general problems of the 2010 Ford Fusion - part 2

The vehicle was parked turned on lost power steering and posts the codes "power steering assist fault" and "advancetrac needs service. " it makes controlling the car difficult and dangerous. We checked online and noticed there have been hundreds if not thousands of the same complaints. Ford knows this is a problem on this model car and has done nothing about it. Very dangerous and disappointing. Not a good representation of an american company.

I was just leaving a gas station when I heard beeping. I looked down and saw my power steering asst failure light was on and my service advance track light. I lost all power steering. I have looked up and seen you guys have covered the 2011 to 2012 but not the 2010 even though they are experiencing the same issue.

At 128,000 miles both the power assist steer fault and service advancetrac illuminated within the message center in my dashboard. My vehicle had been sitting for about 4 months and had not been driven but a couple of times during this period. I needed to drive it due to having work done on my daily driver. So, I started my vehicle the morning I intended to use it to commute to work and these problems suddenly appeared. I was not in motion as I had just started the vehicle on the morning of the 18th to warm up prior to driving it to work.

After starting the car, I get message "power steering assist fault". After moving just a few feet, the traction light comes on and I get message "service advancetrac". The dealership tells me the electric rack needs to be replaced and the part alone is over $1600. From my understanding, the 2011 and 2012 models have been recalled, and the 2010 models have the same part number for the recalled rack.

Power steering assist fault. Passenger bag fault. And service advancetrack. I went to start my car later in the afternoon and the car will not steer. A warning appeared the day before and I shut the vehicle off and it was fine but now won't do so.

This vehicle has been sitting for over a month due to my limited income as a veteran I can not afford to repair this issue at an estimate cost of $1600. This issue is not due to my negligence. Power steering assist failure is the issue. I was driving it to work in dallas,nc when I experienced the steering wheel locked as I made a right turn into a parking space. After I struggled to get it into the parking space I also struggle to drive it home as well. Once I got the vehicle home I called tindol Ford in gastonia,nc regarding my concern I was informed that I need to have it diagnosed at my expense of $99. Then if it is the epas (electric power assist system) repair estimate cost can be about $1600. This vehicle specifically had a recall before not sure but I think it was for airbag and or seatbelt. Well since then I borrowed a temporary vehicle from family member due to repair cost being expensive. This Ford Fusion has a title lien through bridgecrest, in whom I finance with. Vehicle is almost paid in full. This issue however is not any of negligence but more so a manufacturer issue. The epas consist of a trw component which consist of everything to this failure such as the hydraulic the belt drive the drive rack the coder interface etc. I had a local mechanic look at it and the observation made was it's a power steering issue that only manufacturer can correct due to the complexity. The trw is a non serviceable unit. Enclosing I ask that you please contact the manufacturer and look into the facts of this matter which is fault of the manufacturer. I thank you in advance for your time and help with this matter.

While driving vehicle at highway speed, the vehicle lost electric steering control and two codes appeared on the dash - service advancetrac and power steering assist fault. The vehicle was travelling at 65ish while completing a sloping turn on the capital beltway, the vehicle pulled to the right and required extensive arm force to remain in control. The vehicle was safely moved to the shoulder of the road and towed to the dealer for service.

My wife drove to get my tires changed and when she got to the walmart auto center to change the tires the power steering went out on the vehicle. Luckily she had made it to the auto center and wasn't involved in an accident as the power steering went out in the parking lot, however she was in motion. My wife is 5 months pregnant and its terrifying to know that she could have been involved to a moving accident with a vehicle that should have been included in the previous recall of the 2011-2013 Ford Fusions. As many others have stated, the power steering went out due to the fault that is inherent with the epas system of the Ford Fusion. As such I had to take my car to the nearest dealer to figure out a repair. The dealership quoted me $1600 for the repair that I don't have at the moment. I will have to get my car repaired as I don't have another option. Once again this vehicle should have been included in the recall for the power steering system, I can only hope that this issue will be resolved in the favour of the customer.

