I got 2 messages pop up; power steering assist fault and service advancetrac. All of the sudden my power steering failed and I nearly ran into another car while turning right.
2010 Ford Fusion steering complaints
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We were driving the car this morning around 5:30 am going around 50 MPH and the power steering stopped working. It was very difficult to steer the car and unsafe to drive now. You could barely turn the wheel going at that speed. Dash says service power steering but shows no codes once hooked up.
Power steering assist fault warning light came on about two weeks ago while I was driving, turned car off for a few minutes and it disappeared. The next day it reappeared while I was driving and never turned back off, luckily was down the street from my home & wasn't in danger of causing an accident. Now along with that warning light came service advancetrac. Took the vehicle to the dealership, paid $129 for a diagnostic test, was informed that it was going to cost me nearly $2,000 to get my car fixed. Why was the recall for this same exact issue only for 2011-2013 models of the same exact car with the same exact parts?!?!!?!?
While driving with my family , moving about 50 MPH the check power steering and service advanctrax came over the instrument panel. I then lost all power steering. I was able to safely get it to the side of the road. I am not able to get it repaired due to cost. 12/10/17. 85,000 miles
The service power steering light came on while I was driving & the power steering was gone, I could hardly turn the wheel! Thankfully it didn't cause an accident, but now I'm about to incur some hefty expenses to have it repaired!
Me and my daughter were on the way to go christmas shopping and a warning sign came on with a caution sound saying power steering service now and not even 2 minutes later as we pulled into the parking lot my steering wheel became so tight I couldn't turn it to park and was stranded at a walmart. I thank god it didn't happen while I was driving a normal speed. This is very very dangerous ford! I see similar complaints and I hope this will be financially covered by your company even though I don't see the recall on my 2010 but it's having the same problem as the other year models 🤔
While driving home from work on a main highway, the "power assist steering fault" warning came on and I was unable to steer the vehicle. I was forced to have the car towed to a repair shop. I am lucky that this did not occur while traveling at highway speeds.
Power steering went out when started vehicle- have no power steering now
Tl-contact owns a 2010 ford fusion... Bought vehicle used... Contact had not received any recall letters.... Vehicle was purchased in april of 2017 ..... A/c failing.... When vehicle knob is turned on for AC the vehicle blows hot air.... Power steering is failing..... Backing out of parking space power steering failed... Contact had to turn vehicle off and back on... 1recallsassociated with this vinwhere the supplemental frontal airbags are designed to deploy. This defect report is in response to takata dirs 16e-042, 16e-043, 16e-044. Remedy owners will be notified by mail and instructed to take their vehicle to a ford or lincoln dealer to have their passenger frontal airbag inflator replaced. There will be no charge for this service. Manufacturer's notes to check for non-safety-related programs applicable to your vehicle, see http://www.ford.com/ or www.lincoln.com or call your ford or lincoln dealer. Contact give number to ford
My power steering was intermittently going out while in park or while driving over the past two years. It began occurring daily over the past month, and now has permanently gone out.
Power steering assist fault message in the message center when backing out of driveway on to the road. Power steering failed but was able to pull back into driveway. Turned car off and returned later and the error was gone when restarted the car. Has happened twice since 11/25/2017. Also while driving service advancetrac message appeared. This was before the second power steering assist fault message occurred. Took to the ford dealer today but since the codes were gone from the message center they could not diagnose the problem. Told to drive the car back to dealer if the message happened again but if I have no power steering this is almost impossible.
Drove the vehicle out for lunch and was just fine. After lunch, I got into my vehicle and went on to drive back to work. Than my steering wheel completely stopped working and the warning lights came on. " service power steering now" . Luckily there was no car when I braked and just minor hit the curb. So I tried my best to drive it out of traffic and made it to a parking lot. Read some information about this power steering, and looked like I'm not the only one with this problem. This is definitely a safety hazard cause I use tollways and highways to get to work and home, if this happened during that time, I might not be the one typing this to you guys. Hopefully this gets fixed so other people don't face this situation.
After starting the car a notice came on the message center that said a steering fault occurred. As I drove away the power assist was non existent and it took all the strength I had to move the steering wheel. When I turned off the ignition and restarted the car the problem went away. Now I worry it will reoccur while at highway speed or turning at an intersection.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford fusion. While driving 15 MPH and making a left turn, the power steering seized and the power steering, advance track, and tire pressure indicators illuminated. The contact was able to forcefully pull the vehicle over and called for assistance. The vehicle was driven to the contact's residence. The vehicle was not taken to a local dealer to be diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was approximately 62,000.
Takata recall, I have a 2010 ford fusion. I have only 62,000 miles on my vehicle. I left work was crossing a busy bridge and lost my power steering and advanced tracking at the same time. As I was turning left onto the bridge in traffic I lost control and almost went into the side of another vehicle. I began getting service power steering and service advance tracking alerts. I have researched this since it happened november 28th 2017. I find there was a recall for the year after 2011. I can not believe my safety was in jeopardy and I am responsible for paying for a defect that has affected many vehicles of the same year. I need help.
Was driving 2010 fusion when front right tire went flat. Power steering immediately stopped working, but was barely able to get out of traffic and pull over. After getting car towed home, put computer on car. Gave steering angle sensor 1 & 2 malfunction code. Dealership states electric steering rack needs replaced but recalls did not cover 2010, but covered 2011 through 2014 for same issue. Luckily, no collision occurred. Serios safety issue!
