NHTSA Complaint #10615499 — 2011 FORD FUSION

OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS THE STEERING WHEEL OF MY 2011 FUSION LOCKS UP EVERYDAY FROM A COLD START AND SOMETIMES AFTER BEING POWERED OFF FOR OVER AN HOUR. THE CAR WORKS AFTER TURNING IT OFF AND BACK ON. LUCKILY IT HASN'T LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING (UNLIKE THE THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM WHICH CAUSED MY CAR TO TOTALLY STOP WHILE DRIVING AT 50MPH! IT WAS VERY SCARY!). I HAVE READ MANY REPORTS THAT SAY OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME CAR HAVE HAD THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK-UP WHILE DRIVING AT A HIGH SPEED. I BOUGHT THE 2011 FUSION FOR MY 17 YEAR OLD TO DRIVE SINCE WE HAD GOOD LUCK WITH OUR 2008 (WITH HIGHER MILEAGE) AND 2013 FUSIONS. BUT, I WILL NOT ALLOW HER TO DRIVE THE 2011 UNTIL I GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED. THE FORD DEALER SAID IT WILL COST ME $2,000 TO FIX THE STEERING PROBLEM. WHY IS FORD NOT RECALLING THE 2011 FUSION FOR THE "POWER STEERING" PROBLEM AND IT IS RECALLING OTHER FORD MODELS WITH THIS PROBLEM? IS MY 17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER NOT IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO FIX WHAT IS OBVIOUSLY A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH MANY COMPLAINTS? I AM UPSET AND WILL END MY FAMILY'S 50 YEAR FAMILY TRADITION OF BUYING FORDS IF FORD DOESN'T RECOGNIZE THIS 2011 FORD FUSION PROBLEM. *TR