general problems of the 2012 Ford Fusion - part 2

Since owning the vehicle there have been instances where the power steering assist warning would flash on my dash, typically during cold weather. I could turn the car off and then back on and the issue resolved itself. I purchased the vehicle in late 2012. It happens when I go to start it after it sitting overnight or while I am at work for 8 hours. As of yesterday (6/18) I began having trouble with the power steering when I went to leave work and drive home. I turned the car off and turned it back on and the issue once again resolved itself. This morning (6/19) I went to start my car to leave for work and the power steering assist/advancetrac message flashed on my dash. The advancetrac notification is new, it never happened until this morning. I have no power steering whatsoever. I have read multiple reports of this happening to other Fusions of the same year as mine. The dealership told me that it would be $1500+ to repair this. It is an ongoing issue that has been happening sporadically since the vehicle was purchased.

There was a recall for the power steering assist and it was y taken in for service last year and today the power steering assist came on twice and I lost all power steering while driving the vehicle thank goodness I want going to fast and was able to pull the vehicle over and shut it off and back on and it was working again. This had happened a few months ago as well.

Having issues with the advanctrac failure. This is the second time this has occurred the first was covered under warranty. This time the warranty has expired. Took it to the dealership and they quoted me a $1800 quote to fix. This is a issue that everyone with this vehicle is having. I came outside and my time had went flat when I proceed to add air to it and got in the car to leave. I had absolutely no power steering. At all. This is very dangerous.

While driving down interstate, vehicles steering assist warning light came on. Immediately the car became difficult to steer and turn. Controlling the vehicle was extremely difficult.

The advancetrac system has gone bad, forcing me to lose power steering and power to the engine. Incredibly hard to diagnose the exact problem. Replaced multiple sensors and fuses and issue still exist.

The vehicle was parked in my driveway upon returning from errands. The next morning the power steering assist and the advancetrac system failure lights were on. This has happened before while driving and after parking at my workplace. Usually restarting the vehicle would correct the issue. This time it would not reset and I brought it to the Ford dealership where it was purchased. I understand there was a recall on the 2012 Ford Fusion and other Ford makes for this same issue. However the dealership says the VIN # on my Fusion doesn't match any current recall and will not cover the cost of repair. My question is if this is a known Ford problem why should it not cover my vehicle with the same issue for recall ? just because the VIN # isn't in the system is no reason not to fix this. It is a known problem,many situations exactly like mine recorded online. How are they (Ford)not responsible?.

Power steering failed and the car left the highway and both front tires blew out and damage to the wheel and undercarraige was apparent.

"takata recall" I received the notification concerning the airbag recall in the mail the day before the vehicle was involved in an accident and was eventually considered to be a total loss. The airbag in the drivers side did deploy and pieces of what I thought were glass were embedded in my skin on my left hand though there wasn't any glass in that area that seemed to be loose. I also noticed that the airbag continued to burn for an extremely long time. The accident occurred and after all parties were evaluated and the road was cleared a bit, the tow truck arrived and the steering column still had smoke coming from the airbag region which the paramedic mentioned seemed to be longer that usual for it to still be smoking. This accident occurred while ,y vehicle was in motion and hit a stopped car which then hit another vehicle on a city street while driving in the forwards position.

I was on my way home from work and the lights just came on for no reason. Steering wheel locks on sharp turns at slow speeds. Cuts off bluetooth when it happens. Abs, traction and brake light come on. I looked on cars. Com and saw a recall in 2015 for this same thing. I got my car in early 2016. Under my VIN it says the power steering was serviced in 2014 before they even knew about the recall. Now the Ford dealerships don't see the 2015 recall in their computers. This is extremely dangerous and I don't want to get into an accident. Please help me.

I was traveling down a main street and I heard a beep and power steering assist fault lite up on my dash as well with service advancetrac came on so I pull off the road and into a parking lot and my wheel all the sudden got stiff. I sat there for a few trying to figure out what was wrong and I turned the car off and let it sit for a few mins and turned it back on hoping it would go away well it didn't, so I got it home finally 6 hours later still with all them lights on and the wheel being stiff let it sit over night and everything next day I go back to the car hoping once again it would go away and it didn't.

Luckily while parked, wife started up her 2012 Fusion to go to work. Power assist fault and service advancetrac display in info screen and car has no power steering or traction control. Had vehicle diagnosed, fault codes u3000 and u2011 were present. Called dealership who said no open recall on VIN. Recall 15s18 does not cover my VIN even though the car fits all of the criteria for the recall including date and manufacture location. Ford cust. Service unwilling to help. Parts covered by the recall were replaced on sept. 13, 2016 by local Ford dealer at previous owners expense, parts failed again less than a year later. These parts are not safe and Ford is unwilling to fix the problem or extend recall to all vehicles affected by this electronic power assist failure. I've read hundreds of similar complaints now, what does it take to hold Ford accountable for the safety of their products?.