I inherited this vehicle a little over a year ago. The vehicle shuts off for no reason and the battery and wrench light come on. After much research I have found that this could be the etb assembly and that several people have complained about this. This is dangerous and I do not know why Ford has not recalled it yet rather than offering the customer satisfaction program. I have an appt to take it to a dealership on Saturday. This is a known issue and we shouldnt have to pay for any diagnostics. If something happens to me while driving I will sue.

April 30, 2018 after driving for 3 hours on the highway at appr. 75 to 80 mph the dash lights went haywire, flickering and then the service advancetrac warning came d. I was able to drive it to my exit and drive slowly. I could stop and go very slow. After a mile or 2 the batter light and all the lights came on and the brake light warning light came on. I could feel the car loosing power so I pulled over. At this time it was also chiming that the cross fault system was not available. After turning the car off, it would not start, the radio would play, lights would work and hazards would work . The steering was hard to turn the car was towed to a mechanic shop and I am awaiting a diagnosis. Earlier on April 16, I received a letter from Ford stating they would no longer host the vehicle health report system.

Power steering sensor came on. I turned off the stability assist button and drove home. After parking and attempting to drive the car again, the steering feels like it is resisting.

Transmission slips, hard, going 1st to 2nd. Transmission oil is black at 55,000 and the service "advancetrac" keeps coming on.

Tl the contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion. While driving at various speeds, the steering wheel seized several times. In addition, the check engine, abs, traction control, and eps warning indicators randomly flashed. The contact, a mechanic, checked for a diagnostic trouble code, which indicated that there was a failure with the steering wheel angle sensor either opening or shorting out. The code also indicated that there was a connection failure and the abs module may be faulty. Hassett Ford-Lincoln (3530 sunrise hwy, wantagh, NY 11793, (516) 785-7800) and Ford Lincoln of queens boulevard (139-48 queens blvd, jamaica, NY 11435, (718) 657-8888) indicated that the vehicle was excluded from any eps and brake recalls. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failures. The approximate failure mileage was 47,000.

Power steering fault, electronic power steering failure. This has happened several times. Turn car on, steer failure. Turn off car, restart & it resets. Last night turned car on "power steering failure", would not reset, then got a stability failure. No power steering. Will not reset.

My car keeps switching to manual steering while I'm driving. There was a recall issued for the exact issue but not for my year or VIN. I almost got in an accident trying to turn on a main street.

My 2010 Ford Fusion lost all electronic power steering while driving 45 on the highway with my 12 yr old and 1 month old in the vehicle. While driving my steering seized up and I had to use all extra force to turn off the highway. Thank god traffic was easy and I was able to get off the road. The dash board lights came on saying tire pressure low, service power steering and advanced trac warning. Many complaints have been made about the 2010 Ford Fusion. However a recall has only been issued for the 2011-2012 model for the same exact issue that many people are having with the 2010 as well. This is a serious matter. It can be very dangerous not only to us as the drivers but everyone on the road. Very unsafe! hopefully a recall is given for the 2010 models as well, being that it is the same exact issue for a year later and above.

While driving my vehicle the service advancetrac warning light came on. My vehicle would not accelerate appropriately and then would not be in gear. I have taken it to the dealer and they replaced sensors etc. They have identified that the steering rack and pinion will need to be replaced. When I researched this I found that this is a common issue for this vehicle and that a recall had in fact been instituted for 2011 and newer models. This is a problem in vehicles from 2010 as well. There is no reason owners of 2010 models should have to pay the expense to fix this dangerous vehicle failure when new model owners do not. The part itself (for aftermarket) costs $1000.

Takata recall - I went to dealership and was told that the "parts for replacement" are not yet available.

I have a 2010 Ford Fusion 111,000 miles, while driving 45 mph on a side road the power steering stopped working. Was able to pull over to the side away from traffic. Later the advance trac, and power assist lights came on the dash board. Called a mechanic that said I would be able to drive the car but without power steering. After running many test. The steering angle showed left even when u were turning to the right. . .

Advancetrac and power steering assist fault errors come up in the message center. Also lost power steering and I now have to manually steer vehicle. The vehicle was in the stationary position and came on when I started the car. The error message has not gone with shutting off and restarting the vehicle.

