Power Steering Fluid Problems of Ford Escape

The contact owns a 2009 Ford Escape. The contact stated while exiting a parking lot the vehicle steering wheel became stiff, the contact was able to park the vehicle back to his home. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, and he stated that the torque senor in the power steering needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 277,000.

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The contact owns a 2013 Ford Escape. The contact stated while starting the vehicle, the steering wheel was locked without warning. The contact turned off and restarted the vehicle several times and the vehicle started operating normally. On another occasion, the contact started the vehicle and the steering wheel locked with the steering assist fault and service now message displayed. The vehicle was not diagnosed. The manufacturer was contacted and stated that the VIN was not under recall. The failure mileage was 112,287.

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The contact owns a 2016 Ford Escape. The contact stated that when they turned on their vehicle the warning light displaying steering assist fault had failed. The power steering had failed and the vehicle was now operating with manual steering only. The contact had made an appointment with the dealer however the vehicle had not been seen as of yet. The vehicle had not been diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 17,000.

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The contact owns a 2011 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while driving at about 10 mph,trying to park the power steering will abruptly switch to manual steering and become difficult to maneuver. The contact stated after powering off the vehicle and restarting power steering regains before failing again. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The vehicle has not been repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 125,000.

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The contact owns a 2009 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while driving in a parking lot trying to back up the steering wheel was hard to turn. . The contact pulled over and felt that the power steering lost functionality. The contact turned the vehicle off and restarted the vehicle, and the power steering functionality returned. There was no warning lights that illuminated the contact drove the vehicle to an independent mechanic who was able to diagnose the failure as loss of power steering. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer has not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 90,000.

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while driving approximately 30 mph in the snow, she lost power steering. The contact lost control of the vehicle due to the ice. The contact stated that no warning lights were illuminated. As a result of the failure, the contact crashed into a ditch. The contact stated that there were no injuries sustained, nor was medical attention needed. The contact stated that her husband was on the passenger side during the incident but was able to drive her vehicle to her residence after the crash. The contact stated that she has taken her vehicle to an independent mechanic, and was advised to call NHTSA to check for a recall on the vehicle. The dealer and the manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The mileage failure was 166,000.

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The contact owns a 2008 Ford Escape. The contact stated while driving 25-35 mph, the vehicle lost power steering functionality. The power steering warning light was illuminated. The contact veered to the side of the road and turned off the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the steering torque sensor was not detecting the driver's steering input and that the power steering assist needed to be replaced. The independent mechanic informed the contact that the failure was related to NHTSA campaign number: 14v284000 (steering). The dealer and the manufacturer were notified of the failure and advised the contact that the vehicle could not be repaired under the recall because the VIN was not included in the recall. The manufacturer referred the contact to NHTSA for assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 130,000.

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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.

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So today on 12/27/2020 I was house sitiing for a friend and while checking pulling down the street to the house my sensor came on alerting me of a power steering fault and a maintenance light came on. After noticing this I parked the car in my friends driveway finished his requests and headed back to the car. When I entered my car to pull out of the driveway I felt it was extremely difficult to turn the wheel of my car and having troubles steering. At this point I cancelled my other plans and drove the car home and parked it after experiencing extreme difficulty driving the car and trying to turn the vehicle. I after taking it home checked the power steering fluid container to see if it was low to which it was not and checked the pipes to see if the car maybe was leaking for a pipe maybe rupturing which I did not find anything. I found online there was a recall for my vehicle but did the search for the VIN number and found my car never received it in the mail and the car was never serviced for this issue. So I am not really sure what is wrong and hopefully hope I don't need to pay 1600 dollars to fix the power steering hopefully.

Power steering does not engage at start up. . . Second start up it engages. . . When stationary steering wheel twerks . . . No sensor light showing a problem on cluster. . Fluid are good and at level . . . No leaks.

Noticed leak in driveway. Brought to local mechanic. There is much fluid on the rack and pinion steering assembly. Since there is no dipstick, must bring to dealer. Told they have had other complain of same issue. Also leak at transmission. Loose bolts. Do not know if problem is resolved yet must wait 2 weeks for dealer appointment. Afraid all fluid will leak out. Have read this is a complaint of others but no recall.

When I start my car the power steering wont work. I have to shut the car off and restart it and it will work. I noticed my Escape was leaking fluid took it to the Ford dealer it was the transfer case. After 2500. Its fixed and it should be a recall on both as there are numerous complaints on both of these.

My husband and three young children were driving on the interstate from atlanta to miami when the steering instantly became close to impossible to control. With my husbands assistance in pulling the wheel with me we were able to pull to the shoulder. I immediately assumed that there was a leak/or low power steering fluid. After searching the internet on my phone, on the shoulder of the interstate, I learned soon enough that the vehicle actually had power assisted steering and that many people had run into this issue. I was able to restart the car and the steering was fixed, for the moment. Approximately every hour or so the wheel would lock again and while going 70 mph I would have to recrank the car while in neutral to gain back control. The repair cost me $1251. 17 and had me unable to return home for 5 extra days longer than I planned. This could have killed my family had the traffic been heavy or had I needed to drive defensively.

While driving vehicle, noticed that steering wheel was getting harder and harder to turn. After parking vehicle, noticed that steering fluid was leaking onto the ground. This is the 5th repair incident involving this vehicle with the power steering fluid leak. Ford dealer and Ford rep. Claim the problem is fixed each time, but continues to occur every 6-9 months.

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The contact owns a 2004 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while attempting to start the vehicle, the rpms increased. In addition, the contact stated that the head lamps and interior lighting dimmed intermittently and there was a noise coming from the steering wheel. Upon further inspection, the contact noticed that the steering fluid was leaking. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was previously repaired under NHTSA campaign number: 14v165000 (structure). The manufacturer was not notified of the failures. The failure mileage was 12,000.

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