My wife was getting ready to leave the house and drop the kids off at daycare and then go to work. The power steering went out on her before and I told her to turn it off and back on. Last time it worked to reset the power steering, but this time after attempting to turn the car off and on 5 times the power steering is still out. The scariest part is what could have happened if my wife had been driving with the kids and trying to make a turn?

- Moore, OK, USA

On my way to work in the morning on a back country road, I went around a 90 degree turn, braking before going into the turn. On the way out of the turn, the engine stalled as I was trying to accelerate. I came to a stop, put the vehicle in park, and then it restarted with not problem, but shocked me a bit.

- Lititz, PA, USA

While operating the vehicle at 25 to 30 mph on urban street, the power steering assist stopped functioning as I entered a right hand curve, approximately 100 feet after a left turn. The vehicle had been in operation for approximately 20 minutes in stop and go city traffic. Temperature was approximately 75 degrees, clear and sunny. The "service advancetrac" warning message came up, along with an indicator on the inst. Cluster. Very hazardous and could lead to loss of control. Engine restart cleared the error message and vehicle returned to normal function.

- Seattle, WA, USA

Lost power steering with no warning. Fortunately, I was approaching a stop light. Could proceed ahead, but could not make left turn without great effort. Had to be towed.

- Arlington, MA, USA

Was making a left turn and braking when dummy light came on I could not make the turn locked up and had to turn forcefully to get out of intersection good thing no cars were coming the other way.

- Lakewood, NJ, USA

I backed out of my garage and the steering "locked". I could not turn the wheel. A message appeared on the screen "power steering " etc. I checked the manual and followed instructions to wait 10 minutes and try again. It worked but I did not drive. I brought my car to my dealer on July 1. they ordered parts to arrive next day. My husband picked me up. This is a scary situation !

- Bernardsville, NJ, USA

The contact owns a 2012 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that the power steering warning light illuminated as the steering became very hard to turn. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was determined that the electronic power steering unit needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and the current mileage was 52,000.

- North Scituate, RI, USA

While turning a corner the "power steering failure" message appeared and power steering was lost. This has happened several times with no warning and is very unsafe. This condition warrants a recall from Ford as it is a common occurrence. Make a recall happen as this vehicle is unsafe at any speed!

- Sioux Falls, SD, USA

My first incident was driving out of a parking lot, the power steering message appeared with a strange beeping noise followed by an extremely difficult to move steering wheel. When I turned off my car and got it back on, the power steering was back to its normal levels. Later the next day, the car was in movement over 30mph while driving through the highway and the power steering message came on again making my car totally unresponsive causing me to almost crash. It was very difficult to get the car out of the high way in order to have the steering levels back by turn it off and back on again. Today I took my car to the Ford service complaining about this in order to get my car checked but the service manager indicated that there was nothing he could do about this incident for what suggested me to contact roadside assistance during the next incident and have them take in my car to there service to fix it at the moment. I mentioned that if that was to be done my car would obviously have to be turned off and on in the process causing the issue to momentarily disappear for what he would still not be able to witness the incident as he request, just like today. He refused to make any further comments indicating that was the best thing he could do.

- Toa Alta, PR, USA

Driving along doing around 35mph, power steering failure...dashboard read service advancetrac? took it to hall Ford, replacing steering gear...needs to be a recall for this.

- Williamsburg , VA, USA

Driving out of a parking lot steering without warning became extremely heavy and extremely difficult to steer almost resulting in a head on crash. "power steering assist failure" light came on. I turned the car off and back on again and the light went out. The steering returned to normal. I took the car to the livermore ca Ford dealer. They said they found the fault codes but could not verify anything was wrong or duplicate the event. So they said they wouldn't fix anything per Ford's instructions. I googled the issue and tons of complaints came up on exactly what happened to me. Many had the entire steering system replaced. Dealership ignored this when I sent it to them.

- San Ramon, CA, USA

Early part of the year (2013) the service advance trac light will come on and off I contacted the dealer and he stated that it was the stability in the vehicle and also it wasn't nothing to be alarmed about unless the light just come on and stay on. Finally it came on and wouldn't go off I took it to the dealership they said it would be $ 240 to repair the car and I had to wait until the parts come in by that time come to find out they was will to pay the $240. I picked the car up the same day which was the first day the car should have been repaired same problems took the car back on that Monday they so called fixed the vehicle it seem to be okay drove the car for approximately 8 days the same service advanctrac light came back on next service power steering light came on about 15 mins later the service power steering now light came on lost all power and control of the vehicle had the car towed backed to the dealership they check the car and quoted me a job for $ $2,658.12 which was not covered under a warranty.

- Adamsviile, AL, USA

The vehicle was parked and as I started to drive it was extremely hard to steer. The power steering assist fault warning appeared on the dash. I consulted the owner's guide which gave instructions to turn the motor off and back on after 10 seconds. When I turned the car back on, the warning was off and the steering issue was gone. However, I experienced the same problem (*with the dash warning) about 2 hours later when I tried to drive the car again.

- Desoto, TX, USA

Power steering fault came on all of sudden when driving home from picking up my kids. Totally unresponsive and hard to turn.

- Livingston, TX, USA

Got into the car. Started it and the power steering did not work. Drove it seven miles home not working. Started it up the next day and it was working.

- Goldsboro, NC, USA

I was traveling up a parking ramp what the power steering gave out and a default showed up on the dashboard. I have purchased the vehicle used 2 weeks ago. This is the first incident.

- Riverview, MI, USA

This is the third time my power steering has just randomly gone out of our rental 2012 Ford Fusion. The first time, I was traveling at 25 mph making a left turn. Second we were driving 50 miles an hour changing lanes. This morning about a quarter a mile from our home she lost power steering and hit the curve resulted in a blown front tire. What a dangerous car.

- Lincolnwood, IL, USA

The contact owns a 2012 Ford Fusion. The contact stated that while driving 55 mph, the power steering assist light illuminated and the vehicle became difficult to maneuver. The vehicle was taken to a dealer for diagnosis and the contact was informed that the steering rack would need to be replaced. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure and current mileage 38,000.

- Ford City, PA, USA

This is the second time my power steering has just randomly gone out of my 2012 Ford Fusion. The first time, I was traveling at 60 mph on a freeway. Yesterday, I was stopped at a stoplight. Both times my hud warns me that "power steering assist fault", service advancetrax" or something along those lines... and each time my steering will becomes almost impossible to turn. The issues is solved if I turn off my car and turn it on a few times. This is a serious issue and is only a matter of time until someone dies from this power steering failure.

- Glen Burnie, MD, USA

Drove car from home to supermarket with no problem. When leaving supermarket after car had been shut off, was backing out of parking stall and nearly hit another car because power steering was inoperative. This definitely caught me by surprise! message to the effect "power steering assist failure" was displayed. Drove car with great difficulty to dealer. Service rep at dealer turned off and restarted car; problem had gone away, power steering was now working. Mechanic at dealer ran diagnostics which indicated a bad steering motor/steering gear. Car is being repaired at dealer to replace steering motor/steering gear. Would have been scary and dangerous if the failure had occurred while I was driving it on highway.

- Bellevue, NE, USA