The exact same problem for which 2011-2015 ford fusions were recalled is a major problem for 2010. I am replacing my rack and pinion as a result of a total power steering failure. This is a severe safety issue and could have resulted in loss of life during the failure. There was no warning that the power steering would fail, and clearly was a problem on model years including and following this one, but 2010 was not included in the recall. Cost to repair is $1700+
2010 Ford Fusion steering complaints
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Power steering assist fault. Suddenly lost power steering while driving car. Turned car off and then back on and fault went away and regained power steering for a few weeks. Lost power steering again while driving and car violently jerked to the right. After turning ignition key on and off several times the steering assist fault would not go away. Drove car home without power steering and fault will not disappear.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford fusion. Every time the vehicle was started, the "service power steering" indicator would illuminate on the message center. The failure occurred since october of 2017. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and it was determined that the power steering column had to be replaced. The dealer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 170,000.
Back in april, my son was driving the car. He was getting off of one highway and merging onto another major highway. While going around the bend, the power steering gave out and he was not able to turn the wheel. He hit the curb, blew the drivers side tire and bounced to the right, where he could have went over into the river below. Thankfully he did not and came out of if safely. No other vehicles were involved. The car had to be towed. I put a case in with ford, and they denied my claim. No rhyme or reason as when I asked why, they could not tell me. Now just because this is only a specified VIN number recall doesn't mean this cannot happen to the other 2010 fusions. I had the car towed a few weeks later to a ford dealership, and they gave me an estimate of 2395.00 plus tax. Now, that is for the rack & pinion, aka, steering column, tire, clock spring or something and a couple of other things. If the outcome of the accident had been different, ford probably would have paid for it. All I have driven are fords, my whole entire family has fords. So, what is the next step for me to take? I am going to talk to a lawyer to see what my options are.
My car was having multiple issues. First the epas system went out as I was driving. There was a recall for previous versions but when I looked up the 2010 ford fusion 3.0lv6 awd it was not included even though it was one of the pioneer vehicles of fords to have the system. Once I got the power steering repaired I started hearing a grinding. As I drove the car to my house to get a safe look all of a sudden there was a jerking and crunching sound as I drove on a straight road with slight grading. Luckily I was only going 35mph and was able to control the vehicle. I took it to the mechanic and found out that it was the power transfer unit and the rear drive shaft. After talking to the mechanic he said that the ptu is one of the most commonly replaced parts in the awd ford vehicles. It is obvious after more research that ford is well aware that they are providing a faulty product and are placing them in all of their awd systems. My understanding is that the ptu unit in the ford fusion 2010 is the same as in all other ford awd vehicles. Since I spent so much money to get the power steering fixed I had to put my car in a garage for the winter so I could save up to fix the now funked ptu. My car hasn't even cracked 89k miles.
Power steering went out while driving and received message of power steering assist failure which was recalled for 2011 and is currently being investigated for 2010 as it is the same issue. I was in motion and suddenly had no power steering car jerked and was hard to control luckily I was not on freeway nor was there a car next to me, I was lucky very scary!
While backing out of parking lot, power steering went out completely and a warning message appeared stating there was a power steering assist fault while beeping repeatedly. I turned the car off and on again and it returned to normal. A week later the same thing happened when backing out of another parking lot. This time it didn't return to normal after turning the car on and off. The message remains and the car is unsafe and undrivable. I need my car and don't have the $1500 to repair this safety issue. I know it's been under investigation but when will it finally be recalled? Luckily my teenagers weren't driving. Please help!
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford fusion. When the vehicle was started and while driving various speeds, the steering wheel became difficult to turn. On several occasions, while driving, the contact was unable to turn the steering wheel to the left or right. When the contact pulled the vehicle over to the side of the road and turned off and restarted the engine, the steering ability returned to normal. While in traffic, the key had to be turned in the ignition several times to regain steering function. The contact diagnosed the vehicle himself and located a failure code at the steering wheel rack. The steering wheel rack was not replaced. The dealer and manufacturer were not contacted. The failure mileage was 156,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford fusion. While driving 20 MPH, the steering wheel failed to turn left or right. There was also an abnormal beeping noise and the power steering warning indicator illuminated. The local dealer was not notified. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 180,000.