While driving home from work, on a city street, I noticed a light come on in my dash about power steering faulty or something of that nature. As I turned in the driveway of my home, the steering wheel was extra hard to turn. It happened a couple times prior to this but I turned car off and restarted it and the problem was corrected. This time it will not correct itself by restarting car. I haven't driven car in 4 months because of this issue,although I am still paying on this car. I have read several complaints about the power steering failing on this make and model car. I'm to scared to drive it now because I don't want to hurt others or myself trying to get it to the dealership.
2010 fusion steering malfunctioned while backing out of parking spot. Check engine light came on reading advancetrac power assist warning. I had no power steering.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford fusion. While driving 20 MPH, the power steering malfunctioned. The contact stated that the steering wheel seized and the steering wheel could barely turn left or right. Green ford in greensboro, north carolina was made aware of the failure and requested that the vehicle be brought in for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was approximately 170,000.
Power steering assist fault occurred as I was driving down the road at 60mph. Thankfully I was able to glide to the shoulder of the road. Proceeded to turned car off waited momentarily then turned it back on and the fault cleared. Continued to drive home, parked it in the garage and the next morning when to start it up. It now reads power steering assist failure and I no longer have power-steering. Ford offers a recall for the exact situation I am faced with for models of 2011-2013, request the assistance of the federal safety agency to order ford to extend the recall to into the earlier models of the ford fusion to prevent the same occurrence to those less fortunate with the strength to steer a vehicle that looses power steering control midst the drive.
Steering froze and would not turn. Service power steering warning came on. Had to turn the car on and off 3 times to get per steering back. I was in the parking lot exiting while this occurred driving in a straight line, after just turning the car on.
Power steering went out while I was driving and I hit a pole on the highway. Broke my mirror. No other damage. Took my car to ford and they are telling me that I have 2 wrong size tires on my car and that is the reason why my power steering went out. I have receipts from firestone stating that they put the correct tires on my car. Ford is telling me that they put on the wrong size. My rack and pinion is faulty. Not my tires.
Drove my car to work and home friday and everything was fine. Saturday morning, I went to start the car and I couldn't move the steering wheel and I had a message that stated "service power steering now" ford is aware of the issue but refused to pay towards the expense of the car, stated the part is not recalled so there is nothing they can do. They charged me $1800 to fix the car, and stated that they would fix one of the recalls but not the other due to lack of parts. Ford is very aware of this issue, they even had a class action lawsuit for the 2010 ford fusion power steering. This is not safe, my 8 year old daughter could of been in the car when it went out. I hope this is not taken lightly.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford fusion. While driving various speeds, the power steering assist warning indicator illuminated continuously. The vehicle lost power steering ability. The contact called payne weslaco ford at 956‑619‑6026 and was informed to contact the manufacturer. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and stated that there was no recall on the vehicle. The approximate failure mileage was 144,000.
Wife parked vehicle everything ok, on exiting parking lot service power steering now notification came on unable to turn car stopped called dealer for repair 11/15/2017. Had towed to stivers ford lincoln dealer in west des moines, ia. Unable to do repairs till after thanksgiving 11/27/17. Brought trailer to dealer and picked up transported fusion home and took into shottenkirk ford dealer indianola, iowa 11/21/17. They check codes, no recall on 2010 model but is recall on identical problem on 2011's, replaced defective rack, four wheel alignment. Fusion had 74,022 miles, cost on repair $1883.52
Power steering suddenly stopped working as I was entering an intersection after a red light half a mile from my home. I was starting to turn left when it went out, leaving me unable to turn the vehicle. I was able to barely dodge another vehicle and continue straight through the intersection and pull into an empty lot. I had to have the vehicle towed to the dealership. The dealership service department said that the steering gear and driver side axle seal need to be replaced. The vehicle has less than 56,000 miles and has never been in a collision.
Advancetrac and power steering assist fault errors come up in the message center. Also lost power steering and I now have to manually steer vehicle.the vehicle was in the stationary position and came on when I started the car. The error message has not gone with shutting off and restarting the vehicle.
Power steering fault while turning it become hard to steer could most likely to cause accidents, injury
My car is throwing same codes and acting the same as the 2011 for fusions that were recalled for steering gear replacement
Backing out of the driveway three days ago in my 2010 fusion and power steering assist failure message came across my dash. Usually turning the car off and on removes the message and returns the steering to normal. It did not do it this time. Talked to ford and they told me that my car was made 4 months to early to have a recall on the steering malfunction that was covered under the big lawsuit that was just settled. Towed car to local ford dealership and diagnosed it as going to need whole new steering rack assembly. They said cost roughly about $1800 total with parts and labor for a part that is defective and is the same as the the recall for the car model year later. Makes no sense to me why this isn't covered in recall also. Seems like a cover up on fords part and negligence and bad investigation practices by the federal safety agency. I have leave coming up in the next three days where I am driving over 600 miles with my pregnant wife and 6 year old daughter. I am glad this didn't happen while in motion like a lot of the other complaints I've been reading. Still makes no sense to me why this isn't covered under the recall just made. I refuse to give ford that money for a defective part that isn't my fault it went out because shotty manufacturing. The federal safety agency, cover all cars and models that have this dangerous defective part and ford do it for free!!! Car not fixed.
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