Lose Power Steering Problems of Ford Escape Hybrid

When driving in the mountains the power steering assist fault indicator came up and vehicle lost power steering completely.

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Power steering failed while operating vehicle on public roads. I believe the falure was caused by a faulty steering torque sensor htat was the subject of Ford recall notice 14s05. The vehicle was serviced by dealer to address this recall and the dealer performed a "software update" to correct the issue. "the update allegedly would make sure the suvs wouldn't lose power steering while driving and would provide audio and visual warnings if problems occurred. If a driver received warnings, they were told to return the vehicle to the dealer. " the audio and visual alerts did not occur and the power steering system failed leaving only manual unassisted steering, making operation of the vehicle unsafe.

2008 Ford Escape Hybrid. Well maintained, always taken in for any and all repairs/maint/recalls. Recall # 14s05 was attended to in 2015 , by way of reprogramming. After this "repair", we complained of loss of steering radius, was told that was not possible and that it was fine. Fast forward to January of this year, wrench light comes on, no power steering at all. Our dealership says it is the same item as recall and should be fixed by Ford corp. Ford corp said no, since its 7 years old. The law says 10 years from recall or purchase. . Because they reprogrammed it, they may not be responsible for any thing else that goes wrong, even if it is the same issue. A known issue. Very unsafe, and not something the consumer can damage on their own. This will cost us between 500 to 2,500 dollars to repair. Seems that a known problem should be covered for more than a year out from the recall. It failed six months after the recall was closed, which was only open for a year. The loss of ability to steer was tremendous . Almost impossible. Not safe to drive, as the effort required steer would prevent the ability to avoid a situation completely. My vehicle is useless at this time. The open investigation dp15001, shows what a true problem this is . Very dangerous. Many people are having this failure while actively driving. It would appear that Ford needs to re address this issue. My vehicle repair light came on while driving. The failure occurred after I had parked and turned it off. Once I restarted the vehicle, I had lost all power steering . I was 60 miles from home, so I was forced to drive it in that condition.

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May 2014 recall involved the power steering control module and torc sensors that could cause loss of power steering making it difficult to steer. I had been noticing slipping in my steering wheel with slight pulling to opposite side. It happened in straight driving condition such as interstates but seemed more noticeable as I was navigating a curve. I took it to my Ford dealership with a recall notice I had and told them I was having these problems and concerned. They checked it out and told me they had reset a power steering control module and sent me on my way. It seemed alittle better at first but then started noticing again same problem. 10 month later I totally loss my power steering while driving home with my family. It became difficult to steer and I almost hit a truck coming around curve. Took it back to my Ford dealership was told torc sensor gone out and Ford service department says call recall hot line staying they felt should be taken care of under recall since I had been in with it before and torc sensor was part of recall. I call hot line set up case and was denied by Ford saying at the time of service during first recall visit I made they had found no defaults so they only reset power steering control module and closed recall out on my escape. I am outraged that Ford did not take into consideration their on certified mechanics and staff who advices me that this problem should have been detected and fixed with my visit that I had been having problems. Instead this continued to escalade until I totally lost power steering that could have caused wreck and ending badly. I feel Ford has taken recall efforts as cheap as possible with resetting these power steering control modules rather than taking extra steps in replacing torc sensors that were part of.

Tl- the contact owns a 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid. The contact stated his vehicle was intermittently and sporadicly stalling. The contact also mention there was a knocking noise coming from the steering column and lose power steering intermittently. The contact brought his vehicle to the dealer. The dealer stated the contact's VIN was affected by NHTSA campaign number: 14v284000 (steering). The vehicle was serviced however, the second day after the software was reprogrammed the failure recurred. The dealer then stated the entire steering column would need to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage 117,540. Lb.

Completely lost power steering with no warning while making a right turn into oncoming traffic. Left me in a dangerous situation without power to turn the vehicle in time to avoid the incoming traffic.

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Lost power steering totally on my Ford escape. No warning lites were displayed. Have had the steering stop a few times before and stopped vehicle and restarted and no problems. Per Ford when I asked in past it was something to do with the sensor located in steering column but nothing showed up in the computer. I have emailed Ford and received a response that there is no recall or financial assistance to repair problem. They recommend I save the receipt of about $1700. 00. In case they do a recall later.

First occurrence driving at approx 45 miles per hour made a left turn into a parking lot and lost power steering. Was able to move to parking spot, turn off car then restarted and power steering was restored. Second incident was traveling at approx 50 miles per hour made a left turn, again lost power steering, was not able to stop car safely due to traffic and had to continue without power steering for approx 1 mile until I could safe stop the vehicle. Turned off car and restarted and power steering was restored.