The steering system became very hard to steer. I took it to the dealer and he said it was the electrical steering system . No warranity coverage aand it was going to cost $1500.00 .although this has happen also in the new models and ford has repaired the problem at no cost!!!
Power steering stopped working while backing out of driveway. Notice lit up on dash steering assist fault. Turned vehicle off and restarted which cleared message and power steering would operate. 2010 fusion not included in recall for this failure. Was advised by ford dealer d that since it happened once it would happen again. Do not feel safe driving vehicle. Will need to have repair at my expense since 2010 not covered by recall.
Electric power steering failed, only manual steering available. Two error messages display on the dash screen: "service advancetrac" and service power steering now." problem occurred while in motion on highway, fortunately while no turning was necessary. Only upon exiting did the steering failure become apparent.
On an intermittent basis and at slow speeds, the car looses power steering. A diagnostic appears that says "power steering assist fault". Although the car has manual steering when this happens, it is extremely difficult to steer. The other day I was trying to pull into a parking space and this happened. I almost hit the adjacent car. In order to get power steering back, I need to turn off the engine and restart. I am concerned that someday I'll get into an accident if this happens at the wrong time. I notice that the power steering is cutting out more frequently as time goes on. This fault has increased in frequency and is now happening at least once every two weeks, in particular when I pull out of my driveway onto the street.
Sudden loss of power steering while driving. Warning light came on at same time of failure. Luckily near home and driving at a slow rate of speed.
Steering fault started coming on intermitedly for last year now it comes on and never shuts off leaving with no power steering at all car is undrivable to hard to steer drove it a while first time I notice it could not turn so it sits cant afford to fix it always started when turning car on
I was driving my car into my driveway when a hazard light appeared. It stated that the power steering system needed to be serviced immediately. The problem is that when the power steering goes out, you have no control of the vehicle., I cannot turn the wheel even an inch. If I had been on a major highway, it would have caused a major collision. I called my local ford dealership and they said that my VIN didn't match the recall. I was coming to a stop when the light came on.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford fusion. While driving at an unknown speed, the service power steering warning indicator illuminated. After parking the vehicle and restarting the engine, the indicator remained illuminated and the steering wheel seized. The vehicle was towed to george waikem ford (4321 lincoln way e, massillon, oh 44646) where it was diagnosed that the power steering and rack and pinion needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 39,107.
Power steering sensor came on. I turned off the stability assist button and drove home. After parking and attempting to drive the car again, the steering feels like it is resisting.
Power steering assist failure. Lost steering and car is unsafe to continue driving
During a right turn from a highway feeder road onto side street, the 2010 ford fusion I was driving suddenly lost power steering and flashed a service power steering now notification on the dashboard information panel. Power steering has not returned after several restarts of the car. The car was immediately taken to a nationwide chain car shop and diagnostic scan was taken. The code that was generated was power steering control module (p07ae). The car is difficult to steer and therefore I consider it a high risk to drive. The repair is cost prohibitive due to a complex design that incorporates additional components into the control module that needs to be replaced.
Power steering assist fail - while backing out of my parking space and attempting to turn, warning bells starts going off in my 2010 ford fusion and a warning was posted "power steering assist fail." I am a retired 72 yr old working nanny who drives children around. Had this happened while on the road, failure to steer my car could be catastrophic. My car is sitting in the parking space until I can get a loan to pay the expensive repair for the steering assist mechanism. Ford has advised me that my year 2010 is not under recall. I require a tow to bring my car in for diagnostics and repair. Should I not be able to afford the repair, I will have to tow it back out. My car is my livelihood and I wish I had researched this car before I bought it 7 months ago.