Electrical power steering not working (see receipt below) 8/11/2017: case # cas12897699 for: $1784. 00 March 30 2012 -build date Ford recall 15s18 although my car was excluded from the recall 15s18, my car did same thing that recall stated: the steering wheel locked up while driving at night alone in houston and was put in extreme harm bc it stopped completely on hwy 1314 and would not move. Also, my car meets all the requirements to the recall and is only excluded because it was built only 2 weeks outside of the recall time frame. Because I experienced the exact description listed in recall and because my car meets all the necessary requirements of vehicles included that Ford recalled (except that was built only 2 weeks outside of the date), I request remedy of reimbursement for my vehicle repair and damages. (I was without car for 2 weeks and unable to work and I am a single mom in school with no help from Ford). I had to put the cost on my credit card and unable to pay, so I need the interest cost of credit card as well. ). Thank you, connie brice 281. 795. 6449.

Restraint control module - sensor assembly failed.

Warning: "service advancetrac"/"service power steering now" on dash. Lost power steering. Recall 15v340000 does not cover my VIN. Have to drive w/o p. Steering, cannot afford to fix. Opened case with Ford, # cas-12641499. Hope to get my VIN included in recall.

The electric power stearing went out while I was driving on the highway going 70 mph and pulled me off to the side of the highway and blew out my tire.

Tl the contact owns a 2012 Ford Fusion. While driving approximately 45 mph, the "power steering assist fault" and "service advance track" warning messages displayed and the power steering suddenly malfunctioned. The steering wheel became difficult to turn. The failure was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer and local dealer (brookland Ford in brookland, mi) were notified of the failure, but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 97,000.

While driving on a highway, the tcs indicator light came on and lost power steering. The following messages also came on - "service power steering now" and "service advancetrac".

I was driving on the 15 n at about 70 mph. The steering wheel veered to the left and locked. At this time, the power steering was lost. Took it to the dealer and he said that the rack and pinion was no responding to any input and needed to be replaced.

Tl-the contact owns a 2012 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled at various times, with a check engine warning light illuminated. In addition the contact stated when the vehicle stalls it loses power to steer and brake. The vehicle was taken to an dealer, however they failed to duplicate the failure. The contact mentioned the vehicle was included in a previous TSB, however the TSB information was not available nor found in our system. The manufacture was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 85,000.

Throttle body. I looked it up and found a "recall" situation?.

July 15,2016 my 2012 Ford Fusion, with 30,212 miles jerked and stalled. Had to coast to the side of the road. To restart and the wrench light came on. Took to dealer on July 18 was told it sounded like the emission throttle but have to run test I need to pay 115. 00 that would go toward the repair have a extended warranty but she states it's on me.

Unaware that my throttle control transmission was defective. My car shut off, while I was driving at approximately 35/40 mph, on a bend entering a bridge and I was almost hit by a bus. When I started car up again, it went into limp mode and it creeped until I got to a safe area and had to have it towed. Ford repaired it for free after I made numerous calls but I had to pay for a rental which cost me $140. 00. If I had been traveling down a major highway, I couldve been killed. I never received notification of this defective part. Also, my evaporator sensor went bad in my Fusion. A known defective part in earlier years up to my year car. The car is only 4 years old and I have no air conditioning. The part is a $20 defective part but the repairs cost over $600. 00 because the entire dash needs torn apart. I feel that since Ford knew of this defect, this should also be repaired free of charge. I have a handicapped son who needs air conditioning and financially I cannot afford to pay such a large sum of money to replace this well known defective part.

Mu 2012 Ford Fusion lost power to the steering on the highway so when I pulled the steering wheel hard so I can get to the side of the highway when I finally got to to the side of the highway I turned the car off and turned it back on the steering wheel will not move and a message on the dashboard appears and say service "power steering know" so I had to call a tow truck and when it got to the dealership they said it is a problem with electronic steering rack and pinion faulty and it would cost me 1,500 dollers to get it fix so I started researching on the NHTSA website and found out it was a recall but my car was not affected and I don't know how cause its alot of people with this same problem with their 2012 Ford Fusion.

Driving at 60 mph I could hear friction worsens and car would lose momentum easily because of the friction. Then I start to hear a knocking sound somewhere in the engine perhaps or the wheel unsure and as all that worsens, I can feel the car losing control like it's gotten a flat tire. Power steering got stiffer while the car kind of drifted left and then right as tho I was going to lose control of the vehicle. It was really scary so I immediately slowed down because I had no control on the steering.

