NHTSA Complaint #11103328 — 2010 LINCOLN MKT

"POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT" LIGHT COMES ON AND POWER STEERING LOCKS UP OR BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER. I BARELY AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT. I HAD TO STOP THE CAR IN TRAFFIC BECAUSE I COULDN'T STEER THE CAR. I FOUND I COULD BARELY STEER THE CAR WITH GREAT EFFORT AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE CAR TO SIDE OF ROAD. THIS VERY SAME ISSUE APPEARS TO BE ACROSS MANY FORD/LINCOLN 2010-2013 MODELS. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR APPARENTLY THE EXACT ISSUE IN 2015 (INCLUDED 2011-2013 LINCOLN MKT) BUT NOT THE 2010 WHICH I HAVE. MY CAR IS EXPERIENCING THE EXACT ISSUE. A QUICK RESEARCH ONLINE SHOWS THAT THIS PROBLEM IS EXPERIENCED BY MANY FORD/LINCOLN CARS SHARING THE SAME "ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING ASSIST" SYSTEM. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS ISSUE! THE STEERING OF THE CAR ITSELF BECOME LOCKED AND NEARLY INOPERABLE WHILE DRIVING. APPARENTLY THE NHTSA IS ALREADY LOOKING AT THIS VERY ISSUE (SEE HERE: HTTPS://WWW.DETROITNEWS.COM/STORY/BUSINESS/AUTOS/FORD/2016/10/03/FUSION-EDGE-NHTSA-INVESTIGATION/91473188/). THE NHTSA NEEDS TO KNOW THAT THE ISSUE IS COMMON TO THE "ELECTRONIC STEERING ASSIST SYSTEM" NOT ONLY IN THE "FUSION" OR "EDGE" BUT ACROSS MANY FORD/LINCOLN MODELS INCLUDING THE LINCOLN MKT. THE SPECIFIC FORD/LINCOLN PART IS A "TRW GEN 1 EPAS" MODULE. THIS SAME MODULE IS USED ON MANY FORD/LINCOLN CARS. ONLY SOME OF THE CARS CONTAINING THE "TRW GEN 1 EPAS" MODULE WERE PART OF PAST RECALLS. ALL FORD/LINCOLN MODELS CONTAINING THE "TRW GEN 1 EPAS" MODULE SHOULD BE RECALLED/REPAIRED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED.