NHTSA Complaint #10558955 — 2008 FORD ESCAPE

IT FIRST HAPPENED WHEN YOU STARTED THE VEHICLE , NO POWER STEERING !!!!! SHUT IT OFF ,, RESTART IT AND YOU HAD POWER STEERING AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED AROUND 20 MORE TIMES IN THE NEXT MONTH . THEN THE POWER STEERING WOULD SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING IT , REGARDLESS OF SPEED . IT WAS WORST THAN HAVING OLD STANDARD STEERING . AS LONG AS YOU WERE ROLLING YOU COULD STEER IT , BUT WHEN YOU STOPPED IT TOOK BOTH HANDS TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. IT WAS VERY SCARY AND DANGEROUS . MY WIFE DRIVES THIS VEHICLE TO WORK MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY . SHE HAS BEEN SCARED TO DRIVE IT NOT KNOWING WHAT MIGHT TAKE PLACE WHEN THE STEERING GOES COMPLETELY OUT. WELL IT FINALLY WENT OUT TODAY !!!!!!!! DON"T KNOW WHAT IT"S GOING TO COST ? I THINK FORD SHOULD HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM . IT A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM . THANK YOU *TR