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2012 Ford Fusion. The contact was experiencing issues with the steering column in the vehicle. The dealer inspected and repaired the vehicle, but provided no written diagnosis to verify what was repaired. In addition, the traction control and eps warning indicators randomly flashed. As a result, the power steering and traction control failed randomly. The VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 15v340000 (steering). In addition, the tpms warning indicator illuminated several times. The manufacturer was notified of the failures. The dealer made no mention of NHTSA campaign number: 17v024000 (air bags). The contact was to check with the manufacturer to determine when the recall repair would be performed. The failure mileage was not available. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

Saturday, oct 31st, the low tire pressure was indicated and verified the right-front tire was low when the car was started. I drove the car 3000 feet about 25 mph and service advancetrac and power steering assist fault displayed. Brought the car to the dealership and they claim the tires need replacing. Excluding the low pressure in one tire, there should have not been a failure and the tires are not bald.

While driving car warning indicator on cluster flashed "service advance track now, but car continued to drive fine. Parked car at store and upon return and starting of car pulled out of parking lot and had no power steering almost impossible to steer car at this point, then warning on dash displayed "service power steering now", and "service advanced trak now". Was able to get car to dealer, but as of today 7/2/2015 the dealer has not been able to fix it. And has stated over the last week and a half that parts have been ordered and may be in any day, but can not provide a time frame for the parts or the fix.

The contact owns a 2012 Ford Fusion. While driving approximately 60 mph, the stabilitrac warning light illuminated and the steering wheel became very difficult to turn. The vehicle was restarted and operated as normal. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 57,000.

While driving on highway the dash screen showed advance trac light came on then the computer screen flashed up power steering unit failure. Steering of the vehicle became dangerous and I left the highway to travel at a slower rate of speed. I was instructed to turn off the car and that when restarted it would reset but it did not reset nor fix this. The car is extremely hard to steer and should not be driven. I contacted the dealer I bought it from and they stated there was no recall on it and I would need to bring it to them and they would run tests and see what is wrong. But I would have to pay for this service and any parts and labor needed to fix it.

I own a Ford Fusion 2012 with about 95,000 miles on it. No other issues since its purchase in November 2014. Weeks ago I started the car, and the powersteering assist message came on, could not move car. Steering locked. Read the manual for car. Turned car off and back on. Problem went away. I thought it might be the cold weather or ice blocking a sensor. However intermittently this has happened again and again and sometimes takes several tries of on/off to get the car to become drivable. Also now it sometimes says advancetrac service and the drivers side door will not open so I, a tall person, need to try to climb over the seat and get out on the passenger side into traffic. Having ones car not start up in a city such as mine is dangerous for single women at night who might be alone. So far this power steering lock hasn't happened while driving like many of the other hundreds of posts about the advancetrac problems, but I am scared that this will happen to me and that I could get into an accident. I am a student and do not have thousands of dollars to repair this vehicle if the issue will just keep happening again and cost me more thousands of dollars. The closet Ford dealer to me is in latham, NY and they do not answer their phone. I feel very unsafe in this vehicle that I need to drive on a daily basis. I believe that Ford should have a recall of these unsafe cars.

First incident was in 2013, driving down freeway and advance trac light came on then the power steering went out on car. Took in for repairs and cost me 2054. 00 for repairs, was told not under warranty. Paid for repair and here it is less than on year later and I have same failures on my vehicle as my husband, son and grandson were coming back from a trip. Thank god no one was hurt. First advance trac light came on followed by power steering fault light came on and they lost the power steering to the car. Tried to turn car off and restart car again and still no power steering available. This is becoming quite common for this model car because my daughter has the same car and had the exact same issue. Something has to be done, before someone gets killed. Always after the issue happens when driving car the engine shifts really hard, rpm's go up and then slams into gear!!!!.

I was driving about 30mph and all of a sudden the "service advancetrac" warning popped up in the cars dash along with "service power steering now". I lost my power steering and this was very odd and dangerous because it left me with no power steering in the middle of driving. Considering the car is only 2 years old and having only 35000 miles this should be a problem that has to be taken care from Ford.

Ford Fusion 2012 power steering went out. Car is near impossible to operate. Took it to shop, is going to cost upwards of $1,900 to fix, car is no longer under warranty. Power steering light came on, issue was not corrected upon re-start.

This has happened to my 2012 Ford Fusion twice. I just got my car back from the Ford dealership repair center and a week later the power steering goes out while I am driving. The rod and pinion was replaced the first time my 2012 Ford Fusion was put in the shop. The service power steering light came on, and the advance track light came on both times.

I was driving downhill at a steady 60 mph with no turns and got a error message on the dashboard to "service power steering now" and "service advancetrac now". The tow was covered under roadside assistance, however the estimate for this fix has not yet been received. For a brand new vehicle purchased with 0 miles, this sort of problem has been common among other vehicles and deserves a recall. Had I not known what to do given the situation, there could have been a very bad accident.