Sensor in seat belt fails air bag light comes on air bags won't deploy there is hundreds of complaints on forums about this issue ford knows about it amd said they will not issue a recall steering and suspension yo hear loud popping steering locks up due to rack and pinion failure the popping is faulty upper strut mounts ford is also aware of this there is thousands of reports all over the forums ford refuses to even look into it saying its not a dangerous concern steering will lock up tight at speeds of 70mph no gaining control of it
2013 Ford Taurus steering complaints
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The contact owns a 2013 Ford Taurus. The contact stated that she started the vehicle and the steering wheel was locked. The power steering assists warning light is illuminated. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic but was not diagnosed since the power steering was working properly while the vehicle was at the independent mechanic. The contact stated the failure reoccurred upon starting the vehicle. The contact stated with assistance, she was able to forcefully steer the vehicle while driving to the dealer. The vehicle was diagnosed, and the contact was informed that the steering gear needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The contact referenced the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 15V340000 (Steering). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 85,000.
On 9/26/21, I was driving my 2013 Ford Taurus on the highway, when suddenly lost power steering. Two error messages immediately appeared on the dashboard: "Service Advancetrac" and "Power Steering Fault". I managed to pull the car over safely, however this was an extremely dangerous situation that could have led to an accident. The car was brought to Watertown Ford, 26 Seyon Street, Waltham MA, 02453. The Ford technician confirmed that multiple diagnostic codes were present (related to the steering rack and PCSM - power steering control module), and indicated that the power steering rack needed to be replaced at a cost of $2,700. Upon further research, I noticed that Ford opened a recall program for 2013 Ford Taurus models pertaining to this exact issue. I called Ford, but was informed that my VIN number was not included in the recall, and did not receive an explanation why. Ford's number for this recall is 15S18. the federal safety agency Campiagn Number is 15V605000. I'm shocked that this was not covered under Ford's recall program, and that I was forced to pay $2,700 in order to have a completely new power steering rack installed. I'm quite fearful that this will occur again in the future. I have attached the invoice from Watertown Ford for reference.
In my 2013 Ford Taurus (Mfd 02/2012) I experienced loss of power steering while pulling out of Costco and I went to a parking spot and tried to rotate the steering in the stationary car to check what happened. After rotating the steering wheel a couple of times the power steering came back but now there is a clicking sound while rotating the steering on both sides. I researched online for recalls and found Recall No. 15S18 for this issue. I am the 2nd owner of this vehicle since 2016 and I had the vehicle checked for the recall when I had purchased it. At that time no error code was found. Since my vehicle was checked once the recall does not show up for my Vin number but now I have the actual issue. I contacted Ford on Facebook (since their chat does not work) and they told me to contact the dealer. I contacted the Ford Dealer (Frontier Ford) and the customer service told me someone will contact me . I waited one day and checked back with them and they told me that they need to check if they have the part for the Recall. It has been another day but no one contacted me. I contacted another dealer (Sunnyvale Ford) and their customer service looked up my Vin number and told me that no un repaired recalls for my vehicle. The recall does not show up because it was there when I bought the car in 2016 and I had them check it but at that time there was nothing found. If you google online or check on YouTube there are a lot of people having this issue. One Video on YouTube made by an engineer shows the problem existed since 2011 and that it is due to heating and that Ford was always aware of the issue. Link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szHMXwcp9fo&authuser=0 I hope someone can step in and have Ford fix this Recall issue
The contact owns a 2013 Ford Taurus. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the power steering failed to operate as needed with the power steering assist fault message on the instrument panel. The contact stated that initially, the power steering assist would return upon restart; however, recently, the failure persisted despite the restart. The contact then had the vehicle towed to an independent mechanic who found an error code for the power steering. The mechanic then called the manufacturer who informed him that her vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 15V340000 (Steering). The mechanic then referred her to the federal safety agency for assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 112,000.
The contact owns a 2013 Ford Taurus. The contact stated that while his son was driving at highway speeds, the power assists fault warning light illuminated the instrument panel as the power steering assist failed to operate. His son initially pulled to the side of the road and had to use excessive force to reach his destination. Upon investigation, the contact discovered the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 15V340000 (Steering) which he linked to the failure. The dealer was notified of the failure and an appointment was scheduled. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed him that his vehicle was not included in the recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was unknown.
The contact owns a 2013 Ford Taurus. The contact stated that while driving at 65 MPH, the power steering failed, and the steering wheel was stiff and would not turn. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic and diagnosed as an electric power steering failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but informed the contact that the VIN was included in a recall. The contact related the failure to the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 15V340000 (Steering). The failure mileage was approximately 177,000.
Good afternoon, I am writing this regarding an issue to the power steering. This issue is an ongoing danger to myself and drivers around me. The steering locks up an the wheel becomes very still and hard to turn. This issue has been determined by a local dealership. There have been no warning lamps to signal the issue which makes it more dangerous due to no warning prior to when the issue started. After doing some research, I have found that similar vehicles to mine have a recall. The same vehicles (2013 taurus) manufactured in Chicago between September 7, 2010- February 28, 2012 have the same failed components as mine except they are recalled and mine is not.
We bought the car in August 2015 from a bank. After we got it home a "power steering assist fail" light came on. We took it to the local Ford dealer back then and since the light comes on randomly, they could not get a report to show. I told them that there was a loss of power steering assist recall in June of 2015, but since my VIN was not one of the recalls they refused to do recall work. The power steering assist continues to give us trouble and when I called Ford customer service last week, they said since my VIN was not on the recall list, I would have to pay for the $1800.00 for repairs myself. Last week the power assist failed while pulling into a parking spot and I almost hit another car because I could not turn my wheel. My transmission tech ran the vehicle system report yesterday 9-2-21 and we got the error, even though Ford said they could not see it. It is recall 15V340000. I assume that Ford failed to get our VIN in the recall list and we are just trying to get the manufactured defect repair completed that is not out of our pocket. How can we go about this?
The steering assist on my Ford Taurus sho police interceptor has failed. It has not been active for a while now. I have continued to drive the vehicle under these conditions despite the inconvenience it causes me. I am almost 45 years old. The wear this puts on my body, it's a shame. I fractured an elbow in an unrelated incident a couple years before I purchased this vehicle. It required a complete replacement with an implant. The pushing and pulling I've put on this has shortened the life of the implant. That I am with no doubt. But when this is your means to work, you have no choice but to adapt. Two months ago, I chose another vehicle to drive rather than to repair this one and "hope" for a recall. The problem my car has is identical to those recalled. The pictures I have added shows no doubt of that. I will not pay a cent to any dealership that represents a company that has chosen negligence over safety. It's hard to believe that manufacturers are given a choice in situations like this. A vehicle for the foundation that provides the public with safety and well being at that. I hope whoever reads this is able to take something away from it. Hopefully, it will push somebody in a different direction when time comes to purchase a new car that they're loved ones will be riding in. Maybe if a number of people have had enough of manufacturer's trying to compensate their losses by picking and choosing which cars to fix while making the average Joe pay out of pocket five times the actual cost of the repair, group together and push back against this dishonest entity.. a single voice, can be heard by a group of people that are able to do the right thing. For the people. By the people.
Power steering (electrical system for this car) does not work on startup. Takes about 5 seconds to activate. Havenot experienced this on the road (yet). Check of outstanding recall repairs when entering VIN # in your webpage, shows no outstanding repairs. Howevver, I bought this vehicle with 0 miles and havenot had this repair done (I never got a recall notice). this malfunction has happened reeatedly in the last 3 weeks.
The steering suddenly became difficult to operate at 70 MPH. I stopped and turned the car off then turned it back on. Two warnings appeared on my dash, "Service Power Steering Now" & "Service AdvanceTrac." The turn signals also stopped working at this point. This vehicle is available for inspection. The component has not been inspected or taken to the local dealer. There were no symptoms prior to the failure
The contact owns a 2013 Ford Taurus. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, while making a U-turn, the power steering assist warning light illuminated and the vehicle lost power steering functionality. The contact continued driving to the residence with manual steering. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 112,514.
