NHTSA Complaint #11055339 — 2010 FORD FLEX

THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM FAILED IN MY 2010 FORD FLEX WITH LESS THAN 80,000 MILES. THANKFULLY THE FAILURE DID NOT OCCUR WHILE WE WERE DRIVING. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO OUR MECHANIC WHO SAID THAT THE ENTIRE STEERING RACK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE PART IS $1600 AND LABOR IS OVER $500. THERE IS AN ACTIVE RECALL OF THE 2011-2013 FORD FLEX MODEL YEARS FOR THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. I CALLED FORD AND TOLD THEM I BELIEVED THERE WAS A SAFETY RELATED DEFECT IN THE 2010 FORD FLEX THAT IS THE SAME AS THE PROBLEM IN THE 2011 MY THAT CAUSED THE RECALL. THE REPRESENTATIVE SAID THAT BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT AN ACTIVE BULLETIN FOR THE 2010 MY, FORD WOULD DO NOTHING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM THAT IS PRESENT IN LATER MODEL YEARS. FORD'S REFUSAL TO RECALL AND FIX THIS PROBLEM IS GOING TO KILL SOMEONE. IF THE POWER STEERING HAD GONE OUT WHILE WE WERE DRIVING, THERE SURELY WOULD HAVE BEEN A WRECK.