NHTSA Complaint #10621535 — 2011 FORD EDGE

IN DECEMBER OF 2013 I NOTICED THE STEERING ON MY FORD EDGE WAS ACTING UP AND OCCASIONALLY THE POWER STEERING WOULD GO AWAY FOR A SHORT PERIOD TIME. THIS ISSUE ALMOST CAUSED A COUPLE ACCIDENTS BECAUSE THE CAR WOULD NOT REACT WHEN TURNED. THE DEALERSHIP ADDED MORE POWER STEERING FLUID AND THE ISSUE WENT AWAY FOR A LITTLE WHILE BUT WOULD STILL SOMETIMES SHOW THE SAME SIGNS OF BEING HARD TO STEER. A FEW MONTHS LATER A DIFFERENT FORD DEALER FOUND A SMALL POWER STEERING FLUID LEAK AND REPAIRED A HOSE UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THAT DID NOT COMPLETELY SOLVE THE PROBLEM. LAST TIME INTO THE DEALER FOR AN OIL CHANGE JUST PAST WARRANTY, THE SAME DEALER FOUND A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN TO REPLACE THE POWER STEERING PUMP, BUT NOW THEY WANT US TO PAY THE FULL COST OF THE REPAIR SINCE THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY. WE TRIED TO TALK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE BUT THEY WOULD NOT COVER THE ISSUE UNDER WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH THE ISSUE WAS FIRST BROUGHT UP WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. I FEEL THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO A RECALL NOT TO MENTION THE FORD SHOULD STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT AND FIX AN ISSUE THAT WAS BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION BEFORE THE WARRANTY WAS UP. *TR