Power Steering Failed Problems of Ford Fusion Hybrid - part 2

Happened 3-4 times over the past 3 months. While driving the power steering would quit working, making difficult to steer. Warning on dash "power steering assist fault". Went to roadside and turned off the vehicle/restart and the problem would go away. I am a rather strong man, if a person of small stature were driving it would have been even more dangerous. On 11/1/2014 the power steering failed with the same warning. Attempts to turn of and restart the vehicle did not solve the problem. The Ford dealership stated the electric power steering failed, told me that it was common in vehicles with electric power steering. Cost for my repair was $1,900. 00.

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Power steering failed at low speed (5 mph) in heavy traffic. Warning messages were "power steering assist fault" and "service advancetrac. " drove car about ten miles to my destination without power steering (very difficult). Turned off and restarted but problem had not cleared. Tried again next morning and the power steering worked. The "service advancetrac" message cleared after about five minutes of driving.

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The contact owns a 2011 Ford Fusion Hybrid. The contact stated while driving approximately 40 mph, the steering wheel became hard to turn. The contact coasted over to the emergency lane and noticed that the "power steering assist failure" and "traction control" warning lights were illuminated. The failure was experienced multiple times. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 69,000.

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I am out of town, and yesterday I was driving the main strip in branson and out of nowhere a light on my dash appeared saying "service power steering" and "service auto trac" I thought "that's weird" so I drove 1 1/2 miles to the very next gas station, pulled in and turned off car and googled power steering problems with Ford Fusion Hybrid,to my dismay, I did not find anything on the Ford site that I could do, so I turned on the car and decided to deal with it in the morning after all it was 10pm and no where would be open. I pulled forward out of the gas station and tried to turn and then car dash prompt said "service power steering immediately" and the steering wheel locked up tight and was unmovable. I was going around 5mph when steering locked up and pulling into traffic. I stopped and called a tow truck and sent it to a Ford dealership in branson where I was at the time. Mechanic said I need a new "steering gear" I was thankful for the warning but it wasn't much on one considering it was less then 2 miles later that it was completely locked up and "service power steering immediately" light came on, thank god for a close gas station and no traffic when I pulled out and it locked up on me. But after researching this is a known problem and some people were going a whole lot faster then I was when this happened to them. This has been my only complaint with this car, but in my opinion it's pretty major. When the car that has no way to add power steering fluid and it fails and you are driving across states with your family of 5 and no warnings till the very last second and then completely locks up on you, it's very dangerous. What if I would have waited till I got to the hotel to check the car, something needs to be done to fix this problem, none of my other cars have ever done anything like this, I had no way of knowing and no way to prevent it from happening.

Power steering assist has failed with dash indication on 3 separate occasions; the first was in may 2013, the 2nd in July 2014, and the 3rd time in sept. 2014. The 1st and 3rd occasions were at slow speeds (>10 mph) during a turn; the 2nd occasion occurred at 60 mph on a straight (thankfully) highway. That could become a serious problem in on a curvy freeway at higher speeds. After the 1st occasion, we took it into the local Ford dealer who told us that there was absolutely no problem with our vehicle. All 3 occasions cleared after turning the vehicle off and then back on. Current mileage is 146,000.

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. The contact stated that the power steering assist failed. The contact also stated that the power steering and advance trac warning light illuminated. As a result, the contact had to use excessive force to maneuver the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the technician diagnosed that the software needed to be updated. The vehicle was repaired but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 65,109.