NHTSA Complaint #11435796 — 2013 FORD TAURUS

STEERING issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number 11435796
Vehicle 2013 FORD TAURUS
Component STEERING
Date of Incident
Date Filed
Mileage N/A miles
Crash No
Fire No
Injuries 0
Deaths 0
Vehicle Towed No
State CA

Consumer Description

In my 2013 Ford Taurus (Mfd 02/2012) I experienced loss of power steering while pulling out of Costco and I went to a parking spot and tried to rotate the steering in the stationary car to check what happened. After rotating the steering wheel a couple of times the power steering came back but now there is a clicking sound while rotating the steering on both sides. I researched online for recalls and found Recall No. 15S18 for this issue. I am the 2nd owner of this vehicle since 2016 and I had the vehicle checked for the recall when I had purchased it. At that time no error code was found. Since my vehicle was checked once the recall does not show up for my Vin number but now I have the actual issue. I contacted Ford on Facebook (since their chat does not work) and they told me to contact the dealer. I contacted the Ford Dealer (Frontier Ford) and the customer service told me someone will contact me . I waited one day and checked back with them and they told me that they need to check if they have the part for the Recall. It has been another day but no one contacted me. I contacted another dealer (Sunnyvale Ford) and their customer service looked up my Vin number and told me that no un repaired recalls for my vehicle. The recall does not show up because it was there when I bought the car in 2016 and I had them check it but at that time there was nothing found. If you google online or check on YouTube there are a lot of people having this issue. One Video on YouTube made by an engineer shows the problem existed since 2011 and that it is due to heating and that Ford was always aware of the issue. Link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szHMXwcp9fo&authuser=0 I hope someone can step in and have Ford fix this Recall issue

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