I was driving home after picking up my 9yr old from school,when vehicle in front of me came to an abrupt stop,I had to swerve right to avoid hitting them and hit my brakes"at this point my vehicle shut off completely in the middle of traffic I had to restart it then drove about 10 miles when my car started chimming and the service power stearing now and advance track control warnings came on I had no control of my vehicle I could not turn the wheel at all it was locked I managed to pull to the side of the road with extreme effort I thought I was going to break something trying to turn the wheel just slitely to get to side of road car had to be towed it undrivable and completely unsafe my son could have been seriously injured. Ford has recalled these cars for the same issue in 2011 and beyond why if they have the same exact function and parts not recalling these 1500$ to fix that I don't have,ive taking great care of this vehicle but have had nothing but problems the same day this happened I received a factory recall for the purge canister and gas tank,the car when I bought it was burning up calipers wheels were coming loose break pads shearing off and rotor after rotor pad after pad and 3 calipers and a battery later because break fluid shot out of my reservoir onto my battery shorting it out conducting a straight feed from pos to neg. Now this this is so dangerous if I was a less exsperianced driver this could have been tragic!!!is that really what it takes for this billion dollar company to be held accountable I mean we already payed for the vehicle least they can do is fix the problems they no have existed for along time before people die.

I was driving when I received a "service power steering" indicator on the dash. A minute or two later I also receive an "service advancetrac" indicator. The power steering was still working at that point and I parked the car and turned it off to check what was wrong. Once I turned the car back on I received a "service power steering now" indicator on the dash. At this point the power steering was no longer working. I could not drive the car as it was much too difficult to turn the steering wheel. I had the car towed and brought to a local Ford dealer. I had to leave it there and rent a car as I was visiting from out of town and had to return home. The Ford service dealer called and told me I had to replace the power steering system. $1600. Ouch.

I have a 2010 Ford Fusion with less than 80k miles on it. The power steering went out on this vehicle while my wife was driving with our 3 year old in the backseat. She was barely able to get it off the road, as well as return the vehicle home. This is extremely dangerous! the only warning light that turned on was the service power steering message and the service advancetrak message. I took the vehicle to my mechanic they were able to see trouble codes, and cleared them. The drove the vehicle about 15 miles and were not able to replicate the problem. We picked up the vehicle 7/11/17 and drove 15 miles home and left for the night. 7/12/15 the morning of, my wife proceeded to drive the vehicle 3 miles and sure enough same problem happened to her while driving. For the life of me I cannot understand this issue. Why is there a recall for the 2011 vehicles but not for 2010, which from my understanding is what sparked the entire recall period. Ford needs to remedy this issue, or provide a fix for the vehicle.

I was reversing out of my driveway when all of a sudden I lost control of the power steering and almost hit the wall at the end of my driveway! the power steering assist failure came on and has not gone off. I have tried restarting my vehicle many times to no avail.

Vehicle showed intermittent "service advancetrak" light and would intermittently go into full abs mode at low speed on smooth, dry pavement. The abs part of the problem caused us to miss several turns for lack of effective braking and, at least once, to end up four feet past a stop sign and into the crossing lane of traffic. The Ford dealer replaced the l/r abs sensor twice but the problem recurred 9 months and then 3 months later. The third time, we took the vehicle to an independent shop where I was able to personally observe the final and correct diagnosis and repair of the problem. There was a buildup of rust and scale on the sensor mounting point which had gradually forced the plastic sensor further and further from notched sender wheel until, eventually, the sensor became intermittent. The computer apparently interpreted this as a locked wheel and then went into full abs mode. That's what the real mechanic said, anyway, and his repair has worked fine for about four months now (the r/h sensor also went intermittent for the same reason about two months ago and was also successfully repaired by cleaning up the mount and reinstalling the original 2010 sensor). The Ford dealer's mechanic apparently never cleaned up the surface of the mount on either of his repairs. Just torquing down the new sensor was evidently enough to make it work for a while. This would not be worth bothering you over but for the random abs part which could have caused us to be in a pretty serious accident on at least one occasion (the stop sign!). I did not observe any obvious pattern or relationship between the light coming on and/or the abs malfunction. Rust is a common problem here in the northeast. The mechanic who solved the problem said he has run into similar issues with other cars. It might be worth at least a service bulletin.

