NHTSA Complaint #10606392 — 2012 FORD FUSION

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND ALL THE SUDDEN THE POWER STEERING FAILED. CAR IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN. CAR ALARMS "POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILURE" AND "ADVANCETRAC MAINTENANCE NEEDED". WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF SIDE OF ROAD, CUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT--POWER STEERING RETURNED. HAS HAPPENED TWICE NOW. TOOK CAR TO FORD DEALERSHIP, THEY SCANNED IT AND FOUND NO SERVICE CODES. HAVE BEEN TOLD IT IS MOST LIKELY IN NEED OF A NEW STEERING MOTOR BUT WITHOUT THE "CODE" THEY CAN'T REPLACE IT UNDER MY WARRANTY??!?!?? SO FAR THIS HAS OCCURRED ON STRAIGHT ROADS--IF IT WERE TO OCCUR WHILE NAVIGATING A CURVE THE RESULTS COULD BE DEADLY/CATASTROPHIC! THERE IS NO WARNING, NO NOTHING--YOU JUST CAN'T STEER THE CAR ALL THE SUDDEN. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND APPARENTLY A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR MODEL CAR--WHY IS THERE NO RECALL YET?!?!!?? DO I HAVE TO WRECK MY CAR OR POTENTIALLY HURT MYSELF OR OTHERS BEFORE THIS IS ADDRESSED?!!! *TR