2008 Ford Escape Hybrid: loss of power steering

Filed Feb 21, 2024 · Steering · 185,000 miles · MI

The contact owns a 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid. The contact stated while driving 50-55 MPH, the message "Power Steering Assist Fault" was displayed. The contact stated while starting the vehicle later that day, the power steering was no longer functional, and the message was displayed. The dealer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and referred the contact to the federal safety agency hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 185,000.

Filed Mar 21, 2022 · Steering · IL

The contact owns a 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the power steering assist failed and the steering wheel seized. The power steering failure warning message was displayed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and diagnosed with power steering assist failure. The mechanic informed the contact that an unknown part needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer was made aware of the failure but informed the contact that a recall for the steering had expired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Nov 29, 2021 · Steering · 250,000 miles · CA

The contact owns a 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid. The contact stated while pulling out of a parking space, the vehicle lost power steering assist. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was driven to the residence in manual steering mode. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 250,000.

Filed Feb 22, 2021 · Steering · 120,000 miles · KY

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 ford escape hybrid. The contact stated while driving 65 MPH, the steering wheel failed to move. The power steering failure message was displayed on the instrument panel. There was an abnormal beeping sound detected. The contact stated that the vehicle was undriveable. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The contact stated that the failure was similar to the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v284000 (steering). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 120,000.

Filed Jan 2, 2019 · Steering · 150,000 miles · OH

The electric power steering went out with no warning and almost caused an accident as there was no way to control the direction of the vehicle. Ford had a recall on some of these models but did not include all models. This problem is the same as the problem that was recalled on the same models but limited by VIN #. This could have been a major threat to human life had the operator not had the strength to over come the lack of power steering. Ford should have recalled all vehicles in this model knowing there was a problem with the escape/mariner steering system.

Filed Dec 11, 2018 · Steering · 144,000 miles · CA · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 ford escape hybrid. While driving, the steering wheel shook, jerked, and lost power. As a result, the vehicle crashed into a median and a tire blew out. There were no warning indicators illuminated. There were no injuries. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was towed to big valley ford lincoln (3282 auto center cir, stockton, ca 95212, (800) 867-1516) where it was diagnosed that the power steering assist failed and the rack and pinion needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and did not assist. The failure mileage was 144,000.

Filed Apr 3, 2018 · Brakes, Steering · 140,000 miles · MI

Ive had reoccurring issues with my brakes ,ABS system , power train , steering column starter. Over the course of three years and it seem like the problems keep coming up . The only close call I remembers is coming home from work . Making a turn on to a street, then all of a sudden my power steering went out completely. I could have crashed if a huge curb wasnt there .

Filed Feb 22, 2018 · Steering · 210,000 miles · IN

The electric power steering assist has failed creating dangerous driving conditions. The vehicle was in motion on the interstate when this occurred. Ford has recalled a number of ford escapes for this issue, but not all models that are affected, including my vehicle.

Filed Jan 18, 2018 · Steering · 166,000 miles · CO

Power steering went out in my 08 escape. Took to ford dealership who told me that recall was no longer attached to the vehicle since its over the 46,000 miles limit. I informed them that there is no expiration or mileage on recalls. They then said that it needs a software update and the cost will be about $1000. My husband was driving it to work and noticed the steering wheel started to shake when stopped. Then driving home the power steering went out.

Filed Dec 15, 2017 · Steering · 140,000 miles · NC

The power steering assist fault came up while I was driving through a sharp turn and almost caused an accident. Went away on its own and next day came in again and since then my car is hard to steer and dangerous to drive. There was a recall of 14s05 but it doesnt show for my vehicle. Mine is the same year affected but does not apply for some reason and dealership is refusing to take any action to remediate.

Filed Dec 11, 2017 · Steering · 202,000 miles · KY

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 ford escape hybrid. While driving 40 MPH, the power steering failed and the steering wheel became extremely difficult to steer left or right. Paul miller ford in lexington, kentucky was made aware of the failure and stated that the vehicle was no longer under recall. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that, because the vehicle was previously repiared under manufacturer recall number: 14s05, a second repair would not be free. The failure mileage was approximately 202,000.

Filed Aug 11, 2017 · Steering · 130,000 miles · CA

. In 2012 and 2013, I had power steering failures while driving, luckily resulting in no collisions. Both times I took my vehicle into a ford dealer. Both times, I was told that nothing was wrong with my vehicle. In 2014, ford issued a recall for a faulty sensor in the power steering. I immediately brought my ford to my dealer for service. Instead of replacing the steering column, they choose a 2nd option (cheaper) and simply reprogrammed/ rebooted the sensor. On july 21st, 2017, I parked my car and when I came out a started the car, I had no power steering. I was lucky I wasn't on the highway. I had the car towed to a local service center and they told me that according to the computer the same part failed again. They re-set the sensor and we took the car into our ford dealer to have it serviced for the recall. Both the ford dealer and ford na toll free service center (I spoke to darren in august 8th) told me that because ford had already performed the recall service that they will not honor this issue as part of the recall. However, since the ford dealer took the 'cheaper' option and reprogrammed the sensor, ford should honor the recall and replace the steering column. This is the service that our ford dealer stated is now required to fix the issue. We are faced with spending thousands of dollars or driving essentially an unsafe vehicle because ford was allowed to offer this 'cheaper' recall service to ford owners. It's a disgrace.