Ford Fusion Steering Problems
- 3,627
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 14
- Years with records
- 2006–2019
- Stored years
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 3627 stored complaint records:
- 126 indicate a crash
- 48 indicate injury
- 7 indicate fire
- 2 indicate a death
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- Electric Power Assist System · 5 records
- Gear Box (Other Than Rack And Pinion) · 2 records
- Rack And Pinion · 2 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 1154 |
| 100–150k mi | 783 |
| 30–60k mi | 717 |
| 1–30k mi | 354 |
| 150–400k mi | 265 |
Complaint evidence
Latest stored owner-submitted records. Open a year for the full list.
Steering
Steering power assist failure when starting the car, putting the transmission into reverse and begin backing the car out, the steering power assist failure notification displays and the vehicles steering is disabled. Although currently occuring only when backing up, i consider this car as unsafe as it seems it could just as easily occur when on the freeway
ODI 11309542
Steering
The electronic power steering has completely failed. The safety issue this caused could have been easily catastrophic. Growing up in non-power steering years i know the effort it took to steer, especially when not moving. However, our 2011 ford fusion , since the electronic power steering failed you can hardly turn the wheel at all. I am thankful my wife was not going at interstate speed and trying to exit when this…
ODI 11309650
Power Train · Steering
Yesterday 2/15/2020 out of no where the (service power steering now, and the advance trac light came on under normal driving conditions doing 55mph on a curvy road. The problem is common and very unsafe for drivers. Not to mention extremely expensive to fix. Now why is it that only some of the cars are covered in the recall when all fords with the newly designed electronic steering are affected by the failure of…
ODI 11309485
Steering
The service advancetrac and service power steering came on. This happened 3 previous times and this is the 4th time. Every time i took it to the dealer. Every time i paid for something but they never truly fixed this. They have reset the error twice and made me buy new tires before resetting the error claiming worn tires were the root cause. Now happening again with new tires. This creates a dangerous circumstance…
ODI 11309424
Steering
Steering system has completely locked on initial starting vehicle. Car will shift into drive and reverse, but will not steer left or right. This happened on two occasions, 2/14 and 15/2020. Steering will only become operational after car has become heated, after approximately 20 minutes. This all happened early morning hour of temperature of approximately 8 degrees. This also happened on my last ford fusion 2010,…
ODI 11309559
Steering
Randomly receiving power steering assist fault and steering/car pulls to side sometimes when going over bumps.
ODI 11309341
Steering
My car was parked and when i turned it back on i didn't have power steering. It has been diagnosed a ford dealer (dovi motors, cortland, ny) as my power steering gear motor detached due to the bolts corroding that resulted in a loss of power steering and unsafe driving. There is an active recall for the year/make/model of my car for this exact issue but my vin was not included in the recall (number 19s26). This…
ODI 11309106
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
This is a common issue in 2010 fusions as you can find lots of similar experiences. While heading towards an exit on the highway going 70mph, the steering suddenly lost all power steering. Two warnings appeared on the display saying "service advancetrac" and "power steer assist failure." everything returns to normal after restarting the car and it happens once again at random.
ODI 11308758