NHTSA Complaint #11088679 — 2010 FORD ESCAPE

THE "POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT" LIGHT CAME ON AND I LOSS THE POWER STEERING ABILITY AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET. GOOD THING I WAS ON A CITY STREET AND NOT GOING FAST. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WERE NO OPEN RECALLS ON THIS, BUT IN 2014 THERE WAS A RECALL, BUT TO UPDATE THE SOFTWARE ONLY UNLESS THE POWER STEERING HAD ACTUALLY GONE OUT. I WANT TO KNOW HOW DID UPDATING THE SOFTWARE FIXES THE ISSUE? I WAS FORCED TO TAKE IT TO A DEALERSHIP, AND WAS TOLD THERE WERE NO OPEN RECALLS, AND THAT IT WILL BE ABOUT $1,800 TO FIX. WHY IS FORD NOT ISSUING ANOTHER RECALL TO TAKE CARE OF THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FOR THIS FAILURE? IT'S SO UNFAIR THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM EVENTUALLY, AND FORD SLAPPED A BAND-AID ON IT SO AS TO NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR ERROR. I GUESS IF SOMEONE GETS INJURED SERIOUSLY ENOUGH, THEN MAYBE THEY'LL DO SOMETHING. UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE TO PAY FOR MY CAR TO BE FIXED, BUT I AM GOING TO DO ALL THAT I CAN TO GET SOMEONE TO LISTEN TO MY CONCERNS REGARDING THE SO CALL "RECALL" THAT DIDN'T FIX ANYTHING. NEVER AGAIN WILL I BUY A FORD VEHICLE.