Power steering assist fault light came on and I have no power steering. Started looking for answers and many many others having the same issue. Yet no recalls yet!
2010 Ford Fusion steering complaints
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My power steering went out again in less then 2 months after replacing it the first time. It cost me 2800.00 dollars out of pocket plus I have to tow it over 60 miles to the nearest deealership and it failed again. My 1st complaint # is 10907956. This is a huge safety factor for me and my family also others on the road. It causes you to loose control of the vehicle causing risk for accidents.
I was with my kids in the car driving to a recreational league basketball game and my tire light indicator came on . I stopped at the gas station to put air in the front right driver side tire because that the one that looked like it needed air. After I completed that task the advancetrac indicator came on and then went off. I drove on the highway to the event and noticed that at times the turning was getting difficult. I got to the gym and turned into the lot without incident. I played my game came out and began to go home when before I could back out the "service power steering " message came across the dash. The car then became almost impossible to drive. I didn't want to take any chances with my kids in the car , so I called my wife to come get us and left the car. The next day I went for the vehicle but it took 1.5 hrs to get home which normally would be 25 minutes .I haven't drive the car since then and am highly upset that it seem as though this is a common problem for this vehicle and has caused injury and death . Why was there not a recall for the power steering if its a known issue?
Power steering fault light illuminated while in park, LED to complete power steering failure and replacement required, rack and opinions plus rods left and right
Failure of the electronic power steering control module. With two reported investigations, one remaining open by the federal safety agency, one class action lawsuit , why is there not a recall on the suspected faulty module? I also own a 2013 ford taurus which was has a recent recall on the same part. There must be some faulty design or process that is causing these parts to prematurely fail. It is unacceptable for a consumer to be faced with a $2,000 repair on an electronic component of a vehcile after only 6 years of normal operation. Moving parts, brakes, etc are subject to wear based on age and usage. Electronics, while they can wear by usage, a six year lifespan on a critical element of the vehicles control and operation is simply unacceptable. Please institute a recall on suspect or proven defective elements in the power steering system of these vehicles. There are many smoking guns.
While I was backing out of my driveway, the power steering suddenly failed. I turned off the ignition, restarted the car, and the power steering worked again. Although I had no further troubles with it, later that week I brought the car to a ford dealership for a diagnostic. They confirmed that the rack-and-pinion steering needed to be replaced, or the power steering could fail again at any time without notice. It was an approximately $2,000 repair job. The car had fewer than 42,000 miles on it at the time of the incident.
Power steering failed suddenly while the vehicle was in motion and turning on a city street. It almost LED to an accident.
Steering trac warning light came on once I put my vehicle in drive (after backing out of my garage) on the way to work. Called the dealership for an appointment to have vehicle checked out. On the way to dealership warning light went off then came back on. Dealership informed me that repairs would be approximately $2,000.00 to replace power steering. This vehicle has approximately 50,000 miles. The steering is an absolute must on a vehicle - I am amazed that the ford motor company has not issued some form of recall or assistance in replacing. This will be the last ford product that will be purchased by this family.
Power steering assist fault started every now and then when trying to reverse from a parking spot. Car could be turned off and restarted to reset. After it did this about 10 times, power steering assist would not reset itself. Had to drive the car with no power steering to the shop for repair. Repair costs were $1900.
Loss power steering while driving we have experienced a problem of loosing power steering when driving down the road. This has happened many times at start up and then its happened 4 time in the past 8 months. We have taken the car into the service station for this and they can't find anything wrong. We find that if you shut the car off and restart seems to fix the problem for now , but its still hard to turn when moving slow . This seems to be an issue with this year fusion. Ford is telling me there are no issues but that's not what I'm seeing.the is telling me the fix could be around $2000.00 .
While driving, the steering assist over steered causing me to go into an oncoming lane. At that time service power steering soon came on and service advancetrac came on. After I got the vehicle safely home I restarted it and it said service power steering now as well as service advancetrac.
Started the car in the morning to take kids to school, and as soon as we left the driveway and drove about 50 yards down our neighborhood street at about 15 MPH, the service power steering and the service advanctrac light and warnings appeared in the information area on the dashboard. The steering became hard to turn but was able to drive the vehicle about 5 miles to the school with some muscling of the steering wheel required. Once at the school, I turned the vehicle off, then returned to the vehicle about 20 minutes later. I started my vehicle and immediately the service power steering now warning appeared as well as the service advanctrac warning and light. This time I was barely able to turn the steering wheel and get back home. If I was driving around 40 MPH, it was slightly easier to steer. But when turning at slow speeds, I had to use all my strength to turn the wheel. I attempted to reset the warnings by disconnecting the battery and waiting 10 min before reattaching the battery. It did not fix the issue. Haven't driven it since.
" takatarecall" power steering assist fault showed on the dash when I turned engine along. Steering vey hard and unable to ride the car. The vehicle was parking in a shopoing mall. Recalls on 2011 , 2012 and 2014 presenting same mechanical problem still waiting for 2010 recall.
When I turned on my vehicle and went to move, I had no power steering. I had a message "power steering assist fail". I turned the car off and back on and the error went away. I am calling the ford dealer now for more information/
While driving service steering now came on and no power steering started. Luckily a strong man was driving and was able to get vehicle home, if wife was driving could have been a huge safety issue. Took to dealership and steering rack had to be replaced.
Takata recall in a period of 30 days I lost power steering control twice while operating the vehicle. On both occassions I pulled over and turned the car off and on and the power steering continue working. Due to the harzard and safety issues of this faulty power steering pump, I took the vehicle to my ford local dealership. They said that they would fix it and needed to replace the entire power steering assembly, cost was over $1,600.00 dollars. The same day I found out that there is a recall for the same model but 1 year newer. I contacted ford and they refused to replace it because my manufacture date did not correspond to the current open recall # 15s18. The car is running fine right now but as you can understand this is a faulty power steering issues and I dont feel safe driving this car like this.
Vehicle power steering assist failure. Restarted the vehicle after dropping my wife off. Steering failed as I was backing up (vehicle in motion when failure occurred). Display indicated vehicle power steering assist failure (or words to that effect) simultaneously with loss of assist. Note that loss of assist doesn't default to manual steering efforts. One can manually steer but only with herculean effort. My wife would not have been able to steer. Very lucky this didn't happen while on the road at speed (which is 90% of this vehicles driving).
I turned on my car while it was stationary and the power steering in my car did not work and I received an error message on my dashboard saying "power steering assist fault". I also received a message saying the activetrak was not working as well. I took it to a ford dealer ship and was told my steering gear assembly needed to be replaced.
Daughter was driving 2010 ford fusion to school when she unexectedly lost power steering. Fortunately, she was albe to safely park the car. When I went to get the car it was displaying both a "service advancetrac" and a "service power steering now" warning.
My 17 year old son drove car home residential neighborhood, complaining it was hard to turn. I got in car and service advance trac came up as well as power steering assist fault. You can't turn the steering wheel, while driving!! So unhappy as I thought ford fusion had a good reputation. This is truly very dangerous, and I find it upsetting that 2010 year has not been recalled. Going to take to service not looking forward to the cost as I'm seeing its over a thousand dollars!!
Power steering went out while driving. Called dealer and there was no recall. Mechanic said needed new rack on rack and pinion. Cost $1500.00.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford fusion. While driving at a slow speed, the power steering failed without warning. The contact had to exert extra effort to steer the vehicle. The contact stated turned the vehicle off and back on and the vehicle operated normally. The dealer stated that the steering gear internal module failed, and was a fixed non-repairable component. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 60,000.
After starting the car, a power steering fault would appear on the dash starting around 60k miles. The power steering will not engage with this fault. If the car was turned off and then turn back on, the fault would disappear. This continued off and on until 110k miles and now no matter how many starts and stops, the fault will not disappear.
Steering became extremely difficult while driving on the freeway turning the steering wheel to exit the freeway.
Power steering locked up at very low speed when making turn; dash went dark, power assist failure displayed. Turned off ignition, then back on and power restored. Repair shop, for the second time in 3 years, replaced power steering rack and pinion unit. 70k miles on this car. Ford recalled 2011 for this but not 2010 yet is very dangerous. Ford refuses to acknowledge problem with 2010 fusion steering.
Takata recall started engine light popped on power steering failure steering wheel would not turn,turned engine off started engine again light went off and steering were normal.I know a recall were on 2011 and up what about the 2010 ford fusion?
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford fusion. While driving 30 MPH, the power steering did not respond and the "service advancetrac" and "service power steering now" warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v340000 (steering). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 126,750.
My wife was driving her 2010 ford fusion when she hit a pot hole which caused the power steering assist module to stop working. She in turn lost all power steering and almost lost control of the vehicle.
Unable to steer car. Car was stationary. Car was parked in a parking lot. Was leaving the site. I started car and when I started to move I realized the steering was not working. I was unable to steer car. Immediately stopped and called aaa for a tow to the local ford dealership.
My daughter was driving home from work last night made a turn and the power steering locked up, the dash went dark and it displayed a power assist failure, she stopped the car, turned the ignition off then on and the power steering worked so she could get home. On the way to dropping the car off at the repair shop the power steering failed again. This is a very serious problem with this 2010 ford fusion the power steering has fallen not once but twice, we replaced the power steering rack and pinion 3 years ago at 69,460 miles. The repair shop just called and the diagnostic code is that the power steering rack and pinion has failed again at 98,000 miles. I called fair oaks ford and they said they haven't had any issues like I described but you can see on the website that there are hundreds of issues. Why hasn't there been a recall for this problem.
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