Lose Power Steering problems of the 2012 Ford Fusion - part 1

Customer was driving to work on ice and lost power steering assist . Sounds related to the 15s18 campain. Dealer claims no recall. This is a deadly or life theatening defect and should be applied to all 2011-2013 Ford Fusions and other vehicles involved. Let's not lose a life to a known defect.

2012 Ford Fusion lost traction control and now lost all power steering. Dash states power steering assist fault. Usually if I turn car off then back on it will give power steering back. Today I did that about ten times and it still wouldn't give steering back. My car was stationary but driven home without power steering very carefully.

I have a 2012 Ford Fusion I was driving down the highway an my service powering steering light comes on then within seconds I lost power steering thankfully I wasn't going around a curve that could have ended bad.

Lose of power steering and my dashboard keeps flashing to check it! my dashboard also keeps saying that my advance trac isnt right or unstable! plus my air conditioning unit blows hot air on hot days! my air bag was supposed to been fixed on 02/11/2020 by a Ford dealership and it is back to it's old self.

I lost all power steering around a turn and almost wrecked my car!!!!!!! now I'm getting abs lights and service power steering, service advancetrac codes which were not on prior to the loss of steering! I see recalls on this issue but my VIN is not in this recall? how is that even possible?.

While driving down the highway suddenly the vehicle lost all power steering resulting in me to pull over.

While in motion less than 40 mph, the vehicle lost power steering and became stiff and very hard to turn the steering wheel in either direction. Decided to park the vehicle in a parking lot and have the vehicle towed to the dealership. This has been recalled previously in which the dealership replaced the part with a remanufactured part. However, in the first recall/repair the vehicle did not have any cause of concern other than to address the national recall. Now, the vehicle is not drivable and the dealership does not want to replace the defected part. Instead they want to charge $1,915 for a faulty remanufactured part that has gone out and could have caused severe harm and damage to persons in and around the vehicle. . Read more...

Driving down the highway in my 2012 Ford Fusion at 55 miles an hour on hwy 10 and the car suddenly jerked to the right and lost power steering had to ditch it because I was unable to steer it off the road safely. I was very upset because I had my grand daughter in the vehicle with me and it scared us both.

Tl the contact owns a 2012 Ford Fusion. While driving approximately 25 mph, the "power steering assist fault" message appeared on the message center. The vehicle lost power steering ability. The contact coasted the vehicle to the side of the road. The contact stated that the vehicle was repaired on July 31, 2019 by an independent mechanic regarding the steering. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 39,500. The VIN was unavailable.

Driving down the road at 20 to 30 mph advancetrac light on the dash and I lost power steering.

Tl the contact owns a 2012 Ford Fusion. While driving approximately 20 mph, the "service power steering now" message appeared and the vehicle lost power steering ability. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who determined that the power steering sensor failed and needed replacement. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 125,000.

Power steering assist fault indicator. Vehicle lost power steering and had to be parked. After vehicle sat few hours the power steering reset and the indicator was off and everything back to normal. Wife is now afraid to drive vehicle in case it happens again.

2012 Ford Fusion power steering failure almost set off recalled passenger side airbag with young passenger I. Front passenger seat. I was making a u-turn doing about 7 mph when I lost power steering and nearly hit the car pulling out from the service station. Loss of power steering could have caused fatality or serious injury to my passenger due to the faulty airbag deployment. I purchased the pre-owned vehicle on 4/19/2019. Lost power steering on 4/20/2019. The vehicle is at the dealer as of today 4/22/2019 for the airbag recall but, delaet is saying Ford may not cover the power steering recall if diagnostic machine doesn't produce certain costs. This is a huge safety issue! loss of power steering + faulty airbag = serious injury or death. Any report of power steering loss should = safety recall.

Lost of power steering.

Lost power steering. Have service power steering now message and service stabilitrac.

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.

Ford Fusion safety recall 15s18 power steering assist. I was driving down the highway when an alert appeared on the dash that I needed to service the power steering immediately/service "autotrac" I had my car towed to a local mechanic who told me that the repair needed stemmed from a recall that occurred for my vehicle. I called the dealership I purchased my car from, santa fe Ford alachua FL. I was informed by them that there was nothing they could do to help me in the repair but told me to reach out to my local Ford dealership as santa fe Ford is 80 miles away. I then had my car towed from the mechanic's shop to nick nicholas Ford in inverness FL. The service manager at nick nicholas informed me that there was no recall showing for my vehicle and I should reach out to Ford customer service hotline and file a claim with them. Upon filing my claim with Ford directly, they told me that my vehicle had been brought in to satisfy the power steering recall in 2015 in miami, FL and there was no extended warranty on the recall. I proceeded to have nick nicholas conduct the repairs. I paid nick nicholas $138. 57 on 3/29/18 to "update the software" for my power steering. I drove my car for months after the software update. On 6/7/18 I was driving my car to work when the alert appeared on my dash saying "service power steering immediately" and it was at this point I lost all power steering. I was able to get my car off of the highway and into my place of work. I contacted the service manager at nick nicholas, brian, who told me this repair should be covered under the recall. I towed my car back to nick nicholas, afterward they informed me my repair would not be covered. Ford customer service offered to pay 250$ toward the cost of the repair, the service manager brian would cover approximately 500$ for the repair, leaving me with about $1,100 worth of repairs to pay out of pocket.

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.

