NHTSA Complaint #11179819 — 2013 FORD TAURUS

MAKING A RIGHT TURN ONTO PUBLIC ROADWAY IN TRINITY FL. MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT , MAKING TURN EXTREMELY WIDE AND FEELING OF NO STEERING CONTROL. FLOW OF TRAFFIC STOPPED UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO AVOID BEING T-BONED AND GET TO THE SHOULDER OF ROADWAY, WHEN MAKING RIGHT TURN LIGHT CAME ON , I THINK IT SHOWED DEFAULT TO MANUAL STEERING...BUT NOT SURE OF WORDING , BECAUSE I WAS TRYING NOT TO GET BROAD SIDED....AFTER PULLING OVER TO SIDE I TURNED OFF VEHICLE , RESTARTED CAR WENT FORWARD ON SHOULDER SLOWLY , STILL HAVING STEERING EXTREMELY DIFFICULT , THEN AFTER ABOUT 100' STEERING WENT BACK TO NORMAL....? DROVE HOME WITH FLASHERS TO LAND O LAKES FL.. ABOUT 20 MIN. WITHOUT ANYMORE PROBLEMS. FORD SHOWS RECALL IS 15S18... BUT MY VIN.# ISN'T IN THAT..? FORD IS RECALLING 422,814 VEHICLES IN NORTH AMERICA, INCLUDING THE 2011-13 FORD TAURUS AND FORD FLEX , FOR POTENTIAL PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING . ALSO AFFECTED VEHICLES INCLUDE 2011-13 LINCOLN MKS AND MKT... FORD SPOKESWOMAN KELLI FELKER TOLD EDMUNDS THE RECALL BEGINS ON JULY 20 ,2015 AND THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF FOUR MINOR ACCIDENTS LINKED TO THE RECALL , BUT NO INJURIES.....THIS RECALL SHOULD BE EXPANDED , OR POSSIBLY A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT BEFORE SOMEONE GETS IN A DEADLY ACCIDENT ....