Power Steering Failed problems of the 2017 Ford Explorer

Vehicle has an intermittent issue where it will lose all power (stall), and electronic components will inherent sporadic behavior, for instance the vehicle will refuse to completely shut-off. The error message on the dash show "power steering assist failure". This typically happens on a daily basis after the vehicle has sat for the night. It is a safety concerns as the car will randomly stall on the interstate driving at interstate speeds. The vehicle is under Ford's extended warranty, and has been to (2) separate dealers to troubleshoot. The first dealer could not reproduce the issue, the dealer it is currently at, has been able to reproduce the issue multiple times, but not sure the root of the problem, as it doesn't store any codes. The dealer believes it is a high speed can network malfunction. It has been in the repair shop for a total of 12 weeks. I have video's of the occurrences, as well as voice-mails from the dealership stating that they can reproduce the failure.

I was stuck at a standstill in traffic on a city highway with my family on father's day when the dash lit up with multiple warnings such as "steering loss stop safely," "service advancetrac," "stability control off," and "hill start assist not available. " I was not moving and could not understand what happened. No one was injured and the vehicle's power steering failed. The vehicle was not overheating. Roadside brought the vehicle to a nearby dealer. Eventually, two days later, the computer said we needed a new steering column (I thought a steering column should last the life of the vehicle. . . ). There were no warning signs, no leaks, and no strange noises. Of course, I was past my warranty. Pretty hefty bill. There is an new recall for a rear suspension problem that was issued just days earlier.

Sudden power steering failure resulting in an unsafe and unusable condition in which the vehicle can be driven. Dash alerts began to go off, and the steering was still usable. Next time the car was started the power steering was no longer operating and several additional dash warning indicators were going off.