2010 FORD FUSION Complaints

I WAS MOVING MY VEHICLE FROM OUTSIDE DRIVE INTO MY GARAGE. WHEN STEERING ASSIST MESSAGE APPEARED. AT THIS POINT POWER STEERING FAILED. WAS ABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE INSIDE. I HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO FORD DEALER WERE THE STEERING POWER PACK MODULE WAS REPLACED.

I HAVE A 2010 FORD FUSION SE 4DRV6 AND WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE DOWN A HIGHWAY AND MY LOW TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON. UNABLE TO PULL OVER IMMEDIATELY I DROVE TO THE NEAREST GOOD YEAR WHICH OFFERS FREE TIRE REPAIR WHEN OUT OF NO WHERE THE TRACTION STABILITY CONTROL KICKED IN ON MY CAR AND MY SERVICE SCREEN SAID "SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW" I MAINTAINED CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE UNTIL I GOT TO GOOD YEAR WHERE THEY DISCOVERED THAT I HAD NO POWER STEERING. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,330.

POWER STEERING WAS SUDDENLY LOST FIRST TIME IN OCTOBER OF 2015 ALMOST CAUSING ME TO RUN INTO A CURB. SECOND TIME IN NOVEMBER OF 2015 FIANCE WAS DRIVING AND THE POWER STEERING WAS SUDDENLY LOST POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON ONLY GIVING US ABOUT A FIVE MINUTE WARNING WHILE HE WAS DRIVING AND ALMOST RAN INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. A FORD DEALERSHIP WANTED TO CHARGE ME OVER $2,000 TO REPLACE ENTIRE ELECTRONIC GEAR WHICH WAS NOT THE PROBLEM AT ALL. I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER MECHANIC AND HE SAID IT WAS THE RACK AND PINION THAT HAS GONE BAD AND IS GOING TO COST OVER $1,000 TO GET A NEW RACK AND PINION. HE ALSO SAID THAT THE LOOSE RACK AND PINION WAS CAUSING THE POWERING STEERING HOSE TO LEAK.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER AND THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE POWER STEERING ASSIST WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND SHUT DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,000.

I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE ON 12/08/2015 WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN A LIGHT STATING " POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT SERVICE ADVANCETRAC I CALLED THE FORD DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO GET INSPECTED. THE CAR IS NOT DRIVABLE. I ALMOST GOT INTO A HUGE WRECK WHEN THIS HAPPENED.

I HAD A FLAT TIRE, I DROVE A COUPLE OF BLOCKS ON A RESIDENTIAL ROAD TO GET TO A SAFE AREA TO CHANGE TIRE, TWO SENSORS WENT OFF , LOW TIRE PRESSURE, AND POWER STEERING SENSOR, AT THIS POINT IT BECAME TO STEER VEHICLE, POWER STEERING SENSOR REMAINED ON, EVEN AFTER RESTARTING, AND CHANGING THE FLAT TIRE . I TOOK IT TO PAT MILIKEN FORD DEALER, LOCATED ON TELEGRAPH RD. 4/16/2015 THE MECHANICS THERE RESET THE COMPUTER, TO NO AVAIL, POWER STEERING SENSOR NOW NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, I WAS CHARGED $1,872.05 FOR THAT REPAIR,I HAVE HAD MANY FLATS IN LIFE BUT NONE THIS EXSPENSIVE. I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING FAILURE RECALL NOTICE: DATE OPENED 10/02/2014 RECALL#15V340000 , DATE CLOSED:09/10/2015, YET I NEVER RECEIVED ANY NOTICE, MY VEHICLE IS REGISTERED, NO CHANGE IN ADDRESS. WHEN I HAD REVIEWED RATHER OR NOT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR POWER STEERING ISSUES AT TIME OF MY FLAT TIRE I COULD NOT FIND ANY, BUT FOUND A LOT OF COMPLAINTS. I DID CONTACT THE NEWS , BECAUSE BASED ON THE COMPLAINTS I WAS SEEING, I THOUGHT HOW DANGEROUS, I HAD GOTTEN THIS CAR FOR MY DAUGHTER TO DRIVE, AND I WAS IGNORANT TO YOUR EXISTANCE HOW DO I GET FORD TO REIMBURSE ME FOR THIS VERY EXPENSIVE FLAT TIRE. MY VEHICLE IS NOW AT PAT MILIKEN FOR A GAS LEAK! I AM HOPING YOU CAN HELP, I WAS NOT SURE WHERE ELSE TO FILE A COMPLAINT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. AN UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING RACK SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

POWER STEERING WENT OUT {POWER STEERING FAILURE} VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. WAS TOLD BY FORD DEALERSHIP IT COULD BE THE STEERING GEAR AT A COST OF $1656.59.