Lost power steering while driving making it difficult to steer.

- Pekin, IL, USA

Drove to work at 6 am went to use for lunch vehicle had no power assisted steering more like manual steering. Making very difficult in parking, on ramps turning at intersections. My mechanic tells me steering column part failure that they have replaced in several Escapes & mariners. My boss went on line and found info on recall of 915,216 Ford Escapes & Mercury mariners. Problem was when backing out of parking spot tying to to turn to right was very difficult more like manual steering

- Sandwich, MA, USA

Sometimes my steering wheel is very hard. In addition, my car won't able to start when turn my key - my battery is good and my starter is ok. No crank no start

- San Jose, CA, USA

My daughter started to drive her car when the steering quit working. I drove it home without the power assist. It was hard to turn. Now I need a new steering column. This failed without warning and had no codes able to read on a code reader. Had to take dealer to use a Ford computer to read what is going on.

- Nashport, OH, USA

I have been having multiple problems with this vehicle. I went and got the power steering recall fixed 1 yr to maybe 2 yrs ago and Ford said it was fixed. Now I'm having power steering going out while driving and car pulls to the right. I then turn the vehicle off and back on and it goes back to working correctly. I went back to Ford and they said that the recall has been fixed and closed out and nothing they can do. Now I'm having power steering still going out and now all my lights (ABS, traction control, tire, air bag, anti theft light). After spending 200 at Ford they told me ECM is bad and need to replace. Almost 500 at Ford for keys to be programmed to new computer I am still having same problems and Ford wants me to spend more money to see what the next step is.

- Ridgeville, SC, USA

Park the car went and pay a bill came back out start the car no power steering could not turn the wheel no power steering. Bought car in 2012 carriage Ford used.

- Jeffersonville, IN, USA

The contact owns a 2008 Ford Escape. While driving 2 mph in reverse, the steering ability seized. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer to be diagnosed or repaired. The contact stated that the vehicle exhibited the same symptoms as listed in NHTSA campaign number: 14V284000 (steering), but the manufacturer stated that the VIN was not included. The failure mileage was approximately 120,000.

- Naperville, IL, USA

The power steering just stopped working, and had a hard time trying to steer the car in traffic, this is hard to try and turn the wheel. If this happed in a lot of traffic it could be a wreck. I think Ford should be held to fix this problem. I was stopped at a light I did not have a wreck but it was a surprise when I tried to turn the corner.

- Brownsville, OH, USA

My power steering went out and it is very difficult to steer.

- Loda, IL, USA

The contact owns a 2008 Ford Escape. While driving various speeds, the steering wheel seized. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer and manufacturer were not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 187,000.

- Glendale, AZ, USA

Power steering failed because of a bad sensor. Ford dealer said programming was covered in a recall not repairing the hard part that failed. Steering was possible with huge amount of effort with the bad sensor.. replaced sensor and the vehicle's power steering was restored.

- Cabot, AR, USA

Lost power steering assist for a couple of seconds making a right turn at lower speed. After sitting for 10 hours, started car and had no power steering assist when backing up. Vehicle has recall 14S05. Recall is as follows: If vehicle has code B2278, replace power steering torque sensor. If vehicle has code B3142 or B2277, replace steering assembly. If no codes stored, reprogram pscm and ic module. My car had no codes June 2016 and reprograming was done. Two years later, I have no power steering and code B2278. Power steering torque sensor is defective. Dealer/manufacturer states recall was already done and will not perform sensor replacement.

- Danbury, CT, USA

Steering system fault appears on dash...making the wheel lock up in drive or turning.when I was parking steering was extremely hard please recall this matter I seen in 2006 a recall on google on the date of 11/1/2018... Ford will say there are no such thing its extremely dangerous as well as a defect that came out of bo where

- Salem, NJ, USA

Electric steering pump turns off when steering while driving on highway. The steering angle sensor quits working causing the electric steering pump to turn off. This in turn makes the vehicle hard to steer when driving and may cause a accident.

- Point Pleasant, WV, USA

The power steering sensor has gone out for the second time on this vehicle.

- Opelousas, LA, USA

The contact owns a 2008 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while driving about 20 mph, the steering wheel seized. The power steering fault light illuminated. The vehicle was pulled to the side and was later driven to an independent mechanic. The dealer was not called. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that there was no recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 200,000.

- Mount Desert, ME, USA

On 10/25/2018, my daughter was driving her 2008 Ford Escape and the steering wheel became extremely difficult to turn. She completely lost power steering. This occurred in traffic and she was not able to continue steering the car. No warnings or codes appeared. This was a very dangerous and scary situation that could have resulted in her having an accident and perhaps killing someone or herself. The vehicle was towed to a dealership in birmingham, al (long-lewis Ford) and diagnosed with code B2278/needs steering column assembly. I immediately started contacting Ford as this was certainly a safety issue. After talking with a supervisor, they informed me that safety recall 14S05 was completed on the car on July 2014, 2018 at Ford square of mount vernon in mount vernon, il so there were no recalls available at the time. I proceeded to contact that dealership and found out that they only reprogrammed the pscm since the car didn't have a fault code. I did not own the car during this time since I purchased it 5 months later. Intermittent issues occurred after the purchase while traveling on the highway but were told by the dealership that everything was ok. Again, no warnings or codes appeared. I have been told by Ford mechanics that the reprogramming of the pscm removed Ford from responsibility and now owners are stuck with an expensive car repair. Several dealerships have stated that Ford was negligent in correcting the problem and now more cars are starting to see the problem and causing everybody on the road to be at risk of an accident, possibly resulting in death. The car has 113,000 miles on it and it will be repaired at long-lewis Ford at my expense which is very costly. The car was assembled at the Kansas City plant which was the subject of the recall.

- O'fallon, IL, USA

Power steering went out on 2008 Ford Escape when turning out of parking lot. Took it to mechanic; he said there's a recall (14S05) on it. I called my local Ford dealer's service department, they ran the VIN # and said there's no open recall. The info I've gathered states that it's on models assembled in Kansas City, and my Escape was assembled in Kansas City, according to VIN. I've found other complaints about this online. I remember taking it in for a recall a couple years ago but don't know what it was for; and I'm learning that Ford only fixed the software but not the parts related to this recall. I think this is highly questionable and needs to be investigated.

- Roanoke, VA, USA

Power steering went out after having truck for only 6 months. I have to get suspension problems fixed every other month. And the muffler every other month.

- Inkster, MI, USA

The contact owns a 2008 Ford Escape. While attempting to reverse out of a parking space, the power steering became very difficult to turn. The vehicle was taken to an unknown independent mechanic who determined that the steering torque angle sensor was defective and needed replacement. The contact stated that willis Ford (15 N dupont boulevard, smyrna, de 18877) performed a software update of the power steering per NHTSA campaign number: 14V284000 (steering) in 2015. The dealer only performed the software update and did not replace the parts. The vehicle was not repaired for the recent failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 130,000.

- Maribel, DE, USA