The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 21V158000 (Air Bags) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. Additionally, the contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle experienced a loss of power steering assist. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the steering column needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 128,000. VIN tool confirms parts not available.
2010 Ford Fusion steering complaints
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A warning sound beeped multiple times while driving and a dash message appeared, “Power Steering Assist Fault”, and the steering wheel was stiff. There was a recall on the 2011 and newer, but 2010 has the same parts and everything so why wasn't this recall put on 2010 Ford Fusion. This needs to be readdressed and there should be a recall put out for the 2010 considering its a serious safety issue, and lots more people could be killed or injured to this faulty part on the car.
Upon starting my car after getting off work, a warning sound beeped multiple times and a dash message appeared, “Power Steering Assist Fault”, and the steering wheel was stiff. When I began to pull out of my spot and try driving, an additional message with two accompanying warning lamps (exclamation point and swerving car icon) appeared, “Service Advancetrac”. I managed to drive home, albeit very difficult to control and maneuver safely. I brought it to my normal repair shop, who told me that the power steering module needs reprogrammed, and they can’t fix it but that I’ll need to take it to a Ford dealer to have this resolved. I visited this page to see if there had been any recalls for this issue, and clearly this is a major common occurrence, with an open investigation — hoping this will be approved as an official recall soon.
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Driving on a highway the warning came on the dash that the power steering assist failed and the power steering was out. Luckily the road was fairly straight and was able to to keep control of the car. Once off the highway and in town needing to steer home, that's when it was a real pain to drive.
The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion. The contact stated while driving 35 MPH, an unknown warning light illuminated and then the steering wheel became difficult to turn. The contact stated he was able to park on the side of the road. The contact was able to drive to his residence. The contact took another vehicle to the local dealer and made them aware of the failure. The contact was informed that the rack and pinion needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 160,000.
I was leaving work and my electric power steering went out and flashed a error code, and I was on a busy highway and could got in a serious accident. This was a recall on the 2011 and newer, but 2010 has the same parts and everything so why wasn't this recall put on 2010 Ford Fusion. This needs to be addressed cause I do not have $2200 laying around to fix this problem and its my only car so now I have no way to get to work. This needs to be readdressed and there should be a recall put out for the 2010 considering its a serious safety issue, and lots more people could be killed to this faulty part on the car.
Loss of electric power steering assist during turning. Steering assist non-functional now.
Approximately a year ago, the electric steering assist went out. I researched and found that there have been MANY complaints on this model and other model years for the exact same issue. While other years have been recalled, the 2010 has not and I paid $1600 for the repair. After only a year, the same issue has occurred again. Research again shows there is still an open investigation into this issue, but still no recall after 4 years. When will this issue be resolved with respect to the investigation and Ford be held to account for the repairs?
The contact's friend owns a 2010 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that the power steering had failed to operate as needed with several warning lights; including the power steering assist fault warning light illuminated on the instrument panel. The contact had not taken the vehicle to be diagnosed or repaired. The dealer nor the manufacturer had yet to be notified of the failure. The vehicle had yet to be repaired. The failure mileage was unknown.
The contact's son owns a 2010 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while his son was driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle lost power steering assist. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and diagnosed with power steering assist failure. The vehicle was not repaired and remained at the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that there was no recall associated with the VIN. The failure mileage was approximately 104,000. The VIN was unavailable.
Power steering assist fault and advancetrac started showing on dash, steering is extremely difficult. All fuses have been checked and they are fully functional. Very very dangerous for power steering to not function properly. Was quoted $2,000 to have electronic power steering rack and pinion to be replaced. I can't afford to have that replaced when clearly this is a safety issue that Ford needs to fix.
The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that the power steering failed to activate on the initial start-up. The contact would have to restart the vehicle for the power steering to activate, however, it would eventually fail again causing them to have to restart and start the vehicle again. The contact had spoken with the dealer who informed them that their vehicle was not included in any recall. The vehicle had not been officially diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 52,240.
Power steering assist light came on and suddenly made it very difficult to steer/control the car. It looks like this issue is under investigation by you and I wanted to let you know that another case occurring.
Complete loss of power of steering while driving in heavy traffic. Warning lights came on and message was Service Power Steering Now and Traction Control failure warning. Codes C1277 and C1963 via diagnosed with OBDII tester. When I was turning a corner, all power of steering lost. Steering wheel would not turn and barely missed hitting curb trying to complete the turn. Managed to avoid oncoming traffic and pulled onto side of road. Had to get car home so waited for traffic to clear. Steering wheel had to be manually forced to stay straight and extreme force to turn corners. Car also pulls hard to left and has to be held straight by extreme exhertion of force. Repair cost quoted over phone in excess if $2500. Told PCM and rack and pinion need to be replaced, car reprogrammed and wheel alignment.
Was driving down the highway and a light on the dashboard came on with a notification for the steering system needing to be checked. Then another notification for the power steering failure . After that car steering was very difficult. I stopped by a gas station to see if the fluids were low only to find this years model is electrical. I can no longer drive the vehicle. It was very dangerous. It happened while driving at highway speeds. We were very lucky that the it was late at night and not crowded at the time. If it had been any busier or my wife was driving it could have been very catastrophic as it randomly dropped out in casual driving.
