NHTSA Complaint #10861110 — 2015 FORD FUSION

STARTED CAR AND SEVERAL WARNINGS POPPED UP ON DISPLAY... SOMETHING ABOUT "HILL ASSIST" NOT AVAILABLE, "STEERING ASSIST FAULT SERVICE REQUIRED", AND "SERVICE ADVANCETRAC". STEERING WHEEL FELT LIKE IT WAS STILL LOCKED... TURNS OUT IT WAS JUST EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN. I'M 6'3" 200+ LBS. IF IT'S DIFFICULT FOR ME TO TURN, IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR MOST PEOPLE. IF THIS HAD FAILED WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION, SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR WORSE. FORD HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM ON 2011-2012 FUSIONS AND ISSUED A RECALL AND NOW IT'S STILL HAPPENING ON 2015 MODELS. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED IMMEDIATELY AS FORD NEVER REALLY FIXED THE PROBLEM. EXCERPT FROM 2011-2012 FUSION RECALL: FORD IS ISSUING A SAFETY RECALL FOR APPROXIMATELY 423,000 VEHICLES (ACTUAL 422,814) INCLUDING CERTAIN 2011-2013 FORD TAURUS AND FLEX VEHICLES, LINCOLN MKS AND MKT VEHICLES, FOR CERTAIN 2011-2012 FORD FUSION AND LINCOLN MKZ VEHICLES, AND FOR CERTAIN 2011 MERCURY MILAN VEHICLES IN NORTH AMERICA FOR A POTENTIAL INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL CONNECTION IN THE STEERING GEAR THAT MIGHT RESULT IN THE LOSS OF ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST WHILE DRIVING. IF THIS HAPPENS, THE STEERING SYSTEM DEFAULTS TO MANUAL STEERING MODE, MAKING THE VEHICLE MORE DIFFICULT TO STEER, ESPECIALLY AT LOWER SPEEDS. THIS COULD RESULT IN THE INCREASED RISK OF A CRASH.