NHTSA Complaint #11110983 — 2015 FORD FUSION

ON JULY 5TH WHEN I GOT IN MY VEHICLE TO GO TO WORK I TRIED TO START THE CAR AND AT FIRST IT WOULDN'T START. TRIED AGAIN AND THE CAR STARTED AND THEN MANY WARNING LIGHTS FLASHED ON THE DASHBOARD. POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT AND TRACTION CONTROL ON. AND TOLD O SERVICE IMMEDIATELY.I TRIED BACKING OUT OF MY GARAGE BUT STEERING WHEEL WAS COMPLETELY LOCKED UP AND UNABLE TO STEER. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AFTER 5 DAYS WAS CALLED BACK AND WAS TOLD THE HE POWER STEERING RACK WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AND THE BATTERY WAS BAD TOO. FOR A TOTAL COST OF $2600. FROM OTHER REPORTS ONLINE HIS HAPPENS FREQUENTLY WITH FUSIONS. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE STEERING RACK BY MY MODEL WAS NOT INCLUDED. ONLY 42,000 MILES ON CAR WITH REGULAR DRIVING AND PARKED IN GARAGE WHEN NOT IN USE. VEHICLE SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED THIS QUICKLY. IF I WAS DRIVING WHEN THIS HAPPENED I WOULD HAVE HAD NOT CONTROL AND MOST LIKELY WOULD HAVE CRASHED.