One problem related to power steering fluid has been reported for the 2012 Ford Escape. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2012 Ford Escape based on all problems reported for the 2012 Escape.
Driving car and all of a sudden steering locks up, I pulled over shut the vehicle off and looked underneath to see if power steering fluid leaked out, found no visible evidence of a leak , got back in vehicle and started it and steering was fine again, that was about a week ago, this morning I'm driving to work and same thing happens again. When I get to work I go online and notice that the same thing happened to a lot of 2012 Ford Escape owners and that there was a recall for those vehicles made in 2008 to 2011 and assembled in kansas city just like mine was. I called Ford and they told that there is nothing wrong with my vehicle. There are no fault codes or check engine lights coming on.