My child was driving my Ford 2010 Fusion and it suddenly caught fire destroying the engine and surrounding components, everything inside the car was melted. Fire destroyed the front of the inside of the car . There were no check engine lights or other warning signs displayed on the car dashboard.

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion. The contact, a mechanic, stated that there was a sudden loss of power steering, the warning lights flashed to service the eps, and the stability traction control and various warning indicators flashed. The contact had to coast the vehicle over to the side of the road and restart it, but the failure continued. The vehicle was diagnosed by a dealer who indicated that the rack and pinion needed to replaced. The contact inspected the vehicle and noticed a leak from the air conditioner drain on top of the steering gear. It was diagnosed that the steering wheel angle sensor in the steering column needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 15v340000 (steering). The contact indicated that the dealer's mechanical diagnosis was a sufficient solution to repair the vehicle. The manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 89,000.

My 2010 Ford Fusion has come up with a "power steering assist fault" and "service advancetrac" messages on the dash board. This causes the steering in the vehicle to be stiff and very dificult to make a turn on the road. I managed to make it home driving at a reduced speed and by avoiding making turns when possible to prevent an accident.

While driving at posted speed, power steering assistance unexpected failed. Driver error notice "service power steering now" displayed immediately, followed soon by "service advancetrac. " just barely kept the vehicle on the road, avoiding a rather large ditch. Local mechanic diag revealed the following relevant diag codes: * c1277 (invalid or missing data for steering wheel angle sensor) * c1963 (stability control inhibit warning).

The power steering assist fault indicator will not reset. Loss of power steering. How can Ford have a recall for the 2011 and 2012 Fusions but not the 2010? this is very dangerous when you lose power steering while your driving.

Power steering suddenly stopped working and now the service power steering warning is coming on and we cant reset it. We were driving on the road when this happened, and now have no power steering.

2 warning service errors will show up and power steering becomes disabled as driving on residential street. Power steering became completely disabled by the time the tow truck came to pick it up. Mechanic stated it was the same codes as the recall for 2011 Ford Fusions. Had to take it to the Ford dealer to have it correctly fixed. Stated it was the steering rack assembly. Looked up issue and many others with Fusion has the same exact issue but no recall on 2010 models. Same issue and fix for the Ford Fusions with recalls (2011 and above) extremely dangerous as power steering went out and could have caused a life threatening crash. Luckily my fiance (future husband) was driving the car as I would have not been strong enough to safely pull over by turning the wheel.

Power steering fault appeared on dashboard while driving and steering became hard to control. Turned ignition switch off and restarted power steering was working again. Carried car in for service I was told everything was normal. Now it's happened 4 or 5 times . Being that it's out of warranty now its out again .

We were driving to pick up our daughter when the service power steering now and service advancetrac came on the message board. We lost power steering to the car. Luckily my mom's house wasn't far from our house. We got home safe and called the next day about repairs and found out it was over $1500. That is something we can't afford with a family. Come to find out many people have this problem with the same make and model and have gotten it fixed but the problem keeps reoccurring. This is very disappointing to hear about this car. This was my wife's dream car and now we find out its not as safe as Ford claims it is.

Service advancetrac system 2010 Ford Fusion se 6spd manual, completely loses power at random times, has occurred 4 times in 5 days. Will be driving along at 40 to 45 mph straight or turning at 5 to 10 mph or even going up a straight, slight incline and the vehicle just loses power completely, the dashboard lights up and the service advancetrac system error message appears. I turn car off, yes in the midst of traffic with other drivers honking horns and praying no one runs into me, wait 5 seconds and then try to start the vehicle, which it does restart, however the service advancetrac error message remains. When the vehicle sits for more than a few hours the error message will not appear. It only comes on when the vehicle shuts off completely, which by the way is going to get me killed. I am a single mother working two jobs making the time to take it to the shop is difficult, however I will be taking it today (3/14/16). Losing power while driving 45 mph is not a safe situation for any driver on the road. Someone is going to get killed when this occurs. I see there have been several complaints for the same issue on the same year, make and model, Ford needs to address this situation quickly.