2015 Ford Taurus

MY 2015 FORD TAURUS WAS OPERATING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS WHEN TWO WARNINGS APPEARED ON THE DASH. ONE FOR A STEERING ASSIST FAULT AND ONE FOR AN ADVANCETRAC SERVICE BEING REQUIRED. I WAS DRIVING ON A COUNTRY ROAD AS THIS OCCURRED AND APPROACHING A SHARP CURVE. AS THESE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED THE POWER STEERING WAS LOST WHILE OPERATING AT SPEEDS ABOUT 60 MPH. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. WHEN I WENT TO THE FORD DEALER TODAY THEY ADVISED THAT THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH FORDS ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING SYSTEMS AND THAT EXTENDED COVERAGES ARE AVAILABLE ON SOME MODELS TO REPLACE THE FAULTY ITEMS HOWEVER THE 2015 TAURUS IS NOT COVERED. I WORK IN LAW ENFORCEMENT SO I AM A WELL TRAINED DRIVER AND IT IS BECAUSE OF SAID TRAINING THAT I WAS ABLE TO AVOID A COLLISION WHEN THIS SYSTEM FAILED HOWEVER IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND I WOULD BE FEARFUL THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN TO A LESS TRAINED DRIVER AND HAVE CATASTROPHIC RESULTS.

WHILE DRIVING ON I-95 S AT 70 MPH. STEERING WHEEL BEGIN TO TWITCH. STEERING BECAME EXTREMELY HARD TO TURN AND CONTROL VEHICLE. STEERING LIGHT FLASH, TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ALSO.I MANAGE TO GET VEHICLE OFF HIGHWAY SAFETY.STOP VEHICLE. OPEN HOOD TO CHECK POWER STEERING RESERVOIR.THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION..WITHOUT POWER STEERING , THIS VEHICLE IS AT THE POINT OF NOT BEING DERIVABLE. MY WIFE MAY HAVE BEEN DRIVE THE VEHICLE. AND SHE WOULD N'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONTROL SAFETY THIS VEHICLE. GOOGLE SHOW THIS IS A ELECTRIC STEERING RACK & PINION UNIT.FORD HAS A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM. BUT MY VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED, WHY NOT?? FORD HAS NOT FIX THIS PROBLEM ON ALL THE VEHICLE'S THAT ARE CURRENTLY USING THIS SYSTEM.WHAT ARE THEY WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO GET KILLED FIRST.

I WAS PICKING UP MY SON AFTER WORK. I HAD DRIVEN ROUGHLY 45 MINUTES AND PARKED WAITING FOR HIM FOR ROUGHLY 10 MINUTES. AFTER HE GOT IN, WE DROVE TO THE END OF THE STREET AND TURNED ON TO THE MAIN ROAD. 2 WARNINGS POPPED UP SUDDENLY. 1 FOR POWER STEERING FAILURE AND 1 FOR STABILITY CONTROL FAILURE. STEERING INSTANTLY BECAME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. I WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO A GAS STATION, AND POPPED THE HOOD. I WASN'T AWARE AT THIS POINT IT WAS ELECTRONIC POWER ASSISTED STEERING. I QUICKLY REALIZED THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING RESERVOIR. I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON AND STEERING CONTROL SEEMED TO BE RESTORED. SO I CONTINUED ON. AS I TURNED BACK ON TO THE MAIN ROAD AND THE POWER STEERING FAILED AGAIN. LUCKILY I WAS ONLY GOING ABOUT 500 FEET DOWN THE ROAD AND MANAGED TO PULL IT IN DESPITE THE INCREASE IN STEERING DIFFICULTY. THE POWER STEERING FAILURE HAS BEEN PRESENT EVER SINCE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE STEERING FAILED AND THE STEERING WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO ROCHESTER FORD-LINCOLN, INC. (119 E 4TH ST, ROCHESTER, IN 46975, (800) 634-4220) DIAGNOSED THAT THE RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000.

SO MY 2015 FORD TAURUS AND I WAS COMING TO A STOP AT A STOP LIGHT STEERING STARTED TO FEEL KIND OF TIGHT. ALMOST IS JUST ON AN OLDER CAR MY POWER STEERING FLUID MAKE IT BE GETTING A LITTLE LOW I CONTINUE GOING ABOUT MY TRIP THINKING THAT MUCH OF IT WHEN I GOT TO MY DESTINATION I CHECKED TO SEE IF THERE WAS A POWER STEERING RESERVOIR TO SEE IF THE POWER STEERING FLUID IS LOW TO FIND OUT THAT THE FORD TAURUS IS AN ALL ELECTRICAL POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. I LIVE IN UPSTATE NEW YORK AND THE WEATHER HAS BEEN PRETTY COLD OUT SO I THOUGHT MAYBE THERE WAS A ICE BUILD-UP UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE I'LL HAVE SINCE WASHED THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR OUT AND THE WEATHER IS NOW IN THE 50 AND I'M STILL IN GETTING THE NUMB TIGHT FEELING IN THE STEERING IT'S ALMOST AS IF HEADING INTO A TURN PERIODICALLY AT ANY SPEED THE STEERING JUST SEEMS TO GET TIGHTER AS IF IT'S GOING TO LOCK UP I TRAVEL ABOUT 51 MILES TO WORK A DAY SO I CAN NOTICE A DIFFERENCE OFF AND ON THROUGHOUT THE TRIP