NHTSA Complaint #11277632 — 2011 FORD FUSION

2011 FORD FUSION AFTER STARTING FROM COLD START THE CAR WILL NOT STEER. IT IS STUCK IN LOCK POSITION. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST THREE TIMES BUT THAT POWERSTEERING ASSIST FAILURE DIDNT COME UNTIL LAST WEEK. WHEELS ARE STRAIGHT NOT NOT TURNED EXTREME LEFT OR RIGHT AND THE STEERING WHEEL WILL STICK IN STRAIGHT POSITION. NOT ABLE TO TURN STEERING WHEEL RIGHT OR LEFT. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES THAT I CAN RECALL. I PURCHASED THE CAR WITH 24K IN AUG 2016. THE CAR NOW HAS 64K AND SAT FOR @8MOS LAST YEAR DUE TO THE TOKATA RECALL.I SEE A RECALL BUT MY VIN DOES NOT SHOW UP ALTHOUGH IT HAS THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS OTHER 2011 FORD FUSIONS RECALL 422,814 MODEL YEAR 2011 TO 2013 FUSION, FLEX AND LINCOLN MKS AND MKT, MODEL YEAR 2011 TO 2012 LINCOLN MKZ AND 2011 MERCURY MILAN VEHICLES FOR A POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL ISSUE THAT CAN LEAD TO STEERING DIFFICULTIES. THE MANUFACTURER SAYS THE ISSUE ' AN INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL CONNECTION IN THE STEERING GEAR ' CAN RESULT IN LOSS OF ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST WHILE DRIVING. IF THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING OCCURS, THE SYSTEM DEFAULTS TO MANUAL STEERING MODE MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STEER AND INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH. THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILURE LIGHT CAME ON. THE FOURTH TIME IT HAPPENED AT WORK AND VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND WHEEL WOULD NOT UNLOCK. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND IT SEEMED TO RESET ITSELF.