I have 2010 Fusion that I have brought 3 yrs ago but last year my power steering fault has been going on and off. Since the pandemic happened I did not worry because I was working for home and my children were learning from home so the stiffness of the wheel. Now that everything is getting back to normal in slowly. I took my car to the mechanic and he explained that the power steering would need to be replace and I expressed that Ford has not recalled the 2010 Fusion for the power steering fault. To have this fix they quoted me $1400 and I am now trying to get a two quote.
I own this 2010 Ford Fusion that is in great shape and only has 78,750 miles on it. About a week ago the Service Advance Trac light came on. I took it to a repair shop and they plugged in a code reader and told me that a Power Steering module was bad and an estimate to repair it was $1,800.00 dollars. I found that Ford had recalls for this same problems on there 2011 thru 2015 Ford Fusion models. I am wondering why the 2010 is not included in this recall for the same problem. I am retired and on a fixed income and cannot afford the repair cost. Please look into this.
Upon start up my power steering assist fault message would appear I would shut the car off and restart the light would not come on and would drive fine. On 10/21/21 I lost all power steering. I’ve seen where the 2011 and 2012 models were recalled for the same issue. Just trying to figure out why this model was not. My car has 48500 miles this is not a problem a car with this low mileage should have
Car showed "Power Steering Assist Failure" at random points in time and steering is hard to move. Turning off the car and restarting would make the message go away. This had been occuring for a few years on and off. Problem did not occur at dealership, so no repairs could be identified. For past 6 months, the frequency of this incident was increasing. Last week, the message would not go away despite multiple restarts. Diagnosis by dealer was that steering gear needed to be replaced.
While driving vehicle in normal weather conditions, power steering suddenly went out unexpectedly while driving myself, mother, and grandmother to the store. There was no warning and car was driving just fine prior to the power steering failure. Had to pull off road and call tow truck as i was unable to steer vehicle which was extremely dangerous. I am thankful I was not on freeway. Once power steering went out, power assist failure light came on dash. Car was towed to Ford dealership and was told dtc u3000 code came up when scanned meaning power steering gear (rack and pinion) needed to be replaced and car no longer drivable. Repair cost $2200 at Ford dealership. Car still not repaired as I can’t afford the repair. I understand some 2010-2015 fusions had same problem and were recalled and repaired. Frustrated as my vehicle has not been recalled for same issue as other models. Car has 133,000 miles and always been maintained.
Went to leave work one night and backed up and the power assist come up on the dash... now I got to fix it.... I've seen so many complaints about it. Fixing it and selling it.
As I was driving the steering wheel just locked/hard to turn and in the dashboard it said “service power steering now” without any warnings.
The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while at a complete stop, she attempted to make a left turn and the power steering assist failed to operate as needed. The contact stated that excessive force was needed to steer the vehicle. The advanced stabilitrak and the power steering assist fault warning lights are illuminated on the instrument panel. The contact pulled off to the side of the road and restarted the vehicle; however, the failure persisted. The vehicle was not diagnosed. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was unknown.
Power steering assist failed multiple times while driving and has now gone out completely. I loose all easy control and for a 74 year old woman it's not safe I see there is a lot of recalls for this but not on this car
Power steering assist fault light came on and steering is locked up! Had someone hook a computer up to the car and have codes. Ford tells me they can’t tell me what the codes mean and I have to pay $144 for a diagnosis, then whatever repair costs to fix! I’m a single mother and can’t afford the repair costs!!
Power Steering Assistance fails intermittently. Have replaced the steering module 2 times. This will be the 3rd fix in less than 2 years. Very dangerous as this can fail at anytime.
The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that the steering wheel failed to turn with the power steering assist warning light illuminated. The contact called the local dealer however, the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and referred the contact to the local dealer for assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 150,000.
The electronic steering assist failed twice within 10 days. The last time it happened the steering assist wouldn't work at all. The vehicle is not able to be driven in its present state without steering assist. Both times it happened the car was not moving so no accidents occurred. I did not take it in to be serviced. I do most of my mechanic work myself. The fuses are good. I disconnected the battery for a few days and tried it again and it still doesn't work. From online research I found that the 2011 and 2012 fusion models were recalled from this issue and there is an open investigation by the NHSTA of the 2010 fusion steering assist motor. The vehicle and part has not been inspected. I removed it today 7-30-2021 and plan on installing a re-manufactured electronic steering assist rack and pinion. There is a core charge so I'll be returning the part to the re-manufacturer. There were no warnings, just the message on the dashboard that the electronic steering assist had a problem. It happened the first time on 7-10-2021 and the second on 7-15-2021. The vehicle has 159,000 miles.
The steering assist light came on and the power steering to the car quit working. This could have caused a collision because I was unable to steer the car. 2011 through 2015 has been recalled due to this problem but my car is a 2010 with the same part not recalled.
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