Power steering assist, in-op. Vehicle has 60k miles. Serious injuries may occur, if vehicle was to loose assist while driving. Luckily assist gave up in the parking lot. This is a design flaw, their are thousands of people with the same problem. The federal safety agency should force ford to remedy this issues.
2017 Ford Focus steering complaints
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Steering assist failure on 3 year old car with 6600 miles. This occurred at the end of the warranty period. Car was brought to dealer for repair one week after warranty ended, due to quarantine. Dealer states repair not covered and is trying to charge $2700 for the repair. I see recalls online for this problem, but not for my specific car. I need to get repaired, but I believe it is a vehicle fault and ford should cover cost.
While driving the power steering went out suddenly and became very hard to drive home. Seconds after the power steering went out a notice of power steering fault came up and service is needed. No sign of this going out or any prior steering issues.
While driving straight in a residential area, the steering locked up as if the power steering went out. The steering wheel became extremely difficult to turn. Fortunately, I was able to avoid an accident. After safely stopping and restarting the vehicle a notice came up indicating 'steering assist fault - service required'.
Car has 71000 miles and june 3rd 2020, the steering wheel locked up and was hard to turn (like power steering with no fluid), turned the car off for 30 seconds and back on and it worked fine. Stopped for food and turned car back on and a warning came up "steering assist fault". Took it to a repair shop and there's no loose wires or bad fuse. Will require to have the steering motor replaced.
On our way back from florida I smelt burning coolant I looked and it was low so I filled it up as we were down the street from our house the smell got worse I attempted to accelerate and the car shook, the transmission warning then came on and I lost steering control and power I pulled over safely and tried to restart the vehicle and would not start. I popped the hood and there was coolant all over the motor and transmission. 2 hr later the vehicle still won't even turn over.
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 ford focus. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle hesitated to accelerate and randomly decelerated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer sunset ford (11700 gravois rd, st. Louis mo) who diagnosed that the transmission was defective. The transmission clutch was replaced however, the failure persisted. The contact indicated that the clutch was replaced on three separate occasions. Recently while operating the vehicle the air bag warning light illuminated and remained illuminated. The cause of the failure was not determined. The manufacturer was notified of the failures but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 10,000.*dt*jb*dt
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 ford focus. While driving approximately 60 MPH, the steering seized without warning. The contact stated that it was difficult to maneuver the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the steering rack needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The dealer and manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 35,000.
The 2017 ford focus s with under 26,000 miles has a steering issue. The steering wheel gets stuck and is hard to steer, won't return to neutral position without being forced back, and is unstable at mid and high speeds. There is a sound that is starting to present itself, similar to a roofer hammering nails, that comes from the passenger side front wheel at lower speeds. First noticed the problem suddenly when pulling out from my street parking. The steering wheel was stuck in its neutral position, and steering hard to the left there was a pop when the steering wheel released from its neutral position. Prior to this event and subsequent steering issues, when exiting the highway at 15-25 miles per hour, there was a rolling and swirling sensation going into the turn, almost like something was not entirely connected in the front end of the vehicle. This slightly detectable issue was noticed 100% of the time, each time I exited the freeway. It felt like I was losing control of the vehicle as the car entered and exited the turn, which was not attributable to tire slippage. Felt like it was from the suspension.
Steering failed and locked up while driving, almost causing an accident. The vehicle was in motion at 35mph on a town main street, during a slight left turn. When the steering did turn very little is was just a jerk, with it locking back up, leading into oncoming traffic and being unable to correct the car back into its lane. With all of an.individuals strength and at 2mph, the car was able to be driven into a close parking lot and parked.
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