While driving the power steering will completely fail unexpectedly and a yellow wrench will appear on the dashboard. This is very dangerous as it comes unexpectedly but will come back on when the vehicle is turned off and on again. The steering is extremely difficult to muscle through when the power steering fails. The steering can fail at any time while driving or parked when the vehicle is on and it happens almost 100% of the time that I drive the vehicle. It seems to be worse in hot weather.
2005 Ford Escape Hybrid: loss of power steering
12 of the 178 complaints about the 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid describe loss of power steering.
- owner complaints
- 12
- of this car's complaints
- 7%
- typical mileage
- 31,567
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Loss of power steering by model year
What owners say
The rear passenger wheel well has corroded very severely. The shock absorber is pushing into the interior wheel cover, causing it to become dislodged. I was driving on a city street, about 35 MPH, when I hear a loud scraping sound coming from the right rear side of my escape. I noticed that the interior wheel cover was dislodged and moving around. I pulled over into a local park to examine what was causing the very loud scraping sound. I could see that the right rear wheel well area was very rusted and flaky. I drove home about 10-15 MPH, all the time the vehicle was making a very loud bumping and scraping sound. I consulted a ford mechanic and was told that the vehicle could not be driven safely. Ford needs to recall the many hundreds of ford escapes that have rusted out passenger side wheel wells, that can cause sudden loss of steering control when the shock absorber pushes into the car and the vehicle collapses onto the right rear wheel.
The electronic power steering assist suddenly stopped functioning ,
Similar to the 2008-2011 model recalls, the electronic power steering assist suddenly stopped functioning while in motion. The wheel was being turned all the way to the right while turning into a parking spot when immediately the wheel felt heavy and the power steering check light appeared on the dashboard system. The temperature outside was approximately 40 degrees and wet.
I bought the car in april of 2008 and ever since the second week of having the car the power steering would shut off while I was driving. It would happen on city streets and on the freeway. I informed the ford dealer (bob wondries in alhambra, ca) numerous times that this was a recurring condition and they informed me that nothing was wrong. This went on for 7 years; I filed this form with you before and I also contacted ford motor co. About this. All I ever got as a response was my power steering control module completely failed and I have no power steering.
While driving at 30mph the power steering failed making the vehicle extremely hard to steer. After about 2 minutes the "pwr steering service" message was displayed and the wrench light was lit. After getting the vehicle to a safe area I restarted it and there still was no power steering. I then let the vehicle sit for approximately 2 hours, restarted it again and power steering had returned.
The electric power steering failed to function on start up. After several attempts to restart the vehicle power steering activated. If this happens while driving could cause a serious accident.
Driving at low speed when power steering shut off. This has occurred 1-2/month since I purchased the car from the dealer in 2008. When I have taken it in to the dealer and told them it was still occurring they always said there was no code so basically no problem. Power steering failure happened randomly at various speeds; when it happened at freeway speed was the worst. Finally took it to an independent mechanic and they found a code indicating it is the electric assisted power steering control module. Why are the 2005-2007 fehs not included in the recall?
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford escape hybrid. The contact stated that while driving at any sped and over a bump, the power steering failed; the contact had to apply extra force to keep control of the vehicle. The failure occurred intermittently. The contact turned the vehicle off for few moments and the failure would subside. The dealer replaced the power steering harness and computer module. The failure mileage was 31,567 and the current mileage was 91,000.
Loss of steering in a ford hybrid escape electric steering, complete loss of steering in a turn and no one seems to care.
2005 ford escape hybrid : electric power steering. Power steering failed, while in a turn twice. And came within inches of hitting a wall, because it reverted to manual steering. If not for quick thinking and reflex's. I was a passenger and grabbed the wheel and wrestled it in the turn to avoid the wall. Took it to the dealer and they acted like it was a no big deal.
2005 ford escape hybrid, 9500 miles, drove 20 miles in 5 degree weather. Shut car off for 15 minutes. When restarted power steering failed. Drove 5 miles with power steering off. Restarted car after 2 hours. Power steering worked fine.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid power steering loss
Is loss of power steering a common problem on the 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid?
12 of 178 owner complaints about the 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid (7%) mention loss of power steering. The model year with the most reports is 2008.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid
ABS 38Brake failure 20Stalling 17Loss of power 6Overheating 6
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