NHTSA Complaint #10762185 — 2008 FORD ESCAPE

WE WERE DRIVING HOME FROM ST LOUIS, MO ON THIS AFTERNOON. AS WE WERE APPROACHING OUR STREET THE STEERING, POWER, WENT OUT. MINIMUM CONTROL AT ROLLING SPEED. NO CONTROL AT STOP. I PARKED FOR THE NIGHT. CALLED SERVICE, REQUESTED TO TEST COMPUTER. CODE CAME UP B2278. THEY CHECKED FOR RECALLED THERE IS ONE. WHEN THE DEALER SERVICED THIS VEHICLE ON JULY 31, 14 THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED 14SO5. AT THAT TIME THE CODE DID NOT APPEAR AND THE COMPUTER WAS RESET. SINCE THEN THIS CODE DID COME UP, B2278. WHICH STATES REPLACE TORQUE SENSOR. FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND GEM CITY FORD, QUINCY IL STATED THE SAFETY RECALL EXPIRED. I AM FLABBERGASTED, HOW CAN A NATIONAL SAFETY RECALL EXPIRE?? IF THERE IS OR WAS A SAFETY DEFECT PLACED ON THIS VEHICLE HOW IN THE HELL CAN IT EXPIRE??? PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW, IF THIS WAS A TRUE CONCERN IN JULY, '14 AND THE SAME THING IS STILL HAPPENING "HOW" CAN THIS EXPIRE??? PLEASE EXPLAIN. I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT MY VEHICLE SINCE SEPTEMBER 1, 2015.