Steering Failed problems of the 2017 Ford Focus

While driving my 2017 Ford Focus se, I received a message on the display indicating steering failure. The moment the message displayed, I lost steering immediately and the car pulled dramatically towards the right edge of the road. Up till this point, there was no indication of a steering issue. Thankfully, I was driving earlier in the morning on a rural roadway with a very little traffic and on a straight section of the road. It seems as though the system affected is the epas. After contacting my local dealership for repair it was mentioned that they had just replaced the same system in a similar vehicle. I also spoke with my local garage who contacted a different dealer that also indicated they have replaced this part on numerous vehicles (no specific number was given).

Steering assist failure on 3 year old car with 6600 miles. This occurred at the end of the warranty period. Car was brought to dealer for repair one week after warranty ended, due to quarantine. Dealer states repair not covered and is trying to charge $2700 for the repair. I see recalls online for this problem, but not for my specific car. I need to get repaired, but I believe it is a vehicle fault and Ford should cover cost.

Steering failed and locked up while driving, almost causing an accident. The vehicle was in motion at 35mph on a town main street, during a slight left turn. When the steering did turn very little is was just a jerk, with it locking back up, leading into oncoming traffic and being unable to correct the car back into its lane. With all of an. Individuals strength and at 2mph, the car was able to be driven into a close parking lot and parked.