NHTSA Complaint #11002728 — 2012 FORD FUSION

AT 80,000 MILES SERVICE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL AS CHECK ADVANCETRAX NOTICE. THE NEXT TIME CAR WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED POWER STEERING WAS COMPLETELY GONE. TOOK TO FORD DEALER AND THEY SAID TIRE WAS UNDERINFLATED BUT IF LIGHT CAME BACK ON NEEDED NEW STEERING COLUMN. FOR $1600. DROVE TWO WEEKS WITH STEERING OK THEN SAME MESSAGE APPEARED AND STEERING WENT OUT SO HAD A MECHANIC(NOT FORD DEALER) REPLACE STEERING COLUMN PART AND NOW TWO WEEKS LATER SAME PROBLEM WITH NO POWER STEERING. READ THAT A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM FOR FUSIONS MADE AT MEXICO PLANT BUT MY VEHICLE WAS EITHER MADE JUST BEFORE OR JUST AFTER RECALL DATES. RECALL SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ALL FUSIONS WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. EACH TIME WARNING MESSAGE CAME ON, IT WASN'T UNTIL CAR WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED THAT POWER STEERING WENT OUT.