36) · Brake repair (24) · Transmission replacement (18) · EVAP system repair (8) · Ignition coil replacement (8) · Car battery replacement (7) · ECM (engine computer) replacement (7) · Brake master cylinder replacement (7) · Valve body replacement (7) · Control arm replacement (6) · CV axle replacement (5) · Head gasket replacement (5)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11255452, 11099391, 11024256, 10934354, 10926866, 10906113, 10862484, 10837714, 10660207, 10650762, 10649032, 10644719 and more.
Quick answers
How much does throttle body replacement cost on a Ford Fusion?
Ford Fusion owners reported a median of $500, and the middle half paid $400 to $600, from 120 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Ford Fusion throttle body replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Ford Fusion middle bill of $500 is lower than the $600 owners of all 76 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Ford Fusion repair costs come from?
From 120 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Ford Fusion years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2010 (1,119), 2011 (357), 2012 (134) Ford Fusion named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.