One problem related to lose power steering has been reported for the 2017 Ford Escape. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2017 Ford Escape based on all problems reported for the 2017 Escape.
The steering fault detected error comes on the console and the car loses power steering. This happens while driving. When brought it to the shop they were not able to find a problem. This same issue happened again today while driving- concerned their is a correlation to when it is hot out. Searched recall and found this issue with the 2008-2013 Ford Escapes but not for this model. Searched some forums and noticed some others with this same problem.