NHTSA Complaint #11019169 — 2012 FORD FUSION

BATTERY SEEMED DEAD ON A MONDAY MORNING AS IT WOULD NOT TURN OVER, I THEN JUMPED THE CAR AND STILL NOTHING HAPPENED. I LET THE CAR SIT FOR THE REST OF THE DAY, ABOUT 8 HOURS LATER STARTED THE CAR AND IT STARTED FINE. ON TUESDAY MORNING I STARTED THE CAR JUST FINE AND DROVE TO WORK, ABOUT 2 MILES FROM MY OFFICE THE DISPLAY ON THE DASH BOARD SAID "SERVICE POWER STEERING". I THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT AND WENT ON WITH MY DAY, WHEN LEAVING FOR LUNCH THE DISPLAY READ "SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW", AND CAR HAD NO POWER STEERING. DID RESEARCH AND FOUND A RECALL ON THE POWER ASSIST ON 2011-2012 FORD FUSION WITHOUT A 3.5L ENGINE. CALLED THE DEALER AND TO NO AVAIL, THEY SAID MY VIN WAS NOT ON THE LIST. MIND YOU, MY VEHICLE IS A 2012 FORD FUSION WITH A 3.0L ENGINE. TOOK THE CAR TO A LOCAL MECHANIC, THEY TESTED EVERYTHING AND SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. MYSTERIOUSLY THE POWER STEERING WORKED AGAIN. UNTIL I WOKE UP WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR WORK AND THE SAME EXACT THING HAPPENED. RECALL #'S 15S18 AND 15V340000 SPECIFICALLY STATE THAT THE STEERING MOTOR SENSOR MAY FAIL, RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST FROM THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM.