NHTSA Complaint #10783098 — 2012 FORD FOCUS

WHILE TAKING A RIGHT TURN ON A CITY STREET MY STEERING WHEEL IMMEDIATELY BECAME VERY HARD TO MANEUVER. I HAD TO BRAKE AS TO KEEP MY SELF FROM GOING FORWARD RATHER THAN TURNING SINCE MY STEERING WHEEL SEEMED AS THOUGH IT WAS LOCKED. I THEN REALIZED THE POWER STEERING WAS COMPLETELY OUT, THEN THE DISPLAY AND SOUND CAME ON, STATING THAT THERE WAS A STEERING MALFUNCTION AND TO REFER TO MY MANUAL. I THEN CAREFULLY AND FORCEFULLY STEERED THE VEHICLE INTO A VACANT PARKING LOT. I READ THE MANUAL AND ATTEMPTED TO CYCLE POWER TO THE VEHICLE TO CLEAR THE ISSUE. THIS DID NOT WORK. I NOW HAVE NO POWER STEERING AND THE VEHICLE SITS IN THE DRIVEWAY. IT HAS 65K MILES AND IS OUT OF WARRANTY. I WOULD NOT HAVE PURCHASED HAD I KNOWN SOO MANY HAD THIS ISSUE.