NHTSA Complaint #10816196 — 2010 LINCOLN MKT

2010 LINCOLN MKT- WE WERE TRAVELING HOME ON CHRISTMAS EVE 2015 IN GOFFSTOWN, NH WHEN SUDDENLY OUT OF NOWHERE AS WE WERE TURNING A CORNER THE STEERING WHEEL TIGHTENED UP AND JUST ABOUT LOCKED INTO PLACE IN THE TURN. WE HAD JUST GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY RETURNING FROM MY IN-LAWS FROM 40 MILES AWAY. LUCKILY THERE WAS NOBODY IN THAT INTERSECTION BECAUSE I WAS CLEARLY ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD AFTER THIS HAPPENED AND NEARLY MISSED GOING INTO THE DITCH. THE TIME OF DAY WAS ALSO A BLESSING IN DISGUISE BECAUSE IT WAS JUST ABOUT MIDNIGHT AND WE WERE ALMOST HOME SO THE KIDS COULD OPEN SOME GIFTS. I LOOKED DOWN AT THE DASHBOARD AND THE SERVICE POWER STEERING/SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT WAS FLASHING. A BIT LATE TO SAY THE LEAST. WE STOPPED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AFTER CORRECTING THE STEERING WHEEL WITH 2 HANDS AND SAT FOR A MINUTE. ANOTHER BLESSING WAS WE WERE LESS THAN A MILE TO HOME WHEN THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED AND BEING THE TIME OF DAY, WE DECIDED TO CONTINUE ON VERY SLOWLY DRIVING WITH ABSOLUTELY NO POWER STEERING AND 2 HANDS GRIPPED TO THE WHEEL. I AM A TRUCK DRIVER/EQUIPMENT OPERATOR BY TRADE AND HAVE ALWAYS TAUGHT MYSELF TO EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED WHICH THIS WAS. MY WIFE WAS GOING TO DRIVE HOME ORIGINALLY AND I SAID I WOULD AND I AM SO GLAD I DID BECAUSE THIS MAY HAVE HAD A DIFFERENT OUTCOME ESPECIALLY IF IT HAPPENED AT ANOTHER TIME AND PLACE. THE CAR IS IN OUR DRIVEWAY AS I MAKE THIS COMPLAINT ON CHRISTMAS DAY AND WILL BE BEING TOWED TO A DEALER TOMORROW. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE, I CAME ACROSS THE OTHER COMPLAINTS WITH DIFFERENT YEARS COVERED AND NOW KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH OTHER YEARS AND MODELS WITH THE PSCM (POWER STEERING CONTROL MODULE). FORD HAS A CURRENT RECALL (15S18) WITH THE SAME PROBLEM LISTED. I AM HOPING THAT THE INVESTIGATION REOPENS A NEW RECALL FOR EXPANDED YEARS OF THESE MKT MODELS AND POSSIBLY OTHERS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED.