NHTSA Complaint #10861896 — 2010 FORD FUSION

WHILE DRIVING INTO A MODERATE LEFT CURVE ON A NARROW TWO LANE CITY STREET THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THIS RESULTED IN LOSS OF CONTROL ALLOWING THE CAR TO JUMP THE CURB AND INTO A FIRE HYDRANT. NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED ONE MINOR INJURY TO A PASSENGER. CAR WAS TOTALED. NO TICKETS WERE ISSUED. THE CAR WAS UNDER A RECALL 15S34FOR SOME PROBLEM WITH THE PTCM AND FUEL TANK AND CANISTER PURGE VALVE AND WAS SCHEDULED TO REPAIRED 04/27/16. RECALL WAS FIRST RECEVIED ON 01//2016 BUT THE REPAIR OK WAS RECEIVED IN 04/16. THERE IS ALSO A PRELIMINARY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF DEFECTS INVESTIGATION ON THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING ON THIS YR FORD FUSION.