NHTSA Complaint #10855321 — 2011 FORD FUSION

"FUSION RECALL" MY 2011 FORD FUSION SE MADE IN MEXICO HAS A POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT. THIS HAPPENED WHEN LEAVING MY DRIVEWAY. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THE PROBLEM IS A FAULTY STEERING GEAR. THIS PART IS CURRENTLY PART OF A RECALL ON 2011 FORD FUSION MANUFACTURED IN MEXICO. MY ISSUE IS THE RECALL DOES NOT INCLUDE MY VEHICLE AS THE RECALL BEGAN WITH VEHICLES MANUFACTURED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2010 AND MY VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED IN AUGUST OF 2010. SAME PROBLEM, SAME PLANT, SAME CAR, SIMPLE MADE THE PREVIOUS MONTH. COSTING ME THE CONSUMER ALMOST $2000.00 TO FIX THIS KNOWN MANUFACTURES DEFECT. WHILE THERE WAS INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS THAT SEEMED TO GO AWAY WITH RESTARTING THE ENGINE TOTAL FAILURE OCCURRED ON APR 11 2016. I HAVE SEARCHED VARIOUS FORUMS AND I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON THIS HAS HAPPENED TO WHOSE VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED WITH IN A FEW WEEKS OF THE RECALL DATE.