general problems of the 2006 Mercury Mariner Hybrid

My family and I were driving on highway one in California, major turns, twisty road when suddenly and without warning, the power steering went out. I have had no warnings leading up to this event. The wrench icon came on and an error message came on in the dash stating to have the power steering serviced. This was extremely dangerous as highway one has many tight turns. I have contacted Ford and they are saying that this is not part of a recall. Everything I have read states that this is a common problem specifically in the hybrid vehicles Ford manufactures. There have been recalls for the same issue for 2008 and newer model vehicles, but not this one. It is my belief that this issue should be investigated due to the dangerous condition caused by the power steering going completely out on the car while driving. I am male 200 lbs. And could barely control the vehicle. Called non Ford mechanic and was told to take vehicle to dealership as the power steering module is proprietary and needs to be programed by dealership. Have not talken vehicles to dealership as yet for repairs. Placed code reader on vehicle and codes c2792 and b2277 came up.

I was backing out of my driveway turning onto the road, when my power steering went out. I took my 2006 Mercury Mariner Hybrid to the Ford dealership. At first they thought there was a recall on it. It was the wrong year. It seems to me that Ford would include 2006 if it is the same problem. Nobody will buy this model because of this issue. Come on Ford your problems are my problem. This is not right! it seems to me that with this power steering issue in so many of the 2006 vehicles you would step up and do a recall.

Stopped at gas station to fuel vehicle. Returned to vehicle after fueling. When I started my Mercury Mariner Hybrid, the information screen said "service power steering". When I started to move the vehicle, I realized I only had manual steering available. This continued all the way home (5 miles) on icy snow covered roads (following our near blizzard hear in north eastern indiana). Next morning, started vehicle and it was back to normal. My extensive research, so far, indicates there have not been any recalls for this, what appears to be, widespread, and might I say potentially very dangerous problem. This is serious. How many deaths are required before a recall is issued on this issue? after reading about the vast number of people that have experienced this same problem, I've started looking for another vehicle. Come on, seriously, this is one that needs your attention now!.