Steering Rack And Pinion problems of the 2015 Ford Focus

Steering seized up at 70k miles. Elec. Rack & pinion needs replacing $2800! this should not happen at 70k miles - extremely dangerous and expensive to fix on a 5 yr old car. Transmission stutters - was recalled, "fixed" and still hesitates occasionally. Never take an intersection for granted because car might stutter - extremely dangerous sometimes. Gas tank recalled - fixed.

While driving home (five hour road trip) noises started coming from the steering wheel. Felt like it was is binding and grinding. This only happened when the vehicle was in motion. Happen on the highway on my way home, later on city streets, when turning. I immediately took my car to savannah tire to see what was wrong. The dx was rack and pinion. They could not repair my car. I was told that my car was unsafe to drive. The problem started around the first of July. My steering not working properly on a five year car is a problem, this made my car unsafe for me to drive. At any time my steering gear could have went out causing me to have an accident hurting myself or others. I could have died. Ford has had steering issues in the past on my car. The car has had three recalls. One Ford recalled on there own (steering issues). I had to get this problem fixed on my own paying the amount of $2,457. 70 please for the safety of others recall this, so that Ford can take responsibly for the safety of people who have bought this car.

I took a 3 hour trip up to my mother's house that weekend and then drove back another 3 hours and parked it for the night. I had no problems until I started my car up the next morning. A notice came on the dashboard saying "steering assist fault service required. " the steering was extremely stiff and may as well have been locked. No check engine light or anything. So that would mean this happened overnight while the car was stationary and off. I took it to the dealer after unsuccessfully trying to find a basic fix and they said I needed to replace the whole rack and pinion assembly. I figure it happening overnight had something to do with the whole system being evenly soaked with heat from the long drive and cooling very slowly overnight causing cracks in the electrical components. It was a $3000 repair job for a car that had less than 37,000 miles on it albeit a 2015 model year. Due to the warranty being out, I had to pay for this repair out of pocket. Other people I've seen experience this had it fixed under warranty so they had no issues. Unfortunately for me this was a used car and had no warranty left on it.

At around 70,000 miles I could hear a scratching/rubbing sound when I turned, around 70,500 I could hear it outside of the vehicle. 71,000 miles the steering rack and pinion failed while driving. I was in a corner and could have died.

Several times when starting the vehicle, I was unable to turn the streering wheel. It would flash a message saying steering assist failure. The power steering rack and pinion has to be replaced on a car that is 4 years old. It's costing me 2,000.

Rack and pinion area makes a loud rubbing noise. Every turn to the left or right hard to turn when driving at low speeds 0-20 mph.

Loss of power steering warning; sudden and total loss power steering while driving on city street. It took lots of strength to move the vehicle safely to the side of the road. This would be an impossible task for an elderly person. At highway speeds this would have definitely cause and accident. Dealer said I need to replace the entire steering rack & pinion (with alignment) at a cost $2,027. Milage on car is 68,317k.

The contact owns a 2015 Ford Focus. Four years ago, the contact stated that while driving at 40 mph, excessive force was needed to steer his vehicle without warning. The vehicle was taken to a dealer and the rack and pinion were replaced. Recently, the contact stated that while driving at various speeds, an abnormal creaking noise would emit from the power steering without warning. The vehicle was towed to woody sander Ford (235 w mitchell Ave, cincinnati, OH 45232) and he was informed that the rack and pinion needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed him that there were no recalls on the vehicle; the contact was then referred to the NHTSA for assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 38,000.