The contact owns a 2013 Ford Taurus. The contact stated while driving 40 mph, the power steering failed to operate as designed and the vehicle became difficult to steer. The contact stated that the power steering assist warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to a local dealer nor an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact was relating the failure to the federal safety agency campaign number: 15V340000 (Steering). The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 200,000.
The power steering system in my 2013 Ford Taurus has failed. I took it to the shop and they informed me of multiple recalls on this make and model for the power steering, but it doesn't appear as though my personal VIN was recalled. Am I still eligible for a recall repair?
The contact owns a 2013 Ford Taurus. The contact stated while driving 30 mph, the steering wheel became difficult to turn causing the vehicle to run into a ditch. The contact stated there was no warning light illuminated. The contact sustained no injuries. The contact stated that since the failure occurred, the air conditioning failed to function properly and only blows out hot air. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. A dealer was not contacted. Upon investigation, the contact associated the failure with the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 15V340000 (Steering) however, the Vin was not included. The manufacturer was informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 97,000.
My power steering went out. It said power steering assist fault. And I could not turn my wheel. Fortunately I was parked. I just could not turn the wheel to move. I turned the car off and back on again and the warning went away and I could move the wheel again. Worried it will happen again while in motion.
Since second year when I brought the vehicle, some times I tuned off, then fails to stars, thereafter few hours turned on, and steering loss of power and impossible to turn, suddenly turned off and on, the car and problem solve (4 times) thru the years, and one time when I was driving code pops up saying power assist fault, then disappear. Approximately 2 months ago, I arrived at one location near by lincoln ford of santa monica, my son, turned off the vehicle and did not turned on, the vehicle overnight at that location, next following day we turned in the dealer above noted. After few days they said this serial number is not cover by the recall, only few other same, year and same model but not this one is cover by the recall, of the power steering sensor. They were unable to load the codes of the vehicle, said they need to load the computer data. Now after 2 months that my car is sitting in the driveway, I will tuned in theodore robinson dealer in the city of costa mesa 04/13/2021. Please include this in the recall, same year, same model, same sensor vehicles are included. What is the difference? If they are the same components. Why some vehicles with the exactly same components are covered by the recall and others not????????????? Please this is an expense repair, why we have to paid for a malfunctioning part that cause us lost of our time,, money and on top we have to pay??
Power steering went out completely without warning. Very dangerous others have the same issue. It seems to be due to heat causing electric assist steering to fail. Ford design the electric assist motor to sit directly behind the catalytic converter.
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Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford taurus. The contact stated the power steering warning light illuminated intermittently prior to the vehicle losing power steering functionality. The contact stated that he would restart the vehicle whenever the power steering warning light was illuminated. The contact stated that he waited approximately 5 minutes as instructed in the owners manual before the vehicle regained power steering functionality. The contact stated that shortly afterwards the failure recurred. The contact repeated the actions as before and regained power steering while driving home. Bill brandt ford (8100 brentwood blvd, brentwood, ca 94513, (925) 634-3551) was contacted and informed of the failure. The contact was informed that the failure was related to the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v340000 (steering) however, the VIN was not included. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and confirmed that the VIN was not included. The manufacturer opened a case. The approximate failure mileage was 85,000.*dt
Engine stalls when coming to a stop or slowing down.
Power steering intermittently goes out while driving making the steering impossible to turn. When the loss of power steering happens a code pops up saying 'power steering assist fault '
Experienced loss of steering/steering wheel froze up and could not be turned; initially occurred at home in driveway when stationary overnight but getting more frequent and progressively worse. There is a safety recall (15s18, supplements #1, #2 and #3) and a ford program (15n01) in place regarding this issue but my vehicle was manufactured 11/2012 and ford says it is not covered by this recall although the problem is the same. I called 2 dealers and did a chat with ford but was still told "no". So I now have to make a high dollar repair on a component that should be covered. Sending letter to president of ford motor company to complain as well. This is a serious safety issue and ford needs to widen the dates covered for the recall and reimburse me for the expense they should have covered initially.
The power steering has stopped working making it difficult to maneuver the steering wheel. There is an error message that day power assist fault. There is a recall on 2013 model ford taurus over 300,000 for this reason but my VIN number is not listed.
