NHTSA Complaint #11281812 — 2010 FORD FUSION

THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING. FOR ABOUT 1.5 MONTHS WHEN I WOULD TURN ON THE VEHICLE THE DASH WOULD NOTIFY OF A POWER STEERING FAULT AND POWER STEERING WOULD NOT WORK (STEERING WHEEL NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO MOVE). HOWEVER, IF I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON THE FAULT WOULD GO AWAY AND POWER STEERING WOULD RETURN TO NORMAL. UNFORTUNATELY NOW THE POWER STEERING IS PERMANENTLY NOT WORKING AND THE CAR IS NO LONGER SAFE TO DRIVE. STABILITY CONTROL WARNING ALSO CAME ON IMMEDIATELY AFTER. EXTREMELY GLAD POWER STEERING DID NOT GO OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING, IT WOULD HAVE LIKELY CAUSED ME TO CRASH SINCE STEERING IS SO HARD TO USE WITHOUT POWER STEERING. I DID SOME RESEARCH FORD HAS A RECALL FOR THIS EXACT ISSUE FOR THE 2011 AND 2012 FUSIONS BUT NOT THE 2010 BUT APPEARS THE 2010 IS AFFECTED BY THE SAME DEFECT.