2012 Ford Fusion sel 67000 miles. During operation the vehicle exhibited a service power steering assist notice. Without change to steering habit. Luckily while pulling into an empty parking lot the notice changed to service power steering now, and proceeded to lose power steering altogether. After taking it to charles gabus Ford, they ran diagnostics and told me it was $1500 to replace the entire system due to a failure. They also tell me there is not a recall on my specific VIN. Although on the Ford website and yours, I see a recall on 2012 Ford Fusions for power steering assist failure. It is obvious not all the appropriate vehicles were recalled since mine failed and does not have a recall on it. Like I said earlier. Luckily I was already in a parking lot moving at a slow speed. If I were still on the highway like I was 5 minutes prior, then I may not have been so lucky. I called Ford customer service and they were the least bit sympathetic nor helpful. Continued to send me an email declining financial assistance. I do not believe that I should have to pay for this repair although I am currently going to.

I will just be driving and I lose my power steering which almost puts me in the ditch. Needs to recall this. Very dangerous and expensive to fix.

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.

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".

Driving 70 mph on freeway and power steering failure light went on and immediately lost power steering. Was extremely difficult to drive the car but was able to get the car off the freeway with no one being injured. Called Ford and was told our 2012 Ford Fusion sel was not covered under the recall the for this known defect. Was told it was not a safety issue because it was not included in the recall!!!.

Takata recall. While driving down a city street I lost my power steering. I took the car to my local Ford dealer and I was told my power steering assist had failed but my VIN wasn't one of the recalls. My car has been sitting in my driveway ever since it happened. It is not drivable.

Unexpectedly lost power steering while driving the car on a city street. . . Noticed when turning the car.

While turning yesterday, my car lost power steering. The light for advance track system light illuminated and the message center read "power steering assist fault: service immediately. " I man handled the car home a short distance and turned it off. Mad and aggravated I called the Ford dealer and explained what happened. The checked warranty info, recall info, and found nothing for my car. I was able to find a recall alert that my insurance company matches to my car. I gave the recall number to the Ford dealer. They were very nice and were able to find out the warranty only covers cars built sept 2010- February 2012. Guess what? my car was built June 2012. I called Ford customer care. They say I have to take it into the dealer to be diagnosed. I call dealership and have it "officially" diagnosed. The motor code u0211:49 and dealership suggests calling customer care to get a validation code. I called customer care again, lady was rude, says she doesn't know what a validation code is and that I would have to pay for it because the recall is not on my car particularly. My car only has 48k miles on it. I should not be having these kind of problems. It is a huge saftey issue for me as I travel quite a bit with my family. The code matches the same code that is pin pointed in the recall according to dealership. The best customer care could do is tell me to keep receipts in case Ford expands recall later. . . . . Its $1800+ out of pocket that I can't crap out!!.

Over the past week my 2012 Ford Fusion decelerated, idled roughly, lost power steering and power breaking and the wrench dummy light came on. All 4 times it occurred below 30 mph in clear conditions. The car is extremely hard to handle and luckily I was in areas where I could pull over safely. Once pulled over I was able to restart the car and resume driving. I have brought in my car twice to a local mechanic who could not find any error messages on the computer. I have an appointment at the local Ford dealership to do more diagnostics. I am very concerned about the safety of this vehicle and its reliability.

While driving on a city street the "advancetrac" came on and "power steering needs to be replaced" came on. I was night time I made it home. Once home I turned the car off and the "replace power steering now" I had lost all power steering. This is the second time this has happened the first time my son was driving on the highway. I took it to the mechanic the first time and they said it was nothing wrong I just needed new tires.

Driving at approximately 45 mph on highway 4 downhill into rutland vt (8:15pm) chime alert and dash screen alerted to "service power steering now! and "service advance trac", immediately lost all power steering. Vehicle extremely difficult to steer. Mechanically inclined, investigated issue,. But no fix and was forced to carefully continue the drive home. Following day checked all fused links concerning power steering components, one fuse box under hood (fuse area 50) and one fuse box way up to left in driver's side compartment, fuse area 42) fuses all good. Called Ford dealer service department representative and gave VIN number and no recalls were issued for this problem. Further research on Ford forum postings revealing this to be a common problem, and with other Ford products besides Ford Fusion.

Lose of power steering when driving it came up as power steering assist fault. Same thing happened to Ford Fusion 2012 that went to Feb, and was recalled. My vehicle should be on recall also before an accident or death occurs.

I have already brought my car in for the power steering recall, and 2 months later I lost my power steering again. Please advise me as to what I do next.

Tl-the contact owns a 2012 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while driving, lost the power steering with two warning lights illuminated. The contact mention had to restart the vehicle to loosen the steering wheel. The failure recurred five times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the diagnosed that the ball joints and tie rod needed to be repaired. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 15v340000 ( steering). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 21,000. Ak.

While backing out of the driveway, the power steering assist fault illuminated on the dash and we lost all power steering. Steering was basically impossible at that point. Tried shutting it down and restarted to no avail. Also the fault displayed toggled between power steering assist fault and service advancetrac. Took it to the dealer, they want 1600 bucks for a new steering rack. I tried to explain about the recall but they " claim " my VIN is not included. Ridiculous, come on Ford do people have to die for you to pay attention?.

The contact owns a 2012 Ford Fusion. When the contact turned the ignition, the power steering assist warning indicator illuminated and the vehicle lost power steering. The failure recurred on one occasion. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 103,000.

In the middle of a left turn, in heavy traffic, my car suddenly lost power steering. The power steering remained inoperable to my destination.