The steering has been getting stiffer and stiffer over the last year or so. There had been recalls on the power steering pump being faulty for the 2013 taurus; but, my vehicle did not fit into that recall. My car has only 65000 miles. I think that my vehicle may have been overlooked in that recall. It is everytime I drive the car and is getting worse. Don't know the exact date I started noticing it; the date below is not accurate, but, it has being getting worse for a long period of time.
Power steering would go in and out as I hit bumps in the road at first. Now it's out completely and sometimes locks in position without ability to correct for 1 -2 seconds. Recals for this make, model, and year have been issued. My VIN is not supported despite the similar characteristics of the problem as well as the scenario leading up to total failure. I have a green 2013 ford taurus sho police interceptor. It was a state highway patrol car from rhode island I believe. I purchased the car from chicago motors. It was delivered to me in ohio. I didn't even test drive the vehicle. I trusted in ford. But after the safety issued that's only addressed selectively, I am ashamed to own anything with the name, including my f450. I don't know what kind of discussing greed drives a company to wait for someone to be injured or worse to act on a product that they have already addressed in select vehicles. I will be be fixing this problem as I diagnose the issue and hopefully, im am able to assist others I'm making non costly repairs that are above oem qualifications. If anyone is thinking of buying a ford product, I suggest they take a look at they're track record for customer can and product reliability. A company that doesn't stand behind their product says the same of them as is does of the vehicle purchased. I will be selling both of my ford vehicles as I cannot trust either one to be safe or reliable. (3.5 ecoboost motors- known for carbon buildup above valves leading to rough idle and poor performance. Chunks can dislodge and make way in engine and turbos causing catostrophic failures.) (6.0 powerstroke- weak head bolts stretch due to egr clog causing head gasket to give under pressure. Repair typically requires cab removal.) the cost of those two repairs would pay 1/3 of a new car. #homework
Had the rear toe link recall performed about 2 weeks ago. Finally decided to look and the old links are still on the car. Emailed pictures to service advisor early morning called a few mins later said he get them to his gm manager asap. Never got a response decided I'd swing by on my way home. Asked what the deal was. Said they hadn't had a chance to look at it yet. [xxx], can I at least have something saying it's safe to drive with these old recalled links they denied the request. Said maybe ford changed the part and it's not what you think it should look like. Asked assistant service manager to look at the links. Explained the weld that hold the rod and bushing together is what's breaking. The new part has no weld and is once piece. She says she's not sure but it doesn't look like a new part. 73k miles of road grime still on it looking like the rest of the suspension. Well I get home and she calls me. Said I was right that is the old part and the new one is suppose to be a one piece. I say great. But she's wondering why the tech might have penciled whipped the safety recall or if possibly it was a error put my paper work clearly has notes from the tech stating toe links were replaced and alignment was performed to be in spec and test drove care and is in spec. They wanted me to come in first thing friday morning but I can't miss more work due to there errors so saturday is the soonest she says okay. A friend told me to fill this out. I'm not sure what I really expect from this but if it saves it from happening to someone else that doesn't know what to look for. It can save a life. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford taurus. The contact stated that while driving approximately 35 MPH, the power steering ceased without warning. The contact had to operate with steering in manual mode. Liberty ford vermilion (4215 liberty ave, vermilion, oh 44089, (440)967-6191) where the dtc codes were cleared however, the failure recurred. The contact took the vehicle to montrose ford (3960 medina rd, fairlawn, oh 44333, (330) 666-0711) and the computer was reset and dtc codes cleared however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The contact was informed that the VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v340000 (steering). The approximate failure mileage 122,000.
While leaving a parking lot, the electric power steering on my ford taurus stopped working. I was not able to turn sharp enough to stay in the intended first lane of traffic and went deep into the second and almost third lane. Luckily the person in the center lane was able to move to the left to avoid a collision. There is a recall that describe this as (15v340000 or ford 15s18) but ford says it does not apply to my vehicle though the description is identical to what happened to me. I believe that the problem this recall describes is not limited to the scope of vehicles ford claims as problematic.
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