2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

ON MARCH 7TH, 2019 AT 0600 HOURS, AN ERROR CODE POPPED UP ON THE DASH SHOWING A POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT. CAR WAS STATIONARY AT THIS TIME AT HOMEOWNERS DRIVEWAY. STEERING WHEEL WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN AS THERE WAS NO POWER TO THE STEERING. ACCORDING TO TO NHTSA DOCUMENTATION, NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THIS SAME RELATED ISSUE PROMPTED RECALLS ON OTHER MODELS, HOWEVER 2010 FORD FUSION, WHICH EXPERIENCED SAME PROBLEM WAS OMITTED FROM ORIGINAL RECALL. FURTHER RESEARCH REVEALED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS REGARDING SAME OR SIMILAR ISSUE PROMPTING ANOTHER INVESTIGATION. UNKNOWN WHAT THE SECOND RESULTS YIELDED.

FOR THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS, I WILL OCCASIONALLY START THE CAR AND FIND I AM BRIEFLY WITHOUT POWER STEERING. THE POWER STEERING USUALLY KICKS IN AFTER A FEW MOMENTS OF WAITING WHILE PARKED. HOWEVER, TODAY, 3.7.2019, I STARTED THE CAR, I FOUND THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING, AND THEN I RECEIVED A MESSAGE ON MY CONSOLE THAT READ, "POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT," OR SOMETHING SIMILAR. I TURNED OFF THE CAR, RESTATED, AND THE POWER STEERING DID ENGAGE. HOWEVER, NOW I AM UNCERTAIN IF I CAN RELY ON MY POWER STEERING AND WILL BE GETTING IT FIXED SOON.

THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. WHEN I GOT INTO THE VEHICLE, THE WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN AND IT SAID "SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW".

DRIVING DURING A SNOWSTORM,I WENT TO USE THE BRAKES. THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES KICKED IN AND SINCE THEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS SPONGY SOMETIMES THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. HAVE TO PUMP THE PEDAL. MASTER CYLINDER IS GOOD AND BRAKES HAVE BEEN BLED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V001000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. O'MEARA FORD CENTER INC. (400 W 104TH AVE, NORTHGLENN, CO 80234, (800) 644-6072) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE SERVICE POWER STEERING LIGHTCAME ON OUT OF NO WHERE AND MY STEERING STOPPED WORKING

THE VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY ALMOST CAUSING ME TO RUN OFF THE ROAD AND INTO A TREE. THE SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW LIGHT THAN CAME ON

TAKATA RECALL IT KEEPS WARNING ME THAT AIR BAG ISN'T WORKING N I KEEP LOSING POWER STEERING FLUID

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND WENT TO MAKE A TURN AND IN MID TURN AND WITHOUT WARNING THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT MESSAGE POPPED UP ON MY DASH AND MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND I NEARLY DIED DUE TO A HEAD ON COLLISION AS I WAS TRYING TO TURN INTO MY SUBDIVISION AND IT LOCKED UP WHILE I WAS IN THE ON COMING TRAFFIC LANE TRYING TO CROSS OVER. VERY SCARY JUST LOCKED UP WITHOUT ANY WARNING. I'VE HAD ZERO ISSUES WHATSOEVER WITH IT. NO PROBLEMS AT ALL IN THE 9 YEARS I'VE HAD THIS CAR BESIDES THE OTHER RECALLS ON IT. CANT STRESS ENOUGH HOW SCARY IT WAS TO JUST BE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING NEARLY BEING KILLED BY A CAR MALFUNCTION.

ON FEBRUARY 28, 2019, I STARTED MY CAR TO TAKE KIDS TO SCHOOL AT 6:45 SAM. I RETURNED BACK HOME AND EXITED THE HOME AGAIN AT 8:00AM. WHEN I STARTED THE CAR THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING. IT STATED SERICE POWER STEERING NOW. THE VEHICLE IS NOT DRIVABLE ATVYHIS TIME. I DID GO ONLINE TO SEE IF ANYONE WAS HAVING THIS ISSUE AND ONGOING THAT OTHER YEARS WERE RECALLED EXCEPT 2010 MODEL. STEERING WHEEL WILL NOT TURN UNLESS YOU ARE USING EXTREME FORCE TO TURN WHICH WILL RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT AS YOU ARE UNABLE TO MAUENUVER IN AN EMERGENCY.