Yesterday as I was making a turn through a busy intersection, my steering wheel suddenly locked up and the alert "service advancetrac" popped up on my dash. I was unable to complete the turn, and a car going nearly 55 MPH swerved around me and missed t-boning me by a few feet. Initially, I was just concerned. But after going to the mechanic and finding that my steering control module is faulty (this vehicle only has 62,000 miles on it), and this is a well-known issue in other ford vehicles and in the f150 as well, I became furious that ford has not issued a recall when I could have been killed yesterday. If ford does not make this right, I will never purchase another ford vehicle, will encourage all my friends/family to never purchase a ford vehicle, and will use my considerable business and personal network to ensure that they all know that ford knows about a very significant issue and is refusing to issue a recall for an issue that could lead to the death of its customers. I called the minions at the 1-800 number and they told me they could not help me and that ford had not issued a recall for this issue and I was on my own. I'll pay the $1500 + labor now. But I'll be back with my attorney if this issue is not addressed to my satisfaction.
2012 Ford F-150 steering complaints
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While traveling the electronic power steering assist failed rendering the truck nearly impossible to control. Dealer (rodeo ford) replaced entire steering rack and within 500 miles it failed again. This time whilst towing a 5600 pound trailer down a 6% grade in arizona. Nearly killed my entire family.
The vehicles steering has made a loud popping noise and now my two front tires are completely out of alignment. Both are pointing outwards. The vehicle will not steer correctly and the steering wheel has turned off of center. I can not drive the vehicle straight going down the road. I was backing out of my driveway when the vehicle made a horrific noise and started all this wacky driving.
While driving lost power steering ; power steering assist fault showed up on screen
The power steering assist totally cut out without warning in the middle of a turn out from a parking lot on to a 6-lane highway. I was not able to complete the turn. The truck shuddered very roughly as the power steering failed. Luckily there were no other cars on the road at the time. If there were, one would have hit me and it would have been bad. I turned the A/C off and my power steering came back. It has not happened again yet. But I am very concerned that it will happen again. I hope that this report, if supported by many more from other owners, may point to a larger problem, if one exists.
Electronic power assisted steering failure-epas is cutting out most of the time causing over steer and under steer conditions due to the amount of force needed to correct on left and right turns. Steering will get difficult to control on turns just like the non power steering vehicles of old. This occurs at startup and with vehicle in motion and ends with park and vehicle shut off. Can supply video footage if requested.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford f-150. While driving 45 MPH, the service advance track indicator illuminated and the steering wheel became inoperable. The vehicle was pulled over to the shoulder lane where the wheels and steering wheel began to independently rotate. The vehicle was taken to courtesy ford lincoln (401 pleasant valley blvd, altoona, pa 16602) where it was diagnosed that the steering rack failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified and stated that there were no recalls for the failure. The contact was refereed to the federal safety agency. The failure mileage was approximately 69,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford f-150. While driving 65 MPH, the power steering and traction indicators illuminated on the instrument panel. Also, the power steering lost power for up to thirty seconds. The failures occurred several times within the past few weeks. There were no recalls associated with the VIN. The contact reached out to the dealer (krause family ford, 195 woodstock pkwy, woodstock, ga 30188) where an appointment was scheduled for january 20, 2018. The manufacturer was contacted. The failure mileage was 107,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford f-150. While driving 30 MPH, the advance track system indicator illuminated. Also, the turn signals and steering control became inoperable. The vehicle was pulled over to a shoulder lane where the vehicle was able to restart normally. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer (jc lewis ford, 9505 abercorn street, savannah, ga 31406) where it was diagnosed that the electronic steering gear failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 16v248000 (power train). The manufacturer was notified of the failure and a case was opened. The failure mileage was approximately 53,000.
I was driving down road approx 30 MPH went to make a turn and lost all power steering luckily no other cars aroumd. My vehicle only had 34786 miles on it. Contacted ford and got no where could not even talk to someone higher up than the complaint department. Went to dealership and found out repair would be $ 1418.59 to replace the electronic power steering rack. I have seen where numerous ford vehicles have been recalled for this particular power steering.
Adv track service light, code u0428. Dealer says can't replace sensor, need to replace with sensor & rack $1500 to $2000. Come on ford, if they won't replace original components, and have to buy redesigned system ... Doesn't that tell you the original design was messed up?
I was driving in a hwy about 45 MPH on a curvy road when seconds before I took a curve road a sign apear in my dashboard saying power steering fault and inmediatly my weell turn hard in the middle of thr curveroad so step on brake and it was terrible hard for me to drive my truck to the side of the road because I had a injury in my right hand so lucky not automoviles come or foward on the road at the time...I recomended to report any future incidents simillar with 2012 f150 ...
Steering column sensor failed leading to complete failure of the electronic power steering system. Power steering failure occurred while in motion while turning. A search of internet forums confirms this is a widespread issue with this vehicle make and model.