I have communicated with friends who have the same vehicle model an year. Each of us has had the same problem regarding the power steering. In the middle of driving, an alert pops up stating "power steering assist failure". When this occurs, the steering wheel locks up and does not move. Luckily I was in a location that was not busy and driving at low speeds. I stopped the vehicle, shut it off, waited a few seconds, and restarted with no problem. Eventually restarting the vehicle did not reset the problem. I had the vehicle towed to the dealership to be fixed. It cost $1,400 to fix this unsafe problem.
Power steering assist fault occurred while driving. Turning off vehicle and then back on cleared fault. The fault occurred several more times over a 2 month period. Fault is now back to stay. Power steering is pretty much nonexistent. Hopefully I can drive it to the garage for diagnosis.
I have a 2010 ford fusion 111,000 miles, while driving 45 MPH on a side road the power steering stopped working. Was able to pull over to the side away from traffic. Later the advance trac, and power assist lights came on the dash board. Called a mechanic that said I would be able to drive the car but without power steering. After running many test. The steering angle showed left even when u were turning to the right...
Intermittent loss of power steering. Ford dealer says power steering gear assembly needs to be replaced. Control panel says "power steering assist fault" problem occurs on startup. Power steering inoperative. So far, turning off and restarting has fixed the problem, but it is occurring more and more often.
At the beginning of march I was driving down the highway and my power steering in the middle of my drive home, tried to lock up on me. I was able to get to my work and after a couple of hours of work it cranked up and worked fine. At the time I knew I was going to have some repairs done on my car and thought they would solve the problem. However less than two weeks after replacing both of the wheel bearings in the front of the car and a hub I started having a weird noise and a jerking of the wheel happening. Personally I was concerned and tried to get my mechanic to look at it as soon as he could but that was not possible he needed a week which worked for me because I was going out of town for work and thought it would be okay, there was no lights indicating a problem. I was able to drive the three hours to where I was going to work and unloaded my vehicle at the place I was going to stay and one hour later cranked up to drive to work. It was like lifting weights I could barely turn the steering wheel. Fortunately it made it to a parking lot near work and then things went down hill from there. After trying to check and see with the ford company what they could do I was told I needed my VIN number so I called back with the VIN number and was told the person I needed to talk to had gone home with in the half hour 3pm. Well I work and after that thinking it will do the same thing it has previously done I proceed to crank up my car and what do you know it will only turn in a circle it wouldn't even unlock to let me back up straight no matter what gear it was in.
When I started my 2010 ford fusion (71,000 miles) and put the car in reverse and started to step on the gas, I received a power steering fail alert and I could not drive my car. This has now happened twice within the past two weeks. Luckily both times it occurred, I turned my car off and restarted it and power steering came back. It looks like the 2011 and 2012 models were recalled but the 2010 has not been even though it clearly seems like the same issue occurs with the 2010 model.
While driving this car the electric power steering just quit. Making steeringbthis car very difficult in heavy rush hour traffic in atlanta, ga. Also giving 'electric power steering fault' that would not clear. I had to pay ford $1515 to replace the entire rack and pinion steering system just to use the car again. Why was the model year not part to first recall!!!! Ridiculous to have missed this allowed such an error to continue!!! I want to see this recalled immediately!!! It is very dangerous!!!
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford fusion. While driving approximately 80 MPH, an audible beep occurred and the "power steering default" message displayed. The power steering suddenly malfunctioned, which made the steering wheel very difficult to turn in either direction. The vehicle was driven to the local dealer (jenkins and wynne ford, 2655 clinton rd clarksville, tn) where it was diagnosed that the electric power steering module was faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact was concerned that the driver may lose control of the vehicle while the power steering failure occurred. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 189,000.
My power steering went out unexpectedly. I had been parked at a store and when I turned the vehicle on, it was almost impossible to turn the steering wheel. The message "power steering assist fault" came up on my dashboard. It is my understanding that there was a recall for 2011 ford fusions with this same problem. I took it to the dealer and it cost me $1,713.41 to have it repaired.
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