My 6 month pregnant wife was driving the truck when the dash read "power steering assist fault" she lost all power steering and was un able to control the vehicle. Talked to ford dealership, they said rack is faulty. Thankfully my wife, niece and unborn child where un harmed when the defective piece failed. This is a safety hazard and should be recalled immediately. If they were traveling at high speeds, she wouldn't have been able to control the vehicle on a corner.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford f-150. While driving approximately 50 MPH, the steering wheel seized without warning. The contact stated that the "power assist fault" code displayed on the instrument panel. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and stated that there was no recall on the vehicle. The failure mileage was approximately 92,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford f-150. While making a right turn, the steering wheel inadvertently became difficult to maneuver and the power steering fault indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to ford of port richey (10715 us-19, port richey, fl 34668 (727) 868-9545) where it was diagnosed that the rack and pinion needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 33,840.
Vehicle traveling approx 35mph on a city street around a curve when the epas system failed suddenly. Steering became extremely difficult and vehicle was nearly involved in a collision. Vehicle dashboard displayed "service advancetrak" and " electroinic power steering assist failure" simultaneously. Vehicle was towed to dealership. No official diagnosis from dealer.
Steering locks up
Power steering complete failure. While driving the power steering light came on saying power steering assist failure. Seems to be a recall on many other fords. Could barely steer the vehicle.
The power steering unit had to be replaced, approximately 5 years old and 70,000 miles. We experience the same issue previously with another f150 previously owned. This is a very common issue and should involve a recall. Cost for the repair was over $2000, took 5 days (including the weekend) and was performed at a ford dealer. Turning was difficult and had we not gotten it fixed, it may have LED to complete loss of steering while driving. I drive a lot for work and often on highways with tractor trailers and higher speeds.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford f-150. The contact stated that while driving about 58 MPH, the steering lost power. The service wrench warning light illuminated. The vehicle was pulled to the side and restarted. The dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 121,750.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford f-150. While driving 25 MPH, the vehicle misfired and the steering failed without warning. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 70,000.
The power steering went out on my vehicle while driving down a two lane winding road. It went from being easy to steer to very hard to steer. Message came on stating service power steering now.
Was making a right turn from a state road to a city street the dash display popped up stating there was a power steering assist fault and I lost my power steering immediately. I was able to forcefully turn the steering wheel to avoid going into oncoming traffic. Don't believe my wife would have had the same results. Took vehicle to ford dealership to be looked at. $1600.00 later to replace the rack and pinion steering unit which includes the power steering assist mechanism. I was lucky to not get into a crash. After reading about other people having the same issue which did result in a crash, I feel ford needs to put this on re call notice before a death occurs.
Advancetrac service light comes on. Turn signal quits working. Just like all the thousands of other people with the problem. Apparently the steering can freeze up which is demonstrated on you tube videos!!! Needs to be recalled by ford for major safety concern!!! Could kill someone. Are we just waiting till it kills someone??? Hopefully this helps.
Steering wheel locked while driving: we came from a water fest that afternoon but because of the weather we have to packed and go home. My mother, 8 years old son is with me and my dog. We are heading home in a two lane street. It's was raining and there is a lot of cars. In a sudden blink of an eye I was surprised that my steering wheeel of my truck is not moving. It was locked in 11 o'clock angle heading to on coming. I tried to control it no time it's just second, I know it's going to hit and all come out in my voice is mama. The time after accident I'm all shaken. I'm so terrified my friend told me I was in shocked for a little while. When I gain consciousness, I saw my friend hubby trying wake me up. I looked for my boy. I saw my mom in pain, can't move out of my car. I feel numb and my legs are shaking. Seing my boy outside and mom makes me happy. But I'm worried about the car that hit. I cnt walked that far until unbulance took us all.
When turning the wheel, there are stiff to stop points, control is imposable, the truck is dangerous to drive . I can not afford two thousand dollars to repair, spent all I had to buy the truck. City driving is tricky and I could run over someone, I cant drive my truck.
When making a left turn my steering hangs up and will not return to center. This problem seems to come and go. I first noticed the issue on oct 2015 with aproximately 25k miles on the odometer, this is pretty scarry , even while driving in a straight line down the highway, as this makes me do the minute steering wheel adjustments that the self centering steering should be doing. I have taken it to the ford dealer but they could not duplicate the problem. This issue is still randomly going on.
Driving on highway. Display showed pscm error code and power steering failed. Luckily I was able to maneuver the truck over to the side of the highway and get adjusted before taking it to dealership.
The truck displayed a service advancetrac error, partially disabling the turn signals while driving. When I turn corners truck steering wheel will pull causing truck to veer sharper into the turn. It will also make a slight noise when it happens. Truck has 66000 miles on it.
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